Germany national football team

Germany

Association	German Football Association
Confederation	UEFA
Coach	Joachim Löw
Most caps	Lothar Matthäus (150)
Top scorer	Gerd Müller (68)
FIFA ranking	2
First game	5 April 1908 Switzerland (3-5)
Largest win	1 July 1912 Russia (16-0)
Largest loss	13 March 1909 England (0-9)
World Cup
Appearances	17
First Apps	1934
Best result	Champions (1954, 1974, 1990)

The Germany national football team is the national football team in Germany. The team has won 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1990 FIFA World Cup. The team came as second in the, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1986 FIFA World Cup and in 2002 FIFA World Cup. In 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, the team got third place. The teams current coach is Joachim Löw, who took over from Jürgen Klinsmann.

From 1950 to 1990, the team was mainly West Germany. Other teams were around that are now part of Germany. These include the East German team (1952-1990) and the Saarland team (1950-1956).

Germany has always been one of the best teams in the world. Germany is the only team to have won men's and women's world cup titles. Also, Germany's main rivals are England, the Netherlands and Argentina.

The teams recent performance in a major tournament was a lose in the Semi-finals of the UEFA Euro 2012, by losing against Italy 1–2.

Squads of the last tournaments

Franz Beckenbauer, was a very popular coach who lead Germany to the 1990 World Cup victory.

The top scorer of the German team is Gerd Müller.

The second top scorer in German History is Miroslav Klose.

2006 FIFA World Cup

Players who played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup were:

• Goalkeepers :
  • Jens Lehmann, Oliver Kahn, Timo Hildebrand
• Defenders :
  • Arne Friedrich, Marcell Jansen, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder, Philipp Lahm, Robert Huth, Jens Nowotny
• Midfielders :
  • Torsten Frings, Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sebastian Kehl, Tim Borowski, Bernd Schneider, David Odonkor
• Forwards (strikers):
  • Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski, Oliver Neuville, Mike Hanke

UEFA Euro 2008

Its players in UEFA Euro 2008 were:

• Goalkeepers:
  • Jens Lehmann, Robert Enke, René Adler
• Defenders:
  • Arne Friedrich, Clemens Fritz, Marcell Jansen, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder, Heiko Westermann
• Midfielders:
  • Michael Ballack , Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings, Thomas Hitzlsperger, David Odonkor, Simon Rolfes, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Piotr Trochowski
• Forwards (strikers):
  • Mario Gómez, Miroslav Klose, Kevin Kuranyi, Oliver Neuville, Lukas Podolski

2010 FIFA World Cup

The squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup:

• Goalkeepers:
  • Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese, Hans Jörg Butt
• Defenders:
  • Arne Friedrich, Dennis Aogo, Serdar Taşçı, Holger Badstuber, Philipp Lahm , Per Mertesacker, Jérôme Boateng
• Midfielders:
  • Marcell Jansen, Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mesut Özil, Piotr Trochowski, Toni Kroos, Marko Marin
• Forwards (strikers):
  • Stefan Kießling, Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Müller, Cacau, Mario Gómez

UEFA Euro 2012

The squad for the UEFA Euro 2012:

• Goalkeepers:
  • Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese, Ron-Robert Zieler
• Defenders:
  • Mats Hummels, Benedikt Höwedes, Marcel Schmelzer, Holger Badstuber, Philipp Lahm , Per Mertesacker, Jérôme Boateng
• Midfielders:
  • Lars Bender, Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mesut Özil, Mario Götze, Toni Kroos, İlkay Gündoğan, Thomas Müller, Lukas Podolski, Marco Reus, André Schürrle
• Forwards (strikers):
  • Miroslav Klose, Mario Gómez

Most appearances

#	Player	Caps	Goals
1	Lothar Matthäus	150	23
2	Miroslav Klose	120	64
3	Jürgen Klinsmann	108	47
4	Jürgen Kohler	105	2
5	Franz Beckenbauer	103	14
6	Thomas Häßler	101	11
7	Lukas Podolski	100	44
8	Michael Ballack	98	42
9	Berti Vogts	96	1
10	Sepp Maier	95	0
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	95	45
12	Bastian Schweinsteiger	94	23
13	Rudi Völler	90	47
	Philipp Lahm	90	5
15	Andreas Brehme	86	8
	Oliver Kahn	86	0
17	Andreas Möller	85	29
18	Arne Friedrich	82	1
19	Karlheinz Förster	81	2
	Per Mertesacker	81	1
	Wolfgang Overath	81	17
	Bernd Schneider	81	4

Top scorers

#	Player	Goals	Caps
1	Gerd Müller	68	62
2	Miroslav Klose	64	121
3	Jürgen Klinsmann	47	108
	Rudi Völler	47	90
5	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	45	95
6	Lukas Podolski	44	101
7	Uwe Seeler	43	72
8	Michael Ballack	42	98
9	Oliver Bierhoff	37	70
10	Fritz Walter	33	61

Recent Games

Main page: Germany national football team results

Date	Type of Game	Home Team	Result	Away Team
November 15, 2011	Friendly	Germany	3 – 0	Netherlands
February 29, 2012	Friendly	Germany	1 – 2	France
March 26, 2012	Friendly	Switzerland	5 – 3	Germany
March 31, 2012	Friendly	Germany	2 – 0	Israel
June 9, 2012	Euro 2012	Germany	1 – 0	Portugal
June 13, 2012	Euro 2012	Netherlands	1 – 2	Germany
June 17, 2012	Euro 2012	Denmark	1 – 2	Germany
June 22, 2012	Euro 2012	Germany	4 – 2	Greece
June 28, 2012	Euro 2012	Germany	1 – 2	Italy
August 15, 2012	Friendly	Germany	1 – 3	Argentina
September 7, 2012	2014 World Cup Q	Germany	3 – 0	Faroe Islands
September 11, 2012	2014 World Cup Q	Austria	1 – 2	Germany
October 12, 2012	2014 World Cup Q	Republic of Ireland	1 – 6	Germany
October 16, 2012	2014 World Cup Q	Germany		Sweden

• Green means that the team won.
• Yellow means the team had a draw.
• Red means the team lost.

Uniform

German fans during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

2012 Home

2012 Away

Records

FIFA World Cup

• Champions : 3 (1954, 1974, 1990)
• Runners-Up : 4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)
• Third Place : 4 (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)

UEFA European Championship

• Champions : 3 (1972, 1980, 1996)
• Runners-Up : 3 (1976, 1992, 2008)
• Semi-finals : 2 (1988, 2012)

FIFA Confederations Cup

• Third Place : 1 (2005)