The 2013–14 Hertha BSC season was the 121st season in club history.
Background
Hertha won the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga,[1] therefore securing promotion for the 2013–14 Bundesliga. The club's pre-season began on 23 June,[2] with 500 fans showing up to the first pre-season training session.[2]
Hertha began their Bundesliga campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt on 10 August.[20] Hertha BSC won 6–1.[20]Adrián Ramos, John Brooks, Sami Allagui and Ronny scored for Hertha;[20] Ramos and Allagui scored two goals each.[20]Alexander Meier scored for Eintracht.[20] Hertha finished the matchday in first place.[21] Hertha then faced 1. FC Nürnberg on 18 August on matchday two of the Bundesliga,[22] with the match ending in a 2–2 draw.[22] Allagui and Ronny scored for Hertha,[22] while Josip Drmić and Hiroshi Kiyotake scored for Nürnberg.[22] Hertha finished the matchday in sixth place.[23] Hertha then faced Hamburger SV on matchday three, on 24 August,[24] where Hertha won 1–0 through a Ramos goal.[24] Hertha finished the matchday in fifth place.[25] Hertha finished August with matchday four on 31 August against VfL Wolfsburg,[26] falling 2–0 through Ivica Olić and Diego goals for Wolfsburg.[26] Hertha ended August in sixth place.[27]
Hertha BSC faced VfB Stuttgart on matchday five on 13 September.[28] Stuttgart won 1–0 with a goal from Christian Gentner.[28] Hertha finished the matchday in eighth place.[29] Hertha played SC Freiburg on matchday six on 22 September;[30] the match ended in a 1–1 draw.[30]Per Ciljan Skjelbred scored for Hertha while Admir Mehmedi scored for Freiburg.[30] Hertha finished the matchday in 10th place.[31] Hertha finished September against Mainz 05 on matchday seven on 28 September;[32] Hertha BSC won 3–1.[32] Sami Allagui (2) and Änis Ben-Hatira scored for Hertha,[32] while Nicolai Müller scored for Mainz.[32] Hertha BSC finished September in fifth place.[33]
Hertha started October with matchday eight against Hannover 96 on 4 October.[34] The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[34] Ronny scored for Hertha and Christian Schulz scored for Hannover.[34] Hertha finished the matchday in sixth place.[35] Hertha faced Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday nine on 19 October.[36] Hertha won 1–0 with a goal from Adrián Ramos.[36] Hertha finished the matchday in fourth place.[37] Hertha finished October against Bayern Munich on matchday 10 on 26 October.[38] Bayern won 3–2.[38] Ramos and Änis Ben-Hatira scored for Hertha.[38]Mario Mandžukić (2) and Mario Götze scored for Bayern.[38] Hertha finished October in fifth place.[39]
Hertha started November against Schalke 04 on matchday 11 on 2 November,[40] where Schalke won 2–0 through goals from Ádám Szalai and Julian Draxler.[40] Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.[41] Hertha faced 1899 Hoffenheim on matchday 12 on 9 November.[42] Hertha won 3–2.[42] Ben-Hatira and Ramos (2) scored for Hertha[42]Sejad Salihović scored two goals for Hoffenheim.[42] Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.[43] Hertha faced Bayer Leverkusen on matchday 13 on 23 November.[44] Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Stefan Kießling.[44] Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.[45] Hertha finished November against FC Augsburg on matchday 14 on 30 November.[46]
The match ended in a 0–0 draw.[46] Hertha finished November in seventh place.[47]
Hertha started December against Eintracht Braunschweig on matchday 15 on 8 December.[48] Hertha won 2–0 with goals from Adrián Ramos and Tolga Ciğerci.[48] Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.[49] Hertha faced Werder Bremen on matchday 16 on 13 December.[50] Hertha won 3–2.[50] Ramos (2) and Ronny scored for Hertha,[50] while Nils Petersen and Aaron Hunt scored for Bremen.[50] Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.[51] Hertha finished December with matchday 17 against Borussia Dortmund on 21 December,[52] winning 2–1.[52] Ramos and Sami Allagui scored for Hertha.[52]Marco Reus scored for Borussia Dortmund.[52] Hertha finished December in sixth place.[53] Hertha returned to competitive action with matchday 18 against Eintracht Frankfurt.[54] Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 with a goal from Alexander Meier.[54] Hertha finished the matchday in seventh place.[55]