[2] For the season, Hertha signed Hajime Hosogai,[3] Alexander Baumjohann,[4] Sebastian Langkamp, and[5] Johannes van den Bergh.

[6] Hertha also brought in on loan Per Ciljan Skjelbred and Tolga Ciğerci.

[7] Alfredo Morales,[8] Marvin Knoll,[9][10] Shervin Radjabali-Fardi,[11] Daniel Beichler,[12] Marco Djuricin,[13] Roman Hubník[14] all departed Hertha, while Felix Bastians was loaned out.

[15] Hertha began their Bundesliga campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt on 10 August.

FC Nürnberg on 18 August on matchday two of the Bundesliga,[22] with the match ending in a 2–2 draw.

[27] Hertha BSC faced VfB Stuttgart on matchday five on 13 September.

[29] Hertha played SC Freiburg on matchday six on 22 September;[30] the match ended in a 1–1 draw.

[44] Bayer Leverkusen won 1–0 with a goal from Stefan Kießling.

[48] Hertha won 2–0 with goals from Adrián Ramos and Tolga Ciğerci.

[53] Hertha returned to competitive action with matchday 18 against Eintracht Frankfurt.

[54] Eintracht Frankfurt won 1–0 with a goal from Alexander Meier.

Source: [72] The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal occurred on 15 June.

[73] The match took place on 4 August and Hertha BSC won 3–2 in extra time.

[74] Änis Ben-Hatira (2) and Sami Allagui scored for Hertha.

[75] The match took place on 25 September,[76] where Kaiserslautern won 3–1, eliminating Hertha from the competition.