History & Club Culture
Founded at the birth of German football
Hertha BSC was born on a summer's day in 1892, one of the founding voices in German football culture. We began as BFC Hertha 92—the name itself a declaration: Hertha, the dawn goddess, and 92, the year we arrived.
In those early decades, when football was still new to Germany and Berlin was becoming Europe's powerhouse, Hertha was there. We won the German championship twice—in 1930 and 1931—standing alongside the giants of that era as proof that Berlin football belonged among the best in the world.
Those victories were not just about trophies. They were declarations of Berlin's standing in German sport, moments when the city's blue-and-white colours flew highest. A hundred years later, every Herthaner remembers: we were champions. We built this club on achievement, on belief, on the conviction that Berlin football means something.
From that first kickoff in 1892 to today, that same identity runs through every match, every season, every generation of supporters who wear blue and white.
Home: where tens of thousands gather
A stadium fit for Berlin
The Olympiastadion Berlin is not just where Hertha plays—it is the heartbeat of blue-and-white football in the capital. Built for the world's greatest moments, it holds tens of thousands of supporters, each one of them part of the roar that echoes under those lights on matchday.
When you walk into the Olympiastadion wearing blue and white, you step into a century of history. This is Berlin football. This is home.
Before the Olympiastadion
Long before we called the Olympiastadion home, Hertha played at the Plumpe—the Stadion am Gesundbrunnen—a ground that held generations of supporters and shaped the club's early identity.
The Plumpe is part of our story, a reminder of how far we have come and how deeply rooted we are in Berlin soil.
Berlin against Berlin on every matchday
When Hertha plays 1. FC Union Berlin, the entire city watches. The Stadtderby—the Berlin Derby—is more than a football match. It is two visions of what football means to this city, two sets of supporters, two histories colliding on the pitch.
Hertha and Union are the two great clubs of the German capital. Every time we meet, the city divides and reunites around the same game. Neighbours become rivals. Families choose sides. And for ninety minutes, Berlin football shows the world what it is made of.
The Derby is not won on statistics or predictions. It is won in the stands, in the atmosphere, in the voices of tens of thousands of supporters singing in unison. That is what the Stadtderby means: the city's football culture, distilled into one fixture.
The curva: heart of our supporter culture
Walk into the Olympiastadion on a Hertha matchday and you will hear it before you see it: the roar of the curva, the heart of blue-and-white support.
Our supporter scene is organised, passionate and proud. Groups like Harlekins Berlin '98 and others have built something unique—a culture where support is not passive. Supporters are part of the story. They are the reason the stadium shakes.
The atmosphere in the curva on matchday is what football is meant to be: ten thousand voices raised as one, colours bright, belief unshakeable. That energy flows from the stands onto the pitch and back again. It is the conversation between supporters and players that makes Hertha what it is.
Every organised supporter knows this: the curva is a responsibility. It is where we honour the club's history and pass it forward to the next generation.
A democratic association, not a corporation
Hertha BSC is Berliner Sport-Club e.V.—a members' association, run by members, for members. That is not a detail. That is who we are.
Unlike purely commercial football clubs, Hertha belongs to the people who join it. Every member has a voice. Every member can attend the general assembly. Every member helps elect the president who will guide the club forward.
This structure—this commitment to democratic ownership—is part of Hertha's identity as deeply as blue and white. It means that when you become a member, you are not just buying a ticket. You are becoming part of a club that values your voice, your vote, your stake in what we build together.
That is the Hertha way. We are not owned by distant investors. We are owned by Herthaners—by people who believe in this city and this club, and who want a say in where it goes.
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