Germany national under-21 football team

Germany Under-21
Association	Deutscher Fußball-Bund
Head coach	Stefan Kuntz
Captain	Jonathan Tah
Most caps	Fabian Ernst (31)
Top scorer	Pierre Littbarski (18)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	U-23:; West Germany 3–3 Yugoslavia ; (Frankfurt, Germany; 25 June 1955); U-21:; Poland 1–0 West Germany ; (Toruń, Poland; 10 October 1979)
Biggest win
	U-23:; West Germany 3–0 Turkey ; (Augsburg, Germany; 24 April 1971); U-21:; San Marino 0–11 Germany ; Serravalle, San Marino; 17 November 2009)
Biggest defeat
	U-23:; Soviet Union 3–1 West Germany ; (Yerevan, USSR; 29 April 1972); U-21:; Portugal 5–0 Germany ; (Olomouc, Czech Republic; 27 June 2015)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1982)
Best result	Winners (2009, 2017)

The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association (DFB), the governing body of football in Germany.

Before the reunification of Germany, East Germany and West Germany played as separate entities — the two teams played separately until summer 1990. Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, international under-21 football in Europe began. A West German team, however, did not compete in the U-21 European Championship until the qualifying round (beginning in 1980) of the 1982 competition.

West Germany competed in the first two under-23 competitions, which finished in 1972 and 1974. The first under-21 competition finals were in 1978, and since the under-21 competition rules state that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an under-23 competition.

The current Germany team can be legitimately considered as the current incarnation of the West German team, since the West Germany flag, uniform, and football association all became those of the unified Germany. In effect, the West German team absorbed the East German team to become 'the Germany national under-21 football team'.

For these reasons, the record of West Germany for the U-23 and U-21 competitions is shown below.

Competition records

For the East Germany team record, look here.

Competing as West Germany

UEFA U-23 Championship record

Year	Progress
1972	Quarterfinals
1974	Did not qualify
1976	Did not enter

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year	Progress
1978	Did not enter
1980	Did not enter
1982	Final
1984	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Quarterfinals

Competing as Germany

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year	Progress
1992	Quarterfinals
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Quarterfinals
1998	Quarterfinals
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Group Stage
2006	Group Stage
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Champions
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Group Stage
2015	Semifinals
2017	Champions
/ 2019	Qualified

Individual Awards

Golden Player: Rudi Völler (1982)
Silver Boot: Kevin Volland (2015)

EURO Under-21 dream team

On 17 June 2015, UEFA revealed an all-time best XI from the previous Under-21 final tournaments.^[1]

Included players from Germany:

Goal: Manuel Neuer
Defence: Mats Hummels
Midfield: Mesut Özil

Schedule and results

9 November 2017 2019 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–7	Germany	Baku
15:00		Report	Hartel 2', 46', 58' Amiri 14' Seydel 28' Klostermann 60' Öztunalı 84'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 150 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

14 November 2017 2019 UEFA Q	Israel	2–5	Germany	Petah Tikva
18:30	Barshazki 44' Weissman 73'	Report	Dahoud 17' Klostermann 54' Seydel 79' Baumgartl 82' Neuhaus 90+1'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

22 March 2018 2019 UEFA Q	Germany	3–0	Israel	Braunschweig
19:00	Löwen 11' Teuchert 26' Öztunali 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Mario Zebec (Croatia)

27 March 2018 2019 UEFA Q	Kosovo	0–0	Germany	Mitrovica
18:45		Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Adem Jashari Attendance: 7,850 Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

7 September 2018 Friendly	Germany	3–0	Mexico	Fürth
19:00	Serra 23' Seydel 49' Teuchert 55'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

11 September 2018 2019 UEFA Q	Republic of Ireland	0–6	Germany	Dublin
19:00		Report	Seydel 6' Teuchert 22' (pen.), 66', 73' (pen.) Serdar 83' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 2,325 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

12 October 2018 2019 UEFA Q	Germany	2–1	Norway	Ingolstadt
20:00	Teuchert 21' Waldschmidt 31'	Report	Risa 46'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)

16 October 2018 2019 UEFA Q	Germany	v	Republic of Ireland	Heidenheim
18:30		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Referee: Karim Abed (France)

November 2018	Germany	v	TBD	Offenbach am Main
				Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion

26 March 2019 Friendly	England	v	Germany
		Report

Players

Current squad

Players born in or after 1996 are eligible for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Norway and Ireland on 12 and 16 October 2018.^[2]

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2018.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alexander Nübel	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996	11	0	Schalke 04
3	2DF	Lukas Klostermann	(1996-06-03) 3 June 1996	15	2	RB Leipzig
5	2DF	Timo Baumgartl	(1996-04-04) 4 April 1996	11	1	VfB Stuttgart
6	2DF	Robin Koch	(1996-07-17) 17 July 1996	1	0	SC Freiburg
7	3MF	Levin Öztunalı	(1996-03-15) 15 March 1996	20	5	Mainz 05
8	3MF	Arne Maier	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999	3	0	Hertha BSC
9	4FW	Abdelhamid Sabiri	(1996-11-28) 28 November 1996	0	0	Huddersfield Town
10	3MF	Luca Waldschmidt	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996	5	1	SC Freiburg
12	1GK	Nils-Jonathan Körber	(1996-11-13) 13 November 1996	1	0	VfL Osnabrück
13	4FW	Janni Serra	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998	8	1	Holstein Kiel
14	2DF	Maximilian Mittelstädt	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997	0	0	Hertha BSC
15	3MF	Philipp Ochs	(1997-04-17) 17 April 1997	6	2	AaB Fodbold
18	3MF	Marcel Hartel	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996	8	4	Union Berlin
19	3MF	Florian Neuhaus	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997	9	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
20	2DF	Felix Uduokhai	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997	1	0	VfL Wolfsburg
21	4FW	Johannes Eggestein	(1998-05-08) 8 May 1998	4	1	Werder Bremen
22	3MF	Maximilian Eggestein	(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996	9	1	Werder Bremen
23	1GK	Moritz Nicolas	(1997-10-21) 21 October 1997	0	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach

Recent call ups

The following players have also been called up to the Germany under-21 squad and remain eligible:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Florian Müller	(1997-11-13) 13 November 1997	0	0	Mainz 05	v. Norway, 12 October 2018
GK	Svend Brodersen	(1997-03-22) 22 March 1997	0	0	FC St. Pauli	v. Republic of Ireland, 11 September 2018
GK	Markus Schubert	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998	1	0	Dynamo Dresden	v. Republic of Ireland, 11 September 2018
GK	Markus Schubert	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998	0	0	Dynamo Dresden	v. Kosovo, 27 March 2018

DF	Benjamin Henrichs	(1997-02-23) 23 February 1997	9	0	Monaco	v. Norway, 12 October 2018
DF	Jonathan Tah	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996	9	0	Bayer Leverkusen	v. Norway, 12 October 2018
DF	Waldemar Anton	(1996-06-20) 20 June 1996	9	0	Hannover 96	v. Norway, 12 October 2018
DF	Pascal Stenzel	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996	4	0	SC Freiburg	v. Republic of Ireland, 11 September 2018
DF	Jordan Torunarigha	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997	3	0	Hertha BSC	v. Republic of Ireland, 11 September 2018
DF	Thilo Kehrer	(1996-09-21) 21 September 1996	9	0	Paris Saint-Germain	v. Israel, 22 March 2018

MF	Eduard Löwen	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997	6	1	1. FC Nürnberg	v. Norway, 12 October 2018
MF	Suat Serdar	(1997-04-11) 11 April 1997	4	2	Schalke 04	v. Norway, 12 October 2018
MF	Nadiem Amiri	(1996-10-27) 27 October 1996	17	3	TSG Hoffenheim	v. Kosovo, 27 March 2018
MF	Mahmoud Dahoud	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996	14	2	Borussia Dortmund	v. Kosovo, 27 March 2018
MF	Salih Özcan	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998	0	0	1. FC Köln	v. Kosovo, 27 March 2018
MF	Dennis Geiger	(1998-06-10) 10 June 1998	0	0	1899 Hoffenheim	v. Azerbaijan, 9 November 2017

FW	Cedric Teuchert	(1997-01-14) 14 January 1997	8	8	Schalke 04	v. Norway, 12 October 2018
FW	Aaron Seydel	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996	4	4	Holstein Kiel	v. Republic of Ireland, 11 September 2018
FW	Marco Richter	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997	2	0	FC Augsburg	v. Norway, 12 October 2018

Past squads

Player records

Most caps

No. of caps	Player	U-21 career
31	Fabian Ernst	1998–2001
27	Andreas Beck	2007–2009
26	Mike Hanke	2003–2005
25	Dennis Aogo	2007–2009
24	Christian Tiffert	2002–2004
	Daniel Schwaab	2007–2010
	Lewis Holtby	2009–2013
	Moritz Leitner	2011–2015
23	Marco Haber	1990–1993
	Andreas Neuendorf	1994–1998
	Benjamin Auer	2002–2004
	Christoph Preuß	2002–2004
	Sebastian Rudy	2009–2013

Most goals

No. of goals	No. of caps	Player	U-21 career
18	21	Pierre Littbarski	1979–1982
17	20	Heiko Herrlich	1990–1993
15	23	Benjamin Auer	2002–2004
14	26	Mike Hanke	2003–2005
14	24	Lewis Holtby	2009–2013
13	21	Rouwen Hennings	2007–2009
11	22	Kevin Volland	2012–2015
10	19	Rudi Völler	1979–1982
10	22	Christian Nerlinger	1992–1996

Former coaches

Hannes Löhr (1990–2002)
Jürgen Kohler (2002–2003)
Uli Stielike (2003–2004)
Dieter Eilts (2004–2008)
Horst Hrubesch (2008–2009)
Rainer Adrion (2009–2013)
Horst Hrubesch (2013–2016)
Stefan Kuntz (2016–)

References

↑ "Our all-time Under-21 EURO dream team". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
↑ "Gegen Norwegen und Irland mit Mittelstädt und Sabiri". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
↑ "U 21-Nationalteam Männer Team". dfb.de. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

External links

Site of the Under-21 national team at the German Football Association homepage

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[1] "Our all-time Under-21 EURO dream team". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[2] "Gegen Norwegen und Irland mit Mittelstädt und Sabiri". dfb.de. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[3] "U 21-Nationalteam Männer Team". dfb.de. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

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