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Germany


Federation founded: 1900
FIFA member since: 1904

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - 3rd place
1938 - First round exit
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - CHAMPIONS
1958 - 4th place
1962 - Quarterfinal exit
1966 - Beaten finalist
1970 - 3rd place
1974 - CHAMPIONS
1978 - Second phase exit
1982 - Beaten finalist
1986 - Beaten finalist
1990 - CHAMPIONS
1994 - Quarterfinal exit
1998 - Quarterfinal exit
2002 - Beaten finalist
2006 - 3rd place

 
STATISTICS
Played
92
Won
55
Drawn
19
Lost
18
Goals for
190
Goals against
112
Points
184
GERMANY are second on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
8-0 vs Saudi Arabia in 2002.
Biggest defeat:
3-8 vs Hungary in 1954.
Overall topscorer:
Gerd Müller, 14 goals.
Most appearances:
Lothar Matthäus, 25 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
1974 and 2006

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Franz Beckenbauer
Gerd Müller
Sepp Maier
Wolfgang Overath
Paul Breitner
Berti Vogts
Fritz Walter
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Andreas Brehme
Rudi Völler
Uwe Seeler
Lothar Matthäus
Jürgen Klinsmann

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part, but GERMANY
chose not to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 8)
11.Mar 34 Luxembourg 1-9 GERMANY (France v GERMANY not played.)
P W D L Gls Pts 1.GERMANY 1 1 0 0 9- 1 2 2.France 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2 3.Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2-15 0 GERMANY qualified for Italy 1934.

1938

(WCQ Group 1)
29.Jun 37 Finland 0-2 GERMANY 29.Aug 37 GERMANY 4-1 Estonia 21.Nov 37 GERMANY 5-0 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts 1.GERMANY 3 3 0 0 11- 1 6 2.Sweden 3 2 0 1 11- 7 4 3.Estonia 3 1 0 2 4-11 2 4.Finland 3 0 0 3 0- 7 0 GERMANY qualified for France 1938.

1950

WEST GERMANY did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1954

(WCQ Group 1)
19.Aug 53 Norway 1-1 WEST GERMANY 11.Oct 53 WEST GERMANY 3-0 Saar 22.Nov 53 WEST GERMANY 5-1 Norway 28.Mar 54 Saar 1-3 WEST GERMANY
P W D L Gls Pts 1.WEST GERMANY 4 3 1 0 12- 3 7 2.Saar 4 1 1 2 4- 8 3 3.Norway 4 0 2 2 4- 9 2 WEST GERMANY qualified for Switzerland 1954.

1958

WEST GERMANY qualified automatically
for Sweden 1958 as defending champions.

1962

(UEFA Group 3)
26.Oct 60 Northern Ireland 3-4 WEST GERMANY 20.Nov 60 Greece 0-3 WEST GERMANY 10.May 61 WEST GERMANY 2-1 Northern Ireland 22.Oct 61 WEST GERMANY 2-1 Greece
P W D L Gls Pts 1.WEST GERMANY 4 4 0 0 11- 5 8 2.Northern Ireland 4 1 0 3 7- 8 2 3.Greece 4 1 0 3 3- 8 2 WEST GERMANY qualified for Chile 1962.

1966

(UEFA Group 2)
04.Nov 64 WEST GERMANY 1-1 Sweden 24.Apr 65 WEST GERMANY 5-0 Cyprus 26.Sep 65 Sweden 1-2 WEST GERMANY 14.Nov 65 Cyprus 0-6 WEST GERMANY
P W D L Gls Pts 1.WEST GERMANY 4 3 1 0 14- 2 7 2.Sweden 4 2 1 1 10- 3 5 3.Cyprus 4 0 0 4 0-19 0 WEST GERMANY qualified for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 7)
13.Oct 68 Austria 0-2 WEST GERMANY 23.Nov 68 Cyprus 0-1 WEST GERMANY 16.Apr 69 Scotland 1-1 WEST GERMANY 10.May 69 WEST GERMANY 1-0 Austria 21.May 69 WEST GERMANY 12-0 Cyprus 22.Oct 69 WEST GERMANY 3-2 Scotland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.WEST GERMANY 6 5 1 0 20- 3 11 2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 18- 7 7 3.Austria 6 3 0 3 12- 7 6 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2-35 0 WEST GERMANY qualified for Mexico 1970.

1974

WEST GERMANY qualified automatically
as host nation.

1978

WEST GERMANY qualified automatically
for Argentina 1978 as defending champions.

1982

(UEFA Group 1)
03.Dec 80 Bulgaria 1-3 WEST GERMANY 01.Apr 81 Albania 0-2 WEST GERMANY 29.Apr 81 WEST GERMANY 2-0 Austria 24.May 81 Finland 0-4 WEST GERMANY 23.Sep 81 WEST GERMANY 7-1 Finland 14.Oct 81 Austria 1-3 WEST GERMANY 18.Nov 81 WEST GERMANY 8-0 Albania 22.Nov 81 WEST GERMANY 4-0 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts 1.WEST GERMANY 8 8 0 0 33- 3 16 2.Austria 8 5 1 2 16- 6 11 3.Bulgaria 8 4 1 3 11-10 9 4.Albania 8 1 0 7 4-22 2 5.Finland 8 1 0 7 4-27 2 WEST GERMANY qualified for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 2)
17.Oct 84 WEST GERMANY 2-0 Sweden 16.Dec 84 Malta 2-3 WEST GERMANY 24.Feb 85 Portugal 1-2 WEST GERMANY 27.Mar 85 WEST GERMANY 6-0 Malta 30.Apr 85 Czechoslovakia 1-5 WEST GERMANY 25.Sep 85 Sweden 2-2 WEST GERMANY 16.Oct 85 WEST GERMANY 0-1 Portugal 17.Nov 85 WEST GERMANY 2-2 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.WEST GERMANY 8 5 2 1 22- 9 12 2.Portugal 8 5 0 3 12-10 10 3.Sweden 8 4 1 3 14- 9 9 4.Czechoslovakia 8 3 2 3 11-12 8 5.Malta 8 0 1 7 6-25 1 WEST GERMANY qualified for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 4)
31.Aug 88 Finland 0-4 WEST GERMANY 19.Oct 88 WEST GERMANY 0-0 Netherlands 26.Apr 89 Netherlands 1-1 WEST GERMANY 31.May 89 Wales 0-0 WEST GERMANY 04.Oct 89 WEST GERMANY 6-1 Finland 15.Nov 89 WEST GERMANY 2-1 Wales
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Netherlands 6 4 2 0 8- 2 10 2.WEST GERMANY 6 3 3 0 13- 3 9 3.Finland 6 1 1 4 4-16 3 4.Wales 6 0 2 4 4- 8 2 WEST GERMANY qualified for Italy 1990.

1994

GERMANY qualified automatically
for USA 1994 as defending champions.

1998

(UEFA Group 9)
09.Oct 96 Armenia 1-5 GERMANY 09.Nov 96 GERMANY 1-1 Northern Ireland 14.Dec 96 Portugal 0-0 GERMANY 02.Apr 97 Albania 2-3 GERMANY 30.Apr 97 GERMANY 2-0 Ukraine 07.Jun 97 Ukraine 0-0 GERMANY 20.Aug 97 Northern Ireland 1-3 GERMANY 06.Sep 97 GERMANY 1-1 Portugal 10.Sep 97 GERMANY 4-0 Armenia 11.Oct 97 GERMANY 4-3 Albania
P W D L Gls Pts 1.GERMANY 10 6 4 0 23- 9 22 2.Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10- 6 20 3.Portugal 10 5 4 1 12- 4 19 4.Armenia 10 1 5 4 8-17 8 5.Northern Ireland 10 1 4 5 6-10 7 6.Albania 10 1 1 8 7-20 4 GERMANY qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 9)
02.Sep 00 GERMANY 2-0 Greece 07.Oct 00 England 0-1 GERMANY 24.Mar 01 GERMANY 2-1 Albania 28.Mar 01 Greece 2-4 GERMANY 02.Jun 01 Finland 2-2 GERMANY 06.Jun 01 Albania 0-2 GERMANY 01.Sep 01 GERMANY 1-5 England 06.Oct 01 GERMANY 0-0 Finland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 8 5 2 1 16- 6 17 2.GERMANY 8 5 2 1 14-10 17 3.Finland 8 3 3 2 12- 7 12 4.Greece 8 2 1 5 7-17 7 5.Albania 8 1 0 7 5-14 3 GERMANY advanced to UEFA play-offs.
10.Nov 01 Ukraine 1-1 GERMANY 14.Nov 01 GERMANY 4-1 Ukraine
GERMANY qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

GERMANY qualified automatically
as host nation.

 

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