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Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football, following relegation from the Bundesliga in 2022–23. Hertha BSC was founded in 1892, and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900. The team won the German championship in 1930 and 1931.
Founded: 1892. Country: Germany. City: Berlin. Home grounds. Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark (1892-1904) Stadion am Gesundbrunnen (1924-1963) Olympiastadion (1963-) History. The club was established in 1892 and existed before most of the other known football clubs in the city such as FC Olympia Oberschöneweide (1906) and Berliner FC Dynamo (1966).
On 25th July 1892, two groups of brothers – Fritz and Max Lindner, as well as Otto and Willi Lorenz – founded Hertha BSC. The fledgling club took its name from the blue-and-white steamship 'Hertha', which travelled up and down the Spree and Havel rivers.
Hertha BSC was founded in 1892, and was a founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900.
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Early years
BFC Hertha 92 (Berlin Foortbal Club Hertha 92) was formed in 1892. Its name and team colours were taken from a steamship with a blue and white funnel. One of the men who founded the club had taken a day trip on this ship with his father. Hertha is a variation on the name Nerthus, a Germanic fertility goddess. Hertha always played well, but were not financially successful. They won the first Berlin championship final in 1905. Because of money troubles in 1920 Hertha merged with the richer Berl...
Play under the Third Reich
German football was re-organized under the Third Reich in 1933 into sixteen top-flight divisions, which saw Herthaplaying in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg. The club continued to be successful in their division, regularly finishing in the upper half of the table and capturing the divisional title in 1935, 1937, and 1944. However, they did not do well nationally, and never got past the early rounds of the national championshipships.
Postwar play in divided Berlin
After World War II, occupying Allied authorities banned most organisations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. Hertha restarted at the end of 1945 as SG Gesundbrunnen (named after a district of northern Berlin) and resumed play in the Oberliga Berlin - Gruppe C. The thirty-six teams of the first season of the postwar Oberliga Berlin were reduced to just 12 the next year and the club found itself out of first division football and playing in the Amateurliga Berlin. By the end of 1...
Hertha BSC plays its matches in Berlin's Olympiastadion. It is biggest stadium in Germany except for Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion. The Olympiastadion hosts the annual German Cup final and was the site for six matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cupas well as the tournament final. From 1904 to 1963, Hertha's home ground was the Plumpe in Wedding'...
Current squad
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Squad Changes 2009/10
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2. Bundesliga Champions: 2Oberliga Berlin Champions: 8Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg Champions: 3Official website Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback MachineAbseits Guide to German Soccer Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback MachineHertha Berlin statistics Archived 2007-05-14 at the Wayback MachineHerthaUnser official Fanclub Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback MachineSep 4, 2024 · Founded in 1892, this historic football club, affectionately known as Die Alte Dame (The Old Lady), has become an integral part of German football culture.
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Jul 10, 2023 · Watch: The founding of Hertha Berlin explained. They were champions in 1930 and 1931, founding Bundesliga members in 1963, but were relegated in 1965 despite finishing 14th due to financial ...
