Germany national football team records

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

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

Player

Most consecutive matches

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

Nr.PlayerMatch seriePeriod
1 Franz Beckenbauer60from 9. September 1970 to 23. February 1977
2 Berti Vogts48from 27. March 1974 to 21. June 1978
3 Manfred Kaltz47from 8. March 1978 to 14. April 1982
4 Berti Vogts39from 6. March 1968 to 8. September 1971

Youngest players on the debut

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

The ten youngest players on debut are listed.

Pos. Name Birthday First match Opponent Venue Result Type Age Appearance Position
01.Willy Baumgärtner23.12.189005.04.1908[lower-alpha 1] Switzerland Basel, SUI A 3:5 friendly match17 years, 104 days4forward
02.Marius Hiller05.08.189203.04.1910 Switzerland Basel, SUI A 3:2 friendly match17 years, 241 days3[lower-alpha 2]forward
03.Uwe Seeler05.11.193616.10.1954 France Hanover H 1:3 friendly match17 years, 345 days72forward
04.Friedel Holz 21.02.192020.03.1938 Luxembourg Wuppertal H 2:1 friendly match18 years, 27 days1forward
05.Karl Wolter02.08.189406.10.1912 Denmark Copenhagen, DEN A 1:3 friendly match18 years, 65 days3forward
06.Franz Jelinek 10.07.192215.09.1940 Slovakia Bratislava, SVK A 1:0 friendly match18 years, 67 days1forward
07.Mario Götze03.06.199217.11.2010 Sweden Gothenburg, SWE A 0:0 friendly match18 years, 167 days63midfielder
08.Willy Tänzer12.12.188907.06.1908 Austria Vienna, AUT A 2:3 friendly match18 years, 178 days1defense
09.Olaf Thon01.05.196616.12.1984 Malta Attard, MLT A 3:2 WC 1986 Qualification18 years, 229 days52midfielder
10.Max Meyer18.09.199513.05.2014[lower-alpha 3] Poland Hamburg H 0:0 friendly match18 years, 237 days4midfielder
Notes:
  1. 1st match of Germany
  2. Hiller also played 2 matches for Argentina at the age of 24
  3. On May 13, 2014, the youngest starter of the German international history was on the pitch, average age: 21 years, 317 days

Oldest players

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

Pos. Name Birthday Last match Opponent venue result Type age appearance Position
01.Lothar Matthäus21.03.196120.06.2000 Portugal Rotterdam, NED * 0:3 EC 2000 Group39 years, 91 days150defense
02.Jens Lehmann10.11.196929.06.2008 Spain Vienna, AUT * 0:1 EC 2008 Final38 years, 232 days61goalkeeper
03.Fritz Walter31.10.192024.06.1958 Sweden Gothenburg, SWE A 1:3 WC 1958 Semi final37 years, 236 days61midfielder
04.Oliver Kahn (c)15.06.196908.07.2006 Portugal Stuttgart H 3:1 WC 2006 3rd place37 years, 23 days86goalkeeper
05.Richard Kress06.03.192522.10.1961 Greece Augsburg H 2:1 WC 1962 Qualification36 years, 230 days09forward
06.Andreas Kupfer (c)07.05.191422.11.1950 Switzerland Stuttgart H 1:0 friendly match36 years, 199 days44defense
07.Andreas Köpke12.03.196204.07.1998 Croatia Lyon, FRA * 0:3 WC 1998 Quarter final36 years, 114 days59goalkeeper
08.Hans-Jörg Butt28.05.197410.07.2010 Uruguay Port Elizabeth, RSA * 3:2 WC 210 3rd place36 years, 43 days04goalkeeper
09.Miroslav Klose09.06.197813.07.2014 Argentina Rio de Janeiro, BRA * 1:0 WC 2014 Final36 years, 34 days137forward
10.Karl Sesta 18.03.190601.02.1942  Switzerland Vienna H 1:2 friendly match35 years, 320 days03[lower-alpha 1]defense
Notes:
  1. Sesta had previously played 42 times and twice after World War II for Austria. At his last match for Austria, he was 39 years and 155 days old.

Oldest players on the debut

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

Pos. Name Birthday 1st match Opponent venue Result Type age appearance
01.Karl Sesta 18.03.190615.06.1941  Croatia Vienna H 5:1 friendly match 35 years, 83 days3[lower-alpha 1]
02.Matthias Mauritz13.11.192420.05.1959  Poland Hamburg H 1:1 friendly match 34 years, 188 days1
03.Karl Tewes18.08.188626.09.1920  Austria Vienna, AUT A 2:3 friendly match 34 years, 39 days6
04.Martin Max07.08.196817.04.2002  Argentina Stuttgart H 0:1 friendly match 33 years, 253 days1
05.Paul Steiner23.01.195730.05.1990  Denmark Gelsenkirchen H 1:0 friendly match 33 years, 127 days1
06.Roman Weidenfeller06.08.198019.11.2013  England London, ENG A 1:0 friendly match 33 years, 105 days5
07.Rudolf Leip08.06.189012.08.1923  Finland Dresden H 1:2 friendly match 33 years, 65 days3
08.Kurt Borkenhagen30.12.191905.10.1952  France Colombes, FRA A 1:3 friendly match 32 years, 280 days1
09.Erich Schröder20.11.189826.04.1931  Netherlands Amsterdam, NED A 1:1 friendly match 32 years, 157 days1
10.Clemens Wientjes08.02.192020.04.1952  Luxembourg Luxembourg City, LUX A 3:0 friendly match 32 years, 72 days2
Notes:
  1. Sesta previously played 42 matches for Austria. On his debut for Austria he was 26 years and 65 days old

Youngest captain

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

Pos. Name Birthday 1st captain match Opponent venue Result Type age was captain
match №		 matches
as captain		 total
appearance
01.Julian Draxler20.09.199313.05.2014  Poland Hamburg H 0:0 friendly match 20 years 235 days11.activeactive
02.Christian Schmidt09.06.188824.04.1910  Netherlands Arnhem, NED A 2:4 friendly match 21 years 299 days1.13
03.Josef Glaser11.05.188713.03.1909 England (Am.) Oxford, ENG A 0:9 friendly match 21 years 310 days1.45
04.Max Breunig12.11.188826.03.1911   Switzerland Stuttgart H 6:2 friendly match 22 years 133 days2.39
05.Joshua Kimmich08.02.199525.06.2017 (from 80.')  Cameroon Sochi, RUS * 3:1 Confed-Cup 2017 Group22 years 137 days18.activeactive
06.Adolf Jäger31.03.188914.04.1912  Hungary Budapest, HUN A 4:4 friendly match 23 years 14 days4.1018
07.Stanislaus Kobierski13.11.191003.12.1933  Poland Berlin H 1:0 friendly match 23 years 20 days11.126
08.Eugen Kipp26.02.188507.06.1908  Austria Vienna, AUT A 2:3 friendly match 23 years 101 days2.218
09.Serdar Taşçı24.04.198711.08.2010 (from 66.')  Denmark Copenhagen, DEN A 2:2 friendly match 23 years 109 days14.114
10.Ernst Blum25.01.190402.10.1927  Denmark Copenhagen, DEN A 1:3 friendly match 23 years 250 days1.11

Oldest captains (first matches as captains)

Of the ten oldest captains, only Klaus Fischer was captain in a competitive match, the match against Albania in the WC 1982 Qualification as the Germany already qualified, all others in friendly matches.

Pos. Name Birthday 1st match as captain Opponent venue Result Type age was captain
match of..		 matches as
captain		 total
appearance
1.Jens Lehmann10.11.196927.05.2008 (from 67.')  Belarus Kaiserslautern H 2:2 friendly match 38 years 199 days54.161
2.Andreas Kupfer07.05.191422.11.1950[lower-alpha 1]   Switzerland Stuttgart H 1:0 friendly match 36 years 199 days44.144
3.Jakob Streitle11.12.191604.05.1952  Republic of Ireland Köln H 3:0 friendly match 35 years 144 days15.115
4.Hans Hagen15.07.189420.10.1929  Finland Altona-Hamburg H 4:0 friendly match 35 years 97 days10.112
5.Josef Müller06.05.189315.04.1928   Switzerland Bern, SUI A 3:2 friendly match 34 years 355 days12.112
6.Karl Tewes18.08.188605.05.1921  Austria Dresden H 3:3 friendly match 34 years 261 days03.206
7.Sepp Maier28.02.194411.10.1978  Czechoslovakia Prague, CSK A 4:3 friendly match 34 years 226 days90.695
8.Ulf Kirsten[lower-alpha 2]04.12.196502.09.1998 (from 46.')  Malta Attard, MLT A 2:1 friendly match 32 years 272 days37.251
9.Paul Pömpner28.12.189226.06.1925  Finland Helsinki, FIN A 5:3 friendly match 32 years 180 days06.106
10.Klaus Fischer27.12.194918.11.1981 (from 51.')  Albania Dortmund H 8:0 WC 1982 Qualification 31 years 326 days34.145
Notes:
  1. 1st match after World War II
  2. Kirsten also played 49 matches for the East Germany; but in these he was not used as a captain.

List of national players who were not born in Germany or Austria
Pos. Name country of birth matches
for Germany		 1st match matches against
the country of birth		 Goals against
the country of birth
01.Fritz Balogh Czechoslovakia (Bratislava)122.11.1950--
02.Josef Posipal Romania (Lugoj)3217.06.1951--
03.Miroslav Votava Czechoslovakia (Prague)521.11.1979--
04.Fredi Bobic Yugoslavia (Maribor)3712.10.199423.06.1996 (2:1 against Croatia)
30.04.2003 (1:0 against Serbia and Montenegro)		-
05.Dariusz Wosz Poland (Piekary Śląskie)17[lower-alpha 1]26.02.1997--
06.Oliver Neuville  Switzerland (Locarno)6902.09.199826.04.2000 (1:1)-
07.Paulo Rink Brazil (Curitiba)1302.09.1998--
08.Mustafa Doğan Turkey (Yalvaç)230.07.199909.10.1999 (0:0)-
09.Miroslav Klose Poland (Opole)13724.03.200114.06.2006 (1:0), 08.06.2008 (2:0)
06.09.2011 (2:2)		-
10.Gerald Asamoah Ghana (Mampong)4329.05.2001--
11.Martin Max Poland (Tarnowskie Góry)117.04.2002--
12.Paul Freier Poland (Bytom)1909.05.2002--
13.Kevin Kurányi Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)5229.03.200308.09.2004 (1:1)
25.06.2005 (2:3)		1
14.Lukas Podolski Poland (Gliwice)13006.06.200414.06.2006 (1:0)
08.06.2008 (2:0), 06.09.2011 (2:2)
11.10.2014, 04.09.2015		2
15.Lukas Sinkiewicz Poland (Tychy)303.09.2005--
16.Piotr Trochowski Poland (Tczew)3507.10.2006--
17.Marko Marin Yugoslavia (Gradiška)1627.05.200803.06.2010 (3:1 against Bosnia and Herzegowina)
18.06.2010 (0:1 against Serbia)		-
18.Andreas Beck Soviet Union (Kemerovo)911.02.2009--
19.Cacau Brazil (Santo André)2329.05.200910.08.2011 (3:2)-
20.Roman Neustädter[lower-alpha 2] Soviet Union (Dnipropetrowsk)214.11.2012--
Note:
  1. Wosz also played seven matches for the East Germany
  2. Neustädter plays for Russia since 2016, also on November 15, 2018 against Germany

Goals
Main article: Germany national football team goal records

Youngest goalscorers

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

The following table lists the ten youngest goalscorers.

Pos. Name Birthday 1st goal Opponent venue Result Type age total goals goals before 20
1.Marius Hiller05.08.189203.04.1910  Switzerland Basel, SUI A3:2 friendly match17 years, 241 days01[lower-alpha 1]01
2.Edmund Conen10.11.191414.01.1934 Hungary Frankfurt H3:1 friendly match19 years, 65 days2705
3.Willi Fick17.02.189124.04.1910 Netherlands Arnhem, NED A2:4 friendly match19 years, 66 days0101
4.Mario Götze03.06.199210.08.2011 Brazil Stuttgart H3:2 friendly match19 years, 68 days1702
Adolf Jäger31.03.188907.06.1908 Austria Vienna, AUT A2:3 friendly match19 years, 68 days1001
Klaus Stürmer09.08.193516.10.1954 France Hanover H1:3 friendly match19 years, 68 days0101
7.Karl Schlösser29.01.191226.04.1931 Netherlands Amsterdam, NED A1:1 friendly match19 years, 87 days0101
8.Marko Marin13.03.198920.08.2008 Belgium Nuremberg H2:0 friendly match19 years, 160 days0101
9.Lukas Podolski04.06.198521.12.2004 (2 goal) Thailand Bangkok, THA A5:1 friendly match19 years, 200 days4803[lower-alpha 2]
10.Fritz Becker13.09.188805.04.1908 (2 goal)[lower-alpha 3]  Switzerland Basel, SUI A3:5 friendly match19 years, 204 days0202
Notes:
  1. Hiller also scored 4 goals in 2 matches at the age of 24 for Argentina
  2. In addition, 1 goal on his 20th Birthday
  3. 1st match of Germany

Oldest goalscorers

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

The following table lists the ten oldest goalscorers.

Pos. Name Birthday last goal Opponent venue Result Type age goals goals after
30. birthday
01.Lothar Matthäus (c)21.03.196128.07.1999 New Zealand Guadalajara, MEX * 2:0 Confed-Cup Group38 years, 128 days2306
02.Richard Kreß06.03.192520.09.1961 Denmark Düsseldorf H 5:1 friendly match36 years, 198 days0202
03.Miroslav Klose09.06.197808.07.2014 Brazil Belo Horizonte, BRA A 7:1 WC 2014 Semi final36 years, 29 days71[lower-alpha 1]32
04.Fritz Walter (c)31.10.192026.05.1956 England Berlin H 1:3 friendly match35 years, 207 days3314
05.Oliver Neuville01.05.197331.05.2008 Serbia Gelsenkirchen H 2:1 friendly match35 years, 30 days1006
06.Ulf Kirsten04.12.196507.06.2000 Liechtenstein Freiburg H 8:2 friendly match34 years, 186 days20[lower-alpha 2]14
07.Hans Schäfer19.10.192711.04.1962 Uruguay Hamburg H 3:0 friendly match34 years, 175 days1505
08.Rudi Völler13.04.196002.07.1994 Belgium Chicago, USA * 3:2 WC 1994 Round of 1634 years, 80 days4715
09.Oliver Bierhoff01.05.196801.06.2002 Saudi Arabia Sapporo, JPN * 8:0 WC 2002 Group34 years, 31 days3724
10.Stefan Kuntz30.10.196209.10.1996 Armenia Yerevan, ARM A 5:1 WC 1998 Qualification33 years, 345 days0606
Notes:
  1. 16th World Cup goal
  2. Kirsten also scored 14 goals for the East Germany

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

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

Pos. Name Nr. Date Goals
1.Gerd 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 Conen5×27.05.1934 (3), 27.01.1935 (3), 18.08.1935 (3), 01.09.1940 (4), 20.10.1940 (4)17
3.Richard Hofmann5×28.05.1928, 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)
8Otto Siffling2×16.05.1937 (5), 24.10.1937 (3)8
9Ernst Willimowski [lower-alpha 1] 2×05.10.1941 (3), 18.10.1942 (4) 7
Lukas Podolski2×07.09.2005 (3), 06.09.2006 (4)
11. Serge Gnabry2×11.11.2016 (3), 19.11.2019 (3) 6
Otto Harder2×25.10.1924 (3), 20.06.1926 (3)
Karl Hohmann2×22.10.1933 (3), 11.03.1934 (3)
Franz Binder 2×12.11.1939 (3), 26.11.1939 (3)
Fritz Walter2×14.07.1940 (3), 15.08.1942 (3)
André Schürrle2×15.10.2013 (3), 13.06.2015 (3)
Note:
  1. Willimowski also played on 5 June 1938 in the World Cup match against Brazil four goals for Poland (5:6)

The best Quota

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

Nr.NameGoalsMatchesGoals per match
01 Gottfried Fuchs13062,17
02 Ludwig Damminger05031,67
Ernst Poertgen05031,67
04 Ernst Willimowski 13081,63
05 Georg Frank05041,25
Oskar Rohr05041,25
07 August Klingler06051,20
08 Franz Binder 10091,11
09 Gerd Müller68621,10
10 Helmut Schön17161,06

Penalty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Penalty shoot-out

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

  • first kick in the penalty shoot out
  • last kick in the penalty shoot out
Nr.DateresultOpponentVenuetypeGoalkeeper of GermanyPenalty kickes of GermanyPenalty kickes of opposing teamGoalkeeper of opposing teamspecial
120 June 19762:2 (1:2, 2:2, 2:2, 2:2) a.e.t 3:5 p. CzechoslovakiaBelgrade, YUG*EC 1976 FinalSepp Maier Rainer Bonhof
Heinz Flohe
Hans Bongartz
Uli Hoeneß [lower-alpha 1]		 Marián Masný
Zdeněk Nehoda
Anton Ondruš (c)
Ladislav Jurkemik
Antonín Panenka		 Ivo Viktorfirst penalty shootout in a European Championship
Franz Beckenbauer is the first German and fifth worldwide player to be 100th international
28 July 19823:3 (1:1, 1:1, 3:2, 3:3) a.e.t 5:4 p FranceSeville, ESP*WC 1982 Semi finalHarald Schumacher (2x) Manfred Kaltz (c)
Paul Breitner
Uli Stielike [lower-alpha 2]
Pierre Littbarski
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Horst Hrubesch		 Alain Giresse
Manuel Amoros
Dominique Rocheteau
Didier Six [lower-alpha 2]
Michel Platini (c)
Maxime Bossis [lower-alpha 2]		 Jean-Luc Ettori (1x)first penalty shootout at a World Cup
321 June 19860:0 a.e.t

4:1 p

  MexicoMonterrey, MEXAWC 1986 Quarter finalHarald Schumacher (c) (2x) Klaus Allofs
Andreas Brehme
Lothar Matthäus
Pierre Littbarski		 Manuel Negrete
Fernando Quirarte [lower-alpha 2]
Raúl Servín [lower-alpha 2]		 Pablo Larios
431 March 19881:1 (1:0)

2:4 p

  SwedenBerlinHFour Nation Tournament 1988 Semi finalEike Immel Olaf Thon
Dieter Eckstein
Lothar Matthäus (c) [lower-alpha 1]
Rudi Völler [lower-alpha 2]		 Robert Prytz
Peter Larsson
Glenn Strömberg
Jonas Thern		 Jan Möller (1x)no extra time
54 July 19901:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t, 4:3 p  EnglandTurin, ITA*WC 1990 Semi finalBodo Illgner (1x) Andreas Brehme
Lothar Matthäus (c)
Karl-Heinz Riedle
Olaf Thon		 Gary Lineker
Peter Beardsley
David Platt
Stuart Pearce [lower-alpha 2]
Chris Waddle [lower-alpha 1]		 Peter Shilton
626 June 19961:1 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t, 6:5 p  EnglandLondon, ENGAEC 1996 Semi finalAndreas Köpke (1x) Thomas Häßler
Thomas Strunz
Stefan Reuter
Christian Ziege
Stefan Kuntz
Andreas Möller (c)		 Alan Shearer
David Platt
Stuart Pearce
Paul Gascoigne
Teddy Sheringham
Gareth Southgate [lower-alpha 2]		 David Seaman
730 June 20061:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t

4:2 p

  ArgentinaBerlinHWC 2006 Quarter finalJens Lehmann (2x) Oliver Neuville
Michael Ballack (c)
Lukas Podolski
Tim Borowski		 Julio Ricardo Cruz
Roberto Ayala [lower-alpha 2]
Maxi Rodríguez
Esteban Cambiasso [lower-alpha 2]		 Leo Franco
82 July 20161:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t 6:5 p ItalyBordeaux, FRA*EC 2016 Quarter finalManuel Neuer (2x) Toni Kroos
Thomas Müller [lower-alpha 2]
Mesut Özil [lower-alpha 3]
Julian Draxler
Bastian Schweinsteiger(c)[lower-alpha 1]
Mats Hummels
Joshua Kimmich
Jérôme Boateng
Jonas Hector		 Lorenzo Insigne
Simone Zaza [lower-alpha 1]
Andrea Barzagli
Graziano Pellè [lower-alpha 4]
Leonardo Bonucci [lower-alpha 2]
Emanuele Giaccherini
Marco Parolo
Mattia De Sciglio
Matteo Darmian [lower-alpha 2]		 Gianluigi Buffon (c) (1x)For the first time Germany can knock Italy off at a tournament
Notes:
  1. shoots over the gate
  2. hold a goalkeeper
  3. shoot the post
  4. shoot over

Results

Frequency of match results

The 2:1 is the most common result in the internationals of the German national team. 86 matches, 8.95% of the matches ended like this. It follows the 1:0 and 1:1 with 83 matches. With 1:0 also won the World Cup title in 1990 and 2014 and the Confed Cup 2017, with 2:1 the World Cup title in 1974 and the European Championship victories in 1980 and 1996. It follows the 2:0 (80 matches). Lost was most often 0:1 (45 times) and 1:2 (43 times). 51 matches ended scoreless 0:0 (5.3%) and a total of 333 (34.65%) without conceding, of which once (2016/17) seven in a row. (As of: November 19, 2019)

conceded goals
goals of Germany0123456789
051[lower-alpha 1]452612111001
18383[lower-alpha 2]4327950000
2808643[lower-alpha 3]18611000
350443113[lower-alpha 1]423010
42832178400000
5111876010000
691040000000
79531000000
87110000000
91201000000
100000000000
110000000000
121000000000
132000000000
140000000000
150000000000
161000000000
Note:
  1. include one of them won after penalty shoot-out
  2. include four of them won and one of them lost after penalty shoot-out
  3. include one of them lost after penalty shoot-out

Biggest wins
Pos. result Opponent venue date Type goalscorers Besonderheiten
1.16:0 (8:0) Russia [lower-alpha 1]Stockholm, SWE *01.07.1912OG 1912 Cons.tour. 1st Round Gottfried Fuchs (10), Fritz Förderer (4), Karl Burger (1),[lower-alpha 2] Emil Oberle (1)[lower-alpha 2]
2.13:0 (8:0) Finland[lower-alpha 1]Leipzig H01.09.1940friendly matchWilhelm Hahnemann (6), Edmund Conen (4), Fritz Walter (2), Willi Arlt (1) biggest home win
13:0 (6:0) San Marino[lower-alpha 1]Serravalle, SMR A06.09.2006EC 2008 QualificationLukas Podolski (4), Thomas Hitzlsperger (2), Miroslav Klose (2), Bastian Schweinsteiger (2), Michael Ballack (1), Manuel Friedrich (1),[lower-alpha 2] Bernd Schneider (1) biggest away win
4.12:0 (7:0) Cyprus[lower-alpha 1]Essen H21.05.1969WC 1970 QualificationGerd Müller (4), Wolfgang Overath (3), Helmut Haller (2), Sigfried Held (1), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1),[lower-alpha 2] Max Lorenz (1)[lower-alpha 2]
5.09:0 (2:0) Luxembourg[lower-alpha 3]Berlin H04.08.1936OG 1936 1st RoundWilhelm Simetsreiter (3), Adolf Urban (3), Josef Gauchel (2), Franz Elbern (1)
6.09:1 (5:1) LuxembourgLuxembourg City, LUX A11.03.1934WC 1934 QualificationJosef Rasselnberg (4), Karl Hohmann (3), Ernst Albrecht (1), Willi Wigold (1)
09:1 (4:0) LiechtensteinMannheim H04.06.1996friendly matchStefan Kuntz (2), Andreas Möller (2), Oliver Bierhoff (1), Jürgen Klinsmann (1), Jürgen Kohler (1), Matthias Sammer (1), Christian Ziege (1)
8.08:0 (4:0) Denmark[lower-alpha 1]Breslau H16.05.1937friendly matchOtto Siffling (5), Ernst Lehner (1), Fritz Szepan (1), Adolf Urban (1)
08:0 (4:0) MaltaDortmund H28.02.1976EC 1976 QualificationErich Beer (2), Jupp Heynckes (2), Ronald Worm (2), Bernd Hölzenbein (1), Berti Vogts (1)[lower-alpha 2]
08:0 (3:0) MaltaBremen H27.02.1980EC 1980 QualificationKlaus Allofs (2), Klaus Fischer(2), Rainer Bonhof (1), Walter Kelsch (1), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1) and John Holland (1  (o.g.))
08:0 (5:0) AlbaniaDortmund H18.11.1981WC 1970 QualificationKarl-Heinz Rummenigge (3), Klaus Fischer (2), Paul Breitner (1), Manfred Kaltz (1), Pierre Littbarski (1)
08:0 (4:0) Saudi ArabiaSapporo, JPN *01.06.2002WC 2002 GroupMiroslav Klose (3), Michael Ballack (1), Oliver Bierhoff (1), Carsten Jancker (1), Thomas Linke (1),[lower-alpha 2] Bernd Schneider (1) biggest win

at the WC

08:0 (6:0) San MarinoSerravalle, SMR A11.11.2016WC 2018 QualificationSerge Gnabry (3), Jonas Hector (2), Sami Khedira (1), Kevin Volland (1)[lower-alpha 2] and Mattia Stefanelli (1  (o.g.))
08:0 (5:0) Estonia[lower-alpha 3]Mainz H11.06.2019EC 2020 QualificationMarco Reus (2), Serge Gnabry (2),Leon Goretzka, İlkay Gündoğan (), Timo Werner, Leroy Sané
Note:
  1. The defeat is the highest defeat of the opponent country
  2. (So far) only goal of the player
  3. The defeat is one of the highest losses of the country, it lost at least once again with the same result or the same goal difference

15 consecutive wins in all competitive matches (world record)
Date Opponent Venue Result Type Scorers
10.07.2010  Uruguay Port Elizabeth, RSA * 3–2 WC 210 3rd place Müller  19', Jansen  56', Khedira  82'
03.09.2010  Belgium Brussels, BEL A 1–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose  51'
07.09.2010  Azerbaijan Köln H 6–1 EC 2012 Qualification Westermann  28', Podolski  45+1', Klose  45+2', 90+2',
Sadygov  53' (o.g.), Badstuber  86'
08.10.2010  Turkey Berlin H 3–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose  42', 87', Özil  79'
12.10.2010  Kazakhstan Astana, KAZ A 3–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose  48', Gómez  76', Podolski  85'
26.03.2011  Kazakhstan Kaiserslautern H 4–0 EC 2012 Qualification Klose  3', 88', Müller  25', 43'
03.06.2011  Austria Vienna, AUT A 2–1 EC 2012 Qualification Gómez  44', 90'
07.06.2011  Azerbaijan Baku, AZE A 3–1 EC 2012 Qualification Özil  30', Gómez  41', Schürrle  90+3'
02.09.2011  Austria Gelsenkirchen H 6–2 EC 2012 Qualification Klose  8', Özil  23', 47', Podolski  28',
Schürrle  83', Götze  88'
07.10.2011  Turkey Istanbul, TUR A 3–1 EC 2012 Qualification Gómez  35', Müller  66', Schweinsteiger  86' (pen.)
11.10.2011  Belgium Düsseldorf H 3–1 EC 2012 Qualification Özil  30', Schürrle  33', Gómez  48'
09.06.2012  Portugal Lviv, UKR * 1–0 EC 2012 Group Gómez  72'
13.06.2012  Netherlands Kharkiv, UKR * 2–1 EC 2012 Group Gómez  24', 38'
17.06.2012  Denmark Lviv, UKR * 2–1 EC 2012 Group Podolski  19', Bender  80'
22.06.2012  Greece Gdańsk, POL * 4–2 EC 2012 Quarter final Lahm  39', Khedira  61', Klose  68', Reus  74'

Biggest draws
Pos. result Opponent venue Date Type German goalscorer special
1.5:5 (3:2) NetherlandsZwolle, NED A24.03.1912friendly matchJulius Hirsch (4), Gottfried Fuchs (1)
2.4:4 (4:1) HungaryBudapest, HUN A14.04.1912friendly matchAdolf Jäger (1), Eugen Kipp (1), Ernst Möller (1), Willi Worpitzky (1) Germany lead until the 59th minute with 4:1
4:4 (0:1) NetherlandsAmsterdam, NED A05.04.1914friendly matchOtto Harder[lower-alpha 1] (1), Adolf Jäger (1), Richard Queck[lower-alpha 2] (1), Karl Wegele[lower-alpha 2] (1) In the 90th minute, the 4:4 equalizer for Germany, End of the longest series of lost matches (7 matches), last match before the World War I
4:4 (2:4) Bohemia and MoraviaBreslau H12.11.1939friendly matchFranz Binder (3), Paul Janes (1) Germany do 'turn back' after 0:3 lost in the 1st half
4:4 (3:0) SwedenBerlin H16.10.2012WC 2014 QualificationMiroslav Klose (2), Per Mertesacker (1), Mesut Özil (1) Germany led to the 62nd minute 4-0, the 4:4 fell in the 3rd minute of additional time
Note:
  1. For Otto Harder it was the first international match and international goal
  2. For Richard Queck and Karl Wegele it was the last international match and international goal

Biggest defeats
Pos. result Opponent venue Date Type german goalscorer special
01.0:9 (0:5) England (Am.)Oxford, ENG A13.03.1909friendly match biggest away defeat
02.0:6 (0:3) AustriaBerlin H24.05.1931friendly match biggest home defeat
03.0:5 (0:2) AustriaVienna, AUT A13.09.1931friendly match
04.3:8 (1:3) HungaryBasel, SUI *20.06.1954WC 1954 GroupRichard Herrmann (1),[lower-alpha 1] Alfred Pfaff (1),[lower-alpha 1] Helmut Rahn (1) bigges World Cup defeat,
only in one match - in the 5:4 on 17 September 1955 against Switzerland - the Golden Team conceded more goals.
05.0:4 (0:0) BrazilGuadalajara, MEX *24.07.1999Confed-Cup 1999 Group 1st Confed-Cup match
6.1:5 (1:3) England (Am.)Mariendorf-Berlin H20.04.1908friendly matchFritz Förderer (1) 1st home match
1:5 (1:0) AustriaStockholm, SWE *29.06.1912OG 1912 1st RoundAdolf Jäger (1) 1st match at neutral place and 1st match in Olympic Games
1:5 (1:2) HungaryBudapest, HUN A24.09.1939friendly matchErnst Lehner (1) 1st match during World War II
1:5 (1:2) EnglandMunich H01.09.2001WC 2002 QualificationCarsten Jancker (1) biggest defeat in Qualification matches
1:5 (0:4) RomaniaBucharest, ROM A28.04.2004friendly matchPhilipp Lahm (1)[lower-alpha 2]
11.2:6 (0:4) BelgiumAntwerp, BEL A23.11.1913friendly matchGottfried Fuchs (1), Karl Wegele (1)[lower-alpha 2]
Note:
  1. only goal of the player
  2. 1st goal of the player

Sending off

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

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

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

Opponent

Balance

The most common opponent (at least 10 matches). The exits are listed as a win-draw-lost. matches decided on penalties are counted as draws. The sorting takes place according to the respective total number.

country[lower-alpha 1] match win-draw-lost friendly EC-
Qualification		 EC[lower-alpha 2] WC-
Qualification		 WC Confed-Cup UNL OG other
tournament
 Albania 14 13-1-0 7-1-0 6-0-0 –
 Argentina 22 7-5-10 2-2-9 – – – 4-2-1 0-1-0 – – 1-0-1
 Austria 40 25-6-9 12-5-7 3-1-0 1-0-0 6-0-0 3-0-1 0-0-1
 Belgium 25 20-1-4 12-1-4 4-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 –
 Brazil 23 5-5-13 4-4-9 – – – 1-0-1 0-0-2 – – 0-1-1
 Bulgaria 21 16-2-3 11-1-1 2-1-1 2-0-0 1-0-1 –
 Czechoslovakia 17 10-4-3 7-1-2 – 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-1 – – – –
 Denmark 27 15-4-8 13-4-6 2-0-1 0-0-1 –
 England[lower-alpha 3] 36 13-7-16 8-3-12[lower-alpha 3] 1-2-1[lower-alpha 2] 1-0-1 2-2-1 – 1-0-1
 Finland 23 16-6-1 9-2-1 2-0-0 5-4-0 –
 France 31 9-8-14 7-6-11 0-0-1 [lower-alpha 4] 2-1-1 0-1-1 –
 Hungary 34 13-10-11 12-10-9 1-0-1 0-0-1
 Italy 35 8-12-15 8-7-11 0-3-1 0-2-3 –
 Luxembourg 13 12-0-1 8-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0
 Mexico 12 5-5-2 1-4-0 – – – 2-1-1 2-0-0 – – 0-0-1
 Netherlands 44 16-16-12 11-11-8 1-0-1 2-1-2 0-2-0 2-1-0 0-1-1 –
 Northern Ireland 19 13-4-2 3-2-0 4-0-2 1-0-0 5-1-0 0-1-0 –
 Norway 22 15-5-2 12-4-1 3-1-0 0-0-1
 Poland 21 13-7-1 8-4-0 2-1-1 1-1-0 2-1-0 –
 Portugal 18 10-5-3 5-2-1 2-1-1 1-2-1 2-0-0 –
 Republic of Ireland 20 9-5-6 6-2-5 1-2-1 2-0-0 0-1-0 –
 Romania 13 8-3-2 7-2-2 1-1-0 –
 Scotland 17 8-5-4 2-3-4 3-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 –
 Sweden 37 16-9-12 7-5-11 1-0-0 4-3-0 4-0-1 – 0-1-0
  Switzerland 51 36-6-9 33-5-8 2-1-1 1-0-0
 Slovakia 11 8-0-3 5-0-3 2-0-0 1-0-0 –
 Soviet Union 12 9-0-3 7-0-3 – 1-0-0 – 1-0-0 – – – –
 Spain 23 9-7-7 5-5-4 2-1-2[lower-alpha 2] 2-1-1 –
 Turkey 20 14-3-3 5-0-2 6-3-1 1-0-0 2-0-0 –
 United States 11 7-0-4 4-0-3 – – – 3-0-0 0-0-1 – – 1-0-0
 Uruguay 11 8-2-1 5-1-0 – – – 3-1-0 – 0-0-1
 Wales 17 9-6-2 1-3-1 5-2-1 3-1-0 –
 Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 5] 25 14-4-7 8-3-5 1-0-1 1-0-0 – 4-1-1[lower-alpha 5] – – – –
Note:
  1. italic countries no longer exist
  2. Incl. the quarter-finals in 1972 and 1976
  3. Incl. Four matches against the Engaland (Am.) (1 draw, 3 defeats), counted by the DFB but not considered by FA and FIFA.
  4. Next match against this country is a match of this category
  5. Incl. of a match against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1 draw)

Spectator

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

Pos. spectator venue/country Stadium Opponent Date Type result special
1150.289Rio de Janeiro, BRAEstádio do Maracanã Brazil A21.03.1982friendly match0:1
2143.315Rio de Janeiro, BRAEstádio do Maracanã Brazil A06.06.1965friendly match0:2
3114.600Mexico City, MEXEstadio Azteca Argentina *29.06.1986WC 1986 Final2:3
4114.000Mexico City, MEXEstadio Azteca Mexico A22.12.1993friendly match0:0
5110.000Teheran, IRNAzadi Stadium Iran A09.10.2004friendly match2:01st match of Per Mertesacker
6106.066Rio de Janeiro, BRAEstádio do Maracanã Brazil A12.06.1977friendly match1:1
7105.000BerlinOlympiastadion Berlin England H14.05.1938friendly match3:6First matches of Austrian players in the Germany national team
8104.403Mexico City, MEXEstadio Azteca Uruguay *20.06.1970WC 1970 3rd place1:0
9103.415Glasgow, SCOHampden Park Scotland A06.05.1959friendly match2:3
10102.444Mexico City, MEXEstadio Azteca Italy *17.06.1970WC 1970 Semi final3:4 a.e.tFirst match in neutral place in front of more than 100,000 spectators
11102.000StuttgartNeckarstadion  Switzerland H22.11.1950friendly match1:01st match after World War II
12100.000London, ENGWembley Stadium England A01.12.1954friendly match1:31st match of Jupp Derwall as Bundestrainer
100.000 London, ENGWembley Stadium England A12.03.1975friendly match0:2400. match

Match statistics

Consideration of extensions and penalty shootouts

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

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

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

Opponents to continental federations
Continental AssociationMatchWinDrawLostg. scor : g. conced.goal dif.
UEFA (Europe)[note 1]8084751641691843:0944+0899
CONMEBOL (South America)0770340170260134:0107+0027
CONCACAF (North and Middle America)0260150050060057:0031+0026
CAF (Africa)0240150060030051:0021+0030
AFC (Asia)[note 2]0230170030030067:0021+0046
OFC (Oceania)[note 3]0030030000000009:0003+0006
Total9615591952072161:1127+1034

Match type

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

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

TypeMatchWinDrawLostg. scor : g. conced.goal dif.
Friendly 5793051211531240:0773+0467
0030020010000009:0007+0002
0020010010000002:0001+0001
0020000000020002:0006−0004
0020000000020000:0005−0005
0120090010020030:0015+0015
World Cup (WC)1090670200220226:0125+0101
World Cup qualification0940740180020292:0070+0222
European Championship (EC)0490260120110072:0048+0024
European Championship Qualification1060760200100267:0068+0199
Confederations Cup (Confed-Cup)0130080020030029: 0022+0007
Nations League (NL)0040000020020003:0007–0004
Olympic Games (OG)0070030000040032:0014+0018
Total9615591952072161:1127+1034

All international matches

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

Below are:

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

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

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

CountryContinental-

Association

 Type of matches MWDLg. sco : g. cong. dif Only competitive matches
 Albania UEFA competitive00140013000100000038:0010+0028WC Qualification 1982, 1998, 2002; EC Qualification 1968, 1972, 1984, 1996
Total00140013000100000038:0010+0028
 Algeria CAF
competitive00020001000000010003:000300000WC Group 1982, WC Round of 16 2014
Friendly00010000000000010000:0002−0002
Total00030001000000020003:0005−0002
 Argentina CONMEBOL
competitive00080004000300010014:0007+0007WC Group 1958, 1966, WC Quarter final 2006, 2010, WC Final 1986, 1990, 2014;[note 4] Confed-Cup Group 2005;
Friendly00150004000200090019:0027−0008
Total00230007000600100033:0034−0001
 Armenia UEFA competitive00020002000000000009:0001+0008WC Qualification 1998
Friendly00010001000000000006:0001+0005
Total00030003000000000015:0002+0013
 Australia OFC/AFC
competitive00040004000000000014:0005+0009WC Group 1974, 2010; Confed-Cup Group 2005, Confed-Cup Group 2017
Friendly00020000000100010003:0004−0001
Total00060004000100010017:0009+0008
 Austria UEFA competitive00160013000100020038:0016+0022Round of 16 der Olympischen Match 1912; WC 3rd place 1934, WC Semi final 1954, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC Group 1982, WC Qualification 1970, 1982, 2014; EC Group 2008, EC Qualification 1984, 2012
Friendly00240012000500070052:0041+0011
Total00400025000600090090:0057+0033
 Azerbaijan UEFA competitive00060006000000000024:0004+0020WC Qualification 2010, 2018; EC Qualification 2012
Total00060006000000000024:0004+0020
 Belarus UEFA competitive00020002000000000006:0000+0006EC Qualification 2020
Friendly00010000000100000002:000200000
Total00030002000100000008:0002+0006
 Belgium UEFA competitive00080008000000000018:0007+0011WC Group 1934, WC Round of 16 1994; EC Semi final 1972, EC Final 1980, EC Qualification 1992, 2012
Friendly00170012000100040040:0019+0021
Total00250020000100040058:0026+0032
Bohemia and Moravia [note 5] Friendly00010000000100000004:000400000
Total00010000000100000004:000400000
 Bolivia CONMEBOL competitive00010001000000000001:0000+0001WC Group 1994
Total00010001000000000001:0000+0001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA Friendly00020001000100000004:0002+0002
Total00020001000100000004:0002+0002
 Brazil CONMEBOL competitive00040001000000030009:0010−0001WC 2014 Semi final, WC Final 2002; Confed-Cup Group 1999, Confed-Cup Semi final 2005;
Friendly00190004000500100022:0031−0009
Total00230005000500130031:0041−0010
 Bulgaria UEFA competitive00080005000100020020:0010+0010WC Group 1970, WC Quarter final 1994, WC Qualification 1982; EC Qualification 1976, 1996
Friendly00130011000100010036:0014+0022
Total00210016000200030056:0024+0032
 Cameroon CAF competitive00020002000000000005:0001+0004WC Group 2002; Confed-Cup Group 2017
Friendly00020001000100000005:0002+0003
Total00040003000100000010:0003+0007
 Canada CONCACAF Friendly00020002000000000006:0001+0005
Total00020002000000000006:0001+0005
 Chile CONMEBOL competitive00050004000100000009:0002+0007WC Group 1962, 1974, 1982; Confed-Cup Group 2017, Confed-Cup Final 2017
Friendly00040002000000020005:0006−0001
Total00090006000100020014:0008+0006
 China PR AFC Friendly00020001000100000002:0001+0001
Total00020001000100000002:0001+0001
 CIS UEFA competitive00010000000100000001:000100000EC Group 1992
Total00010000000100000001:000100000
 Colombia CONMEBOL
competitive00010000000100000001:000100000WC Group 1990
Friendly00030002000100000009:0004+0005
Total00040002000200000010:0005+0005
 Costa Rica CONCACAF competitive00010001000000000004:0002+0002WC Group 2006
Total00010001000000000004:0002+0002
 Croatia UEFA
competitive00030001000000020003:0006−0003WC Quarter final 1998; EC Quarter final 1996, EC Group 2008
Friendly00050004000100000015:0004+0011
Total00080005000100020018:0010+0008
 Cyprus UEFA competitive00060005000100000029:0001+0028WC Qualification 1966, 1970; EC Qualification 2008
Total00060005000100000029:0001+0028
 Czechoslovakia UEFA competitive00070003000300010014:0010+0004WC Semi final 1934, WC Group 1958, WC Qualification 1986, WC Quarter final 1990; EC Final 1976, EC Group 1980
Friendly00100007000100020022:0014+0008
Total00170010000400030036:0024+0012
 Czech Republic UEFA competitive00070005000000020012:0008+0004WC Qualification 2018; EC Group 1996, 2004, EC Final 1996, EC Qualification 2008
Friendly00010001000000000003:0002+0001
Total00080006000000020015:0010+0005
 Denmark UEFA
competitive00040002000000020004:0005−0001WC Group 1986; EC Group 1988, 2012, EC Final 1992
Friendly00230013000400060050:0032+0018
Total00270015000400080054:0037+0017
 East Germany UEFA competitive00010000000000010000:0001−0001WC Group 1974
Total00010000000000010000:0001−0001
 Ecuador CONMEBOL competitive00010001000000000003:0000+0003WC Group 2006
Friendly00010001000000000004:0002+0002
Total00020002000000000007:0002+0005
 Egypt CAF Friendly00010000000000010001:0002−0001
Total00010000000000010001:0002−0001
 England[note 6] UEFA
competitive00110004000400030016:001600000WC Final 1966, WC Quarter final 1970, WC 2nd Group stage 1982, WC Semi final 1990, WC Qualification 2002, WC Round of 16 2010; EC Qualification 1972, EC Semi final 1996, EC Group 2000
Friendly00250009000300130029:0054−0025
Total00360013000700160045:0070−0025
 Estonia UEFA competitive00030003000000000015:0001+0014WC Qualification 1938; EC Qualification 2020
Friendly00020002000000000007:0000+0007
Total00050005000000000022:0001+0021
 Faroe Islands UEFA competitive00040004000000000010:0001+0009WC Qualification 2014; EC Qualification 2004
Total00040004000000000010:0001+0009
 Finland UEFA competitive00110007000400000033:0009+0024WC Qualification 1938, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2010; EC Qualification 2000
Friendly00120009000200010049:0010+0039
Total00230016000600010082:0019+0063
 France UEFA
competitive000700020002000300010:0013−0003WC 3rd place 1958, WC 1982 Semifinal, 1986, WC Quarter final 2014; EC Semi final 2016, NL Group 2018/19
Friendly00240007000600110036:003600000
Total00310009000800140046:0049−0003
 Georgia UEFA competitive00040004000000000010:0002+0008EC Qualification 1996, 2016
Friendly00010001000000000002:0000+0002
Total00050005000000000012:0002+0010
 Ghana CAF competitive00020001000100000003:0002+0001WC Group 2010, 2014
Friendly00010001000000000006:0001+0005
Total00030002000100000009:0003+0006
 Gibraltar UEFA competitive00020002000000000011:0000+0011EC Qualification 2016
Total00020002000000000011:0000+0011
 Greece UEFA competitive00080005000300000018:0008+0010WC Qualification 1962, 2002; EC Qualification 1976, EC Group 1980, EC Quarter final 2012
Friendly00010001000000000003:0001+0002
Total00090006000300000021:0009+0012
 Hungary UEFA
competitive00030001000000020007:0013−0006Halbfinale der Trostrunde der Olympischen Match 1912; WC Group 1954, WC FInal 1954
Friendly00310012001000090064:0051+0013
Total00340013001000110071:0064+0007
 Iceland UEFA competitive00020001000100000003:0000+0003EC Qualification 2004
Friendly00020002000000000008:0001+0007
Total00040003000100000011:0001+0010
 Iran AFC competitive00010001000000000002:0000+0002WC Group 1998
Friendly00010001000000000002:0000+0002
Total00020002000000000004:0000+0004
 Israel UEFA Friendly00040004000000000012:0001+0011
Total00040004000000000012:0001+0011
 Italy UEFA competitive00090000000500040007:0013−0006WC Group 1962, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC 1970 Semi final, 2006, WC Final 1982; EC Group 1988, 1996, EC Semi final 2012, EC Quarter final 2016
Friendly00260008000700110034:0037−0003
Total00350008001200150041:0050−0009
 Ivory Coast CAF Friendly00010000000100000002:000200000
Total00010000000100000002:000200000
 Japan AFC Friendly00020001000100000005:0002+0003
Total00020001000100000005:0002+0003
 Kazakhstan UEFA competitive00040004000000000014:0001+0013EC Qualification 2012, WC Qualification 2014
Total00040004000000000014:0001+0013
 Kuwait AFC Friendly00010001000000000007:0000+0007
Total00010001000000000007:0000+0007
 Latvia UEFA
competitive00010000000100000000:000000000EC Group 2004
Friendly00020002000000000006:0001+0005
Total00030002000100000006:0001+0005
 Liechtenstein UEFA competitive00020002000000000010:0000+0010WC Qualification 2010
Friendly00020002000000000017:0003+0014
Total00040004000000000027:0003+0024
 Lithuania UEFA competitive00020001000100000003:0001+0002EC Qualification 2004
Total00020001000100000003:0001+0002
 Luxembourg UEFA competitive00040004000000000025:0003+0022Olympic Matches 1936 Round of 16; WC Qualification 1934; EC Qualification 1992
Friendly00090008000000010035:0008+0027
Total00130012000000010060:0011+0049
 Malta UEFA competitive00060005000100000026:0002+0024WC Qualification 1986; EC Qualification 1976, 1980
Friendly00030003000000000012:0001+0011
Total00090008000100000038:0003+0035
 Mexico CONCACAF competitive00060004000100010016:0006+0010WC Group 1978, 2018, WC Quarter final 1986, WC Round of 16 1998; Confed-Cup 3rd place 2005, Confed-Cup Semi final 2017;
Friendly00060001000400010008:0005+0003
Total00120005000500020024:0011+0013
 Moldova UEFA competitive00040004000000000018:0003+0015EC Qualification 1996, 2000
Total00040004000000000018:0003+0015
 Morocco CAF competitive00020002000000000003:0001+0002WC Group 1970, WC Round of 16 1986
Friendly00020002000000000009:0002+0007
Total00040004000000000012:0003+0009
 Netherlands UEFA competitive00140005000500040022:0025-0003WC Final 1974, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC Qualification 1990, WC Round of 16 1990; EC Semi final 1988, EC Group 1980, 1992, 2004, 2012; EC Qualification 2020; NL Group 2018/19;
Friendly00300011001100080062:0050+0012
Total00440016001600120084:0075+009
 New Zealand OFC competitive00010001000000000002:0000+0002Confed-Cup Group 1999
Total00010001000000000002:0000+0002
 Nigeria CAF Friendly00010001000000000001:0000+0001
Total00010001000000000001:0000+0001
 Northern Ireland UEFA competitive00140010000200020033:0012+0021WC Group 1958, WC Qualification 1962, 1998, 2018; EC Qualification 1984, 2000, 2020, EC Group 2016
Friendly00050003000200000013:0003+0010
Total00190013000400020046:0015+0031
 Norway UEFA competitive00050003000100010015:0004+0011Olympic Matches 1936 Quarter final; WC Qualification 1954, 2018
Friendly00170012000400010044:0013+0031
Total00220015000500020059:0017+0042
 Oman AFC Friendly00010001000000000002:0000+0002
Total00010001000000000002:0000+0002
 Paraguay CONMEBOL competitive00010001000000000001:0000+0001WC Round of 16 2002
Friendly00010000000100000003:000300000
Total00020001000100000004:0003+0001
 Peru CONMEBOL competitive00010001000000000003:0001+0002WC Group 1970
Friendly00010001000000000002:0001+0001
Total00020002000000000005:0002+0003
 Poland UEFA competitive00090005000300010010:0004+0006WC Group 1978, 2006, WC 2nd Group stage 1974; EC Qualification 1972, 2016, EC Group 2008, 2016
Friendly00120008000400000024:0008+0016
Total00210013000700010034:0012+0022
 Portugal UEFA competitive00100005000300020014:0009+0005WC Qualification 1986, 1998, WC Group 2014, WC 3rd place 2006; EC Group 1984, 2000, 2012, EC Quarter final 2008
Friendly00080005000200010015:0007+0008
Total00180010000500030029:0016+0013
 Republic of Ireland UEFA competitive00070003000300010012:0004+0008WC Group 2002; EC Qualification 2008; WC Qualification 2014; EC Qualification 2016
Friendly00130006000200050023:0020+0003
Total00200009000500060035:0024+0011
 Romania UEFA competitive00020001000100000003:0002+0001EC Group 1984, 2000
Friendly00110007000200020035:0016+0019
Total00130008000300020038:0018+0020
 Russia UEFA competitive00040004000000000022:0001+0021Olympic Matches Consolation tourn. 1st Round 1912; WC Qualification 2010; EC Group 1996
Friendly00030002000100000006:0002+0004
Total00070006000100000028:0003+0025
 Saar [note 7] competitive00020002000000000006:0001+0005WC Qualification 1954
Total00020002000000000006:0001+0005
 San Marino UEFA competitive00040004000000000034:0000+0034EC Qualification 2008; WC Qualification 2018
Total00040004000000000034:0000+0034
 Saudi Arabia AFC competitive00010001000000000008:0000+0008WC Group 2002
Friendly00020002000000000005:0001+0004
Total00030003000000000013:0001+0012
 Scotland UEFA competitive00080006000200000016:0009+0007WC Qualification 1970, WC Group 1986; EC Group 1992, EC Qualification 2004, 2016
Friendly00090002000300040010:0014−0004
Total00170008000500040026:0023+0003
 Serbia UEFA
competitive00010000000000010000:0001−0001WC Group 2010
Friendly00020001000100000003:0002+0001
Total00030001000100010003:000300000
 Serbia and Montenegro UEFA Friendly00010001000000000001:0000+0001
Total00010001000000000001:0000+0001
 Slovakia UEFA competitive00030003000000000009:0002+0007EC Qualification 2008, EC Round of 16 2016
Friendly00080005000000030016:0010+0006
Total00110008000000030025:0012+0013
 Slovenia UEFA Friendly00010001000000000001:0000+0001
Total00010001000000000001:0000+0001
 South Africa CAF Friendly00040003000100000009:0002+0007
Total00040003000100000009:0002+0007
 South Korea AFC
competitive00030002000000010004:000400000WC Group 1994, 2018, WC Semi final 2002
Friendly00010000000000010001:0003−0002
Total00040002000000020005:0007−0002
 Soviet Union UEFA competitive00020002000000000005:0001+0004WC Semi final 1966; EC Final 1972
Friendly00100007000000030017:0010+0007
Total00120009000000030022:0011+0011
 Spain UEFA competitive00090004000200030010:0007+0003WC Group 1966, 1994, WC 2nd Group stage 1982, WC Semi final 2010; EC Qualification 1976, EC Group 1984, 1988, EC Final 2008
Friendly00140005000500040019:0017+0002
Total00230009000700070029:0024+0005
 Sweden UEFA competitive00130009000300010035:0020+0015WC Quarter final 1934, WC Qualification 1938, 1966, 1986, 2014, WC Semi final 1954, WC 2nd Group stage 1974, WC Round of 16 2006, WC Group 2018; EC Semi final 1992;
Friendly00240007000600110037:0041−0004
Total00370016000900120072:0061+0011
  Switzerland UEFA competitive00050003000100010014:0006+0008Olympic Matches Round of 16 1928; WC Round of 16 1938 (2×), WC Group 1962, 1966
Friendly00460033000500080124:0059+0065
Total00510036000600090138:0065+0073
 Thailand AFC Friendly00010001000000000005:0001+0004
Total00010001000000000005:0001+0004
 Tunisia CAF competitive00020001000100000003:0000+0003WC Group 1978; Confed-Cup Group 2005
Friendly00010000000100000001:000100000
Total00030001000200000004:0001+0003
 Turkey UEFA competitive00130009000300010034:0009+0025WC Group 1954 (2×); EC Qualification 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2012; EC Semi final 2008
Friendly00070005000000020015:0004+0011
Total00200014000300030049:0013+0036
 Ukraine UEFA competitive00050003000200000009:0002+0007WC Qualification 1998, 2002; EC Group 2016
Friendly00010000000100000003:000300000
Total00060003000300000012:0005+0007
 United Arab Emirates AFC competitive00010001000000000005:0001+0004WC Group 1990
Friendly00020002000000000009:0002+0007
Total00030003000000000014:0003+0011
 United States CONCACAF competitive00040003000000010004:0002+0002WC Group 1998, 2014, WC Quarter final 2002; Confed-Cup Group 1999;
Friendly00070004000000030019:0015+0004
Total00110007000000040023:0017+0006
 Uruguay CONMEBOL competitive00050003000100010010:0007+0003Olympic Matches 1928 Quarter final; WC Quarter final 1966, WC 3rd place 1970, 2010, WC Group 1986
Friendly00060005000100000019:0005+0014
Total00110008000200010029:0012+0017
 Wales UEFA competitive00120008000300010021:0006+0015WC Qualification 1990, 2010; EC Qualification 1980, 1992, 1996, 2008
Friendly00050001000300010005:0004+0001
Total00170009000600020026:0010+0016
 Yugoslavia[note 8] UEFA competitive00090006000100020018:0008+0010WC Quarter final 1954, 1958, 1962, WC 2nd Group stage 1974, WC Group 1990, 1998; EC Qualification 1968, EC Semi final 1976
Friendly00160008000300050028:0023+0005
Total00250014000400070046:0031+0015
Total
All competitive03820253007500540920:0356+0564
All Friendly05790306012001531241:0771+0470
Total9615591952072161:1127+1034
  • green background = positive balance (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
  • yellow background = balance balanced (number of wins as higher as that of defeats)
  • red background = balance negative (number of defeats higher than the wins)

Venue

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

VenueMatchWinDrawLostg. sco : g. con.goal dif.
Home4202630850721076:0444+0632
Away3872100780990776:0492+0284
Neutral place1540860320360309:0191+0118
Total9615591952072161:1127+1034

Home venues
Nr. CityMatchWinDrawLostg.sco : g. con.goal dif.1st matchlast matchnext matchspecial
1 Berlin0430180140110087:068+01924. Oct. 192027. Mar. 2018biggest home defeat, 1st match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (105,000)
2 Hamburg0340190060090053:028+02529. Oct. 19116. Sep. 2019only match against East Germany
3 Stuttgart0320200040080073:034+03926. Mar. 19114. Sep. 2017match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (102,000)
4 Hannover0270210030030062:022+04027. Sep. 193111. Oct. 2016
5 Köln0260180060020072:017+05520. Nov. 192714. Nov. 2017
6 Düsseldorf0260140060060056:031+02518. Apr. 192623. Mar. 2018
7 Frankfurt0250160060030055:027+02826. Mar. 192219. Nov. 2019
8 Munich0250130050070049:031+01817. Dec. 19116. Sep. 2018WC Final 1974
9 Nuremberg0220140060020060:025+03513. Jan. 192410. June 2017
10 Dortmund0200160030010067:014+0538. May 19359. Oct. 2019
11 Gelsenkirchen0180100060020032:017+01513. Oct. 197319. Nov. 2018
12 Leipzig0100090000010039:009+03017. Nov. 191215. Nov. 2018biggest home win
13 Kaiserslautern0100050040010027:013+01427. Apr. 19888. Oct. 20171000th goal in a home match by Marco Reus
14 Bremen0100050030020021:008+01323. May 193929. Feb. 2012
15 Leverkusen0080070010000030:008+02218. Dec. 19918. June 2018
16 Karlsruhe0070070000000025:002+0234. Apr. 190913. Oct. 1993
17 Mönchengladbach0070040020010015:006+0098. June 200516. Nov. 2019
18 Dresden0070020030020014:013+00110. Sep. 191114. Oct. 1992
19 Freiburg0050040000010030:004+02618. May 191327. May 2006
20 Augsburg0050040000010015:006+0099. Nov. 195229. May 2016
21 Breslau (now Wrocław) [note 9]0050030020000018:005+0132. Nov. 19307. Dec. 1941
22 Ludwigshafen0040030000010009:007+00221. Dec. 19521. June 1966
23 Bochum0040020020000014:003+0112. July 192214. Apr. 1993
24 Duisburg0040010000030008:006+00216. May 191028. Mar. 2007
25 Mannheim0030030000000023:002+02110. Feb. 19295. June 1998
26 Altona-Hamburg [note 10]0030030000000015:002+01323. Oct. 192721. Nov. 1937
27 Vienna [note 11]0030010000020007:005+00214. Apr. 19401. Feb. 1942
28 Mariendorf-Berlin [note 12] 003 000 001 002 0003:010 −007 20. Apr. 1908 21. Mar. 1913 first home match, first home defeat
29 Essen0020020000000016:001+01523. Dec. 195121. May 1969
30 Mainz0020020000000014:001+0136. June 201411. June 2019
31 Saarbrücken0020020000000008:001+00720. Nov. 198327. Mar. 1985
32 Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) [note 13]0020020000000007:001+00613. Oct. 193529. Aug. 1937
33 Chemnitz0020020000000007:002+00518. Sep. 19383. Dec. 1939
34 Rostock0020020000000006:002+00427. Mar. 20027. Oct. 2006
35 Sinsheim0020020000000004:002+00229. May 20119. Sep. 2018
36 Wolfsburg0020010010000005:002+0031. June 200320. Mar. 2019
37 Beuthen (now Bytom) [note 14]0010010000000007:000+00716. Aug. 194216. Aug. 1942
38 Krefeld0010010000000007:002+00527. Sep. 193627. Sep. 1936
39 Stettin (now Szczecin) [note 15]0010010000000005:000+00515. Sep. 193515. Sep. 1935
40 Aachen0010010000000003:000+00313. May 201013. May 2010
41 Erfurt0010010000000004:002+00225. Aug. 193525. Aug. 1935
42 Wuppertal0010010000000002:001+00120. Mar. 193820. Mar. 1938
43 Magdeburg0010000010000002:00200005. Nov. 19335. Nov. 1933
44 Kleve0010000000010001:002−00116. Oct. 191016. Oct. 1910
Total4202630850721076:444+63220. Apr. 190819. Nov. 2019

Competition records

FIFA World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did Not Enter – – – – – –
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 – – – – – –
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-Final 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-Final 5th 5 3 1 1 9 7 Qualified as Defending Champions
1998 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 To Be Determined
// 2026 To Be Determined
Total 4 Titles 19/23 109 67 20* 22 226 125 94 74 18 2 242 70
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European Championship record
UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA Squad
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 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 Qualified 8 7 0 1 30 7 2020
2024 Qualified as hosts Qualified as hosts
Total 3 titles 14/16 49 26 12* 11 72 48 106 76 20 10 267 68 Total
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Confederations Cup record
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Squad
1992 Did Not Enter [3]
1995 Did Not Qualify
1997 Did Not Enter [4]
1999 Group Stage 5th 3 1 0 2 2 6 Squad
2001 Did Not Qualify
2003 Did Not Enter [5]
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 on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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

UEFA Nations League
UEFA Nations League record
Year Division Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA
2018–19 A Group stage3rd402237
2020–21 A To be determined
Total Group stage
League A		 1/1 4 0 2 2 3 7
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Notes
  1. Incl. the matches against Israel, which neither belonged to the AFC nor the UEFA between 1974 and 1991, but was admitted to UEFA in 1991.
  2. Incl. the games against Australia since his move to AFC 2006.
  3. Incl. the matches against Australia until his move to AFC 2006.
  4. The pairing Germany - Argentina is (besides Sweden - Brazil) the most common pairing at World Championships. So far, both teams met seven times. Germany won four times and Argentina once. Two games ended in a draw, followed by a penalty shoot-out that Germany could win.
  5. The matches against Bohemia and Moravia and Saarland took place before the founding of UEFA.
  6. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not sovereign states but part of the United Kingdom, but play in football with their own national teams.
  7. The matches against Bohemia and Moravia and Saarland took place before the founding of UEFA.
  8. Incl. of the match against the BR Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup.
  9. Now Breslau is city of Poland where called Wrocław.
  10. Altona was an independent city until 1937 then merged to Hamburg.
  11. Now Vienna is city of Austria.
  12. In 1920 Mariendorf became formally amalgamated into the greater city of Berlin.
  13. Now Königsberg is city of Russia where called Kaliningrad.
  14. Now Beuthen is city of Poland where called Bytom .
  15. Now Stettin is city of Poland where called Szczecin.

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