Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (German pronunciation: ['heRta: be: ?es tse:]), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin,[4] Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, 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 Bundesliga which is the highest level in German football. Hertha BSC was founded in 1892 and was the first early member in the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900.
The team was crowned the German championship in 1930 and 1931. From 1963 on, the Hertha's home stadium has been called the Olympiastadion. The team is called Die Alte Dame in German which means "The Old Lady". In 2002, the sporting activities of the amateur, professional teams, as well as the under-19 ones were divided by Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA.
