2015–16 Hertha BSC season

The 2015–16 Hertha BSC season is the 123rd season in club history.

Hertha BSC

2015–16 season
Sporting Director	Michael Preetz
Head coach	Pál Dárdai
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Salomon Kalou (14) All: Salomon Kalou (17)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Background

Background information

Hertha BSC finished the 2014–15 Bundesliga in fifteenth place, thus ensuring a place in the 2015–16 Bundesliga.[1] It was confirmed on May 25, 2015, that Pál Dárdai will continue his role as Hertha's head coach for this season.[2]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
5	MF	Niklas Stark	20	Yes	1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[3]
6	MF	Vladimír Darida	24	Yes	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[4]
18	MF	Sinan Kurt	19	Yes	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Winter	2019	Undisclosed	[5]
19	FW	Vedad Ibišević	31	No	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed	[6]
20	MF	Mitchell Weiser	21	Yes	Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[7]
29	GK	Nils-Jonathan Körber	18	Yes	Hertha BSC Youth	Transfer	Summer	2017	–	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
	MF	Marcel Ndjeng	32	Yes	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[9]
	DF	John Heitinga	31	Yes	Ajax Amsterdam	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[10]
	MF	Fabian Holland	24	Yes	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	€300,000	[11]
	GK	Sascha Burchert	25	Yes	Vålerenga Fotball	Loan	Summer		[12]
	MF	Peter Niemeyer	31	Yes	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[13]
	FW	Sandro Wagner	27	Yes	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[14]
	DF	Nico Schulz	22	Yes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[15]
	MF	Hajime Hosogai	29	No	Bursaspor	Loan	Summer		[16]
	GK	Marius Gersbeck	20	Yes	Chemnitzer FC	Loan	Winter		[17]
	DF	Yanni Regäsel	20	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[18]
	MF	Änis Ben-Hatira	27	Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[19]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res.^2	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
							Hertha BSC	Opponent
1 July 2015	18:30	A	Berlin	1. FC Lübars	7–2	1,248	Hegeler  29', 41' Langkamp  48' Blumberg  68' Mittelstädt  73', 82' Lustenberger  84'	Fell  2' Morlang  30'	[20]
3 July 2015	17:30	A	Ludwigsfelde	DB-Nationalmannschaft	10–2	745	Mittelstädt  13', 77' Hegeler  14', 32' Allagui  17', 45', 85', 86' Lustenberger  37' Kauter  62'	56'  72'	[21]
8 July 2015	18:30	A	Fürstenwalde	FSV Union Fürstenwalde	2–0	1,637	Pekarík  13', 77'		[22]
11 July 2015	18:00	A	Neustrelitz	TSG Neustrelitz	2–2	1,079	Allagui  39' Niemeyer  60'	Albrecht  58' Brinkmann  75'	[23]
15 July 2015	19:00	A	Neuruppin	Rayo Vallecano	0–1			Clavería  84'	[24]
21 July 2015	18:00	A	Grödig	SV Grödig	2–2		Ronny  54' Kalou  68'	Gschweidl  6' Wallner  64'	[25]
22 July 2015	18:30	A	Schladming	Fulham F.C.	2–2		Darida  5' Hegeler  14' (pen.)	Taggart  30' Woodrow  71'	[26]
25 July 2015	18:00	A	Schladming	Akhisar Belediyespor	1–0		Schulz  56'		[27]
1 August 2015	17:30	A	Berlin	Genoa C.F.C.	0–2	5,823		Laxalt  6' Lazović  79'	[28]
11 January 2016	17:30	A	Belek	Hannover 96	1–0		Ibišević  56'		[29]
12 January 2016	18:30	A	Belek	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2		Plattenhardt  60' Haraguchi  69'	Johnson  34' Raffael  47'	[30]
13 January 2016	20:00	A	Belek	VfL Bochum	1–4		Baumjohann  7'	Mlapa  49', 75' Sağlam  57' Novikovas  61'	[31]
16 January 2016	16:00	A	Belek	FC Vaduz	1–0		Ibišević  36'		[32]
24 March 2016		A	Berlin	Hertha BSC II	1–3		Beerens	Henning Owusu Ronny	[33]

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43

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-offs.[34]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

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	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	9	5	3	24	15	+9	5	3	9	18	27	−9

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date Kickoff^1	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table		Ref.
						Hertha BSC	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	15 August 2015 15:30	A	FC Augsburg	1–0	30,000	Kalou  48' (pen.)		7th	3	[35]
2	21 August 2015 20:30	H	Werder Bremen	1–1	56,376	Stocker  6'	Ujah  26'	7th	4	[36]
3	30 August 2015 15:30	A	Borussia Dortmund	1–3	80,500	Kalou  78'	Hummels  27' Aubameyang  51' Ramos  90+3'	10th	4	[37]
4	12 September 2015 15:30	H	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	45,994	Haraguchi  14' Lustenberger  45+3'	Šunjić  36'	7th	7	[38]
5	19 September 2015 15:30	A	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	30,000		Dost  76', 89' (pen.)	11th	7	[39]
6	22 September 2015 20:00	H	1. FC Köln	2–0	40,181	Ibišević  43', 90+4'		5th	10	[40]
7	27 September 2015 15:30	A	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	46,000	Darida  82'	Meier  22'	6th	11	[41]
8	3 October 2015 15:30	H	Hamburger SV	3–0	65,427	Kalou  17' Ibišević  77', 79'		4th	14	[42]
9	17 October 2015 15:30	A	Schalke 04	1–2	61,336	Kalou  73'	Höwedes  27' Meyer  90+2'	5th	14	[43]
10	24 October 2015 18:30	A	FC Ingolstadt 04	1–0	15,000	Weiser  11'		5th	17	[44]
11	31 October 2015 15:30	H	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–4	58,566	Baumjohann  82' (pen.)	Wendt  26' Raffael  28' Xhaka  55' Nordtveit  90+1'	6th	17	[45]
12	6 November 2015 20:30	A	Hannover 96	3–1	40,200	Kalou  33', 60', 87' (pen.)	Kiyotake  70' (pen.)	4th	20	[46]
13	22 November 2015 15:30	H	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	37,045	Polanski  30' (o.g.)		4th	23	[47]
14	28 November 2015 15:30	A	Bayern Munich	0–2	75,000		Müller  34' Coman  41'	5th	23	[48]
15	5 December 2015 15:30	H	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	41,819	Darida  7' Brooks  60'	Hernández  29'	4th	26	[49]
16	12 December 2015 15:30	A	SV Darmstadt 98	4–0	17,000	Ibišević  12', 50' Plattenhardt  26' Kalou  77'		3rd	29	[50]
17	20 December 2015 15:30	H	1. FSV Mainz 05	2–0	39,835	Darida  34' Kalou  54'		3rd	32	[51]
18	23 January 2016 15:30	H	FC Augsburg	0–0	35,196			3rd	33	[52]
19	30 January 2016 15:30	A	Werder Bremen	3–3	40,141	Darida  29' Plattenhardt  42' Kalou  71'	Bartels  67' Pizarro  75', 77'	3rd	34	[53]
20	6 February 2016 15:30	H	Borussia Dortmund	0–0	74,244			3rd	35	[54]
21	13 February 2016 15:30	A	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	45,465		Die  51' Kostić  84'	4th	35	[55]
22	20 February 2016 15:30	H	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	40,126	Kalou  60'	Schäfer  53'	3rd	36	[56]
23	26 February 2016 20:30	A	1. FC Köln	1–0	48,900	Ibišević  43'		3rd	39	[57]
24	2 March 2016 20:00	H	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	36,608	Weiser  63' Kalou  78'		3rd	42	[58]
25	6 March 2016 17:30	A	Hamburger SV	0–2	46,136		Müller  58', 75'	3rd	42	[59]
26	11 March 2016 20:30	H	FC Schalke 04	2–0	52,000	Ibišević  42' Stark  65'		3rd	45	[60]
27	19 March 2016 15:30	H	FC Ingolstadt	2–1	40,385	Haraguchi  54' Kalou  69'	Hinterseer  75'	3rd	48	[61]
28	3 April 2016 15:30	A	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–5	53,114		Hazard  14', 80' Hahn  60' Herrmann  76' Traoré  85'	3rd	48	[62]
29	8 April 2016 20:30	H	Hannover 96	2–2	45,229	Ibišević  3' Kalou  72'	Sobiech  18' Schmiedebach  58'	3rd	49	[63]
30	16 April 2016 15:30	A	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	27,745	Stark  27'	Schär  33' Uth  85'	4th	49	[64]
31	23 April 2016 15:30	H	FC Bayern München	0–2	76,233		Vidal  48' Douglas Costa  79'	4th	49	[65]
32	30 April 2016 18:30	A	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	30,210	Ibišević  21'	Brandt  2' Bender  16'	5th	49	[66]
33	7 May 2016 15:30	H	SV Darmstadt 98	1–2	60,280	Darida  14'	Gondorf  24' Wagner  83'	6th	49	[67]
34	14 May 2016 15:30	A	1. FSV Mainz 05	0–0	33,800			7th	50	[68]

DFB-Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								Hertha BSC	Opponent
Round 1	10 August 2015	18:30	A	Bielefeld	Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	21,484	Kalou  73' Darida  88'		[69]
Round 2	27 October 2015	19:00	A	Frankfurt	FSV Frankfurt	2–1 (aet)	8,177	Kalou  56', 99' (pen.)	Golley  47'	[70]
Round of 16	16 December 2015	19:00	A	Nuremberg	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	35,204	Darida  32' Brooks  65'		[71]
Quarter-finals	10 February 2016	19:00	A	Heidenheim	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	11,900	Ibišević  14', 21' Haraguchi  58'	Feick  10' Schnatterer  82' (pen.)	[72]
Semi-finals	20 April 2016	20:30	H	Berlin	Borussia Dortmund	0–3	76,233		Castro  21' Reus  75' Mkhitaryan  83'	[73]

Player information

As of 15 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB–Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Thomas Kraft	7	0	6	0	1	0
2	DF		Peter Pekarík	13	0	12	0	1	0
3	MF		Per Ciljan Skjelbred	36	0	31	0	5	0
5	MF		Niklas Stark	23	2	21	2	2	0
6	MF		Vladimír Darida	35	7	31	5	4	2
8	FW		Salomon Kalou	37	17	32	14	5	3
9	MF		Alexander Baumjohann	27	1	24	1	3	0
11	FW		Sami Allagui	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Ronny	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF		Jens Hegeler	21	0	16	0	5	0
14	MF		Valentin Stocker	24	1	22	1	2	0
15	DF		Sebastian Langkamp	26	0	22	0	4	0
16	FW		Julian Schieber	6	0	5	0	1	0
17	MF		Tolga Ciğerci	19	0	18	0	1	0
18	MF		Sinan Kurt	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Vedad Ibišević	30	12	26	10	4	2
20	MF		Mitchell Weiser	33	2	29	2	4	0
21	DF		Marvin Plattenhardt	37	2	33	2	4	0
22	GK		Rune Jarstein	33	0	29	0	4	0
23	DF		Johannes van den Bergh	16	0	13	0	3	0
24	MF		Genki Haraguchi	37	3	32	2	5	1
25	DF		John Brooks	27	2	23	1	4	1
27	MF		Roy Beerens	3	0	2	0	1	0
28	DF		Fabian Lustenberger	34	1	30	1	4	0
29	GK		Nils-Jonathan Körber	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Florian Kohls	1	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF		Maximilian Mittelstädt	3	0	3	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
7	MF		Hajime Hosogai (on loan to Bursaspor)	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Änis Ben-Hatira	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Peter Niemeyer	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Nico Schulz	2	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK		Sascha Burchert (on loan to Vålerenga Fotball)	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Sandro Wagner	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Marius Gersbeck (on loan to Chemnitzer FC)	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF		Yanni Regäsel	6	0	6	0	0	0

Notes

• 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
• 2.^ Hertha BSC's goals first.

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