West Germany national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Nationalelf (national eleven) DFB-Elf (DFB Eleven) Die Mannschaft (The Team) |
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| Association |
German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund – DFB) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Joachim Löw |
| Captain | Manuel Neuer |
| Most caps | Lothar Matthäus (150) |
| Top scorer | Miroslav Klose (71) |
| FIFA code | GER |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 3  (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 1(December 1992 – August 1993, December 1993 – March 1994, June 1994, July 2014 – June 2015) |
| Lowest | 22(March 2006) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 3 (11 January 2017) |
| Highest | 1 (1990–92, 1993–94, 1996–97, July 2014 – May 2016) |
| Lowest | 17 (1923) |
| First international | |
 Switzerland 5–3 Germany  (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) |
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| Biggest win | |
Germany 16–0 Russian Empire  (, Sweden; 1 July 1912) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 England Amateurs 9–0 Germany (Oxford, England; 13 March 1909) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 18 (first in 1934) |
| Best result | Champions, 1954, 1974, 1990 and 2014 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1972) |
| Best result | Champions, 1972, 1980 and 1996 |
| Confederations Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1999) |
| Best result | Third place, 2005 |
| Medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | Team |
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2016 Rio | Team |
The Germany national football team (German: Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or just Die Mannschaft) is the men's football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund), founded in 1900. Ever since the DFB was reinaugurated in 1949 the team has represented the Federal Republic of Germany. Under Allied occupation and division, two other separate national teams were also recognised by FIFA: the Saarland team representing the Saarland (1950–1956) and the East German team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). Both have been absorbed along with their records by the current national team. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following the reunification in 1990.
Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won a total of four World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) and three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996). They have also been runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup, and a further four third-place finishes at World Cups. East Germany won Olympic Gold in 1976. Germany is the only nation to have won both the men's and women's World Cups. At the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2200 points. Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas. The current manager of the national team is Joachim Löw.
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