Hertha BSC

Hertha BSC
Full nameHertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V.[1]
Nickname(s)Die Alte Dame (The Old Lady)[2]
Founded25 July 1892 (1892-07-25)
GroundOlympiastadion
Capacity74,475[3]
Limited shareholders78,8 %: 777 Partners
21,2 %: Hertha BSC e. V.[4]
PresidentFabian Drescher (acting)[5]
Head coachVacant
League2. Bundesliga
2023–242. Bundesliga, 9th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V.,[1] commonly known as Hertha BSC (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁtaː beː ʔɛs t͡seː]),[6] and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin,[7] Hertha BSC Berlin,[8] or simply Hertha,[8] is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin. 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. Since 1963, Hertha's stadium has been the Olympiastadion. The club is known as Die Alte Dame in German, which translates to "The Old Lady".[2] In 2002, the sports activities of the professional, amateur, and under-19 teams were separated into Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Satzung des Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club (Hertha B.S.C.) e.V." [Statutes of Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club (Hertha B.S.C.) e.V.] (PDF). HerthaBSC.de (in German). Hertha BSC. 1 July 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The Bundesliga Dictionary". bundesliga.com. Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Stadion". olympiastadion-berlin.de. Berlin: Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH. n.d. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "777 Partners becomes new strategic partner of Hertha BSC". Hertha BSC. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Presidential Board – Hertha BSC". herthabsc.com. Hertha BSC. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Hertha BSC: News des Clubs im Überblick" [Hertha BSC: News of the club at a glance]. Bundesliga.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Hertha Berlin – Profile". bundesliga.com. Deutsche Fußball Liga. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Hertha BSC Berlin – Profile". UEFA. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Hertha BSC – Impressum" [Hertha BSC – Imprint]. HerthaBSC.de (in German). Hertha BSC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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