2015–16 Hertha BSC season

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

Hertha BSC
2015–16 season
Sporting DirectorMichael Preetz
Head coachPál Dárdai
StadiumOlympic Stadium
Bundesliga7th
DFB-PokalSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Salomon Kalou (14)
All: Salomon Kalou (17)

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
Pos.NameAgeMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeRef.
MF Germany Niklas Stark 20 1. FC Nürnberg Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed [3]
MF Czech Republic Vladimír Darida 24 SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed [4]
MF Germany Sinan Kurt 19 Bayern Munich Transfer Winter 2019 Undisclosed [5]
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević 31 VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer Undisclosed [6]
MF Germany Mitchell Weiser 21 Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed [7]
GK Germany Nils Körber 18 Hertha BSC Youth Transfer Summer 2017 – [8]

Out
Pos.NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeRef.
MF Germany Marcel Ndjeng 32 SC Paderborn Transfer Summer Undisclosed [9]
DF Netherlands John Heitinga 31 Ajax Amsterdam Transfer Summer Undisclosed [10]
MF Germany Fabian Holland 24 SV Darmstadt 98 Transfer Summer €300,000 [11]
GK Germany Sascha Burchert 25 Vålerenga Fotball Loan Summer [12]
MF Germany Peter Niemeyer 31 SV Darmstadt 98 Transfer Summer Undisclosed [13]
FW Germany Sandro Wagner 27 SV Darmstadt 98 Transfer Summer Undisclosed [14]
DF Germany Nico Schulz 22 Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer Undisclosed [15]
MF Japan Hajime Hosogai 29 Bursaspor Loan Summer [16]
GK Germany Marius Gersbeck 20 Chemnitzer FC Loan Winter [17]
DF Germany Yanni Regäsel 20 Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Winter Undisclosed [18]
MF Germany Änis Ben-Hatira 27 Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Winter Undisclosed [19]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date Kickoff1 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
Main article: 2015–16 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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Kickoff1		 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
Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

RD Date Kickoff1 Venue City Opponent Result2 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 TotalBundesligaDFB–Pokal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Germany GER Thomas Kraft 706010
2 DF Slovakia SVK Peter Pekarík 13012010
3 MF Norway NOR Per Ciljan Skjelbred 36031050
5 MF Germany GER Niklas Stark 23221220
6 MF Czech Republic CZE Vladimír Darida 35731542
8 FW Ivory Coast CIV Salomon Kalou 3717321453
9 MF Germany GER Alexander Baumjohann 27124130
11 FW Tunisia TUN Sami Allagui 000000
12 MF Brazil BRA Ronny 101000
13 DF Germany GER Jens Hegeler 21016050
14 MF Switzerland SUI Valentin Stocker 24122120
15 DF Germany GER Sebastian Langkamp 26022040
16 FW Germany GER Julian Schieber 605010
17 MF Germany GER Tolga Ciğerci 19018010
18 MF Germany GER Sinan Kurt 000000
19 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vedad Ibišević 3012261042
20 MF Germany GER Mitchell Weiser 33229240
21 DF Germany GER Marvin Plattenhardt 37233240
22 GK Norway NOR Rune Jarstein 33029040
23 DF Germany GER Johannes van den Bergh 16013030
24 MF Japan JPN Genki Haraguchi 37332251
25 DF United States USA John Brooks 27223141
27 MF Netherlands NED Roy Beerens 302010
28 DF Switzerland SUI Fabian Lustenberger 34130140
29 GK Germany GER Nils Körber 000000
31 MF Germany GER Florian Kohls 101000
34 DF Germany GER Maximilian Mittelstädt 303000
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
7 MF Japan JPN Hajime Hosogai (on loan to Bursaspor) 000000
10 MF Tunisia TUN Änis Ben-Hatira 000000
18 MF Germany GER Peter Niemeyer 000000
26 DF Germany GER Nico Schulz 201010
30 GK Germany GER Sascha Burchert (on loan to Vålerenga Fotball) 000000
33 FW Germany GER Sandro Wagner 000000
35 GK Germany GER Marius Gersbeck (on loan to Chemnitzer FC) 000000
39 DF Germany GER Yanni Regäsel 606000

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

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