# 2020–21 Hertha BSC season

The 2020–21 season was Hertha BSC's 128th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive 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 the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 9 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Alexander Schwolow |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Matteo Guendouzi (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 9 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Dodi Lukebakio |
| 12 | GK | GER | Nils Körber |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter |
| 14 | DF | PAR | Omar Alderete |
| 15 | FW | COL | Jhon Córdoba |
| 16 | MF | NED | Javairô Dilrosun |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata (captain) |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein |
| 23 | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen |
| 24 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić (on loan from Marseille) |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha |
| 27 | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sami Khedira |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart |
| 31 | DF | GER | Márton Dárdai |
| 32 | DF | GER | Luca Netz |
| 33 | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan |
| 39 | MF | GER | Julian Albrecht |
| 42 | DF | NED | Deyovaisio Zeefuik |
| — | FW | SUI | Ruwen Werthmüller |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Arne Maier (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | POL | Dennis Jastrzembski (at Waldhof Mannheim until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GER | Davie Selke (at Werder Bremen until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Alexander Schwolow | SC Freiburg | €8,000,000 | 4 August 2020 |
| 42 | DF | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | FC Groningen | €4,000,000 | 6 August 2020 |
| 15 | FW | Jhon Córdoba | 1. FC Köln | €15,000,000 | 15 September 2020 |
| 8 | MF | Matteo Guendouzi | Arsenal | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 14 | DF | Omar Alderete | FC Basel | Undisclosed | 5 October 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Eduard Löwen | FC Augsburg | Loan termination | 5 October 2020 |
| 24 | FW | Nemanja Radonjić | Marseille | Loan | 1 February 2021 |
| 28 | MF | Sami Khedira | Juventus | Free | 1 February 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 1 | GK | Thomas Kraft | | Retired | 1 July 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | Rosenborg | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Alexander Esswein | | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Vedad Ibišević | Schalke 04 | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| 8 | FW | Salomon Kalou | Botafogo | Free | 9 July 2020 |
| 12 | GK | Dennis Smarsch | FC St. Pauli | Free | 2 August 2020 |
| 14 | FW | Pascal Köpke | 1. FC Nürnberg | Undisclosed | 29 August 2020 |
| 40 | MF | Lazar Samardžić | RB Leipzig | Undisclosed | 8 September 2020 |
| 39 | FW | Muhammed Kiprit | KFC Uerdingen | Free | 14 September 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Ondrej Duda | 1. FC Köln | €7,000,000 | 16 September 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Karim Rekik | Sevilla | €4,000,000 | 5 October 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Arne Maier | Arminia Bielefeld | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 29 | DF | Florian Baak | FC Winterthur | Free | 12 October 2020 |
| 24 | FW | Palkó Dárdai | Fehérvár | Undisclosed | 5 January 2021 |
| 35 | DF | Omar Rekik | Arsenal U23 | €600,000 | 7 January 2021 |
| 32 | FW | Dennis Jastrzembski | Waldhof Mannheim | Loan | 27 January 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 | 19 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 14th | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 023.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 11 September 2020 | 11 September 2020 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 022.86 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 39 | |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 36 | |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 35 | |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 35 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Köln (O) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | 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 | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 2 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.

### 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 | Alexander Schwolow | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Nils Körber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 24 | 4 | 22+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark | 34 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | PAR | Omar Alderete | 17 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt | 28 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata | 19 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Márton Dárdai | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Luca Netz | 11 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | NED | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 22 | 1 | 10+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida | 28 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Matteo Guendouzi | 24 | 2 | 19+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 18 | 0 | 5+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NED | Javairô Dilrosun | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar | 13 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sami Khedira | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart | 27 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Jonas Michelbrink | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Jonas Dirkner | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek | 32 | 7 | 18+14 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha | 28 | 8 | 25+2 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Dodi Lukebakio | 30 | 7 | 21+8 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | FW | COL | Jhon Córdoba | 21 | 7 | 17+4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić | 12 | 1 | 5+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam | 15 | 2 | 2+13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Marten Winkler | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Matheus Cunha | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | | Krzysztof Piątek | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 15 | | Jhon Córdoba | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | | Dodi Lukebakio | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | | Peter Pekarík | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | | Matteo Guendouzi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 27 | | Jessic Ngankam | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | | Vladimír Darida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | | Santiago Ascacíbar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 20 | | Dedryck Boyata | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 24 | | Nemanja Radonjić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 29 | | Lucas Tousart | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 32 | | Luca Netz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 42 | | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 4 | 45 |
Last updated: 22 May 2021