| Club: | Hertha BSC |
| Season: | 2008–09 |
| Manager: | Lucien Favre |
| Chairman: | Werner Gegenbauer |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| League: | Bundesliga |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | DFB-Pokal |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| Cup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Group stage |
| League Topscorer: | Andriy Voronin (11 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Marko Pantelić (14 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 74,422 (v. Schalke 04) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 700 (v. Nistru Otaci) |
| Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
| Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
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The 2008–09 season of Hertha BSC began on 17 July 2008 with a UEFA Cup first round qualifying march against Nistru Otaci from Moldova and ended on 23 May 2009, the last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against Karlsruher SC. Hertha were eliminated in the second round of the DFB Pokal, and the group phase the UEFA Cup. They finished fourth in the Bundesliga, qualifying for the UEFA Europa League.
Squad at end of season
In:Out:
In:Out:
| Player | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | UEFA Cup qualification | UEFA Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marko Pantelić | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |
 Andriy Voronin | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
 Raffael | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Cícero | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Gojko Kačar | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Patrick Ebert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Valeri Domovchiyski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Maximilian Nicu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
 Łukasz Piszczek | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Fabian Lustenberger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
 Pál Dárdai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Josip Šimunić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Marc Stein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
