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| Nickname(s) | Nationalelf (National Eleven) DFB-Elf (DFB Eleven) Die Mannschaft (The Team)[a] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA | ||
| Head coach | Julian Nagelsmann | ||
| Captain | İlkay Gündoğan | ||
| Most caps | Thomas Müller (150) | ||
| Top scorer | Thomas Müller (105) | ||
| FIFA code | GER | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 14  3 (22 December 2022)[3] | ||
| Highest | 1[4] (December 1992 – August 1993, December 1993 – March 1994, June 1994, July 2014 – June 2015, July 2017, September 2017 – June 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 22[4] (March 2006) | ||
| First international | |||
 Switzerland 5–3 Germany  (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908)[5] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Germany 16–0 Russian Empire  (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912)[6] | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 England Amateurs 9–0 Germany (Oxford, England; 13 March 1909)[7][b] | |||
| 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) | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1999) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2017) | ||
The Germany national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) is the national football team in Germany. The team has won the 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1990 FIFA World Cup and 2014 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 the 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup, the team got third place. The current coach is Julian Nagelsmann
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 one of the two teams to have won men's and women's world cup titles. Also, Germany's main rivals are England, the Netherlands and Argentina.
The team's recent performance in a tournament was a victory over Argentina to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In the semi-final against Brazil, Germany thrashed them with a 7–1 win, making it the largest win in FIFA World Cup semi-final history. Miroslav Klose, one of the greatest German players of all time, also scored a record breaking goal that made him the top scorer in FIFA World Cup history.
- ↑ "The "Mannschaft" :: National Teams :: DFB – Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V." dfb.de. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ↑ "DFB unveil new 'Die Mannschaft' branding". DFB. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Germany: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "All matches of The National Team in 1908". DFB. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ↑ "All matches of The National Team in 1912". DFB. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ↑ "All matches of The National Team in 1909". DFB. Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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