# 2021–22 Hertha BSC season

The 2021–22 season was the 129th season in the existence of Hertha BSC and the club's ninth 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 29 January 2022
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 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Fredrik André Bjørkan |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata (captain) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida |
| 7 | FW | GER | Davie Selke |
| 8 | MF | GER | Suat Serdar |
| 10 | MF | NED | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida |
| 12 | GK | GER | Nils Körber |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Ishak Belfodil |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | MNE | Stevan Jovetić |
| 20 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein |
| 23 | FW | GER | Marco Richter |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Kevin-Prince Boateng |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Kélian Nsona |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart |
| 30 | FW | KOR | Dong-jun Lee |
| 31 | DF | GER | Márton Dárdai |
| 32 | GK | DEN | Oliver Christensen |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Ruwen Werthmüller |
| 40 | MF | GER | Jonas Michelbrink |
| 44 | DF | GER | Linus Gechter |

### 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 |
| — | DF | PAR | Omar Alderete (at Valencia until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | NED | Javairô Dilrosun (at Bordeaux until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Eduard Löwen (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | BEL | Dodi Lukebakio (at VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Arne Maier (at FC Augsburg until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | Jessic Ngankam (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan (at PEC Zwolle until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha (at Gent until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | NED | Deyovaisio Zeefuik (at Blackburn Rovers until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 8 | MF | Suat Serdar | Schalke 04 | €8,000,000 | 1 July 2021 |
| 27 | MF | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Monza | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Stevan Jovetić | AS Monaco | Free | 27 July 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Marco Richter | FC Augsburg | €7,100,000 | 10 August 2021 |
| 14 | FW | Ishak Belfodil | 1899 Hoffenheim | €500,000 | 23 August 2021 |
| 32 | GK | Oliver Christensen | Odense BK | Undisclosed | 26 August 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | Ajax | €3,000,000 | 27 August 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Myziane Maolida | Nice | €4,000,000 | 31 August 2021 |
| 3 | DF | Fredrik André Bjørkan | Bodø/Glimt | Free | 1 January 2022 |
| 20 | DF | Marc-Oliver Kempf | VfB Stuttgart | €500,000 | 25 January 2022 |
| 30 | FW | Dong-jun Lee | Ulsan Hyundai | €800,000 | 29 January 2022 |
| 28 | FW | Kélian Nsona | Caen | €500,000 | 31 January 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 7 | FW | Mathew Leckie | Melbourne City FC | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 23 | MF | Eduard Löwen | VfL Bochum | Loan | 1 July 2021 |
| 28 | MF | Sami Khedira | | Retired | 1 July 2021 |
| 27 | FW | Jessic Ngankam | Greuther Fürth | Loan | 8 July 2021 |
| 14 | DF | Omar Alderete | Valencia | Loan | 12 July 2021 |
| 15 | FW | Jhon Córdoba | Krasnodar | €20,000,000 | 23 July 2021 |
| 32 | DF | Luca Netz | Borussia Mönchengladbach | €4,000,000 | 6 August 2021 |
| 26 | MF | Arne Maier | FC Augsburg | Loan | 10 August 2021 |
| 10 | FW | Matheus Cunha | Atlético Madrid | €30,000,000 | 25 August 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Dodi Lukebakio | VfL Wolfsburg | Loan | 30 August 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Javairô Dilrosun | Bordeaux | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 33 | FW | Daishawn Redan | PEC Zwolle | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| 9 | FW | Krzysztof Piątek | Fiorentina | Loan | 8 January 2022 |
| 42 | DF | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | Blackburn Rovers | Loan | 14 January 2022 |
| 30 | FW | Dennis Jastrzembski | Śląsk Wrocław | Free | 25 January 2022 |
| 25 | DF | Jordan Torunarigha | Gent | Loan | 28 January 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 15 August 2021 | 14 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 026.47 |
| Bundesliga relegation play-offs | 19 May 2022 | 23 May 2022 | First leg | Winners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 8 August 2021 | 19 January 2022 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 45 | 76 | −31 | 030.77 |
Source: Soccerway

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 38 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC (O) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Greuther Fürth (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 82 | −54 | 18 | 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 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

#### Relegation play-offs

As a result of their 16th-place finish in the regular season, the club qualified for the play-off match with the third-place team in the 2021–22 2. Bundesliga, Hamburger SV, to determine whether the club would remain in the 2022–23 Bundesliga.

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Relegation play-offs | Relegation play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Alexander Schwolow | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Nils Körber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | DEN | Oliver Christensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | POL | Marcel Lotka | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 31 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Fredrik André Bjørkan | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Dedryck Boyata | 27 | 1 | 22+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark | 30 | 1 | 22+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Lukas Klünter | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt | 26 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Marc-Oliver Kempf | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt | 25 | 1 | 18+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Márton Dárdai | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | GER | Cimo Röcker | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | GER | Julian Eitschberger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GER | Linus Gechter | 16 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida | 29 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Suat Serdar | 35 | 4 | 27+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 22 | 3 | 6+15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Santiago Ascacíbar | 31 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Kevin-Prince Boateng | 21 | 0 | 8+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Lucas Tousart | 34 | 2 | 22+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GER | Julian Albrecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Jonas Michelbrink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | GER | Jonas Dirkner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 28 | 5 | 10+15 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida | 18 | 1 | 9+5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Ishak Belfodil | 30 | 6 | 17+9 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MNE | Stevan Jovetić | 22 | 7 | 13+5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Luca Wollschläger | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | GER | Marco Richter | 33 | 6 | 19+11 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Kélian Nsona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | KOR | Dong-jun Lee | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Marten Winkler | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | SUI | Ruwen Werthmüller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | GER | Anton Kade | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POL | Krzysztof Piątek | 10 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Matheus Cunha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Dodi Lukebakio | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | NED | Javairô Dilrosun | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | POL | Dennis Jastrzembski | 10 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | NED | Daishawn Redan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | NED | Deyovaisio Zeefuik | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2022 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Relegation play-offs | Total |
| 1 | FW | 19 | | Stevan Jovetić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 14 | | Ishak Belfodil | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | | Marco Richter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | | Davie Selke | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | | Suat Serdar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | | Vladimír Darida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 29 | | Lucas Tousart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | | Dedryck Boyata | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 5 | | Niklas Stark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | | Krzysztof Piątek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 11 | | Dodi Lukebakio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 11 | | Myziane Maolida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 21 | | Marvin Plattenhardt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 44 | | Linus Gechter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 6 | 2 | 45 |
Last updated: 23 May 2022