Hertha BSC II

Hertha BSC II is the reserve team of Hertha BSC that is based in Berlin, Germany. Historically, during the time the senior team played in professional football the team has played as Hertha BSC Amateure. Since 2005 it permanently plays under its current name.

Hertha BSC II

Full name	Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892 e.V. II
Founded	25 July 1892 (1892-07-25)
Ground	Amateurstadion, Olympiapark, Berlin, Germany
Capacity	4,300
Chairman	Werner Gegenbauer
Coach	Ante Čović
League	Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
2022–23	9th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The team currently plays in the tier four Regionalliga Nordost. The team's greatest achievement is reaching the final of the DFB-Pokal in 1993 – the only reserve team to have achieved this.

History

The team first entered the highest football league in West Berlin, then the tier three Amateurliga Berlin, in 1968 and played at this level for three seasons with a third-place finish as its best result in the first season. After relegation in 1971 Hertha BSC Amateure made a return to the league in 1975 and achieved two runners-up finishes in the league in 1976 and 1977. It took part in the 1975–76 German amateur football championship but was knocked out in the first round by Concordia Hamburg. The team played at Oberliga level for eleven consecutive seasons before being forcibly relegated in 1986 after the senior team dropped out of professional football into what was now the Amateur-Oberliga Berlin. In 1988, after Hertha BSC had returned to the 2. Bundesliga the reserve team returned to the Amateur-Oberliga again, where it played for three more seasons until the league was disbanded in 1991.

With the German reunion league football in West Berlin was incorporated into the new leagues in former East Germany and Hertha BSC Amateure became part of the new NOFV-Oberliga Mitte. This league was disbanded in 1994 and the team qualified for the new Regionalliga Nordost. After two seasons the team dropped back to the Oberliga and now entered the NOFV-Oberliga Nord where it played for three seasons until being promoted back up in 1999. It played for one more season in the Regionalliga Nordost before this league was disbanded in 2000. The team failed to qualify for the enlarged Regionalliga Nord and instead played in the Oberliga again for another three seasons. The team returned to the Regionalliga in 2004, spend one more season in the Oberliga in 2007–08 and then played in the Regionalliga Nord again until the Regionalliga Nordost was reestablished in 2012.

Since 2012 Hertha BSC II has been playing in the Regionalliga Nordost.

The team has played in the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, on three occasions, in 1976–77, 1992–93 and 2004–05 and is now, like all reserve teams in Germany, banned from the competition. Hertha BSC Amateure in 1992-1993, under coach Jochem Ziegert, became the only reserve side ever to reach the German Cup final when it eliminated SGK Heidelberg, VfB Leipzig, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg and Chemnitzer FC before losing the final in Berlin 1–0 to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Honours

The team's honours

League

• NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV)
  • Champions: (4) 1999, 2002, 2004, 2008
  • Runners-up: (3) 1998, 2001, 2003
• Oberliga Berlin (III)
  • Runners-up: (2) 1976, 1977

Cup

• DFB-Pokal
  • Runners-up: 1993
• Berliner Landespokal
  • Winners: (3) 1976, 1992, 2004
  • Runners-up: 2005

Current squad

As of 19 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Maximilian Mohwinkel
3	DF	GER	Janne Berner
4	DF	GER	Marlon Morgenstern
6	MF	GER	Lukas Michelbrink
7	FW	TUR	Ensar Aksakal
8	MF	GER	Biyan Kizildemir
9	FW	GER	Luca Wollschläger
10	MF	TUN	Änis Ben-Hatira
11	FW	GER	Dominik Schickersinsky
12	GK	GER	Dennis Smarsch
17	FW	DOM	Oliver Schmidhauser
18	DF	GER	Jaime Sherwood
19	FW	GER	Jelani Ndi
20	DF	GER	Eliyas Strasner

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	TUR	Safa Yildirim
24	FW	GER	Pepe Pereira Mendes
25	DF	GER	Peter Matiebel
27	MF	KOS	Dion Ajvazi
29	MF	GER	Boris Mamuzah Lum
31	DF	GER	Sebastian Weiland
32	DF	GER	Léonard Palma
34	MF	GER	Selim Telib
36	FW	GER	Luis Trus
37	DF	GER	Noah Can Kardam
38	MF	GER	Julius Gottschalk
40	FW	GER	Oliver Rölke
50	GK	GER	Laurenz Pohlmann

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Year	Division	Tier	Position
2000–01	NOFV-Oberliga Nord	IV	2nd
2001–02	NOFV-Oberliga Nord		1st
2002–03	NOFV-Oberliga Nord		2nd
2003–04	NOFV-Oberliga Nord		1st↑
2004–05	Regionalliga Nord	III	12th
2005–06	Regionalliga Nord		7th
2006–07	Regionalliga Nord		18th↓
2007–08	NOFV-Oberliga Nord	IV	1st↑
2008–09	Regionalliga Nord		12th
2009–10	Regionalliga Nord		11th
2010–11	Regionalliga Nord		7th
2011–12	Regionalliga Nord		14th
2012–13	Regionalliga Nordost		5th
2013–14	Regionalliga Nordost		12th
2014–15	Regionalliga Nordost		6th
2015–16	Regionalliga Nordost		10th
2016–17	Regionalliga Nordost		9th
2017–18	Regionalliga Nordost		8th
2018–19	Regionalliga Nordost		4th
2019–20	Regionalliga Nordost		5th
2020–21	Regionalliga Nordost		12th
2021–22	Regionalliga Nordost		8th
2022–23	Regionalliga Nordost		9th

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. In 2012, the number of Regionalligas was increased from three to five with all Regionalliga Nord clubs from the NOFV entering the re-formed Regionalliga Nordost.

Key

↑ Promoted

↓ Relegated

External links

• Official club website (in German)
• Hertha BSC II at Weltfussball.de (in German)