title: 2008–09 Hertha BSC season
text: # 2008–09 Hertha BSC season
  
  The 2008–09 season of Hertha BSC began on 17 July 2008 with a UEFA Cup first round qualifying march against Nistru Otaci from Moldova and ended on 23 May 2009, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Karlsruher SC. Hertha were eliminated in the second round of the DFB Pokal, and the group phase the UEFA Cup. They finished fourth in the Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First-team squad
  
      Squad at end of season
  
  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 | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný |
  | 2 | DF | BRA | Kaká |
  | 3 | DF | GER | Arne Friedrich (captain) |
  | 4 | DF | SUI | Steve von Bergen |
  | 5 | DF | GER | Sofian Chahed |
  | 6 | MF | CRO | Marko Babić |
  | 7 | MF | BRA | Cícero |
  | 8 | MF | HUN | Pál Dárdai |
  | 9 | FW | SRB | Marko Pantelić |
  | 10 | FW | BRA | Raffael |
  | 11 | FW | UKR | Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool) |
  | 12 | GK | GER | Christian Fiedler |
  | 13 | DF | GER | Marc Stein |
  | 14 | DF | CRO | Josip Šimunić |
  | 15 | DF | BRA | Rodnei |
  | 16 | MF | BRA | Lúcio |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 17 | MF | USA | Bryan Arguez |
  | 20 | MF | GER | Patrick Ebert |
  | 22 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré (on loan from Monaco) |
  | 23 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski |
  | 25 | MF | ROU | Maximilian Nicu |
  | 26 | MF | POL | Łukasz Piszczek |
  | 27 | FW | TUN | Amine Chermiti |
  | 28 | MF | SUI | Fabian Lustenberger |
  | 29 | MF | GER | Sascha Bigalke |
  | 30 | GK | GER | Christopher Gäng |
  | 35 | DF | GER | Shervin Radjabali-Fardi |
  | 36 | MF | GER | Lennart Hartmann |
  | 38 | MF | FRA | Ibrahima Traoré |
  | 39 | MF | GER | Florian Riedel |
  | 40 | GK | GER | Sascha Burchert |
  | 44 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Summer
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | DF | BRA | Kaka (from Académica de Coimbra) |
  | 7 | MF | BRA | Cícero (on loan from Tombense) |
  | 11 | FW | UKR | Andriy Voronin (on loan from Liverpool) |
  | 13 | DF | GER | Marc Stein (from Hansa Rostock) |
  | 15 | DF | BRA | Rodnei (from CA Juventus, previously on loan to Jagiellonia Białystok) |
  | 23 | FW | BUL | Valeri Domovchiyski (from Levski Sofia, previously on loan) |
  | 25 | MF | ROU | Maximilian Nicu (from Wehen Wiesbaden) |
  | 27 | FW | TUN | Amine Chermiti (from Étoile Sportive du Sahel) |
  | 29 | MF | GER | Sascha Bigalke (from Hertha BSC II) |
  | 35 | DF | GER | Shervin Radjabali-Fardi (from Hertha BSC Youth) |
  | 36 | MF | GER | Lennart Hartmann (from Hertha BSC Youth) |
  | 39 | MF | GER | Florian Riedel (from Hertha BSC Youth) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 6 | MF | CZE | Rudolf Skácel (loan return to Southampton) |
  | 7 | MF | BRA | Mineiro (to Chelsea) |
  | 18 | FW | CRO | Srđan Lakić (to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan to Heracles Almelo) |
  | 19 | DF | GER | Andreas Schmidt (retired) |
  | 21 | FW | NGA | Solomon Okoronkwo (to Saturn Moscow Oblast) |
  | 22 | MF | SWE | Tobias Grahn (loan return to Gimnàstic de Tarragona) |
  | 24 | MF | TUR | Bilal Çubukçu (to Gençlerbirliği) |
  | 27 | DF | GER | Amadeus Wallschläger (to Carl Zeiss Jena) |
  | 33 | FW | BRA | André Lima (on loan to São Paulo) |
  | 36 | DF | GER | Pascal Bieler (to 1. FC Nürnberg) |
  | 39 | FW | GER | Chinedu Ede (to MSV Duisburg) |
  | — | DF | DEN | Dennis Cagara (to Nordsjælland, previously on loan) |
  
  ### Winter
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | DF | CRO | Marko Babić (from Real Betis) |
  | 22 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré (on loan from Monaco) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Cup qualification | UEFA Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Marko Pantelić | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
  | Andriy Voronin | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
  | Raffael | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
  | Cícero | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
  | Gojko Kačar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
  | Patrick Ebert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
  | Valeri Domovchiyski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | Maximilian Nicu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | Łukasz Piszczek | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | Fabian Lustenberger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Pál Dárdai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Josip Šimunić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Marc Stein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  
  ### International appearances
  
  | Player | Position | Country | Caps (Goals) | Caps this season |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Josip Šimunić | DF | Croatia | 70 (3) | vs. Kazakhstan, vs. England, vs. Ukraine, vs. Andorra, vs. Romania, vs. Ukraine |
  | Arne Friedrich | DF | Germany | 66 (0) | vs. Russia, vs. Wales, vs. England, vs. China, vs. UAE |
  | Andriy Voronin | FW | Ukraine | 61 (6) | vs. Poland, vs. Belarus, vs. Kazakhstan, vs. Serbia, vs. England, vs. Kazakhstan |
  | Pál Dárdai | MF | Hungary | 55 (5) | vs. Denmark, vs. Sweden, vs. Albania, vs. Malta |
  | Marko Pantelić | FW | Serbia | 22 (5) | vs. Faroe Islands, vs. France, vs. Lithuania, vs. Austria, vs. Sweden, vs. Austria, vs. Faroe Islands |
  | Amine Chermiti | FW | Tunisia | 13 (3) | vs. Burkina Faso, vs. Burundi, vs. Netherlands |
  | Gojko Kačar | MF | Serbia | 6 (0) | vs. France, vs. Bulgaria, vs. Austria, vs. Faroe Islands |
  | Jaroslav Drobný | GK | Czech Republic | 1 (0) | vs. Morocco |
  | Maximilian Nicu | MF | Romania | 1 (0) | vs. Austria |
  