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
← 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)

References