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Hertha BSC
2011–12 season
PresidentWerner Gegenbauer
ManagerMarkus Babbel (sacked 18 December 2011)
Michael Skibbe (sacked 12 February 2012)
Otto Rehhagel
Bundesliga16th (relegated)
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Pierre-Michel Lasogga
(8 goals)
All: Pierre-Michel Lasogga
(10 goals)
Highest home attendance74,244 vs. Borussia Dortmund
74,244 vs. Bayern Munich
Lowest home attendance36,997 vs. Hannover 96
Average home league attendance53,449

The 2011–12 season of Hertha BSC began on 31 July 2011 with a DFB-Pokal match against ZFC Meuselwitz, and ended on 15 May 2012 with the second leg of the Bundesliga relegation play-offs. For the first time since 2006–07, Hertha made it past the 2nd round of the DFB-Pokal, making it as far as the quarterfinals before losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the Bundesliga, Hertha finished 16th, qualifying for the relegation play-off.

Review and events

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Overview of season

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On 18 December, Hertha BSC fired head coach Markus Babbel after a disagreement with Michael Preetz.[1] Preetz fired Babbel because there is no trust and so the club can "avert damage".[1][2] Babbel he told Preetz that he would not sign a contract extension during the November international break while Preetz claim Babbel told him on 13 December.[1] Babbel responded to Pretz's claim by stating that "when someone has another opinion, then maybe he wasn't listening properly".[1] On 22 December, Michael Skibbe was named Babbel's replacement.[3] On 12 February, Hertha BSC fired Skibbe after losing all 5 matches in charge.[4]

Hertha BSC vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf

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The matches

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Fortuna Düsseldorf won a spot in the promotion/relegation playoff against first division side Hertha BSC.[5]

First leg
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Going into the playoff, Fortuna Düsseldorf hadn't been in the top flight for 15 seasons.[6] They won the first leg against Hertha BSC 1:2 in Berlin's Olympic Stadium from goals from Thomas Bröker and an own goal from Hertha BSC's Adrián Ramos.[6]

Second leg
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In the return leg in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, both teams drew 2-2.[5][7] Fortuna Düsseldorf won on aggregate 4–3.[5][7] However, the second half was marred by trouble. Hertha BSC supporter threw flares onto the field.[8] Hertha BSC supporters did this after Fortuna Düsseldorf scored their second goal of the night to lead 2–1. The other problem of the night was when several Fortuna Düsseldorf supporters ran onto the field with about a minute left.[5][8][9] It took 21 minutes to restore order[10] and stoppage time ended up being 28 minutes by the time the final whistle blew. With Fortuna Düsseldorf winning the 2 legged affair, they returned to the Bundesliga after 15 seasons.[9]

The appeal

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Hertha BSC appealed the result of the match.[11][12] The German Football Association will be meeting on 18 May 2012 to discuss the incidents of the second leg.[11][12] Campino, singer for Die Toten Hosen, called Hertha BSC's protest "indecent".[13] The hearing at the German Football Association last for six hours.[14] The panel's decision will not be known until a further meeting on Monday.[14] It is expected to make a decision at 15:00 CET.[14] The German Football Association stated that any possible disciplinary action against either club or any of the players will be taken at a later date.[14] The players being investigated are Levan Kobiashvili, Christian Lell, Thomas Kraft and Andre Mijatović.[14] 2nd leg referee Wolfgang Stark was a key witness at the first hearing at the German Football Association.[14]

Sports law expert Michael Lehner said that Hertha BSC can hope for replay after the second leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.[15] Lehner went on to state, "Is not the game has been properly placed on the principle of equal opportunity at the end there was a break in terms of game development" and "The team of Hertha BSC through the fault of third parties a real opportunity has been deprived of the game even. get why there should be a replay from a legal point of view".[15]

The sports court of the German Football Association rejected the appeal of Hertha BSC.[16][17][18] Hertha BSC will pay the cost of the proceedings.[18] Hertha BSC appealed the decision of the German Football Association's sports court.[16][17][18] The sports German Football Association court president Hans Eberhard Lorenz stated, "The appeal was unsuccessful, because no ground of opposition was to prove the referee has traded at any time conform to the rules, and the alleged Hertha BSC-sided weakness due to the interruption could not be proven.." He also stated that "There was no Berlin players injured or assaulted or were needed to be replaced. Had this been the case, the objection would have been done."[17] The Federal Court of the German Football Association confirmed the Sports Court decision.[19] Hertha BSC can appeal the decision to the Sports Court for Arbitration.[19] After the final verdict, Hertha BSC players went on vacation while Fortuna Düsseldorf players were not immediately released for vacation.[20]

The disciplinary panel of the German Football Association decided that Fortuna Düsseldorf must play their first home match of next season with no fans for the fans running onto the field during the 2nd leg of the promotion/relegation playoff.[21] The club was also hit with a six figure fine.[21]

Other incidents

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Another incident reported by Die Welt the next day was that Hertha BSC players attacked second leg referee Wolfgang Stark.[10] Stark pressed charges against an unknown player for assaulting him off the field.[14] Hertha BSC have apologized for the conduct of some of the club's players.[22] The four players are accused of verbally and physically harassing the referee.[17][18] The German Football Association (DFB) handed down suspensions for Levan Kobiashvili, who was banned for a year, Christian Lell, who was banned for six matches, Thomas Kraft, who was banned for five matches and Andre Mijatović, who was banned for four matches.[23] Kobiashvili's suspension was reduced to seven and a half months and Lell's ban was eventually reduced to 5 matches.[24][25]

Match results

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Legend

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

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Note: Results are given with Hertha BSC score listed first.

Game Date Venue Opponent Result
F–A 		Attendance Hertha BSC Goalscorers
1 6 August 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin 1. FC Nürnberg 0–1 61,118
2 13 August 2011 Imtech Arena, Hamburg Hamburger SV 2–2 52,100 Torun 43', Mijatović 88'
3 21 August 2011 AWD-Arena, Hannover Hannover 96 1–1 41,200 Lasogga 83'
4 26 August 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin VfB Stuttgart 1–0 52,232 Raffael 86'
5 10 September 2011 Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund Borussia Dortmund 2–1 80,720 Raffael 50', Niemeyer 81'
6 17 September 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin FC Augsburg 2–2 48,385 Lell 46', Torun 57'
7 25 September 2011 Weserstadion, Bremen Werder Bremen 1–2 40,760 Ramos 3'
8 1 October 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin 1. FC Köln 3–0 59,491 Lasogga 14', 26' Raffael 34'
9 15 October 2011 Allianz Arena, Munich Bayern Munich 0–4 69,000
10 22 October 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin Mainz 05 0–0 47,064
11 29 October 2011 Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 30,000 Raffael 27', Kobiashvili 37' (pen.), Lasogga 85'
12 5 November 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 60,556 Ramos 17'
13 19 November 2011 badenova-Stadion, Freiburg SC Freiburg 2–2 21,500 Ramos 20' Niemeyer 45'
14 26 November 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin Bayer Leverkusen 3–3 44,541 Lasogga 7', 82', Toprak 17' (o.g.)
15 3 December 2011 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 36,000 Raffael 14'
16 9 December 2011 Olympiasadion, Berlin Schalke 04 1–2 52,382 Ramos 25'
17 17 December 2011 Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim 1899 Hoffenheim 1–1 28,000 Hubník 90+1'
18 21 January 2012 easyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg 1. FC Nürnberg 0–2 39,117
19 28 January 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin Hamburger SV 1–2 49,168 Lasogga 81'
20 4 February 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin Hannover 96 0–1 36,997
21 11 February 2012 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart 0–5 45,000
22 18 February 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin Borussia Dortmund 0–1 74,244
23 25 February 2012 SGL arena, Augsburg FC Augsburg 0–3 29,123
24 3 March 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin Werder Bremen 1–0 52,744 Rukavytsya 62'
25 10 March 2012 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne 1. FC Köln 0–1 48,000
26 17 March 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin Bayern Munich 0–6 74,244
27 24 March 2012 Coface Arena, Mainz Mainz 05 3–1 33,152 Ben-Hatira 41', Ramos 52', 69'
28 31 March 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin VfL Wolfsburg 1–4 46,388 Kobiashvili 13'
29 7 April 2012 Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 52,691
30 10 April 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin SC Freiburg 1–2 45,778 Hubník 81'
31 14 April 2012 BayArena, Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen 3–3 27,000 Lasogga 63', Torun 71', 77'
32 21 April 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–2 51,461 Niemeyer 60'
33 28 April 2012 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Schalke 04 0–4
34 5 May 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin 1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 51,834 Ben-Hatira 14', 78', Raffael 90+2'

Relegation play-off

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As 16th-placed team, Hertha BSC faces the 3rd-placed 2011–12 2. Bundesliga side in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 Bundesliga.

Dates and times of these matches were determined by the Deutsche Fußball-Liga as following:[26]

Hertha BSC1 – 2Fortuna Düsseldorf
Hubník 19' report Bröker 64'
Ramos 71' (o.g.)
Attendance: 68,041
Referee: Marco Fritz
Fortuna Düsseldorf2 – 2Hertha BSC
Beister 1'
Jovanović 59'		 report Ben-Hatira 23'
Raffael 85'
Attendance: 51,000

DFB-Pokal

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Note: Results are given with Hertha BSC score listed first.

Game Date Venue Opponent Result
F–A 		Attendance Hertha BSC Goalscorers
1 31 July 2011 bluechip-Arena, Meuselwitz ZFC Meuselwitz 4–0 7,707 Ramos 22', 26' Ottl 49' Ebert 56'
2 26 October 2011 Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen Rot-Weiss Essen 3–0 14,000 Ramos 64', Lasogga 72', Rukavytsya 86'
3 21 December 2011 Olympiastadion, Berlin 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–1 40,944 Ramos 44', Lasogga 56', Ebert 90+2'
4 8 February 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–2 a.e.t. 47,465

Player information

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Roster and statistics

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Roster, goals and appearances

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Relegation play-offs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Maikel Aerts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Germany GER Christian Lell 32 1 28 1 2 0 2 0
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Levan Kobiashvili 36 2 31 2 3 0 2 0
4 DF Czech Republic CZE Roman Hubník 32 2 27 1 3 0 2 1
5 DF Croatia CRO Andre Mijatović 24 1 21 1 2 0 1 0
6 DF Germany GER Christoph Janker 23 0 18 0 3 0 2 0
7 DF Germany GER Maik Franz 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
8 MF Germany GER Andreas Ottl 29 1 26 0 3 1 0 0
9 FW Colombia COL Adrián Ramos 37 9 31 6 4 3 2 0
10 MF Brazil BRA Raffael 34 7 31 6 1 0 2 1
11 FW Turkey TUR Tunay Torun 23 4 20 4 2 0 1 0
12 MF Brazil BRA Ronny 16 0 10 0 4 0 2 0
13 MF Australia AUS Nikita Rukavytsya 26 2 24 1 1 1 1 0
14 DF Germany GER Sebastian Neumann 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF Tunisia TUN Änis Ben-Hatira 21 4 17 3 2 0 2 1
18 MF Germany GER Peter Niemeyer 37 3 31 3 4 0 2 0
19 FW Germany GER Pierre-Michel Lasogga 35 10 31 8 4 2 0 0
20 MF Germany GER Patrick Ebert 33 2 27 0 4 2 2 0
21 GK Germany GER Sascha Burchert 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
22 DF Germany GER Felix Bastians 15 0 13 0 1 0 1 0
23 MF Germany GER Fanol Perdedaj 8 0 7 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF United States USA John Brooks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Austria AUT Marco Djuricin 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Germany GER Nico Schulz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF United States USA Alfredo Morales 10 0 8 0 2 0 0 0
28 MF Switzerland SUI Fabian Lustenberger 15 0 12 0 3 0 0 0
32 MF Germany GER Fabian Holland 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW Germany GER Abu-Bakarr Kargbo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK Germany GER Thomas Kraft 38 0 34 0 2 0 2 0

Last updated:25 May 2012

Disciplinary action

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Disciplinary records for 2011–12 league matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
Last updated on 5 May 2012
No. Nat. Player Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
02 Germany Christian Lell 11 1 0
03 Georgia (country) Levan Kobiashvili 6 1 1
04 Czech Republic Roman Hubník 4 0 0
05 Croatia Andre Mijatović 7 0 0
07 Germany Maik Franz 3 0 0
08 Germany Andreas Ottl 3 0 1
09 Colombia Adrián Ramos 4 1 0
10 Brazil Raffael 4 0 1
11 Turkey Tunay Torun 3 0 0
14 Germany Sebastian Neumann 2 1 0
17 Tunisia Änis Ben-Hatira 2 0 0
18 Germany Peter Niemeyer 7 1 0
19 Germany Pierre-Michel Lasogga 4 0 0
20 Germany Patrick Ebert 6 0 0
23 Germany Fanol Perdedaj 2 0 0
27 United States Alfredo Morales 3 0 0
35 Germany Thomas Kraft 3 0 0

Summer Transfers

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Winter transfers

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See also

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Sources

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  1. ^ a b c d "Hertha Berlin fire coach Markus Babbel". The Globe and Mail. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Babbels Entlassung beendet große Schlammschlacht". Die Welt (in German). 18 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Für Skibbe gehört Hertha BSC ins obere Tabellendrittel". Die Welt. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Skibbe sacked by Hertha". SkySports. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d Penfold, Chuck (16 May 2012). "Düsseldorf take top flight spot, Berlin relegated". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Die Bundesliga ist für Fortuna zum Greifen nahe". Kicker (in German). 10 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Fortunas Wiedergeburt versinkt im Chaos". Kicker. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b Wallrodt, Lars (15 May 2012). "Idioten nutzen Fußball-Bühne für Machtspielchen". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Fortuna Dusseldorf end Bundesliga exile". ESPN Soccernet. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Referee Stark von Hertha-Spielern attackiert". Die Welt (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Hertha BSC legt Protest gegen Skandalspiel ein". Die Welt (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Hertha legt Protest ein - Verhandlung am Freitag". kicker (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Campino nennt möglichen Hertha-Protest "unanständig"" (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "DFB delays decision on Hertha relegation". Deutsche Welle. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  15. ^ a b "Hertha BSC kann auf Spielwiederholung hoffen". Die Welt (in German). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  16. ^ a b "Hertha scheitert und zieht vors DFB-Bundesgericht". Die Welt (in German). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  17. ^ a b c d "Einspruch abgewiesen: Doch Hertha geht vors Bundesgericht". kicker (in German). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  18. ^ a b c d "DFB rejects Hertha replay request". Deutsche Welle. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  19. ^ a b "Hertha scheitert – Chaosspiel wird nicht wiederholt". Die Welt (in German). 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  20. ^ "Herthaner im Urlaub, Fortunen noch nicht". kicker (in German). 26 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  21. ^ a b "DFB fordert "Geisterspiel" für Fortuna Düsseldorf". Die Welt (in German). 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  22. ^ "Hertha entschuldigt sich, Düsseldorf trainiert wieder". Die Welt (in German). 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  23. ^ "Kontrollausschuss fordert ein Jahr Sperre für Kobiashvili". Die Welt (in German). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  24. ^ "Siebeneinhalb Monate! Rekordstrafe für Kobiashvili". kicker (in German). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  25. ^ "DFB-Sportgericht sperrt Lell für fünf Spiele". kicker (in German). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  26. ^ "DFL revises first-leg schedule for promotion/relegation play-offs". Deutsche Fußball Liga. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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