The club was formed by 30 local football enthusiasts on 10 March 1903, under the name of Thor- und Fußballclub Germania 03 Zehlendorf.

The club struggled through this period and eventually had to form an on-the-field relationship with Union 24 Lichterfelde to survive.

On the field, the club qualified for the single-division Amateurliga in 1950 and immediately became a strong side in this league, winning the championship in 1953.

The club's youth side took out its first Berlin championship in 1950, a game played as a curtain raiser for a Germany versus Turkey friendly, in front of 60,000, on 17 June 1951.

[5] Hertha in this time earned much more local success with its youth teams, a fact not much changed even today, winning Berlin championship in various age groups over the years.

[8] Hertha missed out on the league championship there in its first season, coming second by a point to Spandauer SV, who won promotion to the second division.

The next three seasons, the club spent in midfield but its youth teams once more impressed, reaching the final in both the under-19 and the under-17 German championships in 1978.

Its Berlin title qualified the club for the German amateur football championship, too, where it went all the way to the final and lost to ESV Ingolstadt.

[10] The club continued to be a driving force in what was now renamed Amateur Oberliga Berlin, finishing in the top five all but once in the next twelve seasons.

In 1981–82, another highlight followed, coming second in the league to Tennis Borussia Berlin, on equal points but falling nine goals short.

The team returned to the German amateur championship, where the FSV Mainz 05 proved too strong in the semi-finals, winning both games.

The year after, wealthy FC Bayern Munich managed to beat the amateur club's youth team on penalties only in the final.

The club managed to only survive two seasons in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord (IV) before another relegation, now to the tier-five Verbandsliga Berlin.

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[14][15] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.