1972–73 Hertha BSC season

Hertha BSC
1972–73 season
OwnerHeinz Warneke
ManagerFiffi Kronsbein
StadiumOlympiastadion
Bundesliga13th place
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
1972–73 DFB-LigapokalGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Lorenz Horr (12)
All: Lorenz Horr (19)
Highest home attendance60,000 (vs. Bayern Munich)
Lowest home attendance7,000 (vs. Schalke)
Average home league attendance22,588

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

Source:[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Germany GER Horst Wolter
GK Germany GER Thomas Zander
DF Germany GER Holger Bruck
DF Germany GER Heinz-Peter Buchberger
DF Germany GER Frank Hanisch
DF Germany GER Herward Koppenhöfer
DF Germany GER Ludwig Müller
DF Germany GER Michael Sziedat
DF Germany GER Hans Weiner
DF Germany GER Klaus Walleitner
MF Germany GER Erich Beer
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Germany GER Klaus-Peter Hanisch
MF Germany GER Erwin Hermandung
MF Germany GER Johannes Riedl
MF Germany GER Wolfgang Sidka
MF Germany GER Gerd Werthmüller
FW South Africa RSA David Goodwin
FW Germany GER Gerhard Grau
FW Germany GER Peter Gutzeit
FW Germany GER Lorenz Horr
FW Germany GER Manfred Lenz
FW Switzerland 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
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
Report 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
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
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
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
Report Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)
4 November 1972 11 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–2 Hertha BSC Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)
11 November 1972 12 Hertha BSC 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
18 November 1972 13 VfB Stuttgart 4–0 Hertha BSC Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 CET 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
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
Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)
16 December 1972 17 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–2 Hertha BSC Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET
Report
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 soccer ball with red X 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
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
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
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
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)
5 May 1973 30 Hertha BSC 5–1 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
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
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
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
Report Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)
9 June 1973 34 Hertha BSC 4–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
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
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gerd Siepe (Attendorn)
20 December 1972 First round Hertha BSC 3–0 OSV Hannover Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET
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
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)
14 April 1973 Quarter finals SV Werder Bremen 2–0 Hertha BSC Weserstadion, Bremen
CET
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 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

Ligapokal

2 August 1972 Group stage Wacker 04 Berlin 4–3 Hertha BSC Poststadion, Berlin
CET
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
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
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (Oberhausen)
23 August 1972 Group stage Hertha BSC 3–1 Wacker 04 Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin
CET
Report Schwarze 17' Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Norbert Fuchs (Herdorf)

Transfers

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

References

  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.