Germany national football team records and statistics

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Germany national football team results

This page summarizes various statistics of the Germany national football team.

Abbreviation[]

  • A = away match
  • H = home match
  • * = match in neutral place
  • (c)= captain of team
  • (g)= goalkeeper
  • Am. = Amateure
  • WC = World Cup
  • EC = European Championship
  • Confed-Cup = Confederations Cup
  • NL = UEFA Nations League
  • OG = Olympic matches
  • Cons. tour. = Consolation tournament of the Olympic Games
  • a.e.t. = after extra time
  • p. = penalty shoot-out
  • GG = golden goal
  • soccer ball with check mark = goal scored from penalty kick
  • (o.g.) = own goal
  • Austria (opposite the name) = players which are played for Austria and Germany
  • Poland (opposite the name) = players which are played for Poland and Germany
  • green background color = Germany won the match
  • yellow background = draw (including matches decided on penalties).
  • red background = Germany lost the match
  • The current and enlarged national team members are highlighted in bold. Players who have not been played for more than six months are in italics.

Player[]

Most capped players[]

Lothar Matthäus is Germany's most capped player with 150 caps.
# Player Caps Goals Period
1 Lothar Matthäus 150 23 1980–2000
2 Miroslav Klose 137 71 2001–2014
3 Lukas Podolski 130 49 2004–2017
4 Bastian Schweinsteiger 121 24 2004–2016
5 Philipp Lahm 113 5 2004–2014
6 Jürgen Klinsmann 108 47 1987–1998
7 Manuel Neuer 106 0 2009–2021
7 Thomas Müller 106 39 2010–2021
7 Toni Kroos 106 17 2010–2021
10 Jürgen Kohler 105 2 1986–1998

Most consecutive matches[]

Since many players have been injured due to injuries, there are only a few players who have listened that played for the national team without interruption:[1]

Nr. Player Match serie Period
1 Franz Beckenbauer 60 9 September 1970 – 23 February 1977
2 Berti Vogts 48 27 March 1974 – 21 June 1978
3 Manfred Kaltz 47 8 March 1978 – 14 April 1982
4 Berti Vogts 39 6 March 1968 – 8 September 1971

Youngest players on the debut[]

12 players were younger than 19 on their debut, three under 18. 108 players were not yet of age on their debut. After the age of majority was reduced to 18 years on January 1, 1975, no players who were not yet of age have made their debut. Of the players who were not yet of age on their debut, only Franz Beckenbauer managed more than 100 internationals, but other players later became World and / or European Champions, who were not yet of age on their debut: Rainer Bonhof, Paul Breitner, Horst Eckel, Uli Hoeneß, Gerd Mueller, Wolfgang Overath, Berti Vogts, Fritz Walter. Besides Beckenbauer, Willy Baumgärtner, Paul Janes and Uwe Seeler later became record appearances.

The ten youngest players on debut are listed.

Pos. Name Birthday First match Opponent Result Type Age Appearance Position
01. Willy Baumgärtner 23 December 1890 5 April 1908[a] Switzerland Switzerland 3–5 Friendly match 17 years, 104 days 4 Forward
02. Marius Hiller 5 August 1892 3 April 1910 Switzerland Switzerland 3–2 Friendly match 17 years, 241 days 3[b] Forward
03. Uwe Seeler 5 November 1936 16 October 1954  France 1–3 Friendly match 17 years, 345 days 72 Forward
04. Jamal Musiala 26 February 2003 25 March 2021  Iceland 3–0 WC 2022 Qualification 18 years, 27 days 8 Midfielder
05. Karl Wolter 2 August 1894 6 October 1912 Denmark Denmark 1–3 Friendly match 18 years, 65 days 3 Forward
06. Franz Jelinek 10 July 1922 15 September 1940  Slovakia 1–0 Friendly match 18 years, 67 days 1 Forward
07. Florian Wirtz 3 June 1992 17 November 2010 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 18 years, 122 days 3 Midfielder
08. Mario Götze 3 June 1992 17 November 2010 Sweden Sweden 0–0 Friendly match 18 years, 167 days 63 Midfielder
09. Willy Tänzer 12 December 1889 7 June 1908 Austria Austria 2–3 Friendly match 18 years, 178 days 1 Defense
010. Olaf Thon 1 May 1966 16 December 1984  Malta 3–2 WC 1986 Qualification 18 years, 229 days 52 Midfielder
Notes:
  1. ^ 1st match of Germany
  2. ^ Hiller also played 2 matches for Argentina at the age of 24

Oldest players[]

18 players were in their last match for Germany older than 35 years, including six goalkeepers. Eight national players continued to play for Austria or the Saarland after the Second World War. The ten oldest players at their last match are listed.

Pos. Name Birthday Last match Opponent Result Type Age Appearance Position
01. Lothar Matthäus 21 March 1961 20 June 2000  Portugal 0–3 EC 2000 Group 39 years, 91 days 150 Defense
02. Jens Lehmann 10 November 1969 29 June 2008  Spain 0–1 EC 2008 Final 38 years, 232 days 61 Goalkeeper
03. Fritz Walter 31 October 1920 24 June 1958 Sweden Sweden 1–3 WC 1958 Semi final 37 years, 236 days 61 Midfielder
04. Oliver Kahn 15 June 1969 8 July 2006  Portugal 3–1 WC 2006 3rd place 37 years, 23 days 86 Goalkeeper
05. Richard Kress 6 March 1925 22 October 1961  Greece 2–1 WC 1962 Qualification 36 years, 230 days 09 Forward
06. Andreas Kupfer 7 May 1914 22 November 1950 Switzerland Switzerland 1–0 Friendly match 36 years, 199 days 44 Defense
07. Andreas Köpke 12 March 1962 4 July 1998  Croatia 0–3 WC 1998 Quarter final 36 years, 114 days 59 Goalkeeper
08. Hans-Jörg Butt 28 May 1974 10 July 2010  Uruguay 3–2 WC 210 3rd place 36 years, 43 days 04 Goalkeeper
09. Miroslav Klose 9 June 1978 13 July 2014  Argentina 1–0 WC 2014 Final 36 years, 34 days 137 Forward
10. Karl Sesta 18 March 1906 1 February 1942   Switzerland 1–2 Friendly match 35 years, 320 days 03[a] Defense
Notes:
  1. ^ Sesta had previously played 42 times and twice after World War II for Austria. At his last match for Austria, he was 39 years and 155 days old.

Oldest players on the debut[]

38 players were at least 30 years old on their debut; for 15 of them it was the only match. Stefan Kuntz, who had made his debut at the age of 31 years and 49 days, made most of the appearances (25). They all played in friendly matches for their first match. The ten oldest players on debut are listed.

Pos. Name Birthday 1st match Opponent Result Type age appearance
01. Karl Sesta 18 March 1906 15 June 1941  Croatia 5–1 Friendly match 35 years, 83 days 3[a]
02. Matthias Mauritz 13 November 1924 20 May 1959  Poland 1–1 Friendly match 34 years, 188 days 1
03. Karl Tewes 18 August 1886 26 September 1920  Austria 2–3 friendly match 34 years, 39 days 6
04. Martin Max 7 August 1968 17 April 2002  Argentina 0–1 Friendly match 33 years, 253 days 1
05. Paul Steiner 23 January 1957 30 May 1990  Denmark 1–0 Friendly match 33 years, 127 days 1
06. Roman Weidenfeller 6 August 1980 19 November 2013  England 1–0 Friendly match 33 years, 105 days 5
07. Rudolf Leip 8 June 1890 12 August 1923  Finland 1–2 Friendly match 33 years, 65 days 3
08. Kurt Borkenhagen 30 December 1919 5 October 1952  France 1–3 Friendly match 32 years, 280 days 1
09. Erich Schröder 20 November 1898 26 April 1931  Netherlands 1–1 Friendly match 32 years, 157 days 1
10. Clemens Wientjes 8 February 1920 20 April 1952  Luxembourg 3–0 Friendly match 32 years, 72 days 2
Notes:
  1. ^ Sesta previously played 42 matches for Austria. On his debut for Austria he was 26 years and 65 days old

Youngest captain[]

Of the ten youngest captains, only Joshua Kimmich was captain in a competitive match that played against Cameroon in the Confederations Cup 2017 group stage, the 13 youngest captains were only in friendly matches.

Pos. Name Birthday 1st captain match Opponent Result Type age was captain
match No. 		matches
as captain 		total
appearance
01. Julian Draxler 20.09.1993 13.05.2014  Poland 0:0 friendly match 20 years 235 days 11. active active
02. Christian Schmidt 09.06.1888 24.04.1910  Netherlands 2:4 friendly match 21 years 299 days 1. 1 3
03. Josef Glaser 11.05.1887 13.03.1909 England England (Am.) 0:9 friendly match 21 years 310 days 1. 4 5
04. Max Breunig 12.11.1888 26.03.1911   Switzerland 6:2 friendly match 22 years 133 days 2. 3 9
05. Joshua Kimmich 08.02.1995 25.06.2017 (from 80.')  Cameroon 3:1 Confed-Cup 2017 Group 22 years 137 days 18. active active
06. Adolf Jäger 31.03.1889 14.04.1912  Hungary 4:4 friendly match 23 years 14 days 4. 10 18
07. Stanislaus Kobierski 13.11.1910 03.12.1933  Poland 1:0 friendly match 23 years 20 days 11. 1 26
08. Eugen Kipp 26.02.1885 07.06.1908  Austria 2:3 friendly match 23 years 101 days 2. 2 18
09. Serdar Tasci 24.04.1987 11.08.2010 (from 66.')  Denmark 2:2 friendly match 23 years 109 days 14. 1 14
10. Ernst Blum 25.01.1904 02.10.1927  Denmark 1:3 friendly match 23 years 250 days 1. 1 1

Oldest captains (first matches as captains)[]

Of the ten oldest captains, only Marco Reus was captain in a competitive match, the match against Liechtenstein in the WC 2022 Qualification as the Germany already qualified, all others in friendly matches.

Pos. Name Birthday 1st match as captain Opponent Result Type age was captain
match of.. 		matches as
captain 		total
appearance
1. Jens Lehmann 10.11.1969 27.05.2008 (from 67.')  Belarus 2:2 friendly match 38 years 199 days 54. 1 61
2. Andreas Kupfer 07.05.1914 22.11.1950[a]   Switzerland 1:0 friendly match 36 years 199 days 44. 1 44
3. Jakob Streitle 11.12.1916 04.05.1952  Republic of Ireland 3:0 friendly match 35 years 144 days 15. 1 15
4. Hans Hagen 15.07.1894 20.10.1929  Finland 4:0 friendly match 35 years 97 days 10. 1 12
5. Josef Müller 06.05.1893 15.04.1928   Switzerland 3:2 friendly match 34 years 355 days 12. 1 12
6. Karl Tewes 18.08.1886 05.05.1921  Austria 3:3 friendly match 34 years 261 days 03. 2 06
7. Sepp Maier 28.02.1944 11.10.1978  Czechoslovakia 4:3 friendly match 34 years 226 days 90. 6 95
8. Ulf Kirsten[b] 04.12.1965 02.09.1998 (from 46.')  Malta 2:1 friendly match 32 years 272 days 37. 2 51
9. Paul Pömpner 28.12.1892 26.06.1925  Finland 5:3 friendly match 32 years 180 days 06. 1 06
10. Marco Reus 31.05.1989 02.09.2021 (from 82.') Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 2:0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 32 years 94 days 45. 1 46
Notes:
  1. ^ 1st match after World War II
  2. ^ Kirsten also played 49 matches for the East Germany; but in these he was not used as a captain.

List of national players who were not born in Germany or Austria[]

Pos. Name country of birth matches
for Germany 		1st match matches against
the country of birth 		Goals against
the country of birth
01. Fritz Balogh  Czechoslovakia (Bratislava) 1 22.11.1950 - -
02. Josef Posipal  Romania (Lugoj) 32 17.06.1951 - -
03. Miroslav Votava  Czechoslovakia (Prague) 5 21.11.1979 - -
04. Fredi Bobic  Yugoslavia (Maribor) 37 12.10.1994 23.06.1996 (2:1 against Croatia)
30.04.2003 (1:0 against Serbia and Montenegro)		 -
05. Dariusz Wosz  Poland (Piekary Śląskie) 17[a] 26.02.1997 - -
06. Oliver Neuville   Switzerland (Locarno) 69 02.09.1998 26.04.2000 (1:1) -
07. Paulo Rink  Brazil (Curitiba) 13 02.09.1998 - -
08. Mustafa Doğan  Turkey (Yalvaç) 2 30.07.1999 09.10.1999 (0:0) -
09. Miroslav Klose  Poland (Opole) 137 24.03.2001 14.06.2006 (1:0), 08.06.2008 (2:0)
06.09.2011 (2:2)		 -
10. Gerald Asamoah  Ghana (Mampong) 43 29.05.2001 - -
11. Martin Max  Poland (Tarnowskie Góry) 1 17.04.2002 - -
12. Paul Freier  Poland (Bytom) 19 09.05.2002 - -
13. Kevin Kurányi  Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) 52 29.03.2003 08.09.2004 (1:1)
25.06.2005 (2:3)		 1
14. Lukas Podolski  Poland (Gliwice) 130 06.06.2004 14.06.2006 (1:0)
08.06.2008 (2:0), 06.09.2011 (2:2)
11.10.2014, 04.09.2015		 2
15. Lukas Sinkiewicz  Poland (Tychy) 3 03.09.2005 - -
16. Piotr Trochowski  Poland (Tczew) 35 07.10.2006 - -
17. Marko Marin  Yugoslavia (Gradiška) 16 27.05.2008 03.06.2010 (3:1 against Bosnia and Herzegowina)
18.06.2010 (0:1 against Serbia)		 -
18. Andreas Beck  Soviet Union (Kemerovo) 9 11.02.2009 - -
19. Cacau  Brazil (Santo André) 23 29.05.2009 10.08.2011 (3:2) -
20. Roman Neustädter[b]  Soviet Union (Dnipropetrowsk) 2 14.11.2012 - -
Note:
  1. ^ Wosz also played seven matches for the East Germany
  2. ^ Neustädter plays for Russia since 2016, also on November 15, 2018 against Germany

Goals[]

Main article: Germany national football team goal records

Top goalscorers[]

Miroslav Klose is Germany's all-time top scorer with 71 goals.
# Player Goals Caps Average Period
1 Miroslav Klose (list) 71 137 0.52 2001–2014
2 Gerd Müller (list) 68 62 1.1 1966–1974
3 Lukas Podolski 49 130 0.38 2004–2017
4 Rudi Völler 47 90 0.52 1982–1994
Jürgen Klinsmann 108 0.44 1987–1998
6 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 45 95 0.47 1976–1986
7 Uwe Seeler 43 72 0.6 1954–1970
8 Michael Ballack 42 98 0.43 1999–2010
9 Thomas Müller 38 100 0.38 2010–
10 Oliver Bierhoff 37 70 0.53 1996–2002

Youngest goalscorers[]

18 goalscorers were younger than 20 years. Lukas Podolski is the youngest player to score two goals in one match, in his eighth match. By contrast, Fritz Walter in his first international match as the youngest player yet three goals. Josef Gauchel is the youngest player to score his first goal in a competitive fixture, in the OG 1936 1st Round, all other of the 20 youngest goalscorers scored in friendly matches. The youngest competitive goal scorer is Mario Götze, who scored his second goal at the age of 19 years and 91 days on 2 September 2011 in the EC 2012 Qualification against Austria.

The following table lists the ten youngest goalscorers.

Pos. Name Birthday 1st goal Opponent Result Type age total goals goals before 20
1. Marius Hiller 05.08.1892 03.04.1910   Switzerland 3:2 friendly match 17 years, 241 days 01[a] 01
2. Jamal Musiala 26.02.2003 11.10.2021  North Macedonia 4:0 WC qualification 2022 18 years, 227 days 01 01
3. Edmund Conen 10.11.1914 14.01.1934  Hungary 3:1 friendly match 19 years, 65 days 27 05
4. Willi Fick 17.02.1891 24.04.1910  Netherlands 2:4 friendly match 19 years, 66 days 01 01
5. Mario Götze 03.06.1992 10.08.2011  Brazil 3:2 friendly match 19 years, 68 days 17 02
Adolf Jäger 31.03.1889 07.06.1908  Austria 2:3 friendly match 19 years, 68 days 10 01
Klaus Stürmer 09.08.1935 16.10.1954  France 1:3 friendly match 19 years, 68 days 01 01
8. Karl Schlösser 29.01.1912 26.04.1931  Netherlands 1:1 friendly match 19 years, 87 days 01 01
9. Marko Marin 13.03.1989 20.08.2008  Belgium 2:0 friendly match 19 years, 160 days 01 01
10. Lukas Podolski 04.06.1985 21.12.2004 (2 goal)  Thailand 5:1 friendly match 19 years, 200 days 48 03[b]
Notes:
  1. ^ Hiller also scored 4 goals in 2 matches at the age of 24 for Argentina
  2. ^ In addition, 1 goal on his 20th Birthday

Oldest goalscorers[]

17 players were over 33 when they scored their last goal, including record goal scorer Miroslav Klose, who also scored the most goals after his 30th birthday. His precursor Gerd Müller scored his last of 68 international goals with 28 years and 246 days, making him the player with the most goals before the 30th Birthday. Klose was 35 years and 362 days old at his 69th international goal, when he replaced Müller as the record scorer.

The following table lists the ten oldest goalscorers.

Pos. Name Birthday last goal Opponent Result Type age goals goals after
30. birthday
01. Lothar Matthäus 21.03.1961 28.07.1999  New Zealand 2:0 Confed-Cup Group 38 years, 128 days 23 06
02. Richard Kreß 06.03.1925 20.09.1961 Denmark Denmark 5:1 friendly match 36 years, 198 days 02 02
03. Miroslav Klose 09.06.1978 08.07.2014  Brazil 7:1 WC 2014 Semi final 36 years, 29 days 71[a] 32
04. Fritz Walter 31.10.1920 26.05.1956  England 1:3 friendly match 35 years, 207 days 33 14
05. Oliver Neuville 01.05.1973 31.05.2008  Serbia 2:1 friendly match 35 years, 30 days 10 06
06. Ulf Kirsten 04.12.1965 07.06.2000  Liechtenstein 8:2 friendly match 34 years, 186 days 20[b] 14
07. Hans Schäfer 19.10.1927 11.04.1962  Uruguay 3:0 friendly match 34 years, 175 days 15 05
08. Rudi Völler 13.04.1960 02.07.1994  Belgium 3:2 WC 1994 Round of 16 34 years, 80 days 47 15
09. Oliver Bierhoff 01.05.1968 01.06.2002  Saudi Arabia 8:0 WC 2002 Group 34 years, 31 days 37 24
10. Stefan Kuntz 30.10.1962 09.10.1996  Armenia 5:1 WC 1998 Qualification 33 years, 345 days 06 06
Notes:
  1. ^ 16th World Cup goal
  2. ^ Kirsten also scored 14 goals for the East Germany

Hat-tricks[]

Main article: List of Germany national football team hat-tricks

For several players with the same number of match, the entry is made chronologically.

Pos. Name Nr. Date Goals
1. Gerd Müller 8× 08.04.1967 (4), 21.05.1969 (4), 07.06.1970 (3), 10.06.1970 (3) 22.06.1971 (3), 08.09.1971 (3), 26.05.1972 (4), 15.11.1972 (4) 28
2. Edmund Conen 5× 27.05.1934 (3), 27.01.1935 (3), 18.08.1935 (3), 01.09.1940 (4), 20.10.1940 (4) 17
3. Richard Hofmann 5× 28.05.1928, 23.06.1929, 10.05.1930, 27.09.1931, 01.07.1932 (3) 15
4. Miroslav Klose 4× 13.02.2002, 18.05.2002, 01.06.2002, 10.09.2008 (3) 12
5. Uwe Seeler 3× 21.10.1959, 20.09.1961, 28.09.1963 (3) 9
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 3× 23.09.1981, 18.11.1981, 20.06.1982 (3)
Oliver Bierhoff 3× 20.08.1997, 04.06.1999, 09.05.2002 (3)
8 Otto Siffling 2× 16.05.1937 (5), 24.10.1937 (3) 8
9 Ernst Willimowski [a] Poland 2× 05.10.1941 (3), 18.10.1942 (4) 7
Lukas Podolski 2× 07.09.2005 (3), 06.09.2006 (4)
11. Serge Gnabry 2× 11.11.2016 (3), 19.11.2019 (3) 6
Otto Harder 2× 25.10.1924 (3), 20.06.1926 (3)
Karl Hohmann 2× 22.10.1933 (3), 11.03.1934 (3)
Franz Binder Austria 2× 12.11.1939 (3), 26.11.1939 (3)
Fritz Walter 2× 14.07.1940 (3), 15.08.1942 (3)
André Schürrle 2× 15.10.2013 (3), 13.06.2015 (3)
Note:
  1. ^ Willimowski also played on 5 June 1938 in the World Cup match against Brazil four goals for Poland (5:6)

The best Quota[]

Gottfried Fuchs was the only player to score more than 2 goals per match.

Nr. Name Goals Matches Goals per match
01 Gottfried Fuchs 13 06 2,17
02 Ludwig Damminger 05 03 1,67
Ernst Poertgen 05 03 1,67
04 Ernst Willimowski Poland 13 08 1,63
05 Georg Frank 05 04 1,25
Oskar Rohr 05 04 1,25
07 August Klingler 06 05 1,20
08 Franz Binder Austria 10 09 1,11
09 Gerd Müller 68 62 1,10
10 Helmut Schön 17 16 1,06

Penalty[]

So far (as of September 9, 2019) were given 128 penalties for Germany in 124 matches. Of these, 102 were converted (80%). The first penalty was in the second match of the German team for 1–1 (final score 1–5). In two matches, there were two penalties for Germany, in two cases both penalties by one player (Fritz Walter World Cup 1954 semi-final and Bastian Schweinsteiger) were converted. Once two players (Torsten Frings and Lukas Podolski were successful iat the same match and once both shooters could not take advantage of it at the same match.

The most common was Michael Ballack for the penalty kick that convert ten of eleven penalties. The most misses recorded Jürgen Klinsmann, who could not convert three of six penalties. 28 penalties were converted by captain (c), most often (7 times) Lothar Matthäus convert as captain.

Penalties were given most often against Bulgaria: 9 in a total of 21 matches, 42% of matches against Bulgaria, of which 8 were converted. Six penalties were given the German team against a reigning world champion, who were all transformed. Thirteen penalties Germany were given as reigning world champion, of which ten could be converted.

In 15 matches, the conversion of the penalty was decisive to the match, where it came four times by the converted penalty after deficit still in a draw and once followed by another penalty. In 36 matches, the converted penalty was the first goal, including in May 1963 the first goal in the first match against world champions Brazil. The opponents managed to draw three times and win the match five times. In seven matches, the converted penalty was the only goal.

Special penalties were the converted penalty by Herbert Burdenski in the first match after World War II as well as the penalty converted by Andreas Brehme in the 1990 World Cup final, which was for the intended penalty taker Lothar Matthäus. This made Germany the first team to be given a penalty in two World Cup finals after Germany became the first team in 1974 to be penalized in a FIFA World Cup final. Even in the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup, the converted penalty was the only goal of the match.

51 penalties were converted in friendly matches, 18 in European Championship qualifiers, 11 in World Cup qualifiers and 10 in World Cup matches.

Eleven goalkeepers faced the German penalty kicks twice. Of those, only two penalties could not be converted against Alan Fettis (Northern Ireland). John Bonello (Malta) and Borislav Mikhailov (Bulgaria) were each able to hold a penalty.

Most penalties were given by Italian and Swiss referees (11 each), with the Swiss referees running just over half as many matches as the Italians (55 vs. 109). Also two of the three German referees, who led a match of the German team, gave a penalty for Germany. In both cases, the penalties were not decisive to the match because both ended 5:1 - once for the England (Am.) and once for the German team against Croatia. The Italian Nicola Rizzoli is the only referee to have scored three penalties for the German team - including two in one match. He also gave a penalty against Germany. Overall, he has given at least 12 penalties in 38 internationals with European teams. Nine referees whistled twice in favor of Germany a penalty.

Penalty shoot-out[]

So far, the German team has had to make eight matches on the penalty shootout, six of them were won and two lost. Germany and Argentina are the only teams that have won penalties four times each in World Cups, but Argentina only five times, Germany, however, only four times and thus the only team ever, which stood more than once in a penalty shootout at a World Cup, a 100% win rate in this discipline. Consequently, Argentina suffered his only defeat in a penalty shootout at a World Cup against Germany. The most successful shooters are Andreas Brehme, Pierre Littbarski, Lothar Matthäus and Olaf Thon with two penalties each. But Lothar Matthäus is also one of the bad shooters. Harald Schumacher is the most successful goalkeeper with four penalties. Sepp Maier (1976) and Eike Immel (1988) are the only goalkeepers who could not hold a penalty in a penalty shoot-out. Four times all German shooter were successful, in three cases only four German shooter had to compete because the decision had already been made before the fifth German shooter had to compete. Even with the two lost penalties the fifth shooter did not have to compete because the decision had already been made. In two cases (1982 and 1996) the additional sixth German shooter scored the victory, in 2016 only the ninth shooter.

Sending off[]

So far, 25 German players have been sent off in a match, five of them are yellow-red card fram 1991. The first was Hans Kalb in the match against Uruguay on June 3, 1928, at the Olympic Games 1928, which thus also became the first captain of the German team is. Jérôme Boateng was the first player to be dismissed in his first international match on October 10, 2009, in Moscow against Russia.[2] The first German player to see the red card used since 1970 in a match was Thomas Berthold on June 21, 1986, in WC 1986 Quarter final against Mexico. Thomas Berthold is also the first German international who has twice been sent off. Furthermore, Jérôme Boateng, Carsten Ramelow and Christian Wörns were sent off the field twice, Ramelow once and Boateng twice by a yellow-red card. Boateng is also the last player to be sent off: on 23 June 2018 in the World Cup preliminary round against Sweden. Ron-Robert Zieler was the first goalkeeper on 15 August 2012 in the match against Argentina.

Most of the players were sent off in the match against Uruguay on June 3, 1928, along with German national players Hans Kalb, Richard Hofmann and the Uruguayan José Nasazzi.

Two German players were sent off after a substitution: Ulf Kirsten and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Team[]

Germany national football team results

Results[]

Frequency of match results[]

The 2:1 is the most common result in the internationals of the German national team. 88 matches, 8.94% of the matches ended like this. It follows the 1:1 with 86 matches an the 1:0 with 85 matches. With 1:0 also won the World Cup title in 1990 and 2014 and the Confed Cup 2017, with 2:1 the World Cup title in 1974 and the European Championship victories in 1980 and 1996. It follows the 2:0 (81 matches). Lost was most often 0:1 (46 times) and 1:2 (44 times). 51 matches ended scoreless 0:0 (5.18%) and a total of 341 (34.65%) without conceding, of which once (2016/17) seven in a row. (As of: November 12, 2021)

conceded goals
goals of Germany 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 51[a] 46 27 12 1 1 2 0 0 1
1 83 83[b] 43 27 9 5 0 0 0 0
2 85 86 44[c] 18 6 1 1 0 0 0
3 51 45 31 15[a] 4 2 3 0 1 0
4 30 32 18 8 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 11 18 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Note:
  1. ^ a b include one of them won after penalty shoot-out
  2. ^ include four of them won and one of them lost after penalty shoot-out
  3. ^ include one of them lost after penalty shoot-out

Biggest wins[]

Pos. result Opponent venue date Type goalscorers Besonderheiten
1. 16:0 (8:0)  Russia [a] Stockholm, SWE 01.07.1912 OG 1912 Cons.tour. 1st Round Gottfried Fuchs (10), Fritz Förderer (4), Karl Burger (1),[b] Emil Oberle (1)[b]
2. 13:0 (8:0)  Finland[a] Leipzig 01.09.1940 friendly match Wilhelm Hahnemann Austria(6), Edmund Conen (4), Fritz Walter (2), Willi Arlt (1) biggest home win
13:0 (6:0)  San Marino[a] Serravalle, SMR 06.09.2006 EC 2008 Qualification Lukas Podolski (4), Thomas Hitzlsperger (2), Miroslav Klose (2), Bastian Schweinsteiger (2), Michael Ballack (1), Manuel Friedrich (1),[b] Bernd Schneider (1) biggest away win
4. 12:0 (7:0)  Cyprus[a] Essen 21.05.1969 WC 1970 Qualification Gerd Müller (4), Wolfgang Overath (3), Helmut Haller (2), Sigfried Held (1), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1),[b] Max Lorenz (1)[b]
5. 09:0 (2:0)  Luxembourg[c] Berlin 04.08.1936 OG 1936 1st Round Wilhelm Simetsreiter (3), Adolf Urban (3), Josef Gauchel (2), Franz Elbern (1)
5. 09:0 (4:0)  Liechtenstein Wolfsburg 11.11.2021 WC 2022 Qualification İlkay Gündoğan (1), Daniel Kaufmann (1) (OG), Leroy Sané (2), Marco Reus (1), Thomas Müller (1), Ridle Baku (1), Maximilian Göppel (1) (OG)
7. 09:1 (5:1)  Luxembourg Luxembourg City, LUX 11.03.1934 WC 1934 Qualification Josef Rasselnberg (4), Karl Hohmann (3), Ernst Albrecht (1), Willi Wigold (1)
09:1 (4:0)  Liechtenstein Mannheim 04.06.1996 friendly match Stefan Kuntz (2), Andreas Möller (2), Oliver Bierhoff (1), Jürgen Klinsmann (1), Jürgen Kohler (1), Matthias Sammer (1), Christian Ziege (1)
9. 08:0 (4:0)  Denmark[a] Breslau 16.05.1937 friendly match Otto Siffling (5), Ernst Lehner (1), Fritz Szepan (1), Adolf Urban (1)
08:0 (4:0)  Malta Dortmund 28.02.1976 EC 1976 Qualification Erich Beer (2), Jupp Heynckes (2), Ronald Worm (2), Bernd Hölzenbein (1), Berti Vogts (1)[b]
08:0 (3:0)  Malta Bremen 27.02.1980 EC 1980 Qualification Klaus Allofs (2), Klaus Fischer(2), Rainer Bonhof (1), Walter Kelsch (1), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1) and John Holland (1 (o.g.))
08:0 (5:0)  Albania Dortmund 18.11.1981 WC 1970 Qualification Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (3), Klaus Fischer (2), Paul Breitner (1), Manfred Kaltz (1), Pierre Littbarski (1)
08:0 (4:0)  Saudi Arabia Sapporo, JPN 01.06.2002 WC 2002 Group Miroslav Klose (3), Michael Ballack (1), Oliver Bierhoff (1), Carsten Jancker (1), Thomas Linke (1),[b] Bernd Schneider (1) biggest win

at the WC

08:0 (6:0)  San Marino Serravalle, SMR 11.11.2016 WC 2018 Qualification Serge Gnabry (3), Jonas Hector (2), Sami Khedira (1), Kevin Volland (1)[b] and Mattia Stefanelli (1 (o.g.))
08:0 (5:0)  Estonia[c] Mainz 11.06.2019 EC 2020 Qualification Marco Reus (2), Serge Gnabry (2),Leon Goretzka, İlkay Gündoğan, Timo Werner, Leroy Sané
Note:
  1. ^ a b c d e The defeat is the highest defeat of the opponent country
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h (So far) only goal of the player
  3. ^ a b The defeat is one of the highest losses of the country, it lost at least once again with the same result or the same goal difference

15 consecutive wins in all competitive matches (world record)[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Type Scorers
10.07.2010  Uruguay Port Elizabeth, RSA 3–2 WC 2010 3rd place Müller 19', Jansen 56', Khedira 82'
03.09.2010  Belgium Brussels, BEL 1–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose 51'
07.09.2010  Azerbaijan Köln 6–1 EC 2012 Qualification Westermann 28', Podolski 45+1', Klose 45+2', 90+2',
Sadygov 53' (o.g.), Badstuber 86'
08.10.2010  Turkey Berlin 3–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose 42', 87', Özil 79'
12.10.2010  Kazakhstan Astana, KAZ 3–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose 48', Gómez 76', Podolski 85'
26.03.2011  Kazakhstan Kaiserslautern 4–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose 3', 88', Müller 25', 43'
03.06.2011  Austria Vienna, AUT 2–1 EC 2012 Qualification Gómez 44', 90'
07.06.2011  Azerbaijan Baku, AZE 3–1 EC 2012 Qualification Özil 30', Gómez 41', Schürrle 90+3'
02.09.2011  Austria Gelsenkirchen 6–2 EC 2012 Qualification Klose 8', Özil 23', 47', Podolski 28',
Schürrle 83', Götze 88'
07.10.2011  Turkey Istanbul, TUR 3–1 EC 2012 Qualification Gómez 35', Müller 66', Schweinsteiger 86' (pen.)
11.10.2011  Belgium Düsseldorf 3–1 EC 2012 Qualification Özil 30', Schürrle 33', Gómez 48'
09.06.2012  Portugal Lviv, UKR 1–0 EC 2012 Group Gómez 72'
13.06.2012  Netherlands Kharkiv, UKR 2–1 EC 2012 Group Gómez 24', 38'
17.06.2012  Denmark Lviv, UKR 2–1 EC 2012 Group Podolski 19', Bender 80'
22.06.2012  Greece Gdańsk, POL 4–2 EC 2012 Quarter final Lahm 39', Khedira 61', Klose 68', Reus 74'

Biggest draws[]

Pos. result Opponent venue Date Type German goalscorer special
1. 5:5 (3:2)  Netherlands Zwolle, NED 24.03.1912 friendly match Julius Hirsch (4), Gottfried Fuchs (1)
2. 4:4 (4:1)  Hungary Budapest, HUN 14.04.1912 friendly match Adolf Jäger (1), Eugen Kipp (1), Ernst Möller (1), Willi Worpitzky (1) Germany lead until the 59th minute with 4:1
4:4 (0:1)  Netherlands Amsterdam, NED 05.04.1914 friendly match Otto Harder[a] (1), Adolf Jäger (1), Richard Queck[b] (1), Karl Wegele[b] (1) In the 90th minute, the 4:4 equalizer for Germany, End of the longest series of lost matches (7 matches), last match before the World War I
4:4 (2:4) Flag of Bohmen und Mahren.svg Bohemia and Moravia Breslau 12.11.1939 friendly match Franz Binder Austria (3), Paul Janes (1) Germany do 'turn back' after 0:3 lost in the 1st half
4:4 (3:0)  Sweden Berlin 16.10.2012 WC 2014 Qualification Miroslav Klose (2), Per Mertesacker (1), Mesut Özil (1) Germany led to the 62nd minute 4–0, the 4:4 fell in the 3rd minute of additional time
Note:
  1. ^ For Otto Harder it was the first international match and international goal
  2. ^ a b For Richard Queck and Karl Wegele it was the last international match and international goal

Biggest defeats[]

Pos. result Opponent venue Date Type German goalscorer special
01. 0:9 (0:5) England England (Am.) Oxford, ENG 13.03.1909 friendly match biggest away defeat
02. 0:6 (0:3)  Spain Seville 17.11.2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League biggest defeat in an official match
0:6 (0:3)  Austria Berlin 24.05.1931 friendly match biggest home defeat
04. 0:5 (0:2)  Austria Vienna, AUT 13.09.1931 friendly match
05. 3:8 (1:3)  Hungary Basel, SUI 20.06.1954 WC 1954 Group Richard Herrmann (1),[a] Alfred Pfaff (1),[a] Helmut Rahn (1) biggest World Cup defeat,
only in one match - in the 5:4 on 17 September 1955 against Switzerland - the Golden Team conceded more goals.
06. 0:4 (0:0)  Brazil Guadalajara, MEX 24.07.1999 Confed-Cup 1999 Group 1st Confed-Cup match
7. 1:5 (1:3) England England (Am.) Mariendorf-Berlin 20.04.1908 friendly match Fritz Förderer (1) 1st home match
1:5 (1:0)  Austria Stockholm, SWE 29.06.1912 OG 1912 1st Round Adolf Jäger (1) 1st match at neutral place and 1st match in Olympic Games
1:5 (1:2)  Hungary Budapest, HUN 24.09.1939 friendly match Ernst Lehner (1) 1st match during World War II
1:5 (1:2)  England Munich 01.09.2001 WC 2002 Qualification Carsten Jancker (1) biggest defeat in Qualification matches
1:5 (0:4)  Romania Bucharest, ROM 28.04.2004 friendly match Philipp Lahm (1)[b]
12. 2:6 (0:4)  Belgium Antwerp, BEL 23.11.1913 friendly match Gottfried Fuchs (1), Karl Wegele (1)[b]
Note:
  1. ^ a b only goal of the player
  2. ^ a b 1st goal of the player

Attendance[]

So far, there were 13 matches of the German team played in front of at least 100,000 spectators. Only two of them took place in Germany. Two matches took place in neutral space, both in Estadio Azteca. Most of these matches took place when standing room were allowed at international matches and the stadiums thus had higher capacities. Currently, there are only two stadiums worldwide with a capacity of at least 100,000 spectators.

Pos. spectator venue/country Stadium Opponent Date Type result special
1 150.289 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Estádio do Maracanã  Brazil 21.03.1982 friendly match 0:1
2 143.315 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Estádio do Maracanã  Brazil 06.06.1965 friendly match 0:2
3 114.600 Mexico City, MEX Estadio Azteca  Argentina 29.06.1986 WC 1986 Final 2:3
4 114.000 Mexico City, MEX Estadio Azteca  Mexico 22.12.1993 friendly match 0:0
5 110.000 Teheran, IRN Azadi Stadium  Iran 09.10.2004 friendly match 2:0 1st match of Per Mertesacker
6 106.066 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Estádio do Maracanã  Brazil 12.06.1977 friendly match 1:1
7 105.000 Berlin Olympiastadion Berlin  England 14.05.1938 friendly match 3:6 First matches of Austrian players in the Germany national team
8 104.403 Mexico City, MEX Estadio Azteca  Uruguay 20.06.1970 WC 1970 3rd place 1:0
9 103.415 Glasgow, SCO Hampden Park  Scotland 06.05.1959 friendly match 2:3
10 102.444 Mexico City, MEX Estadio Azteca  Italy 17.06.1970 WC 1970 Semi final 3:4 a.e.t First match in neutral place in front of more than 100,000 spectators
11 102.000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion   Switzerland 22.11.1950 friendly match 1:0 1st match after World War II
12 100.000 London, ENG Wembley Stadium  England 01.12.1954 friendly match 1:3 1st match of Jupp Derwall as Bundestrainer
100.000 London, ENG Wembley Stadium  England 12.03.1975 friendly match 0:2 400. match

Match statistics[]

Consideration of extensions and penalty shootouts[]

Matches that were decided in extra time are scored according to their result.

The German national team completed seven penalties at World Cup football championships and European football championships, of which won six and lost one. There is also a penalty shootout from the Four Nations Tournament in1988, this lost Germany.

The matches which decided by penalty shoot-out, they count in the following as a draw. The goals scored on penalties are not taken into account for scored goals, conceded goals goal or goal difference .

Opponents to continental federations[]

Continental Association Match Win Draw Lost g. scor : g. conced. goal dif.
UEFA (Europe)[note 1] 828 485 170 173 1888:0971 +0917
CONMEBOL (South America) 077 034 017 026 0134:0107 +0027
CONCACAF (North and Middle America) 026 015 005 006 0057:0031 +0026
CAF (Africa) 024 015 006 003 0051:0021 +0030
AFC (Asia)[note 2] 023 017 003 003 0067:0021 +0046
OFC (Oceania)[note 3] 003 003 000 000 0009:0003 +0006
Total 981 569 201 211 2206:1154 +1052

Match type[]

UEFA only evaluates those matches that have been played in a final tournament as European championship matches.

For this reason, count the four European Championship quarter-finals of 1972 and 1976 to the European Championship qualifiers.

Type Match Win Draw Lost g. scor : g. conced. goal dif.
Friendly 579 305 121 153 1240:0773 +0467
003 002 001 000 0009:0007 +0002
002 001 001 000 0002:0001 +0001
002 000 000 002 0002:0006 −0004
002 000 000 002 0000:0005 −0005
012 009 001 002 0030:0015 +0015
World Cup (WC) 109 067 020 022 0226:0125 +0101
World Cup qualification 094 074 018 002 0292:0070 +0222
European Championship (EC) 049 026 012 011 0072:0048 +0024
European Championship Qualification 106 076 020 010 0267:0068 +0199
Confederations Cup (Confed-Cup) 013 008 002 003 0029: 0022 +0007
Nations League (NL) 004 000 002 002 0003:0007 –0004
Olympic Games (OG) 007 003 000 004 0032:0014 +0018
Total 961 559 195 207 2161:1127 +1034

All international matches[]

The Germany national team has played against 91 different national teams. In Europe, only Norway (95) and Sweden (95) have played against more different national teams.

Below are:

  • 9 of the currently 56 national teams of the CAF
  • 10 of the 47 national teams of the AFC
  • 1 of the currently 11 national teams of the OFC
  • 50 of the except Germany 54 national teams of UEFA (no matches have so far against Andorra, Kosovo and Montenegro)
  • 4 of the currently 41 national teams of CONCACAF
  • 9 of the 10 national teams of CONMEBOL (no match has been played against Venezuela)
  • 8 former national teams (in italics), of which 6 belonged to UEFA at the time of the last matches.

Denmark, Finland, Israel, Russia, San Marino and Cyprus suffered their highest losses against Germany, Croatia and Luxembourg against Germany and England, Brazil against Germany and Uruguay and Estonia against Germany and Finland such as Hungary against Germany, England and the Netherlands. Germany was the first international opponent in Slovakia in 1939.

The Germany national team has the following balance sheets (as of November 19, 2019):

Country Continental-

Association

Type of matches M W D L g. sco : g. con g. dif Only competitive matches
 Albania UEFA competitive 0014 0013 0001 0000 0038:0010 +0028 WC Qualification 1982, 1998, 2002; EC Qualification 1968, 1972, 1984, 1996
Total 0014 0013 0001 0000 0038:0010 +0028
 Algeria CAF
competitive 0002 0001 0000 0001 0003:0003 00000 WC Group 1982, WC Round of 16 2014
Friendly 0001 0000 0000 0001 0000:0002 −0002
Total 0003 0001 0000 0002 0003:0005 −0002
 Argentina CONMEBOL
competitive 0008 0004 0003 0001 0014:0007 +0007 WC Group 1958, 1966, WC Quarter final 2006, 2010, WC Final 1986, 1990, 2014;[note 4] Confed-Cup Group 2005;
Friendly 0015 0004 0002 0009 0019:0027 −0008
Total 0023 0007 0006 0010 0033:0034 −0001
 Armenia UEFA competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0009:0001 +0008 WC Qualification 1998
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0006:0001 +0005
Total 0003 0003 0000 0000 0015:0002 +0013
 Australia OFC/AFC
competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0014:0005 +0009 WC Group 1974, 2010; Confed-Cup Group 2005, Confed-Cup Group 2017
Friendly 0002 0000 0001 0001 0003:0004 −0001
Total 0006 0004 0001 0001 0017:0009 +0008
 Austria UEFA competitive 0016 0013 0001 0002 0038:0016 +0022 Round of 16 der Olympischen Match 1912; WC 3rd place 1934, WC Semi final 1954, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC Group 1982, WC Qualification 1970, 1982, 2014; EC Group 2008, EC Qualification 1984, 2012
Friendly 0024 0012 0005 0007 0052:0041 +0011
Total 0040 0025 0006 0009 0090:0057 +0033
 Azerbaijan UEFA competitive 0006 0006 0000 0000 0024:0004 +0020 WC Qualification 2010, 2018; EC Qualification 2012
Total 0006 0006 0000 0000 0024:0004 +0020
 Belarus UEFA competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0006:0000 +0006 EC Qualification 2020
Friendly 0001 0000 0001 0000 0002:0002 00000
Total 0003 0002 0001 0000 0008:0002 +0006
 Belgium UEFA competitive 0008 0008 0000 0000 0018:0007 +0011 WC Group 1934, WC Round of 16 1994; EC Semi final 1972, EC Final 1980, EC Qualification 1992, 2012
Friendly 0017 0012 0001 0004 0040:0019 +0021
Total 0025 0020 0001 0004 0058:0026 +0032
Flag of Bohmen und Mahren.svg Bohemia and Moravia [note 5] Friendly 0001 0000 0001 0000 0004:0004 00000
Total 0001 0000 0001 0000 0004:0004 00000
 Bolivia CONMEBOL competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001 WC Group 1994
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA Friendly 0002 0001 0001 0000 0004:0002 +0002
Total 0002 0001 0001 0000 0004:0002 +0002
 Brazil CONMEBOL competitive 0004 0001 0000 0003 0009:0010 −0001 WC 2014 Semi final, WC Final 2002; Confed-Cup Group 1999, Confed-Cup Semi final 2005;
Friendly 0019 0004 0005 0010 0022:0031 −0009
Total 0023 0005 0005 0013 0031:0041 −0010
 Bulgaria UEFA competitive 0008 0005 0001 0002 0020:0010 +0010 WC Group 1970, WC Quarter final 1994, WC Qualification 1982; EC Qualification 1976, 1996
Friendly 0013 0011 0001 0001 0036:0014 +0022
Total 0021 0016 0002 0003 0056:0024 +0032
 Cameroon CAF competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0005:0001 +0004 WC Group 2002; Confed-Cup Group 2017
Friendly 0002 0001 0001 0000 0005:0002 +0003
Total 0004 0003 0001 0000 0010:0003 +0007
 Canada CONCACAF Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0006:0001 +0005
Total 0002 0002 0000 0000 0006:0001 +0005
 Chile CONMEBOL competitive 0005 0004 0001 0000 0009:0002 +0007 WC Group 1962, 1974, 1982; Confed-Cup Group 2017, Confed-Cup Final 2017
Friendly 0004 0002 0000 0002 0005:0006 −0001
Total 0009 0006 0001 0002 0014:0008 +0006
 China PR AFC Friendly 0002 0001 0001 0000 0002:0001 +0001
Total 0002 0001 0001 0000 0002:0001 +0001
 CIS UEFA competitive 0001 0000 0001 0000 0001:0001 00000 EC Group 1992
Total 0001 0000 0001 0000 0001:0001 00000
 Colombia CONMEBOL
competitive 0001 0000 0001 0000 0001:0001 00000 WC Group 1990
Friendly 0003 0002 0001 0000 0009:0004 +0005
Total 0004 0002 0002 0000 0010:0005 +0005
 Costa Rica CONCACAF competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0004:0002 +0002 WC Group 2006
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0004:0002 +0002
 Croatia UEFA
competitive 0003 0001 0000 0002 0003:0006 −0003 WC Quarter final 1998; EC Quarter final 1996, EC Group 2008
Friendly 0005 0004 0001 0000 0015:0004 +0011
Total 0008 0005 0001 0002 0018:0010 +0008
 Cyprus UEFA competitive 0006 0005 0001 0000 0029:0001 +0028 WC Qualification 1966, 1970; EC Qualification 2008
Total 0006 0005 0001 0000 0029:0001 +0028
 Czechoslovakia UEFA competitive 0007 0003 0003 0001 0014:0010 +0004 WC Semi final 1934, WC Group 1958, WC Qualification 1986, WC Quarter final 1990; EC Final 1976, EC Group 1980
Friendly 0010 0007 0001 0002 0022:0014 +0008
Total 0017 0010 0004 0003 0036:0024 +0012
 Czech Republic UEFA competitive 0007 0005 0000 0002 0012:0008 +0004 WC Qualification 2018; EC Group 1996, 2004, EC Final 1996, EC Qualification 2008
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0003:0002 +0001
Total 0008 0006 0000 0002 0015:0010 +0005
 Denmark UEFA
competitive 0004 0002 0000 0002 0004:0005 −0001 WC Group 1986; EC Group 1988, 2012, EC Final 1992
Friendly 0023 0013 0004 0006 0050:0032 +0018
Total 0027 0015 0004 0008 0054:0037 +0017
 East Germany UEFA competitive 0001 0000 0000 0001 0000:0001 −0001 WC Group 1974
Total 0001 0000 0000 0001 0000:0001 −0001
 Ecuador CONMEBOL competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0003:0000 +0003 WC Group 2006
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0004:0002 +0002
Total 0002 0002 0000 0000 0007:0002 +0005
 Egypt CAF Friendly 0001 0000 0000 0001 0001:0002 −0001
Total 0001 0000 0000 0001 0001:0002 −0001
 England[note 6] UEFA
competitive 0012 0004 0004 0004 0016:0018 -00002 WC Final 1966, WC Quarter final 1970, WC 2nd Group stage 1982, WC Semi final 1990, WC Qualification 2002, WC Round of 16 2010; EC Qualification 1972, EC Semi final 1996, EC Group 2000, 2020 EC Round of 16
Friendly 0025 0009 0003 0013 0029:0054 −0025
Total 0037 0013 0007 0017 0045:0072 −0027
 Estonia UEFA competitive 0003 0003 0000 0000 0015:0001 +0014 WC Qualification 1938; EC Qualification 2020
Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0007:0000 +0007
Total 0005 0005 0000 0000 0022:0001 +0021
 Faroe Islands UEFA competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0010:0001 +0009 WC Qualification 2014; EC Qualification 2004
Total 0004 0004 0000 0000 0010:0001 +0009
 Finland UEFA competitive 0011 0007 0004 0000 0033:0009 +0024 WC Qualification 1938, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2010; EC Qualification 2000
Friendly 0012 0009 0002 0001 0049:0010 +0039
Total 0023 0016 0006 0001 0082:0019 +0063
 France UEFA
competitive 0007 0002 0002 0003 00010:0013 −0003 WC 3rd place 1958, WC 1982 Semifinal, 1986, WC Quarter final 2014; EC Semi final 2016, NL Group 2018/19
Friendly 0024 0007 0006 0011 0036:0036 00000
Total 0031 0009 0008 0014 0046:0049 −0003
 Georgia UEFA competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0010:0002 +0008 EC Qualification 1996, 2016
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0000 +0002
Total 0005 0005 0000 0000 0012:0002 +0010
 Ghana CAF competitive 0002 0001 0001 0000 0003:0002 +0001 WC Group 2010, 2014
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0006:0001 +0005
Total 0003 0002 0001 0000 0009:0003 +0006
 Gibraltar UEFA competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0011:0000 +0011 EC Qualification 2016
Total 0002 0002 0000 0000 0011:0000 +0011
 Greece UEFA competitive 0008 0005 0003 0000 0018:0008 +0010 WC Qualification 1962, 2002; EC Qualification 1976, EC Group 1980, EC Quarter final 2012
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0003:0001 +0002
Total 0009 0006 0003 0000 0021:0009 +0012
 Hungary UEFA
competitive 0003 0001 0000 0002 0007:0013 −0006 Halbfinale der Trostrunde der Olympischen Match 1912; WC Group 1954, WC FInal 1954
Friendly 0031 0012 0010 0009 0064:0051 +0013
Total 0034 0013 0010 0011 0071:0064 +0007
 Iceland UEFA competitive 0002 0001 0001 0000 0003:0000 +0003 EC Qualification 2004
Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0008:0001 +0007
Total 0004 0003 0001 0000 0011:0001 +0010
 Iran AFC competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0000 +0002 WC Group 1998
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0000 +0002
Total 0002 0002 0000 0000 0004:0000 +0004
 Israel UEFA Friendly 0004 0004 0000 0000 0012:0001 +0011
Total 0004 0004 0000 0000 0012:0001 +0011
 Italy UEFA competitive 0009 0000 0005 0004 0007:0013 −0006 WC Group 1962, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC 1970 Semi final, 2006, WC Final 1982; EC Group 1988, 1996, EC Semi final 2012, EC Quarter final 2016
Friendly 0026 0008 0007 0011 0034:0037 −0003
Total 0035 0008 0012 0015 0041:0050 −0009
 Ivory Coast CAF Friendly 0001 0000 0001 0000 0002:0002 00000
Total 0001 0000 0001 0000 0002:0002 00000
 Japan AFC Friendly 0002 0001 0001 0000 0005:0002 +0003
Total 0002 0001 0001 0000 0005:0002 +0003
 Kazakhstan UEFA competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0014:0001 +0013 EC Qualification 2012, WC Qualification 2014
Total 0004 0004 0000 0000 0014:0001 +0013
 Kuwait AFC Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0007:0000 +0007
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0007:0000 +0007
 Latvia UEFA
competitive 0001 0000 0001 0000 0000:0000 00000 EC Group 2004
Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0006:0001 +0005
Total 0003 0002 0001 0000 0006:0001 +0005
 Liechtenstein UEFA competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0010:0000 +0010 WC Qualification 2010
Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0017:0003 +0014
Total 0004 0004 0000 0000 0027:0003 +0024
 Lithuania UEFA competitive 0002 0001 0001 0000 0003:0001 +0002 EC Qualification 2004
Total 0002 0001 0001 0000 0003:0001 +0002
 Luxembourg UEFA competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0025:0003 +0022 Olympic Matches 1936 Round of 16; WC Qualification 1934; EC Qualification 1992
Friendly 0009 0008 0000 0001 0035:0008 +0027
Total 0013 0012 0000 0001 0060:0011 +0049
 Malta UEFA competitive 0006 0005 0001 0000 0026:0002 +0024 WC Qualification 1986; EC Qualification 1976, 1980
Friendly 0003 0003 0000 0000 0012:0001 +0011
Total 0009 0008 0001 0000 0038:0003 +0035
 Mexico CONCACAF competitive 0006 0004 0001 0001 0016:0006 +0010 WC Group 1978, 2018, WC Quarter final 1986, WC Round of 16 1998; Confed-Cup 3rd place 2005, Confed-Cup Semi final 2017;
Friendly 0006 0001 0004 0001 0008:0005 +0003
Total 0012 0005 0005 0002 0024:0011 +0013
 Moldova UEFA competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0018:0003 +0015 EC Qualification 1996, 2000
Total 0004 0004 0000 0000 0018:0003 +0015
 Morocco CAF competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0003:0001 +0002 WC Group 1970, WC Round of 16 1986
Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0009:0002 +0007
Total 0004 0004 0000 0000 0012:0003 +0009
 Netherlands UEFA competitive 0014 0005 0005 0004 0022:0025 -0003 WC Final 1974, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC Qualification 1990, WC Round of 16 1990; EC Semi final 1988, EC Group 1980, 1992, 2004, 2012; EC Qualification 2020; NL Group 2018/19;
Friendly 0030 0011 0011 0008 0062:0050 +0012
Total 0044 0016 0016 0012 0084:0075 +009
 New Zealand OFC competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0000 +0002 Confed-Cup Group 1999
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0000 +0002
 Nigeria CAF Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001
 Northern Ireland UEFA competitive 0014 0010 0002 0002 0033:0012 +0021 WC Group 1958, WC Qualification 1962, 1998, 2018; EC Qualification 1984, 2000, 2020, EC Group 2016
Friendly 0005 0003 0002 0000 0013:0003 +0010
Total 0019 0013 0004 0002 0046:0015 +0031
 Norway UEFA competitive 0005 0003 0001 0001 0015:0004 +0011 Olympic Matches 1936 Quarter final; WC Qualification 1954, 2018
Friendly 00017 00012 0004 00001 0044:0003 +0031
Total 0022 0015 0005 0002 0059:0017 +0042
 North Macedonia UEFA competitive 0002 0001 0000 0001 005:0002 +003 WC Qualification 2022
Total 0002 0001 0000 0001 005:002 +003
 Oman AFC Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0000 +0002
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0000 +0002
 Paraguay CONMEBOL competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001 WC Round of 16 2002
Friendly 0001 0000 0001 0000 0003:0003 00000
Total 0002 0001 0001 0000 0004:0003 +0001
 Peru CONMEBOL competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0003:0001 +0002 WC Group 1970
Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0002:0001 +0001
Total 0002 0002 0000 0000 0005:0002 +0003
 Poland UEFA competitive 0009 0005 0003 0001 0010:0004 +0006 WC Group 1978, 2006, WC 2nd Group stage 1974; EC Qualification 1972, 2016, EC Group 2008, 2016
Friendly 0012 0008 0004 0000 0024:0008 +0016
Total 0021 0013 0007 0001 0034:0012 +0022
 Portugal UEFA competitive 0010 0005 0003 0002 0014:0009 +0005 WC Qualification 1986, 1998, WC Group 2014, WC 3rd place 2006; EC Group 1984, 2000, 2012, EC Quarter final 2008
Friendly 0008 0005 0002 0001 0015:0007 +0008
Total 0018 0010 0005 0003 0029:0016 +0013
 Republic of Ireland UEFA competitive 0007 0003 0003 0001 0012:0004 +0008 WC Group 2002; EC Qualification 2008; WC Qualification 2014; EC Qualification 2016
Friendly 0013 0006 0002 0005 0023:0020 +0003
Total 0020 0009 0005 0006 0035:0024 +0011
 Romania UEFA competitive 0002 0001 0001 0000 0003:0002 +0001 EC Group 1984, 2000
Friendly 0011 0007 0002 0002 0035:0016 +0019
Total 0013 0008 0003 0002 0038:0018 +0020
 Russia UEFA competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0022:0001 +0021 Olympic Matches Consolation tourn. 1st Round 1912; WC Qualification 2010; EC Group 1996
Friendly 0003 0002 0001 0000 0006:0002 +0004
Total 0007 0006 0001 0000 0028:0003 +0025
 Saar [note 7] competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0006:0001 +0005 WC Qualification 1954
Total 0002 0002 0000 0000 0006:0001 +0005
 San Marino UEFA competitive 0004 0004 0000 0000 0034:0000 +0034 EC Qualification 2008; WC Qualification 2018
Total 0004 0004 0000 0000 0034:0000 +0034
 Saudi Arabia AFC competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0008:0000 +0008 WC Group 2002
Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0005:0001 +0004
Total 0003 0003 0000 0000 0013:0001 +0012
 Scotland UEFA competitive 0008 0006 0002 0000 0016:0009 +0007 WC Qualification 1970, WC Group 1986; EC Group 1992, EC Qualification 2004, 2016
Friendly 0009 0002 0003 0004 0010:0014 −0004
Total 0017 0008 0005 0004 0026:0023 +0003
 Serbia UEFA
competitive 0001 0000 0000 0001 0000:0001 −0001 WC Group 2010
Friendly 0002 0001 0001 0000 0003:0002 +0001
Total 0003 0001 0001 0001 0003:0003 00000
 Serbia and Montenegro UEFA Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001
 Slovakia UEFA competitive 0003 0003 0000 0000 0009:0002 +0007 EC Qualification 2008, EC Round of 16 2016
Friendly 0008 0005 0000 0003 0016:0010 +0006
Total 0011 0008 0000 0003 0025:0012 +0013
 Slovenia UEFA Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0001:0000 +0001
 South Africa CAF Friendly 0004 0003 0001 0000 0009:0002 +0007
Total 0004 0003 0001 0000 0009:0002 +0007
 South Korea AFC
competitive 0003 0002 0000 0001 0004:0004 00000 WC Group 1994, 2018, WC Semi final 2002
Friendly 0001 0000 0000 0001 0001:0003 −0002
Total 0004 0002 0000 0002 0005:0007 −0002
 Soviet Union UEFA competitive 0002 0002 0000 0000 0005:0001 +0004 WC Semi final 1966; EC Final 1972
Friendly 0010 0007 0000 0003 0017:0010 +0007
Total 0012 0009 0000 0003 0022:0011 +0011
 Spain UEFA competitive 0009 0004 0002 0003 0010:0007 +0003 WC Group 1966, 1994, WC 2nd Group stage 1982, WC Semi final 2010; EC Qualification 1976, EC Group 1984, 1988, EC Final 2008
Friendly 0014 0005 0005 0004 0019:0017 +0002
Total 0023 0009 0007 0007 0029:0024 +0005
 Sweden UEFA competitive 0013 0009 0003 0001 0035:0020 +0015 WC Quarter final 1934, WC Qualification 1938, 1966, 1986, 2014, WC Semi final 1958, WC 2nd Group stage 1974, WC Round of 16 2006, WC Group 2018; EC Semi final 1992;
Friendly 0024 0007 0006 0011 0037:0041 −0004
Total 0037 0016 0009 0012 0072:0061 +0011
  Switzerland UEFA competitive 0005 0003 0001 0001 0014:0006 +0008 Olympic Matches Round of 16 1928; WC Round of 16 1938 (2×), WC Group 1962, 1966
Friendly 0046 0033 0005 0008 0124:0059 +0065
Total 0051 0036 0006 0009 0138:0065 +0073
 Thailand AFC Friendly 0001 0001 0000 0000 0005:0001 +0004
Total 0001 0001 0000 0000 0005:0001 +0004
 Tunisia CAF competitive 0002 0001 0001 0000 0003:0000 +0003 WC Group 1978; Confed-Cup Group 2005
Friendly 0001 0000 0001 0000 0001:0001 00000
Total 0003 0001 0002 0000 0004:0001 +0003
 Turkey UEFA competitive 0013 0009 0003 0001 0034:0009 +0025 WC Group 1954 (2×); EC Qualification 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2012; EC Semi final 2008
Friendly 0007 0005 0000 0002 0015:0004 +0011
Total 0020 0014 0003 0003 0049:0013 +0036
 Ukraine UEFA competitive 0005 0003 0002 0000 0009:0002 +0007 WC Qualification 1998, 2002; EC Group 2016
Friendly 0001 0000 0001 0000 0003:0003 00000
Total 0006 0003 0003 0000 0012:0005 +0007
 United Arab Emirates AFC competitive 0001 0001 0000 0000 0005:0001 +0004 WC Group 1990
Friendly 0002 0002 0000 0000 0009:0002 +0007
Total 0003 0003 0000 0000 0014:0003 +0011
 United States CONCACAF competitive 0004 0003 0000 0001 0004:0002 +0002 WC Group 1998, 2014, WC Quarter final 2002; Confed-Cup Group 1999;
Friendly 0007 0004 0000 0003 0019:0015 +0004
Total 0011 0007 0000 0004 0023:0017 +0006
 Uruguay CONMEBOL competitive 0005 0003 0001 0001 0010:0007 +0003 Olympic Matches 1928 Quarter final; WC Quarter final 1966, WC 3rd place 1970, 2010, WC Group 1986
Friendly 0006 0005 0001 0000 0019:0005 +0014
Total 0011 0008 0002 0001 0029:0012 +0017
 Wales UEFA competitive 0012 0008 0003 0001 0021:0006 +0015 WC Qualification 1990, 2010; EC Qualification 1980, 1992, 1996, 2008
Friendly 0005 0001 0003 0001 0005:0004 +0001
Total 0017 0009 0006 0002 0026:0010 +0016
 Yugoslavia[note 8] UEFA competitive 0009 0006 0001 0002 0018:0008 +0010 WC Quarter final 1954, 1958, 1962, WC 2nd Group stage 1974, WC Group 1990, 1998; EC Qualification 1968, EC Semi final 1976
Friendly 0016 0008 0003 0005 0028:0023 +0005
Total 0025 0014 0004 0007 0046:0031 +0015
Total
All competitive 0382 0253 0075 0054 0920:0356 +0564
All Friendly 0579 0306 0120 0153 1241:0771 +0470
Total 961 559 195 207 2161:1127 +1034
  • green background = positive balance (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
  • yellow background = balance balanced (number of wins as higher as that of defeats)
  • red background = balance negative (number of defeats higher than the wins)

Venue[]

Germany hosted in 1974 and 2006, the World Cup, in 1988 European Championship and in 2005 Confed Cup. The matches played in the context of these tournaments of the German national team count as home matches, the matches against tournament hosts accordingly as away matches. Likewise, the international matches in Vienna after Anschluss Austria, more pDrawely 3 matches in the years 1940, 1941 and 1942 below as home matches. The meeting in Saarbrücken against the Saarland in the context of the WC Qualification 1954 counts as an away match.

Venue Pld W D L GF GA GD
Home 432 269 089 074 1110 460 +650
Away 393 213 079 101 0784 502 +282
Neutral place 156 087 033 036 0312 192 +120
Total 981 569 201 211 2161 1127 +1034

Home venues[]

Nr. City Match Win Draw Lost g.sco : g. con. goal dif. 1st match last match next match special
1 Berlin 046 018 015 013 0090:078 +012 20. Apr. 1908 27. Mar. 2018 first home match, first home defeat, biggest home defeat, 1st match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (105,000)
2 Hamburg 034 019 006 009 0053:028 +025 29. Oct. 1911 6. Sep. 2019 8. Oct. 2021 only match against East Germany
3 Stuttgart 034 021 005 008 0080:035 +025 26. Mar. 1911 5. Sep. 2021 match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (102,000)
4 Cologne 028 018 008 002 0078:023 +055 20. Nov. 1927 13. Oct. 2020
5 Munich 028 014 006 008 0055:036 +019 17. Dec. 1911 23. Jun. 2021 WC Final 1974
6 Hannover 027 021 003 003 0062:022 +040 27. Sep. 1931 11. Oct. 2016
7 Düsseldorf 027 015 006 006 0063:032 +031 18. Apr. 1926 7. Jun. 2021
8 Frankfurt 025 016 006 003 0055:027 +028 26. Mar. 1922 19. Nov. 2019
9 Nuremberg 022 014 006 002 0060:025 +035 13. Jan. 1924 10. June 2017
10 Dortmund 020 016 003 001 0067:014 +053 8. May 1935 9. Oct. 2019
11 Gelsenkirchen 018 010 006 002 0032:017 +015 13. Oct. 1973 19. Nov. 2018
12 Leipzig 012 0011 000 001 0040:009 +031 17. Nov. 1912 14. Nov. 2020 biggest home win
13 Kaiserslautern 010 005 004 001 0027:013 +014 27. Apr. 1988 8. Oct. 2017 1000th goal in a home match by Marco Reus
14 Bremen 010 005 003 002 0021:008 +013 23. May 1939 29. Feb. 2012
15 Leverkusen 008 007 001 000 0030:008 +022 18. Dec. 1991 8. June 2018
16 Karlsruhe 007 007 000 000 0025:002 +023 4. Apr. 1909 13. Oct. 1993
17 Mönchengladbach 007 004 002 001 0015:006 +009 8. June 2005 16. Nov. 2019
18 Dresden 007 002 003 002 0014:013 +001 10. Sep. 1911 14. Oct. 1992
19 Duisburg 006 002 000 004 00012:008 +004 16. May 1910 31. Mar. 2021
20 Freiburg 005 004 000 001 0030:004 +026 18. May 1913 27. May 2006
21 Augsburg 005 004 000 001 0015:006 +009 9. Nov. 1952 29. May 2016
22 Breslau (now Wrocław) [note 9] 005 003 002 000 0018:005 +013 2. Nov. 1930 7. Dec. 1941
23 Ludwigshafen 004 003 000 001 0009:007 +002 21. Dec. 1952 1. June 1966
24 Bochum 004 002 002 000 0014:003 +011 2. July 1922 14. Apr. 1993
25 Mannheim 003 003 000 000 0023:002 +021 10. Feb. 1929 5. June 1998
26 Altona-Hamburg[note 10] 003 003 000 000 0015:002 +013 23. Oct. 1927 21. Nov. 1937
27 Vienna [note 11] 003 001 000 002 0007:005 +002 14. Apr. 1940 1. Feb. 1942
28 Essen 002 002 000 000 0016:001 +015 23. Dec. 1951 21. May 1969
29 Mainz 002 002 000 000 0014:001 +013 6. June 2014 11. June 2019
30 Saarbrücken 002 002 000 000 0008:001 +007 20. Nov. 1983 27. Mar. 1985
31 Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) [note 12] 002 002 000 000 0007:001 +006 13. Oct. 1935 29. Aug. 1937
32 Chemnitz 002 002 000 000 0007:002 +005 18. Sep. 1938 3. Dec. 1939
33 Rostock 002 002 000 000 0006:002 +004 27. Mar. 2002 7. Oct. 2006
34 Sinsheim 002 002 000 000 0004:002 +002 29. May 2011 9. Sep. 2018
35 Wolfsburg 002 001 001 000 0005:002 +003 1. June 2003 20. Mar. 2019 11. Nov. 2021
36 Beuthen (now Bytom) [note 13] 001 001 000 000 0007:000 +007 16. Aug. 1942 16. Aug. 1942
37 Krefeld 001 001 000 000 0007:002 +005 27. Sep. 1936 27. Sep. 1936
38 Stettin (now Szczecin) [note 14] 001 001 000 000 0005:000 +005 15. Sep. 1935 15. Sep. 1935
39 Aachen 001 001 000 000 0003:000 +003 13. May 2010 13. May 2010
40 Erfurt 001 001 000 000 0004:002 +002 25. Aug. 1935 25. Aug. 1935
41 Wuppertal 001 001 000 000 0002:001 +001 20. Mar. 1938 20. Mar. 1938
42 Magdeburg 001 000 001 000 0002:002 0000 5. Nov. 1933 5. Nov. 1933
43 Kleve 001 000 000 001 0001:002 −001 16. Oct. 1910 16. Oct. 1910
Total 420 263 085 072 1076:444 +632 20. Apr. 1908 19. Nov. 2019

Competition records[]

FIFA World Cup record[]

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Declined participation
Italy 1934 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 11 8 1 1 0 0 9 1
France 1938 First round 10th 2 0 1 1 3 5 3 3 0 0 11 1
Brazil 1950 Banned
Switzerland 1954 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 25 14 4 3 1 0 12 3
Sweden 1958 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 12 14 Qualified as Defending Champions
Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 4 0 0 11 5
England 1966 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 15 6 4 3 1 0 14 2
Mexico 1970 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 17 10 6 5 1 0 20 3
West Germany 1974 Champions 1st 7 6 0 1 13 4 Qualified as Hosts
Argentina 1978 Second Group stage 6th 6 1 4 1 10 5 Qualified as Defending Champions
Spain 1982 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 2 2 12 10 8 8 0 0 33 3
Mexico 1986 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 2 2 8 7 8 5 2 1 22 9
Italy 1990 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 15 5 6 3 3 0 13 3
United States 1994 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 1 1 9 7 Qualified as Defending Champions
France 1998 7th 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 6 4 0 23 9
South Korea Japan 2002 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 14 3 10 6 3 1 19 12
Germany 2006 Third place 3rd 7 5 1 1 14 6 Qualified as Hosts
South Africa 2010 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 16 5 10 8 2 0 26 5
Brazil 2014 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 18 4 10 9 1 0 36 10
Russia 2018 Group stage 22nd 3 1 0 2 2 4 10 10 0 0 43 4
Qatar 2022 To Be Determined 7 6 0 1 19 3
CanadaMexicoUnited States 2026 To Be Determined
Total 4 Titles 19/23 109 67 20* 22 226 125 101 80 18 3 311 73
*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 record[]

  • 1960–1988 as  West Germany
  • 1992–present as  Germany
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA Squad
France 1960 Did not enter — Did not enter —
Spain 1964 — —
Italy 1968 Did not qualify — 4 2 1 1 9 2 1968
Belgium 1972 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1 Squad 8 5 3 0 13 3 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 1* 0 6 4 Squad 8 4 4 0 17 5 1976
Italy 1980 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 6 3 Squad 6 4 2 0 17 1 1980
France 1984 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2 Squad 8 5 1 2 15 5 1984
West Germany 1988 Semi-finals 3rd 4 2 1 1 6 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
Sweden 1992 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 1 2 7 8 Squad 6 5 0 1 13 4 1992
England 1996 Champions 1st 6 4 2* 0 10 3 Squad 10 8 1 1 27 10 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 5 Squad 8 6 1 1 20 4 2000
Portugal 2004 12th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad 8 5 3 0 13 4 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 10 7 Squad 12 8 3 1 35 7 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 10 6 Squad 10 10 0 0 34 7 2012
France 2016 Semi-finals 3rd 6 3 2* 1 7 3 Squad 10 7 1 2 24 9 2016
Europe 2020 Qualified 8 7 0 1 30 7 2020
Germany 2024 Qualified as hosts Qualified as hosts
Total 3 titles 14/16 49 26 12* 11 72 48 106 76 20 10 267 68 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.

FIFA Confederations Cup record[]

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not enter [3]
Saudi Arabia 1995 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1997 Did not enter [4]
Mexico 1999 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 2 6 Squad
South Korea Japan 2001 Did not qualify
France 2003 Did not enter [5]
Germany 2005 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 15 11 Squad
South Africa 2009 Did not qualify
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 12 5 Squad
Total 1 title 3/10 13 8 2 3 29 22 -
*Denotes draws including 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.

Note All tournaments from 1950 to 1990 inclusively were competed as West Germany.

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 Group stage 2nd 6 2 3 1 10 13
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.

Honours[]

See also: Germany national football team

FIFA World Cup

  • Champions (4): 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
  • Runners-up (4): 1966, 1982, 1986, 2002
  • Third place (4): 1934, 1970, 2006, 2010
  • Fourth place (1): 1958

UEFA European Championship

  • Champions (3): 1972, 1980, 1996
  • Runners-up (3): 1976, 1992, 2008
  • Third place (3): 1988, 2012, 2016

FIFA Confederations Cup

  • Champions (1): 2017
  • Third place (1): 2005

Summer Olympics

  • Gold Medal (1): 1976
  • Silver Medal (2): 1980, 2016
  • Bronze Medal (3): 1964, 1972, 1988
  • Fourth place (1): 1952
Overview
Event 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
FIFA World Cup 4 4 4 1
UEFA European Championship 3 3 3 x
Olympic Games 1 2 3 1
FIFA Confederations Cup 1 0 1 0
UEFA Nations League 0 0 0 0
Total 9 9 11 2

Notes[]

  1. ^ Incl. the matches against Israel, which neither belonged to the AFC nor the UEFA between 1974 and 1991, but was admitted to UEFA in 1991.
  2. ^ Incl. the games against Australia since his move to AFC 2006.
  3. ^ Incl. the matches against Australia until his move to AFC 2006.
  4. ^ The pairing Germany - Argentina is (besides Sweden - Brazil) the most common pairing at World Championships. So far, both teams met seven times. Germany won four times and Argentina once. Two games ended in a draw, followed by a penalty shoot-out that Germany could win.
  5. ^ The matches against Bohemia and Moravia and Saarland took place before the founding of UEFA.
  6. ^ England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not sovereign states but part of the United Kingdom, but play in football with their own national teams.
  7. ^ The matches against Bohemia and Moravia and Saarland took place before the founding of UEFA.
  8. ^ Incl. of the match against the BR Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup.
  9. ^ Now Breslau is city of Poland where called Wrocław.
  10. ^ Altona was an independent city until 1937 then merged to Hamburg.
  11. ^ Now Vienna is city of Austria.
  12. ^ Now Königsberg is city of Russia where called Kaliningrad.
  13. ^ Now Beuthen is city of Poland where called Bytom .
  14. ^ Now Stettin is city of Poland where called Szczecin.

References[]

  1. ^ Kicker Edition „100 Jahre Deutsche Länderspiele“, S. 77.
  2. ^ https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/wm-qualifikation-2009-als-adler-die-sbornaja-verzweifeln-liess-47271/ When Adler let despair of Sbornaja
  3. ^ As 1990 FIFA World Cup Champions
  4. ^ As UEFA Euro 1996 Champions
  5. ^ As 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
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