# 2014–15 Hertha BSC season

The 2014–15 Hertha BSC season is the 122nd season in club history.

## Background
### Background information

Hertha BSC finished the 2013–14 Bundesliga in eleventh place, thus ensuring a place in the 2014–15 Bundesliga. Tolga Ciğerci and Jens Hegeler transferred to Hertha. Adrián Ramos and Maik Franz left Hertha. Levan Kobiashvili retired after the 2013–14 season.
On 5 February 2015, Hertha sacked Jos Luhukay, naming Pál Dárdai as replacement along with assistant Rainer Widmayer. Hertha had lost 1–0 the previous day.

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| MF | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 27 | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| DF | John Heitinga | 30 | Fulham F.C. | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| FW | Salomon Kalou | 29 | Lille OSC | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Jens Hegeler | 26 | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Valentin Stocker | 25 | FC Basel | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Julian Schieber | 25 | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €2,000,000 |
| MF | Tolga Ciğerci | 22 | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €1,500,000 |
| DF | Marvin Plattenhardt | 22 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Genki Haraguchi | 23 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| FW | Roy Beerens | 26 | AZ Alkmaar | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| FW | Sami Allagui | 28 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Loan | Summer | €500,000 |
| FW | Pierre-Michel Lasogga | 22 | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Ben Sahar | 24 | Willem II | Released | Summer | Free |
| FW | Adrián Ramos | 28 | Borussia Dortmund | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Peer Kluge | 33 | Arminia Bielefeld | Released | Summer | Free |
| DF | Fabian Holland | 23 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Levan Kobiashvili | 36 | Retirement | Released | Summer | — |
| DF | Maik Franz | 32 | | Released | Summer | Free |
| DF | Felix Bastians | 26 | | Released | Summer | Free |
| FW | Hany Mukhtar | 19 | Benfica | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| DF | Christoph Janker | 29 | FC Augsburg | Transfer | Winter | |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Hertha BSC | Opponent | Ref. |
| 3 July 2014 | 18:00 | H | Berlin | DB-Auswahl | 14–1 | 700 | Ronny 1', 13' Allagui 3', 19', 29' Schulz 12' Ndjeng 18' Kauter 22' Haraguchi 28' van den Bergh 30' Ben-Hatira 39' Pekarík 40' Sahar 49', 59' | Yasin 30' | |
| 8 July 2014 | 18:00 | A | Berlin | Viktoria 1889 Berlin | 2–1 | 2,674 | Allagui 67' Schieber 71' | Özcin 41' | |
| 10 July 2014 | 17:00 | A | Perleberg | SSV Einheit Perleberg | 9–1 | 2,000 | Schieber 2', 22', 43' Allagui 7' Kauter 47' Wagner 57', 68' van den Bergh 62' Mukhtar 67' | Fliege 5' | |
| 15 July 2014 | 18:30 | A | Rödinghausen | SV Rödinghausen | 2–0 | | Allagui 4' Wagner 17' | | |
| 18 July 2014 | 18:00 | A | Gütersloh | Vitesse Arnhem | 0–0 | | | | |
| 24 July 2014 | 18:00 | H | Berlin | PSV Eindhoven | 1–1 | | Heitinga 14' | de Jong 85' | |
| 27 July 2014 | 14:00 | A | Karlsruhe | Karlsruher SC | 1–0 | 7,518 | Allagui 39' | | |
| 30 July 2014 | 19:00 | A | Neuruppin | Sevilla FC | 0–2 | 3,300 | | Krychowiak 52' Muñoz 58' | |
| 5 August 2014 | 18:30 | A | Schladming | SV Austria Salzburg | 5–0 | | Beerens 24', 28' Baumjohann 37' Schieber 53', 67' | | |
| 8 August 2014 | 18:00 | A | Irdning | Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü | 1–1 | | Haraguchi 30' | Scarione 83' | |
| 4 September 2014 | | H | Berlin | Chemnitzer FC | 2–0 | | Ben-Hatira 64' Wagner 67' | | |
| 10 October 2014 | 14:30 | H | Berlin | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 1–1 | 920 | Wagner 83' | Diring 16' | |
| 13 January 2015 | 13:00 | H | Berlin | Hallescher FC | 1–3 | 400 | Stocker 42' | Gogia 25' Aydemir 84', 87' | |
| 16 January 2015 | 14:30 | H | Berlin | FC Energie Cottbus | 1–1 | 400 | Heitinga 57' | Kleindienst 56' | |
| 20 January 2015 | 15:00 | A | Belek | BSC Young Boys | 1–1 (2–4 (p)) | | Schieber 45' | Nuzzolo 25' | |
| 23 January 2015 | | A | Belek | FC Thun | 1–0 | | Wagner 28' | | |

## Bundesliga
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 37 | |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 35 | |
| 16 | Hamburger SV (O) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | SC Freiburg (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 34 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 May 2015. Source: Matches

### Bundesliga fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss
| MD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Hertha BSC | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | GD | Ref. |
| 1 | 23 August 2014 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | Werder Bremen | 2–2 | 59,672 | Schieber 16', 47' | Lukimya 53' Di Santo 55' | 6th | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 30 August 2014 | 15:30 | A | Leverkusen | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–4 | 27,819 | Jedvaj 24' (o.g.) Schieber 60' Niemeyer 64' | Jedvaj 50' Spahić 62' Brandt 74' Bellarabi 86' | 15th | 1 | –2 | |
| 3 | 13 September 2014 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | Mainz 05 | 1–3 | 42,069 | Ronny 86' | Okazaki 36', 90+1' Allagui 70' | 15th | 1 | –4 | |
| 4 | 19 September 2014 | 20:30 | A | Freiburg | SC Freiburg | 2–2 | 23,600 | Ronny 36', 90+6' | Kempf 30' Klaus 79' | 15th | 2 | –4 | |
| 5 | 24 September 2014 | 20:00 | H | Berlin | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | 35,847 | Kalou 35' | | 14th | 5 | –3 | |
| 6 | 28 September 2014 | 15:30 | A | Augsburg | FC Augsburg | 0–1 | 28,532 | | Verhaegh 27' | 14th | 5 | –4 | |
| 7 | 3 October 2014 | 20:30 | H | Berlin | VfB Stuttgart | 3–2 | 46,312 | Kalou 22', 64' Beerens 74' | Leitner 5' Wagner 83' (o.g.) | 12th | 8 | –3 | |
| 8 | 18 October 2014 | 18:30 | A | Gelsenkirchen | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | 61,973 | | Huntelaar 19' Draxler 65' | 13th | 8 | –5 | |
| 9 | 25 October 2014 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | Hamburger SV | 3–0 | 58,768 | Ben-Hatira 59', 85' Heitinga 65' | | 13th | 11 | –2 | |
| 10 | 2 November 2014 | 17:30 | A | Paderborn | SC Paderborn 07 | 1–3 | 14,630 | Kalou 41' | Bakalorz 28' Kachunga 52' Meha 75' | 13th | 11 | –4 | |
| 11 | 7 November 2014 | 20:30 | H | Berlin | Hannover 96 | 0–2 | 39,710 | | Briand 44' Kiyotake 76' | 14th | 11 | –6 | |
| 12 | 22 November 2014 | 18:30 | A | Cologne | 1. FC Köln | 2–1 | 49,200 | Beerens 28' Ndjeng 86' | Ujah 58' | 13th | 14 | –5 | |
| 13 | 29 November 2014 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 76,197 | | Robben 27' | 13th | 14 | –6 | |
| 14 | 6 December 2014 | 15:30 | A | Mönchengladbach | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–3 | 50,190 | Schieber 45' Kalou 90+2' | Jantschke 9' Raffael 53' Hazard 83' | 15th | 14 | –7 | |
| 15 | 13 December 2014 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | 75,254 | Schieber 40' | | 13th | 17 | –6 | |
| 16 | 17 December 2014 | 20:00 | A | Frankfurt | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–4 | 40,200 | Brooks 21' Ben-Hatira 33' Schieber 37' Niemeyer 80' | Aigner 43' Seferovic 58' Meier 90', 90+1' | 13th | 18 | –6 | |
| 17 | 21 December 2014 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–5 | 39,604 | | Brooks 23' (o.g.) Salihović 26' (pen.) 39' (pen.) Schipplock 74' Rudy 84' | 13th | 18 | –11 | |
| 18 | 1 February 2015 | 15:20 | A | Bremen | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | 40,187 | | Di Santo 43', 69' | 15th | 18 | –13 | |
| 19 | 4 February 2015 | 20:00 | H | Berlin | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 34,636 | | Kießling 49' | 17th | 18 | –14 | |
| 20 | 7 February 2015 | 15:30 | A | Mainz | Mainz 05 | 2–0 | 26,756 | Hegeler 35' (pen.) Beerens 42' | | 14th | 21 | –12 | |
| 21 | 15 February 2015 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | SC Freiburg | 0–2 | 37,617 | | Klaus 14' Philipp 52' | 17th | 21 | –14 | |
| 22 | 22 February 2015 | 17:30 | A | Wolfsburg | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | 27,683 | Schieber 30' | Dost 10', 74' | 17th | 21 | –15 | |
| 23 | 28 February 2015 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | FC Augsburg | 1–0 | 36,015 | Kalou 88' | | 14th | 24 | –14 | |
| 24 | 6 March 2015 | 20:30 | A | Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | 0–0 | 45,420 | | | 14th | 25 | –14 | |
| 25 | 14 March 2015 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | Schalke 04 | 2–2 | 59,156 | Ben-Hatira 21' Haraguchi 81' | Sané 40' Matip 90' | 14th | 26 | –14 | |
| 26 | 20 March 2015 | 20:30 | A | Hamburg | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 53,640 | Langkamp 84' | | 13th | 29 | –13 | |
| 27 | 5 April 2015 | 17:30 | H | Berlin | SC Paderborn 07 | 2–0 | 44,031 | Stocker 68' Schulz 88' | | 11th | 32 | –11 | |
| 28 | 10 April 2015 | 20:30 | A | Hannover | Hannover 96 | 1–1 | 46,000 | Schulz 75' | Stocker 83' | 12th | 33 | –11 | |
| 29 | 18 April 2015 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | 1. FC Köln | 0–0 | 51,203 | | | 13th | 34 | –11 | |
| 30 | 25 April 2015 | 18:30 | A | Munich | Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 75,000 | | Schweinsteiger 80' | 13th | 34 | –12 | |
| 31 | 3 May 2015 | 17:30 | H | Berlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 56,881 | Stocker 13' | Kruse 11' Traoré 85' | 13th | 34 | –13 | |
| 32 | 9 May 2015 | 19:30 | A | Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | 0–2 | 80,667 | | Subotić 9' Durm 47' | 13th | 34 | –15 | |
| 33 | 16 May 2015 | 15:30 | H | Berlin | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 | 60,168 | | | 13th | 35 | –15 | |
| 34 | 23 May 2015 | 15:30 | A | Hoffenheim | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–2 | 30,150 | Beerens 72' | Modeste 8' Firmino 80' | 15th | 35 | –16 | |

## DFB-Pokal
### DFB-Pokal review

Hertha BSC were drawn against Regionalliga side FC Viktoria Köln in the first round, the match will be played in Cologne. They will play Arminia Bielefeld in the second round.

### DFB-Pokal results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Hertha BSC | Opponent | Ref. |
| Round 1 | 16 August 2014 | 15:30 | A | Cologne | FC Viktoria Köln | 4–2 | 5,239 | Ronny 33' Beerens 41' Haraguchi 52' Schieber 76' | Wunderlich 57' Candan 67' | |
| Round 2 | 28 October 2014 | 19:00 | A | Bielefeld | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–0 (2–4 (p)) | 23,098 | | | |

## Player informations

As of 24 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Thomas Kraft | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | John Heitinga | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Hajime Hosogai | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Marcel Ndjeng | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | TUN | Änis Ben-Hatira | 16 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou | 27 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Ronny | 21 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Jens Hegeler | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Valentin Stocker | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber | 18 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Tolga Ciğerci | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Peter Niemeyer | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Johannes van den Bergh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 23 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Nico Schulz | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | NED | Roy Beerens | 29 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Sandro Wagner | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Marius Gersbeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | GER | Christoph Janker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sami Allagui (on loan to 1. FSV Mainz 05) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Hany Mukhtar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |