History
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Early years
Between 1899 and 1901, before the formation of a national side, there have been five unofficial international matches between different German and English selection teams, which all ended as large defeats for that German teams. Eight years after the establishment with the German Football Association (DFB), the 1st official match of the Germany national football team was played on 5 April 1908, against Switzerland at Basel, with the Swiss winning 5-3. Coincidentally, the first match after World War I in 1920, the very first match after World War II in 1950 when Germany was still being banned from most international competitions, and the initial match in 1990 with former East German players were all against Switzerland too. Germany's first championship title was even won in Switzerland.
At that time, the gamers were selected from the DFB because there was no dedicated coach. The first manager in the Germany national team was Otto Nerz, a school teacher from Mannheim, who served inside role from 1923 to 1936. The German FA cannot afford go to Uruguay for your first World Cup staged in 1930 during the Great Depression, but finished third inside 1934 World Cup within their first appearance within the competition. After a poor showing with the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Sepp Herberger became coach. In 1937 he assembled a squad which has been soon nicknamed the Breslau Elf (the Breslau Eleven) in recognition of the 8-0 enlighten Denmark inside the then German capital of scotland- Breslau, Lower Silesia (now Wroclaw, Poland).
After Austria became part of Germany within the Anschluss of March 1938, that country's national team considered one of Europe's better sides in the time due to professionalism was disbanded despite having already qualified for that 1938 World Cup. As required by Nazi politicians, five or six ex-Austrian players, in the clubs Rapid Wien, Austria Wien, Vienna Wien, were ordered to sign up the all-German team on short notice in the staged show of unity orchestrated for political reasons. In the 1938 World Cup that began on 4 June, this "united" German team managed merely a 1-1 draw against Switzerland, then lost the replay 2-4 in front of an hostile crowd in Paris, France. That early exit stands as Germany's worst ever World Cup result.
During World War II, they played over 30 international games between September 1939 and November 1942, when national team games was suspended since many players had to become listed on the soldiers. Many from the national team players were gathered together under coach Herberger as Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg over the efforts of the sympathetic air force officer attempting to protect the footballers from the most dangerous wartime service.
Three German teams
After the Second World War, Germany was banned from competition for most sports until about 1950, with none in the three new German states, West Germany, East Germany and Saarland, entering the 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifiers as the DFB was only reinstated as full FIFA member following this World Cup.
West Germany
As generally in most areas of life, the pre-war traditions and organisations of Germany were persisted with the Federal Republic of Germany, that was referred to as West Germany. This applied also to the restored DFB which had its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main yet still employed coach Sepp Herberger. With recognition by FIFA and UEFA, the DFB maintained and continued the record with the pre-war team. Neighboring Switzerland had been again the very first team that would play (now West) Germany in 1950, with Turkey and Republic of Ireland being the sole non-German speaking nations to try out them in friendly matches during 1951.
After only 18 post war games altogether, West Germany had qualified to the 1954 World Cup, having prevailed against Norway as well as the "third German state", the Saarland.
Saarland
Main article: Saarland national football team
The Saar protectorate, also known as Saarland, have been split from Germany and put under French control between 1947 and 1956. Saarland would not want to join French organisations and was barred from taking part in pan-German ones. Thus, they sent separate teams on the 1952 Summer Olympics and and to the 1954 World Cup qualifiers, when Saarland finished below West Germany but above Norway inside their qualification group, having won in Oslo. Legendary coach Helmut Schn was the manager from the Saarland team from 1952 until 1957, if the territory acceded towards the Federal Republic of Germany. He continued to coach the championship-winning team with the 1970s.
East Germany
Main article: East Germany national football team
In 1949, the socialist German Democratic Republic was founded within the Soviet-occupied central part of Germany (most with the eastern part was put under Polish administration). From 1952 onwards they were represented by the separate FA as well as East Germany national football team. East Germany were also the only team able to beat the West German team that won the 1974 World Cup, an incredibly symbolic event for both sides with the nation, which remained the only meeting of both teams. East Germany continued to win the gold medal on the 1976 Olympics. After the fall from the Berlin wall in 1989, the GDR dissolved itself, its new federal states joined the Federal Republic of Germany inside the German reunification in 1990, along with the football clubs and players joined the DFB.
Das Wunder von Bern
West Germany, captained by Fritz Walter, met in the 1954 World Cup some of the teams they had played in friendly matches, namely Turkey, Yugoslavia and Austria. When playing favorites Hungary inside group stage, with good chances to qualify for that next round even during case of defeat, coach Sepp Herberger didn't field his best players, saving them through the experience of your 3-8 loss. West Germany would go on to fulfill Hungary again within the final, facing the legendary team of Mighty Magyars again, which in fact had gone unbeaten for 32 consecutive matches. In a shocking upset, West Germany returned from a young two goal deficit to win 3-2, with Helmut Rahn scoring the winning goal with only six minutes remaining. The success is known as "The Miracle of Bern" (Das Wunder von Bern). The unexpected victory made a a sense euphoria after a divided postwar Germany. The triumph is credited with playing an important role in securing the postwar ideological foundation with the Federal Republic of Germany.
Memorable losses: Wembley goal and Game with the Century
After finishing fourth inside 1958 World Cup and reaching only the quarter-finals within the 1962 World Cup, the DFB needed to make changes. Following examples set abroad, professionalism was introduced, as well as the best clubs in the various Regionalligas were assembled to the new Bundesliga. In 1964, Helmut Schn took over as coach, replacing Herberger who ended up in office for 28 years.
In the 1966 World Cup, West Germany reached the final after beating the USSR inside semifinal, facing hosts England at Wembley Stadium. Wolfgang Weber's last second goal took the sport into an extension cord, an ambition claimed to become controversial through the English, while using ball appearing heading to the hand of your German player since it travelled over the England penalty area before he prodded it in. The first additional time goal by Geoff Hurst, nicknamed Wembley-Tor (Wembley goal) in Germany, remains controversial after all this time around. Later video evidence shows that the ball never crossed the line after striking the crossbar. As the Swiss referee failed to begin to see the situation properly, the opinion of the Soviet linesman Tofik Bakhramov who thought that the ball bounced back in the net rather than the crossbar led to one of the most contentious goals inside the history of football. While the Germans pushed hard to tie the action, spectators entered the field in the final seconds, and Hurst scored another controversial goal giving England a 4-2 win.
West Germany gained a step of revenge inside 1970 World Cup by knocking England out in the quarter-finals 3-2, previously being 2-0 down, before they suffered another memorable more time loss, now within the semi-final against Italy at Estadio Azteca. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger scored during injury time to level the match at 1-1, and during more time, both teams held the lead at once. Memorably, Franz Beckenbauer remained on area of even with a dislocated shoulder, his arm in the sling strapped to his body, as West Germany had consumed their two allowed substitutions. Eventually won 4-3 by Italy, this match with five goals in an extension cord is one from the most dramatic in World Cup history, and is known as "Game in the Century" in the Italy (Partita del secolo) and Germany (Jahrhundertspiel). While the exhausted Italians lost to Brazil, West Germany took to claim third place by beating Uruguay 1-0, and Gerd Mller finished because the tournament top scorer with 10 goals.
World Cup title on home soil
In 1971, Franz Beckenbauer became captain in the national side, anf the husband led West Germany to positive results since they became both European and World Champions. They won the European Championship at their first attempt in Euro 72, after beating the Soviet Union 3-0 inside the final. Then as hosts of the 1974 World Cup, they won their second World Cup, after beating the Netherlands 2-1 in the final in the Olympiastadion.
Two matches inside 1974 World Cup stood out for West Germany. The first group stage saw a politically charged match as West Germany played a game against East Germany. Both teams already were qualified for advance for the next round, along with the East Germans won 1-0. The West Germans adjusted their line up after the loss and advanced to the final that has been one other outstanding match, against the Johan Cruijff-led Dutch team as well as their brand of "Total Football". Cruijff was brought down early inside German penalty area using a solo run before any from the German players had even touched the ball, and also the Dutch took the lead through the ensuing penalty with just a minute gone around the clock. However, West Germany was able to revisit, tying the match on the penalty scored by Paul Breitner, and winning it with Gerd Mller's goal prior to half-time. A second goal by Mller was ruled offside.
Late 1970s and early 1980s
West Germany still did not defend their titles in the next two major international tournaments. First they lost to Czechoslovakia inside final of Euro 76 in a very penalty shootout with a score of 5-3, following your match finished 2-2, with Uli Hoene famously kicking the ball through the roof. Since that loss, Germany hasn't lost a problem shootout in main international tournaments. In fact, the past penalty missed by the German player dates back towards the semi-finals of the 1982 World Cup when French goalkeeper Jean-Luc Ettori saved Uli Stielike's shot.
Then within the 1978 World Cup, we were holding eliminated within the second group stage after losing 3-2 to Austria that has been already eliminated at that point, but surprised the Germans using zeal to beat them anyway. Schn retired as coach afterwards, and also the post was bought out by his assistant Jupp Derwall.
West Germany's first tournament under Derwall was successful, since they won Euro 80 after beating Belgium 2-1 inside final, their second European title. West Germany then reached a final in the 1982 World Cup, however, not without difficulties. They were upset 2-1 by Algeria inside their first match, but was able to sneak to the second round using a controversial 1-0 enlighten Austria as the result advanced both teams on the expense with the Algerians. Then within their semi-final against France, they came back from 3-1 down during an extension cord to tie the match 3-3, and won the next penalty shootout 5-4. In the ultimate, they were defeated by Italy by way of a score of 3-1.
During the in the 1970s and 80s, West Germany also achieved small success with the Olympic Games, such as inside 1988 Olympics, once they won the bronze medal, whilst reaching the Second Round in both 1972 and 1984. In the 1972 Olympics, West Germany played against East Germany in the second group stage, losing 3-2, among only two major matches involving the two German teams (another one being the 1974 World Cup Group match, which was won 1-0 by East Germany).
Toni Schumacher, together with Sergio Goycochea, props up record to the most World Cup penalty shootout saves, with four. He saved two against France in 1982 and another two against Mexico in 1986.
West Germany even offers one from the world's most productive goal scorers in Gerd Mller, who racked up fourteen goals within two World Cups. His ten goals in 1970 would be the third most in a very tournament, just behind France's Just Fontaine and Hungarian Sndor Kocsis. Though Mller's historical Finals score was broken by Ronaldo in 2006, it took aforementioned three tournaments to do so (1998, 2002, 2006). France's Just Fontaine is within third place all-time, with thirteen goals, all scored with the 1958 World Cup.
Beckenbauer's triumph as coach
After being eliminated in the first round of Euro 84, Franz Beckenbauer returned for the national team as coach to change Derwall. In the 1986 World Cup, West Germany finished as runners-up to the second consecutive tournament, after again beating France 2-0 within the semi-finals, but losing for the Diego Maradona-led Argentina 3-2 in the final. In Euro 88, West Germany's thinks of winning the tournament on home soil were spoiled from the Netherlands, since the Dutch gained revenge with their decrease in 1974 by beating them 2-1 in the semi-final.
In the 1990 World Cup, West Germany finally won their third World Cup title inside unprecedented third consecutive final appearance. Captained by Lothar Matthus, they defeated Yugoslavia (4-1), UAE (5-1), the Netherlands (2-1), Czechoslovakia (1-0), and England (1-1, 4-3 on penalty kicks) around the way to one last rematch against Argentina. In a dull match, West Germany won 1-0 using the only goal being a penalty scored within the 85th minute by Andreas Brehme. Beckenbauer, who won the title as captain in 1974, thus became the second person (after Mrio Zagallo) to have won the World Cup as both a new player along with a coach, and the first as both a captain along with a coach.
Olympic football
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze
1988 Seoul
Team
Prior to 1988, Olympic football was an amateur event, and therefore only non-professional players could participate. Due to this, West Germany wasn't able to get the same amount of success on the Olympics as at the World Cup, while using only medal coming within the 1988 Olympics, whenever they won the bronze. Since then, however, no German team ever been able to qualify for that Olympics again. West Germany also reached the Second Round in 1972, and 1984. This is contrast for the success of East Germany which won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals (one representing the United Team of Germany).
After Reunification: Berti Vogts
In February 1990, months as soon as the fall from the Berlin wall, the draw for that 1992 European Championship qualifying tournament had seen East Germany and West Germany drawn together in Group 5, scheduled to get started on in September. After the World Cup win, with assistant Berti Vogts overpowering as the national team coach, the retiring Beckenbauer infamously predicted that this German team, with additional former East Germans to select from, could be invincible for years to come. The reunification of Germany was confirmed in August to consider influence on 3 October 1990, using the access with the former GDR for the Federal Republic of Germany. The members with the East German association Deutscher Fuball-Verband acceded to the DFB in November, even though the 1990/91 seasons would continue, with all the leagues being restructured for 1991/92. The first game which saw a unified German team including former East German internationals for example Matthias Sammer and Ulf Kirsten was against Switzerland on 19 December.
In Euro 92, Germany reached the ultimate, but lost 2-0 to surprise winners Denmark. As defending champions inside the 1994 World Cup, these were upset 2-1 within the quarter-finals by Bulgaria after using lead.
Germany won their starting international title as soon as the reunification at Euro 96, becoming European champions for your third time. They defeated England, have been the hosts, again on penalty kicks (6-5, following a 1-1 draw) inside the semi-finals, as well as the Czech Republic 2-1 inside the final, a match decided by a golden goal scored by Oliver Bierhoff.
However, in the 1998 World Cup, Germany were again eliminated with a less heralded opponent within the quarter-finals, this time around inside a 3-0 rout by Croatia. Vogts stepped down afterwards and was replaced by Erich Ribbeck.
Oliver Kahn/Michael Ballack Era
Entering the 21st century, Germany's standing as one of the best national sides in the world, so that as of your team that more often than not reaches the later rounds of major tournaments, was starting to get discouraged by disappointing results.
In Euro 2000, the maturing team went outside in the 1st round after failing to win any of these three matches, including a 1-0 defeat to rivals England as well as an embarrassing 3-0 loss to some second-string Portugal side (the Portuguese having already advanced). Rudi Vller replaced Ribbeck as coach, initially with a temporary basis, and then permanently after planned successor Christoph Daum was involved in a very drug scandal.
Coming into the 2002 World Cup, expectations of the German team were low, as a result of poor results inside the qualifiers, including a 5-1 home defeat against England. However, they started out strong by thrashing Saudi Arabia 8-0 within their first match. At the knockout stages, they produced three consecutive 1-0 wins, against Paraguay, the United States, and co-hosts South Korea, setting up a last against Brazil, the initial World Cup meeting involving the two. However, with the pivotal Michael Ballack suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, Germany's chances had declined. In a hard-fought match, Germany lost 2-0. German captain and goalkeeper Oliver Kahn won the Golden Ball, the 1st time within the World Cup's history a goalkeeper was named best player with the tournament. Simultaneously, he won the Yashin-Award since the best goalkeeper.
Germany still did not expand their success in 2002, and again exited in the first round of Euro 2004 without winning a match. As was the truth in 2000, the Germans bowed out after losing to the second-string side of your team which had already advanced, in this instance that of the Czech Republic, in a very match where Germany dominated but couldn't get the ball in the net, losing to a Czech goal scored for the break. Vller resigned afterwards, denouncing the media criticism inside a famous TV interview, and the national team were required to find their third new coach in six years, after having had only six coaches inside the previous 75 years. As prospective candidates including Ottmar Hitzfeld and Otto Rehhagel refused the task, former national team player Jrgen Klinsmann, who had never held any coaching jobs before, was appointed. In similar style to Beckenbauer's former role as team manager without having a coaching license, the seasoned Joachim Lw from Stuttgart would assist him. Klinsmann made Michael Ballack the captain following Euro 2004. Klinsmann's main task would have been to lead the national team to your good showing at the 2006 World Cup, which Germany were going to host. Although the host nation, hopes before the start of the tournament proper are not as high for Germany as with previous tournaments, even in Germany itself. Critics had described the apparent not enough quality players inside the squad and coach Klinsmann's decision to reside America instead of Germany.
Germany, however, won the opening game with the World Cup against Costa Rica 4-2. They continued to formulate both confidence and support throughout the group stage, conceding no further goals because they beat Poland 1-0 and Ecuador 3-0, with Miroslav Klose scoring twice and Lukas Podolski adding another within the last match. Germany finished on top of the group with three wins.
The team proceeded to defeat Sweden 2-0 within the round of 16, with Lukas Podolski netting both goals in only 12 minutes, from assists by Miroslav Klose.
People watching the Germany vs. Argentina match on the Donau Arena in Regensburg
Germany faced favourites Argentina inside the quarter-finals, a team that Germany we had not defeated since the 1990 World Cup. Germany's shutout streak was broken after that half time as Argentina scored first to grab a 1-0 lead. However, Michael Ballack's cross, flicked on by Tim Borowski, allowed Klose to head inside the equalizer with ten mins to spare. During penalties, Jens Lehmann stopped two spot kicks while his teammates made all with the necessary goals to win the decisive shootout 4 - 2. Afterwards, the Argentinians started a brawl, which later, after Italian TV showed video of Torsten Frings participating within the brawl, resulted in the ban for him.
These results produced much expectation in Germany, many convinced that an increasing eighth appearance on the final was possible though a vital player was missing, along with the team was tired after going the complete distance against one from the best teams. Taking the semi-final against Italy to an extension cord again, hopes grew high that yet another penalty shoot-out would take they to the final in Berlin. Despite Klinsmann's target fitness, speed and concentration of German players faded, conceding two goals inside dying ninety seconds of the extra time.
Despite having their wants playing in the final dashed, Klinsmann's squad quickly recovered their composure, and journalists noted they's upbeat mood within the practices as soon as the semi-final. Three starters, including captain Michael Ballack, would not be available for the third place match. They faced the Portuguese team, with goalkeeper Ricardo having only conceded one goal in regular play. Nonetheless, Germany thoroughly routed Portugal 3-1, at one point being up three goals to nil from Bastian Schweinsteiger's two goals and an own goal, also off his shot, by Portugal's Petit.
Germany managed to end the World Cup with a high, not just having a 3-1 conquer Portugal inside battle for third place, and also with several awards: Miroslav Klose was awarded the Golden Boot for his tournament-leading five goals, becoming the first player through the united Germany to earn it, and fellow striker Lukas Podolski won the 'Best Young Player' award. Furthermore, four of Germany's players (Jens Lehmann, Philipp Lahm, Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose) were selected for the 'Mastercard All-Star Team'. In addition, at 14 goals scored, the German side set aside more goals than another team. At the end in the tournament, a lot more than 500,000 people celebrated the team's closing ceremony by offering them a heroes welcome in the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Germany stood a greater World Cup than many at home and abroad ever believed possible.[citation needed]
Germany's entry into the Euro 2008 qualifying round was marked, not least, through the promotion of Joachim Lw to coach. In a group using the Czech Republic and the Republic of Ireland among others, Germany qualified comfortably, defeating San Marino in the historic 13-0 record away win around the way.
For a final tournament, Germany were placed into Group B alongside Poland, Croatia and longtime rivals Austria. Germany won 2-0 to Poland, but suffered an ignominious 2-1 defeat with the hands of Croatia, compounded by the red card for Bastian Schweinsteiger for an aggressive off-the-ball incident. Germany finally entered the knockout round with all the victory over Austria inside the last match of group play. The only scorer in the game was Michael Ballack, who scored inside the 49th minute having a powerful long-distance free-kick, later chosen German Goal in the Year. Somewhat surprisingly at this stage, the team then defeated Portugal who won their group comfortably 3-2 inside the quarterfinal.
Germany went inside their semi-final clash against Turkey as overwhelming favorites. However, they set up a nervous and shaky performance, getting behind by an Uur Boral goal inside the 22nd minute. Bastian Schweinsteiger equalised, and Miroslav Klose put Germany ahead limited to Semih entrk to level the score inside the last minutes with the match. Just because the game was heading for extra time, Philipp Lahm stole in on the near post gain in the final minute, sending Germany to the final against Spain, the strongest team with the tournament so far.
After a gap 15 minutes in which Germany had top of the hand and nearly scored, Spain slowly delivered in the game after which took the lead when Fernando Torres capitalised over a mistake made from the German defence. Although a Spainish defender did actually handle the ball inside box inside the lover, Spain had the higher of play to the remainder of the match and Germany finished runners-up.
Recent history was marked by Lw's attempts to rejuvenate the squad, bring in new players including Ren Adler or Serdar Tasci as a way to spark internal competition, containing led to some disharmony within the squad. For the qualification for World Cup 2010, Germany were placed in the group with Azerbaijan (led by former Germany coach Berti Vogts), Finland, Liechtenstein, Russia and Wales.
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
In their penultimate match on 10 October 2009, Germany secured beginning of their qualifying group to the 2010 World Cup by beating second placed Russia in Moscow 10.
Team
v??d??e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
?Germany
10
8
2
0
26
5
+21
26
?Russia
10
7
1
2
19
6
+13
22
?Finland
10
5
3
2
14
14
0
18
?Wales
10
4
0
6
9
12
3
12
?Azerbaijan
10
1
2
7
4
14
10
5
?Liechtenstein
10
0
2
8
2
23
21
2
?
Azerbaijan?
1 2
0 2
0 0
1 1
0 1
Finland?
1 0
3 3
2 1
0 3
2 1
Germany?
4 0
1 1
4 0
2 1
1 0
Liechtenstein?
0 2
1 1
0 6
0 1
0 2
Russia?
2 0
3 0
0 1
3 0
2 1
Wales?
1 0
0 2
0 2
2 0
1 3
Euro 2012 qualifications
Germany will likely be competing in Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, as well as Kazakhstan, Turkey, Austria, Belgium and Azerbaijan.
Team
v??d??e
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
?Germany
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?Turkey
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?Austria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?Belgium
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?Kazakhstan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?Azerbaijan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?
Austria?
Azerbaijan?
Belgium?
Germany?
Kazakhstan?
Turkey?
Stadium
Germany doesn't have a national stadium, and also the national team's home matches are rotated among various stadia across the country. They have played home matches in 39 different cities thus far - including venues that have been German on the time with the match, like Vienna which staged three games between 1938 and 1942.
National team matches have generally (42 times) been held inside various stadiums with the capital of scotland- Berlin. Berlin has also been the venue of Germany's first home match in 1908 against England. Other common host cities include Hamburg (32 matches), Stuttgart (29) and Hanover (24). Another notable location could be the capital of scotland - Munich, that has hosted numerous notable matches during the entire good German football such as the 1974 World Cup Final which Germany won over Netherlands National Football Team.
Kit
The 2006 World Cup saw an unprecedented widespread public display of the national flag inside Federal Republic of Germany.
adidas AG will be the longstanding kit provider towards the national team, a sponsorship that began in 1954 and it is contracted to carry on until at least 2018. Nike, Inc. have been courting they, and in August 2007 reportedly offered as much as 500 million to outfit the c's for an eight-year period a figure that is six times what adidas currently pays though the federation thought we would remain with Germany-based adidas. The current design was unveiled for the 10 September 2007, to mixed responses from German fans.
The national team's home dress happens to be a white jersey and black shorts. The colors are derived in the nineteenth century flag with the north German State of Prussia. The away jersey color has evolved several times. Historically, green shirt with white shorts may be the most often used alternative color combination, derived in the DFB colors (along with the ones of a game),[citation needed] although it is additionally reported that the choice is within recognition of the fact that Ireland, whose home shirts are green, were supposedly the first nation to experience Germany in a friendly game after World War II. This is false, for their first match after WWII was in fact against Switzerland. Other colours like grey and black have also been used. A change, from black to red, arrived November 2004 around the request of Jrgen Klinsmann, citing that teams in red are statistically more lucrative, and perceived as more intimidating.[citation needed] He hoped to work with the red away shirt as first choice to the 2006 World Cup despite below impressive results when playing during these colors (by way of example, the 1-4 reduction in Italy), but Germany played every game in the 2006 World Cup in the home white colors. In 2010 the away colours then changed back to your black shirt and white shorts. The new away kit will be worn with the team to the first time in the friendly against Argentina on 3rd March 2010.
Nickname
In Germany, the team is normally referred to as the "Nationalmannschaft" (national team), "DFB-Elf" (DFB eleven) or "Nationalelf" (national eleven), whereas in foreign media, they're regularly described because "Mannschaft" (literally meaning "The Team").
Competition records
Germany has won the World Cup 3 x, behind only Brazil (five titles) and Italy (four titles). It has finished as runners-up 4 times, two greater than any other side. In terms of semifinal appearances, Germany leads with 11, one a lot more than Brazil's 10, which in fact had participated in two more tournaments. In the final 14 World Cup tournaments, Germany has always reached at the very least happens with the last eight teams. Germany in addition has qualified for each and every with the 16 World Cups it's got entered it didn't go into the inaugural competition in Uruguay of 1930 for economic reasons, and could not qualify for or compete inside post-war 1950 World Cup since the DFB was reinstated as being a FIFA member only two months next tournament.
Germany has won the European Championship 3 times (France and Spain are the only other multiple-time winners with two titles), and handle as runners-up thrice also. The Germans have qualified for every European Championship tournament except to the very first EC they entered in 1968. For that tournament, Germany was inside the only group of 3 teams and therefore only played four qualifying games. The deciding game was a scoreless draw in Albania which gave Yugoslavia the extra edge, having won within their neighbor country.
Germany played inside the FIFA Confederations Cup twice, in 1999 (first round exit) and in 2005 (third place) as hosts.
See also East Germany and Saarland for the results of these separate German teams, and Austria for your team that's merged into the German team from 1938 to 1945.
Competitive record
World Cup record
Year
Round
Position
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
Squad
1930
Withdrew
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1934
Third place
3
4
3
0
1
11
8
Squad
1938
Round 1
10
2
0
1
1
3
5
Squad
1950
Banned
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1954
Champions
1
6
5
0
1
25
14
Squad
1958
Fourth place
4
6
2
2
2
12
14
Squad
1962
Quarter-finals
7
4
2
1
1
4
2
Squad
1966
Runners-up
2
6
4
1
1
15
6
Squad
1970
Third place
3
6
5
0
1
17
10
Squad
1974
Champions
1
7
6
0
1
13
4
Squad
1978
Second Round
6
6
1
4
1
10
5
Squad
1982
Runners-up
2
7
3
2
2
12
10
Squad
1986
Runners-up
2
7
3
2
2
8
7
Squad
1990
Champions
1
7
5
2
0
15
5
Squad
1994
Quarter-finals
5
5
3
1
1
9
7
Squad
1998
Quarter-finals
7
5
3
1
1
8
6
Squad
2002
Runners-up
2
7
5
1
1
14
3
Squad
2006
Third place
3
7
5
1
1
14
6
Squad
2010
Qualified
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
17/19
3 Titles
92
55
*19
18
190
112
-
*Denotes draws include knockout matches determined penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour points too the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament occured on home soil.
Confederations Cup Record
Year
Round
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
Squad
1992
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1995
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1997
Did not enter
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1999
Round 1
3
1
0
2
2
6
Squad
2001
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2003
Did not enter
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2005
Third Place
5
3
1
1
15
11
Squad
2009
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
2/8
8
4
1
3
17
17
-
*Denotes draws include knockout matches selected penalty kicks.
**Gold background color suggests that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament occured on home soil.
European Championship record
Year
Round
GP
W
D*
L
GS
GA
Squad
1960
Did not enter
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1964
Did not enter
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1968
Did not qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1972
Champions
2
2
0
0
5
1
Squad
1976
Runners-up
2
1
1
0
6
4
Squad
1980
Champions
4
3
1
0
6
3
Squad
1984
Round 1
3
1
1
1
2
2
Squad
1988
Semi-finals
4
2
1
1
6
3
Squad
1992
Runners-up
5
2
1
2
7
8
Squad
1996
Champions
6
4
2
0
10
3
Squad
2000
Round 1
3
0
1
2
1
5
Squad
2004
Round 1
3
0
2
1
2
3
Squad
2008
Runners-up
6
4
0
2
10
7
Squad
2012
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
10/13
38
19
10
9
55
39
Note All tournament wins except Euro 1996 were won as West Germany
Players
Current squad
Players called up for your friendly against Argentina, 3 March 2010.
Caps and goals at the time of 18 November 2009.
#
Name
Date of birth
Club
Caps (goals)
Debut
Goalkeepers
1
Ren Adler
15 January 1985 (1985-01-15) (age?25)
Bayer Leverkusen
8 (0)
v. Russia, 11 October 2008
12
Manuel Neuer
27 March 1986 (1986-03-27) (age?23)
Schalke 04
2 (0)
v. UAE, 2 June 2009
Defenders
3
Arne Friedrich
29 May 1979 (1979-05-29) (age?30)
Hertha BSC
69 (0)
v. Bulgaria, 21 August 2002
4
Serdar Tasci
24 April 1987 (1987-04-24) (age?22)
Stuttgart
9 (0)
v. Belgium, 20 August 2008
5
Marcel Schfer
7 June 1984 (1984-06-07) (age?25)
Wolfsburg
7 (0)
v. England, 19 November 2008
16
Philipp Lahm
11 November 1983 (1983-11-11) (age?26)
Bayern Munich
63 (3)
v. Croatia, 18 February 2004
17
Per Mertesacker
29 September 1984 (1984-09-29) (age?25)
Werder Bremen
59 (1)
v. Iran, 9 October 2004
24
Jrme Boateng
3 September 1988 (1988-09-03) (age?21)
Hamburg
2 (0)
v. Russia, 10 October 2009
Midfielders
6
Sami Khedira
4 April 1987 (1987-04-04) (age?22)
Stuttgart [1]
1 (0)
v. South Africa, 5 September 2009
7
Bastian Schweinsteiger
1 August 1984 (1984-08-01) (age?25)
Bayern Munich
73 (19)
v. Hungary, 6 June 2004
8
Mesut zil
15 October 1988 (1988-10-15) (age?21)
Werder Bremen
7 (1)
v. Norway, 11 February 2009
13
Michael Ballack (captain)
26 September 1976 (1976-09-26) (age?33)
Chelsea
97 (42)
v. Scotland, 28 April 1999
14
Piotr Trochowski
22 March 1984 (1984-03-22) (age?25)
Hamburg
28 (2)
v. Georgia, 7 October 2006
15
Thomas Hitzlsperger
5 April 1982 (1982-04-05) (age?27)
Lazio
51 (6)
v. Iran, 9 October 2004
19
Christian Gentner
14 August 1985 (1985-08-14) (age?24)
Wolfsburg
4 (0)
v. China, 29 May 2009
20
Aaron Hunt
4 September 1986 (1986-09-04) (age?23)
Werder Bremen
1 (0)
v. Cte d'Ivoire, 18 November 2009
21
Marko Marin
13 March 1989 (1989-03-13) (age?20)
Werder Bremen
7 (1)
v. Belarus, 27 May 2008
22
Christian Trsch
1 September 1987 (1987-09-01) (age?22)
Stuttgart
1 (0)
v. UAE, 2 June 2009
25
Thomas Mller
13 September 1989 (1989-09-13) (age?20)
Bayern Munich
0 (0)
N/A
26
Toni Kroos
4 January 1990 (1990-01-04) (age?20)
Bayer Leverkusen
0 (0)
N/A
Strikers
9
Stefan Kieling
25 January 1984 (1984-01-25) (age?26)
Bayer Leverkusen
3 (0)
v. Denmark, 28 March 2007
10
Lukas Podolski
4 June 1985 (1985-06-04) (age?24)
1. FC Kln
69 (37)
v. Hungary, 6 June 2004
11
Miroslav Klose
9 June 1978 (1978-06-09) (age?31)
Bayern Munich
93 (48)
v. Albania, 24 March 2001
18
Mario Gmez
10 July 1985 (1985-07-10) (age?24)
Bayern Munich
31 (11)
v. Switzerland, 7 February 2007
23
Cacau
27 March 1981 (1981-03-27) (age?28)
Stuttgart
4 (0)
v. China, 29 May 2009
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up on the Germany squad within last yr and are still designed for selection.
Name
Date of birth
Club
Caps (goals)
Debut
Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Tim Wiese
17 December 1981 (1981-12-17) (age?28)
Werder Bremen
2 (0)
v. England, 19 November 2008
Performance test, January 2010
Defenders
Robert Huth
18 August 1984 (1984-08-18) (age?25)
Stoke City
19 (2)
v. Austria, 18 August 2004
Performance test, January 2010
Andreas Beck
13 March 1987 (1987-03-13) (age?22)
1899 Hoffenheim
6 (0)
v. Norway, 11 February 2009
Performance test, January 2010
Dennis Aogo
14 January 1987 (1987-01-14) (age?23)
Hamburg
0 (0)
N/A
Performance test, January 2010
Heiko Westermann
14 August 1983 (1983-08-14) (age?26)
Schalke 04
17 (2)
v. Austria, 6 February 2008
v. Cte d'Ivoire, 18 November 2009
Andreas Hinkel
26 March 1982 (1982-03-26) (age?27)
Celtic
21 (0)
v. Serbia & Montenegro, 30 April 2003
v. UAE, 2 June 2009
Midfielders
Marcell Jansen
4 November 1985 (1985-11-04) (age?24)
Hamburg
30 (2)
v. Slovakia, 3 September 2005
v. Argentina, 3 March 20101
Simon Rolfes
21 January 1982 (1982-01-21) (age?28)
Bayer Leverkusen
21 (1)
v. Denmark, 28 March 2007
Performance test, January 2010
Tobias Weis
3 July 1985 (1985-07-03) (age?24)
1899 Hoffenheim
1 (0)
v. UAE, 2 June 2009
v. UAE, 2 June 2009
Strikers
Patrick Helmes
1 March 1984 (1984-03-01) (age?26)
Bayer Leverkusen
12 (1)
v. Denmark, 28 March 2007
Performance test, January 2010
Notes
Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
Famous past players
Main article: List of Germany international footballers
Most capped players
Below is a list from the 20 players with the most caps for Germany by 14 October 2009 (* denotes players still available for selection). Players who had played for the separate East German Team, after which were capped for your DFB team (Ulf Kirsten: 100 caps in whole, 49 for East Germany, then 51 for Germany), tend not to can be found in this list, though they may be included in FIFA records.
#
Player
Germany career
Caps
Goals
1
Lothar Matthus
19802000
150
23
2
Jrgen Klinsmann
19871998
108
47
3
Jrgen Kohler
19861998
105
2
4
Franz Beckenbauer
19651977
103
14
5
Thomas Hler
19882000
101
11
6
Michael Ballack*
1999resent
97
42
7
Berti Vogts
19671978
96
1
8
Sepp Maier
19661979
95
0
=
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
19761986
95
45
10
Miroslav Klose*
2001resent
93
48
11
Rudi Vller
19821994
90
47
12
Andreas Brehme
19841994
86
8
=
Oliver Kahn
19952006
86
0
14
Andreas Mller
19881999
85
29
15
Karlheinz Frster
19781986
81
2
=
Wolfgang Overath
19631974
81
17
=
Bernd Schneider
19992008
81
4
18
Torsten Frings*
20012009
79
10
19
Harald Schumacher
19791986
76
0
=
Guido Buchwald
19841994
76
4
Top goalscorers
Below can be a list in the top 10 goalscorers for Germany, at the time of 18 November 2009 (* denotes players still intended for selection):
Note: former East Germany players are certainly not included in this Wikipedia list, though are included in FIFA records
#
Player
Goals
Caps
Avg/Game
1
Gerd Mller
68
62
1.09
2
Miroslav Klose*
48
93
0.52
3
Rudi Vller
47
90
0.52
=
Jrgen Klinsmann
47
108
0.43
5
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
45
95
0.47
6
Uwe Seeler
43
72
0.60
7
Michael Ballack*
42
97
0.43
8
Oliver Bierhoff
37
70
0.53
=
Lukas Podolski*
37
69
0.53
10
Fritz Walter
33
61
0.54
Captains
Germany captains since Germany's first participation inside a World Cup in 1934.
Note: the column "games" signifies overall games as captain, not overall caps. Captained games outside the player's main period may also be included.
Player
Period
Games
Notes
Fritz Szepan
19341939
30
Paul Janes
19391942
31
Fritz Walter
19511956
30
Honorary captain
Hans Schfer
19571962
16
Helmut Rahn
19581959
8
Herbert Erhardt
19591962
18
Uwe Seeler
19621970
40
Honorary captain
Wolfgang Overath
19701971
14
Franz Beckenbauer
19711977
50
Honorary captain
Berti Vogts
1977-1978
20
Bernard Dietz
19781981
19
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
19811986
51
Harald Schumacher
1986
14
Klaus Allofs
19861988
8
Lothar Matthus
19881994
75
Honorary captain
Jrgen Klinsmann
1994-1998
36
Oliver Bierhoff
19982001
23
Oliver Kahn
20012004
49
Michael Ballack
2004resent
54
Record by 14 October 2009.
Tournament records
Most World Cups played in: Lothar Matthus - 5 (all-time record tied with Mexico's Antonio Carbajal)
Most World Cup match appearances: Lothar Matthus - 25 (all-time record)
Most World Cup goals: Gerd Mller - 14 (second behind Brazil's Ronaldo with 15)
Most European Championship match appearances: Thomas Hler and Jrgen Klinsmann - 13
Most European Championship goals: Jrgen Klinsmann - 5
Managers
Main article: Germany national football manager
Name
Period
Matches
Wins
Draws1
Losses
Win?%
Honours
DFB committee
19081928
63
18
13
32
28.6
Otto Nerz
19281936
70
42
10
18
60
Third place with the 1934 World Cup
Sepp Herberger2
19361942
19501964
162
92
26
44
56.8
Winner of the 1954 World Cup, Fourth place in the 1958 World Cup
Helmut Schn
19641978
139
87
31
21
62.6
Runner-up in the 1966 World Cup, Third place at the 1970 World Cup, Winner of Euro 72, Winner of the 1974 World Cup, Runner-up of Euro 76
Jupp Derwall
19781984
67
44
12
11
65.7
Winner of Euro 80, Runner-up with the 1982 World Cup
Franz Beckenbauer
19841990
66
34
20
12
51.5
Runner-up with the 1986 World Cup, Winner of the 1990 World Cup
Berti Vogts
19901998
102
66
24
12
64.7
Runner-up of Euro 92, Winner of Euro 96
Erich Ribbeck
19982000
24
10
6
8
41.7
Rudi Vller
20002004
53
29
11
13
54.7
Runner-up with the 2002 World Cup
Jrgen Klinsmann
20042006
34
19
9
6
58.8
Third place with the 2005 Confederations Cup, Third place with the 2006 World Cup
Joachim Lw3
2006
45
31
8
6
68.8
Runner-up of Euro 2008
Total3
825
473
169
183
57.4
Notes
Includes matches won or lost on penalty shootouts.
Record includes periods of pre-division Germany (19361942 65 matches: 40 wins, 12 draws, 13 losses) and West Germany (19501964 97 matches: 52 wins, 14 draws, 31 losses; no national team matches no national coaches between 1942 and 1950).
Record as of 18 November 2009.
See also
Germany national under-21 football team
Germany national youth football team (includes U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-20 squads)
Germany women's national football team
England and Germany football rivalry
Germany and Netherlands football rivalry
References
^ "All matches of The National Team in 1909". DFB. Retrieved 2008-08-01.?
^ "All matches of The National Team in 1937". dfb.de. Retrieved 1 January 2009.?
^ "West Germany - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 January 2009.?
^ "The "Wembley Goal" England - West Germany 1966". YouTube.
^ "Kritik zum "Wachrtteln"". Kicker Sportmagazin. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2009.?
^ "Ten-man Germany hold-on to qualify". ESPN. 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-15.?
^
^ "German FA turns down Nike offer, sticks with Adidas". guardian.co.uk. 24 August 2007.
^ "adidas dreht Werbespot mit DFB Stars" (in German). adidas.com. 10 September 2007.
^ "New germany Euro 2008 home adidas kit". 20 September 2007.
^ "The most violent European Championships ever - Plus: the top bench warmers; David Trezeguet's state they fame; and why the Germans (accustomed to) wear green.". Guardian Unlimited. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-11.?
^ "Statistics. All Matches of the national team in 1950". DFB. Retrieved 2008-06-20.? (As can be seen from the DFB statistics page, the 1950 match against Switzerland was Germany's first international match in eight years. Republic of Ireland would not play Germany until October 1951.)
^ "International game results". dfb.de. Retrieved 6 September 2009.?
^ "National Team Coaches". dfb.de. Retrieved 6 September 2009.?
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media in connection with: Deutsche Fussballnationalmannschaft
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DFB's statistics with the German team
FIFA website: GERMANY FIFA World Cup victories Winner (1954, 1974, 1990) Runners-Up (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) Third (1934, 1970, 2006) Fourth (1958)
German Football Team News
Germany Team Fans Site
RSSSF archive of Germany results
RSSSF archive of all capped players and highest goalscorers
Germany Football Team World Cup 2006 News
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