What is Hertha BSC?
{{Infobox Football club | clubname = Hertha BSC | current = | fullname = Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892 e.V. | nickname = ''Die Alte Dame'' (The Old Lady)<br />''Blau-Weiß'' (The Blue-Whites) | founded = 1892 | ground = [[Olympiastadion Berlin|Olympic Stadium]], [[Berlin]] | capacity = 74,500 | chairman = [[Werner Gegenbauer]] | manager = [[Pàl Dàrdai]] | captain = | league = [[2.Bundesliga]] | season = [[2022-23 Bundesliga|2022-23]] | position = [[Bundesliga]], 18th | pattern_la1 = _hertha2425h | pattern_b1 = _hertha2425h | pattern_ra1 = _hertha2425h | pattern_sh1 = _hertha2425h | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _hertha2425a | pattern_b2 = _hertha2425a | pattern_ra2 = _hertha2425a | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000 }} '''Hertha BSC''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[List of football clubs in Germany|club]] based in [[Berlin]]. They started in 1892.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.skysports.com/football/venue/0,19753,11893_216,00.html | publisher = Sky Sports | accessdate = 2009-09-05 | title = Hertha Berlin | archive-date = 2009-10-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091004214052/http://www.skysports.com/football/venue/0,19753,11893_216,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Hertha Berlin was one of the founding clubs of the [[DFB]] (Deutscher Fußball Bund or German Football Association) in [[Leipzig]] in 1900. == History == === 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. Bec