Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as
Hearts, is a
Scottish professional
football club based in
Gorgie in the west of
Edinburgh. It is the only
Scottish Premiership club in the city, with
Edinburgh derby rivals
Hibernian playing in the
Scottish Championship. Hearts are the oldest football club in the Scottish capital, having formed in 1874 by a group of friends from the Heart of Midlothian Dancing Club. The modern club crest is based on the
Heart of Midlothian mosaic on the city's
Royal Mile and the team's colours are predominantly maroon and white. Hearts play at
Tynecastle Stadium, where home matches have been played since 1886. After renovating the ground into an all-seater stadium following the findings of the
Taylor Report in 1990, the all-seated stadium originally had a capacity of 18,008, but over the years this has been reduced to roughly 17,000 to comply with
UEFA regulations.