Nickname(s) |
Die Nationalelf (The National Eleven) |
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Association |
German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB) |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Steffi Jones |
Captain | Dzsenifer Marozsán |
Most caps | Birgit Prinz (214) |
Top scorer | Birgit Prinz (128) |
FIFA code | GER |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 2 (1 September 2017) |
Highest | 1(October 2003–2007, December 2014 – June 2015, March 2017) |
Lowest | 3(July 2003) |
First international | |
West Germany 5–1 Switzerland (Koblenz, West Germany; 10 November 1982) |
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Biggest win | |
Germany 17–0 Kazakhstan (Wiesbaden, Germany; 19 November 2011) |
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Biggest defeat | |
United States 6–0 Germany (Decatur, United States; 14 March 1996) |
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World Cup | |
Appearances | 7 (first in 1991) |
Best result | Champions (2003, 2007) |
European Championship | |
Appearances | 10 (first in 1989) |
Best result | Champions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013) |
The Germany women's national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen) represents Germany in international women's association football and is governed by the German Football Association (DFB).
The German national team is one of the most successful in women's football. They are two-time world champions, having won the 2003 and 2007 tournaments. They are also the only nation to have won both the men's and women's tournament. The team has won eight of the twelve UEFA European Championships, claiming six consecutive titles between 1995 and 2013. Germany is one the two nations to win both the men's and women's European tournament, along with the Netherlands. Germany has won Olympic gold in 2016, after three consecutive bronze medals at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament, finishing third in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Birgit Prinz holds the record for most appearances and is the team's all-time leading goalscorer. Prinz has also set international records; she has received the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times and is the joint second overall top goalscorer at the Women's World Cup.