Germany Team Profile World Cup 2010

The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) which was founded in 1900.

From 1950 to 1990, the team was called West Germany in English, as since World War II, the DFB is based in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) which was commonly referred to as West Germany from 1949 to 1990. The DFB continues to field the German national team that had been fully reinstated by FIFA after the 1950 FIFA World Cup, retaining all records and traditions. Under Allied occupation and division, two other separate national teams had also been recognized by FIFA, the Saarland team (1950–1956), and the East German team (1952–1990). Both have been absorbed into the current national team, along with their records (caps and goal scorers). The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" has been shortened again to "Germany (GER)" since 1990.

Germany is one of the three most successful national teams at international competitions, having won a total of three World Cups and three European championships. They are also one of the most consistent teams. Aside from winning three world and continental titles, they were also runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup and won 3rd place in the World Cup three times as well. East Germany won Olympic Gold in 1976. Germany is the only nation to have won both the men's and women's World Cups.

The current coaching staff of the national team include head coach Joachim Löw, assistant coach Hans-Dieter Flick, goalkeeper coach Andreas Köpke, athletic coach Mark Verstegen, athletic coach Oliver Schmidtlein, scout Urs Siegenthaler, technical director Matthias Sammer and team manager Oliver Bierhoff.

Germany Team Profile Matches Road to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Azerbaijan Finland Germany Liechtenstein Russia Wales
Azerbaijan 1 – 2 0 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 1 0 – 1
Finland 1 – 0 3 – 3 2 – 1 0 – 3 2 – 1
Germany 4 – 0 1 – 1 4 – 0 2 – 1 1 – 0
Liechtenstein 0 – 2 1 – 1 0 – 6 0 – 1 0 – 2
Russia 2 – 0 3 – 0 0 – 1 3 – 0 2 – 1
Wales 1 – 0 0 – 2 0 – 2 2 – 0 1 – 3


Germany team last standing position 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany 10 8 2 0 26 5 +21 26
Russia 10 7 1 2 19 6 +13 22
Finland 10 5 3 2 14 14 0 18
Wales 10 4 0 6 9 12 −3 12
Azerbaijan 10 1 2 7 4 14 −10 5
Liechtenstein 10 0 2 8 2 23 −21 2

Germany Team Record in FIFA World Cup
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Withdrew - - - - - - -
Italy 1934 Third place 3 4 3 0 1 11 8
France 1938 Round 1 10 2 0 1 1 3 5
Brazil 1950 Banned - - - - - - -
Switzerland 1954 Champions 1 6 5 0 1 25 14
Sweden 1958 Fourth place 4 6 2 2 2 12 14
Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 7 4 2 1 1 4 2
England 1966 Runners-up 2 6 4 1 1 15 6
Mexico 1970 Third place 3 6 5 0 1 17 10
West Germany 1974 Champions 1 7 6 0 1 13 4
Argentina 1978 Second Round 6 6 1 4 1 10 5
Spain 1982 Runners-up 2 7 3 2 2 12 10
Mexico 1986 Runners-up 2 7 3 2 2 8 7
Italy 1990 Champions 1 7 5 2 0 15 5
United States 1994 Quarter-finals 5 5 3 1 1 9 7
France 1998 Quarter-finals 7 5 3 1 1 8 6
South KoreaJapan 2002 Runners-up 2 7 5 1 1 14 3
Germany 2006 Third place 3 7 5 1 1 14 6
South Africa 2010 Qualified - - - - - - -
Total 17/19 3 Titles 92 55 19 18 190 112

 

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