Hertha BSC brings together Berlin identity, blue-and-white tradition and a long presence in German football. This team page presents the club’s recorded 2026 squad, Stefan Leitl’s coaching timeline, recent movement in and out of the first-team group, and competition history through the 2025 season. It also places the club in its Olympiastadion setting, with the Ostkurve, Berlin Derby and youth-development tradition providing essential context for one of Germany’s best-known football institutions.
Hertha BSC Upcoming matches by league
2. Bundesliga
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- Regular Season - 6
Dynamo Dresden
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Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion -
- Regular Season - 7
Hertha BSCNo H2HSpVgg Greuther Fürth
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- Regular Season - 8
Holstein KielNo H2HHertha BSC
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- Regular Season - 9
Hertha BSCNo H2HArminia Bielefeld
Hertha BSC Last matches by league
2. Bundesliga
DFB Pokal
Friendlies Clubs
Hertha BSC Team Roster
Hertha BSC’s latest recorded squad contains 28 players: nine attackers, eight defenders, eight midfielders and three goalkeepers. The group includes J. Brekalo, P. Seguin, L. Gechter, M. Dárdai and Konstantin Heide. Defensive depth is represented by D. Zeefuik, J. Diallo and N. Kolbe, while midfield options include K. Sessa, L. Jensen and S. Gouram. The attacking list features J. Þorsteinsson, O. Adewumi and S. Grønning. This balance gives the 2026 group a broad positional spread, with named options across all four areas and further first-team depth.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
M. Grothe
Julian Eitschberger
Mads Giersing Valentin Pedersen
Niklas Kolbe
J. Diallo
Márton Dárdai
Pascal Klemens
Deyovaisio Evan Zeefuik
Linus Jasper Gechter
position Midfielder
K. Todorovic
Josip Brekalo
Kevin Simone Sessa
Oluwaseun Adewumi
Boris Manuzah Lum
Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson
Paul Seguin
S. Gouram
Selim Telib
position Attacker
Håkan Gustaf Nilsson
Sebastian Grønning Andersen
Jan-Luca Schuler
Farid Alfa-Ruprecht
N. Hildebrandt
Jelani Isi Ndi
Last Hertha BSC Coachs
Stefan Leitl is Hertha BSC’s current head coach, having begun his tenure on 1 February 2025. The German coach followed Cristian Fiél, who led the team from June 2024 until February 2025. Pál Dárdai held the role from April 2023 to June 2024, after Sandro Schwarz’s spell from July 2022 to April 2023. Felix Magath completed the recorded sequence with a shorter tenure between March and June 2022. The timeline shows a succession of recent coaching periods around the current Leitl era.
Stefan Leitl
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan Leitl | Germany | 1 February 2025 | |
| Cristian Ramon Fiél Casanova | Germany | 1 June 2024 | 1 February 2025 |
| Pál Dárdai | Hungary | 1 April 2023 | 1 June 2024 |
| Sandro Schwarz | Germany | 1 July 2022 | 1 April 2023 |
| Felix Magath | Germany | 1 March 2022 | 1 June 2022 |
| Tayfun Korkut | Germany | 1 November 2021 | 1 March 2022 |
| Pál Dárdai | Hungary | 1 January 2021 | 1 November 2021 |
| Bruno Labbadia | Germany | 1 April 2020 | 1 January 2021 |
| Alexander Nouri | Germany | 1 February 2020 | 1 April 2020 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 1 November 2019 | 1 February 2020 |
| Ante Čović | Germany | 1 July 2019 | 1 November 2019 |
| Pál Dárdai | Hungary | 1 February 2015 | 1 June 2019 |
| Jos Luhukay | Netherlands | 1 July 2012 | 1 February 2015 |
| Otto Rehhagel | Germany | 1 February 2012 | 1 May 2012 |
| Michael Heinz Skibbe | Germany | 1 December 2011 | 1 February 2012 |
| Markus Babbel | Germany | 1 July 2010 | 18 December 2011 |
| Friedhelm Funkel | Germany | 1 October 2009 | 1 June 2010 |
| Lucien Favre | Switzerland | 1 July 2007 | 1 September 2009 |
| Karsten Heine | Germany | 1 April 2007 | 1 June 2007 |
| Huub Stevens | Netherlands | 1 July 2002 | 1 December 2003 |
Hertha BSC Transfers
The recorded arrivals show a mixture of loans, transfers, free-agent moves and returns from loan rather than a single movement type. O. Adewumi arrived from Burnley on loan, while M. Kourouma joined from Union Titus Petange as a free agent and J. Brekalo came from Oviedo in a recorded transfer. G. Christensen, J. Þorsteinsson and Lukas Michelbrink are listed as returning from loan in June 2026. Earlier entries include Konstantin Heide, P. Seguin, L. Jensen and S. Grønning, with the available list representing selected activity rather than a complete transfer total.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. Nilsson |
Club Brugge KV
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Loan | 30 August 2026 |
| M. Pedersen |
FC Augsburg
|
Transfer | 23 August 2026 |
| Farid Alfa-Ruprecht |
Bayer Leverkusen
|
Loan | 19 August 2026 |
| O. Adewumi |
Burnley
|
Loan | 23 July 2026 |
| M. Kourouma |
Union Titus Petange
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Free agent | 7 July 2026 |
| Lukas Michelbrink |
Energie Cottbus
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Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| J. Þorsteinsson |
Brann
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Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| G. Christensen |
FC Ingolstadt 04
|
Return from loan | 29 June 2026 |
| Elias Decker |
FC Ingolstadt 04
|
Loan | 1 February 2026 |
| J. Brekalo |
Oviedo
|
Transfer | 1 February 2026 |
| Konstantin Heide |
SpVgg Unterhaching
|
Transfer | 22 August 2025 |
| D. Kownacki |
Werder Bremen
|
Loan | 21 July 2025 |
| D. Kownacki |
Werder Bremen
|
Loan | 20 July 2025 |
| S. Grønning |
FC Ingolstadt 04
|
Free Transfer | 1 July 2025 |
| L. Jensen |
Karlsruher SC
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Free Transfer | 1 July 2025 |
The recorded departures combine loans, transfers, free-agent exits and returns to parent clubs. Janne Berner moved to Verl on loan, while T. Ernst left for Feyenoord in a recorded transfer and J. Dudziak departed for Beijing Guoan as a free agent. E. Strasner, J. Brooks, T. Hoffmann, M. Karbownik and Y. Unal also appear among free-agent exits. M. Cuisance, F. Reese and K. Eichhorn are listed as transfers, while M. Krattenmacher, Elias Decker and D. Kownacki returned to their previous clubs. This is a selected activity list, not a complete departures total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Jensen |
Arminia Bielefeld
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Free agent | 31 August 2026 |
| G. Christensen |
Kristiansund BK
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Loan | 27 August 2026 |
| M. Winkler |
Anderlecht
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Transfer | 16 August 2026 |
| Janne Berner |
Verl
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Loan | 28 July 2026 |
Arminia Bielefeld U19
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- | 26 July 2026 | |
| J. Dudziak |
Beijing Guoan
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Free agent | 21 July 2026 |
| J. Dudziak |
Beijing Guoan
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Free agent | 20 July 2026 |
| T. Ernst |
Feyenoord
|
Transfer | 15 July 2026 |
| E. Strasner |
Lokomotive Leipzig
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Free agent | 12 July 2026 |
| E. Strasner |
Lokomotive Leipzig
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Free agent | 11 July 2026 |
| J. Brooks |
Altglienicke
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Free agent | 3 July 2026 |
| Oliver Rölke |
Stuttgart II
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- | 30 June 2026 |
| D. Ajvazi |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
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- | 30 June 2026 |
| O. Rolke |
Stuttgart II
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- | 30 June 2026 |
| Y. Unal |
Hannover 96
|
Free agent | 30 June 2026 |
Transfers Synthesis
Hertha BSC’s recorded movement around the 2025-26 cycle reflects several forms of squad change rather than one dominant transaction pattern. Arrivals include a loan for O. Adewumi, a free-agent entry for M. Kourouma, a transfer for J. Brekalo and multiple players returning from temporary spells elsewhere. Earlier additions such as Konstantin Heide, P. Seguin, L. Jensen and S. Grønning broaden the time frame beyond the latest summer. Departures show the reverse combination: Janne Berner’s loan, free-agent exits, transfers to clubs including Feyenoord, Lens, VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen, plus returns of loanees to their parent teams. The movement list is explicitly a selected record rather than a full account, so it supports a description of varied personnel turnover but not a complete balance, net-spend figure or definitive assessment of recruitment policy. The latest squad provides the clearest snapshot of the personnel currently listed for the club.
Leagues Hertha BSC has participated in
Hertha BSC’s recent competition record is led by the 2. Bundesliga and DFB Pokal, both documented through 2025 and treated as recent competitions in the available history. Club friendlies are also recorded through 2025, covering the period from 2020. The club’s Bundesliga participation is historical in this record, spanning 2011 to 2022, while its UEFA Europa League entry covers 2016 and 2017 and is likewise historical. Taken together, the competition history reflects domestic league and cup involvement, a recent second-tier cycle and an earlier continental presence without extending any competition claim beyond the recorded years.
More about Hertha BSC
Hertha BSC is Berlin’s historic blue-and-white football institution, formally known as Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V. The club was founded in 1892 as BFC Hertha 92, taking its name from a blue-and-white steamship associated with a founding member. Its modern identity followed the 1923 merger with Berliner Sport-Club, creating the name used today. That long continuity places Hertha among Germany’s traditional football organisations and connects the club to the capital’s wider sporting culture.
Home matches are staged at Olympiastadion Berlin in Westend, within the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. Built for the 1936 Olympic Games and later modernised for major international events, the arena is defined by its scale and the blue running track around the pitch. Hertha’s colours are blue, white and black, while the traditional home design uses blue-and-white vertical stripes. Supporters commonly identify with the nicknames The Old Lady and The Blue-Whites, and the Ostkurve remains a central expression of matchday culture. The Berlin Derby with 1. FC Union Berlin adds a strong civic and regional dimension to the club’s identity.
Hertha’s football ecosystem includes a recognised youth academy, which reflects the club’s longstanding connection to regional player development. The professional operation sits within a registered membership association, with outside investment present alongside member-based governance. This combination links modern football administration with an established institutional base.
The club’s recorded history includes participation in Germany’s top flight, the 2. Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal, as well as earlier UEFA Europa League involvement. Hertha was an original participant in Germany’s modern national league, launched in 1963, and carries a notable European past. The result is a club defined by Berlin, tradition, a large stadium setting and a continuing relationship between academy, supporters and professional football.
Last matches statistics for Hertha BSC
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
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Lokomotive Leipzig
1 - 3
Hertha BSC
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Hertha BSC
3 - 2
WSG Wattens
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Hertha BSC
1 - 1
Mamelodi Sundowns
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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1.FC Köln
2 - 2
Hertha BSC
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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VfL Bochum
0 - 1
Hertha BSC
|
2 / 11 |
|
74 | 13 | 5 | 3 |
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Hertha BSC
4 - 1
1. FC Heidenheim
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9 / 19 |
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81 | 12 | 1 1 | 2 |
|
FC Saarbrücken
1 - 1
Hertha BSC
|
9 / 33 |
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85 | 20 | 3 | 1 |
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Eintracht Braunschweig
3 - 5
Hertha BSC
|
6 / 26 |
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85 | 15 | 4 | 5 |
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Hertha BSC
2 - 1
1. FC Magdeburg
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5 / 10 |
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71 | 17 | 3 1 | 4 |
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VfL Osnabrück
1 - 3
Hertha BSC
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7 / 22 |
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0% | 12 | 2 | 6 |
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VfL Osnabrück vs Hertha BSC
2. Bundesliga 2026 - 1576178
Hertha BSC vs 1. FC Magdeburg
2. Bundesliga 2026 - 1576164
Eintracht Braunschweig vs Hertha BSC
2. Bundesliga 2026 - 1576153
FC Saarbrücken vs Hertha BSC
DFB Pokal 2026 - 1550696
Hertha BSC vs 1. FC Heidenheim
2. Bundesliga 2026 - 1576147
VfL Bochum vs Hertha BSC
2. Bundesliga 2026 - 1576134
2025-2026
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2022-2023
1st shirt
2021-2022
1st shirt
2021-2022
2nd shirt
2021-2022
3rd shirt
2021-2022
4th shirt
2020-2021
1st shirt
2020-2021
2nd shirt
2020-2021
3rd shirt
2020-2021
4th shirt
2020-2021
5th shirt
2019-2020
1st shirt