2007–08 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC

2007–08 season
president	Werner Gegenbauer
manager	Lucien Favre
Bundesliga	10th
DFB Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Marko Pantelić (13 goals) All: Marko Pantelić (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	74,220 vs. Bayern Munich
Lowest home attendance	5,000 vs. Unterhaching
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2006-07 2008-09 →

Hertha BSC's 2007–08 season began on 4 August 2007, with their DFB-Pokal match against Unterhaching, and ended 17 May 2008, with their Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich. They finished tenth in the Bundesliga and were eliminated in the second round of the DFB-Pokal.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jaroslav Drobný 3 DF Arne Friedrich (captain) 4 DF Steve von Bergen 5 DF Sofian Chahed 6 DF Gilberto (Left Hertha during the winter break) 6 MF Rudolf Skácel (on loan from Southampton; joined Hertha during winter break) 7 MF Mineiro 8 MF Pal Dardai 9 FW Marko Pantelić 10 FW Raffael (joined Hertha during winter break) 12 GK Christian Fiedler 14 DF Josip Šimunić 16 MF Lúcio 17 MF Bryan Arguez (joined Hertha during winter break) 19 DF Andreas Schmidt 20 MF Patrick Ebert 21 FW Solomon Okoronkwo -- FW André Lima

No. Position Player 22 MF Tobias Grahn (on loan from Gimnàstic Tarragona) 23 FW Valeri Domovchiyski (on loan from Levski Sofia; joined Hertha during winter break) 24 MF Bilal Çubukçu 26 FW Łukasz Piszczek 27 DF Amadeus Wallschläger 28 MF Fabian Lustenberger 29 MF Sascha Bigalke 30 GK Christopher Gäng 34 MF Marcus Steinwarth 36 DF Pascal Bieler 37 DF Christian Müller (left Hertha during winter break) 38 MF Ibrahima Traoré 39 MF Chinedu Ede 44 MF Gojko Kačar (joined Hertha during winter break) -- DF Malik Fathi (left Hertha during winter break) -- Lucien Favre (Trainer)

Summer transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Jaroslav Drobný (from Bochum) 5 DF Steve von Bergen (from Zürich) 16 MF Lúcio (from Palmeiras) 21 FW Solomon Okoronkwo (loan return from Rot-Weiss Essen) 22 MF Tobias Grahn (on loan from Gimnàstic de Tarragona) 24 MF Bilal Çubukçu (from Hertha BSC II) 26 FW Łukasz Piszczek (loan return from Zaglebie Lubin) 28 MF Fabian Lustenberger (from Lucerne) 30 GK Christopher Gäng (from Waldhof Mannheim) 36 DF Pascal Bieler (loan return from Rot-Weiss Essen) 38 MF Ibrahima Traoré (from Hertha BSC II) 40 GK Sascha Burchert (from Hertha BSC Youth) -- FW Christian Giménez (from Marseille; previously on loan) -- FW André Lima (from Botafogo)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 4 DF Dick van Burik (Retired) 7 MF Yıldıray Baştürk (to Stuttgart) 11 FW Ellery Cairo (to Coventry City) 13 FW Christian Giménez (to Deportivo Toluca) 16 MF Ashkan Dejagah (to Wolfsburg) 17 MF Kevin-Prince Boateng (to Tottenham Hotspur) 18 FW Srđan Lakić (on loan to Heracles Almelo) 20 MF Andreas Neuendorf (to Ingolstadt 04) 23 DF Dennis Cagara (on loan to Nordsjælland) 32 DF Robert Müller (to Carl Zeiss Jena) 33 GK Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (to Randers) 40 GK Nico Pellatz (to Werder Bremen) 43 DF Christopher Storch (to Real Madrid B) 41 DF Jérôme Boateng (to Hamburger SV)

Winter transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 6 MF Rudolf Skácel (on loan from Southampton) 10 FW Raffael (from FC Zürich) 17 MF Bryan Arguez (from D.C. United) 23 FW Valeri Domovchiyski (on loan from Levski Sofia) 44 MF Gojko Kačar (from Vojvodina)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Christian Müller (to Energie Cottbus) DF Gilberto (to Tottenham Hotspur) DF Malik Fathi (to Spartak Moscow)

Goalscorers

Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
Marko Pantelić	13	1	14
Sofian Chahed	4	0	4
Raffael	4	0	4
Solomon Okoronkwo	4	0	4
Rudolf Skácel	2	0	2
André Lima	2	0	2
Patrick Ebert	1	1	2
Malik Fathi	1	1	2
Mineiro	1	0	1
Lúcio	1	0	1
Łukasz Piszczek	1	0	1
Fabian Lustenberger	1	0	1
Gojko Kačar	1	0	1
Valeri Domovchiyski	1	0	1

Fixtures

DFB-Pokal First Round

SpVgg Unterhaching v Hertha BSC

4 August 2007 15:30 CET

SpVgg Unterhaching	0 – 3	Hertha BSC
Leichleiter	Report	Fathi  44' Ebert  65' Pantelić  80'

Generali Sportpark, Unterhaching Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Hirschau)

Bundesliga First Matchday

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

11 August 2007 15:30 CET

Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 0	Hertha BSC
Amanatidis  31'	Report

Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 45,900 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

Bundesliga Second Matchday

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

18 August 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	3 – 1	VfB Stuttgart
Chahed  51' (pen.) Fathi  65' Okoronkwo  80'	Report	Hitzlsperger  15'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 46, 743 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)

Bundesliga Third Matchday

Arminia Bielefeld v Hertha BSC

25 August 2007 15:30 CET

Arminia Bielefeld	2 – 0	Hertha BSC
Masmanidis  52' Wichniarek  90'	Report

Schüco Arena, Bielefeld Attendance: 20, 000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Altdorf)

Bundesliga Fourth Matchday

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

1 September 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
Pantelić  38' Okoronkwo  88'	Report	Dejagah  61'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 42, 079 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster)

Bundesliga Fifth Matchday

MSV Duisburg v Hertha BSC

16 September 2007 18:00 CET

MSV Duisburg	1 – 2	Hertha BSC
Lavrić  78'	Report	Pantelić  61', 70'

MSV Arena, Duisburg Attendance: 25, 070 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Hallstadt)

Bundesliga Sixth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Borussia Dortmund

22 September 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	3 – 2	Borussia Dortmund
Pantelić  43', 54' Okoronkwo  76'	Report	Petrić  31', 88'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 52, 237 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga Seventh Matchday

Hertha BSC v Hansa Rostock

25 September 2007 20:00 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 3	Hansa Rostock
Pantelić  2'	Report	Rahn  40' Hähnge  54' Dorn  74'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 48, 670 Referee: Babak Rafati(Döhren)

Bundesliga Eighth Matchday

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

28 September 2007 20:30 CET

Schalke 04	1 – 0	Hertha BSC
Rafinha  44' (pen.)	Report

Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 60, 511 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Bundesliga Ninth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Energie Cottbus

6 October 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	0 – 0	Energie Cottbus
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 48, 715 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Sillenbuch)

Bundesliga Tenth Matchday

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

20 October 2007 15:30 CET

Werder Bremen	3 – 2	Hertha BSC
Almeida  57' Rosengerg  62' Andreasen  74'	Report	Gilberto  61' Okonronkwo  90'

Weserstadion, Bremen Attendance: 40, 280 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

Bundesliga Eleventh Matchday

Hertha BSC v VfL Bochum

27 October 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 0	VfL Bochum
Maltritz  26' (o.g.) Pantelić  35'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 34, 580 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Altdorf)

DFB Pokal Second Round

Wuppertaler Borussia v Hertha BSC

30 October 2007 19:00 CET

Wuppertaler Borussia	2 – 0	Hertha BSC
Lintjens  81' Jerat  86'	Report

Zoo-Stadion, Wuppertal Attendance: 12, 399 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lichtenberg)

Bundesliga Twelfth Matchday

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

3 November 2007 15:30 CET

Hamburger SV	2 – 1	Hertha BSC
Guerrero  4' Reinhardt  80'	Report	Ebert  59'

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 56, 493 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)

Bundesliga Thirteenth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Hannover 96

10 November 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 0	Hannover 96
André Lima  87'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 34, 213 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Bundesliga Fourteenth Matchday

Karlsruher SC v Hertha BSC

23 November 2007 20:30 CET

Karlsruher SC	2 – 1	Hertha BSC
Hajnal  56' Freis  66'	Report	Pantelić  35'

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance: 29, 217 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

Bundesliga Fifteenth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

1 December 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	0 – 3	Bayer Leverkusen
	Report	Ramelow  31' Barnetta  50' Barbarez  90'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 40, 527 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)

Bundesliga Sixteenth Matchday

1. FC Nürnberg v Hertha BSC

9 December 2007 17:00 CET

1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 1	Hertha BSC
Misimović  5' Charisteas  39'	Report	Lustenberger  65'

Easycredit-Stadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 41, 490 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

Bundesliga Seventeenth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Bayern Munich

15 December 2007 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	0 – 0	Bayern Munich
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 74, 220 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)

Bundesliga Eighteenth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 February 2008 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	0 – 3	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Report	Fenin  39', 60', 90'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 35, 930 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga Nineteenth Matchday

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

9 February 2008 15:30 CET

VfB Stuttgart	1 – 3	Hertha BSC
Gómez  40'	Report	Pantelić  7', 45' Raffael  49'

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart Attendance: 48, 000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Utscheid)

Bundesliga Twentieth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Arminia Bielefeld

16 February 2008 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld
Raffael  90+3'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 32, 031 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

Bundesliga Twenty-First Matchday

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

23 February 2008 15:30 CET

VfL Wolfsburg	0 – 0	Hertha BSC
	Report

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 23, 659 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Constantin)

Bundesliga Twenty-Second Matchday

Hertha BSC v MSV Duisburg

29 February 2008 20:30 CET

Hertha BSC	2 – 0	MSV Duisburg
Raffael  34' Pantelić  36'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 32, 382 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Bundesliga Twenty-Third Matchday

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

7 March 2008 20:30 CET

Borussia Dortmund	1 – 1	Hertha BSC
Kehl  45'	Report	Pantelić  50'

Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund Attendance: 71, 000 Referee: Babak Rafati (Döhren)

Bundesliga Twenty-Fourth Matchday

Hansa Rostock v Hertha BSC

15 March 2008 15:30 CET

Hansa Rostock	0 – 0	Hertha BSC
	Report

DKB-Arena, Rostock Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bundesliga Twenty-Fifth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

23 March 2008 17:00 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 2	Schalke 04
Chahed  67' (pen.)	Report	Asamoah  12' Jones  23'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 54, 200 Referee: Helmut Fleisher (Hallstadt)

Bundesliga Twenty-Sixth Matchday

Energie Cottbus v Hertha BSC

30 March 2008 17:00 CET

Energie Cottbus	2 – 1	Hertha BSC
Skela  41', 63' (pen.)	Report	Mineiro  21'

Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus Attendance: 20, 746 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)

Bundesliga Twenty-Seventh Matchday

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

5 April 2008 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 2	Werder Bremen
André Lima  10'	Report	Rosenberg  1' Borowski  73'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 59, 728 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

Bundesliga Twenty-Eighth Matchday

VfL Bochum v Hertha BSC

12 April 2008 15:30 CET

VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Hertha BSC
Yahia  42'	Report	Skácel  28'

rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum Attendance: 20, 883 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Bundesliga Twenty-Ninth Matchday

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

15 April 2008 20:00 CET

Hertha BSC	0 – 0	Hamburger SV
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 40, 289 Referee: Peter Sippel (Würzburg)

Bundesliga Thirtieth Matchday

Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC

26 April 2008 15:30 CET

Hannover 96	2 – 2	Hertha BSC
Hanke  19' Štajner  26'	Report	Chahed  55' (pen.) Piszczek  66'

AWD-Arena, Hannover Attendance: 41, 473 Referee: Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)

Bundesliga Thirty-First Matchday

Hertha BSC v Karlsruher SC

3 May 2008 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	3 – 1	Karlsruher SC
Kačar  25' Pantelić  31' Skácel  86'	Report	Kapllani  53'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 49, 595 Referee: Michael Weiner (Ottenstein)

Bundesliga Thirty-Second Matchday

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

7 May 2008 20:00 CET

Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 2	Hertha BSC
Sinkiewicz  90'	Report	Pantelić  26' Chahed  68' (pen.)

BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 22, 500 Referee: Thorstin Kinhöfer (Constantin)

Bundesliga Thirty-Third Matchday

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Nürnberg

10 May 2008 15:30 CET

Hertha BSC	1 – 0	1. FC Nürnberg
Raffael  74'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 47, 072 Referee: Babak Rafati (Döhren)

Bundesliga Thirty-Fourth Matchday

Bayern Munich v Hertha BSC

17 May 2008 15:30 CET

Bayern Munich	4 – 1	Hertha BSC
Toni  3', 27', 61' Ribéry  33'	Report	Domovchiyski  84'

Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance: 69, 000 Referee: Markus Merk (Kaiserslautern)

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