Germany national football team records and statistics explained

The Germany national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) has represented Germany in men's international football since 1908.^[1] The team is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund), founded in 1900.^[2] ^[3] Ever since the DFB was reinaugurated in 1949 the team has represented the Federal Republic of Germany. Under Allied occupation and division, two other separate national teams were also recognised by FIFA: the Saarland team representing the Saarland (1950–1956) and the East German team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). Both have been absorbed along with their records^[4] ^[5] by the current national team. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following the reunification in 1990.

Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won four World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014), three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996), and one Confederations Cup (2017). They have also been runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup, and a further four third-place finishes at World Cups. East Germany won Olympic Gold in 1976.^[6]

Germany is the only nation to have won both the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup.^[7] ^[8] At the end of the 2014 World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2,205 points.^[9] Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas.

Abbreviations

A = away match
H = home match
* = match in neutral place
(c) = captain of team
(g) = goalkeeper
Am. = Amateur
WC = World Cup
EC = European Championship
Confed-Cup = Confederations Cup
NL = Nations League
OG = Olympic Games
CT = Consolation tournament of the Olympic Games
GS = Group stage
2GS = Second group stage
R16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
F = Final
a.e.t. = after extra time
p. = penalty shoot-out
GG = golden goal
= goal scored from penalty kick
= own goal
(opposite the name) = players which played for Austria and Germany
(opposite the name) = players which played for Poland and Germany

green background colour = Germany won the matchyellow background colur = draw (including matches decided via penalty shoot-out)red background colour = 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 records

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Period
1	Lothar Matthäus	150	23	1980–2000
2	Miroslav Klose	137	71	2001–2014
3	Thomas Müller	131	45	2010–2024
4	Lukas Podolski	130	49	2004–2017
5	Manuel Neuer	124	0	2009–2024
6	Bastian Schweinsteiger	121	24	2004–2016
7	Toni Kroos	114	17	2010–2024
8	Philipp Lahm	113	5	2004–2014
9	Jürgen Klinsmann	108	47	1987–1998
10	Jürgen Kohler	105	2	1986–1998

Most consecutive matches

Since many players have been absent due to injuries, there are only a few players who have been able to play for the national team without interruption:^[10]

Rank	Matches	Period
1	60	9 September 1970 – 23 February 1977
2	48	27 March 1974 – 21 June 1978
3	47	8 March 1978 – 14 April 1982
4	39	6 March 1968 – 8 September 1971

Youngest players on debut

Twelve players were younger than 19 on their debut, four under 18. 109 players were not yet of age on their debut. After the age of majority was reduced to 18 years on 1 January 1975, no players who were not yet of age have made their debut, with the exception of Youssoufa Moukoko in 2022, who debuted four days before his 18th birthday. 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.

Rank	Player	Date of birth	First match	Result	Competition	Age
1.		23 December 1890	5 April 1908	3–5	Friendly match	17 years, 104 days	4	FW
2.		5 August 1892	3 April 1910	3–2	Friendly match	17 years, 241 days	3	FW
3.	Uwe Seeler	5 November 1936	16 October 1954	1–3	Friendly match	17 years, 345 days	72	FW
4.	Youssoufa Moukoko	20 November 2004	16 November 2022	1–0	Friendly match	17 years, 361 days	2	FW
5.	Jamal Musiala	26 February 2003	25 March 2021	3–0	WC 2022 qualifier	18 years, 27 days	28	MF
6.		2 August 1894	6 October 1912	1–3	Friendly match	18 years, 65 days	3	FW
7.		10 July 1922	15 September 1940	1–0	Friendly match	18 years, 67 days	1	FW
8.	Florian Wirtz	3 May 2003	2 September 2021	2–0	WC 2022 qualifier	18 years, 122 days	17	MF
9.	Mario Götze	3 June 1992	17 November 2010	0–0	Friendly match	18 years, 167 days	66	MF
10.		12 December 1889	7 June 1908	2–3	Friendly match	18 years, 178 days	1	DF

Oldest players

Eighteen players played their last match for Germany at an age older than 35 years, including six GKs. 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.

Rank	Player	Date of birth	Last match	Result	Competition	Age
1.	Lothar Matthäus	21 March 1961	20 June 2000	0–3	EC 2000 group stage	39 years, 91 days	150	DF
2.	Jens Lehmann	10 November 1969	29 June 2008	0–1	EC 2008 Final	38 years, 232 days	61	GK
3.	Manuel Neuer	27 March 1986	5 July 2024	1–2	EC 2024 quarter-final	38 years, 100 days	124	GK
4.		31 October 1920	24 June 1958	1–3	WC 1958 semi-final	37 years, 236 days	61	MF
5.		15 June 1969	8 July 2006	3–1	WC 2006 3rd place	37 years, 23 days	86	GK
6.		6 March 1925	22 October 1961	2–1	WC 1962 qualifier	36 years, 230 days	9	FW
7.		7 May 1914	22 November 1950	1–0	Friendly match	36 years, 199 days	44	DF
8.	Andreas Köpke	12 March 1962	4 July 1998	0–3	WC 1998 quarter-final	36 years, 114 days	59	GK
9.	Hans-Jörg Butt	28 May 1974	10 July 2010	3–2	WC 2010 3rd place	36 years, 43 days	4	GK
10.	Miroslav Klose	9 June 1978	13 July 2014	1–0	WC 2014 Final	36 years, 34 days	137	FW

Oldest players on debut

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

Rank	Player	Date of birth	First match	Result	Competition	Age
1.		18 March 1906	15 June 1941	5–1	Friendly match	35 years, 83 days	3
2.		13 November 1924	20 May 1959	1–1	Friendly match	34 years, 188 days	1
3.		18 August 1886	26 September 1920	2–3	Friendly match	34 years, 39 days	6
4.	Martin Max	7 August 1968	17 April 2002	0–1	Friendly match	33 years, 253 days	1
5.	Paul Steiner	23 January 1957	30 May 1990	1–0	Friendly match	33 years, 127 days	1
6.	Roman Weidenfeller	6 August 1980	19 November 2013	1–0	Friendly match	33 years, 105 days	5
7.		8 June 1890	12 August 1923	1–2	Friendly match	33 years, 65 days	3
8.		30 December 1919	5 October 1952	1–3	Friendly match	32 years, 280 days	1
9.		20 November 1898	26 April 1931	1–1	Friendly match	32 years, 157 days	1
10.	Pascal Groß	15 June 1991	9 September 2023	1–4	Friendly match	32 years, 86 days	8

Youngest captains

Of the ten youngest captains, only Joshua Kimmich was captain in a competitive match, playing against Cameroon in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage; the other thirteen youngest captains were only in friendly matches.

Rank	Player	Date of birth	First match as captain	Opponent	Result	Competition	Age
1.	Julian Draxler	20 September 1993	13 May 2014		0–0	Friendly match	20 years, 235 days	11.	9	58
2.		9 June 1888	24 April 1910		2–4	Friendly match	21 years, 299 days	1.	1	3
3.		11 May 1887	13 March 1909	England (Am.)	0–9	Friendly match	21 years, 310 days	1.	4	5
4.		12 November 1888	26 March 1911		6–2	Friendly match	22 years, 133 days	2.	3	9
5.	Joshua Kimmich	8 February 1995	25 June 2017 (from 80')		3–1	Confed-Cup 2017	22 years, 137 days	18.	14	85
6.		31 March 1889	14 April 1912		4–4	Friendly match	23 years, 14 days	4.	10	18
7.		13 November 1910	3 December 1933		1–0	Friendly match	23 years, 20 days	11.	1	26
8.		26 February 1885	7 June 1908		2–3	Friendly match	23 years, 101 days	2.	2	18
9.	Serdar Tasci	24 April 1987	11 August 2010 (from 66')		2–2	Friendly match	23 years, 109 days	14.	1	14
10.		25 January 1904	2 October 1927		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 for the first time in a competitive match, in a win against Liechtenstein for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification after Germany had already qualified; all the other players only debuted as captain in friendly matches.

Rank	Player	Date of birth	First match as captain	Result	Competition	Age
1.	Jens Lehmann	10 November 1969	27 May 2008 (from 67')	2–2	Friendly match	38 years, 199 days	54.	1	61
2.		7 May 1914	22 November 1950	1–0	Friendly match	36 years, 199 days	44.	1	44
3.		11 December 1916	4 May 1952	3–0	Friendly match	35 years, 144 days	15.	1	15
4.		15 July 1894	20 October 1929	4–0	Friendly match	35 years, 97 days	10.	1	12
5.		6 May 1893	15 April 1928	3–2	Friendly match	34 years, 355 days	12.	1	12
6.		18 August 1886	5 May 1921	3–3	Friendly match	34 years, 261 days	3.	2	6
7.		28 February 1944	11 October 1978	4–3	Friendly match	34 years, 226 days	90.	6	95
8.	Ulf Kirsten	4 December 1965	2 September 1998 (from 46')	2–1	Friendly match	32 years, 272 days	37.	2	51
9.		28 December 1892	26 June 1925	5–3	Friendly match	32 years, 180 days	6.	1	6
10.	Marco Reus	31 May 1989	2 September 2021 (from 82')	2–0	WC 2022 qualifier	32 years, 94 days	45.	1	48

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

See main article: List of Germany international footballers born outside Germany.

No.	Player	Country of birth	for Germany	First match	Matches against country of birth (score)
1.		(Bratislava)	1	22 November 1950	–
2.		(Lugoj)	32	17 June 1951	–
3.	Miroslav Votava	(Prague)	5	21 November 1979	–
4.	Fredi Bobic	(Maribor)	37	12 October 1994	23 June 1996 (2–1 against Croatia) 30 April 2003 (1–0 against Serbia and Montenegro)
5.	Dariusz Wosz	(Piekary Śląskie)	17	26 February 1997	–
6.	Oliver Neuville	(Locarno)	69	2 September 1998	26 April 2000 (1–1)
7.	Paulo Rink	(Curitiba)	13	2 September 1998	–
8.	Mustafa Doğan	(Yalvaç)	2	30 July 1999	9 October 1999 (0–0)
9.	Miroslav Klose	(Opole)	137	24 March 2001	14 June 2006 (1–0) 8 June 2008 (2–0) 6 September 2011 (2–2)
10.	Gerald Asamoah	(Mampong)	43	29 May 2001	–
11.	Martin Max	(Tarnowskie Góry)	1	17 April 2002	–
12.	Paul Freier	(Bytom)	19	9 May 2002	–
13.	Kevin Kurányi	(Rio de Janeiro)	52	29 March 2003	8 September 2004 (1–1), 1 goal 25 June 2005 (2–3)
14.	Lukas Podolski	(Gliwice)	130	6 June 2004	14 June 2006 (1–0) 8 June 2008 (2–0), 2 goals 6 September 2011 (2–2) 11 October 2014 (0–2) 4 September 2015 (3–1)
15.	Lukas Sinkiewicz	(Tychy)	3	3 September 2005	–
16.	Piotr Trochowski	(Tczew)	35	7 October 2006	–
17.	Marko Marin	(Gradiška)	16	27 May 2008	3 June 2010 (3–1 against Bosnia and Herzegovina) 18 June 2010 (0–1 against Serbia)
18.	Andreas Beck	(Kemerovo)	9	11 February 2009	–
19.		(Santo André)	23	29 May 2009	10 August 2011 (3–2)
20.	Roman Neustädter	(Dnipropetrowsk)	2	14 November 2012	–
21.	Mahmoud Dahoud	(Amuda)	2	7 October 2020	–
22.	Armel Bella-Kotchap	(Paris)	2	26 September 2022	–
23.	Youssoufa Moukoko	(Yaoundé)	2	16 November 2022	–
24.	Waldemar Anton	(Olmaliq)	4	23 March 2024	–

Goals

See main article: Germany national football team goal records.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Period
1	Miroslav Klose (list)	71	137	2001–2014
2	Gerd Müller (list)	68	62	1966–1974
3	Lukas Podolski	49	130	2004–2017
4	Rudi Völler	47	90	1982–1994
4	Jürgen Klinsmann	47	108	1987–1998
6	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	45	95	1976–1986
6	Thomas Müller	45	131	2010–2024
8	Uwe Seeler	43	72	1954–1970
9	Michael Ballack	42	98	1999–2010
10	Oliver Bierhoff	37	70	1996–2002

Youngest goalscorers

Ten goalscorers were younger than 20. Lukas Podolski is the youngest player to score two goals in one match, doing so in his eighth match. By contrast, Fritz Walter was the youngest player to score three goals, doing so in his first international match. Jamal Musiala is the youngest competitive goalscorer as well as the youngest player to score his first goal in a competitive fixture, doing so at the age of 18 years and 227 days in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against North Macedonia; all of the other nine youngest goalscorers scored in friendly matches.

The following table lists the ten youngest goalscorers.

Rank	Player	Date of birth	First goal	Result	Competition	Age	Total goals	Goals before age 20
1.		5 August 1892	3 April 1910	3–2	Friendly match	17 years, 241 days	1	1
2.		26 February 2003	11 October 2021	4–0	WC 2022 qualifier	18 years, 227 days	1	1
3.		10 November 1914	14 January 1934	3–1	Friendly match	19 years, 65 days	27	5
4.		17 February 1891	24 April 1910	2–4	Friendly match	19 years, 66 days	1	1
5.	Mario Götze	3 June 1992	10 August 2011	3–2	Friendly match	19 years, 68 days	17	2
		31 March 1889	7 June 1908	2–3	Friendly match	19 years, 68 days	10	1
		9 August 1935	16 October 1954	1–3	Friendly match	19 years, 68 days	1	1
8.		29 January 1912	26 April 1931	1–1	Friendly match	19 years, 87 days	1	1
9.		13 March 1989	20 August 2008	2–0	Friendly match	19 years, 160 days	1	1
10.		4 June 1985	21 December 2004	5–1	Friendly match	19 years, 200 days	49	3

Oldest goalscorers

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

The following table lists the ten oldest goalscorers.

Rank	Date of birth	Last goal	Result	Competition	Age	Total goals	Goals after age 30
1.	21 March 1961	28 July 1999	2–0	Confed Cup 1999	38 years, 128 days	23	6
2.	6 March 1925	20 September 1961	5–1	Friendly match	36 years, 198 days	2	2
3.	9 June 1978	8 July 2014	7–1	WC 2014 semi-final	36 years, 29 days	71	32
4.	31 October 1920	26 May 1956	1–3	Friendly match	35 years, 207 days	33	14
5.	1 May 1973	31 May 2008	2–1	Friendly match	35 years, 30 days	10	6
6.	4 December 1965	7 June 2000	8–2	Friendly match	34 years, 186 days	20	14
7.	19 October 1927	11 April 1962	3–0	Friendly match	34 years, 175 days	15	5
8.	13 April 1960	2 July 1994	3–2	WC 1994 round of 16	34 years, 80 days	47	15
9.	1 May 1968	1 June 2002	8–0	WC 2002 group stage	34 years, 31 days	37	24
10.	13 September 1989	12 September 2023	2–1	Friendly match	33 years, 364 days	45	7

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Germany national football team hat-tricks.

For several players with the same number of hat-tricks and total goals, the entry is made chronologically.

Rank	Player	Hat-tricks	Dates (goals)	Total goals
1.	Gerd Müller	8	8 April 1967 (4), 21 May 1969 (4), 7 June 1970 (3), 10 June 1970 (3), 22 June 1971 (3), 8 September 1971 (3), 26 May 1972 (4), 15 November 1972 (4)	28
2.		5	27 May 1934 (3), 27 January 1935 (3), 18 August 1935 (3), 1 September 1940 (4), 20 October 1940 (4)	17
3.		5	28 May 1928 (3), 23 June 1929 (3), 10 May 1930 (3), 27 September 1931 (3), 1 July 1932 (3)	15
4.	Miroslav Klose	4	13 February 2002 (3), 18 May 2002 (3), 1 June 2002 (3), 10 September 2008 (3)	12
5.	Uwe Seeler		3	21 October 1959 (3), 20 September 1961 (3), 28 September 1963 (3)	9
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	3	23 September 1981 (3), 18 November 1981 (3), 20 June 1982 (3)
	Oliver Bierhoff	3	20 August 1997 (3), 4 June 1999 (3), 9 May 2002 (3)
8		2	16 May 1937 (5), 24 October 1937 (3)	8
9		2	5 October 1941 (3), 18 October 1942 (4)	7
9	Lukas Podolski	2	7 September 2005 (3), 6 September 2006 (4)	7
11.	Serge Gnabry	2	11 November 2016 (3), 19 November 2019 (3)	6
		2	25 October 1924 (3), 20 June 1926 (3)
		2	22 October 1933 (3), 11 March 1934 (3)
		2	12 November 1939 (3), 26 November 1939 (3)
		2	14 July 1940 (3), 15 August 1942 (3)
	André Schürrle	2	15 October 2013 (3), 13 June 2015 (3)

Best goal ratio

Gottfried Fuchs is the only player with a ratio of more than two goals per match.

Rank	Goals	Caps	Ratio
1	13	6	2.17
2	5	3	1.67
2	5	3	1.67
4	13	8	1.63
5	5	4	1.25
5	5	4	1.25
7	6	5	1.20
8	10	9	1.11
9	68	62	1.10
10	17	16	1.06

Penalties

As of 14 June 2024, 139 penalties have been given for Germany in 135 different matches. Of these, 102 were converted (80%). The first penalty was in Germany's second match to make the score 1–1 (the final score was 1–5). In two cases, Germany scored two penalties in a single match, and on each occasion both penalties were converted by the same player (Fritz Walter in the 1954 World Cup semi-finals and Bastian Schweinsteiger in a friendly). On three occasions did the same player, Fritz Förderer, Torsten Frings, and Lukas Podolski, successfully convert one penalty but miss another in the same match..^[11]

The most frequent penalty taker for Germany was Michael Ballack, converting ten of eleven penalties taken. The most penalty misses recorded was by Jürgen Klinsmann, who could not convert three of six penalties taken. 28 penalties were converted by the captain (c) of the team, with Lothar Matthäus (seven times) converting the most penalties as captain.

Germany have received the most penalties against Bulgaria; they earned nine penalties in a total of 21 matches against the side (42% of matches), of which eight were converted. Germany have received six penalties against a reigning world champion, all of which were converted. Germany have also received thirteen penalties as reigning world champions, of which ten were converted.

In fifteen matches, the conversion of the penalty was decisive to the game's outcome, with four converted penalties reducing a deficit leading to a draw and one of these draws followed by another penalty for a win. In 36 matches, the converted penalty was the first goal, including Germany's first match against world champions Brazil in May 1963. Of these matches, the opponents managed to draw three times and win the match five times. On seven occasions, the converted penalty was the only goal of the match.

Significant penalties include the converted penalty by Herbert Burdenski in Germany's first match after World War II, as well as the penalty converted in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final, which was taken by Andreas Brehme instead of originally-intended kicker Lothar Matthäus. This made Germany the first team to be given a penalty in two World Cup finals, after becoming the first team to concede a penalty in a FIFA World Cup final in 1974. Germany's 1990 World Cup quarter-final victory also saw the converted penalty being the only goal of the match.

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

Eleven opposition goalkeepers faced a German penalty twice. Of these penalties, Germany only failed to score either against Alan Fettis of Northern Ireland. John Bonello (Malta) and Borislav Mihaylov (Bulgaria) were each able to save one of the two penalties.

Germany have been given the most penalties by Italian and Swiss referees (eleven each), with the Swiss referees officiating just over half as many matches as the Italians (55 vs. 109). Additionally, 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 as both ended 5–1: once in favour of the England amateur team and once for the German team against Croatia. Italian Nicola Rizzoli is the only referee to have awarded three penalties for the German team, including two in the same match; he also gave one penalty against the side. Nine other referees have given Germany two penalties.

Penalty shoot-outs

Germany have been involved in eight penalty shoot-outs, six of which were won and two lost. Germany and Argentina are the only sides that have won four shoot-outs at World Cups, but Germany is the only team ever to participate in this many World Cup shoot-outs with a 100 percent win rate. Consequently, Argentina's only defeat in a penalty shoot-out at a World Cup was against Germany. The most successful penalty takers in shoot-outs for Germany are Andreas Brehme, Pierre Littbarski, Lothar Matthäus and Olaf Thon, with two penalties converted each. Harald Schumacher is the most successful goalkeeper in shoot-outs, with four penalties saved. Sepp Maier (1976) and Eike Immel (1988) are the only goalkeepers who could not save a single penalty in a shoot-out. On four occasions, all German takers were successful in a shoot-out, and in three of these cases only four German kickers were required before the match was won. Even in Germany's two lost shoot-outs, the fifth kicker was not required to take a penalty. In two cases (1982 and 1996), an additional sixth German taker secured a shoot-out victory, while in 2016 this was achieved by the ninth kicker.

Sending off

So far, 27 German players have been sent off in a match, five of which were yellow-red cards from 1991. The first player to be sent off was Hans Kalb, in a match against Uruguay on 3 June 1928 at the 1928 Olympics; he thus also became the first captain of the German team to be sent off. Jérôme Boateng was the first player to be dismissed on his international debut, on 10 October 2009 in Moscow against Russia.^[12] The first German player to be shown a red card in a World Cup match (used since 1970) was Thomas Berthold on 21 June 1986, in a quarter-final game against Mexico. Berthold was also the first German international to be sent off twice. Jérôme Boateng, Carsten Ramelow and Christian Wörns were also each sent off twice. Leroy Sané was the last player to be sent off, being dismissed on 21 November 2023 in a friendly match against Austria. Ron-Robert Zieler was the first German goalkeeper to be sent off, on 15 August 2012 against Argentina.

The most players to be sent off in a single Germany match is three, against Uruguay on 3 June 1928: the German players Hans Kalb and Richard Hofmann were dismissed, in addition to the Uruguayan José Nasazzi.

Two German players have been sent off after being brought on as a substitute: Ulf Kirsten and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Team results

Frequency of match results

2–1 is the most frequent scoreline in favour of the Germany national team, with 88 matches (8.94%) ending like this. This is followed by a scoreline of 1–1 (86 matches) and 1–0 (85 matches). 1–0 was also the score for Germany's World Cup final victories in 1990 and 2014, and their Confedetations Cup victory in 2017. 2–1 was the score for their World Cup final win in 1974 and their European Championship final victories in 1980 and 1996. 2–0 is the next most common result (81 matches). Of the matches lost by Germany, 0–1 is the most frequent result (46 matches), followed by 1–2 (44 matches). 51 of Germany's matches ended scoreless (5.18%), and they have played a total of 341 matches (34.65%) without conceding, seven of which came consecutively between 2016 and 2017.

	Goals conceded
Goals of Germany	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
0	51	46	27	12	1	1	2	0	0	1
1	83	83	43	27	9	5	0	0	0	0
2	85	86	44	18	6	1	1	0	0	0
3	51	45	31	15	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
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Biggest wins

Rank	Result (half-time)	Venue	Date	Competition	German goalscorers (goals)	Notes
1.	16–0 (8–0)	Stockholm, Sweden	1 July 1912	OG 1912 consolation tour first round	Gottfried Fuchs (10), Fritz Förderer (4), Karl Burger (1), Emil Oberle (1)	Biggest win
2.	13–0 (8–0)	Leipzig	1 September 1940	Friendly match	Wilhelm Hahnemann (6), Edmund Conen (4), Fritz Walter (2), Willi Arlt (1)	Biggest home win
2.	13–0 (6–0)	Serravalle, San Marino	6 September 2006	EC 2008 qualifier	Lukas Podolski (4), Thomas Hitzlsperger (2), Miroslav Klose (2), Bastian Schweinsteiger (2), Michael Ballack (1), Manuel Friedrich (1), Bernd Schneider (1)	Biggest away win
4.	12–0 (7–0)	Essen	21 May 1969	WC 1970 qualifier	Gerd Müller (4), Wolfgang Overath (3), Helmut Haller (2), Sigfried Held (1), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1), Max Lorenz (1)
5.	9–0 (2–0)	Berlin	4 August 1936	OG 1936 first round	Wilhelm Simetsreiter (3), Adolf Urban (3), Josef Gauchel (2), Franz Elbern (1)
5.	9–0 (4–0)	Wolfsburg	11 November 2021	WC 2022 qualifier	İlkay Gündoğan (1), Daniel Kaufmann (1) (OG), Leroy Sané (2), Marco Reus (1), Thomas Müller (1), Ridle Baku (1), Maximilian Göppel (1) (o.g.)
7.	9–1 (5–1)	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	11 March 1934	WC 1934 qualifier	Josef Rasselnberg (4), Karl Hohmann (3), Ernst Albrecht (1), Willi Wigold (1)
7.	9–1 (4–0)	Mannheim	4 June 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.	8–0 (4–0)	Breslau	16 May 1937	Friendly match	Otto Siffling (5), Ernst Lehner (1), Fritz Szepan (1), Adolf Urban (1)
	8–0 (4–0)	Dortmund	28 February 1976	EC 1976 qualifier	Erich Beer (2), Jupp Heynckes (2), Ronald Worm (2), Bernd Hölzenbein (1), Berti Vogts (1)
	8–0 (3–0)	Bremen	27 February 1980	EC 1980 qualifier	Klaus Allofs (2), Klaus Fischer(2), Rainer Bonhof (1), Walter Kelsch (1), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1), John Holland (1) (o.g.)
	8–0 (5–0)	Dortmund	18 November 1981	WC 1970 qualifier	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (3), Klaus Fischer (2), Paul Breitner (1), Manfred Kaltz (1), Pierre Littbarski (1)
	8–0 (4–0)	Sapporo, Japan	1 June 2002	WC 2002 group stage	Miroslav Klose (3), Michael Ballack (1), Oliver Bierhoff (1), Carsten Jancker (1), Thomas Linke (1), Bernd Schneider (1)	Biggest World Cup win
	8–0 (6–0)	Serravalle, San Marino	11 November 2016	WC 2018 qualifier	Serge Gnabry (3), Jonas Hector (2), Sami Khedira (1), Kevin Volland (1), Mattia Stefanelli (1) (o.g.)
	8–0 (5–0)	Mainz	11 June 2019	EC 2020 qualifier	Marco Reus (2), Serge Gnabry (2), Leon Goretzka (1), İlkay Gündoğan (1), Timo Werner (1), Leroy Sané (1)
Note:

Fifteen consecutive wins in all competitive matches (world record)

Date	Venue	Result	Type
10 July 2010	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	3–2	WC 2010 3rd place
3 September 2010	Brussels, Belgium	1–0	EC 2012 qualifier
7 September 2010	Köln	6–1	EC 2012 qualifier
8 October 2010	Berlin	3–0	EC 2012 qualifier
12 October 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	3–0	EC 2012 qualifier
26 March 2011	Kaiserslautern	4–0	EC 2012 qualifier
3 June 2011	Vienna, Austria	2–1	EC 2012 qualifier
7 June 2011	Baku, Azerbaijan	3–1	EC 2012 qualifier
2 September 2011	Gelsenkirchen	6–2	EC 2012 qualifier
7 October 2011	Istanbul, Turkey	3–1	EC 2012 qualifier
11 October 2011	Düsseldorf	3–1	EC 2012 qualifier
9 June 2012	Lviv, Ukraine	1–0	EC 2012 group stage
13 June 2012	Kharkiv, Ukraine	2–1	EC 2012 group stage
17 June 2012	Lviv, Ukraine	2–1	EC 2012 group stage
22 June 2012	Gdańsk, Poland	4–2	EC 2012 quarter-final

Highest-scoring draws

Rank	Result (half-time)	Opponent	Venue	Date	Competition	German goalscorers (goals)	Notes
1.	5–5 (3–2)		Zwolle, Netherlands	24 March 1912	friendly match	Julius Hirsch (4), Gottfried Fuchs (1)
2.	4–4 (4–1)		Budapest, Hungary	14 April 1912	Friendly match	Adolf Jäger (1), Eugen Kipp (1), Ernst Möller (1), Willi Worpitzky (1)	Germany lead 4–1 until the 59th minute
	4–4 (0–1)		Amsterdam, Netherlands	5 April 1914	friendly match	Otto Harder (1), Adolf Jäger (1), Richard Queck (1), Karl Wegele (1)	Germany equalized 4–4 in the 90th minute, end their longest streak of matches lost (seven); last match before World War I
	4–4 (2–4)	Bohemia and Moravia	Breslau	12 November 1939	Griendly match	Franz Binder (3), Paul Janes (1)	Germany were initially trailing 0–3
	4–4 (3–0)		Berlin	16 October 2012	WC 2014 qualifier	Miroslav Klose (2), Per Mertesacker (1), Mesut Özil (1)	Germany were leading 4–0 until the 62nd minute; the equalizer came in the 3rd minute of second half stoppage time
Note:

Biggest defeats

Rank	result	Venue	Date	Competition	German goalscorers (goals)	Notes
1.	0–9 (0–5)	Oxford, England	13 March 1909	Friendly match		Biggest defeat, biggest away defeat
2.	0–6 (0–3)	Seville, Spain	17 November 2020	UNL 2020–21		Biggest defeat in an official match
2.	0–6 (0–3)	Berlin	24 May 1931	Friendly match		Biggest home defeat
4.	0–5 (0–2)	Vienna, Austria	13 September 1931	Friendly match
5.	3–8 (1–3)	Basel, Switzerland	20 June 1954	WC 1954 group stage	Richard Herrmann (1), Alfred Pfaff (1), Helmut Rahn (1)	Biggest World Cup defeat; only in one other match (5–4 win against Switzerland on 17 September 1955) did Hungary's "Golden Team" concede more goals
6.	0–4 (0–0)	Guadalajara, Mexico	24 July 1999	Confed-Cup 1999 group stage		First ever Confedederations Cup match
7.	1–5 (1–3)	Berlin-Mariendorf	20 April 1908	Friendly match	Fritz Förderer (1)	First ever home match
	1–5 (1–0)	Stockholm, Sweden	29 June 1912	OG 1912 first round	Adolf Jäger (1)	First ever match on neutral ground, first ever match at Olympic Games
	1–5 (1–2)	Budapest, Hungary	24 September 1939	Friendly match	Ernst Lehner (1)	First match during World War II
	1–5 (1–2)	Munich	1 September 2001	WC 2002 qualifier	Carsten Jancker (1)	Biggest defeat in qualification match
	1–5 (0–4)	Bucharest, Romania	28 April 2004	friendly match	Philipp Lahm (1)
12.	2–6 (0–4)	Antwerp, Belgium	23 November 1913	Friendly match	Gottfried Fuchs (1), Karl Wegele (1)
Note:

Attendance

There have been thirteen matches played involving the German team with at least 100,000 spectators. Only two of these matches place in Germany. Two matches took place at a neutral venue, both at the Estadio Azteca. The majority of these matches took place when standing room was 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.

Rank	Attendance	Venue	Stadium	Opponent	Date	Competition	Result	Notes
1	150,289	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã		21 March 1982	Friendly match	0–1
2	143,315	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã		6 June 1965	Friendly match	0–2
3	114,600	Mexico City, Mexico	Estadio Azteca		29 June 1986	WC 1986 Final	2–3
4	114,000	Mexico City, Mexico	Estadio Azteca		22 December 1993	Friendly match	0–0
5	110,000	Teheran, Iran	Azadi Stadium		9 October 2004	Friendly match	2–0	First match of Per Mertesacker
6	106,066	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã		12 June 1977	Friendly match	1–1
7	105,000	Berlin	Olympiastadion Berlin		14 May 1938	Friendly match	3–6	First matches of Austrian players in the Germany national team
8	104,403	Mexico City, Mexico	Estadio Azteca		20 June 1970	WC 1970 3rd place	1–0
9	103,415	Glasgow, Scotland	Hampden Park		6 May 1959	Friendly match	2–3
10	102,444	Mexico City, Mexico	Estadio Azteca		17 June 1970	WC 1970 semi-final		First match at a neutral venue in front of more than 100,000 spectators
11	102,000	Stuttgart	Neckarstadion		22 November 1950	Friendly match	1–0	First match after World War II
12	100,000	London, England	Wembley Stadium		1 December 1954	Friendly match	1–3	First match of Jupp Derwall as manager
12	100,000		London, England	Wembley Stadium		12 March 1975	Friendly match	0–2	400th Germany match

Match statistics

Consideration of extensions and penalty shoot-outs

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

The Germany national team partook in seven penalty shoot-outs at World Cup finals and European Championships, winning six and losing one. They also took part in a shoot-out during the Four Nations Tournament in 1988, which they lost.

The matches which were decided by penalty shoot-out are counted below as draws. The goals scored in shoot-outs are not taken into account for overall goals scored, goals conceded or goal difference.

Opponents to continental federations

Continental Association	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA (Europe)^[13]	856	498	179	179	1,948	1,003	+945
CONMEBOL (South America)	79	35	17	27	136	109	+27
CONCACAF (North and Middle America)	29	17	6	6	66	36	+30
CAF (Africa)	24	15	6	3	51	21	+30
AFC (Asia)^[14]	26	18	3	5	70	27	+43
OFC (Oceania)^[15]	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6
Total	1,017	586	211	220	2,280	1,199	+1,081

Match type

UEFA only evaluates the matches that have been played in a final tournament as European Championship matches.

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

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Friendly U.S. Cup (1993) Four Nations Tournament (1988) Mundialito (1981) Mexico Cup (1985) Anniversary Matches	580	303	124	153	1,236	769	+467
	3	2	1	0	9	7	+2
	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4
	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
	12	9	1	2	30	15	+15
World Cup (WC)	112	68	21	23	232	130	+102
	104	83	18	3	328	74	+254
European Championship (EC)	58	30	14	14	89	59	+30
	106	76	20	10	267	68	+199
Confederations Cup (Confed-Cup)	13	8	2	3	29	22	+7
Nations League (NL)	16	3	9	4	24	29	–5
Olympic Games (OG)	7	3	0	4	32	14	+18
Total	1,017	586	211	220	2,280	1,199	+1,081

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 13 national teams of the OFC
50 of the other 54 national teams of UEFA (no matches have been played against Andorra, Kosovo or 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)
9 former national teams (in italics), of which 6 belonged to UEFA at the time of the last matches.

Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Russia (as the Russian Empire) and San Marino suffered their highest losses against Germany, while Brazil, Estonia, Hungary and Luxembourg suffered their joint-highest defeats against Germany. Germany was the first international opponent in Slovakia in 1939.

The Germany national team has the following balance sheets (as of 5 July 2024):

Team	Association	Type of match	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Competitive meetings
	UEFA	Competitive	14	13	1	0	38	10	+28	WC qualification: 1982, 1998, 2002 EC qualification: 1968, 1972, 1984, 1996
	UEFA	Total	14	13	1	0	38	10	+28
	CAF
		Competitive	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	WC: GS 1982, R16 2014
		Friendly	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
		Total	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
	CONMEBOL
		Competitive	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7	WC: GS 1958, 1966, QF 2006, 2010, F 1986, 1990, 2014^[16] Confed-Cup: GS 2005
		Friendly	15	3	3	9	19	27	−8
		Total	23	7	6	10	33	34	−1
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	19	2	+17	WC qualification: 1998, 2022
		Friendly	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
		Total	5	5	0	0	25	3	+22
	OFC/AFC
		Competitive	4	4	0	0	14	5	+9	WC: GS 1974, 2010 Confed-Cup: GS 2005, 2017
		Friendly	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
		Total	6	4	1	1	17	9	+8
	UEFA	Competitive	16	13	1	2	38	16	+22	OG: R16 1912 WC: 3rd place 1934, SF 1954, 2GS 1978, GS 1982 WC qualification: 1970, 1982, 2014 EC: GS 2008 EC qualification: 1984, 2012
		Friendly	25	12	5	8	52	43	+9
		Total	41	25	6	10	90	59	+31
	UEFA	Competitive	6	6	0	0	24	4	+20	WC qualification: 2010, 2018 EC qualification: 2012
	UEFA	Total	6	6	0	0	24	4	+20	WC qualification: 2010, 2018 EC qualification: 2012
	UEFA	Competitive	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	EC qualification: 2020
		Friendly	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
		Total	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6
	UEFA	Competitive	8	8	0	0	18	7	+11	WC: GS 1934, R16 1994 EC: SF 1972, F 1980 EC qualification: 1992, 2012
		Friendly	18	12	1	5	42	22	+20
		Total	26	20	1	5	60	29	+31
*Bohemia and Moravia*	^[17]	Friendly	1	0	1	0	4	4	0
*Bohemia and Moravia*	^[17]	Total	1	0	1	0	4	4	0
	CONMEBOL	Competitive	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	WC: GS 1994
	CONMEBOL	Total	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	WC: GS 1994
	UEFA	Friendly	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
	UEFA	Total	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
	CONMEBOL	Competitive	4	1	0	3	9	10	−1	WC: F 2002, SF 2014 Confed-Cup: GS 1999, SF 2005
		Friendly	19	4	5	10	22	31	−9
		Total	23	5	5	13	31	41	−10
	UEFA	Competitive	8	5	1	2	20	10	+10	WC: GS 1970, QF 1994 WC qualification: 1982 EC qualification: 1976, 1996
		Friendly	13	11	1	1	36	14	+22
		Total	21	16	2	3	56	24	+32
	CAF	Competitive	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	WC: GS 2002 Confed-Cup: GS 2017
		Friendly	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3
		Total	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7
	CONCACAF	Friendly	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
	CONCACAF	Total	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
	CONMEBOL	Competitive	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	WC: GS 1962, 1974, 1982 Confed-Cup: GS 2017, F 2017
		Friendly	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1
		Total	9	6	1	2	14	8	+6
	AFC	Friendly	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	AFC	Total	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	UEFA	Competitive	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	EC: GS 1992
	UEFA	Total	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	EC: GS 1992
	CONMEBOL
		Competitive	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	WC: GS 1990
		Friendly	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3
		Total	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3
	CONCACAF	Competitive	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	WC: GS 2006, 2022
	CONCACAF	Total	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	WC: GS 2006, 2022
	UEFA
		Competitive	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	WC: QF 1998 EC: QF 1996, GS 2008
		Friendly	5	4	1	0	15	4	+11
		Total	8	5	1	2	18	10	+8
	UEFA	Competitive	6	5	1	0	29	1	+28	WC qualification: 1966, 1970 EC qualification: 2008
	UEFA	Total	6	5	1	0	29	1	+28	WC qualification: 1966, 1970 EC qualification: 2008
	UEFA	Competitive	7	3	3	1	14	10	+4	WC: SF 1934, GS 1958, QF 1990 WC qualification: 1986 EC: F 1976, GS 1980
		Friendly	10	7	1	2	22	14	+8
		Total	17	10	4	3	36	24	+12
	UEFA	Competitive	7	5	0	2	12	8	+4	WC qualification: 2018 EC: GS 1996, 2004, F 1996 EC qualification: 2008
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
		Total	9	7	0	2	16	10	+6
	UEFA
		Competitive	5	3	0	2	6	5	+1	WC: GS 1986 EC: GS 1988, 2012, F 1992, R16 2024
		Friendly	24	13	5	6	51	33	+18
		Total	29	16	5	8	57	38	+19
	UEFA	Competitive	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	WC: GS 1974
	UEFA	Total	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	WC: GS 1974
	CONMEBOL	Competitive	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	WC: GS 2006
		Friendly	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
		Total	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5
	CAF	Friendly	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
	CAF	Total	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
^[18]	UEFA
		Competitive	14	4	6	4	20	22	−2	WC: F 1966, QF 1970, 2GS 1982, SF 1990, R16 2010 WC qualification: 2002 EC qualification: 1972 EC: SF 1996, GS 2000, R16 2020 NL: GS 2022/23
		Friendly	21	9	2	10	26	35	−25
		Total	35	13	8	14	46	57	−11
	^[19]	Friendly	4	0	1	3	3	19	−16
	^[19]	Total	4	0	1	3	3	19	−16
	UEFA	Competitive	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	WC qualification: 1938 EC qualification: 2020
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
		Total	5	5	0	0	22	1	+21
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	WC qualification: 2014 EC qualification: 2004
	UEFA	Total	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	WC qualification: 2014 EC qualification: 2004
	UEFA	Competitive	11	7	4	0	33	9	+24	WC qualification: 1938, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2010 EC qualification: 2000
		Friendly	12	9	2	1	49	10	+39
		Total	23	16	6	1	82	19	+63
	UEFA
		Competitive	8	2	2	4	10	14	−4	WC: 3rd place 1958, SF 1982, 1986, QF 2014 EC: SF 2016, GS 2020 NL: GS 2018/19
		Friendly	26	9	6	11	40	37	+3
		Total	34	11	8	15	50	51	−1
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	EC qualification: 1996, 2016
		Friendly	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
		Total	5	5	0	0	12	2	+10
	CAF	Competitive	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	WC: GS 2010, 2014
		Friendly	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
		Total	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6
	UEFA	Competitive	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	EC qualification: 2016
	UEFA	Total	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	EC qualification: 2016
	UEFA	Competitive	8	5	3	0	18	8	+10	WC qualification: 1962, 2002 EC qualification: 1976 EC: GS 1980, QF 2012
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
		Total	10	7	3	0	23	10	+13
	UEFA
		Competitive	7	2	2	3	12	17	−5	OG: CT SF 1912 WC: GS 1954, F 1954 EC: GS 2020, 2024 NL: GS 2022/23
		Friendly	31	12	10	9	64	51	+13
		Total	38	14	12	12	76	68	+8
	UEFA	Competitive	4	3	1	0	10	0	+10	EC qualification: 2004 WC qualification: 2022
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
		Total	6	5	1	0	18	1	+17
	AFC	Competitive	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	WC: GS 1998
		Friendly	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
		Total	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
	UEFA	Friendly	5	5	0	0	14	1	+13
	UEFA	Total	5	5	0	0	14	1	+13
	UEFA	Competitive	11	1	6	4	13	16	−3	WC: GS 1962, 2GS 1978, SF 1970, 2006, F 1982 EC: GS 1988, 1996, SF 2012, QF 2016 NL: GS 2022/23
		Friendly	26	8	7	11	34	37	−3
		Total	37	9	13	15	47	53	−6
	CAF	Friendly	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
	CAF	Total	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
	AFC
		Competitive	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	WC: GS 2022
		Friendly	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
		Total	4	1	1	2	7	8	−1
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13	EC qualification: 2012 WC qualification: 2014
	UEFA	Total	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13	EC qualification: 2012 WC qualification: 2014
	AFC	Friendly	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
	AFC	Total	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
	UEFA
		Competitive	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	EC: GS 2004
		Friendly	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11
		Total	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	21	0	+21	WC qualification: 2010, 2022
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	17	3	+14
		Total	6	6	0	0	38	3	+35
	UEFA	Competitive	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	EC qualification: 2004
	UEFA	Total	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	EC qualification: 2004
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	25	3	+22	OG: R16 1936 WC qualification: 1934 EC qualification: 1992
		Friendly	9	8	0	1	35	8	+27
		Total	13	12	0	1	60	11	+49
	UEFA	Competitive	6	5	1	0	26	2	+24	WC qualification: 1986 EC qualification: 1976, 1980
		Friendly	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11
		Total	9	8	1	0	38	3	+35
	CONCACAF	Competitive	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	WC: GS 1978, 2018, QF 1986, R16 1998 Confed-Cup: 3rd place 2005, SF 2017
		Friendly	7	1	5	1	10	7	+3
		Total	13	5	6	2	26	13	+13
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	18	3	+15	EC qualification: 1996, 2000
	UEFA	Total	4	4	0	0	18	3	+15	EC qualification: 1996, 2000
	CAF	Competitive	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	WC: GS 1970, R16 1986
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7
		Total	4	4	0	0	12	3	+9
	UEFA	Competitive	14	5	5	4	22	25	−3	WC: F 1974, 2GS 1978, R16 1990 WC qualification: 1990 EC: SF 1988, GS 1980, 1992, 2004, 2012 EC qualification: 2020 NL: GS 2018/19
		Friendly	32	12	12	8	65	52	+13
		Total	46	17	17	12	87	77	+10
	OFC	Competitive	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	Confed-Cup: GS 1999
	OFC	Total	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	Confed-Cup: GS 1999
	CAF	Friendly	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
	CAF	Total	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
	UEFA	Competitive	14	10	2	2	33	12	+21	WC: GS 1958 WC qualification: 1962, 1998, 2018 EC qualification: 1984, 2000, 2020 EC: GS 2016
		Friendly	5	3	2	0	13	3	+10
		Total	19	13	4	2	46	15	+31
	UEFA	Competitive	5	3	1	1	15	4	+11	OG: QF 1936 WC qualification: 1954, 2018
		Friendly	17	12	4	1	44	13	+31
		Total	22	15	5	2	59	17	+42
	UEFA	Competitive	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	WC qualification: 2022
	UEFA	Total	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	WC qualification: 2022
	AFC	Friendly	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
	AFC	Total	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
	CONMEBOL	Competitive	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	WC: R16 2002
		Friendly	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
		Total	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
	CONMEBOL	Competitive	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	WC: GS 1970
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
		Total	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
	UEFA	Competitive	9	5	3	1	10	4	+6	WC: GS 1978, 2006, 2GS 1974 EC qualification: 1972, 2016 EC: GS 2008, 2016
		Friendly	13	8	4	1	24	9	+15
		Total	22	13	7	2	34	13	+21
	UEFA	Competitive	11	6	3	2	18	11	+7	WC qualification: 1986, 1998 WC: 3rd place 2006, GS 2014 EC: GS 1984, 2000, 2012, 2020, QF 2008
		Friendly	8	5	2	1	15	7	+8
		Total	19	11	5	3	33	18	+15
	UEFA	Competitive	7	3	3	1	12	4	+8	WC: GS 2002 EC qualification: 2008, 2016 WC qualification: 2014
		Friendly	13	6	2	5	23	20	+3
		Total	20	9	5	6	35	24	+11
	UEFA	Competitive	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	EC: GS 1984, 2000 WC qualification: 2022
		Friendly	11	7	2	2	35	16	+19
		Total	15	10	3	2	41	19	+22
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	OG: CS R1 1912 WC qualification: 2010 EC: GS 1996
		Friendly	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
		Total	7	6	1	0	28	3	+25
		Competitive	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	WC qualification: 1954
		Total	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	WC qualification: 1954
	UEFA	Competitive	4	4	0	0	34	0	+34	EC qualification: 2008 WC qualification: 2018
	UEFA	Total	4	4	0	0	34	0	+34	EC qualification: 2008 WC qualification: 2018
	AFC	Competitive	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	WC: GS 2002
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
		Total	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12
	UEFA	Competitive	9	7	2	0	21	10	+11	WC qualification: 1970 WC: GS 1986 EC: GS 1992, 2024 EC qualification: 2004, 2016
		Friendly	9	2	3	4	10	14	−4
		Total	18	9	5	4	31	24	+7
	UEFA
		Competitive	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	WC: GS 2010
		Friendly	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
		Total	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	UEFA	Friendly	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
	UEFA	Total	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
	UEFA	Competitive	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	EC qualification: 2008 EC: R16 2016
		Friendly	8	5	0	3	16	10	+6
		Total	11	8	0	3	25	12	+13
	UEFA	Friendly	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
	UEFA	Total	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
	CAF	Friendly	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
	CAF	Total	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
	AFC
		Competitive	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	WC: GS 1994, 2018, SF 2002
		Friendly	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
		Total	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2
	UEFA	Competitive	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	WC: SF 1966 EC: F 1972
		Friendly	10	7	0	3	17	10	+7
		Total	12	9	0	3	22	11	+11
	UEFA
		Competitive	13	4	4	5	13	17	−4	WC: GS 1966, 1994, 2022, 2GS 1982, SF 2010 EC qualification: 1976 EC: GS 1984, 1988, F 2008, QF 2024 NL: GS 2020/21
		Friendly	14	5	5	4	19	17	+2
		Total	27	9	9	9	32	34	−2
	UEFA	Competitive	13	9	3	1	35	20	+15	WC: QF 1934, SF 1958, 2GS 1974, R16 2006, GS 2018 WC qualification: 1938, 1966, 1986, 2014 EC: SF 1992
		Friendly	24	7	6	11	37	41	−4
		Total	37	16	9	12	72	61	+11
	UEFA	Competitive	8	3	4	1	19	11	+8	OG: R16 1928 WC: R16 1938 (x2), GS 1962, 1966 EC: GS 2024 NL: GS 2020/21
		Friendly	46	33	5	8	124	59	+65
		Total	54	36	9	9	143	70	+73
	AFC	Friendly	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
	AFC	Total	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
	CAF	Competitive	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	WC: GS 1978 Confed-Cup: GS 2005
		Friendly	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
		Total	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3
	UEFA	Competitive	13	9	3	1	34	9	+25	WC: GS 1954 (x2) EC qualification: 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2012 EC: SF 2008
		Friendly	9	5	1	3	20	10	+10
		Total	22	14	4	4	54	19	+35
	UEFA	Competitive	7	5	2	0	14	4	+10	WC qualification: 1998, 2002 EC: GS 2016 NL: GS 2020/21
		Friendly	3	0	3	0	6	6	0
		Total	10	5	5	0	20	10	+10
	AFC	Competitive	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	WC: GS 1990
		Friendly	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7
		Total	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11
	CONCACAF	Competitive	4	3	0	1	4	2	+2	WC: GS 1998, 2014, QF 2002 Confed-Cup: GS 1999
		Friendly	8	5	0	3	22	16	+6
		Total	12	8	0	4	26	18	+8
	CONMEBOL	Competitive	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	OG: QF 1928 WC: QF 1966, 3rd place 1970, 2010, GS 1986
		Friendly	6	5	1	0	19	5	+14
		Total	11	8	2	1	29	12	+17
	UEFA	Competitive	12	8	3	1	21	6	+15	WC qualification: 1990, 2010 EC qualification: 1980, 1992, 1996, 2008
		Friendly	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1
		Total	17	9	6	2	26	10	+16
*^[20]*	UEFA	Competitive	9	6	1	2	18	8	+10	WC: QF 1954, 1958, 1962, 2GS 1974, GS 1990, 1998 EC qualification: 1968 EC: SF 1976
		Friendly	16	8	3	5	28	23	+5
		Total	25	14	4	7	46	31	+15
Total
		All competitive	416	271	84	61	1,001	396	+605
		All friendlies	601	315	127	159	1,279	803	+476
		Total	1,017	586	211	220	2,280	1,199	+1,081

green background = positive balance (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
yellow background = balance balanced (number of wins as high as that of defeats)
red background = balance negative (number of defeats higher than the wins)

Venues

Germany hosted the World Cup in 1974 and 2006, the European Championship in 1988 and 2024, and the Confederations Cup in 2005. The matches played in the context of these tournaments of the Germany 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 specifically the three matches from the years 1940, 1941 and 1942, count below as home matches. The meeting in Saarbrücken against the Saarland in the context of 1954 World Cup qualification counts as an away match.

Venue
Home	453	280	93	80	1,156	487	+669
Away	404	218	83	103	804	514	+290
Neutral	160	88	35	37	320	199	+121
Total	1,017	586	211	220	2,280	1,200	+1,080

Home venues

Rank	City	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	First match	Last match	Next match	Notes
1	Berlin	47	18	15	14	92	81	+11	20 April 1908	18 November 2023		First home match, first home defeat, biggest home defeat, first match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (105,000)
2	Stuttgart	36	22	5	9	83	37	+26	26 March 1911	5 July 2024		Match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (102,000)
3	Hamburg	35	20	6	9	55	29	+26	29 October 1911	8 October 2021		Only match against East Germany
4	Munich	30	15	7	8	61	38	+23	17 December 1911	14 June 2024	14 October 2024	Venue of 1974 WC Final
5	Cologne	29	18	8	3	80	26	+54	20 November 1927	28 March 2023
6	Hannover	27	21	3	3	62	22	+40	27 September 1931	11 October 2016
7	Frankfurt	27	17	7	3	58	29	+29	26 March 1922	23 June 2024
8	Düsseldorf	27	15	6	6	63	32	+31	18 April 1926	7 June 2021	7 September 2024
9	Nuremberg	23	14	7	2	60	25	+35	13 January 1924	3 June 2024
10	Dortmund	22	18	3	1	71	15	+56	8 May 1935	29 June 2024
11	Gelsenkirchen	19	10	6	3	32	19	+13	13 October 1973	20 June 2023
12	Leipzig	13	11	0	2	43	11	+32	17 November 1912	23 September 2022		Biggest home win
13	Bremen	11	5	4	2	24	11	+13	23 May 1939	12 June 2023
14	Kaiserslautern	10	5	4	1	27	13	+14	27 April 1988	8 October 2017		1,000th goal in a home match, scored by Marco Reus
15	Mönchengladbach	9	6	2	1	22	9	+13	8 June 2005	7 June 2024
16	Leverkusen	8	7	1	0	30	8	+22	18 December 1991	8 June 2018
17	Karlsruhe	7	7	0	0	25	2	+23	4 April 1909	13 October 1993
18	Dresden	7	2	3	2	14	13	+1	10 September 1911	14 October 1992
19	Duisburg	6	2	0	4	12	8	+4	16 May 1910	31 March 2021
20		5	4	0	1	30	4	+26	18 May 1913	27 May 2006	16 November 2024
21	Augsburg	5	4	0	1	15	6	+9	9 November 1952	29 May 2016
22	*Breslau (now* Wrocław)^[21]	5	3	2	0	18	5	+13	2 November 1930	7 December 1941
23	Ludwigshafen	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	21 December 1952	1 June 1966
24	Bochum	4	2	2	0	14	3	+11	2 July 1922	14 April 1993
25	Wolfsburg	4	2	1	1	15	6	+9	1 June 2003	9 September 2023
26	Mannheim	3	3	0	0	23	2	+21	10 February 1929	5 June 1998
27	Mainz	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	6 June 2014	25 March 2023
28	Altona-Hamburg^[22]	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	23 October 1927	21 November 1937
29	Sinsheim	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	29 May 2011	26 March 2022
30	*Vienna*^[23]	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	14 April 1940	1 February 1942
31	Essen	2	2	0	0	16	1	+15	23 December 1951	21 May 1969
32	Saarbrücken	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	20 November 1983	27 March 1985
33	*Königsberg (now Kaliningrad)*^[24]	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	13 October 1935	29 August 1937
34	Chemnitz	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	18 September 1938	3 December 1939
35	Rostock	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	27 March 2002	7 October 2006
36	*Beuthen (now* Bytom)^[25]	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	16 August 1942	16 August 1942
37	Krefeld	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	27 September 1936	27 September 1936
38	**Stettin (now Szczecin)**^[26]	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	15 September 1935	15 September 1935
39	Aachen	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	13 May 2010	13 May 2010
40	Erfurt	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	25 August 1935	25 August 1935
41	Wuppertal	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	20 March 1938	20 March 1938
42	Magdeburg	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	5 November 1933	5 November 1933
43	Kleve	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	16 October 1910	16 October 1910
Total		453	280	93	80	1,156	487	+669	20 April 1908	5 July 2024	7 September 2024

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

See main article: Germany at the FIFA World Cup.

Year	Round	Position
FIFA World Cup record									width=1% rowspan=26		Qualification record
1930	Did not enter								Declined participation
1934	Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	8	1	1	0	0	9	1
1938	First round	10th	2	0	1	1	3	5	3	3	0	0	11	1
1950	Banned								Banned
1954	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	25	14	4	3	1	0	12	3
1958	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	12	14	Qualified as defending champions
1962	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	4	2	4	4	0	0	11	5
1966	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	15	6	4	3	1	0	14	2
1970	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	17	10	6	5	1	0	20	3
1974	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	13	4	Qualified as hosts
1978	Second group stage	6th	6	1	4	1	10	5	Qualified as defending champions
1982	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	12	10	8	8	0	0	33	3
1986	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	8	7	8	5	2	1	22	9
1990	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	15	5	6	3	3	0	13	3
1994	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	9	7	Qualified as defending champions
1998	Quarter-finals	7th	5	3	1	1	8	6	10	6	4	0	23	9
2002	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	14	3	10	6	3	1	19	12
2006	Third place	3rd	7	5	1	1	14	6	Qualified as hosts
2010	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	16	5	10	8	2	0	26	5
2014	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	18	4	10	9	1	0	36	10
2018	Group stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	2	4	10	10	0	0	43	4
2022	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	6	5	10	9	0	1	36	4
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	4 Titles	20/22	112	68	21*	23	232	130	104	83	18	3	328	74

Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

- Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

- - Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European Championship

See main article: Germany at the UEFA European Championship.

Year	Round	Position							Squad							Campaign
UEFA European Championship record										width=1% rowspan=21		Qualification record
1960	Did not enter	Did not enter
1964
1968	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	9	2	1968
1972	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	5	1	Squad	8	5	3	0	13	3	1972
1976	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1*	0	6	4	Squad	8	4	4	0	17	5	1976
1980	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	6	3	Squad	6	4	2	0	17	1	1980
1984	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad	8	5	1	2	15	5	1984
1988	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	1	1	6	3	Squad	Qualified as hosts
1992	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	7	8	Squad	6	5	0	1	13	4	1992
1996	Champions	1st	6	4	2*	0	10	3	Squad	10	8	1	1	27	10	1996
2000	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	5	Squad	8	6	1	1	20	4	2000
2004	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad	8	5	3	0	13	4	2004
2008	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	10	7	Squad	12	8	3	1	35	7	2008
2012	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	10	6	Squad	10	10	0	0	34	7	2012
2016	Semi-finals	3rd	6	3	2*	1	7	3	Squad	10	7	1	2	24	9	2016
2020	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	6	7	Squad	8	7	0	1	30	7	2020
2024	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	11	4	Squad	Qualified as hosts
2028	To be determined									To be determined
Total	3 Titles	14/17	58	30	14*	14	89	59	—	106	76	20	10	267	68	Total

Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

- Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

- - Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not enter^[27]
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Did not enter^[28]
1999	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	2	6	Squad
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Did not enter^[29]
2005	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	15	11	Squad
2009	Did not qualify
2013
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 via penalty shoot-out.

- Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

- - Red border colour 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
Season	Division	Round	width=28		width=28		width=28		width=28	width=28	width=28	width=28
2018–19	A	Group stage	3rd	4	0	2	2	3	7
2020–21	A	Group stage	2nd	6	2	3	1	10	13
2022–23	A	Group stage	3rd	6	1	4	1	11	9
2024–25	A	To be determined
Total		Group stage League A	4/4	16	3	9	4	24	29

Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

- Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

- - Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Men's honours

See main article: Germany national football team.

Major competitions

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
Semi-finals (3): 1988, 2012, 2016

Summer Olympic Games

Gold Medal (1): 1976
Silver Medal (2): 1980, 2016
Bronze Medal (3): 1964, 1972, 1988
Fourth place (1): 1952

FIFA Confederations Cup

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

Women's honours

See main article: Germany women's national football team.

Major competitions

FIFA Women's World Cup

Champions (2): 2003, 2007
Runners-up (1): 1995
Fourth place (2): 1991, 2015

UEFA Women's Championship

Champions (8): 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
Runners-up (1): 2022
Fourth place (1): 1993

Summer Olympic Games

Gold Medal (1): 2016
Bronze Medal (3): 2000, 2004, 2008

Notes and References

Web site: All matches of The National Team in 1908 . . 1 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023003534/http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showMatchesByYear&lang=E&liga=Nationalmannschaft&year=1908&cHash=6854a10c202d81c907c2a45218db5c32 . 23 October 2012 .
Web site: Germany . https://web.archive.org/web/20070603061207/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ger/index.html . dead . 3 June 2007 . FIFA . 14 January 2012.
Web site: Germany's strength in numbers . UEFA . 14 January 2012.
Web site: Statistics – Most-capped players . DFB . 11 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608152502/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500396 . 8 June 2011 .
Web site: Statistics – Top scorers . DFB . 11 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608152526/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500398 . 8 June 2011 .
Web site: Olympic Football Tournament Montreal 1976 . FIFA . 28 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120119231416/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197121/index.html . 19 January 2012 .
Web site: – Germany on . https://web.archive.org/web/20070603061207/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ger/index.html . dead . 3 June 2007 . FIFA . 7 June 2012.
Web site: – Tournaments . https://web.archive.org/web/20070602023645/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/index.html . dead . 2 June 2007 . FIFA . 7 June 2012.
News: Silver . Nate . Germany May Be the Best National Soccer Team Ever . Nate Silver . 13 July 2014 . 15 July 2014 . FiveThirtyEight.
Kicker Edition „100 Jahre Deutsche Länderspiele“, S. 77.
Web site: 2024-06-16 . de . Freundschaft, 1907/1908, Saison .
Web site: WM-Qualifikation 2009: Als Adler die Sbornaja verzweifeln ließ. DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V..
Includes matches against Israel, which neither belonged to AFC nor UEFA between 1974 and 1991, but were admitted to UEFA in 1991.
Includes matches against Australia since moving to AFC in 2006.
Includes matches against Australia until moving to AFC in 2006.
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.
The matches against Bohemia and Moravia and Saarland took place before the founding of UEFA.
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.
The matches against England Amateurs took place before the founding of UEFA.
Incl. of the match against the BR Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup.
Breslau is now a city of Poland called Wrocław.
Altona was an independent city until 1937, before merging with Hamburg.
Vienna is now a city of Austria.
Königsberg is now a city of Russia called Kaliningrad.
Beuthen is now a city of Poland called Bytom.
Stettin is now a city of Poland called Szczecin.
As 1990 FIFA World Cup champions
As UEFA Euro 1996 champions
As 2002 FIFA World Cup runners-up