# 2013–14 Hertha BSC season

The 2013–14 Hertha BSC season was the 121st season in club history.

## Background

Hertha won the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga, therefore securing promotion for the 2013–14 Bundesliga. The club's pre-season began on 23 June, with 500 fans showing up to the first pre-season training session.
For the season, Hertha signed Hajime Hosogai, Alexander Baumjohann, Sebastian Langkamp, and Johannes van den Bergh. Hertha also brought in on loan Per Ciljan Skjelbred and Tolga Ciğerci. Alfredo Morales, Marvin Knoll, Shervin Radjabali-Fardi, Daniel Beichler, Marco Djuricin, Roman Hubník all departed Hertha, while Felix Bastians was loaned out.

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| MF | Hajime Hosogai | 27 | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Alexander Baumjohann | 26 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | End of contract | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| MF | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 26 | Hamburger SV | Loan | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Tolga Ciğerci | 21 | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | Summer | 2014 | €300,000 |
| DF | Sebastian Langkamp | 25 | FC Augsburg | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| GK | Rune Jarstein | 29 | Viking | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| DF | Johannes van den Bergh | 26 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| DF | Alfredo Morales | 23 | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Marvin Knoll | 23 | SV Sandhausen | Released | Summer | Free |
| DF | Shervin Radjabali-Fardi | 22 | Hansa Rostock | Released | Summer | Free |
| FW | Daniel Beichler | 24 | Sturm Graz | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Marco Djuricin | 20 | Sturm Graz | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Felix Bastians | 25 | VfL Bochum | Loan | Summer | |
| DF | Roman Hubník | 29 | Viktoria Plzeň | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Fanol Perdedaj | 22 | Energie Cottbus | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| FW | Pierre-Michel Lasogga | 21 | Hamburger SV | Loan | Winter | |
| FW | Ben Sahar | 24 | Arminia Bielefeld | Loan | Winter | |

## Bundesliga
### Bundesliga review

Hertha began their Bundesliga campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt on 10 August. Hertha BSC won 6–1. Adrián Ramos, John Brooks, Sami Allagui and Ronny scored for Hertha; Ramos and Allagui scored two goals each. Alexander Meier scored for Eintracht. Hertha finished the matchday in first place. Hertha then faced 1. FC Nürnberg on 18 August on matchday two of the Bundesliga, with the match ending in a 2–2 draw. Allagui and Ronny scored for Hertha, while Josip Drmić and Hiroshi Kiyotake scored for Nürnberg. Hertha finished the matchday in sixth place. Hertha then faced Hamburger SV on matchday three, on 24 August, where Hertha won 1–0 through a Ramos goal. Hertha finished the matchday in fifth place. Hertha finished August with matchday four on 31 August against VfL Wolfsburg, falling 2–0 through Ivica Olić and Diego goals for Wolfsburg. Hertha ended August in sixth place.
Hertha BSC faced VfB Stuttgart on matchday five on 13 September. Stuttgart won 1–0 with a goal from Christian Gentner. Hertha finished the matchday in eighth place. Hertha played SC Freiburg on matchday six on 22 September; the match ended in a 1–1 draw. Per Ciljan Skjelbred scored for Hertha while Admir Mehmedi scored for Freiburg. Hertha finished the matchday in 10th place. Hertha finished September against Mainz 05 on matchday seven on 28 September; Hertha BSC won 3–1. Sami Allagui (2) and Änis Ben-Hatira scored for Hertha, while Nicolai Müller scored for Mainz. Hertha BSC finished September in fifth place.
Hertha started October with matchday eight against Hannover 96 on 4 October. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Ronny scored for Hertha and Christian Schulz scored for Hannover. Hertha finished the matchday in sixth place. Hertha faced Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday nine on 19 October. Hertha won 1–0 with a goal from Adrián Ramos. Hertha finished the matchday in fourth place. Hertha finished October against Bayern Munich on matchday 10 on 26 October. Bayern won 3–2. Ramos and Änis Ben-Hatira scored for Hertha. Mario Mandžukić (2) and Mario Götze scored for Bayern. Hertha finished October in fifth place.
Hertha started November against Schalke 04 on matchday 11 on 2 November, where Schalke won 2–0 through goals from Ádám Szalai and Julian Draxler. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha faced 1899 Hoffenheim on matchday 12 on 9 November. Hertha won 3–2. Ben-Hatira and Ramos (2) scored for Hertha Sejad Salihović scored two goals for Hoffenheim. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha faced Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 13 on 23 November. Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Stefan Kießling. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha finished November against FC Augsburg on matchday 14 on 30 November. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. Hertha finished November in seventh place.
Hertha started December against Eintracht Braunschweig on matchday 15 on 8 December. Hertha won 2–0 with goals from Adrián Ramos and Tolga Ciğerci. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha faced Werder Bremen on matchday 16 on 13 December. Hertha won 3–2. Ramos (2) and Ronny scored for Hertha, while Nils Petersen and Aaron Hunt scored for Bremen. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha finished December with matchday 17 against Borussia Dortmund on 21 December, winning 2–1. Ramos and Sami Allagui scored for Hertha. Marco Reus scored for Borussia Dortmund. Hertha finished December in sixth place. Hertha returned to competitive action with matchday 18 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 with a goal from Alexander Meier. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.

### Bundesliga fixtures and results
#### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### League fixtures & results

| MD | Date Kickoff | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. |
| MD | Date Kickoff | Venue | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Hertha BSC | Opponent | Ref. |
| 1 | 10 August 15:30 | H | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6–1 | 54,476 | Ramos 18', 71' Brooks 32' Allagui 58', 60' Ronny 89' | Flum 24' Zambrano 33' Meier 37' | |
| 2 | 18 August 15:30 | A | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–2 | 37,068 | Pekarík 32' Baumjohann 53' Allagui 61' Ronny 78' | Dabanlı 8' Feulner 27' Drmić 40' Pinola 53' Stark 69' Chandler 71' Kiyotake 89' | |
| 3 | 24 August 18:30 | H | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 63,574 | Schulz 38' Ramos 74' | Westermann 17' Lam 28' Zoua 28' Beister 62' | |
| 4 | 31 August 15:30 | A | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | 25,000 | Langkamp 59' Wagner 64' | Naldo 23' Olić 42' Diego 45' | |
| 5 | 13 September 20:30 | H | VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | 46,624 | Ronny 87' | Ibišević 34' Gentner 49' | |
| 6 | 22 September 15:30 | A | SC Freiburg | 1–1 | 23,200 | Skjelbred 38' 65' Ben-Hatira 72' Langkamp 84' Wagner 90+2' | Mehmedi 6' Kerk 9' Coquelin 89' | |
| 7 | 28 September 15:30 | H | Mainz 05 | 3–1 | 40,969 | Allagui 48', 73' Ben-Hatira 74' Pekarík 86' | Müller 1' 8' Noveski 39' Slišković 82' Zimling 84' | |
| 8 | 4 October 20:30 | A | Hannover 96 | 1–1 | 42,000 | Allagui 36' Schulz 51' Langkamp 61' Ronny 81' | Schlaudraff 6' Schulz 23' Stindl 53' Marcelo 82' | |
| 9 | 19 October 18:30 | H | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | 61,539 | Ramos 36', 90+4' Kobiashvili 52' | Raffael 33' Stranzl 90' 90+2' | |
| 10 | 26 October 15:30 | A | Bayern Munich | 2–3 | 71,000 | Ramos 4', 52' Hosogai 50' Ben-Hatira 58' Pekarík 65' Skjelbred 90' | Boateng 28' Mandžukić 30', 51' Schweinsteiger 35' Rafinha 50' Götze 54' | |
| 11 | 2 October 15:30 | H | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | 69,277 | Hosogai 55' Ciğerci 72' Langkamp 77' | Szalai 26' Neustäadter 43' Draxler 90+4' | |
| 12 | 9 October 15:30 | A | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | 25,078 | Ben-Hatira 13', 24' Pekarík 18' Ramos 53', 84' | Strobl 38' Salihović 70', 81' Modeste 76' | |
| 13 | 23 October 15:30 | H | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 47,419 | Ronny 90+1' | Kießling 29' Can 35' | |
| 14 | 30 November 15:30 | H | FC Augsburg | 0–0 | 38,667 | Ciğerci 30' | Callsen-Bracker 74' | |
| 15 | 8 November 17:30 | A | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–0 | 23,100 | Ramos 20' Hosogai 37' Ndjeng 43' Schulz 73' Van den Bergh 78' Ciğerci 80' | Oehrl 45+2' Perthel 60' 81' Bellarabi 83' | |
| 16 | 13 November 20:30 | H | Werder Bremen | 3–2 | 48,721 | Ramos 17' (pen.), 26' Ronny 48' Ciğerci 66' | Petersen 15' Gebre Selassie 17' Hunt 32' García 51' | |
| 17 | 21 December 15:30 | A | Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 80,645 | Ramos 23' Allagui 45' Ciğerci 50' Kobiashvili 67' Hosogai 82' | Reus 7' Sarr 45+2' Şahin 90+1' | |
| 18 | 25 January 18:30 | A | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | 41,600 | Ramos 26' Ronny 72' Skjelbred 75' | Zambrano 21' Meier 36' Schwegler 90' | |
| 19 | 2 February 15:30 | H | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–3 | 37,438 | Van den Bergh 2' Ramos 4' Ronny 64' Lustenberger 81' | Feulner 20' Frantz 32' Drmić 68', 90' | |
| 20 | 8 February 18:30 | A | Hamburger SV | 3–0 | 48,593 | Allagui 15' Ramos 23', 38' | Arslan 72' Westermann 81' | |
| 21 | 16 February 17:30 | H | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–2 | 40,648 | Skjelbred 21' | Luiz Gustavo 25' Knoche 58' Caligiuri 78' Klose 82' | |
| 22 | 22 February 15:30 | A | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | 45,700 | Kobiashvili 5' Allagui 52' Wagner 87', 90' 90+1' | Boka 45' | |
| 23 | 28 February 20:30 | H | SC Freiburg | 0–0 | 37,920 | — | — | |
| 24 | 9 March 17:30 | A | Mainz 05 | 1–1 | 29,760 | Ramos 51' Allagui 65' Wagner 90+2' | Park 44' Choupo-Moting 65' Moritz 90' | |
| 25 | 15 March 15:30 | H | Hannover 96 | 0–3 | 46,727 | Niemeyer 85' | Andreasen 10' Stindl 49' Schlaudraff 57' Hoffmann 85' Huszti 90+1' | |
| 26 | 22 March 18:30 | A | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–3 | 53,030 | Langkamp 30' | Kramer 12' Arango 28' Kruse 32' Raffael 40' | |
| 27 | 25 March 20:00 | H | Bayern Munich | 1–3 | 76,197 | Ramos 66' Skjelbred 69' | Kroos 6' Götze 14' Ribéry 79' | |
| 28 | 28 March 20:30 | A | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | 61,550 | Ciğerci 33' | Obasi 16' Huntelaar 46' Neustädter 65' | |
| 29 | 6 April 17:30 | H | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–1 | 43,874 | Allagui 11' Brooks 36' | Polanski 21', 30' Elyounoussi 24' | |
| 30 | 13 April 15:30 | A | Bayer Leverkuusen | 1–2 | 29,377 | Ciğerci 9' Wagner 38' | Kießling 1' Brandt 24' Donati 79' | |
| 31 | 19 April 15:30 | A | FC Augsburg | 0–0 | 30,059 | Allagui 63' Langkamp 67' Niemeyer 89' | Ostrzolek 52' | |
| 32 | 26 April 15:30 | H | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–0 | 51,953 | Brooks 61' Allagui 77' | — | |
| 33 | 3 May 15:30 | A | Werder Bremen | 0–2 | 42,100 | Brooks 56' | Di Santo 4' Hunt 48', 50' García 61' Elia 67' | |
| 34 | 10 May 15:30 | H | Borussia Dortmund | 0–4 | 76,197 | Schulz 70' Wagner 86' | Lewandowski 41', 80' Jojić 44' Mkhitaryan 82' | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 72 | 70 | +2 | 44 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 42 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 41 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 39 |
| 13 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 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: 12 May 2014. Source:

## DFB–Pokal
### DFB–Pokal review

The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal occurred on 15 June. Hertha was drawn against VfR Neumünster. The match took place on 4 August and Hertha BSC won 3–2 in extra time. Änis Ben-Hatira (2) and Sami Allagui scored for Hertha. Harrer and Kramer scored for Neumünster. The draw for the second round of the DFB-Pokal occurred on 10 August. Hertha were drawn against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The match took place on 25 September, where Kaiserslautern won 3–1, eliminating Hertha from the competition. Peter Niemeyer scored for Hertha, while Mohammadou Idrissou, Karim Matmour and Olivier Occéan scored for Kaiserslautern.

### DFB–Pokal results
#### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### DFB–Pokal results

| RD | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| RD | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Hertha BSC | Opponent | Ref. |
| FR | 4 August – 16:00 | A | VfR Neumünster | 3–2 (aet) | 8,000 | Ben-Hatira 16', 30' Allagui 120' | Harrer 5' Kramer 58' | |
| SR | 25 September – 19:00 | A | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–3 | 24,291 | Niemeyer 25' | Idrissou 52' Matmour 63' Occéan 83' | |

## Player information
### Squad statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals

As of 12 May 2014
| 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 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GEO | Levan Kobiashvili | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Maik Franz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Christoph Janker | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Hajime Hosogai | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Marcel Ndjeng | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | TUN | Änis Ben-Hatira | 22 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sami Allagui | 31 | 10 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Ronny | 28 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 28 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Tolga Ciğerci | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Peter Niemeyer | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos | 34 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Johannes van den Bergh | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Peer Kluge | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks | 17 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Nico Schulz | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Fabian Holland | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Sandro Wagner | 27 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Hany Mukhtar | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | GER | Marius Gersbeck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | GER | Philip Sprint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2013-14 season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | CZE | Roman Hubník | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ISR | Ben Sahar (on loan to Arminia Bielefeld) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Pierre-Michel Lasogga (on loan to Hamburger SV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Minutes played
### Discipline

| No. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| 33 | Sandro Wagner | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sebastian Langkamp | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Tolga Ciğerci | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Peter Pekarík | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hajime Hosogai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ronny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sami Allagui | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Nico Schulz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Adrián Ramos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Änis Ben-Hatira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Levan Kobiashvili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Fabian Lustenberger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Johannes van den Bergh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Peter Niemeyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | John Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Alexander Baumjohann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Marcel Ndjeng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 57 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Last updated: 12 May 2014 |||||||||||