Germany national under-20 football team

Germany Under-20

Association	Deutscher Fußball-Bund
Head coach	Thomas Nörenberg (interim)
FIFA code	GER
First colours Second colours

The Germany national under-20 football team, also known as Germany Under-20s or Germany U20(s), are the under-20s for Germany. It is currently controlled by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund).

Competitive record

Competing as West Germany

FIFA World Youth Championship record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981	Champions	6	5	0	1	12	4
1983	Did not qualify
1985
1987	Runners-up	6	4	2	0	14	3
1989	Did not qualify
1991
Total	1 title	12	9	2	1	26	7

Competing as Germany

FIFA World Youth Championship/U-20 World Cup record

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1993	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	4	4
1995	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	3	4
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	4
2001	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	9	6
2003	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
2005	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	6	5
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Quarter-finals	5	3	1	1	11	5
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015	Quarter-finals	5	4	1	0	18	3
2017	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	6	8
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	9/15	35	15	7	13	65	44

Players

Current squad

Note: Names in italics denote players who have been capped by Germany in a higher age group.

Caps and goals as of 22 March 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Jan-Christoph Bartels	(1999-01-13) 13 January 1999	1	0	1. FC Köln
	1GK	Markus Schubert	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998	5	0	Dynamo Dresden
	1GK	Niclas Thiede	(1999-04-14) 14 April 1999	0	0	SC Freiburg II
	2DF	Alfons Amade	(1999-11-12) 12 November 1999	6	0	1899 Hoffenheim
	2DF	Florian Baak	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999	2	1	Hertha BSC
	2DF	Dženis Burnić	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998	9	1	Dynamo Dresden
	2DF	Lennart Czyborra	(1999-05-03) 3 May 1999	2	1	Heracles Almelo
	2DF	Felix Götze	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998	2	0	FC Augsburg
	2DF	Davide Itter	(1999-01-05) 5 January 1999	2	0	VfL Wolfsburg II
	2DF	Gian-Luca Itter	(1999-01-05) 5 January 1999	6	1	VfL Wolfsburg
	2DF	Paul Jaeckel	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998	1	0	Greuther Fürth
	2DF	Luca Kilian	(1999-09-01) 1 September 1999	1	0	Borussia Dortmund II
	3MF	Bote Baku	(1998-04-08) 8 April 1998	2	0	Mainz 05
	3MF	Niklas Dorsch	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998	5	0	1. FC Heidenheim
	3MF	Sidney Friede	(1998-04-12) 12 April 1998	4	1	Mouscron
	3MF	Benjamin Goller	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999	2	0	Schalke 04
	3MF	Vitaly Janelt	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998	1	0	VfL Bochum
	3MF	Aaron Opoku	(1999-03-28) 28 March 1999	0	0	Hamburger SV
	3MF	Salih Özcan	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998	7	1	1. FC Köln
	4FW	Mats Köhlert	(1998-05-02) 2 May 1998	1	0	Hamburger SV II
	4FW	Florian Krüger	(1999-02-13) 13 February 1999	0	0	Erzgebirge Aue
	4FW	David Otto	(1999-03-03) 3 March 1999	2	0	1899 Hoffenheim
	4FW	Manuel Wintzheimer	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999	6	0	Hamburger SV

Recent callups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Timon Weiner	(1999-01-18) 18 January 1999	1	0	Holstein Kiel	v. Switzerland, 16 October 2018
DF	Nico Schlotterbeck	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999			SC Freiburg	v. Portugal, 22 March 2019 INJ
DF	Tom Baack	(1999-03-13) 13 March 1999			VfL Bochum	v. England, 19 November 2018
DF	Ahmet Gürleyen	(1999-04-26) 26 April 1999			Mainz 05	v. England, 19 November 2018
DF	Jan-Niklas Beste	(1999-01-04) 4 January 1999			Werder Bremen	v. Switzerland, 16 October 2018
MF	Palkó Dárdai	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999			Hertha BSC	v. Portugal, 22 March 2019
MF	Linton Maina	(1999-06-23) 23 June 1999			Hannover 96	v. Portugal, 22 March 2019 WD
MF	Meritan Shabani	(1999-03-15) 15 March 1999			Bayern Munich	v. Portugal, 22 March 2019 INJ
MF	Adrian Fein	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999			Jahn Regensburg	v. Italy, 15 November 2018 INJ
MF	Sam Schreck	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999			Bayer Leverkusen	v. Switzerland, 16 October 2018
MF	Paul Will	(1999-03-01) 1 March 1999			Bayern Munich	v. Switzerland, 16 October 2018
FW	Yari Otto	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999			Eintracht Braunschweig	v. England, 19 November 2018
FW	Robin Hack	(1999-03-03) 3 March 1999			1899 Hoffenheim	v. Italy, 15 November 2018 INJ
FW	Torben Müsel	(1999-07-25) 25 July 1999	1	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v. Switzerland, 16 October 2018

Notes

• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
• ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

• Winner (1981¹)
• Runners-up (1987¹)

Notes

• 1 = as West Germany
• 2 = as East Germany

Awards

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Individual

• Silver Ball: Michael Zorc (1981)
• Bronze Ball: Roland Wohlfarth (1981), Marcel Witeczek (1987)
• Golden Shoe: Marcel Witeczek (1987)
• Silver Shoe: Ralf Loose (1981), Roland Wohlfarth (1981)
• Bronze Shoe: Marc Stendera (2015)

Team

• FIFA Fair Play Award: 1987

Related pages

• Germany national football team
• Germany national under-21 football team

Other websites

• Germany Youth National Teams Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine