1971–72 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
1971–72 season
OwnerGerhard Bautz
ManagerFiffi Kronsbein
StadiumOlympiastadion
Bundesliga6th place
DFB-PokalFirst round
1971–72 UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Erwin Hermandung (34)
All: Erwin Hermandung (40)
Highest home attendance73,000 (vs. Bayern Munich)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (vs. Bochum)
Average home league attendance24,588

The 1971–72 Hertha BSC season was the club's 99th year of existence and season and the 5th season in the top flight of German football. The season began on 14 August 1971 against VfB Stuttgart and finished on 28 June 1972 against VfL Bochum.

Summary

In the 1971-72 season, Hertha BSC, coached by Fiffi Kronsbein, finished the 1971–72 Bundesliga championship in 6th place. In the 1971–72 DFB-Pokal, Hertha Berlin was eliminated in the first round by FC Schalke 04. In the 1971–72 UEFA Cup, Hertha BSC was eliminated in the second round by AC Milan.

Squad

Source:[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  GER Volkmar Groß
GK  GER Michael Kellner
GK  GER Thomas Zander
DF  GER Hans Eder
DF  GER Peter Enders
DF  GER Karl-Heinz Ferschl
DF  GER Frank Hanisch
DF  GER Jürgen Lahn
DF  GER Bernd Patzke
DF  GER Jürgen Rumor
DF  GER Michael Sziedat
DF  GER Uwe Witt
DF  GER Hans Zengerle
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  GER Erich Beer
MF  ROU Vasile Gergely
MF  GER Erwin Hermandung
MF  GER Detlef Schulz
MF  GER Andreas Schumann
MF  GER Wolfgang Sidka
MF  HUN Zoltán Varga
MF  GER Tasso Wild
FW  GER Wolfgang Gayer
FW  GER Peter Gutzeit
FW  GER Lorenz Horr
FW  GER Hans-Jürgen Sperlich
FW  GER Arno Steffenhagen

Technical staff

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

Transfers

Transfers In
Date Name From Transfer Fee
Summer 1972 Erich Beer Rot-Weiss Essen
Summer 1972 Peter Gutzeit Pirmasens
Summer 1972 Erwin Hermandung Alemannia Aachen
Total Transfer Fees
Transfer Out
Date Name To Transfer Fee
Summer 1971 Hans-Joachim Altendorff Wacker 04 Berlin
Summer 1971 Franz Brungs Nürnberg
Summer 1971 Reinhard Gröger Hertha Zehlendorf
Summer 1971 Norbert Janzon Wormatia Worms
Summer 1971 Bernd Laube Wormatia Worms
Summer 1971 Jürgen Weber SV Werder Bremen
Total Transfer Fees


Results

Bundesliga

14 August 1971 1 VfB Stuttgart 3–0 Hertha BSC Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 CET
  • Ettmayer 21', 36'
  • Entenmann 48'
Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)
21 August 1971 (1971-08-21) 2 Hertha BSC 2–2 Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Steffenhagen 24'
Varga 69'
Report Hoeneß 47'
Müller 73'
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)
28 August 1971 3 Hannover 96 1–1 Hertha BSC Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
15:30 CET Keller 68' Report Beer 49' Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
1 September 1971 4 Hertha BSC 1–0 MSV Duisburg Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET Hermandung 44' Report Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)
4 September 1971 5 Hamburger SV 1–2 Hertha BSC Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
15:30 CET Volkert 33' Report Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)
11 September 1971 6 Hertha BSC 1–1 1. FC Köln Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Gutzeit 18' Report Overath 59' Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)
18 September 1971 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 Hertha BSC Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 CET Kalb 28' (pen.) Report Sperlich 52' Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)
25 September 1971 8 Hertha BSC 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Horr 52', 87' Report Bücker 42' Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)
2 October 1971 9 FC Schalke 04 4–0 Hertha BSC Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)
13 October 1971 10 Hertha BSC 1–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET Beer 1' Report 45' Baltes Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ohmsen
16 October 1971 11 Hertha BSC 2–1 SV Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Manfred Hamer (Bockum-Hövel)
23 October 1971 12 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Hertha BSC Stadion an der Hamburger Straße, Braunschweig
15:30 CET Bründl 32' (pen.) Report Witt 74' Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Horst Bonacker (Quadrath-Ichendorf)
30 October 1971 13 Hertha BSC 2–0 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Horr 25' (pen.), 58' Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)
6 November 1971 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–2 Hertha BSC Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)
13 November 1971 15 Hertha BSC 2–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
  • Horr 3'
  • Hermandung 81'
Report Vogt 31' Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Paul Kindervater (Köln)
27 November 1971 (1971-11-27) 16 Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 Hertha BSC Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld
15:30 CET Brücken 22' Report Hermandung 36' Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)
11 December 1971 17 Hertha BSC 1–2 VfL Bochum West Berlin
15:30 Gayer 47' [2] Walitza 4'
Wosab 25'
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)
22 January 1972 (1972-01-22) 17 Hertha BSC 2–1 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
Report Köppel 3' Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)
29 January 1972 (1972-01-29) 19 Bayern Munich 1–0 Hertha BSC Munich
15:30 CET Schneider 53' Report Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Horst Herden
5 February 1972 (1972-02-05) 20 Hertha BSC 3–1 Hannover 96 Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:00 CET
Report Ferschl 52' (o.g.) Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)
19 February 1972 (1972-02-19) 21 MSV Duisburg 2–0 Hertha BSC Wedaustadion, Duisburg
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Dieter Heckeroth (Frankfurt/Main)
26 February 1972 (1972-02-26) 22 Hertha BSC 2–0 Hamburger SV Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Beer 5', 60' Report Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)
4 March 1972 (1972-03-04) 23 1. FC Köln 3–0 Hertha BSC Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)
11 March 1972 (1972-03-11) 24 Hertha BSC 0–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 25 Borussia Dortmund 1–2 Hertha BSC Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
15:30 CET Weinkauff 26' Report
  • Hermandung 77'
  • Beer 87'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)
25 March 1972 (1972-03-25) 26 Hertha BSC 3–0 FC Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
8 April 1972 (1972-04-08) 27 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 Hertha BSC Flinger Broich, Düsseldorf
15:30 CET
  • Budde 56'
Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)
15 April 1972 (1972-04-15) 28 Werder Bremen 5–0 Hertha BSC Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30 CET
Report Attendance: 9500
Referee: Hans Voß (Münster)
22 April 1972 (1972-04-22) 29 Hertha BSC 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Zengerle 90' Report Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Manfred Hamer (Bockum-Hövel)
6 May 1972 (1972-05-06) 30 Rot-Weiss Oberhausen 5–2 Hertha BSC Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen
15:30 CET
  • Hoff 13', 16', 76'
  • Zengerle 54' (o.g.)
  • Schumacher 88'
Report
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)
27 May 1972 (1972-05-27) 31 Hertha BSC 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
  • Hermandung 1'
  • Beer 33'
Report Heynckes 80' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roth (Salzgitter)
3 June 1972 (1972-06-03) 32 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–4 Hertha BSC Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)
24 June 1972 33 Hertha BSC 1–1 Arminia Bielefeld Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET Horr 33' Report Stegmayer 45' Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Winfried Hanschke (Burgsdorf)
28 June 1972 34 VfL Bochum 4–2 Hertha BSC Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum
20:00 Walitza 35', 70', 77'
Balte 39'
[3] Horr 49' (pen.)
Gutzeit 81'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)

DFB-Pokal

First round

4 December 1971 1st leg FC Schalke 04 3–1 Hertha BSC Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
CET Report Horr 85' (pen.) Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)
15 December 1971 2nd leg Hertha BSC 2–0 FC Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET
Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Diedrich Basedow (Hamburg)

UEFA Cup

First Round

15 September 1971 1st leg Hertha BSC 3–1 IF Elfsborg Olympiastadion, Berlin
19:30 CET
Report
  • Rökaas 53'
Attendance: 6,897
Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (Cyprus)
29 September 1971 2nd leg IF Elfsborg 1–4 Hertha BSC Ryavallen, Borås
19:00 CET Sundh 59' Report
Attendance: 1,124
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Second Round

20 October 1971 1st leg AC Milan 4–2 Hertha BSC Stadio San Siro, Milan
21:00 CET
Report Attendance: 16,070
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
3 November 1971 2nd leg Hertha BSC 2–1 AC Milan Olympiastadion, Berlin
19:30 CET Horr 15' (pen.), 89' Report Bigon 13' Attendance: 21,123
Referee: John Carpenter (Ireland)

References

  1. ^ "Hertha BSC | Kader | Bundesliga 1972/73 - kicker". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
  3. ^ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 4:2" (in German). kicker.