Germany national football team goal records explained

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This summarises various goal statistics of the Germany national football team.

Youngest goalscorers

Lukas Podolski is the youngest player to score two goals in one match, which he managed in his eighth match. In contrast, Fritz Walter is the youngest player to score three goals, which he achieved on his national team debut. Jamal Musiala is the youngest player to score his first goal in a competitive fixture, having found the target in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match in 2021 against North Macedonia. The following table lists all national players who scored a goal for the national team before reaching the age of 20.

Pos.NameBirthdate1st goalOpponentResultTypePlayer's capAgeTotal goalsGoals before
20th birthday
1. Marius Hiller † 05.08.1892 03.04.19103–2friendly match1. 17 years, 241 days 11
2.26.02.2003 11.10.20214–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification1. 18 years, 227 days 11
3. Edmund Conen † 10.11.1914 14.01.19343–1friendly match1.19 years, 65 days 275
4. Willi Fick † 17.02.1891 24.04.19102–4friendly match1.19 years, 66 days 11
5. 03.06.199210.08.20113–2friendly match7.19 years, 68 days172
Adolf Jäger † 31.03.1889 07.06.19082–3friendly match1.19 years, 68 days101
Klaus Stürmer † 09.08.1935 16.10.19541–3friendly match1.19 years, 68 days11
8. Karl Schlösser † 29.01.1912 26.04.19311–1friendly match1.19 years, 87 days 11
9. 13.03.1989 20.08.20082–0friendly match2.19 years, 160 days 11
10. 04.06.1985 21.12.2004 (2 goals)5–1friendly match8.19 years, 200 days 483
11. Fritz Becker † 13.09.1888 05.04.1908 (2 goals)3–5friendly match1.19 years, 204 days 22
12. Karim Adeyemi 18.01.2002 05.09.2021 6–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification1.19 years, 230 days 11
13. Ludwig Durek † 27.01.1921 15.09.1940 1–0friendly match1.19 years, 231 days 21
14. Ernst Möller † 19.08.1891 14.04.1911 (2 goals)2–2friendly match1.19 years, 238 days 42
15. Julian Draxler 20.09.199302.06.2013 3–4friendly match6.19 years, 255 days 61
16. Fritz Walter † 31.10.1920 14.07.1940 (3 goals)9–3friendly match1. 19 years, 256 days 335
17. Walter Günther † 18.11.1915 18.08.19351–0friendly match1.19 years, 273 days 21
18. Hans Fiederer † 21.01.1920 03.12.19393–1friendly match2.19 years, 316 days 31
19. Josef Gauchel † 11.09.1916 04.08.1936 (2 goals) 9–01936 Olympics, 1st Round1.19 years, 326 days 132
20. Julius Hirsch † 07.04.189224.03.1912 (4 goals)5–5friendly match2.19 years, 351 days 44
Notes:

Oldest goalscorers

17 players were over 33 when scoring their last goal, including record goal scorer Miroslav Klose, who also scored the most goals after his 30th birthday. His precursor Gerd Müller scored the last of his 68 international goals at 28 years and 246 days, making him the player with the most goals before the 30th birthday. The following table lists all national players who have scored at the age of at least 33.

Pos.NameBirthdateLast goalOpponentResultTypeAgeTotal goalsGoals after
30th birthday
1. 21.03.1961 28.07.19992–01999 FIFA Confederations Cup38 years, 128 days 23 6
2. Richard Kreß † 06.03.1925 20.09.1961 Denmark5–1friendly match36 years, 198 days 22
3. 09.06.1978 08.07.20147–12014 FIFA World Cup Semi final36 years, 29 days 7132
4. Fritz Walter † 31.10.1920 26.05.19561–3friendly match35 years, 207 days 3314
5. 01.05.1973 31.05.2008 2–1friendly match35 years, 30 days 10 6
6. 04.12.1965 07.06.20008–2friendly match34 years, 186 days 2014
7. Hans Schäfer † 19.10.1927 11.04.19623–0friendly match34 years, 175 days 155
8. 13.04.1960 02.07.19943–21994 FIFA World Cup34 years, 80 days 4715
9. 01.05.1968 01.06.20028–02002 FIFA World Cup34 years, 31 days 3724
10. 30.10.1962 09.10.19965–11998 FIFA World Cup Qualification33 years, 345 days 66
11. Otto Harder † 25.11.1892 31.10.19263–2friendly match33 years, 340 days 1413
12. 30.07.1964 29.06.19982–11998 FIFA World Cup33 years, 334 days 4722
13. 17.11.1973 12.09.20073–1friendly match33 years, 299 days 43
14. Max Morlock † 11.05.1925 28.12.1958 Egypt
(United Arab Republic)		1–2friendly match33 years, 231 days 212
15. 05.11.1936 14.06.19703–2 a.e.t1970 FIFA World Cup Quarter final33 years, 221 days 437
16. 07.01.1953 09.04.19861–0friendly match33 years, 92 days 41
17. Adolf Jäger † 31.03.1889 23.04.1922 Austria2–0friendly match33 years, 23 days 113
Notes:

Players who have scored a hat-trick

50 players have scored at least three goals in at least one match, 16 of whom have done so in at least two matches. Only six players scored three or more goals in their first match. Otto Dumke was the only of them get no further goals. Two other players also scored only these goals, including Julius Hirsch after all four in one match. For four players it was their first goals, but they had previously played a match without scoring. Two players scored only three goals in their last match, for Paul Pömpner it was the only goal.

German players have scored most hat-tricks against Finland (seven matches, one of which featured hat-tricks by two players) and against Switzerland (seven times). In seven matches two players scored a hat-trick. Gerd Müller is the only player who scored hat-tricks in two consecutive matches: On 7 and 10 June 1970, he scored in the World Cup matches against Bulgaria and Peru. The two matches on 18 and 26 April 1926, in which initially Josef Pöttinger and then Otto Harder scored three goals, followed immediately after each other. Richard Hofmann is the only player who has succeeded in three consecutive years (1928-1932) in each match a "hat-trick" in the German sense. For Miroslav Klose, the longest time (six years and three months) passed between two German "hat-tricks". In the 1950s, 1980s and 1990s, there was no match in which a player scored at least four goals. Since 1910 German players have score a hat-trick in every decade.

In twelve matches with German hat-tricks, no other German player scored. Additionally Gerd Müller once scored four times in a match without another German scoring. In two matches, there were only the two German "hat-tricks" by two players, both matches ended 6–0. No match in which a player scored at least three goals was lost, but five ended in a draw (three times 3–3, once 4–4 and once 5–5.

Pos.NameGoalsDateOpponentvenueTypeResult
1.Gottfried Fuchs † 1001.07.1912Stockholm, SwedenOG 1912 Cons. tour. 1st Roundstyle= text-align:center" 16–0
2.Wilhelm Hahnemann †601.09.1940LeipzigHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 13–0
3.Otto Siffling † 516.05.1937BreslauHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 8–0
4.Julius Hirsch † 424.03.1912Zwolle, NetherlandsAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–5
Fritz Förderer † 401.07.1912Stockholm, SwedenOG 1912 Cons. tour. 1st Roundstyle= text-align:center" 16–0
Georg Frank † 410.02.1929MannheimHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–1
Josef Rasselnberg † 411.03.1934Luxembourg City, LuxembourgAWC 1934 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 9–1
Edmund Conen † 401.09.1940LeipzigHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 13–0
420.10.1940MunichHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–3
Ernst Willimowski[1] †418.10.1942Bern, SwitzerlandAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–3
Gerd Müller408.04.1967DortmundHEC 1968 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 6–0
421.05.1969EssenHWC 1970 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 12–0
4 26.05.1972MunichHfriendly match style= text-align:center" 4–1
415.11.1972DüsseldorfHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–1
Michael Ballack (c)427.05.2004 (129)FreiburgHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–0
Lukas Podolski406.09.2006 (191)Serravalle, San MarinoAEC 2008 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 13–0
Mario Gómez402.06.2009 (120)Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–2
14.Otto Dumke † 3 18.06.1911Solna, SwedenAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–2
Andreas Franz † 313.01.1924NurembergHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–3
Paul Pömpner † 326.06.1925Helsinki, FinlandAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–3
Otto Harder (c)†325.10.1925Basel, SwitzerlandAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–0
Josef Pöttinger † 318.04.1926DüsseldorfHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–2
Otto Harder (c)†320.06.1926NurembergHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 3–3
Richard Hofmann † 328.05.1928Amsterdam, NetherlandsOG 1928 1st Roundstyle= text-align:center" 4–0
323.06.1929 KölnHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 3–0
Ernst Kuzorra † 304.05.1930Zürich, SwitzerlandAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–0
Richard Hofmann † 310.05.1930BerlinHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 3–3
Richard Hofmann †327.09.1931 HannoverHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–2
301.07.1932 Helsinki, FinlandAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–1
Karl Hohmann † 322.10.1933 DuisburgHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 8–1
311.03.1934Luxembourg City, LuxembourgAWC 1934 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 9–1
Edmund Conen † 3 27.05.1934Florence, ItalyWC 1934 Round of 16style= text-align:center" 5–2
Josef Fath † 307.10.1934Copenhagen, DenmarkAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–2
Edmund Conen † 327.01.1935StuttgartHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–0
318.08.1935 MunichHfriendly match6–0
Ernst Lehner † 3
Wilhelm Simetsreiter † 304.08.1936BerlinHOG 1936 1st Round9–0
Adolf Urban † 3
Ernst Poertgen † 327.09.1936KrefeldHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–2
Otto Siffling † 324.10.1937BerlinHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 3–0
Josef Gauchel † 318.09.1938 ChemnitzHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–1
Helmut Schön † 315.10.1939Zagreb, YugoslaviaAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–1
Franz Binder †312.11.1939 Bohemia and MoraviaBreslauHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–4
Franz Binder †326.11.1939BerlinHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–2
Fritz Walter † 314.07.1940 FrankfurtHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 9–3
Ernst Willimowski †305.10.1941 Helsinki, FinlandAfriendly match6–0
Hermann Eppenhoff † 3
Fritz Walter † 316.08.1942BeuthenHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–0
August Klingler † 322.11.1942Bratislava, SlovakiaAfriendly match style= text-align:center" 5–2
Max Morlock † 323.06.1954Zürich, SwitzerlandWC 1954 Group (play-off)style= text-align:center" 7–2
321.10.1959KölnHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–0
Uwe Seeler (c)320.09.1961DüsseldorfHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 5–1
Heinz Strehl † 330.09.1962Zagreb, YugoslaviaAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 3–2
Uwe Seeler (c)3 28.09.1963FrankfurtHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 3–0
Lothar Ulsaß † 3 09.10.1965StuttgartHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–1
Wolfgang Overath321.05.1969EssenHWC 1970 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 12–0
Gerd Müller307.06.1970León, MexicoWC 1970 Groupstyle= text-align:center" 5–2
3 10.06.1970León, MexicoWC 1970 Group3–1
322.06.1971Oslo, NorwayAfriendly match7–1
308.09.1971HannoverHfriendly match5–0
Dieter Müller317.06.1976Belgrade, YugoslaviaAEC 1976 Semi finalstyle= text-align:center" 4–2 a.e.t
Klaus Allofs314.06.1980 Naples, ItalyEC 1980 Groupstyle= text-align:center" 3–2
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c)323.09.1981 BochumHWC 1970 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 7–1
318.11.1981 DortmundHWC 1970 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 8–0
320.06.1982 Gijon, SpainWC 1982 1. Group stagestyle= text-align:center" 4–1
Karl-Heinz Riedle313.06.1993Chicago, United StatesAUS Cup 1993style= text-align:center" 4–3
Ulf Kirsten [2] 3 02.04.1997 (118) Granada, SpainWC 1998 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 3–2
Oliver Bierhoff3 20.08.1997 (71)Belfast, Northern IrelandAWC 1998 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 3–1
Oliver Bierhoff (c)304.06.1999 (100)LeverkusenHEC 2000 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 6–1
Christian Ziege3 08.09.1999 (71)DortmundHEC 2000 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 4–0
Miroslav Klose313.02.2002 (50)KaiserslauternHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–1
Oliver Bierhoff309.05.2002 (80)FreiburgHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 7–0
Miroslav Klose318.05.2002 (61)LeverkusenHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 6–2
301.06.2002 (34)Sapporo, JapanWC 2002 Groupstyle= text-align:center" 8–0
Kevin Kurányi318.08.2004 (89)Vienna, AustriaAfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 3–1
Lukas Podolski307.09.2005 (38)BremenHfriendly matchstyle= text-align:center" 4–2
Miroslav Klose (c)310.09.2008 (42)Helsinki, FinlandAWC 2010 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 3–3
André Schürrle315.10.2013 (22)Solna, SwedenAWC 2014 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 5–3
Thomas Müller316.06.2014 (4)Salvador da Bahia, BrazilWC 2014 Groupstyle= text-align:center" 4–0
André Schürrle313.06.2015 (-) Faro/Loulé, PortugalEC 2016 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 7–0
Serge Gnabry311.11.2016 (201)Serravalle, San MarinoAWC 2018 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 8–0
Sandro Wagner310.06.2017 (204)NurembergHWC 2018 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 7–0
Serge Gnabry319.11.2019 (34)FrankfurtHEC 2020 Qualificationstyle= text-align:center" 6–1
Notes:

Players who have scored multiple hat-tricks

Players with the same number of hat-tricks are listed by total goals in those games, then in chronological order.

Pos.NameNr.DateGoals
1.Gerd Müller8×08.04.1967 (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 Klose4×13.02.2002, 18.05.2002, 01.06.2002, 10.09.2008 (3) 12
5.Uwe Seeler3×21.10.1959, 20.09.1961, 28.09.1963 (3)9
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge3×23.09.1981, 18.11.1981, 20.06.1982 (3)
Oliver Bierhoff3×20.08.1997, 04.06.1999, 09.05.2002 (3)
8 Otto Siffling † 2×16.05.1937 (5), 24.10.1937 (3) 8
9 Ernst Willimowski †2×05.10.1941 (3), 18.10.1942 (4)7
Lukas Podolski2×07.09.2005 (3), 06.09.2006 (4)
11.Otto Harder † 2×25.10.1924 (3), 20.06.1926 (3)6
Karl Hohmann † 2×22.10.1933 (3), 11.03.1934 (3)
Franz Binder †2×12.11.1939 (3), 26.11.1939 (3)
Fritz Walter † 2×14.07.1940 (3), 15.08.1942 (3)
André Schürrle2×15.10.2013 (3), 13.06.2015 (3)
Serge Gnabry2×11.11.2016 (3), 19.11.2019 (3)
Note:

List of players who scored in the first minute of a match

The German team has only scored in the first minute of a match eleven times. Lukas Podolski, who scored a goal after nine seconds, scored the fastest and most recent. The fastest opponent scorer - so far known - was the Belgian Hendrik Isemborghs, who scored the opening goal for Belgium on 28 April 1935 after 35 seconds, but his side went on to lose 1–6. The players below are presented in chronological order.

NrNameDateOpponentvenueResultTypespecial
1Josef Bergmaier † 21.06.1931Oslo, Norway2–2friendly match
2Ernst Lehner † 07.06.1934Naples, Italy3–21934 FIFA World Cup 3rd place play-off
3Josef Rasselnberg † 25.08.1935Erfurt4–2friendly match
4Erich Hänel † 26.03.1939 Differdange, Luxembourg1–2friendly matchonly defeat against Luxembourg
5Karl Decker †19.07.1942Sofia, Bulgaria3–0friendly match
6August Klingler † 22.11.1942Bratislava, Slovakia5–2friendly matchlast match during World War II
7Andreas Brehme17.11.1985Munich2–21986 FIFA World Cup Qualification
8Rudi Völler19.12.1990Stuttgart4–0friendly match
9Oliver Bierhoff30.05.1998Frankfurt3–1friendly match
1007.06.2000Freiburg8–2friendly match
1124.03.2024Décines-Charpieu, France2–0friendly match
Lukas Podolski[3] 29.05.2013Boca Raton, United States4–2friendly match
Note:

Chronological list of players who scored in the last minute of the match

In the 90th minute, including additional time scored 61 goals according to DFB statistics with most matches of all minutes. In addition, one goal was scored in the 95th minute in an extra time, which ended the match (Golden Goal) and one goal in the 120th minute. This is followed by the 72nd with 35, the 65th, 70th, 85th and 88th with 32 hits each. In the 85th minute were also the winning goals in the World Cup victories in 1954 and 1990, but also the goal that made Argentina 1986 World Cup. Most of the goals came in the 90th minute including additional time.

In most cases, the goals in the final minute were no longer competitive match. Ten goals but still brought the victory, nine goals prevented a defeat. Two goals (Nr. 4 and 7) scored for an extra time, in which Germany nevertheless lost. One (Nr.8) scored an extra-time, scoreless, after which Germany lost on penalty shoot-out. Oliver Neuville scored the most goals (4) in the final minute, with two even scoring in a match. In each of the three matches he had been substituted. Lukas Podolski is the first player to do so in two consecutive matches. In both he secured Germany a draw. Mesut Özil scored the first goal in the last minute of an extra time against Algeria in the World Cup 2014 Round of 16.

NrNameDateOpponentvenueGoalsTypespecial
1Max Gablonsky † 26.03.1911Stuttgart6:2friendly match
2Karl Wegele † 05.04.1914Amsterdam, NED4:4friendly matchlast match before World War I
3Wilhelm Hahnemann †29.01.1939 Brussels, BEL4:1friendly match
4Wolfgang Weber30.07.1966London, ENG2:2WC 1966 Final
5Gerd Müller23.11.1968Nikosia, CYP1:0WC 1970 Qualification
6Gerd Müller26.03.1969 Frankfurt1:1friendly match
717.06.1970Mexico City, MEX1:1WC 1970 Semi finalmatch of century
8Bernd Hölzenbein20.06.1976Belgrade, YUG2:2EC 1976 Finallost after penalty shoot-out
9Heinz Flohe † 27.04.1977Köln5:0friendly match
10Dieter Müller08.06.1977 Montevideo, URY2:0friendly match
11Dieter Hoeneß22.05.1979 Dublin, IRL3:1friendly match
12Klaus Fischer27.02.1980Bremen8:0EC 1980 Qualification
13Matthias Herget14.05.1986Dortmund3:1friendly match
14Rudi Völler25.06.1986Guadalajara, MEX2:0WC 1986 Semi final
15Stefan Reuter12.12.1987 Brasília, BRA1:1friendly match
16Thomas Häßler12.06.1992Norrköping, SWE1:1EC 1992 Group
17Jürgen Klinsmann10.06.1993Washington, D.C., USA3:3 U.S. Cup 1993
18Andreas Thom18.12.1993 San Francisco, USA3:0friendly match
19Maurizio Gaudino27.04.1994Abu Dhabi2:0friendly match
20Mario Basler02.06.1994Vienna, AUT5:1friendly match
21Rudi Völler08.06.1994 Toronto, CAN2:0friendly match
22Stefan Kuntz04.06.1996 Mannheim9:1friendly match
2316.06.1996 Manchester, ENG3:0EC 1996 Group50th win in the neutral place
2430.06.1996 London, ENG2:1 GGEC 1996 Final3rd European title
25Ulf Kirsten10.09.1997 Dortmund4:0WC 1998 Qualification
26Oliver Bierhoff11.10.1997 Hannover4:3WC 1998 Qualification
27Olaf Marschall22.02.1998 Riyadh, SAU3:0friendly match
28Mehmet Scholl14.11.1999 Oslo, NOR1:0friendly match
29Oliver Bierhoff03.06.2000Nuremberg3:2friendly match
30Marco Bode28.03.2001Athens, GRC4:2WC 2002 Qualification
31Oliver Bierhoff15.08.2001Budapest, HUN5:2 friendly match
32Bernd Schneider01.06.2002Sapporo, JPN8:0WC 2002 Groupbiggest WC win
33Tobias Rau01.06.2003Wolfsburg4:1friendly match
34Fredi Bobic11.06.2003Tórshavn, FRO2:0EC 2004 Qualification
35Carsten Ramelow18.02.2004Split, CRO2:1friendly match
36Fredi Bobic27.05.2004Freiburg7:0friendly match
37Miroslav Klose16.12.2004Yokohama, JPN3:0friendly match
38Oliver Neuville08.10.2005Istanbul, TUR1:2friendly match
39Oliver Neuville27.05.2006Freiburg6:0 und 7:0friendly match
40Oliver Neuville14.06.2006Dortmund1:0WC 2006 Group
4106.09.2006Serravalle, SMR13:0EC 2008 Qualificationbiggest away win
42Philipp Lahm25.06.2008Basel, SUI3:2EC 2008 Semi final
43Mario Gómez02.06.2009Dubai, ARE7:2friendly match
44Lukas Podolski14.10.2009Hamburg1:1WC 2010 Qualification
45Lukas Podolski18.11.2009Gelsenkirchen2:2friendly match
46Miroslav Klose07.09.20106:1EC 2012 Qualification
47Mario Gómez03.06.2011Vienna, AUT2:1EC 2012 Qualification
48André Schürrle07.06.2011Baku, AZE3:1EC 2012 Qualification
49Cacau06.09.2011Gdańsk, POL2:2friendly match
50Cacau29.02.20121:2friendly match
51Mesut Özil28.06.2012Warsaw, POL1:2EC 2012 Semi final
52Marco Reus26.03.2013Nuremberg4:1WC 2014 Qualification
53Mesut Özil11.10.20133:0WC 2014 Qualification
54Mesut Özil30.06.2014Porto Alegre, BRA2:0WC 2014 Round of 16
55Bastian Schweinsteiger12.06.2016Lille, FRA2:0,EC 2016 Group
56Amin Younes29.06.2017Sochi, RUS4:1Confed-Cup 2017 Semi final
57Lars Stindl14.11.20172:2 friendly match
58Toni Kroos23.06.2018Sochi, RUS2:1 WC 2018 Group
59Nico Schulz24.03.2019Amsterdam, NED3:2 EC 2020 Qualification
60Serge Gnabry09.09.2019Belfast, NIR2:0 EC 2020 Qualification
61Julian Brandt19.11.2019Frankfurt6:1EC 2020 Qualification
62. Karim Adeyemi 05.09.2021 Stuttgart6:02022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Note:

Own goals of the German team

So far, Germany players have scored 27 own goals for opposing teams. In the first international match Ernst Jordan scored an own goal. Two German players, Arne Friedrich and Thomas Helmer, scored two own goals; in four cases a Germany captain scored an own goal. In only one competitive match was the own goal the only goal of a match - Mats Hummels' goal for France in the EURO 2020 group stage. In three such matches (2 April 1958; 11 October 1995; and 6 June 2007) Germany's opponent scored an own goal in the same game.

Pos.Name DateOpponent (result)VenueTypeGoal minute
1.Ernst Jordan †05.04.1908 (3–5)Basel, Switzerlandfriendly match28. (1–2)
2.Walter Hempel24.04.1910 (2–4)Arnhem, Netherlandsfriendly match82. (2–3)
3.24.03.1912 (5–5)Zwolle, Netherlandsfriendly match66. (3–5)
4.Henry Müller12.08.1923 (1–2)Dresdenfriendly match10. (0–1)
5.Hans Lang21.09.1924 (1–4)Budapest, Hungaryfriendly match42. (0–2)
6.Reinhold Münzenberg15.03.1931 (0–1)Paris, Francefriendly match14. (0–1)
7.data-sort-value="Klodt, Hans"Hans Klodt † *26.02.1939 (3–2)Berlinfriendly match38. (1–2)
8.Hans Rohde09.03.1941 (4–2)Stuttgartfriendly match87. (4–2)
9.Josef Posipal17.10.1951 (2–3)Dublin, Irelandfriendly match9. (0–1)
10.Karl Mai18.12.1955 (1–2)Rome, Italyfriendly match38. (0–1)
11.Herbert Erhardt02.04.1958 (2–3)Prague, Czechoslovakiafriendly match70. (2–2)
12.Willi Giesemann20.09.1961 (5–1)Düsseldorffriendly match70. (5–1)
13.Rolf Rüssmann19.04.1978 (1–3)Solna, Swedenfriendly match26. (1–1)
14.21.06.1978 (2–3)Córdoba, ArgentinaWC 1978 2. Group stage59. (1–1)
15.Manfred Kaltz01.01.1981 (1–2)Montevideo, UruguayMundialito84. (1–1)
16.data-sort-value="Immel, Eike"Eike Immel *04.06.1988 (1–1)Bremenfriendly match14. (0–1)
17.Thomas Helmer10.06.1993 (3–3)Washington, D.C., United StatesUS Cup 199313. (0–1)
18.Thomas Helmer11.10.1995 (2–1)Cardiff, WalesEC 1996 Qualification78. (1–1)
19.11.10.1997 (4–3)HannoverWC 1998 Qualification54. (0–1)
20.data-sort-value="Kahn, Oliver"Oliver Kahn *13.02.2002 (7–1)Kaiserslauternfriendly match27. (0–1)
21.Arne Friedrich16.10.2002 (2–1)HannoverEC 2004 Qualification45. (1–1)
22.Christoph Metzelder06.06.2007 (2–1)NurembergEC 2008 Qualification20. (1–1)
23.Arne Friedrich03.06.2011 (2–1)Vienna, AustriaEC 2012 Qualification50. (1–1)
24.data-sort-value="Khedira, Sami"Sami Khedira15.08.2012 (1–3)Frankfurtfriendly match45. (0–1)
25.data-sort-value="Stegen, Marc-André ter"Marc-André ter Stegen *02.06.2013 (3–4)Washington, D.C., United Statesfriendly match16. (0–2)
26.data-sort-value="Hummels, Mats"Mats Hummels07.09.2015 (3–2)Glasgow, ScotlandEC 2016 Qualification28. (1–1)
27.Jonathan Tah06.09.2019 (2–4)HamburgEC 2020 Qualification66. (1–2)
27.Mats Hummels15.06.2021 (0–1)MunichEC 202020. (0–1)
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Chronological list of players who have scored in one match a goal of the month

So far, began in 1971 by the ARD - Sportschau election of the goal of month and 53 goals in matches of the Germany national team scored excellent in about 9% of the matches played since 1971 are Goal of the month. In addition Benjamin Lauth succeeded on 16 December 2002 in the match of the national team in a charity match against a Bundesliga Allstar team a goal of the month. 37 players have been honored at least once as national team, three of them (Günter Netzer, Marco Bode and Miroslav Klose) as players only for a together with another player or each other. Most (3 each) achieved Michael Ballack, Klaus Fischer, Lukas Podolski and Rudi Völler. For every 4 players, the goal of the month was the only, first or last goal in the national team. For Uwe Bein, Marco Bode, Heinz Flohe, Mario Gomez, Leon Goretzka Mario Gotze, Dietmar Hamann, Jens Jeremies, Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos, Philipp Lahm, Dieter Müller, Hansi Müller, Christian Pander, Stefan Reuter, Piotr Trochowski, Berti Vogts and Herbert Wimmer was the award for goal, the only goal of the month. Uli Hoeneß also scored one goal of the month for the Olympics, but none as a club player.

The most often (25 times) it was the 1–0, six times the decisive 1–0. Two goals, the Golden Goal Oliver Bierhoff and the 1: 0 by Mario Götze were decisive for a title win. The most frequently scored (4 times) the goal of the month against Wales.

A goal of the month in a match against Germany Hans Krankl scored for the Austria in World Cup 1978 Group (2:3).

One goal of the month was also achieved by Klaus Fischer, Benjamin Lauth and Uwe Seeler in charity matches of the national team and a match by former was selected for the goal of the year.

In 1976, in three consecutive months (April, May and June) the goal of the month was scored by a national player. In 1994, Jürgen Klinsmann scored two goals of the month within five goals as a player.

NameOpponentVenueDateGoalresultTypeGoal of year
Gerd MüllerBrussels, BEL14.06.19721:02:1EC 1972 Semi final
Günter Netzer, Gerd MüllerDüsseldorf15.11.19724:05:1friendly matchX
Herbert WimmerFrankfurt17.05.19751:01:1friendly match
Berti VogtsDortmund28.02.19767:08:0EC 1976 Qualification
Erich BeerMadrid24.04.19761:11:1EC 1976 Qualification play off
Uli HoeneßMunich22.05.19761:02:0EC 1976 Qualification play off
Dieter MüllerBelgrade20.06.19761:22:2 a.e.t, 3:5 p.EC 1976 Final
Heinz Flohe † Hannover17.11.19761:02:0friendly match
Klaus FischerMexico City, MEX15.06.19771:22:2friendly match
Klaus FischerStuttgart16.11.19774:14:1friendly matchX
Rainer BonhofHannover11.10.19782:04:3friendly matchX
Karl-Heinz RummeniggeKöln17.10.19794:05:1EC 1980 Qualification
Hansi MüllerMunich2.04.19801:01:0friendly match
Karl-Heinz RummeniggeBochum23.09.19812:17:1WC 1982 QualificationX
Klaus FischerSevilla8.07.19823:33:3 a.e.t, 5:3 p.WC 1982 Semi finalX
Matthias HergetStockholm25.09.19852:02:2WC 1986 Qualification
Rudi VöllerDortmund14.05.19861:03:1friendly match
Karl-Heinz RiedleRotterdam26.04.19891:01:1WC 1990 Qualification
Thomas HäßlerKöln15.11.19892:1,2:1WC 1990 Qualification
Andreas MöllerMontpellier28.02.19901:01:2friendly match
Rudi VöllerDortmund25.04.19902:13:3friendly match
Lothar MatthäusMilan10.06.19903:14:1WC 1990 GroupX
Lothar Matthäus19.12.19904:04:0friendly match
Stefan Reuter27.03.19911:02:1friendly match
Karl-Heinz RiedleNuremberg16.10.19913:04:1EC 1992 Qualification
Thomas HäßlerNorrköping12.06.19921:11:1EC 1992 Group
Rudi VöllerDresden14.10.19921:01:1friendly match
Jürgen KlinsmannDallas27.06.19941:03:2WC 1994 Group
Jürgen KlinsmannChicago2.07.19942:13:2WC 1994 Round of 16
Oliver BierhoffLondon, ENG30.06.19962:12:1 a.e.t (G.G.)EC 1996 FinalX
Mario BaslerBremen30.04.19972:02:0WC 1998 Qualification
Oliver BierhoffFrankfurt30.05.19981:03:1friendly match
Jens JeremiesNuremberg31.03.19991:02:0EC 2000 Qualification
Dietmar HamannLondon, ENG7.10.20001:01:0WC 2002 Qualification
Marco Bode, Miroslav KloseShizuoka11.06.20021:02:0WC 2002 Group
Michael BallackKaunas17.09.20021:02:0EC 2004 Qualification
Lukas PodolskiLeipzig29.06.20051:04:3 a.e.tConfed-Cup 2005 3rd place
Lukas PodolskiBremen7.09.20051:04:2friendly match
Philipp LahmMunich9.06.20061:04:2WC 2006 Group
Mario GómezNuremberg2.06.20075:06:0EC 2008 Qualification
Christian PanderLondon, ENG22.08.20072:12:1friendly match
Michael BallackVienna, AUT16.06.20081:01:0EC 2008 GroupX
Piotr TrochowskiMönchengladbach15.10.20081:01:0WC 2010 Qualification
Michael BallackLeipzig28.03.20091:04:0WC 2010 Qualification
Thomas MüllerDurban13.06.20103:04:0WC 2010 Group
Marco ReusGdańsk22.06.20124:14:2EC 2012 Quarter final
André SchürrleSolna15.10.20135:35:3WC 2014 Qualification
André SchürrlePorto Alegre30.06.20141:0 a.e.t2:1 a.e.tWC 2014 Round of 16
Mario GötzeRio de Janeiro13.07.20141:0 a.e.t1:0 a.e.tWC 2014 FinalX
Lukas PodolskiDortmund22.03.20171:01:0friendly matchX
Leon GoretzkaKaiserslautern10.10.20171:0 5:1WC 2018 Qualification
Toni KroosSochi23.06.20182:12:1WC 2018 Group
Serge GnabryAmsterdam24.03.20192:03:2EC 2020 Qualification
Matthias GinterMönchengladbach16.11.20191:04:0EC 2020 QualificationX
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List of players who scored goals after substituted (g.a.s)

The following list contains the players who scored at least four goals after a substitution. First player who scored a goal after a substitution was Richard Hanke[4] on 2 November 1930, in the match against Norway. He had come on as a substitute for the second half and scored in the 55th minute 1-0 (final score 1:1), at a time when substitutes were rarely practiced. It was his only use in the national team and thus his only goal. In total, 79 players scored 165 goals after substitutions, 21 of them scored only goals after substitutions, including Max Kruse with four, Olaf Marschall with three and Andreas Thom and Patrick Helmes with two goals each. Thom had previously scored 16 goals for East Germany. For 46 players, the goal after a substitute their first international goal, Dieter Müller get three, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Erich Beer and Ronald Worm two goals each. For Dieter Müller it was also the first international match and the gates led first to equalize in EC 1976 Semi final and then to victory. Worm also scored his first two goals in his first international match. The final after substitution goal was scored by Lars Stindl in the 2–2 draw against France on 14 November 2017, ten minutes after his substitution in the third minute of additional time.[5] With 41 substitutions, Lukas Podolski is the most-substituted player. The most successful scorer in world championships is André Schürrle with three goals (2014) in front of Rudi Völler, who scored two goals in 1986 after substitutions. Best scorer at European Championships was Dieter Müller with three goals ahead of Oliver Bierhoff, who scored two goals in 1996 after substitution. Both scored their goal after substitution in one match.

Namegoals after substitutionsubstitutionsgoals per substitutionstotal goalsspecial
data-sort-value="Bierhoff, Oliver" style="text-align:left" 1220 (7)60,0 %3732,4 %Once three g.a.s as Hattrick win 3–1 against Northern Ireland on 20 August 1997. Three times two g.a.s, including two in EC 1996 Final on 30 June 1996, for a 1–1 equalizer and 2–1 victory, as well as a 2–1 lead and 3–2 victory on 3 June 2000, respectively against Czech Republic
data-sort-value="Kirsten, Ulf" style="text-align:left" 1025 (7)40,0 %2050,0 %Once three g.a.s as a hat-trick 3–2 win against Albania on 2 April 1997, once two g.a.s.
data-sort-value="Klose, Miroslav" style="text-align:left" 932 (7)28,1 %7112,7 %First g.a.s in the first match to win 2–1, twice 2 g.a.s in substitutions, 69th international goal making him the German record scorer as g.a.s.
data-sort-value="Schurrle, Andre" style="text-align:left" 838 (7)21,1 %2236,4 %Two of them were in the one match that Worlc Cup 2014 Round of 16 (Algeria 2-1)
data-sort-value="Gotze" style="text-align:left" Mario Götze624 (5)25,0 %1735,3 %One of them was a winning goal of World Cup Final match (2014)
data-sort-value="Gomez" style="text-align:left" 633 (5)18,2 %3119,4 %Two g.a.s at the first substitution
data-sort-value="Neuville, Oliver" style="text-align:left" 636 (5)16,7 %1060,0 %one of them was decisive goal against Poland in the WC 2006 Group
data-sort-value="Podolski, Lukas" style="text-align:left" 641 (5)14,6 %4912,2 %His first two goals were g.a.s
data-sort-value="Kruse" style="text-align:left" Max Kruse410 (3)40,0 %4100 %one of them was in the EC 2016 Qualification
data-sort-value="Cacau" style="text-align:left" 419 (4)21,1 %666,7 %
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Penalty

Penalty from the match

, Germany were awarded 126 penalties in 130 matches. Of these, 104 were converted (%). The first penalty was in Germany's second-ever match, which finished 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) scored penalties in the same match, against Luxembourg in 2006,[6] and once two shooters could not convert their penalties in the same match.

The most successful penalty taker is Michael Ballack, who scored 10 times from 11 occasions. The player with the most unsuccessful penalties is Jürgen Klinsmann, who could not convert three of six penalties. 28 penalties were converted by a captain, most often by Lothar Matthäus, who converted 7 penalties as captain.

Germany have been awarded penalties against Bulgaria more than any other nation: 9 in a total of 21 matches, % of matches against Bulgaria, of which they converted 8.

Andreas Brehme scored a penalty in the 1990 FIFA World Cup final; captain and regular penalty taker Lothar Matthäus had changed his boots earlier in the game and passed the duty to Brehme, whose goal was the only goal of the final. This made Germany the first team to be awarded a penalty in two World Cup finals, having scored from the spot in the 1974 final.

51 penalties were converted in friendly matches, 18 in European Championship qualifiers, 11 in World Cup qualifiers and 10 in World Cup matches. 32 players have missed penalties.

The following table lists all players who took a penalty during the course of a match.

Nr.PlayerDate first penaltyDate last penaltyPenalty attemptsSuccessfulUnsuccessfulSuccess rate
1Fritz Förderer †20.04.190820.04.190821150
2Camillo Ugi †04.04.190904.04.1909110100
3Max Breunig †24.04.191017.11.1912110100
4Adolf Jäger †14.04.191224.10.192031233
5Hans Kalb †23.04.191223.04.19121010
6Josef Lüke †12.08.192312.08.19231010
7Andreas Franz †13.01.192413.01.1924110100
8Hans Ruch †26.06.192526.06.1925110100
9Richard Hofmann †06.03.193206.03.1932110100
10Ernst Lehner †19.29.193415.06.1941220100
11Josef Gauchel †20.03.193820.03.1938110100
12Paul Janes †12.11.193906.04.1941220100
13Franz Binder † 26.11.193926.11.1939110100
14Edmund Conen †20.10.194020.10.1940110100
15Herbert Burdenski †22.11.195022.11.1950110100
16Fritz Walter †30.06.195430.06.1954220100
17Erich Juskowiak †30.03.195510.04.1959330100
18Albert Brülls †26.03.196126.03.19611010
19Horst Szymaniak †06.06.196206.06.1962110100
20Jürgen Werner †05.05.196305.05.1963110100
21Werner Krämer †01.01.196401.01.19641010
22Klaus-Dieter Sieloff †13.03.196509.10.1965330100
23Helmut Haller †12.07.196612.07.1966110100
2422.03.196722.03.19671010
25Gerd Müller †08.04.196723.02.197475271
2629.04.197229.04.1972110100
27Paul Breitner27.03.197414.04.198254180
28Jürgen Grabowski17.04.1974 17.04.1974 1010
29Uli Hoeneß30.06.197403.07.197421150
30Manfred Ritschel27.04.197527.04.1975110100
3122.12.197522.12.19751010
3227.04.197727.02.1980440100
3319.11.198022.11.1981330100
3430.03.198317.04.198543175
3529.02.198429.02.1984110100
3627.03.198515.11.19891020
3705.02.198618.12.1984880100
3808.07.199008.07.1990110100
3919.10.199023.06.199663350
4029.05.199629.05.19961010
4103.06.200009.05.2002220100
4228.03.200109.09.20091110191
4315.08.200115.08.2001110100
4411.10.200202.06.200754180
4527.05.200618.06.201043175
4606.09.2006 06.09.2006 110100
4720.08.200813.06.201565183
4806.09.201106.09.2019330100
4928.06.201226.06.201665183
5016.06.201411.10.2015220100
5129.05.2016 29.05.2016 110100
5219.06.2017 19.06.2017 110100
5311.06.2019 11.10.2021 330100

Penalty shoot-out

The Germany national team has had eight matches go to penalty shootouts; the team has won six of them and lost two. Germany (4) and Argentina (5) are the only teams to have won a shootout four or more times in a World Cup. Argentina suffered their only defeat in a penalty shootout at a World Cup against Germany; Germany is thus the only team ever to have had more than one penalty shootout at a World Cup with a 100% win rate.

The most successful German penalty takers in shootouts are Andreas Brehme, Pierre Littbarski, Lothar Matthäus and Olaf Thon, with two penalties each, though Matthäus does not have a perfect record. Harald Schumacher is the most successful goalkeeper with four penalty saves. Sepp Maier (1976) and Eike Immel (1988) are the only goalkeepers who could not save a penalty in a penalty shoot-out. There have been four times when all German penalty takers were successful; in three cases, only four German shooters had to participate due to the outcome already having been decided. In two cases (1982 and 1996) an additional sixth German penalty taker secured victory, in 2016 the ninth penalty taker - Jonas Hector - scored the decisive penalty.

DateOpponentTypeResultSuccessful German shootersGerman missing shootersGerman goalkeeper savesSpecial
20.06.1976UEFA Euro 1976 Final3–5Rainer Bonhof, Heinz Flohe, Hans BongartzUli Hoeneß–First penalty shootout in a European Championship
08.07.19821982 FIFA World Cup Semi final5–4Manfred Kaltz, Paul Breitner, Pierre Littbarski, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Horst HrubeschUli StielikeToni Schumacher (2×)First penalty shootout in a World Championship
22.06.19861986 FIFA World Cup Quarter final4–1Klaus Allofs, Andreas Brehme, Lothar Matthäus, Pierre LittbarskiToni Schumacher (2×)
31.03.19881988 Four Nation Tournament Semi final2–4Olaf Thon, Dieter EcksteinLothar Matthäus, Rudi Völler–Only penalty shoot-out in a friendly match
04.07.19901990 FIFA World Cup Semi final4–3Andreas Brehme, Lothar Matthäus, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Olaf ThonBodo Illgner (1×)Chris Waddle shot off target
26.06.1996UEFA Euro 1996 Semi final6–5Thomas Häßler, Thomas Strunz, Stefan Reuter, Christian Ziege, Stefan Kuntz, Andreas MöllerAndreas Köpke (1×)
30.06.20062006 FIFA World Cup Quarter final4–2Oliver Neuville, Michael Ballack, Lukas Podolski, Tim BorowskiJens Lehmann (2×)
02.07.2016UEFA Euro 2016 Quarter final6–5Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, Bastian SchweinsteigerManuel Neuer (2×)2 Italians shot off target. For the first time Germany eliminated Italy in a major tournament

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wilimowski-intlg.html Ernest Otton Wilimowski - International Goals
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kirsten-intl.html Ulf Kirsten - International Appearances
  3. Web site: Germany score in nine seconds against Ecuador. Reuters. 29 May 2013. 10 July 2024.
  4. In some sources he is led as "Walter Hanke", e.g. Kicker special edition "100 years German international matches"
  5. https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=15328 Germany-France 2:2
  6. Web site: Germany crush Luxembourg 7-0. Alex. Sisto. DW.com. 27 May 2006. 10 July 2024.

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