1972–73 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
1972–73 season
Owner	Heinz Warneke
Manager	Fiffi Kronsbein
Stadium	Olympiastadion
Bundesliga	13th place
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Lorenz Horr (12); All: Lorenz Horr (19)
Highest home attendance	60,000 (vs. Bayern Munich)
Lowest home attendance	7,000 (vs. Schalke)
Average home league attendance	22,588
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1972–74 Hertha BSC season was the club's 100th year of existence and season and the 6th season in the top flight of German football. The season began on 16 September 1972 against Fortuna Düsseldorf and finished on 9 June 1973 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Summary

In the 1972-73 season, Hertha BSC, coached by Fiffi Kronsbein, finished the Bundesliga championship in 13th place. In the DFB-Pokal, Hertha Berlin was eliminated in the quarter-finals by SV Werder Bremen. In the Ligapokal, Hertha Berlin was eliminated in the group stage.

Squad

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GER	Horst Wolter
—	GK	GER	Thomas Zander
—	DF	GER	Holger Bruck
—	DF	GER	Heinz-Peter Buchberger
—	DF	GER	Frank Hanisch
—	DF	GER	Herward Koppenhöfer
—	DF	GER	Ludwig Müller
—	DF	GER	Michael Sziedat
—	DF	GER	Hans Weiner
—	DF	GER	Klaus Walleitner
—	MF	GER	Erich Beer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Klaus-Peter Hanisch
—	MF	GER	Erwin Hermandung
—	MF	GER	Johannes Riedl
—	MF	GER	Wolfgang Sidka
—	MF	GER	Gerd Werthmüller
—	FW	RSA	David Goodwin
—	FW	GER	Gerhard Grau
—	FW	GER	Peter Gutzeit
—	FW	GER	Lorenz Horr
—	FW	GER	Manfred Lenz
—	FW	SUI	Kurt Müller

Staff

Coach: Fiffi Kronsbein
Assistant Coach: Hans Eder
Goalkeeping coach:
Athletic trainers:

Match Results

Bundesliga

16 September 1972 1	Hertha BSC	2–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Brück 31' Sziedat 50'	Report	Budde 2' Herzog 40' Hesse 71'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten)

20 September 1972 2	VfL Bochum	2–1	Hertha BSC	Bochum
16:45	Wosab 70' Walitza 89'	^[2]	Weiner 57'	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)

23 September 1972 3	Hertha BSC	2–5	Kickers Offenbach	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Gutzeit 23' Riedl 86'	Report	Hickersberger 36' Skala 49' Kostedde 57' Held 62' Schäfer 82'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)

30 September 1972 (1972-09-30) 4	Bayern Munich	4–0	Hertha BSC	Olympiastadion, Munich
15:30 CET	Müller 9', 15' Hoeneß 52' Beckenbauer 76' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)

4 October 1972 5	Hertha BSC	3–1	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Horr 33', 66' (pen.) Beer 64'	Report	Wörmer 22'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Groß Escherde)

7 October 1972 6	SV Werder Bremen	1–1	Hertha BSC	Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30 CET	Dietrich 9'	Report	Gutzeit 41'	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

14 October 1972 7	Hertha BSC	3–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Gutzeit 42' Grau 65' Hermandung 89'	Report		Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)

21 October 1972 8	1. FC Köln	4–0	Hertha BSC	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
15:30 CET	Thielen 40' Glowacz 63' Löhr 77' Overath 89'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)

28 October 1972 9	Wuppertaler SV	4–1	Hertha BSC	Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
15:30 CET	Jung 5', 26', 74' Pröpper 39'	Report	Brück 68'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)

1 November 1972 10	Hertha BSC	3–0	FC Schalke 04	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET	Beer 7' Sziedat 13' Horr 60'	Report		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

4 November 1972 11	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Hertha BSC	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein 64' Kalb 82' (pen.)	Report	Horr 66', 85' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)

11 November 1972 12	Hertha BSC	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Hermandung 16' Sziedat 30' Weiner 89'	Report	Surau 32'	Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

18 November 1972 13	VfB Stuttgart	4–0	Hertha BSC	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 CET	Köppel 1' Schwemmle 32' Handschuh 54' Brenninger 75'	Report		Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

21 November 1972 14	Hertha BSC	0–0	MSV Duisburg	Olympiastadion, Berlin
19:30 CET		Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

25 November 1972 15	Hamburger SV	4–0	Hertha BSC	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
15:30 CET	Winkler 17' Lübeke 75', 80' Brück 86' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna-Massen)

2 December 1972 16	Hertha BSC	2–1	Hannover 96	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Sziedat 29' Beer 45'	Report	Deterding 61'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

16 December 1972 17	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	Hertha BSC	Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET	Ackermann 47' Bitz 61'	Report	Brück 27' Horr 80'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

20 January 1973 18	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	Hertha BSC	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
15:30 CET	Lungwitz 34' (pen.) Biesenkamp 37' Geye 72'	Report	K. Müller 70'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

21 April 1973 19	Hertha BSC	2–0	VfL Bochum	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30	Müller 41' (pen.) Horr 69'	^[3]		Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

3 February 1973 20	Kickers Offenbach	0–0	Hertha BSC	Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach am Main
15:30 CET		Report		Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Hans Voß (Münster)

10 February 1973 (1973-02-10) 21	Hertha BSC	2–5	Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Horr 12' Müller 62' (pen.) Müller 78' (pen.)	Report	Müller 25' (pen.) Hoffmann 41', 60' Zobel 69' Hoeneß 79'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau (Ludwigshafen)

17 February 1973 22	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	2–1	Hertha BSC	Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen
15:30 CET	Artmann 38' Jakobs 58'	Report	L. Müller 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

24 February 1973 23	Hertha BSC	2–1	SV Werder Bremen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Horr 50' Beer 73'	Report	Laumen 78'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna-Massen)

10 March 1973 24	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	Hertha BSC	Stadion an der Hamburger Straße, Braunschweig
15:30 CET	Erler 24' Bründl 43'	Report	Beer 32'	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

17 March 1973 25	Hertha BSC	1–1	1. FC Köln	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Gutzeit 15'	Report	Löhr 22'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten)

24 March 1973 26	Hertha BSC	0–1	Wuppertaler SV	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET		Report	Jung 6'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roth (Salzgitter)

31 March 1973 27	FC Schalke 04	1–1	Hertha BSC	Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET	Beverungen 88'	Report	Hermandung 62'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

7 April 1973 28	Hertha BSC	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Beer 5' Hermandung 19' Gutzeit 25'	Report	Parits 10'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)

28 April 1973 29	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Hertha BSC	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Vogts 47' Heynckes 86'	Report	Horr 60' Beer 81'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

5 May 1973 30	Hertha BSC	5–1	VfB Stuttgart	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	Beer 12', 82' Müller 16' Horr 25', 66'	Report	Köppel 58'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)

19 May 1973 31	MSV Duisburg	2–1	Hertha BSC	Wedaustadion, Duisburg
15:30 CET	Dietz 28' Lehmann 64' (rig)	Report	L. Müller 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

26 May 1973 32	Hertha BSC	2–1	Hamburger SV	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	K. Müller 31' Horr 63'	Report	Heese 59'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

2 June 1973 33	Hannover 96	2–0	Hertha BSC	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
15:30 CET	Denz 1' Reimann 78'	Report		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

9 June 1973 34	Hertha BSC	4–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET	K. Müller 6' Beer 42' Hermandung 60' Brück 89'	Report	Fuchs 73'	Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Manfred Hoppe (Bremerhaven)

DFB-Pokal

10 December 1972 First round	OSV Hannover	0–6	Hertha BSC	Oststadtstadion. Hannover
CET		Report	Sziedat 8' Beer 13', 64' Horr 19', 62' (pen.) Hermandung 51'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gerd Siepe (Attendorn)

20 December 1972 First round	Hertha BSC	3–0	OSV Hannover	Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET	Beer 5' Sziedat 75' Grau 84'	Report		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna-Massen)

3 March 1973 Round of 16	MSV Duisburg	1–2	Hertha BSC	Wedaustadion, Duisburg
CET	Seliger 43'	Report	Hermandung 19' Müller 47'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

14 March 1973 Round of 16	Hertha BSC	4–2	MSV Duisburg	Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET	Beer 48', 55' Hanisch 66' Gutzeit 69'	Report	Hey 78' Lehmann 88'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

14 April 1973 Quarter finals	SV Werder Bremen	2–0	Hertha BSC	Weserstadion, Bremen
CET	Buchberger 18' (o.g.) Weist 39'	Report		Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Köln)

17 April 1973 Quarter finals	Hertha BSC	2–2	SV Werder Bremen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET	Beer 29', 85'	Report	Neuberger 2' Görts 66'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

Ligapokal

2 August 1972 Group stage	Wacker 04 Berlin	4–3	Hertha BSC	Poststadion, Berlin
CET	Liedtke 10' Lunenburg 22', 55' Sprenger 34'	Report	Horr 25', 68' Grau 74'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Udo Zuchantke (West Berlin)

9 August 1972 Group stage	Hertha BSC	5–1	St. Pauli	Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET	Horr 21' (pen.) Brück 46', 89' Hanisch 59' Hermandung 86' (pen.)	Report	Neumann 71'	Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Peter Gabor (Berlin)

12 August 1972 Group stage	Hamburger SV	1–0	Hertha BSC	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
CET	Winkler 44'	Report		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)

16 August 1972 Group stage	St. Pauli	1–0	Hertha BSC	Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion, Hamburg
CET	Beyer 57'	Report		Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Gerhard Kaiser (Bremen)

19 August 1972 Group stage	Hertha BSC	4–5	Hamburger SV	Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET	Horr 4', 20' (pen.) Gutzeit 17' Lenz 53'	Report	Winkler 18' Krause 25', 65', 67' Zaczyk 58'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (Oberhausen)

23 August 1972 Group stage	Hertha BSC	3–1	Wacker 04 Berlin	Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET	Weiner 29', 54' Lenz 67'	Report	Schwarze 17'	Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)

Transfers

Transfers In
Date	Name	From
Summer 1972	Holger Brück	KSV Hessen Kassel
Summer 1972	Heinz-Peter Buchberger	MSV Duisburg
Summer 1972	Gerhard Grau	KSV Hessen Kassel
Summer 1972	Klaus-Peter Hanisch	Hertha Zehlendorf
Summer 1972	Manfred Lenz	SV Alsenborn
Summer 1972	Ludwig Müller	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Summer 1972	Johannes Riedl	MSV Duisburg
Summer 1972	Hans Weiner	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Summer 1972	Gerd Werthmüller	1. FC Saarbrücken
Summer 1972	Horst Wolter	Eintracht Braunschweig
Winter 1973	Kurt Müller	Grasshoppers
		Total Transfer Fees

Transfer Out
Date	Name	To	Transfer Fee
Winter 1973	Klaus Walleitner	FC Augsburg
		Total Transfer Fees

References

^ "Hertha BSC | Kader | Bundesliga 1972/73 - kicker". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2025.
^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[1] "Hertha BSC | Kader | Bundesliga 1972/73 - kicker". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2025.

[2] "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.

[3] "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

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