Nickname: The National Eleven
Association: Deutscher Fußball-Bund — DFB
Confederation: UEFA (Europe)
Head coach: Joachim Löw
Captain: Michael Ballack
Most caps: Lothar Matthäus (150)
Top scorer: Gerd Müller (68 )
FIFA code: GER
Highest FIFA: ranking 1 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA: ranking 23 (March 2006)
Most capped players:
# Player Germany career Caps Goals
1 Lothar Matthäus 1980–2000 150 23
2 Jürgen Klinsmann 1987–1998 108 47
3 Jürgen Kohler 1986–1998 105 2
4 Franz Beckenbauer 1965–1977 103 14
5 Thomas Häßler 1988–2000 101 11
6 Berti Vogts 1967–1978 96 1
7 Sepp Maier 1966–1979 95 0
= Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1976–1986 95 45
9 Michael Ballack* 1999–present 92 41
10 Rudi Völler 1982–1994 90 47
11 Miroslav Klose* 2001–present 88 44
12 Andreas Brehme 1984–1994 86 8
= Oliver Kahn 1995–2006 86 0
14 Andreas Möller 1988–1999 85 29
15 Karlheinz Förster 1978–1986 81 2
= Wolfgang Overath 1963–1974 81 17
= Bernd Schneider 1999–2008 81 4
18 Torsten Frings* 2001–present 79 10
19 Harald Schumacher 1979–1986 76 0
= Guido Buchwald 1984–1994 76 4
Famoust past players:
* Franz Beckenbauer
* Oliver Bierhoff
* Paul Breitner
* Andreas Brehme
* Sebastian Deisler
* Karlheinz Förster
* Thomas Häßler
* Helmut Haller
* Dietmar Hamann
* Oliver Kahn
* Jürgen Klinsmann
* Lothar Matthäus
* Andreas Möller
* Jürgen Kohler
* Pierre Littbarski
* Uwe Bein
* Stefan Kuntz
* Sepp Maier
* Stefan Effenberg
* Olaf Thon
* Stefan Reuter
* Klaus Augenthaler
* Andreas Köpke
* Karl-Heinz Riedle
* Christian Ziege
* Thomas Helmer
* Bodo Illgner
* Guido Buchwald
* Gerd Müller
* Günter Netzer
* Wolfgang Overath
* Helmut Rahn
* Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
* Hans-Peter Briegel
* Matthias Sammer (also played for East Germany)
* Mehmet Scholl
* Harald 'Toni' Schumacher
* Bernd Schuster
* Uwe Seeler
* Wolfgang Overath
* Toni Turek
* Berti Vogts
* Rainer Bonhof
* Rudi Völler
* Mario Basler
* Thomas Berthold
* Fritz Walter
* Wolfgang Weber
* Horst Hrubesch
* Manfred Kaltz
* Klaus Fischer
* Fredi Bobic
Fritz Walter, Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer and Lothar Matthäus are "Honorary team captains" (Ehrenspielführer).
Honours:
* European Championship (champions) - 1972, 1980, 1996
* European Championship (runners-up) - 1976, 1992, 2008
* World Cup (champions) - 1954, 1974, 1990
* World Cup (runners-up) - 1966, 1982, 1986, 2002
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