Club History & Identity
From 1892 to Today
Founded in Berlin
Hertha BSC was born in 1892, in the heart of Berlin. From those earliest days, the club has been woven into the fabric of the city — a symbol of Berlin football and a keeper of its sporting soul.
Early Prominence
In the early decades of German football, Hertha stood among the continent's strongest sides. The club's pedigree was set in stone long before the Bundesliga era began.
A Bundesliga Constant
Since the Bundesliga's founding in 1963, Hertha has been part of the league's fabric — a fixture in German football's highest tier and a consistent voice in the nation's sporting conversation.
Honours & Golden Years
Hertha's greatest moments came in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when the club claimed the German Championship twice — in 1930 and 1931. Those seasons, won by a side playing fearless, inventive football, defined a golden age that still resonates in the hearts of every Herthaner. Since the Bundesliga's formation, Hertha has remained one of the league's most durable and respected voices, competing at the highest level decade after decade.
Olympiastadion Berlin
Built for Giants
The Olympiastadion has been Hertha's home since 1963. A stadium of vast, modern scale — one of Europe's great grounds — it sits in the heart of Berlin's western districts, a monument to sport and to the city itself.
Matchday Energy
On a Saturday or Wednesday evening, the Olympiastadion fills with the sound of Berlin. Seventy thousand voices, blue-and-white scarves, the roar that shakes the stands — this is where Hertha's identity comes alive.
Berlin's Sporting Heart
The Olympiastadion is more than Hertha's ground. It is a stage for the city's greatest sporting moments — a place where Berlin shows the world what it can do.
Blue and White — Die Alte Dame
Blue and white. Those colours are Hertha. They are the badge sewn onto a thousand scarves, the kit pulled on by generations of players, the flag unfurled in the stands on matchday. The nickname Die Alte Dame — The Old Lady — speaks to something deeper: respect for age, for tradition, for the kind of institution that does not shout but simply is. Hertha is Berlin's club. Old, dignified, unmistakably blue and white.
The Rivalry with Union Berlin
In 2019, Berlin football changed. When 1. FC Union Berlin rose to the Bundesliga, it rekindled one of Germany's fiercest local rivalries — Der Kleine Stadtderby, the Little City Derby. Union in the east, Hertha in the west; two halves of one city, two fan bases separated by history, geography and pride. On derby day, Berlin stops. The whole city feels it. For Herthaner and Union supporters alike, these matches are more than football — they are about neighbourhood, identity, and the right to call yourself Berlin's club. When Hertha and Union meet, Berlin itself is on the pitch.