The 2012 relegation playoff collapse ranks among the club’s low points because of the circumstances. Hertha BSC snatched a playoff spot on the final day of the 2011/12 Bundesliga season with a 3:1 win over Hoffenheim – only to suffer one of the most painful defeats in club history against Fortuna Düsseldorf, third in the second division. The 2:1 first-leg defeat in the Olympiastadion could not be overturned in the return match.\n\nIt ended 2:2.