# 2017–18 Hertha BSC season

The 2017–18 Hertha BSC season was the 126th season in the football club's history and 5th consecutive and 35th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2013. In addition to the domestic league, Hertha BSC also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This was the 50th season for Hertha in the Olympiastadion Berlin, located in Berlin, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida |
| 7 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein |
| 8 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie |
| 16 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt |
| 18 | MF | GER | Sinan Kurt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević (captain) |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Valentino Lazaro |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein |
| 23 | DF | GER | Mitchell Weiser |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha |
| 26 | MF | GER | Arne Maier |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger |
| 29 | DF | GER | Florian Baak |
| 30 | MF | GER | Julius Kade |
| 32 | MF | GER | Palkó Dárdai |
| 33 | GK | USA | Jonathan Klinsmann |

## 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 | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 14 August 2017 | 25 October 2017 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Europa League | 14 September 2017 | 7 December 2017 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 028.57 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 47 | |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 | |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 41 | |
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ATH | OST | ZOR | HRT |
| 1 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Östersunds FK | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

## 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 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NOR | Rune Jarstein | 34 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | USA | Jonathan Klinsmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SVK | Peter Pekarík | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik | 31 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Niklas Stark | 31 | 2 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Maximilian Mittelstädt | 14 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Marvin Plattenhardt | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Mitchell Weiser | 31 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jordan Torunarigha | 15 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger | 29 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Florian Baak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred | 33 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Vladimír Darida | 24 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Alexander Esswein | 22 | 2 | 6+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ondrej Duda | 23 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Sinan Kurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Valentino Lazaro | 31 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Arne Maier | 21 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SUI | Julius Kade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Palkó Dárdai | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | CIV | Salomon Kalou | 36 | 12 | 27+4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 29 | 6 | 19+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | GER | Julian Schieber | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BIH | Vedad Ibišević | 33 | 7 | 18+9 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 31 | 14 | 19+8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | GER | Sebastian Langkamp | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Valentin Stocker | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 11 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
Last updated: 12 May 2018 Source: Competitions