# 2016–17 Hertha BSC season

The 2016–17 Hertha BSC season was the 125th season in the football club's history and fourth consecutive and 34th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2013. Hertha BSC also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. It was the 49th overall season for Hertha BSC in the Olympiastadion, located in Berlin, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Background

Hertha finished seventh in the 2015–16 Bundesliga, earning them qualification to the 2016–17 Europa League third qualifying round.

## Players
### Squad

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 | Thomas Kraft |
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík (Vice-captain) |
| 3 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida |
| 7 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou |
| 9 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sami Allagui |
| 13 | DF | GER | Jens Hegeler |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Valentin Stocker |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp |
| 16 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber |
| 18 | MF | GER | Sinan Kurt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević (Captain) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Allan (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein |
| 23 | DF | GER | Mitchell Weiser |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger |
| 29 | GK | GER | Nils Körber |
| 31 | MF | GER | Florian Kohls |
| 34 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt |
| 36 | MF | GER | Julius Kade |
| 39 | DF | GER | Florian Baak |
| 40 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 19 | MF | Vedad Ibišević | 31 | Non-EU | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 35 | GK | Marius Gersbeck | 21 | EU | Chemnitzer FC | End of loan | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 7 | FW | Hajime Hosogai | 30 | Non-EU | Bursaspor | End of loan | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Ondrej Duda | 21 | EU | Legia Warsaw | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Undisclosed |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 23 | DF | Johannes van den Bergh | 29 | EU | Getafe | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 30 | GK | Sascha Burchert | 26 | EU | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 35 | GK | Marius Gersbeck | 21 | EU | Chemnitzer FC | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 27 | MF | Roy Beerens | 28 | EU | Reading | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 19 | MF | Vedad Ibišević | 31 | Non-EU | VfB Stuttgart | End of loan | Summer | Free |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Schauinsland-Reisen-Cup
## 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 | 28 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 044.12 |
| DFB-Pokal | 21 August 2016 | 8 February 2017 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 033.33 |
| Europa League | 28 July 2016 | 4 August 2016 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 043.59 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 45 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Thomas Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 38 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | GER | Nils Körber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 36 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 32 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt | 31 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | USA | John Brooks | 29 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | GER | Florian Baak | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 31 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Niklas Stark | 32 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida | 29 | 2 | 21+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Alexander Esswein | 30 | 2 | 15+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Alexander Baumjohann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Valentin Stocker | 20 | 5 | 14+3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Sinan Kurt | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Allan | 16 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Mitchell Weiser | 21 | 4 | 12+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 34 | 1 | 23+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Florian Kohls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Julius Kade | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou | 31 | 7 | 25+1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sami Allagui | 13 | 1 | 0+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber | 22 | 3 | 2+16 | 3 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević | 37 | 14 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | GER | Jens Hegeler | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Vedad Ibišević | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | 8 | FW | | Salomon Kalou | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Valentin Stocker | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Mitchell Weiser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 16 | FW | | Julian Schieber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | DF | | Marvin Plattenhardt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | | Vladimír Darida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Alexander Esswein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 25 | DF | | John Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | | Peter Pekarík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | MF | | Niklas Stark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | FW | | Sami Allagui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 24 | MF | | Genki Haraguchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 40 | DF | | Jordan Torunarigha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 43 | 4 | 2 | 49 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 22 | GK | | Rune Jarstein | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Last updated: 13 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Peter Pekarík | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Niklas Stark | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Vladimír Darida | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Alexander Esswein | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Salomon Kalou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Sami Allagui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Valentin Stocker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Sebastian Langkamp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Julian Schieber | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Vedad Ibišević | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Allan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Marvin Plattenhardt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Rune Jarstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Mitchell Weiser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Genki Haraguchi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | John Brooks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Fabian Lustenberger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Maximilian Mittelstädt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | | Jordan Torunarigha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 63 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017