2020–21 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
2020–21 season
Director of SportMichael Preetz
PresidentWerner Gegenbauer
ManagerBruno Labbadia
(until 24 January)
Pál Dárdai
(from 25 January)
StadiumOlympiastadion
Bundesliga14th
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jhon Córdoba
Matheus Cunha
Krzysztof Piątek
(7 each)

All:
Matheus Cunha (8)

The 2020–21 season was Hertha BSC's 128th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Hertha BSC participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 9 February 2021[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Alexander Schwolow
2 DF Slovakia SVK Peter Pekarík
5 DF Germany GER Niklas Stark (vice-captain)
6 MF Czech Republic CZE Vladimír Darida
7 FW Australia AUS Mathew Leckie
8 MF France FRA Matteo Guendouzi (on loan from Arsenal)
9 FW Poland POL Krzysztof Piątek
10 FW Brazil BRA Matheus Cunha
11 FW Belgium BEL Dodi Lukebakio
12 GK Germany GER Nils Körber
13 DF Germany GER Lukas Klünter
14 DF Paraguay PAR Omar Alderete
15 FW Colombia COL Jhon Córdoba
16 MF Netherlands NED Javairô Dilrosun
17 DF Germany GER Maximilian Mittelstädt
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Argentina ARG Santiago Ascacíbar
20 DF Belgium BEL Dedryck Boyata (captain)
21 DF Germany GER Marvin Plattenhardt
22 GK Norway NOR Rune Jarstein
23 MF Germany GER Eduard Löwen
24 FW Serbia SRB Nemanja Radonjić (on loan from Marseille)
25 DF Germany GER Jordan Torunarigha
27 FW Germany GER Jessic Ngankam
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira
29 MF France FRA Lucas Tousart
31 DF Germany GER Márton Dárdai
32 DF Germany GER Luca Netz
33 FW Netherlands NED Daishawn Redan
39 MF Germany GER Julian Albrecht
42 DF Netherlands NED Deyovaisio Zeefuik
FW Switzerland SUI Ruwen Werthmüller

Players out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Arne Maier (at Arminia Bielefeld until 30 June 2021)
FW Poland POL Dennis Jastrzembski (at Waldhof Mannheim until 30 June 2021)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Germany GER Davie Selke (at Werder Bremen until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
1 GK Germany Alexander Schwolow Germany SC Freiburg €8,000,000 4 August 2020 [2]
42 DF Netherlands Deyovaisio Zeefuik Netherlands FC Groningen €4,000,000 6 August 2020 [3]
15 FW Colombia Jhon Córdoba Germany 1. FC Köln €15,000,000 15 September 2020 [4]
8 MF France Matteo Guendouzi England Arsenal Loan 5 October 2020 [5]
14 DF Paraguay Omar Alderete Switzerland FC Basel Undisclosed [6]
23 MF Germany Eduard Löwen Germany FC Augsburg Loan termination [7]
24 FW Serbia Nemanja Radonjić France Marseille Loan 1 February 2021 [8]
28 MF Germany Sami Khedira Italy Juventus Free [9]

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
1 GK Germany Thomas Kraft Retired 1 July 2020
3 DF Norway Per Ciljan Skjelbred Norway Rosenborg Free [10]
9 FW Germany Alexander Esswein Free
19 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević Germany Schalke 04 Free
8 FW Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou Brazil Botafogo Free 9 July 2020 [11]
12 GK Germany Dennis Smarsch Germany FC St. Pauli Free 2 August 2020 [12]
14 FW Germany Pascal Köpke Germany 1. FC Nürnberg Undisclosed 29 August 2020 [13]
40 MF Germany Lazar Samardžić Germany RB Leipzig Undisclosed 8 September 2020 [14]
39 FW Turkey Muhammed Kiprit Germany KFC Uerdingen Free 14 September 2020 [15]
10 MF Slovakia Ondrej Duda Germany 1. FC Köln €7,000,000 16 September 2020 [16]
4 DF Netherlands Karim Rekik Spain Sevilla €4,000,000 5 October 2020 [17]
23 MF Germany Arne Maier Germany Arminia Bielefeld Loan [18]
29 DF Germany Florian Baak Germany FC Winterthur Free 12 October 2020 [19]
24 FW Germany Palkó Dárdai Hungary Fehérvár Undisclosed 5 January 2021 [20]
35 DF Tunisia Omar Rekik England Arsenal U23 €600,000 7 January 2021 [21]
32 FW Germany Dennis Jastrzembski Germany Waldhof Mannheim Loan 27 January 2021 [22]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 August 2020 Friendly Saint-Étienne France Cancelled Germany Hertha BSC Saint-Étienne, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
14 August 2020 Friendly Hertha BSC Germany 2–0 Germany Viktoria Köln Berlin, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Hanns-Braun-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florian Lechner
25 August 2020 Friendly Hertha BSC Germany Cancelled Germany Eintracht Braunschweig Berlin, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Olympiastadion
25 August 2020 Friendly Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Germany Hertha BSC Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Marc Nagtegaal
29 August 2020 Friendly Hertha BSC Germany Cancelled Netherlands PSV Berlin, Germany
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Hanns-Braun-Stadion
29 August 2020 Friendly Hertha BSC Germany 0–4 Netherlands PSV Berlin, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Hanns-Braun-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florian Lechner
5 September 2020 Friendly Hamburger SV Germany 2–0 Germany Hertha BSC Hamburg, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 19 September 2020 22 May 2021 Matchday 1 14th 34 8 11 15 41 52 −11 023.53
DFB-Pokal 11 September 2020 First round First round 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 35 8 11 16 45 57 −12 022.86

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 −17 39
13 FC Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 −18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 −11 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 −26 35
16 1. FC Köln (O) 34 8 9 17 34 60 −26 33 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[23]
(O) Play-off winners

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 8 11 15 41 52  −11 35 5 5 7 21 26  −5 3 6 8 20 26  −6

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWLLLLDWLDWDDLWLDLLLLDLLWLWDDDWWDDL
Position2101315151412131312111214121213141415151515151516141415161413131414
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 7 August 2020.[24]

19 September 2020 1 Werder Bremen 1–4 Hertha BSC Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 8,400
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
25 September 2020 2 Hertha BSC 1–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Bastian Dankert
4 October 2020 3 Bayern Munich 4–3 Hertha BSC Munich
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
17 October 2020 4 Hertha BSC 0–2 VfB Stuttgart Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Harm Osmers
24 October 2020 5 RB Leipzig 2–1 Hertha BSC Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 999
Referee: Tobias Stieler
1 November 2020 6 Hertha BSC 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Petersen
7 November 2020 7 FC Augsburg 0–3 Hertha BSC Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WWK Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Frank Willenborg
21 November 2020 8 Hertha BSC 2–5 Borussia Dortmund Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastian Dankert
29 November 2020 9 Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 Hertha BSC Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager
4 December 2020 10 Hertha BSC 3–1 Union Berlin Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
12 December 2020 11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Hertha BSC Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Hartmann
15 December 2020 12 Hertha BSC 0–0 Mainz 05 Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
20 December 2020 13 SC Freiburg 4–1 Hertha BSC Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Reichel
2 January 2021 14 Hertha BSC 3–0 Schalke 04 Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
10 January 2021 15 Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 Hertha BSC Bielefeld
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 0
Referee: Guido Winkmann
16 January 2021 16 1. FC Köln 0–0 Hertha BSC Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Frank Willenborg
19 January 2021 17 Hertha BSC 0–3 1899 Hoffenheim Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harm Osmers
23 January 2021 18 Hertha BSC 1–4 Werder Bremen Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Schlager
30 January 2021 19 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Hertha BSC Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florian Badstübner
5 February 2021 20 Hertha BSC 0–1 Bayern Munich Berlin
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Robert Schröder
13 February 2021 21 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Hertha BSC Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harm Osmers
21 February 2021 22 Hertha BSC 0–3 RB Leipzig Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sven Jablonski
27 February 2021 23 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Hertha BSC Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastian Dankert
6 March 2021 24 Hertha BSC 2–1 FC Augsburg Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florian Badstübner
13 March 2021 25 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Hertha BSC Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Martin Petersen
21 March 2021 26 Hertha BSC 3–0 Bayer Leverkusen Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Felix Brych
4 April 2021 27 Union Berlin 1–1 Hertha BSC Berlin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
10 April 2021 28 Hertha BSC 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
3 May 2021 29 Mainz 05 1–1 Hertha BSC Mainz
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Opel Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 18 April 2021, but was postponed after more than ten Hertha players and staff tested positive for COVID-19.[25]
6 May 2021 30 Hertha BSC 3–0 SC Freiburg Berlin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 21 April 2021, but was postponed after more than ten Hertha players and staff tested positive for COVID-19.[25]
9 May 2021 32 Hertha BSC 0–0 Arminia Bielefeld Berlin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bastian Dankert
12 May 2021 31 Schalke 04 1–2 Hertha BSC Gelsenkirchen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Markus Schmidt
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 24 April 2021, but was postponed after more than ten Hertha players and staff tested positive for COVID-19.[25]
15 May 2021 33 Hertha BSC 0–0 1. FC Köln Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
22 May 2021 34 1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 Hertha BSC Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 100
Referee: Frank Willenborg

DFB-Pokal

11 September 2020 First round Eintracht Braunschweig 5–4 Hertha BSC Braunschweig
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tobias Stieler

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Germany GER Alexander Schwolow 27 0 26 0 1 0
12 GK Germany GER Nils Körber 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK Norway NOR Rune Jarstein 8 0 8 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Slovakia SVK Peter Pekarík 24 4 22+1 3 1 1
5 DF Germany GER Niklas Stark 34 0 31+2 0 1 0
13 DF Germany GER Lukas Klünter 11 0 11 0 0 0
14 DF Paraguay PAR Omar Alderete 17 0 14+3 0 0 0
17 DF Germany GER Maximilian Mittelstädt 28 0 22+5 0 1 0
20 DF Belgium BEL Dedryck Boyata 19 1 17+2 1 0 0
21 DF Germany GER Marvin Plattenhardt 17 0 12+4 0 1 0
25 DF Germany GER Jordan Torunarigha 14 0 11+3 0 0 0
31 DF Germany GER Márton Dárdai 12 0 9+3 0 0 0
32 DF Germany GER Luca Netz 11 1 2+9 1 0 0
42 DF Netherlands NED Deyovaisio Zeefuik 22 1 10+12 1 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF Czech Republic CZE Vladimír Darida 28 1 24+3 1 1 0
8 DF France FRA Matteo Guendouzi 24 2 19+5 2 0 0
11 MF Australia AUS Mathew Leckie 18 0 5+12 0 1 0
16 MF Netherlands NED Javairô Dilrosun 13 0 5+7 0 0+1 0
18 MF Argentina ARG Santiago Ascacíbar 13 1 8+5 1 0 0
23 MF Germany GER Eduard Löwen 7 0 1+6 0 0 0
28 MF Germany GER Sami Khedira 9 0 4+5 0 0 0
29 MF France FRA Lucas Tousart 27 1 25+1 1 1 0
40 MF Germany GER Jonas Michelbrink 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
40 MF Germany GER Jonas Dirkner 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Poland POL Krzysztof Piątek 32 7 18+14 7 0 0
9 FW Brazil BRA Matheus Cunha 28 8 25+2 7 1 1
11 FW Belgium BEL Dodi Lukebakio 30 7 21+8 5 1 2
15 FW Colombia COL Jhon Córdoba 21 7 17+4 7 0 0
24 FW Serbia SRB Nemanja Radonjić 12 1 5+7 1 0 0
27 FW Germany GER Jessic Ngankam 15 2 2+13 2 0 0
33 FW Netherlands NED Daishawn Redan 7 0 0+7 0 0 0
35 MF Germany GER Marten Winkler 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 DF Netherlands NED Karim Rekik 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 MF Slovakia SVK Ondrej Duda 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 MF Germany GER Arne Maier 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0

Last updated: 22 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
1 FW 9 Brazil Matheus Cunha 7 1 8
2 FW 7 Poland Krzysztof Piątek 7 0 7
FW 15 Colombia Jhon Córdoba 7 0 7
FW 28 Belgium Dodi Lukebakio 5 2 7
5 DF 2 Slovakia Peter Pekarík 3 1 4
6 MF 8 France Matteo Guendouzi 2 0 2
FW 27 Germany Jessic Ngankam 2 0 2
8 MF 6 Czech Republic Vladimír Darida 1 0 1
MF 18 Argentina Santiago Ascacíbar 1 0 1
DF 20 Belgium Dedryck Boyata 1 0 1
FW 24 Serbia Nemanja Radonjić 1 0 1
MF 29 France Lucas Tousart 1 0 1
DF 32 Germany Luca Netz 1 0 1
DF 42 Netherlands Deyovaisio Zeefuik 1 0 1
Own goals 1 0 1
Totals 41 4 45

Last updated: 22 May 2021

Notes

References

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