2003–04 Hertha BSC season

During the 2003–04 season, Hertha BSC competed in the Bundesliga.

Hertha BSC
2003–04 season
Manager Huub Stevens (until 4 December)
Andreas Thom (interim, between 4 and 17 December)
Hans Meyer[notes 1] (from 20 December)
Bundesliga12th
UEFA CupFirst round
DFB-PokalRound of 16
DFB-LigapokalPreliminary round

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[1]

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[notes 2]
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[notes 3]
14 DF  CRO Josip Šimunić[notes 4]
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[notes 5]
24 FW  ANG Nando Rafael[notes 6]
25 MF  GER Alexander Ludwig
27 MF  BUL Aleksandar Mladenov
28 DF  GER Sofian Chahed[notes 7]
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[notes 8] (to Drava Ptuj)
7 FW  BRA Alex Alves (to Atlético Mineiro)

References
  1. "Hertha Berlin - 2003/04". FootballSquads. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

Notes
  1. Meyer was born in Bilin, Nazi Germany (now Bílina, Czech Republic).
  2. Kovač was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in December 1996.
  3. Bobic was born in Maribor, Yugoslava (now Slovenia), but also was raised in West Germany (now Germany) from a few months after birth and made his international debut for Germany in 1994.
  4. Šimunić was born in Canberra, Australia, but also qualified to represent Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in November 2001.
  5. Cagara was born in Glostrup, Denmark, and represented Denmark at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent the Philippines internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Philippines in October 2011.
  6. Rafael was born in Luanda, Angola, but was raised in the Netherlands from the age of 8, later gained German citizenship, and represented Germany at U-21 level before making his international debut for Angola in 2012.
  7. Chahed was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), and represented Germany at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his debut for Tunisia in October 2009.
  8. Zilić was born in Prijepolje, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia, but at the time part of Serbia and Montenegro), but also holds Bosnian and Slovenian citizenship.
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