2003–04 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2003–04 season
ManagerHuub Stevens (until 4 December)
Andreas Thom (interim, between 4 and 17 December)
Hans Meyer (from 20 December)
Bundesliga12th
UEFA CupFirst round
DFB-PokalRound of 16
DFB-LigapokalPreliminary round

During the 2003–04 season, Hertha BSC competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

After five seasons of finishing in the European places, Hertha slumped to 12th, seven points clear of relegation. Manager Huub Stevens had paid for the poor form with his job in December, and his replacement Hans Meyer failed to continue Hertha's streak of European qualification. Meyer left at the end of the season, with Falko Götz - a former Hertha BSC II manager and Hertha caretaker manager - appointed as his replacement.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Hungary HUN Gábor Király
3 DF Germany GER Arne Friedrich
4 DF Netherlands NED Dick van Burik
5 MF Croatia CRO Niko Kovač[notes 1]
7 MF Poland POL Bartosz Karwan
8 MF Belgium BEL Bart Goor
10 MF Brazil BRA Marcelinho
11 FW Poland POL Artur Wichniarek
12 GK Germany GER Christian Fiedler
13 FW Germany GER Fredi Bobic[notes 2]
14 DF Croatia CRO Josip Šimunić[notes 3]
15 FW Germany GER Giuseppe Reina
16 MF Germany GER Roberto Pinto
17 DF Germany GER Alexander Madlung
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Hungary HUN Pál Dárdai
19 MF Germany GER Andreas Schmidt
20 MF Germany GER Andreas Neuendorf
21 MF Germany GER Michael Hartmann
22 DF Germany GER Denis Lapaczinski
23 DF Denmark DEN Dennis Cagara[notes 4]
24 FW Angola ANG Nando Rafael[notes 5]
25 MF Germany GER Alexander Ludwig
27 MF Bulgaria BUL Aleksandar Mladenov
28 DF Germany GER Sofian Chahed[notes 6]
29 DF Germany GER Malik Fathi
32 MF Germany GER Thorben Marx
33 DF Germany GER Marko Rehmer
40 GK Poland POL Tomasz Kuszczak

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Brazil BRA Luizão (to Botafogo)

Hertha BSC II

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Germany GER René Tretschok
No. Pos. Nation Player
44 FW Cameroon CMR Joël Tchami

Transfers

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF Iceland ISL Eyjólfur Sverrisson (retired)
15 DF Brazil BRA Nenê (to Vitória)
22 MF Germany GER Stefan Beinlich (to Hamburg)
35 MF Germany GER Benjamin Köhler (to Rot-Weiss Essen)
25 MF Netherlands NED Rob Maas (to Duisburg)
28 MF North Macedonia MKD Nderim Nexhipi (to Wolfsburg)
11 FW Germany GER Michael Preetz (retired)
24 FW Norway NOR Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen (to Bodø/Glimt)
17 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sead Zilić[notes 7] (to Drava Ptuj)
7 FW Brazil BRA Alex Alves (to Atlético Mineiro)

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 VfL Bochum 34 13 6 15 49 50 −1 45
9 Borussia Dortmund 34 12 8 14 41 43 −2 44
10 Hertha BSC 34 12 8 14 50 55 −5 44
11 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 41 50 −9 44
12 Arminia Bielefeld 34 11 9 14 47 49 −2 42
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Matches

Bundesliga match details
Match Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
1 2 August 2003 15:30 Werder Bremen Home 0–3 40,152 [2]
2 10 August 2003 17:30 VfB Stuttgart Away 0–0 35,000 [3]
3 16 August 2003 15:30 SC Freiburg Home 0–0 32,508 [4]
4 23 August 2003 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt Away 0–0 22,500 [5]
5 13 September 2003 15:30 Hannover 96 Home 2–3 Bobic 14', 21' 30,000 [6]
6 20 September 2003 15:30 VfL Bochum Away 2–2 Neuendorf 6', 66' 21,999 [7]
7 28 September 2003 17:30 Hamburger SV Home 1–1 Friedrich 32' 36,876 [8]
8 4 October 2003 15:30 Bayern Munich Away 1–4 Kovač 65' 63,000 [9]
9 18 October 2003 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen Home 1–4 Bobic 47' 36,638 [10]
10 25 October 2003 15:30 Hansa Rostock Away 1–0 Luizão 32' 22,000 [11]
11 1 November 2003 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg Away 0–3 21,325 [12]
12 8 November 2003 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach Home 2–1 Luizão 17', Madlung 85' 32,963 [13]
13 23 November 2003 17:30 1. FC Kaiserslautern Away 2–4 Rafael 37', Knavs 45' (o.g.) 33,200 [14]
14 30 November 2003 17:30 Schalke 04 Home 1–3 Lapaczinski 37' 37,325 [15]
15 6 December 2003 15:30 Borussia Dortmund Away 1–1 Madlung 79' 77,000 [16]
16 13 December 2003 15:30 1860 Munich Home 1–1 Costa 53' (o.g.) 27,112 [17]
17 16 December 2003 20:00 1. FC Köln Away 0–3 35,000 [18]
18 31 January 2004 15:30 Werder Bremen Away 0–4 34,500 [19]
19 8 February 2004 17:30 VfB Stuttgart Home 1–0 Bobic 87' 39,153 [20]
20 14 February 2004 15:30 SC Freiburg Away 3–2 Friedrich 22', Neuendorf 44', Reina 62' 22,950 [21]
21 22 February 2004 17:30 Eintracht Frankfurt Home 1–2 Rafael 62' 37,389 [22]
22 29 February 2004 17:30 Hannover 96 Away 3–1 Marcelinho 41', 81', Reina 78' 21,755 [23]
23 6 March 2004 15:30 VfL Bochum Home 1–1 Marcelinho 20' 31,600 [24]
24 13 March 2004 15:30 Hamburger SV Away 0–2 44,181 [25]
25 20 March 2004 15:30 Bayern Munich Home 1–1 Marcelinho 42' (pen.) 60,800 [26]
26 27 March 2004 15:30 Bayer Leverkusen Away 1–4 Marcelinho 7' 22,500 [27]
27 3 April 2004 15:30 Hansa Rostock Home 1–1 Rasmussen 65' 47,305 [28]
28 10 April 2004 15:30 VfL Wolfsburg Home 1–0 Rafael 22' 33,970 [29]
29 17 April 2004 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach Away 1–1 Pinto 9' 34,500 [30]
30 24 April 2004 15:30 1. FC Kaiserslautern Home 3–0 Marcelinho 2', Wichniarek 16', Bobic 24' 45,292 [31]
31 2 May 2004 17:30 Schalke 04 Away 0–3 61,266 [32]
32 8 May 2004 15:30 Borussia Dortmund Home 6–2 Kehl 7' (o.g.), Marcelinho 19', Bobic 37', Wichniarek 58', Neuendorf 86', Rafael 90+2' 56,307 [33]
33 15 May 2004 15:30 1860 Munich Away 1–1 Madlung 81' 48,000 [34]
34 22 May 2004 15:30 1. FC Köln Home 3–1 Marcelinho 51' (pen.), Bobic 63', Rafael 78' 56,083 [35]

DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 30 August 2003 15:00 SSV Reutlingen 05 Away 6–1 Madlung 15', 66', Friedrich 44', Wichniarek 48', Šimunić 51', Karwan 56' 2,687 [36]
Second round 28 October 2003 19:30 Hansa Rostock Away 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Luizão 19', Rafael 120' 10,100 [37]
Round of 16 3 December 2003 19:30 Werder Bremen Away 1–6 Marcelinho 89' 22,100 [38]

DFB-Ligapokal

DFB-Ligapokal match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
Preliminary round 17 July 2003 20:30 Hamburger SV Neutral 1–2 Bobic 37' 12,100 [39]

UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round, first leg 24 September 2003 17:30 Dyskobolia Grodzisk Home 0–0 23,142 [40]
First round, second leg 15 October 2003 17:30 Dyskobolia Grodzisk Away 0–1 4,200 [41]

References

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  3. ^ "VfB Stuttgart - Hertha BSC 0:0 (Bundesliga 2003/2004, 2. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  4. ^ "Hertha BSC - SC Freiburg 0:0 (Bundesliga 2003/2004, 3. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  5. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt - Hertha BSC 0:0 (Bundesliga 2003/2004, 4. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  6. ^ "Hertha BSC - Hannover 96 2:3 (Bundesliga 2003/2004, 5. Round)". worldfootball.net.
  7. ^ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:2 (Bundesliga 2003/2004, 6. Round)". worldfootball.net.
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Notes

  1. ^ Kovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in December 1996.
  2. ^ Bobic was born in Maribor, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), but also was raised in West Germany (now Germany) from a few months after birth and made his international debut for Germany in 1994.
  3. ^ Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
  4. ^ Cagara was born in Glostrup, Denmark, and represented Denmark at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent the Philippines internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Philippines in October 2011.
  5. ^ Rafael was born in Luanda, Angola, but was raised in the Netherlands from the age of 8, later gained German citizenship, and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Angola in 2012.
  6. ^ Chahed was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), and represented Germany at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his debut for Tunisia in October 2009.
  7. ^ Zilić was born in Prijepolje, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia, but at the time part of Serbia and Montenegro), but also holds Bosnian and Slovenian citizenship.