2017–18 Hertha BSC season

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)
Biggest win	Frankfurt 0–3 Hertha
Biggest defeat	Hertha 2–6 Leipzig
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Hertha BSC season was 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 participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This was the 50th season for Hertha in the Olympiastadion Berlin, located in Berlin, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2018^[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	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	7	13	45	45	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
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 results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
Notes:

^ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATH	OST	ZOR	HRT
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	0–1	3–2
2	Östersunds FK	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	3	9	−6	6		0–2	0–2	—	2–1
4	Hertha BSC	6	1	2	3	6	7	−1	5		0–0	1–1	2–0	—

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Thomas Kraft	7	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
22	GK	NOR	Rune Jarstein	34	0	31	0	2	0	1	0
33	GK	USA	Jonathan Klinsmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	SVK	Peter Pekarík	23	1	17	0	1	0	5	1
4	DF	NED	Karim Rekik	31	2	26	2	2	0	3	0
5	DF	GER	Niklas Stark	31	2	25+1	1	1	1	4	0
17	DF	GER	Maximilian Mittelstädt	14	0	5+6	0	0	0	3	0
21	DF	GER	Marvin Plattenhardt	38	0	33	0	2	0	3	0
23	DF	GER	Mitchell Weiser	31	2	23+1	1	2	1	4+1	0
25	DF	GER	Jordan Torunarigha	15	1	7+5	1	0	0	3	0
28	DF	SUI	Fabian Lustenberger	29	0	18+5	0	1	0	5	0
29	DF	GER	Florian Baak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF	NOR	Per Ciljan Skjelbred	33	0	24+4	0	2	0	1+2	0
6	MF	CZE	Vladimír Darida	24	0	18+3	0	1	0	1+1	0
7	MF	GER	Alexander Esswein	22	2	6+10	2	1	0	4+1	0
10	MF	SVK	Ondrej Duda	23	1	9+8	1	0+2	0	3+1	0
18	MF	GER	Sinan Kurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	AUT	Valentino Lazaro	31	2	19+7	2	1	0	4	0
26	MF	GER	Arne Maier	21	0	14+3	0	0+1	0	3	0
30	MF	SUI	Julius Kade	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
32	MF	GER	Palkó Dárdai	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
8	FW	CIV	Salomon Kalou	36	12	27+4	12	2	0	2+1	0
11	FW	AUS	Mathew Leckie	29	6	19+7	5	1	0	1+1	1
16	FW	GER	Julian Schieber	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	BIH	Vedad Ibišević	33	7	18+9	6	1+1	1	2+2	0
27	FW	GER	Davie Selke	31	14	19+8	10	1	0	3	4
Players transferred out during the season
15	DF	GER	Sebastian Langkamp	16	0	11+1	0	1	0	3	0
27	MF	SUI	Valentin Stocker	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	FW	JPN	Genki Haraguchi	11	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	1+2	0