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Name	Date of Birth	Club	Caps	Goals
Goal
Manuel Neuer	27.03.1986	FC Schalke 04	2	-
Tim Wiese	17.12.1981	Werder Bremen	2	-
Defence
Andreas Beck	13.03.1987	TSG Hoffenheim	6	-
Jerome Boateng	03.09.1988	Hamburger SV	2	-
Arne Friedrich	29.05.1979	Hertha BSC Berlin	69	-
Philipp Lahm	11.11.1983	FC Bayern München	63	3
Per Mertesacker	29.09.1984	Werder Bremen	59	1
Marcel Schäfer	07.06.1984	VfL Wolfsburg	6	-
Heiko Westermann	14.08.1983	FC Schalke 04	17	2
Midfield
Michael Ballack	26.09.1976	FC Chelsea London	97	42
Christian Gentner	14.08.1985	VfL Wolfsburg	4	-
Thomas Hitzlsperger	05.04.1982	VfB Stuttgart	51	6
Aaron Hunt	04.09.1986	Werder Bremen	1	-
Marko Marin	13.03.1989	Werder Bremen	7	1
Mesut Özil	15.10.1988	Werder Bremen	7	1
Bastian Schweinsteiger	01.08.1984	FC Bayern München	72	19
Piotr Trochowski	22.03.1984	Hamburger SV	28	2
Offence
Mario Gomez	10.07.1985	FC Bayern München	31	11
Stefan Kießling	25.01.1984	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3	-
Lukas Podolski	04.06.1985	1. FC Köln	69	37

World Cup

Germany has won the World Cup 3 times, behind only Brazil (5) and Italy (4). It has finished as runners-up 4 times, 2 more than any other team. In terms of semi-final appearances, Germany leads with 11, one more than Brazil's 10. Germany has also qualified for every of the 16 World Cups it has entered. It did not enter the first competition in Uruguay 1930 and was barred from entering the 1950 tournament after World War II.

Record

1930 - DID NOT ENTER
1934 - THIRD PLACE
1938 - ROUND 1
1950 - BANNED
1954 - CHAMPIONS
1958 - FOURTH PLACE
1962 - QUARTERFINALS
1966 - RUNNERS-UP
1970 - THIRD PLACE
1974 - CHAMPIONS
1978 - ROUND 2
1982 - RUNNERS-UP
1986 - RUNNERS-UP
1990 - CHAMPIONS
1994 - QUARTERFINALS
1998 - QUARTERFINALS
2002 - RUNNERS-UP
2006 - THIRD PLACE

European Championship

Germany has also won the European Championship 3 times, with only France next (2). They also finished runners-up 3 times. The Germans have qualified for every European Championship tournament except for the very first one they entered in 1968.

Record

1960 - DID NOT ENTER
1964 - DID NOT ENTER
1968 - DID NOT QUALIFY
1972 - CHAMPIONS
1976 - RUNNERS-UP
1980 - CHAMPIONS
1984 - ROUND 1
1988 - SEMIFINALS
1992 - RUNNERS-UP
1996 - CHAMPIONS
2000 - ROUND 1
2004 - ROUND 1
2008 - RUNNERS-UP

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The German national football team (Die deutsche Nationalmannschaft) represents the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund) in international football competitions since 1908. After 1949, during the Cold War, East Germany fielded its own team, while the DFB team represented West Germany. Since the former East German states joined West Germany in the German reunification of 1990, the team has been reunited as Germany.

Germany has been one of the most successful European national teams at international competitions, having won a total of 3 World Cups and 3 European championships. The East German team also won an Olympic title in 1976.

The current coaching staff of the national team include head coach Joachim Löw, team manager Oliver Bierhoff and goalkeeper coach Andreas Kopke.