Squad — Players Past and Present
First Team Today
Hertha BSC competes in the 2. Bundesliga with a squad built on Berlin steel: experienced professionals who know what it takes to fight for promotion, paired with academy graduates who grew up in the club's colours. Royal blue and white, season after season.
Experience and Leadership
The backbone of this squad carries years in the Bundesliga and European competition. These are players who have played in packed Olympiastadion and know what the crest demands. They lead by example and mentorship, pulling younger talents up with them.
Academy Hunger
Alongside them, the next generation trained on Berlin pitches since childhood. They carry the academy's DNA—technical precision, tactical discipline, and the dream of wearing Hertha's shirt on the biggest stages. Promotion starts with belief in the system that made you.
Academy Pedigree
Hertha BSC's academy is not a sales pitch—it is a factory that has produced German internationals and shaped the careers of players who competed at the highest level. Two names prove it: Jérôme Boateng and Kevin-Prince Boateng, both born in Berlin, both developed entirely through the Hertha BSC youth system.
Jérôme Boateng
From the Hertha academy to the Bundesliga and beyond. A defender who represented Germany at the highest level and proved that Berlin youth development can compete with Europe's elite academies. The pathway works.
Kevin-Prince Boateng
Midfielder, international player, and proof that Hertha's system nurtures creative footballers with character. From the youth pitches to competitions across Europe. Academy graduates with substance, not hype.
Legends of the Old Lady
Every club's identity rests on those who built it. For Hertha BSC, that legacy was forged by players who lifted trophies, captained sides through seasons that defined Berlin football, and left their names inseparable from the club's greatest moments.
Hanne Sobek
Captain. Tactician. Winner. Hanne Sobek led Hertha BSC to back-to-back German championships in 1930 and 1931—the club's golden era. As player and later as coach, Sobek embodied what it meant to wear the blue and white with pride. His name is written into Hertha's foundation.
A Winning Culture
Those championship seasons were not accidents. They were the result of tactical innovation, relentless training, and a squad that understood its responsibility to Berlin. The standards Sobek set remain. The old lady does not forget where she came from.
Hertha BSC Women
Hertha BSC's reach extends beyond the men's game. The club fields a women's football department competing within the German women's football pyramid, continuing the Hertha tradition of developing talent and competing at the highest levels. Women's football at Hertha is not an afterthought—it is part of the club's footballing structure, part of the legacy we carry forward.
Competing in German Football
The women's team represents Hertha BSC with the same commitment and pride as the men's first team. They wear the colours, they defend the crest, and they fight for promotion and honours in competitions across Germany.
Growing the Game
From youth development through to the competitive pyramid, Hertha BSC invests in women's football as part of the club's long-term vision. The next generation of players—male and female—will carry this club forward. Both are Hertha.