The 2013–14
Hertha BSC
Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...
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 2013–14 Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 9 August 2013 and the final matchday was on 10 May 2014. The winter break started on 23 December 2013 and ended on 24 January 2 ...
. 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
Alexander Baumjohann (born 23 January 1987) is a German footballer most recently played for Sydney FC as an attacking midfielder. After developing as a star junior with Schalke 04, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach and enjoyed great success ...
,[ ]Sebastian Langkamp
Sebastian Langkamp (born 15 January 1988) is a German professional footballer who last played as a defender for Perth Glory in the Australian A-League.
His brother Matthias Langkamp is also a professional footballer.
Club career
Karlsruher ...
, and[ ]Johannes van den Bergh
Johannes van den Bergh (born 21 November 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left back.
Career
Van den Bergh was born in Germany, and is of distant Dutch descent. He started his professional career with Borussia Mönchenglad ...
.[ Hertha also brought in on loan Per Ciljan Skjelbred and ]Tolga Ciğerci
Tolga Ciğerci (; born 23 March 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German club Hertha BSC. He represented Germany at under-19 and under-20 level, before switching his allegiance to Turkey.
Club c ...
.[ Alfredo Morales,][ ]Marvin Knoll
Marvin Knoll (born 5 February 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for MSV Duisburg.
Career
Knoll made his professional debut for Hertha BSC's first team in German second division on 5 December 2010, following in ...
,[ ]Shervin Radjabali-Fardi
Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (Persian: شروین رجبعلیفردی; born 17 May 1991) is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Club career
Born in Berlin, Germany, Radjabali-Fardi began his career with Hertha Zehl ...
,[ ]Daniel Beichler
Daniel Beichler (born 13 October 1988) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
After three years playing in Germany, in 2013 he returned to Austria to sign with SK Sturm Graz.
He joined SKN St. Pölten in ...
,[ ]Marco Djuricin
Marco Djuricin ( sh, Marko Đuričin, sr-cyr, Марко Ђуричин; born 12 December 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Rijeka. He came to prominence in his native Austria with Sturm Graz, scoring 24 g ...
,[ ]Roman Hubník
Roman Hubník (; born 6 June 1984) is a retired Czech professional association football, football Defender (association football), defender. His career was connected especially with SK Sigma Olomouc, Sigma Olomouc, FC Viktoria Plzeň, Viktoria P ...
[ all departed Hertha, while ]Felix Bastians
Felix Bastians (born 9 May 1988) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for 3. Liga club Rot-Weiss Essen.
Club career
Early career
Bastians began his career with SG Wattenscheid 09 and VfL Bochum before movi ...
was loaned out.[
]
Transfers
In
Out
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
Alexander Meier (born 17 January 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He was the 2014–15 Bundesliga top scorer with 19 goals in 26 games.
Career
Early career
Meier began his prof ...
scored for Eintracht.[ Hertha finished the matchday in first place.] Hertha then faced 1. FC Nürnberg
1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...
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
Josip Drmić (; born 8 August 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a striker for Prva HNL club Dinamo Zagreb.
Drmić began his career with Zürich and moved to 1. FC Nürnberg in 2013, where he scored 17 goals in his first Bu ...
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
Änis Ben-Hatira (born 18 July 1988) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Between 2012 and 2016 he made 12 appearances for the Tunisia national team scoring one goal.
Club career
Born in Berlin, Ben-Hatir ...
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
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), Hannover, HSV or simply 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years betwe ...
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
Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...
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
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
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
Ádám Csaba Szalai (born 9 December 1987) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
He spent most of his career in Germany, signing in 2004 with VfB Stuttgart and going on to represent Mainz 05, Schalke 04, 1899 Hoffenhei ...
and Julian Draxler.[ Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.] Hertha faced 1899 Hoffenheim
Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg.
Originally founded in 1899 ...
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
Stefan Kießling (born 25 January 1984) is a German former footballer who played as a striker for Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Nürnberg. Born in Lichtenfels, West Germany, Kießling began playing football at a young age in the youth setup at 1. ...
.[ 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
Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...
on matchday 15 on 8 December.[ Hertha won 2–0 with goals from Adrián Ramos and ]Tolga Ciğerci
Tolga Ciğerci (; born 23 March 1992) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for German club Hertha BSC. He represented Germany at under-19 and under-20 level, before switching his allegiance to Turkey.
Club c ...
.[ 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
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
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
.[ ]Änis Ben-Hatira
Änis Ben-Hatira (born 18 July 1988) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Between 2012 and 2016 he made 12 appearances for the Tunisia national team scoring one goal.
Club career
Born in Berlin, Ben-Hatir ...
(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
Olivier Occéan (), born October 23, 1981) is a retired Canadian professional soccer player and current assistant coach of IF Urædd.
Club career
College soccer
Occéan played college soccer at Essex County College, Newark NJ in NJCAA Divi ...
scored for Kaiserslautern.[
]
DFB–Pokal results
Legend
DFB–Pokal results
Player information
Squad
Squad statistics
Squad, appearances and goals
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, colspan="10", ''Players who left the club during the 2013-14 season''
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Minutes played
Discipline
Notes
*1.Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
*2.Hertha BSC's goals first.
References
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Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...
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