2017–18 Hertha BSC season

The 2017–18 Hertha BSC season is the 126th season in the football club's history and 5th consecutive and 35th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2013. In addition to the domestic league, Hertha BSC also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 50th season for Hertha in the Olympiastadion Berlin, located in Berlin, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Hertha BSC

2017–18 season
President	Werner Gegenbauer
Sporting director	Michael Preetz
Manager	Pál Dárdai
Stadium	Olympiastadion Berlin
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Salomon Kalou (12 goals) All: Davie Selke (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	71,212
Lowest home attendance	15,686
Average home league attendance	45,319
Biggest win	Frankfurt 0–3 Hertha
Biggest defeat	Hertha 2–6 Leipzig
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 21 May 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2018[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  GER Thomas Kraft 2 DF  SVK Peter Pekarík (Vice-captain) 3 MF  NOR Per Ciljan Skjelbred 4 DF  NED Karim Rekik 5 DF  GER Niklas Stark 6 MF  CZE Vladimír Darida 7 MF  GER Alexander Esswein 8 FW  CIV Salomon Kalou 10 MF  SVK Ondrej Duda 11 FW  AUS Mathew Leckie 16 FW  GER Julian Schieber 17 DF  GER Maximilian Mittelstädt 18 MF  GER Sinan Kurt

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BIH Vedad Ibišević (captain) 20 MF  AUT Valentino Lazaro 21 DF  GER Marvin Plattenhardt 22 GK  NOR Rune Jarstein 23 DF  GER Mitchell Weiser 25 DF  GER Jordan Torunarigha 26 MF  GER Arne Maier 27 FW  GER Davie Selke 28 DF   SUI Fabian Lustenberger 29 DF  GER Florian Baak 30 MF  GER Julius Kade 32 MF  GER Palkó Dárdai 33 GK  USA Jonathan Klinsmann

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2017	12 May 2018	Matchday 1	10th	34	10	13	11	43	46	−3	029.41
DFB-Pokal	14 August 2017	25 October 2017	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Europa League	14 September 2017	7 December 2017	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	016.67
Total					42	12	15	15	52	56	−4	028.57

Last updated: 21 May 2018

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2017–18 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	7	13	45	45	0	49	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	8	13	47	52	−5	47
10	Hertha BSC	34	10	13	11	43	46	−3	43
11	Werder Bremen	34	10	12	12	37	40	−3	42
12	FC Augsburg	34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	41

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[2]
Notes:

1. Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

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	10	13	11	43	46	−3	43	5	7	5	23	27	−4	5	6	6	20	19	+1

Last updated: 21 May 2018.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	L
Position	3	9	9	11	8	8	10	13	11	11	11	14	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2018. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

19 August 2017 (2017-08-19) 1	Hertha BSC	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leckie  46', 62'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 44,751 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

26 August 2017 (2017-08-26) 2	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Hertha BSC	Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aubameyang  15' Şahin  57'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 80,860 Referee: Marco Fritz

Hertha BSC v Werder Bremen

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 3	Hertha BSC	1–1	Werder Bremen	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leckie  38'	Report	Delaney  59'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 49,118 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

1899 Hoffenheim v Hertha BSC

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) 4	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Hertha BSC	Sinsheim
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wagner  6'	Report	Esswein  55'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 27,243 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Hertha BSC v Bayer Leverkusen

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 5	Hertha BSC	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Leckie  16' Kalou  24'	Report	Brandt  84'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 32,825 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Mainz 05 v Hertha BSC

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) 6	Mainz 05	1–0	Hertha BSC	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	de Blasis  54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 23,517 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hertha BSC v Bayern Munich

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01) 7	Hertha BSC	2–2	Bayern Munich	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Duda  51' Kalou  56'	Report	Hummels  10' Lewandowski  49'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 71,212 Referee: Harm Osmers

Hertha BSC v Schalke 04

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 8	Hertha BSC	0–2	Schalke 04	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Goretzka  54' (pen.) Burgstaller  78'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 50,590 Referee: Benjamin Brand

SC Freiburg v Hertha BSC

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22) 9	SC Freiburg	1–1	Hertha BSC	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haberer  52' (pen.)	Report	Kalou  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 10	Hertha BSC	2–1	Hamburger SV	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stark  17' Rekik  50'	Report	Arp  73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 52,131 Referee: Felix Brych

VfL Wolfsburg v Hertha BSC

5 November 2017 (2017-11-05) 11	VfL Wolfsburg	3–3	Hertha BSC	Wolfsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mallı  41' Gómez  44' Origi  60'	Report	Ibišević  1' Rekik  53' Selke  83'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,214 Referee: Robert Kampka

Hertha BSC v Borussia Mönchengladbach

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 12	Hertha BSC	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ibišević  28' Weiser  71'	Report	Stindl  5' Hazard  14' (pen.) Raffael  20', 77'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 48,304 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Köln v Hertha BSC

26 November 2017 (2017-11-26) 13	1. FC Köln	0–2	Hertha BSC	Cologne
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Ibišević  17', 64' (pen.)	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Hertha BSC v Eintracht Frankfurt

3 December 2017 (2017-12-03) 14	Hertha BSC	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Selke  15'	Report	Wolf  26' Boateng  80'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 38,781 Referee: Sören Storks

FC Augsburg v Hertha BSC

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 15	FC Augsburg	1–1	Hertha BSC	Augsburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caiuby  74'	Report	Kalou  90+1'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 26,641 Referee: Martin Petersen

Hertha BSC v Hannover 96

13 December 2017 (2017-12-13) 16	Hertha BSC	3–1	Hannover 96	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kalou  18', 45' Torunarigha  83'	Report	Bebou  65'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 29,231 Referee: Robert Hartmann

RB Leipzig v Hertha BSC

17 December 2017 (2017-12-17) 17	RB Leipzig	2–3	Hertha BSC	Leipzig
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Orban  68' Halstenberg  90+2'	Report	Selke  5', 51' Kalou  31'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 36,109 Referee: Frank Willenborg

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

13 January 2018 (2018-01-13) 18	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stark  78' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 57,181 Referee: Felix Brych

Hertha BSC v Borussia Dortmund

19 January 2018 (2018-01-19) 19	Hertha BSC	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Selke  46'	Report	Kagawa  71'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 65,893 Referee: Christian Dingert

Werder Bremen v Hertha BSC

27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) 20	Werder Bremen	0–0	Hertha BSC	Bremen
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 40,030 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hertha BSC v 1899 Hoffenheim

3 February 2018 (2018-02-03) 21	Hertha BSC	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kalou  58'	Report	Kramarić  38' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 32,598 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha BSC

10 February 2018 (2018-02-10) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	0–2	Hertha BSC	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Lazaro  43' Kalou  58'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 25,601 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Hertha BSC v Mainz 05

16 February 2018 (2018-02-16) 23	Hertha BSC	0–2	Mainz 05	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Quaison  40', 65'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 30,908 Referee: Martin Petersen

Bayern Munich v Hertha BSC

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 24	Bayern Munich	0–0	Hertha BSC	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Schalke 04 v Hertha BSC

3 March 2018 (2018-03-03) 25	Schalke 04	1–0	Hertha BSC	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pjaca  37'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,578 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Hertha BSC v SC Freiburg

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 26	Hertha BSC	0–0	SC Freiburg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 38,625 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) 27	Hamburger SV	1–2	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Douglas Santos  25'	Report	Lazaro  56' Kalou  63'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 52,159 Referee: Robert Kampka

Hertha BSC v VfL Wolfsburg

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 28	Hertha BSC	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 34,765 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hertha BSC

7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 29	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Hertha BSC	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hazard  75', 79' (pen.)	Report	Kalou  40'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,417 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 30	Hertha BSC	2–1	1. FC Köln	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Selke  49', 52'	Report	Bittencourt  29'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 49,253 Referee: Sören Storks

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

21 April 2018 (2018-04-21) 31	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–3	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Selke  57' (pen.) Leckie  77' Esswein  90+1'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Hertha BSC v FC Augsburg

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 32	Hertha BSC	2–2	FC Augsburg	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibišević  84' (pen.) Selke  87'	Report	Gregoritsch  32' Córdova  61'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 40,935 Referee: Marco Fritz

Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 33	Hannover 96	3–1	Hertha BSC	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Harnik  4' Sané  40' Füllkrug  42'	Report	Selke  73'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Sören Storks

Hertha BSC v RB Leipzig

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) 34	Hertha BSC	2–6	RB Leipzig	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ibišević  4' Kalou  64'	Report	Upamecano  2' Lookman  8' Augustin  22', 54' Werner  49' Bruma  82'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 60,502 Referee: Sven Jablonski

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2017–18 DFB-Pokal

Hansa Rostock v Hertha BSC

14 August 2017 (2017-08-14) First round	Hansa Rostock	0–2	Hertha BSC	Rostock
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weiser  86' Ibišević  90+2'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 22,400 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25) Second round	Hertha BSC	1–3	1. FC Köln	Berlin
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Stark  69'	Report	Zoller  35' Maroh  43' Clemens  64'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 33,459 Referee: Marco Fritz

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase
2	Östersund	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11[lower-alpha 1]
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6
4	Hertha BSC	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Östersund 2–2 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Östersund.

Hertha BSC v Athletic Bilbao

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14) 1	Hertha BSC	0–0	Athletic Bilbao	Berlin, Germany
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 28,832[3] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Östersund v Hertha BSC

28 September 2017 (2017-09-28) 2	Östersund	1–0	Hertha BSC	Östersund, Sweden
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nouri  22' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena Attendance: 8,009[4] Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Zorya Luhansk v Hertha BSC

19 October 2017 (2017-10-19) 3	Zorya Luhansk	2–1	Hertha BSC	Lviv, Ukraine
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) 19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Silas  42' Svatok  79'	Report	Selke  56'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 9,521[5] Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Hertha BSC v Zorya Luhansk

2 November 2017 (2017-11-02) 4	Hertha BSC	2–0	Zorya Luhansk	Berlin, Germany
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Selke  16', 73'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 20,358[6] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Athletic Bilbao v Hertha BSC

23 November 2017 (2017-11-23) 5	Athletic Bilbao	3–2	Hertha BSC	Bilbao, Spain
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aduriz  35' (pen.), 66' (pen.) Williams  82'	Report	Leckie  26' Selke  36'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 38,928[7] Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

Hertha BSC v Östersund

7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) 6	Hertha BSC	1–1	Östersund	Berlin, Germany
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Pekarík  61'	Report	Papagiannopoulos  58'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 15,686[8] Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Thomas Kraft	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
22	GK		Rune Jarstein	34	0	31	0	2	0	1	0
33	GK		Jonathan Klinsmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF		Peter Pekarík	23	1	17	0	1	0	5	1
4	DF		Karim Rekik	31	2	26	2	2	0	3	0
5	DF		Niklas Stark	31	2	25+1	1	1	1	4	0
17	DF		Maximilian Mittelstädt	14	0	5+6	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF		Marvin Plattenhardt	38	0	33	0	2	0	3	0
23	DF		Mitchell Weiser	31	2	23+1	1	2	1	4+1	0
25	DF		Jordan Torunarigha	15	1	7+5	1	0	0	3	0
28	DF		Fabian Lustenberger	29	0	18+5	0	1	0	5	0
29	DF		Florian Baak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF		Per Ciljan Skjelbred	33	0	24+4	0	2	0	1+2	0
6	MF		Vladimír Darida	24	0	18+3	0	1	0	1+1	0
7	MF		Alexander Esswein	22	2	6+10	2	1	0	4+1	0
10	MF		Ondrej Duda	23	1	9+8	1	0+2	0	3+1	0
18	MF		Sinan Kurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Valentino Lazaro	31	2	19+7	2	1	0	4	0
26	MF		Arne Maier	21	0	14+3	0	0+1	0	3	0
30	MF		Julius Kade	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	MF		Palkó Dárdai	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
8	FW		Salomon Kalou	36	12	27+4	12	2	0	2+1	0
11	FW		Mathew Leckie	29	6	19+7	5	1	0	1+1	1
16	FW		Julian Schieber	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Vedad Ibišević	33	7	18+9	6	1+1	1	2+2	0
27	FW		Davie Selke	31	14	19+8	10	1	0	3	4
Players transferred out during the season
15	DF		Sebastian Langkamp	16	0	11+1	0	1	0	3	0
27	MF		Valentin Stocker	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	FW		Genki Haraguchi	11	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	1+2	0

Last updated: 12 May 2018
Source: Competitions

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