Overview
- Hertha traveled to Portugal with four goalkeepers and 26 field players for the January 3–10 training camp.
- Midfielder Diego Demme stayed in Berlin due to renewed head complaints after previous months sidelined with dizziness.
- Defender Niklas Kolbe is out until further notice with a muscle injury, and striker Dawid Kownacki missed the flight with a flu-like infection but could join later.
- Rehabbing pair John Anthony Brooks and Leon Jensen are in the group, transfer-listed Julian Eitschberger also traveled, and four youth players were called up.
- A test match against Standard Liège is scheduled for Friday before the squad returns and hosts FC Schalke 04 on January 17.