The 2013–14 Hertha BSC season was the 121st season in club history.
Background Hertha won the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga, therefore securing promotion for the 2013–14 Bundesliga. The club's pre-season began on 23 June, with 500 fans showing up to the first pre-season training session.
For the season, Hertha signed Hajime Hosogai, Alexander Baumjohann, Sebastian Langkamp, and Johannes van den Bergh. Hertha also brought in on loan Per Ciljan Skjelbred and Tolga Ciğerci. Alfredo Morales, Marvin Knoll, Shervin Radjabali-Fardi, Daniel Beichler, Marco Djuricin, Roman Hubník all departed Hertha, while Felix Bastians was loaned out.
Transfers
In Pos.NameAgeMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee MF Hajime Hosogai Bayer Leverkusen Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed MF Alexander Baumjohann 1. FC Kaiserslautern End of contract Summer 2016 Free MF Per Ciljan Skjelbred Hamburger SV Loan Summer 2014 Undisclosed MF Tolga Ciğerci VfL Wolfsburg Loan Summer 2014 €300,000 DF Sebastian Langkamp FC Augsburg Transfer Summer 2016 Free GK Rune Jarstein Viking Transfer Winter 2016 Free DF Johannes van den Bergh Fortuna Düsseldorf Transfer Summer 2016 Free
Out Pos.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee DF Alfredo Morales FC Ingolstadt Transfer Summer Free MF Marvin Knoll SV Sandhausen Released Summer Free DF Shervin Radjabali-Fardi Hansa Rostock Released Summer Free FW Daniel Beichler Sturm Graz Transfer Summer Undisclosed FW Marco Djuricin Sturm Graz Transfer Summer Undisclosed DF Felix Bastians VfL Bochum Loan Summer DF Roman Hubník Viktoria Plzeň Transfer Summer Free MF Fanol Perdedaj Energie Cottbus Transfer Winter Undisclosed FW Pierre-Michel Lasogga Hamburger SV Loan Winter FW Ben Sahar Arminia Bielefeld Loan Winter
Bundesliga
Bundesliga review Hertha began their Bundesliga campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt on 10 August. Hertha BSC won 6–1. Adrián Ramos, John Brooks, Sami Allagui and Ronny scored for Hertha; Ramos and Allagui scored two goals each. Alexander Meier scored for Eintracht. Hertha finished the matchday in first place. Hertha then faced 1. FC Nürnberg on 18 August on matchday two of the Bundesliga, with the match ending in a 2–2 draw. Allagui and Ronny scored for Hertha, while Josip Drmić and Hiroshi Kiyotake scored for Nürnberg. Hertha finished the matchday in sixth place. Hertha then faced Hamburger SV on matchday three, on 24 August, where Hertha won 1–0 through a Ramos goal. Hertha finished the matchday in fifth place. Hertha finished August with matchday four on 31 August against VfL Wolfsburg, falling 2–0 through Ivica Olić and Diego goals for Wolfsburg. Hertha ended August in sixth place.
Hertha BSC faced VfB Stuttgart on matchday five on 13 September. Stuttgart won 1–0 with a goal from Christian Gentner. Hertha finished the matchday in eighth place. Hertha played SC Freiburg on matchday six on 22 September; the match ended in a 1–1 draw. Per Ciljan Skjelbred scored for Hertha while Admir Mehmedi scored for Freiburg. Hertha finished the matchday in 10th place. Hertha finished September against Mainz 05 on matchday seven on 28 September; Hertha BSC won 3–1. Sami Allagui (2) and Änis Ben-Hatira scored for Hertha, while Nicolai Müller scored for Mainz. Hertha BSC finished September in fifth place.
Hertha started October with matchday eight against Hannover 96 on 4 October. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. Ronny scored for Hertha and Christian Schulz scored for Hannover. Hertha finished the matchday in sixth place. Hertha faced Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday nine on 19 October. Hertha won 1–0 with a goal from Adrián Ramos. Hertha finished the matchday in fourth place. Hertha finished October against Bayern Munich on matchday 10 on 26 October. Bayern won 3–2. Ramos and Änis Ben-Hatira scored for Hertha. Mario Mandžukić (2) and Mario Götze scored for Bayern. Hertha finished October in fifth place.
Hertha started November against Schalke 04 on matchday 11 on 2 November, where Schalke won 2–0 through goals from Ádám Szalai and Julian Draxler. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha faced 1899 Hoffenheim on matchday 12 on 9 November. Hertha won 3–2. Ben-Hatira and Ramos (2) scored for Hertha Sejad Salihović scored two goals for Hoffenheim. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha faced Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 13 on 23 November. Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Stefan Kießling. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha finished November against FC Augsburg on matchday 14 on 30 November. The match ended in a 0–0 draw. Hertha finished November in seventh place.
Hertha started December against Eintracht Braunschweig on matchday 15 on 8 December. Hertha won 2–0 with goals from Adrián Ramos and Tolga Ciğerci. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha faced Werder Bremen on matchday 16 on 13 December. Hertha won 3–2. Ramos (2) and Ronny scored for Hertha, while Nils Petersen and Aaron Hunt scored for Bremen. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place. Hertha finished December with matchday 17 against Borussia Dortmund on 21 December, winning 2–1. Ramos and Sami Allagui scored for Hertha. Marco Reus scored for Borussia Dortmund. Hertha finished December in sixth place. Hertha returned to competitive action with matchday 18 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 with a goal from Alexander Meier. Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.
Bundesliga fixtures and results
Legend
League fixtures & results DateKickoff Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Hertha BSC Opponent 1 10 August15:30 H Eintracht Frankfurt 6–1 54,476 Ramos Brooks Allagui Ronny Flum Zambrano Meier 2 18 August15:30 A 1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 37,068 Pekarík Baumjohann Allagui Ronny Dabanlı Feulner Drmić Pinola Stark Chandler Kiyotake 3 24 August18:30 H Hamburger SV 1–0 63,574 Schulz Ramos Westermann Lam Zoua Beister 4 31 August15:30 A VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 25,000 Langkamp Wagner Naldo Olić Diego 5 13 September20:30 H VfB Stuttgart 0–1 46,624 Ronny Ibišević Gentner 6 22 September15:30 A SC Freiburg 1–1 23,200 Skjelbred Ben-Hatira Langkamp Wagner Mehmedi Kerk Coquelin 7 28 September15:30 H Mainz 05 3–1 40,969 Allagui Ben-Hatira Pekarík Müller Noveski Slišković Zimling 8 4 October20:30 A Hannover 96 1–1 42,000 Allagui Schulz Langkamp Ronny Schlaudraff SchulzStindl Marcelo 9 19 October18:30 H Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 61,539 Ramos , Kobiashvili Raffael Stranzl 10 26 October15:30 A Bayern Munich 2–3 71,000 Ramos , Hosogai Ben-Hatira Pekarík Skjelbred Boateng Mandžukić Schweinsteiger Rafinha Götze 11 2 October15:30 H Schalke 04 0–2 69,277 Hosogai Ciğerci Langkamp Szalai Neustäadter Draxler 12 9 October15:30 A 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2 25,078 Ben-Hatira , Pekarík Ramos Strobl Salihović Modeste 13 23 October15:30 H Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 47,419 Ronny Kießling Can 14 30 November15:30 H FC Augsburg 0–0 38,667 Ciğerci Callsen-Bracker 15 8 November17:30 A Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 23,100 Ramos Hosogai Ndjeng Schulz Van den Bergh Ciğerci Oehrl Perthel Bellarabi 16 13 November20:30 H Werder Bremen 3–2 48,721 Ramos Ronny Ciğerci Petersen Gebre Selassie Hunt García 17 21 December15:30 A Borussia Dortmund 2–1 80,645 Ramos Allagui Ciğerci Kobiashvili Hosogai Reus Sarr Şahin 18 25 January18:30 A Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 41,600 Ramos Ronny Skjelbred Zambrano Meier Schwegler 19 2 February15:30 H 1. FC Nürnberg 1–3 37,438 Van den Bergh Ramos Ronny Lustenberger Feulner Frantz Drmić 20 8 February18:30 A Hamburger SV 3–0 48,593 Allagui Ramos Arslan Westermann 21 16 February17:30 H VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 40,648 Skjelbred Luiz Gustavo Knoche Caligiuri Klose 22 22 February15:30 A VfB Stuttgart 2–1 45,700 Kobiashvili Allagui Wagner , Boka 23 28 February20:30 H SC Freiburg 0–0 37,920 — — 24 9 March17:30 A Mainz 05 1–1 29,760 Ramos Allagui Wagner Park Choupo-Moting Moritz 25 15 March15:30 H Hannover 96 0–3 46,727 Niemeyer Andreasen Stindl Schlaudraff Hoffmann Huszti 26 22 March18:30 A Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–3 53,030 Langkamp Kramer Arango Kruse Raffael 27 25 March20:00 H Bayern Munich 1–3 76,197 Ramos Skjelbred Kroos Götze Ribéry 28 28 March20:30 A Schalke 04 0–2 61,550 Ciğerci Obasi Huntelaar Neustädter 29 6 April17:30 H 1899 Hoffenheim 1–1 43,874 Allagui Brooks Polanski , Elyounoussi 30 13 April15:30 A Bayer Leverkuusen 1–2 29,377 Ciğerci Wagner Kießling Brandt Donati 31 19 April15:30 A FC Augsburg 0–0 30,059 Allagui Langkamp Niemeyer Ostrzolek 32 26 April15:30 H Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 51,953 Brooks Allagui — 33 3 May15:30 A Werder Bremen 0–2 42,100 Brooks Di Santo Hunt García Elia 34 10 May15:30 H Borussia Dortmund 0–4 76,197 Schulz Wagner Lewandowski Jojić Mkhitaryan
League table
Results summary
DFB–Pokal
DFB–Pokal review The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal occurred on 15 June. Hertha was drawn against VfR Neumünster. The match took place on 4 August and Hertha BSC won 3–2 in extra time. Änis Ben-Hatira (2) and Sami Allagui scored for Hertha. Harrer and Kramer scored for Neumünster. The draw for the second round of the DFB-Pokal occurred on 10 August. Hertha were drawn against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The match took place on 25 September, where Kaiserslautern won 3–1, eliminating Hertha from the competition. Peter Niemeyer scored for Hertha, while Mohammadou Idrissou, Karim Matmour and Olivier Occéan scored for Kaiserslautern.
DFB–Pokal results
Legend
DFB–Pokal results
Date Venue Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Hertha BSC Opponent 4 August – 16:00 A VfR Neumünster 3–2 (aet) 8,000 Ben-Hatira Allagui Harrer Kramer 25 September – 19:00 A 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–3 24,291 Niemeyer Idrissou Matmour Occéan
Player information
Squad
Squad statistics
Squad, appearances and goals
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Minutes played
Discipline
No. Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal 33 Sandro Wagner 6 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 15 Sebastian Langkamp 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 17 Tolga Ciğerci 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 Peter Pekarík 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 Hajime Hosogai 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 Ronny 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 Per Ciljan Skjelbred 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 Sami Allagui 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 26 Nico Schulz 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 20 Adrián Ramos 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 Änis Ben-Hatira 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Levan Kobiashvili 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 Fabian Lustenberger 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 Johannes van den Bergh 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 Peter Niemeyer 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 John Brooks 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 Alexander Baumjohann 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Marcel Ndjeng 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 57 1 0 55 1 0 2 0 0 Last updated: 12 May 2014
Notes
1.Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time. 2.Hertha BSC's goals first.
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