2014–15 in German football

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The 2014–15 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Germany.

After Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup, team captain Philipp Lahm announced his retirement from international football. Germany's record goalscorer Miroslav Klose also announced his retirement from international football.Per Mertesacker would join Lahm and Klose in retiring from international duty. On 2 September 2014 (2014-09-02), Bastian Schweinsteiger was announced as the new captain for Germany.

Germany were drawn into Group D for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying on 23 February 2014 (2014-02-23). The group also contains Georgia, Gibraltar, Ireland, Poland, and Scotland. Qualifying opened on 7 September 2014 (2014-09-07) with a match against Scotland in Dortmund. Germany won the match 2–1. Thomas Müller scored both goals for Germany and Ikechi Anya scored for Scotland. A foul from Charlie Mulgrew caused an injury to the left foot of Marco Reus. This foot is the same one that was injured and kept him from attending the World Cup. During stoppage time, Mulgrew was shown a second yellow card and sent off. After the first round of matches, Germany and Ireland were tied for second place in the group. Germany suffered their first competitive defeat since winning the World Cup on 11 October 2014 (2014-10-11) when Poland defeated Germany for the first time. The final score was 0–2. Germany were in third place after this matchday. A stoppage time goal from Ireland's John O'Shea cancelled out an earlier goal from Toni Kroos to cause Germany and Ireland to finish the match on 14 October 2014 (2014-10-14) tied 1–1. Germany remained in third place. On 14 November 2014 (2014-11-14) Germany defeated Gibraltar 4–0. Thomas Müller scored two goals before Mario Götze scored one goal to make the score 3–0 at half time. The final goal of the match was an own goal by Yogan Santos. After this matchday, Germany moved to second place in the group. The fifth matchday took place on 29 March 2015 (2015-03-29). Germany defeated Georgia 2–0 due to one goal each from Reus and Müller before half-time. After this round of matches, Germany were one point behind group leaders Poland.

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