Overview
- The Berlin club began a week-long training camp in Portugal from January 3 to 10 with four goalkeepers and 26 outfield players.
- Diego Demme stayed in Berlin due to renewed dizziness, and defender Niklas Kolbe is out until further notice with a muscle injury.
- Striker Dawid Kownacki missed the trip with a flu-like infection and could travel later according to reports.
- Recovering players John Anthony Brooks and Leon Jensen made the traveling squad, as did transfer‑linked Julian Eitschberger and youth prospects Soufian Gouram and Kian Todorovic.
- Hertha plan a friendly against Belgian side Standard Liège the day before returning, with the league resuming and Schalke visiting on January 17.