# 2018–19 Hertha BSC season

The 2018–19 Hertha BSC season was the 127th season in the football club's history and 6th consecutive and 36th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2013. In addition to the domestic league, Hertha BSC also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 51st season for Hertha in the Olympiastadion Berlin, located in Berlin, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 30 August 2024
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 | Tjark Ernst |
| 5 | MF | GRE | Andreas Bouchalakis |
| 6 | MF | GER | Diego Demme |
| 7 | FW | GER | Florian Niederlechner |
| 8 | MF | GER | Kevin Sessa |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Smail Prevljak |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Ibrahim Maza |
| 11 | MF | GER | Fabian Reese |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dennis Smarsch |
| 14 | MF | SWE | Bilal Hussein |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Jonjoe Kenny |
| 18 | FW | GER | Luca Schuler |
| 19 | MF | TUN | Jeremy Dudziak |
| 20 | FW | HUN | Palkó Dárdai |
| 22 | FW | GER | Marten Winkler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | ISL | Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks |
| 26 | FW | DEN | Gustav Christensen |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Michaël Cuisance |
| 31 | DF | HUN | Márton Dárdai |
| 33 | DF | POL | Michał Karbownik |
| 35 | GK | GER | Marius Gersbeck |
| 37 | DF | GER | Toni Leistner (captain) |
| 39 | FW | GER | Derry Scherhant |
| 40 | FW | GER | Oliver Rölke |
| 41 | DF | GER | Pascal Klemens |
| 42 | DF | NED | Deyovaisio Zeefuik |
| 43 | GK | GER | Tim Goller |
| 44 | DF | GER | Linus Gechter |
| 48 | MF | GER | Mesut Kesik |

## Friendly matches

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 | 25 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 20 August 2018 | 6 February 2019 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 035.14 |
Last updated: 25 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 51 |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 44 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 43 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 43 |
| 13 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 36 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2019. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches
### 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 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Dennis Smarsch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | USA | Jonathan Klinsmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Marius Gersbeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter | 11 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt | 28 | 3 | 20+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt | 25 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 16 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Florian Baak | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | NED | Derrick Luckassen | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda | 35 | 11 | 30+2 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 19 | 2 | 10+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SRB | Marko Grujić | 23 | 5 | 20+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NED | Javairô Dilrosun | 18 | 2 | 7+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Valentino Lazaro | 34 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 30 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Julius Kade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Maurice Covic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou | 33 | 8 | 27+3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Pascal Köpke | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević | 31 | 12 | 24+4 | 10 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Palkó Dárdai | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 32 | 4 | 16+14 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | GER | Dennis Jastrzembski | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GER | Muhammed Kiprit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Sinan Kurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Sidney Friede | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 18 May 2019 Source: Competitions