Germany national football team
Germany national football team
Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won four FIFA World Cups ((/wiki/1954FIFAWorldCup), (/wiki/1974FIFAWorldCup), (/wiki/1990FIFAWorldCup), and (/wiki/2014FIFAWorldCup)), tied with Italy, and only one fewer than the most successful team, Brazil. Having won three European Championships ((/wiki/UEFAEuro1972), (/wiki/UEFAEuro1980), and (/wiki/UEFAEuro1996)) Germany is second behind Spain, the record holder in that international competition with four. Germany also won the FIFA Confederations Cup in (/wiki/2017FIFAConfederationsCup). They have also been runners-up at the European Championship three times, and four times at the World Cup, with a further four third-place finishes at the World Cup. East Germany won Olympic Gold in (/wiki/Footballatthe1976SummerOlympics). Germany was the first, and is one of only two nations to have won both the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup (the other being Spain). By combined World Cups, Germany stands as the most successful football nation in history with six World Cups – four for the men's team and two for the women's. At the end of the 2014 World Cup, Germany earned the second highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with 2,223 points. Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas.
Early years (1899–1942)
!Germany national team at its first official international match in 1908
Early years (1899–1942)
On 18 April 1897, an early international game on German soil was played in Hamburg when a selection team from the Danish Football Association defeated a selection team from the Hamburg-Altona Football Association, 5–0.
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