1973–74 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
1973–74 season
BundesligaRunners-up
DFB-PokalRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Erwin Hermandung (11)
All: Ludwig Müller & Erwin Hermandung (11)
Highest home attendance73,500 (vs. Bayern Munich)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (vs. VfL Bochum)
Average home league attendance27,588

The 1973–74 Hertha BSC season was the club's 101st year of existence and season and the 7th season in the top flight of German football. The season started on 11 August 1973 against Hamburger SV and finished on 18 May 1974 against VfL Bochum.

Summary

In the 1973-1974 season, Hertha Berlin, coached by Fiffi Kronsbein and Hans Eder, finished the 1973–74 Bundesliga in 8th place. In the 1973–74 DFB-Pokal, Hertha Berlin was eliminated in the round of 16 by Wattenscheid 09.

Squad

Source:[1]

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  GER Gerhard Grau
FW  GER Peter Gutzeit
FW  GER Lorenz Horr
FW  GER Manfred Lenz
FW  SUI Kurt Müller

Match Results

Bundesliga

11 August 1973 1 Hamburger SV 0–2 Hertha BSC Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
15:30 CET Report
  • Hermandung 8'
  • Müller 71'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Paul Kindervater (Köln)
18 August 1973 2 Hertha BSC 2–2 Kickers Offenbach Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Gerd Siepe (Attendorn)
29 August 1973 3 Borussia Monchengladbach 1–1 Hertha BSC Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET
Report
  • Hermandung 58'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten)
25 August 1973 4 Hertha BSC 2–2 Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 73,500
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (Oberhausen)
1 September 1973 5 Fortuna Köln 3–3 Hertha BSC Radstadion Köln, Cologne
15:30 CET
  • Mödrath 56'
  • Kucharski 73', 83'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)
8 September 1973 6 Hertha BSC 1–1 Rot-Weiss Essen Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Hermandung 82' Report de Vlugt 57' Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Ottmar Nützel (Neustadt a.d. Aisch)
15 September 1973 7 Hertha BSC 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
  • Hermandung 73'
  • Gutzeit 77'
Report Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Groß Escherde)
22 September 1973 8 Wuppertaler SV 2–1 Hertha BSC Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)
29 September 1973 9 Hertha BSC 1–0 FC Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
  • Hermandung 72'
Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Diedrich Basedow (Hamburg)
5 October 1973 10 Werder Bremen 4–1 Hertha BSC Weserstadion, Bremen
20:00 CET
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Heinz Nickel (Neustadt a.d. Weinstr.)
17 October 1973 11 Hertha BSC 4–2 Hannover 96 Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rainer Waltert (Reimsbach)
20 October 1973 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 Hertha BSC Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 CET Nickel 42', 82' Report Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Hans Hillebrand
27 October 1973 13 Hertha BSC 2–2 1. FC Köln O;ympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dieter Dreher (Bickenbach)
2 November 1973 14 MSV Duisburg 1–1 Hertha BSC Wedaustadion, Duisburg
20:00 CET
Report
  • Hermandung 17'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Ottmar Nützel (Neustadt a.d. Aisch)
10 November 1973 15 Hertha BSC 3–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
  • Gutzeit 26', 47'
  • Horr 90'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna-Massen)
17 November 1973 16 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Hertha BSC Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (Oberhausen)
11 December 1973 17 Hertha BSC 4–2 VfL Bochum Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
5 January 1974 18 Hertha BSC 2–1 Hamburger SV Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
  • Gutzeit 50'
  • Beer 84'
Report Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)
12 January 19 Kickers Offenbach 1–1 Hertha BSC Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach am Main
15:30 CET Hickersberger 45' Report Sziedat 62' Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna-Massen)
19 January 1974 (1974-01-19) 20 Hertha BSC 3–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Olympiastadion, Munich
15:30 CEST Hermandung 8'
Horr 54'
Erich Beer 59'
Report Weiner 2' (o.g.)
Vogts 23'
Heynckes 23'
Jensen 52'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
26 January 1974 (1974-01-26) 21 Bayern Munich 3–1 Hertha BSC Munich
15:30 CET Report
  • Hermandung 69'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)
2 February 1974 22 Hertha BSC 1–1 Fortuna Köln Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET L. Müller 39' (pen.) Report Struth 34' Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Dieter Wohlfarth (Bergen-Enkheim)
23 February 1974 23 Rot-Weiss Essen 3–2 Hertha BSC Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Diedrich Basedow (Hamburg)
2 March 1974 24 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 Hertha BSC Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
15:30 CET Budde 58' Report Horr 15' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)
9 March 1974 25 Hertha BSC 3–0 Wuppertaler SV Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)
16 March 1974 26 FC Schalke 04 3–0 Hertha BSC Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 33,500
Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)
23 March 1974 27 Hertha BSC 0–0 Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Gerd Siepe (Attendorn)
30 March 1974 28 Hannover 96 3–1 Hertha BSC Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
15:30 CET
Report Brück 65' Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)
6 April 1974 (1974-04-06) 29 Hertha BSC 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Berlin, West Germany
15:30 CEST
(Report) Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)
20 April 1974 30 1. FC Köln 3–4 Hertha BSC Radstadion Köln, Cologne
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
23 April 1974 31 Hertha BSC 2–4 MSV Duisburg Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET K. Müller 17', 50' Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)
4 May 1974 32 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–1 Hertha BSC Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Rainer Waltert (Reimsbach)
11 May 1974 33 Hertha BSC 1–0 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Hermandung 71' Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna-Massen)
18 May 1974 34 VfL Bochum 2–1 Hertha BSC Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum
15:30 Walitza 39', 52' [2][3] Horr 87' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

DFB-Pokal

1 December 1973 First round Hertha BSC 2–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)
4 December 1973 First round Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1
(1–4 p)
Hertha BSC Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
CET
Report Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)
Penalties
15 December 1973 Round-of-16 SG Wattenscheid 09 1–0 Hertha BSC Lohrheidestadion, Bochum
CET Klimke 75' Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)

Transfers

Transfers In
Date Name From Transfer Fee
Summer 1973 Klaus Walleitner Tasmania Berlin
Winter 1974 Herward Koppenhöfer Kickers Offenbach
Total Transfer Fees
Transfer Out
Date Name To Transfer Fee
Winter 1973 Klaus Walleitner FC Augsburg
Total Transfer Fees

References

  1. ^ "Hertha BSC | Kader | Bundesliga 1973/74 - kicker". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  2. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC Berlin, 18.05.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
  3. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC – 2:1" (in German). kicker.