title: 2003–04 Hertha BSC season
text: # 2003–04 Hertha BSC season
  
  During the 2003–04 season, Hertha BSC competed in the Bundesliga.
  
  ## Season summary
  
  After five seasons of finishing in the European places, Hertha slumped to 12th, seven points clear of relegation. Manager Huub Stevens had paid for the poor form with his job in December, and his replacement Hans Meyer failed to continue Hertha's streak of European qualification. Meyer left at the end of the season, with Falko Götz - a former Hertha BSC II manager and Hertha caretaker manager - appointed as his replacement.
  
  ## 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 | HUN | Gábor Király |
  | 3 | DF | GER | Arne Friedrich |
  | 4 | DF | NED | Dick van Burik |
  | 5 | MF | CRO | Niko Kovač |
  | 7 | MF | POL | Bartosz Karwan |
  | 8 | MF | BEL | Bart Goor |
  | 10 | MF | BRA | Marcelinho |
  | 11 | FW | POL | Artur Wichniarek |
  | 12 | GK | GER | Christian Fiedler |
  | 13 | FW | GER | Fredi Bobic |
  | 14 | DF | CRO | Josip Šimunić |
  | 15 | FW | GER | Giuseppe Reina |
  | 16 | MF | GER | Roberto Pinto |
  | 17 | DF | GER | Alexander Madlung |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 18 | MF | HUN | Pál Dárdai |
  | 19 | MF | GER | Andreas Schmidt |
  | 20 | MF | GER | Andreas Neuendorf |
  | 21 | MF | GER | Michael Hartmann |
  | 22 | DF | GER | Denis Lapaczinski |
  | 23 | DF | DEN | Dennis Cagara |
  | 24 | FW | ANG | Nando Rafael |
  | 25 | MF | GER | Alexander Ludwig |
  | 27 | MF | BUL | Aleksandar Mladenov |
  | 28 | DF | GER | Sofian Chahed |
  | 29 | DF | GER | Malik Fathi |
  | 32 | MF | GER | Thorben Marx |
  | 33 | DF | GER | Marko Rehmer |
  | 40 | GK | POL | Tomasz Kuszczak |
  
  ### Left club during 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | FW | BRA | Luizão (to Botafogo) |
  
  ### Hertha BSC II
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 26 | MF | GER | René Tretschok |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 44 | FW | CMR | Joël Tchami |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### Out
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | DF | ISL | Eyjólfur Sverrisson (retired) |
  | 15 | DF | BRA | Nenê (to Vitória) |
  | 22 | MF | GER | Stefan Beinlich (to Hamburg) |
  | 35 | MF | GER | Benjamin Köhler (to Rot-Weiss Essen) |
  | 25 | MF | NED | Rob Maas (to Duisburg) |
  | 28 | MF | MKD | Nderim Nexhipi (to Wolfsburg) |
  | 11 | FW | GER | Michael Preetz (retired) |
  | 24 | FW | NOR | Trond Fredrik Ludvigsen (to Bodø/Glimt) |
  | 17 | FW | BIH | Sead Zilić (to Drava Ptuj) |
  | 7 | FW | BRA | Alex Alves (to Atlético Mineiro) |
  