# 2019–20 Hertha BSC season

The 2019–20 season was Hertha BSC's 121st season in existence, and the club's 7th consecutive and 37th overall season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Hertha BSC participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 January 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Thomas Kraft |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík |
| 3 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred |
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik (3rd captain) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark (4th captain) |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida |
| 7 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Alexander Esswein |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Mathew Leckie |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dennis Smarsch |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter |
| 14 | FW | GER | Pascal Köpke |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Marko Grujić (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 16 | MF | NED | Javairô Dilrosun |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević (captain) |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein |
| 23 | MF | GER | Arne Maier |
| 24 | FW | GER | Palkó Dárdai |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Dodi Lukebakio |
| 29 | DF | GER | Florian Baak |
| 30 | FW | GER | Marius Wolf (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 32 | FW | GER | Dennis Jastrzembski |
| 33 | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan |
| 36 | FW | TUR | Muhammed Kiprit |
| 39 | MF | GER | Julian Albrecht |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Nils Körber (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | GER | Maurice Covic (at Ascoli Calcio until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda (at Norwich City until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen (at FC Augsburg until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart (at Lyon until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 20 | DF | Dedryck Boyata | Celtic | Free | 19 May 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Eduard Löwen | 1. FC Nürnberg | €7,000,000 | 1 July 2019 |
| 33 | FW | Daishawn Redan | Chelsea U23 | €2,700,000 | 18 July 2019 |
| 28 | FW | Dodi Lukebakio | Watford | €20,000,000 | 1 August 2019 |
| 18 | MF | Santiago Ascacibar | VfB Stuttgart | €10,000,000 | 1 January 2020 |
| | MF | Lucas Tousart | Lyon | €25,000,000 | 27 January 2020 |
| 7 | FW | Krzysztof Piątek | Milan | €24,000,000 | 30 January 2020 |
| 26 | FW | Matheus Cunha | RB Leipzig | €18,000,000 | 31 January 2020 |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Source |
| 15 | MF | Marko Grujić | Liverpool | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2020 | |
| 30 | FW | Marius Wolf | Borussia Dortmund | 2 September 2019 | 30 June 2020 | |

### Transfers out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 30 | MF | Julius Kade | Union Berlin | Free | 30 May 2019 |
| 35 | GK | Marius Gersbeck | Karlsruher SC | €45,000 | 1 July 2019 |
| 33 | GK | Jonathan Klinsmann | FC St. Gallen | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 20 | MF | Valentino Lazaro | Inter Milan | €22,400,000 | 1 July 2019 |
| 28 | MF | Fabian Lustenberger | BSC Young Boys | Free | 1 July 2019 |
| 26 | MF | Sidney Friede | Wehen Wiesbaden | Free | 1 January 2020 |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| | GK | Nils Körber | VfL Osnabrück | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Eduard Löwen | FC Augsburg | 5 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| 34 | FW | Maurice Covic | Ascoli | 9 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Ondrej Duda | Norwich City | 12 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| | MF | Lucas Tousart | Lyon | 28 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| 32 | FW | Dennis Jastrzembski | SC Paderborn | 31 January 2020 | 30 June 2021 |
| 33 | FW | Daishawn Redan | FC Groningen | 31 January 2020 | 30 June 2020 |
| 27 | FW | Davie Selke | Werder Bremen | 31 January 2020 | 30 June 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 17 August 2019 | 27 June 2020 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 10 August 2019 | 4 February 2020 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 032.43 |
Last updated: 27 June 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 48 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 59 | −11 | 41 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 41 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 39 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2020. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The Bundesliga schedule was announced on 28 June 2019.

### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Thomas Kraft | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dennis Smarsch | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark | 24 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter | 24 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt | 29 | 1 | 20+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata | 29 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 21 | 2 | 16+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Florian Baak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 25 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida | 30 | 4 | 25+3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda | 9 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 9 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Marko Grujić | 30 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NED | Javairô Dilrosun | 25 | 4 | 16+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 15 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Julian Albrecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Lazar Samardžić | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek | 16 | 5 | 9+6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou | 7 | 2 | 1+4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Alexander Esswein | 8 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Pascal Köpke | 5 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević | 27 | 9 | 15+10 | 7 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Palkó Dárdai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha | 11 | 5 | 9+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | BEL | Dodi Lukebakio | 33 | 8 | 24+6 | 7 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | GER | Marius Wolf | 23 | 1 | 15+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 21 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | GER | Dennis Jastrzembski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 June 2020 Source: Competitions