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Flag of Germany Germany
DFB Eagle.svg
Nickname(s) Die Mannschaft (The Team)
Association German Football Association
(Deutscher Fußball-Bund – DFB)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Flag of Germany Joachim Löw
Asst coach Flag of Germany Marcus Sorg
Captain Manuel Neuer
Most caps Lothar Matthäus (150)
Top scorer Miroslav Klose (71)
FIFA code GER
FIFA ranking 14 Increase 1 (17 September 2020)
Highest FIFA ranking 1 (December 1992 – August 1993, December 1993 – March 1994, June 1994, July 2014 – June 2015, July 2017, September 2017 – June 2018)
Lowest FIFA ranking 22 (March 2006)
Elo ranking 10 Increase 1 (14 October 2020)
Highest Elo ranking 1 1990–92, 1993–94, 1996–97, July 2014 – May 2016, October 2017 – November 2017)
Lowest Elo ranking 24 (September 1924 – October 1925)
First international Switzerland Switzerland 5-3 Germany Germany
(Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908)
Biggest win Germany Germany 16–0 Russia Flag of Russia Good One
Biggest defeat Flag of England England Am. 9–0 Germany Germany
World Cup appearances 19 (First in 1934)
Best result Champions (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)
European Championship appearances 13 (First in 1972)
Best result Champions (1972, 1980, 1996)
File:Germany 2018 Home.pngFile:Germany 2018 Away.png

The Germany national football team is the national association football team of Germany and is controlled by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund – DFB). The current manager is Joachim Löw.

The team is one of the most successful national team in the international tournaments, Germany have won 4 titles of World Cup, 3 titles of UEFA European Championship, and a title of FIFA Confederations Cup.

History

Main article: History of the Germany national football team

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
Flag of Italy 1934 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 11 8 Squad 1 1 0 0 9 1 1934
Flag of France 1938 First round 10th 2 0 1 1 3 5 Squad 3 3 0 0 11 1 1938
Flag of Brazil 1950 Banned 1950
Flag of Switzerland 1954 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 25 14 Squad 4 3 1 0 12 3 1954
Flag of Sweden 1958 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 12 14 Squad Qualified as defending champions 1958
Flag of Chile 1962 Quarter-final 7th 4 2 1 1 4 2 Squad 4 4 0 0 11 5 1962
Flag of England 1966 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 15 6 Squad 4 3 1 0 14 2 1966
Flag of Mexico 1970 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 17 10 Squad 6 5 1 0 20 3 1970
Flag of West Germany 1974 Champions 1st 7 6 0 1 13 4 Squad Qualified as hosts 1974
Flag of Argentina 1978 Second group stage 6th 6 1 4 1 10 5 Squad Qualified as defending champions 1978
Flag of Spain 1982 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 2 2 12 10 Squad 8 8 0 0 33 3 1982
Flag of Mexico 1986 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 2 2 8 7 Squad 8 5 2 1 22 9 1986
Flag of Italy 1990 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 15 5 Squad 6 3 3 0 13 3 1990
Flag of United States 1994 Quarter-final 5th 5 3 1 1 9 7 Squad Qualified as defending champions 1994
Flag of France 1998 7th 5 3 1 1 8 6 Squad 10 6 4 0 23 9 1998
Flag of South Korea Flag of Japan 2002 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 14 3 Squad 10 6 3 1 19 12 2002
Flag of Germany 2006 Third place 3rd 7 5 1 1 14 6 Squad Qualified as hosts 2006
Flag of South Africa 2010 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 16 5 Squad 10 8 2 0 26 5 2010
Flag of Brazil 2014 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 18 4 Squad 10 9 1 0 36 10 2014
Flag of Russia 2018 Group stage 22nd 3 1 0 2 2 4 Squad 10 10 0 0 43 4 2018
Flag of Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined 2022
Flag of Canada Flag of Mexico Flag of United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 4 Titles 19/21 109 67 20* 22 226 125 N/A 94 74 18 2 292 70 Total
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Germany at the UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of France 1960 Did not enter Did not enter
Flag of Spain 1964
Flag of Italy 1968 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 9 2
Flag of Belgium 1972 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 5 3 0 13 3
Flag of Yugoslavia 1976 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 1* 0 6 4 8 4 4 0 17 5
Flag of Italy 1980 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 6 3 6 4 2 0 17 1
Flag of France 1984 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2 8 5 1 2 15 5
Flag of West Germany 1988 Semi final 3rd 4 2 1 1 6 3 Qualified as hosts
Flag of Sweden 1992 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 1 2 7 8 6 5 0 1 13 4
Flag of England 1996 Champions 1st 6 4 2* 0 10 3 10 8 1 1 27 10
Flag of Belgium Flag of Netherlands 2000 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 5 8 6 1 1 20 4
Flag of Portugal 2004 12th 3 0 2 1 2 3 8 5 3 0 13 4
Flag of Austria Flag of Switzerland 2008 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 10 7 12 8 3 1 35 7
Flag of Poland Flag of Ukraine 2012 Semi final 3rd 5 4 0 1 10 6 10 10 0 0 34 7
Flag of France 2016 Semi final 3rd 6 3 2* 1 7 3 10 7 1 2 24 9
Flag of Europe 2020 Qualified 8 7 0 1 30 7
Flag of Germany 2024 To be determined To be determined
Total 3 titles 12/15 49 26 12* 11 72 48 106 76 20 10 267 68
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year Division Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA
2018–19 A Group stage 3rd 4 0 2 2 3 7
2020–21 A To be determined
Total Group stage
League A
1/1 4 0 2 2 3 7
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year Division Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA
2018–19 A Group stage 3rd 4 0 2 2 3 7
2020–21 A To be determined
Total Group stage
League A
1/1 4 0 2 2 3 7
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Results and fixtures

2021

UEFA Euro 2020 15 June 2021 France Flag of France v Germany Germany Munich, Germany  
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
UEFA Euro 2020 19 June 2021 Portugal Flag of Portugal v Germany Germany Munich, Germany  
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
UEFA Euro 2020 23 June 2021 Germany Germany v Flag of ? Play-off winner A or D Munich, Germany  
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Allianz Arena

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendly against Turkey on 7 October, and the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League matches against Ukraine and Switzerland on 10 and 13 October 2020, respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of: 13 October 2020, after the match against Switzerland.

# Pos Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Manuel Neuer (captain) 27 March 1986 (1986-03-27) (age 38) 94 0 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich
12 1GK Bernd Leno 4 March 1992 (1992-03-04) (age 32) 8 0 Flag of England Arsenal
22 1GK Kevin Trapp 8 July 1990 (1990-07-08) (age 33) 4 0 Flag of Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
2 2DF Robin Koch 17 July 1996 (1996-07-17) (age 27) 4 0 Flag of England Leeds United
3 2DF Marcel Halstenberg 27 September 1991 (1991-09-27) (age 32) 8 1 Flag of Germany RB Leipzig
4 2DF Matthias Ginter 19 January 1994 (1994-01-19) (age 30) 33 2 Flag of Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
5 2DF Jonathan Tah 11 February 1996 (1996-02-11) (age 28) 11 0 Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen
13 2DF Lukas Klostermann 3 June 1996 (1996-06-03) (age 27) 10 0 Flag of Germany RB Leipzig
15 2DF Niklas Süle 3 September 1995 (1995-09-03) (age 28) 27 1 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich
16 2DF Antonio Rüdiger 3 March 1993 (1993-03-03) (age 31) 35 1 Flag of England Chelsea
19 2DF Robin Gosens 5 July 1994 (1994-07-05) (age 29) 4 0 Flag of Italy Atalanta
6 3MF Joshua Kimmich 8 February 1995 (1995-02-08) (age 29) 50 3 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich
7 3MF Julian Draxler 20 September 1993 (1993-09-20) (age 30) 56 7 Flag of France Paris Saint-Germain
8 3MF Toni Kroos 4 January 1990 (1990-01-04) (age 34) 100 17 Flag of Spain Real Madrid
10 3MF Julian Brandt 2 May 1996 (1996-05-02) (age 27) 33 3 Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund
14 3MF Florian Neuhaus 16 March 1997 (1997-03-16) (age 27) 1 1 Flag of Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
17 3MF Jonas Hofmann 14 July 1992 (1992-07-14) (age 31) 1 0 Flag of Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
18 3MF Leon Goretzka 6 February 1995 (1995-02-06) (age 29) 27 12 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich
21 3MF Kai Havertz 11 June 1999 (1999-06-11) (age 24) 10 2 Flag of England Chelsea
23 3MF Emre Can 12 January 1994 (1994-01-12) (age 30) 30 1 Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund
9 4FW Timo Werner 6 March 1996 (1996-03-06) (age 28) 33 13 Flag of England Chelsea
11 4FW Luca Waldschmidt 19 May 1996 (1996-05-19) (age 27) 4 1 Flag of Portugal Benfica
20 4FW Serge Gnabry 14 July 1995 (1995-07-14) (age 28) 15 14 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Germany squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Oliver Baumann 2 June 1990 (1990-06-02) (age 33) 0 0 Flag of Germany 1899 Hoffenheim v. Switzerland Switzerland, 6 September 2020
GK Marc-André ter Stegen 30 April 1992 (1992-04-30) (age 31) 24 0 Flag of Spain Barcelona v. Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland, 19 November 2019 INJ
DF Benjamin Henrichs 23 February 1997 (1997-02-23) (age 27) 4 0 Flag of Germany RB Leipzig v. Flag of Turkey Turkey, 7 October 2020
DF Nico Schulz 1 April 1993 (1993-04-01) (age 30) 11 2 Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund v. Flag of Turkey Turkey, 7 October 2020
DF Niklas Stark 14 April 1995 (1995-04-14) (age 28) 2 0 Flag of Germany Hertha BSC v. Flag of Turkey Turkey, 7 October 2020
DF Thilo Kehrer 21 September 1996 (1996-09-21) (age 27) 9 0 Flag of France Paris Saint-Germain v. Switzerland Switzerland, 6 September 2020
MF Nadiem Amiri 27 October 1996 (1996-10-27) (age 27) 4 0 Flag of Germany Bayer Leverkusen v. Flag of Turkey Turkey, 7 October 2020
MF Mahmoud Dahoud 1 January 1996 (1996-01-01) (age 28) 1 0 Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund v. Flag of Turkey Turkey, 7 October 2020
MF Suat Serdar 11 April 1997 (1997-04-11) (age 26) 4 0 Flag of Germany Schalke 04 v. Flag of Turkey Turkey, 7 October 2020 INJ
MF İlkay Gündoğan 24 October 1990 (1990-10-24) (age 33) 39 8 Flag of England Manchester City v. Switzerland Switzerland, 6 September 2020
MF Leroy Sané 11 January 1996 (1996-01-11) (age 28) 23 5 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich v. Switzerland Switzerland, 6 September 2020
MF Sebastian Rudy 28 February 1990 (1990-02-28) (age 34) 29 1 Flag of Germany 1899 Hoffenheim v. Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland, 19 November 2019
MF Marco Reus 31 May 1989 (1989-05-31) (age 34) 44 13 Flag of Germany Borussia Dortmund v. Belarus Flag Belarus, 16 November 2019 INJ
Notes

INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury

Current coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Germany Joachim Löw
Assistant coach Germany Marcus Sorg
Fitness coach Germany Yann-Benjamin Kugel
Goalkeeping coach Germany Andreas Köpke
Team doctor Germany Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt
Business manager Germany Oliver Bierhoff

Alumni

Former players

Main List of German international players

Managers

Main List of German international managers

Honours

Senior team

  • U.S. Cup
    • Winner (1): 1993

Olympic team


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Germany – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1. Illgner 2. Strunz 3. Brehme 4. Kohler 5. Helmer 6. Buchwald 7. Möller 8. Häßler 9. Riedle 10. Matthäus (c) 11. Kuntz 12. Köpke 13. Völler 14. Berthold 15. Gaudino 16. Sammer 17. Wagner 18. Klinsmann 19. Kirsten 20. Effenberg 21. Basler 22. Kahn Manager:  Flag of Germany Berti Vogts

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2004 semi-finalists

1. Kahn 2. Hinkel 3. Friedrich 4. Wörns 5. Nowotny 6. Baumann 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Hamann 9. Bobic 10. Kurányi 11. Klose 12. Lehmann 13. Ballack 14. Brdarić 15. Kehl 16. Jeremies 17. Ziege 18. Ernst 19. Schneider 20. Podolski 21. Lahm 22. Frings 23. Hildebrand Manager:  Flag of Germany Rudi Völler

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Germany – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Third place



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Germany – UEFA Euro 2008 - Runners-up

1. Lehmann 2. Jansen 3. Friedrich 4. Fritz 5. Westermann 6. Rolfes 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Frings 9. Gómez 10. Neuville 11. Klose 12. Enke 13. Ballack (c) 14. Trochowski 15. Hitzlsperger 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Borowski 19. Odonkor 20. Podolski 21. Metzelder 22. Kurányi 23. Adler Manager:  Flag of Germany Löw

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Germany – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Third place

1. Neuer 2. Jansen 3. Friedrich 4. Aogo 5. Tasci 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Kießling 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. Trochowski 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Cacau 20. Boateng 21. Marin 22. Butt 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2012 – Semi-finalists

1. Neuer 2. Gündoğan 3. Schmelzer 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. L. Bender 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Reus 22. Zieler 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Winner

1. Neuer 2. Großkreutz 3. Ginter 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Zieler 13. Müller 14. Draxler 15. Durm 16. Lahm (c) 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Mustafi 22. Weidenfeller 23. Kramer Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – UEFA Euro 2016 – Semi-finalists

1. Neuer 2. Mustafi 3. Hector 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Draxler 12. Leno 13. Müller 14. Can 15. Weigl 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Sané 21. Kimmich 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

1. Trapp 2. Mustafi 3. Hector 4. Ginter 5. Plattenhardt 6. Henrichs 7. Draxler (c) 8. Goretzka 9. Wagner 10. Demirbay 11. Werner 12. Leno 13. Stindl 14. Can 15. Younes 16. Rüdiger 17. Süle 18. Kimmich 20. Brandt 21. Rudy 22. Ter Stegen Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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Germany – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Neuer (c) 2. Plattenhardt 3. Hector 4. Ginter 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Draxler 8. Kroos 9. Werner 10. Özil 11. Reus 12. Trapp 13. Müller 14. Goretzka 15. Süle 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kimmich 19. Rudy 20. Brandt 21. Gündoğan 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:  Flag of Germany Joachim Löw

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