# 2009–10 Hertha BSC season

The 2009–10 season Hertha BSC season began on 1 August 2009 with a DFB-Pokal match against Preußen Münster and ended on 8 May 2010, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Bayern Munich. Hertha was eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal by 1860 Munich, and in round of 32 in the Europa League by Benfica. The club finished in 18th and last place in the Bundesliga and was subsequently relegated.

## Transfers
### Summer transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Pejčinović (on loan from Rad) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Christoph Janker (from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos (from América de Cali) |
| 11 | MF | GER | Florian Kringe (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 12 | GK | GER | Timo Ochs (from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 18 | FW | POL | Artur Wichniarek (from Arminia Bielefeld) |
| 22 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson (from Trelleborg) |
| 27 | MF | BRA | César (from Al-Ahli) |
| 31 | DF | ALB | Fanol Perdedaj (from Hertha BSC Youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | GER | Sofian Chahed (to Hannover 96) |
| 6 | MF | CRO | Marko Babić (to Real Zaragoza) |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Marko Pantelić (to Ajax) |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Andriy Voronin (loan return to Liverpool) |
| 12 | GK | GER | Christian Fiedler (retired) |
| 14 | DF | CRO | Josip Šimunić (to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Rodnei (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Lúcio (on loan to Grêmio) |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré (loan return to Monaco) |
| 27 | FW | TUN | Amine Chermiti (on loan to Al-Ittihad) |
| 33 | FW | BRA | André Lima (on loan to Botafogo, previously on loan at São Paulo) |
| 38 | FW | FRA | Ibrahima Traoré (to FC Augsburg) |
| 39 | MF | GER | Florian Riedel (to Hertha BSC II) |

### Winter transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | CZE | Roman Hubník (on loan from FC Moscow, previously on loan at Sparta Prague) |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Theofanis Gekas (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 21 | DF | GEO | Levan Kobiashvili (from Schalke 04) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Kaká (on loan to Omonia) |
| 17 | MF | USA | Bryan Arguez (released) |
| 27 | MF | BRA | César (to Al-Ahli) |
| 33 | FW | BRA | André Lima (on loan to Fluminense, previously on loan at Botafogo) |

## Goals and appearances

| 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 |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný | 39 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Kaká | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Arne Friedrich | 40 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Steve von Bergen | 34 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Pejčinović | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Christoph Janker | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Cícero | 41 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Pál Dárdai | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos | 35 | 11 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Raffael | 41 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Florian Kringe | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Timo Ochs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GER | Marc Stein | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CZE | Roman Hubník | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA | Bryan Arguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GRE | Theofanis Gekas | 19 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | POL | Artur Wichniarek | 27 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Patrick Ebert | 23 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GEO | Levan Kobiashvili | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski | 25 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 | MF | ROU | Maximilian Nicu | 26 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | POL | Łukasz Piszczek | 42 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | César | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Sascha Bigalke | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Christopher Gäng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ALB | Fanol Perdedaj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Shervin Radjabali-Fardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Lennart Hartmann | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar | 30 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |

### Notes

* ^1 Kaká left Hertha during the winter break.
* ^2 Nemanja Pejčinović was on loan from Rad
* ^3 Cícero was on loan from Tombense.
* ^4 Roman Hubník joined Hertha during the winter break, and was on loan from FC Moscow.
* ^5 Bryan Arguez left Hertha during the winter break.
* ^6 Theofanis Gekas joined Hertha during the winter break, and was on loan from Bayer Leverkusen.
* ^7 Levan Kobiashvili joined Hertha during the winter break.
* ^8 César left Hertha during the winter break.

## International appearances

Appearances from 1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010 are included.
| Player | Position | Country | Caps (Goals) | Caps this season |
| Levan Kobiashvili | DF | Georgia | 88 (10) | vs. Italy, vs. Bulgaria , vs. Estonia, vs. Cameroon |
| Arne Friedrich | DF | Germany | 76 (0) | vs. South Africa, vs. Russia, vs. Finland, vs. Malta, vs. Hungary, vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, vs. Australia, vs. Serbia, vs. Ghana, vs. England |
| Pál Dárdai | MF | Hungary | 61 (5) | vs. Romania, vs. Sweden, vs. Portugal, vs. Russia |
| Theofanis Gekas | FW | Greece | 49 (20) | vs. Poland, vs. Switzerland, vs. Moldova , vs. Latvia , vs Luxembourg , vs. Ukraine, vs. Ukraine, vs. Senegal, vs. North Korea, vs. South Korea, vs. Nigeria |
| Gojko Kačar | MF | Serbia | 18 (0) | vs. South Africa, vs. France, vs. Lithuania, vs. Northern Ireland, vs. South Korea, vs. Algeria, vs. New Zealand, vs. Poland, vs. Germany |
| Steve von Bergen | DF | Switzerland | 14 (0) | vs. Greece, vs. Latvia, vs. Luxembourg, vs. Norway, vs. Uruguay, Costa Rica, vs. Spain vs. Chile, vs. Honduras |
| Valeri Domovchiyski | FW | Bulgaria | 9 (1) | vs. Latvia, vs. Montenegro, vs Cyprus vs Malta |
| Roman Hubník | DF | Czech Republic | 7 (1) | vs. Belgium , vs. San Marino, vs. Poland, vs. Northern Ireland, vs. United Arab Emirates, vs. Scotland |
| Adrián Ramos | FW | Colombia | 7 (1) | vs. Uruguay, vs. Paraguay , vs. South Africa, vs. Nigeria |
| Maximilian Nicu | MF | Romania | 3 (0) | vs. Hungary, vs. France |
| Jaroslav Drobný | GK | Czech Republic | 3 (0) | vs. United Arab Emirates, vs. Scotland |

### Notes

* ^9 Match played before player joined Hertha.
* ^10 Player scored a goal in this game.
* ^11 World Cup match.