Germany national football team records

This page summarizes various statistics of the Germany national football team.

Abbreviation

• A = away match
• H = home match
• * = match in neutral place
• (c)= captain of team
• (g)= goalkeeper
• Am. = Amateure
• WC = World Cup
• EC = European Championship
• Confed-Cup = Confederations Cup
• NL = UEFA Nations League
• OG = Olympic matches
• Cons. tour. = Consolation tournament of the Olympic Games
• a.e.t. = after extra time
• p. = penalty shoot-out
• GG = golden goal
• = goal scored from penalty kick
•  (o.g.) = own goal
• (opposite the name) = players which are played for Austria and Germany
• (opposite the name) = players which are played for Poland and Germany
• green background color = Germany won the match
• yellow background = draw (including matches decided on penalties).
• red background = Germany lost the match
• The current and enlarged national team members are highlighted in bold. Players who have not been played for more than six months are in italics.

Player

Most consecutive matches

Since many players have been injured due to injuries, there are only a few players who have listened that played for the national team without interruption:[1]

Nr.	Player	Match serie	Period
1	Franz Beckenbauer	60	from 9. September 1970 to 23. February 1977
2	Berti Vogts	48	from 27. March 1974 to 21. June 1978
3	Manfred Kaltz	47	from 8. March 1978 to 14. April 1982
4	Berti Vogts	39	from 6. March 1968 to 8. September 1971

Youngest players on the debut

12 players were younger than 19 on their debut, three under 18. 108 players were not yet of age on their debut. After the age of majority was reduced to 18 years on January 1, 1975, no players who were not yet of age have made their debut. Of the players who were not yet of age on their debut, only Franz Beckenbauer managed more than 100 internationals, but other players later became World and / or European Champions, who were not yet of age on their debut: Rainer Bonhof, Paul Breitner, Horst Eckel, Uli Hoeneß, Gerd Mueller, Wolfgang Overath, Berti Vogts, Fritz Walter. Besides Beckenbauer, Willy Baumgärtner, Paul Janes and Uwe Seeler later became record appearances.

The ten youngest players on debut are listed.

Pos.	Name	Birthday	First match	Opponent	Venue		Result	Type	Age	Appearance	Position
01.	Willy Baumgärtner	23.12.1890	05.04.1908[lower-alpha 1]	Switzerland	Basel, SUI	A	3:5	friendly match	17 years, 104 days	4	forward
02.	Marius Hiller	05.08.1892	03.04.1910	Switzerland	Basel, SUI	A	3:2	friendly match	17 years, 241 days	3[lower-alpha 2]	forward
03.	Uwe Seeler	05.11.1936	16.10.1954	France	Hanover	H	1:3	friendly match	17 years, 345 days	72	forward
04.	Friedel Holz	21.02.1920	20.03.1938	Luxembourg	Wuppertal	H	2:1	friendly match	18 years, 27 days	1	forward
05.	Karl Wolter	02.08.1894	06.10.1912	Denmark	Copenhagen, DEN	A	1:3	friendly match	18 years, 65 days	3	forward
06.	Franz Jelinek	10.07.1922	15.09.1940	Slovakia	Bratislava, SVK	A	1:0	friendly match	18 years, 67 days	1	forward
07.	Mario Götze	03.06.1992	17.11.2010	Sweden	Gothenburg, SWE	A	0:0	friendly match	18 years, 167 days	63	midfielder
08.	Willy Tänzer	12.12.1889	07.06.1908	Austria	Vienna, AUT	A	2:3	friendly match	18 years, 178 days	1	defense
09.	Olaf Thon	01.05.1966	16.12.1984	Malta	Attard, MLT	A	3:2	WC 1986 Qualification	18 years, 229 days	52	midfielder
10.	Max Meyer	18.09.1995	13.05.2014[lower-alpha 3]	Poland	Hamburg	H	0:0	friendly match	18 years, 237 days	4	midfielder
Notes: 1st match of Germany Hiller also played 2 matches for Argentina at the age of 24 On May 13, 2014, the youngest starter of the German international history was on the pitch, average age: 21 years, 317 days

Oldest players

18 players were in their last match for Germany older than 35 years, including six goalkeepers. Eight national players continued to play for Austria or the Saarland after the Second World War. The ten oldest players at their last match are listed.

Pos.	Name	Birthday	Last match	Opponent	venue		result	Type	age	appearance	Position
01.	Lothar Matthäus	21.03.1961	20.06.2000	Portugal	Rotterdam, NED	*	0:3	EC 2000 Group	39 years, 91 days	150	defense
02.	Jens Lehmann	10.11.1969	29.06.2008	Spain	Vienna, AUT	*	0:1	EC 2008 Final	38 years, 232 days	61	goalkeeper
03.	Fritz Walter	31.10.1920	24.06.1958	Sweden	Gothenburg, SWE	A	1:3	WC 1958 Semi final	37 years, 236 days	61	midfielder
04.	Oliver Kahn (c)	15.06.1969	08.07.2006	Portugal	Stuttgart	H	3:1	WC 2006 3rd place	37 years, 23 days	86	goalkeeper
05.	Richard Kress	06.03.1925	22.10.1961	Greece	Augsburg	H	2:1	WC 1962 Qualification	36 years, 230 days	09	forward
06.	Andreas Kupfer (c)	07.05.1914	22.11.1950	Switzerland	Stuttgart	H	1:0	friendly match	36 years, 199 days	44	defense
07.	Andreas Köpke	12.03.1962	04.07.1998	Croatia	Lyon, FRA	*	0:3	WC 1998 Quarter final	36 years, 114 days	59	goalkeeper
08.	Hans-Jörg Butt	28.05.1974	10.07.2010	Uruguay	Port Elizabeth, RSA	*	3:2	WC 210 3rd place	36 years, 43 days	04	goalkeeper
09.	Miroslav Klose	09.06.1978	13.07.2014	Argentina	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	*	1:0	WC 2014 Final	36 years, 34 days	137	forward
10.	Karl Sesta	18.03.1906	01.02.1942	Switzerland	Vienna	H	1:2	friendly match	35 years, 320 days	03[lower-alpha 1]	defense
Notes: Sesta had previously played 42 times and twice after World War II for Austria. At his last match for Austria, he was 39 years and 155 days old.

Oldest players on the debut

38 players were at least 30 years old on their debut; for 15 of them it was the only match. Stefan Kuntz, who had made his debut at the age of 31 years and 49 days, made most of the appearances (25). They all played in friendly matches for their first match. The ten oldest players on debut are listed.

Pos.	Name	Birthday	1st match	Opponent	venue		Result	Type	age	appearance
01.	Karl Sesta	18.03.1906	15.06.1941	Croatia	Vienna	H	5:1	friendly match	35 years, 83 days	3[lower-alpha 1]
02.	Matthias Mauritz	13.11.1924	20.05.1959	Poland	Hamburg	H	1:1	friendly match	34 years, 188 days	1
03.	Karl Tewes	18.08.1886	26.09.1920	Austria	Vienna, AUT	A	2:3	friendly match	34 years, 39 days	6
04.	Martin Max	07.08.1968	17.04.2002	Argentina	Stuttgart	H	0:1	friendly match	33 years, 253 days	1
05.	Paul Steiner	23.01.1957	30.05.1990	Denmark	Gelsenkirchen	H	1:0	friendly match	33 years, 127 days	1
06.	Roman Weidenfeller	06.08.1980	19.11.2013	England	London, ENG	A	1:0	friendly match	33 years, 105 days	5
07.	Rudolf Leip	08.06.1890	12.08.1923	Finland	Dresden	H	1:2	friendly match	33 years, 65 days	3
08.	Kurt Borkenhagen	30.12.1919	05.10.1952	France	Colombes, FRA	A	1:3	friendly match	32 years, 280 days	1
09.	Erich Schröder	20.11.1898	26.04.1931	Netherlands	Amsterdam, NED	A	1:1	friendly match	32 years, 157 days	1
10.	Clemens Wientjes	08.02.1920	20.04.1952	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City, LUX	A	3:0	friendly match	32 years, 72 days	2
Notes: Sesta previously played 42 matches for Austria. On his debut for Austria he was 26 years and 65 days old

Youngest captain

Of the ten youngest captains, only Joshua Kimmich was captain in a competitive match that played against Cameroon in the Confederations Cup 2017 group stage, the 13 youngest captains were only in friendly matches.

Pos.	Name	Birthday	1st captain match	Opponent	venue		Result	Type	age	was captain match No.	matches as captain	total appearance
01.	Julian Draxler	20.09.1993	13.05.2014	Poland	Hamburg	H	0:0	friendly match	20 years 235 days	11.	active	active
02.	Christian Schmidt	09.06.1888	24.04.1910	Netherlands	Arnhem, NED	A	2:4	friendly match	21 years 299 days	1.	1	3
03.	Josef Glaser	11.05.1887	13.03.1909	England (Am.)	Oxford, ENG	A	0:9	friendly match	21 years 310 days	1.	4	5
04.	Max Breunig	12.11.1888	26.03.1911	Switzerland	Stuttgart	H	6:2	friendly match	22 years 133 days	2.	3	9
05.	Joshua Kimmich	08.02.1995	25.06.2017 (from 80.')	Cameroon	Sochi, RUS	*	3:1	Confed-Cup 2017 Group	22 years 137 days	18.	active	active
06.	Adolf Jäger	31.03.1889	14.04.1912	Hungary	Budapest, HUN	A	4:4	friendly match	23 years 14 days	4.	10	18
07.	Stanislaus Kobierski	13.11.1910	03.12.1933	Poland	Berlin	H	1:0	friendly match	23 years 20 days	11.	1	26
08.	Eugen Kipp	26.02.1885	07.06.1908	Austria	Vienna, AUT	A	2:3	friendly match	23 years 101 days	2.	2	18
09.	Serdar Taşçı	24.04.1987	11.08.2010 (from 66.')	Denmark	Copenhagen, DEN	A	2:2	friendly match	23 years 109 days	14.	1	14
10.	Ernst Blum	25.01.1904	02.10.1927	Denmark	Copenhagen, DEN	A	1:3	friendly match	23 years 250 days	1.	1	1

Oldest captains (first matches as captains)

Of the ten oldest captains, only Klaus Fischer was captain in a competitive match, the match against Albania in the WC 1982 Qualification as the Germany already qualified, all others in friendly matches.

Pos.	Name	Birthday	1st match as captain	Opponent	venue		Result	Type	age	was captain match of..	matches as captain	total appearance
1.	Jens Lehmann	10.11.1969	27.05.2008 (from 67.')	Belarus	Kaiserslautern	H	2:2	friendly match	38 years 199 days	54.	1	61
2.	Andreas Kupfer	07.05.1914	22.11.1950[lower-alpha 1]	Switzerland	Stuttgart	H	1:0	friendly match	36 years 199 days	44.	1	44
3.	Jakob Streitle	11.12.1916	04.05.1952	Republic of Ireland	Köln	H	3:0	friendly match	35 years 144 days	15.	1	15
4.	Hans Hagen	15.07.1894	20.10.1929	Finland	Altona-Hamburg	H	4:0	friendly match	35 years 97 days	10.	1	12
5.	Josef Müller	06.05.1893	15.04.1928	Switzerland	Bern, SUI	A	3:2	friendly match	34 years 355 days	12.	1	12
6.	Karl Tewes	18.08.1886	05.05.1921	Austria	Dresden	H	3:3	friendly match	34 years 261 days	03.	2	06
7.	Sepp Maier	28.02.1944	11.10.1978	Czechoslovakia	Prague, CSK	A	4:3	friendly match	34 years 226 days	90.	6	95
8.	Ulf Kirsten[lower-alpha 2]	04.12.1965	02.09.1998 (from 46.')	Malta	Attard, MLT	A	2:1	friendly match	32 years 272 days	37.	2	51
9.	Paul Pömpner	28.12.1892	26.06.1925	Finland	Helsinki, FIN	A	5:3	friendly match	32 years 180 days	06.	1	06
10.	Klaus Fischer	27.12.1949	18.11.1981 (from 51.')	Albania	Dortmund	H	8:0	WC 1982 Qualification	31 years 326 days	34.	1	45
Notes: 1st match after World War II Kirsten also played 49 matches for the East Germany; but in these he was not used as a captain.

List of national players who were not born in Germany or Austria

Pos.	Name	country of birth	matches for Germany	1st match	matches against the country of birth	Goals against the country of birth
01.	Fritz Balogh	Czechoslovakia (Bratislava)	1	22.11.1950	-	-
02.	Josef Posipal	Romania (Lugoj)	32	17.06.1951	-	-
03.	Miroslav Votava	Czechoslovakia (Prague)	5	21.11.1979	-	-
04.	Fredi Bobic	Yugoslavia (Maribor)	37	12.10.1994	23.06.1996 (2:1 against Croatia) 30.04.2003 (1:0 against Serbia and Montenegro)	-
05.	Dariusz Wosz	Poland (Piekary Śląskie)	17[lower-alpha 1]	26.02.1997	-	-
06.	Oliver Neuville	Switzerland (Locarno)	69	02.09.1998	26.04.2000 (1:1)	-
07.	Paulo Rink	Brazil (Curitiba)	13	02.09.1998	-	-
08.	Mustafa Doğan	Turkey (Yalvaç)	2	30.07.1999	09.10.1999 (0:0)	-
09.	Miroslav Klose	Poland (Opole)	137	24.03.2001	14.06.2006 (1:0), 08.06.2008 (2:0) 06.09.2011 (2:2)	-
10.	Gerald Asamoah	Ghana (Mampong)	43	29.05.2001	-	-
11.	Martin Max	Poland (Tarnowskie Góry)	1	17.04.2002	-	-
12.	Paul Freier	Poland (Bytom)	19	09.05.2002	-	-
13.	Kevin Kurányi	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	52	29.03.2003	08.09.2004 (1:1) 25.06.2005 (2:3)	1
14.	Lukas Podolski	Poland (Gliwice)	130	06.06.2004	14.06.2006 (1:0) 08.06.2008 (2:0), 06.09.2011 (2:2) 11.10.2014, 04.09.2015	2
15.	Lukas Sinkiewicz	Poland (Tychy)	3	03.09.2005	-	-
16.	Piotr Trochowski	Poland (Tczew)	35	07.10.2006	-	-
17.	Marko Marin	Yugoslavia (Gradiška)	16	27.05.2008	03.06.2010 (3:1 against Bosnia and Herzegowina) 18.06.2010 (0:1 against Serbia)	-
18.	Andreas Beck	Soviet Union (Kemerovo)	9	11.02.2009	-	-
19.	Cacau	Brazil (Santo André)	23	29.05.2009	10.08.2011 (3:2)	-
20.	Roman Neustädter[lower-alpha 2]	Soviet Union (Dnipropetrowsk)	2	14.11.2012	-	-
Note: Wosz also played seven matches for the East Germany Neustädter plays for Russia since 2016, also on November 15, 2018 against Germany

Goals

Youngest goalscorers

18 goalscorers were younger than 20 years. Lukas Podolski is the youngest player to score two goals in one match, in his eighth match. By contrast, Fritz Walter in his first international match as the youngest player yet three goals. Josef Gauchel is the youngest player to score his first goal in a competitive fixture, in the OG 1936 1st Round, all other of the 20 youngest goalscorers scored in friendly matches. The youngest competitive goal scorer is Mario Götze, who scored his second goal at the age of 19 years and 91 days on 2 September 2011 in the EC 2012 Qualification against Austria.

The following table lists the ten youngest goalscorers.

Pos.	Name	Birthday	1st goal	Opponent	venue		Result	Type	age	total goals	goals before 20
1.	Marius Hiller	05.08.1892	03.04.1910	Switzerland	Basel, SUI	A	3:2	friendly match	17 years, 241 days	01[lower-alpha 1]	01
2.	Edmund Conen	10.11.1914	14.01.1934	Hungary	Frankfurt	H	3:1	friendly match	19 years, 65 days	27	05
3.	Willi Fick	17.02.1891	24.04.1910	Netherlands	Arnhem, NED	A	2:4	friendly match	19 years, 66 days	01	01
4.	Mario Götze	03.06.1992	10.08.2011	Brazil	Stuttgart	H	3:2	friendly match	19 years, 68 days	17	02
	Adolf Jäger	31.03.1889	07.06.1908	Austria	Vienna, AUT	A	2:3	friendly match	19 years, 68 days	10	01
	Klaus Stürmer	09.08.1935	16.10.1954	France	Hanover	H	1:3	friendly match	19 years, 68 days	01	01
7.	Karl Schlösser	29.01.1912	26.04.1931	Netherlands	Amsterdam, NED	A	1:1	friendly match	19 years, 87 days	01	01
8.	Marko Marin	13.03.1989	20.08.2008	Belgium	Nuremberg	H	2:0	friendly match	19 years, 160 days	01	01
9.	Lukas Podolski	04.06.1985	21.12.2004 (2 goal)	Thailand	Bangkok, THA	A	5:1	friendly match	19 years, 200 days	48	03[lower-alpha 2]
10.	Fritz Becker	13.09.1888	05.04.1908 (2 goal)[lower-alpha 3]	Switzerland	Basel, SUI	A	3:5	friendly match	19 years, 204 days	02	02
Notes: Hiller also scored 4 goals in 2 matches at the age of 24 for Argentina In addition, 1 goal on his 20th Birthday 1st match of Germany

Oldest goalscorers

17 players were over 33 when they scored their last goal, including record goal scorer Miroslav Klose, who also scored the most goals after his 30th birthday. His precursor Gerd Müller scored his last of 68 international goals with 28 years and 246 days, making him the player with the most goals before the 30th Birthday. Klose was 35 years and 362 days old at his 69th international goal, when he replaced Müller as the record scorer.

The following table lists the ten oldest goalscorers.

Pos.	Name	Birthday	last goal	Opponent	venue		Result	Type	age	goals	goals after 30. birthday
01.	Lothar Matthäus (c)	21.03.1961	28.07.1999	New Zealand	Guadalajara, MEX	*	2:0	Confed-Cup Group	38 years, 128 days	23	06
02.	Richard Kreß	06.03.1925	20.09.1961	Denmark	Düsseldorf	H	5:1	friendly match	36 years, 198 days	02	02
03.	Miroslav Klose	09.06.1978	08.07.2014	Brazil	Belo Horizonte, BRA	A	7:1	WC 2014 Semi final	36 years, 29 days	71[lower-alpha 1]	32
04.	Fritz Walter (c)	31.10.1920	26.05.1956	England	Berlin	H	1:3	friendly match	35 years, 207 days	33	14
05.	Oliver Neuville	01.05.1973	31.05.2008	Serbia	Gelsenkirchen	H	2:1	friendly match	35 years, 30 days	10	06
06.	Ulf Kirsten	04.12.1965	07.06.2000	Liechtenstein	Freiburg	H	8:2	friendly match	34 years, 186 days	20[lower-alpha 2]	14
07.	Hans Schäfer	19.10.1927	11.04.1962	Uruguay	Hamburg	H	3:0	friendly match	34 years, 175 days	15	05
08.	Rudi Völler	13.04.1960	02.07.1994	Belgium	Chicago, USA	*	3:2	WC 1994 Round of 16	34 years, 80 days	47	15
09.	Oliver Bierhoff	01.05.1968	01.06.2002	Saudi Arabia	Sapporo, JPN	*	8:0	WC 2002 Group	34 years, 31 days	37	24
10.	Stefan Kuntz	30.10.1962	09.10.1996	Armenia	Yerevan, ARM	A	5:1	WC 1998 Qualification	33 years, 345 days	06	06
Notes: 16th World Cup goal Kirsten also scored 14 goals for the East Germany

Hat-tricks

For several players with the same number of match, the entry is made chronologically.

Pos.	Name	Nr.	Date	Goals
1.	Gerd Müller	8×	08.04.1967 (4), 21.05.1969 (4), 07.06.1970 (3), 10.06.1970 (3) 22.06.1971 (3), 08.09.1971 (3), 26.05.1972 (4), 15.11.1972 (4)	28
2.	Edmund Conen	5×	27.05.1934 (3), 27.01.1935 (3), 18.08.1935 (3), 01.09.1940 (4), 20.10.1940 (4)	17
3.	Richard Hofmann	5×	28.05.1928, 23.06.1929, 10.05.1930, 27.09.1931, 01.07.1932 (3)	15
4.	Miroslav Klose	4×	13.02.2002, 18.05.2002, 01.06.2002, 10.09.2008 (3)	12
5.	Uwe Seeler	3×	21.10.1959, 20.09.1961, 28.09.1963 (3)	9
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	3×	23.09.1981, 18.11.1981, 20.06.1982 (3)
	Oliver Bierhoff	3×	20.08.1997, 04.06.1999, 09.05.2002 (3)
8	Otto Siffling	2×	16.05.1937 (5), 24.10.1937 (3)	8
9	Ernst Willimowski [lower-alpha 1]	2×	05.10.1941 (3), 18.10.1942 (4)	7
	Lukas Podolski	2×	07.09.2005 (3), 06.09.2006 (4)
11.	Serge Gnabry	2×	11.11.2016 (3), 19.11.2019 (3)	6
	Otto Harder	2×	25.10.1924 (3), 20.06.1926 (3)
	Karl Hohmann	2×	22.10.1933 (3), 11.03.1934 (3)
	Franz Binder	2×	12.11.1939 (3), 26.11.1939 (3)
	Fritz Walter	2×	14.07.1940 (3), 15.08.1942 (3)
	André Schürrle	2×	15.10.2013 (3), 13.06.2015 (3)
Note: Willimowski also played on 5 June 1938 in the World Cup match against Brazil four goals for Poland (5:6)

The best Quota

Gottfried Fuchs was the only player to score more than 2 goals per match.

Nr.	Name	Goals	Matches	Goals per match
01	Gottfried Fuchs	13	06	2,17
02	Ludwig Damminger	05	03	1,67
	Ernst Poertgen	05	03	1,67
04	Ernst Willimowski	13	08	1,63
05	Georg Frank	05	04	1,25
	Oskar Rohr	05	04	1,25
07	August Klingler	06	05	1,20
08	Franz Binder	10	09	1,11
09	Gerd Müller	68	62	1,10
10	Helmut Schön	17	16	1,06

Penalty

So far (as of September 9, 2019) were given 128 penalties for Germany in 124 matches. Of these, 102 were converted (80%). The first penalty was in the second match of the German team for 1:1 (final score 1: 5). In two matches, there were two penalties for Germany, in two cases both penalties by one player (Fritz Walter World Cup 1954 semi-final and Bastian Schweinsteiger) were converted. Once two players (Torsten Frings and Lukas Podolski were successful iat the same match and once both shooters could not take advantage of it at the same match.

The most common was Michael Ballack for the penalty kick that convert ten of eleven penalties. The most misses recorded Jürgen Klinsmann, who could not convert three of six penalties. 28 penalties were converted by captain (c), most often (7 times) Lothar Matthäus convert as captain.

Penalties were given most often against Bulgaria: 9 in a total of 21 matches, 42% of matches against Bulgaria, of which 8 were converted. Six penalties were given the German team against a reigning world champion, who were all transformed. Thirteen penalties Germany were given as reigning world champion, of which ten could be converted.

In 15 matches, the conversion of the penalty was decisive to the match, where it came four times by the converted penalty after deficit still in a draw and once followed by another penalty. In 36 matches, the converted penalty was the first goal, including in May 1963 the first goal in the first match against world champions Brazil. The opponents managed to draw three times and win the match five times. In seven matches, the converted penalty was the only goal.

Special penalties were the converted penalty by Herbert Burdenski in the first match after World War II as well as the penalty converted by Andreas Brehme in the 1990 World Cup final, which was for the intended penalty taker Lothar Matthäus. This made Germany the first team to be given a penalty in two World Cup finals after Germany became the first team in 1974 to be penalized in a FIFA World Cup final. Even in the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup, the converted penalty was the only goal of the match.

51 penalties were converted in friendly matches, 18 in European Championship qualifiers, 11 in World Cup qualifiers and 10 in World Cup matches.

Eleven goalkeepers faced the German penalty kicks twice. Of those, only two penalties could not be converted against Alan Fettis (Northern Ireland). John Bonello (Malta) and Borislav Mikhailov (Bulgaria) were each able to hold a penalty.

Most penalties were given by Italian and Swiss referees (11 each), with the Swiss referees running just over half as many matches as the Italians (55 vs. 109). Also two of the three German referees, who led a match of the German team, gave a penalty for Germany. In both cases, the penalties were not decisive to the match because both ended 5:1 - once for the England (Am.) and once for the German team against Croatia. The Italian Nicola Rizzoli is the only referee to have scored three penalties for the German team - including two in one match. He also gave a penalty against Germany. Overall, he has given at least 12 penalties in 38 internationals with European teams. Nine referees whistled twice in favor of Germany a penalty.

Penalty shoot-out

So far, the German team has had to make eight matches on the penalty shootout, six of them were won and two lost. Germany and Argentina are the only teams that have won penalties four times each in World Cups, but Argentina only five times, Germany, however, only four times and thus the only team ever, which stood more than once in a penalty shootout at a World Cup, a 100% win rate in this discipline. Consequently, Argentina suffered his only defeat in a penalty shootout at a World Cup against Germany. The most successful shooters are Andreas Brehme, Pierre Littbarski, Lothar Matthäus and Olaf Thon with two penalties each. But Lothar Matthäus is also one of the bad shooters. Harald Schumacher is the most successful goalkeeper with four penalties. Sepp Maier (1976) and Eike Immel (1988) are the only goalkeepers who could not hold a penalty in a penalty shoot-out. Four times all German shooter were successful, in three cases only four German shooter had to compete because the decision had already been made before the fifth German shooter had to compete. Even with the two lost penalties the fifth shooter did not have to compete because the decision had already been made. In two cases (1982 and 1996) the additional sixth German shooter scored the victory, in 2016 only the ninth shooter (Jonas Hector).

• first kick in the penalty shoot out
• last kick in the penalty shoot out

Nr.	Date	result	Opponent	Venue		type	Goalkeeper of Germany	Penalty kickes of Germany	Penalty kickes of opposing team	Goalkeeper of opposing team	special
1	20 June 1976	2:2 (1:2, 2:2, 2:2, 2:2) a.e.t 3:5 p.	Czechoslovakia	Belgrade, YUG	*	EC 1976 Final	Sepp Maier	Rainer Bonhof Heinz Flohe Hans Bongartz Uli Hoeneß [lower-alpha 1]	Marián Masný Zdeněk Nehoda Anton Ondruš (c) Ladislav Jurkemik Antonín Panenka	Ivo Viktor	first penalty shootout in a European Championship Franz Beckenbauer is the first German and fifth worldwide player to be 100th international
2	8 July 1982	3:3 (1:1, 1:1, 3:2, 3:3) a.e.t 5:4 p	France	Seville, ESP	*	WC 1982 Semi final	Harald Schumacher (2x)	Manfred Kaltz (c) Paul Breitner Uli Stielike [lower-alpha 2] Pierre Littbarski Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Horst Hrubesch	Alain Giresse Manuel Amoros Dominique Rocheteau Didier Six [lower-alpha 2] Michel Platini (c) Maxime Bossis [lower-alpha 2]	Jean-Luc Ettori (1x)	first penalty shootout at a World Cup
3	21 June 1986	0:0 a.e.t 4:1 p	Mexico	Monterrey, MEX	A	WC 1986 Quarter final	Harald Schumacher (c) (2x)	Klaus Allofs Andreas Brehme Lothar Matthäus Pierre Littbarski	Manuel Negrete Fernando Quirarte [lower-alpha 2] Raúl Servín [lower-alpha 2]	Pablo Larios
4	31 March 1988	1:1 (1:0) 2:4 p	Sweden	Berlin	H	Four Nation Tournament 1988 Semi final	Eike Immel	Olaf Thon Dieter Eckstein Lothar Matthäus (c) [lower-alpha 1] Rudi Völler [lower-alpha 2]	Robert Prytz Peter Larsson Glenn Strömberg Jonas Thern	Jan Möller (1x)	no extra time
5	4 July 1990	1:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t, 4:3 p	England	Turin, ITA	*	WC 1990 Semi final	Bodo Illgner (1x)	Andreas Brehme Lothar Matthäus (c) Karl-Heinz Riedle Olaf Thon	Gary Lineker Peter Beardsley David Platt Stuart Pearce [lower-alpha 2] Chris Waddle [lower-alpha 1]	Peter Shilton
6	26 June 1996	1:1 (1:1, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t, 6:5 p	England	London, ENG	A	EC 1996 Semi final	Andreas Köpke (1x)	Thomas Häßler Thomas Strunz Stefan Reuter Christian Ziege Stefan Kuntz Andreas Möller (c)	Alan Shearer David Platt Stuart Pearce Paul Gascoigne Teddy Sheringham Gareth Southgate [lower-alpha 2]	David Seaman
7	30 June 2006	1:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t 4:2 p	Argentina	Berlin	H	WC 2006 Quarter final	Jens Lehmann (2x)	Oliver Neuville Michael Ballack (c) Lukas Podolski Tim Borowski	Julio Ricardo Cruz Roberto Ayala [lower-alpha 2] Maxi Rodríguez Esteban Cambiasso [lower-alpha 2]	Leo Franco
8	2 July 2016	1:1 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1) a.e.t 6:5 p	Italy	Bordeaux, FRA	*	EC 2016 Quarter final	Manuel Neuer (2x)	Toni Kroos Thomas Müller [lower-alpha 2] Mesut Özil [lower-alpha 3] Julian Draxler Bastian Schweinsteiger(c)[lower-alpha 1] Mats Hummels Joshua Kimmich Jérôme Boateng Jonas Hector	Lorenzo Insigne Simone Zaza [lower-alpha 1] Andrea Barzagli Graziano Pellè [lower-alpha 4] Leonardo Bonucci [lower-alpha 2] Emanuele Giaccherini Marco Parolo Mattia De Sciglio Matteo Darmian [lower-alpha 2]	Gianluigi Buffon (c) (1x)	For the first time Germany can knock Italy off at a tournament
Notes: shoots over the gate hold a goalkeeper shoot the post shoot over

Results

Frequency of match results

The 2:1 is the most common result in the internationals of the German national team. 86 matches, 8.95% of the matches ended like this. It follows the 1:0 and 1:1 with 83 matches. With 1:0 also won the World Cup title in 1990 and 2014 and the Confed Cup 2017, with 2:1 the World Cup title in 1974 and the European Championship victories in 1980 and 1996. It follows the 2:0 (80 matches). Lost was most often 0:1 (45 times) and 1:2 (43 times). 51 matches ended scoreless 0:0 (5.3%) and a total of 333 (34.65%) without conceding, of which once (2016/17) seven in a row. (As of: November 19, 2019)

	conceded goals
goals of Germany	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
0	51[lower-alpha 1]	45	26	12	1	1	1	0	0	1
1	83	83[lower-alpha 2]	43	27	9	5	0	0	0	0
2	80	86	43[lower-alpha 3]	18	6	1	1	0	0	0
3	50	44	31	13[lower-alpha 1]	4	2	3	0	1	0
4	28	32	17	8	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	11	18	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0
6	9	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	9	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Note: include one of them won after penalty shoot-out include four of them won and one of them lost after penalty shoot-out include one of them lost after penalty shoot-out

Biggest wins

Pos.	result	Opponent	venue		date	Type	goalscorers	Besonderheiten
1.	16:0 (8:0)	Russia [lower-alpha 1]	Stockholm, SWE	*	01.07.1912	OG 1912 Cons.tour. 1st Round	Gottfried Fuchs (10), Fritz Förderer (4), Karl Burger (1),[lower-alpha 2] Emil Oberle (1)[lower-alpha 2]
2.	13:0 (8:0)	Finland[lower-alpha 1]	Leipzig	H	01.09.1940	friendly match	Wilhelm Hahnemann (6), Edmund Conen (4), Fritz Walter (2), Willi Arlt (1)	biggest home win
	13:0 (6:0)	San Marino[lower-alpha 1]	Serravalle, SMR	A	06.09.2006	EC 2008 Qualification	Lukas Podolski (4), Thomas Hitzlsperger (2), Miroslav Klose (2), Bastian Schweinsteiger (2), Michael Ballack (1), Manuel Friedrich (1),[lower-alpha 2] Bernd Schneider (1)	biggest away win
4.	12:0 (7:0)	Cyprus[lower-alpha 1]	Essen	H	21.05.1969	WC 1970 Qualification	Gerd Müller (4), Wolfgang Overath (3), Helmut Haller (2), Sigfried Held (1), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1),[lower-alpha 2] Max Lorenz (1)[lower-alpha 2]
5.	09:0 (2:0)	Luxembourg[lower-alpha 3]	Berlin	H	04.08.1936	OG 1936 1st Round	Wilhelm Simetsreiter (3), Adolf Urban (3), Josef Gauchel (2), Franz Elbern (1)
6.	09:1 (5:1)	Luxembourg	Luxembourg City, LUX	A	11.03.1934	WC 1934 Qualification	Josef Rasselnberg (4), Karl Hohmann (3), Ernst Albrecht (1), Willi Wigold (1)
	09:1 (4:0)	Liechtenstein	Mannheim	H	04.06.1996	friendly match	Stefan Kuntz (2), Andreas Möller (2), Oliver Bierhoff (1), Jürgen Klinsmann (1), Jürgen Kohler (1), Matthias Sammer (1), Christian Ziege (1)
8.	08:0 (4:0)	Denmark[lower-alpha 1]	Breslau	H	16.05.1937	friendly match	Otto Siffling (5), Ernst Lehner (1), Fritz Szepan (1), Adolf Urban (1)
	08:0 (4:0)	Malta	Dortmund	H	28.02.1976	EC 1976 Qualification	Erich Beer (2), Jupp Heynckes (2), Ronald Worm (2), Bernd Hölzenbein (1), Berti Vogts (1)[lower-alpha 2]
	08:0 (3:0)	Malta	Bremen	H	27.02.1980	EC 1980 Qualification	Klaus Allofs (2), Klaus Fischer(2), Rainer Bonhof (1), Walter Kelsch (1), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1) and John Holland (1  (o.g.))
	08:0 (5:0)	Albania	Dortmund	H	18.11.1981	WC 1970 Qualification	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (3), Klaus Fischer (2), Paul Breitner (1), Manfred Kaltz (1), Pierre Littbarski (1)
	08:0 (4:0)	Saudi Arabia	Sapporo, JPN	*	01.06.2002	WC 2002 Group	Miroslav Klose (3), Michael Ballack (1), Oliver Bierhoff (1), Carsten Jancker (1), Thomas Linke (1),[lower-alpha 2] Bernd Schneider (1)	biggest win at the WC
	08:0 (6:0)	San Marino	Serravalle, SMR	A	11.11.2016	WC 2018 Qualification	Serge Gnabry (3), Jonas Hector (2), Sami Khedira (1), Kevin Volland (1)[lower-alpha 2] and Mattia Stefanelli (1  (o.g.))
	08:0 (5:0)	Estonia[lower-alpha 3]	Mainz	H	11.06.2019	EC 2020 Qualification	Marco Reus (2), Serge Gnabry (2),Leon Goretzka, İlkay Gündoğan (), Timo Werner, Leroy Sané
Note: The defeat is the highest defeat of the opponent country (So far) only goal of the player The defeat is one of the highest losses of the country, it lost at least once again with the same result or the same goal difference

15 consecutive wins in all competitive matches (world record)

Date	Opponent	Venue		Result	Type	Scorers
10.07.2010	Uruguay	Port Elizabeth, RSA	*	3–2	WC 2010 3rd place	Müller  19', Jansen  56', Khedira  82'
03.09.2010	Belgium	Brussels, BEL	A	1–0	EC 2012 Qualification	Klose  51'
07.09.2010	Azerbaijan	Köln	H	6–1	EC 2012 Qualification	Westermann  28', Podolski  45+1', Klose  45+2', 90+2', Sadygov  53' (o.g.), Badstuber  86'
08.10.2010	Turkey	Berlin	H	3–0	EC 2012 Qualification	Klose  42', 87', Özil  79'
12.10.2010	Kazakhstan	Astana, KAZ	A	3–0	EC 2012 Qualification	Klose  48', Gómez  76', Podolski  85'
26.03.2011	Kazakhstan	Kaiserslautern	H	4–0	EC 2012 Qualification	Klose  3', 88', Müller  25', 43'
03.06.2011	Austria	Vienna, AUT	A	2–1	EC 2012 Qualification	Gómez  44', 90'
07.06.2011	Azerbaijan	Baku, AZE	A	3–1	EC 2012 Qualification	Özil  30', Gómez  41', Schürrle  90+3'
02.09.2011	Austria	Gelsenkirchen	H	6–2	EC 2012 Qualification	Klose  8', Özil  23', 47', Podolski  28', Schürrle  83', Götze  88'
07.10.2011	Turkey	Istanbul, TUR	A	3–1	EC 2012 Qualification	Gómez  35', Müller  66', Schweinsteiger  86' (pen.)
11.10.2011	Belgium	Düsseldorf	H	3–1	EC 2012 Qualification	Özil  30', Schürrle  33', Gómez  48'
09.06.2012	Portugal	Lviv, UKR	*	1–0	EC 2012 Group	Gómez  72'
13.06.2012	Netherlands	Kharkiv, UKR	*	2–1	EC 2012 Group	Gómez  24', 38'
17.06.2012	Denmark	Lviv, UKR	*	2–1	EC 2012 Group	Podolski  19', Bender  80'
22.06.2012	Greece	Gdańsk, POL	*	4–2	EC 2012 Quarter final	Lahm  39', Khedira  61', Klose  68', Reus  74'

Biggest draws

Pos.	result	Opponent	venue		Date	Type	German goalscorer	special
1.	5:5 (3:2)	Netherlands	Zwolle, NED	A	24.03.1912	friendly match	Julius Hirsch (4), Gottfried Fuchs (1)
2.	4:4 (4:1)	Hungary	Budapest, HUN	A	14.04.1912	friendly match	Adolf Jäger (1), Eugen Kipp (1), Ernst Möller (1), Willi Worpitzky (1)	Germany lead until the 59th minute with 4:1
	4:4 (0:1)	Netherlands	Amsterdam, NED	A	05.04.1914	friendly match	Otto Harder[lower-alpha 1] (1), Adolf Jäger (1), Richard Queck[lower-alpha 2] (1), Karl Wegele[lower-alpha 2] (1)	In the 90th minute, the 4:4 equalizer for Germany, End of the longest series of lost matches (7 matches), last match before the World War I
	4:4 (2:4)	Bohemia and Moravia	Breslau	H	12.11.1939	friendly match	Franz Binder (3), Paul Janes (1)	Germany do 'turn back' after 0:3 lost in the 1st half
	4:4 (3:0)	Sweden	Berlin	H	16.10.2012	WC 2014 Qualification	Miroslav Klose (2), Per Mertesacker (1), Mesut Özil (1)	Germany led to the 62nd minute 4–0, the 4:4 fell in the 3rd minute of additional time
Note: For Otto Harder it was the first international match and international goal For Richard Queck and Karl Wegele it was the last international match and international goal

Biggest defeats

Pos.	result	Opponent	venue		Date	Type	German goalscorer	special
01.	0:9 (0:5)	England (Am.)	Oxford, ENG	A	13.03.1909	friendly match		biggest away defeat
02.	0:6 (0:3)	Spain	Seville	A	17.11.2020	2020–21 UEFA Nations League		biggest defeat in an official match
	0:6 (0:3)	Austria	Berlin	H	24.05.1931	friendly match		biggest home defeat
04.	0:5 (0:2)	Austria	Vienna, AUT	A	13.09.1931	friendly match
05.	3:8 (1:3)	Hungary	Basel, SUI	*	20.06.1954	WC 1954 Group	Richard Herrmann (1),[lower-alpha 1] Alfred Pfaff (1),[lower-alpha 1] Helmut Rahn (1)	biggest World Cup defeat, only in one match - in the 5:4 on 17 September 1955 against Switzerland - the Golden Team conceded more goals.
06.	0:4 (0:0)	Brazil	Guadalajara, MEX	*	24.07.1999	Confed-Cup 1999 Group		1st Confed-Cup match
7.	1:5 (1:3)	England (Am.)	Mariendorf-Berlin	H	20.04.1908	friendly match	Fritz Förderer (1)	1st home match
	1:5 (1:0)	Austria	Stockholm, SWE	*	29.06.1912	OG 1912 1st Round	Adolf Jäger (1)	1st match at neutral place and 1st match in Olympic Games
	1:5 (1:2)	Hungary	Budapest, HUN	A	24.09.1939	friendly match	Ernst Lehner (1)	1st match during World War II
	1:5 (1:2)	England	Munich	H	01.09.2001	WC 2002 Qualification	Carsten Jancker (1)	biggest defeat in Qualification matches
	1:5 (0:4)	Romania	Bucharest, ROM	A	28.04.2004	friendly match	Philipp Lahm (1)[lower-alpha 2]
12.	2:6 (0:4)	Belgium	Antwerp, BEL	A	23.11.1913	friendly match	Gottfried Fuchs (1), Karl Wegele (1)[lower-alpha 2]
Note: only goal of the player 1st goal of the player

Sending off

So far, 25 German players have been sent off in a match, five of them are yellow-red card fram 1991. The first was Hans Kalb in the match against Uruguay on June 3, 1928 at the Olympic Games 1928, which thus also became the first captain of the German team is. Jérôme Boateng was the first player to be dismissed in his first international match on October 10, 2009, in Moscow against Russia.[2] The first German player to see the red card used since 1970 in a match was Thomas Berthold on June 21, 1986 in WC 1986 Quarter final against Mexico. Thomas Berthold is also the first German international who has twice been sent off. Furthermore, Jérôme Boateng, Carsten Ramelow and Christian Wörns were sent off the field twice, Ramelow once and Boateng twice by a yellow-red card. Boateng is also the last player to be sent off: on 23 June 2018 in the World Cup preliminary round against Sweden. Ron-Robert Zieler was the first goalkeeper on 15 August 2012 in the match against Argentina.

Most of the players were sent off in the match against Uruguay on June 3, 1928, along with German national players Hans Kalb, Richard Hofmann and the Uruguayan José Nasazzi.

Two German players were sent off after a substitution: Ulf Kirsten and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Opponent

Balance

The most common opponent (at least 10 matches). The exits are listed as a win-draw-lost. matches decided on penalties are counted as draws. The sorting takes place according to the respective total number.

country[lower-alpha 1]	match	win-draw-lost	friendly	EC- Qualification	EC[lower-alpha 2]	WC- Qualification	WC	Confed-Cup	UNL	OG	other tournament
Albania	14	13-1-0		7-1-0		6-0-0				–
Argentina	22	7-5-10	2-2-9	–	–	–	4-2-1	0-1-0	–	–	1-0-1
Austria	40	25-6-9	12-5-7	3-1-0	1-0-0	6-0-0	3-0-1			0-0-1
Belgium	25	20-1-4	12-1-4	4-0-0	2-0-0		2-0-0			–
Brazil	23	5-5-13	4-4-9	–	–	–	1-0-1	0-0-2	–	–	0-1-1
Bulgaria	21	16-2-3	11-1-1	2-1-1		2-0-0	1-0-1			–
Czechoslovakia	17	10-4-3	7-1-2	–	1-1-0	1-1-0	1-1-1	–	–	–	–
Denmark	27	15-4-8	13-4-6		2-0-1		0-0-1			–
England[lower-alpha 3]	36	13-7-16	8-3-12[lower-alpha 3]		1-2-1[lower-alpha 2]	1-0-1	2-2-1			–	1-0-1
Finland	23	16-6-1	9-2-1	2-0-0		5-4-0				–
France	31	9-8-14	7-6-11		0-0-1	[lower-alpha 4]	2-1-1		0-1-1	–
Hungary	34	13-10-11	12-10-9				1-0-1			0-0-1
Italy	35	8-12-15	8-7-11		0-3-1		0-2-3			–
Luxembourg	13	12-0-1	8-0-1	2-0-0		1-0-0				1-0-0
Mexico	12	5-5-2	1-4-0	–	–	–	2-1-1	2-0-0	–	–	0-0-1
Netherlands	44	16-16-12	11-11-8	1-0-1	2-1-2	0-2-0	2-1-0		0-1-1	–
Northern Ireland	19	13-4-2	3-2-0	4-0-2	1-0-0	5-1-0	0-1-0			–
Norway	22	15-5-2	12-4-1			3-1-0				0-0-1
Poland	21	13-7-1	8-4-0	2-1-1	1-1-0		2-1-0			–
Portugal	18	10-5-3	5-2-1		2-1-1	1-2-1	2-0-0			–
Republic of Ireland	20	9-5-6	6-2-5	1-2-1		2-0-0	0-1-0			–
Romania	13	8-3-2	7-2-2		1-1-0					–
Scotland	17	8-5-4	2-3-4	3-1-0	1-0-0	1-1-0	1-0-0			–
Sweden	37	16-9-12	7-5-11		1-0-0	4-3-0	4-0-1			–	0-1-0
Switzerland	51	36-6-9	33-5-8				2-1-1			1-0-0
Slovakia	11	8-0-3	5-0-3	2-0-0	1-0-0					–
Soviet Union	12	9-0-3	7-0-3	–	1-0-0	–	1-0-0	–	–	–	–
Spain	23	9-7-7	5-5-4		2-1-2[lower-alpha 2]		2-1-1			–
Turkey	20	14-3-3	5-0-2	6-3-1	1-0-0		2-0-0			–
United States	11	7-0-4	4-0-3	–	–	–	3-0-0	0-0-1	–	–	1-0-0
Uruguay	11	8-2-1	5-1-0	–	–	–	3-1-0		–	0-0-1
Wales	17	9-6-2	1-3-1	5-2-1		3-1-0				–
Yugoslavia[lower-alpha 5]	25	14-4-7	8-3-5	1-0-1	1-0-0	–	4-1-1[lower-alpha 5]	–	–	–	–
Note: italic countries no longer exist Incl. the quarter-finals in 1972 and 1976 Incl. Four matches against the England (Am.) (1 draw, 3 defeats), counted by the DFB but not considered by FA and FIFA. Next match against this country is a match of this category Incl. of a match against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1 draw)

Spectator

So far, there were 13 matches of the German team played in front of at least 100,000 spectators. Only two of them took place in Germany. Two matches took place in neutral space, both in Estadio Azteca. Most of these matches took place when standing room were allowed at international matches and the stadiums thus had higher capacities. Currently, there are only two stadiums worldwide with a capacity of at least 100,000 spectators.

Pos.	spectator	venue/country	Stadium	Opponent		Date	Type	result	special
1	150.289	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Estádio do Maracanã	Brazil	A	21.03.1982	friendly match	0:1
2	143.315	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Estádio do Maracanã	Brazil	A	06.06.1965	friendly match	0:2
3	114.600	Mexico City, MEX	Estadio Azteca	Argentina	*	29.06.1986	WC 1986 Final	2:3
4	114.000	Mexico City, MEX	Estadio Azteca	Mexico	A	22.12.1993	friendly match	0:0
5	110.000	Teheran, IRN	Azadi Stadium	Iran	A	09.10.2004	friendly match	2:0	1st match of Per Mertesacker
6	106.066	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Estádio do Maracanã	Brazil	A	12.06.1977	friendly match	1:1
7	105.000	Berlin	Olympiastadion Berlin	England	H	14.05.1938	friendly match	3:6	First matches of Austrian players in the Germany national team
8	104.403	Mexico City, MEX	Estadio Azteca	Uruguay	*	20.06.1970	WC 1970 3rd place	1:0
9	103.415	Glasgow, SCO	Hampden Park	Scotland	A	06.05.1959	friendly match	2:3
10	102.444	Mexico City, MEX	Estadio Azteca	Italy	*	17.06.1970	WC 1970 Semi final	3:4 a.e.t	First match in neutral place in front of more than 100,000 spectators
11	102.000	Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	Switzerland	H	22.11.1950	friendly match	1:0	1st match after World War II
12	100.000	London, ENG	Wembley Stadium	England	A	01.12.1954	friendly match	1:3	1st match of Jupp Derwall as Bundestrainer
	100.000	London, ENG	Wembley Stadium	England	A	12.03.1975	friendly match	0:2	400. match

Match statistics

Consideration of extensions and penalty shootouts

Matches that were decided in extra time are scored according to their result.

The German national team completed seven penalties at World Cup football championships and European football championships, of which won six and lost one. There is also a penalty shootout from the Four Nations Tournament in1988, this lost Germany.

The matches which decided by penalty shoot-out, they count in the following as a draw. The goals scored on penalties are not taken into account for scored goals, conceded goals goal or goal difference .

Opponents to continental federations

Continental Association	Match	Win	Draw	Lost	g. scor : g. conced.	goal dif.
UEFA (Europe)[note 1]	808	475	164	169	1843:0944	+0899
CONMEBOL (South America)	077	034	017	026	0134:0107	+0027
CONCACAF (North and Middle America)	026	015	005	006	0057:0031	+0026
CAF (Africa)	024	015	006	003	0051:0021	+0030
AFC (Asia)[note 2]	023	017	003	003	0067:0021	+0046
OFC (Oceania)[note 3]	003	003	000	000	0009:0003	+0006
Total	961	559	195	207	2161:1127	+1034

Match type

UEFA only evaluates those matches that have been played in a final tournament as European championship matches.

For this reason, count the four European Championship quarter-finals of 1972 and 1976 to the European Championship qualifiers.

Type	Match	Win	Draw	Lost	g. scor : g. conced.	goal dif.
Friendly U.S. Cup (1993) Four Nations Tournament (1988) Mundialito (1981) Mexico Cup (1985) Anniversary Matches	579	305	121	153	1240:0773	+0467
	003	002	001	000	0009:0007	+0002
	002	001	001	000	0002:0001	+0001
	002	000	000	002	0002:0006	−0004
	002	000	000	002	0000:0005	−0005
	012	009	001	002	0030:0015	+0015
World Cup (WC)	109	067	020	022	0226:0125	+0101
World Cup qualification	094	074	018	002	0292:0070	+0222
European Championship (EC)	049	026	012	011	0072:0048	+0024
European Championship Qualification	106	076	020	010	0267:0068	+0199
Confederations Cup (Confed-Cup)	013	008	002	003	0029: 0022	+0007
Nations League (NL)	004	000	002	002	0003:0007	–0004
Olympic Games (OG)	007	003	000	004	0032:0014	+0018
Total	961	559	195	207	2161:1127	+1034

All international matches

The Germany national team has played against 91 different national teams. In Europe, only Norway (95) and Sweden (95) have played against more different national teams.

Below are:

• 9 of the currently 56 national teams of the CAF
• 10 of the 47 national teams of the AFC
• 1 of the currently 11 national teams of the OFC
• 50 of the except Germany 54 national teams of UEFA (no matches have so far against Andorra, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro)
• 4 of the currently 41 national teams of CONCACAF
• 9 of the 10 national teams of CONMEBOL (no match has been played against Venezuela)
• 8 former national teams (in italics), of which 6 belonged to UEFA at the time of the last matches.

Denmark, Finland, Israel, Russia, San Marino and Cyprus suffered their highest losses against Germany, Croatia and Luxembourg against Germany and England, Brazil against Germany and Uruguay and Estonia against Germany and Finland such as Hungary against Germany, England and the Netherlands. Germany was the first international opponent in Slovakia in 1939.

The Germany national team has the following balance sheets (as of November 19, 2019):

Country	Continental- Association	Type of matches	M	W	D	L	g. sco : g. con	g. dif	Only competitive matches
Albania	UEFA	competitive	0014	0013	0001	0000	0038:0010	+0028	WC Qualification 1982, 1998, 2002; EC Qualification 1968, 1972, 1984, 1996
		Total	0014	0013	0001	0000	0038:0010	+0028
Algeria	CAF
		competitive	0002	0001	0000	0001	0003:0003	00000	WC Group 1982, WC Round of 16 2014
		Friendly	0001	0000	0000	0001	0000:0002	−0002
		Total	0003	0001	0000	0002	0003:0005	−0002
Argentina	CONMEBOL
		competitive	0008	0004	0003	0001	0014:0007	+0007	WC Group 1958, 1966, WC Quarter final 2006, 2010, WC Final 1986, 1990, 2014;[note 4] Confed-Cup Group 2005;
		Friendly	0015	0004	0002	0009	0019:0027	−0008
		Total	0023	0007	0006	0010	0033:0034	−0001
Armenia	UEFA	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0009:0001	+0008	WC Qualification 1998
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0006:0001	+0005
		Total	0003	0003	0000	0000	0015:0002	+0013
Australia	OFC/AFC
		competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0014:0005	+0009	WC Group 1974, 2010; Confed-Cup Group 2005, Confed-Cup Group 2017
		Friendly	0002	0000	0001	0001	0003:0004	−0001
		Total	0006	0004	0001	0001	0017:0009	+0008
Austria	UEFA	competitive	0016	0013	0001	0002	0038:0016	+0022	Round of 16 der Olympischen Match 1912; WC 3rd place 1934, WC Semi final 1954, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC Group 1982, WC Qualification 1970, 1982, 2014; EC Group 2008, EC Qualification 1984, 2012
		Friendly	0024	0012	0005	0007	0052:0041	+0011
		Total	0040	0025	0006	0009	0090:0057	+0033
Azerbaijan	UEFA	competitive	0006	0006	0000	0000	0024:0004	+0020	WC Qualification 2010, 2018; EC Qualification 2012
		Total	0006	0006	0000	0000	0024:0004	+0020
Belarus	UEFA	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0006:0000	+0006	EC Qualification 2020
		Friendly	0001	0000	0001	0000	0002:0002	00000
		Total	0003	0002	0001	0000	0008:0002	+0006
Belgium	UEFA	competitive	0008	0008	0000	0000	0018:0007	+0011	WC Group 1934, WC Round of 16 1994; EC Semi final 1972, EC Final 1980, EC Qualification 1992, 2012
		Friendly	0017	0012	0001	0004	0040:0019	+0021
		Total	0025	0020	0001	0004	0058:0026	+0032
Bohemia and Moravia	[note 5]	Friendly	0001	0000	0001	0000	0004:0004	00000
		Total	0001	0000	0001	0000	0004:0004	00000
Bolivia	CONMEBOL	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001	WC Group 1994
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA	Friendly	0002	0001	0001	0000	0004:0002	+0002
		Total	0002	0001	0001	0000	0004:0002	+0002
Brazil	CONMEBOL	competitive	0004	0001	0000	0003	0009:0010	−0001	WC 2014 Semi final, WC Final 2002; Confed-Cup Group 1999, Confed-Cup Semi final 2005;
		Friendly	0019	0004	0005	0010	0022:0031	−0009
		Total	0023	0005	0005	0013	0031:0041	−0010
Bulgaria	UEFA	competitive	0008	0005	0001	0002	0020:0010	+0010	WC Group 1970, WC Quarter final 1994, WC Qualification 1982; EC Qualification 1976, 1996
		Friendly	0013	0011	0001	0001	0036:0014	+0022
		Total	0021	0016	0002	0003	0056:0024	+0032
Cameroon	CAF	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0005:0001	+0004	WC Group 2002; Confed-Cup Group 2017
		Friendly	0002	0001	0001	0000	0005:0002	+0003
		Total	0004	0003	0001	0000	0010:0003	+0007
Canada	CONCACAF	Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0006:0001	+0005
		Total	0002	0002	0000	0000	0006:0001	+0005
Chile	CONMEBOL	competitive	0005	0004	0001	0000	0009:0002	+0007	WC Group 1962, 1974, 1982; Confed-Cup Group 2017, Confed-Cup Final 2017
		Friendly	0004	0002	0000	0002	0005:0006	−0001
		Total	0009	0006	0001	0002	0014:0008	+0006
China PR	AFC	Friendly	0002	0001	0001	0000	0002:0001	+0001
		Total	0002	0001	0001	0000	0002:0001	+0001
CIS	UEFA	competitive	0001	0000	0001	0000	0001:0001	00000	EC Group 1992
		Total	0001	0000	0001	0000	0001:0001	00000
Colombia	CONMEBOL
		competitive	0001	0000	0001	0000	0001:0001	00000	WC Group 1990
		Friendly	0003	0002	0001	0000	0009:0004	+0005
		Total	0004	0002	0002	0000	0010:0005	+0005
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0004:0002	+0002	WC Group 2006
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0004:0002	+0002
Croatia	UEFA
		competitive	0003	0001	0000	0002	0003:0006	−0003	WC Quarter final 1998; EC Quarter final 1996, EC Group 2008
		Friendly	0005	0004	0001	0000	0015:0004	+0011
		Total	0008	0005	0001	0002	0018:0010	+0008
Cyprus	UEFA	competitive	0006	0005	0001	0000	0029:0001	+0028	WC Qualification 1966, 1970; EC Qualification 2008
		Total	0006	0005	0001	0000	0029:0001	+0028
Czechoslovakia	UEFA	competitive	0007	0003	0003	0001	0014:0010	+0004	WC Semi final 1934, WC Group 1958, WC Qualification 1986, WC Quarter final 1990; EC Final 1976, EC Group 1980
		Friendly	0010	0007	0001	0002	0022:0014	+0008
		Total	0017	0010	0004	0003	0036:0024	+0012
Czech Republic	UEFA	competitive	0007	0005	0000	0002	0012:0008	+0004	WC Qualification 2018; EC Group 1996, 2004, EC Final 1996, EC Qualification 2008
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0003:0002	+0001
		Total	0008	0006	0000	0002	0015:0010	+0005
Denmark	UEFA
		competitive	0004	0002	0000	0002	0004:0005	−0001	WC Group 1986; EC Group 1988, 2012, EC Final 1992
		Friendly	0023	0013	0004	0006	0050:0032	+0018
		Total	0027	0015	0004	0008	0054:0037	+0017
East Germany	UEFA	competitive	0001	0000	0000	0001	0000:0001	−0001	WC Group 1974
		Total	0001	0000	0000	0001	0000:0001	−0001
Ecuador	CONMEBOL	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0003:0000	+0003	WC Group 2006
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0004:0002	+0002
		Total	0002	0002	0000	0000	0007:0002	+0005
Egypt	CAF	Friendly	0001	0000	0000	0001	0001:0002	−0001
		Total	0001	0000	0000	0001	0001:0002	−0001
England[note 6]	UEFA
		competitive	0011	0004	0004	0003	0016:0016	00000	WC Final 1966, WC Quarter final 1970, WC 2nd Group stage 1982, WC Semi final 1990, WC Qualification 2002, WC Round of 16 2010; EC Qualification 1972, EC Semi final 1996, EC Group 2000
		Friendly	0025	0009	0003	0013	0029:0054	−0025
		Total	0036	0013	0007	0016	0045:0070	−0025
Estonia	UEFA	competitive	0003	0003	0000	0000	0015:0001	+0014	WC Qualification 1938; EC Qualification 2020
		Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0007:0000	+0007
		Total	0005	0005	0000	0000	0022:0001	+0021
Faroe Islands	UEFA	competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0010:0001	+0009	WC Qualification 2014; EC Qualification 2004
		Total	0004	0004	0000	0000	0010:0001	+0009
Finland	UEFA	competitive	0011	0007	0004	0000	0033:0009	+0024	WC Qualification 1938, 1982, 1990, 2002, 2010; EC Qualification 2000
		Friendly	0012	0009	0002	0001	0049:0010	+0039
		Total	0023	0016	0006	0001	0082:0019	+0063
France	UEFA
		competitive	0007	0002	0002	0003	00010:0013	−0003	WC 3rd place 1958, WC 1982 Semifinal, 1986, WC Quarter final 2014; EC Semi final 2016, NL Group 2018/19
		Friendly	0024	0007	0006	0011	0036:0036	00000
		Total	0031	0009	0008	0014	0046:0049	−0003
Georgia	UEFA	competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0010:0002	+0008	EC Qualification 1996, 2016
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0000	+0002
		Total	0005	0005	0000	0000	0012:0002	+0010
Ghana	CAF	competitive	0002	0001	0001	0000	0003:0002	+0001	WC Group 2010, 2014
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0006:0001	+0005
		Total	0003	0002	0001	0000	0009:0003	+0006
Gibraltar	UEFA	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0011:0000	+0011	EC Qualification 2016
		Total	0002	0002	0000	0000	0011:0000	+0011
Greece	UEFA	competitive	0008	0005	0003	0000	0018:0008	+0010	WC Qualification 1962, 2002; EC Qualification 1976, EC Group 1980, EC Quarter final 2012
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0003:0001	+0002
		Total	0009	0006	0003	0000	0021:0009	+0012
Hungary	UEFA
		competitive	0003	0001	0000	0002	0007:0013	−0006	Halbfinale der Trostrunde der Olympischen Match 1912; WC Group 1954, WC FInal 1954
		Friendly	0031	0012	0010	0009	0064:0051	+0013
		Total	0034	0013	0010	0011	0071:0064	+0007
Iceland	UEFA	competitive	0002	0001	0001	0000	0003:0000	+0003	EC Qualification 2004
		Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0008:0001	+0007
		Total	0004	0003	0001	0000	0011:0001	+0010
Iran	AFC	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0000	+0002	WC Group 1998
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0000	+0002
		Total	0002	0002	0000	0000	0004:0000	+0004
Israel	UEFA	Friendly	0004	0004	0000	0000	0012:0001	+0011
		Total	0004	0004	0000	0000	0012:0001	+0011
Italy	UEFA	competitive	0009	0000	0005	0004	0007:0013	−0006	WC Group 1962, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC 1970 Semi final, 2006, WC Final 1982; EC Group 1988, 1996, EC Semi final 2012, EC Quarter final 2016
		Friendly	0026	0008	0007	0011	0034:0037	−0003
		Total	0035	0008	0012	0015	0041:0050	−0009
Ivory Coast	CAF	Friendly	0001	0000	0001	0000	0002:0002	00000
		Total	0001	0000	0001	0000	0002:0002	00000
Japan	AFC	Friendly	0002	0001	0001	0000	0005:0002	+0003
		Total	0002	0001	0001	0000	0005:0002	+0003
Kazakhstan	UEFA	competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0014:0001	+0013	EC Qualification 2012, WC Qualification 2014
		Total	0004	0004	0000	0000	0014:0001	+0013
Kuwait	AFC	Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0007:0000	+0007
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0007:0000	+0007
Latvia	UEFA
		competitive	0001	0000	0001	0000	0000:0000	00000	EC Group 2004
		Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0006:0001	+0005
		Total	0003	0002	0001	0000	0006:0001	+0005
Liechtenstein	UEFA	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0010:0000	+0010	WC Qualification 2010
		Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0017:0003	+0014
		Total	0004	0004	0000	0000	0027:0003	+0024
Lithuania	UEFA	competitive	0002	0001	0001	0000	0003:0001	+0002	EC Qualification 2004
		Total	0002	0001	0001	0000	0003:0001	+0002
Luxembourg	UEFA	competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0025:0003	+0022	Olympic Matches 1936 Round of 16; WC Qualification 1934; EC Qualification 1992
		Friendly	0009	0008	0000	0001	0035:0008	+0027
		Total	0013	0012	0000	0001	0060:0011	+0049
Malta	UEFA	competitive	0006	0005	0001	0000	0026:0002	+0024	WC Qualification 1986; EC Qualification 1976, 1980
		Friendly	0003	0003	0000	0000	0012:0001	+0011
		Total	0009	0008	0001	0000	0038:0003	+0035
Mexico	CONCACAF	competitive	0006	0004	0001	0001	0016:0006	+0010	WC Group 1978, 2018, WC Quarter final 1986, WC Round of 16 1998; Confed-Cup 3rd place 2005, Confed-Cup Semi final 2017;
		Friendly	0006	0001	0004	0001	0008:0005	+0003
		Total	0012	0005	0005	0002	0024:0011	+0013
Moldova	UEFA	competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0018:0003	+0015	EC Qualification 1996, 2000
		Total	0004	0004	0000	0000	0018:0003	+0015
Morocco	CAF	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0003:0001	+0002	WC Group 1970, WC Round of 16 1986
		Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0009:0002	+0007
		Total	0004	0004	0000	0000	0012:0003	+0009
Netherlands	UEFA	competitive	0014	0005	0005	0004	0022:0025	-0003	WC Final 1974, WC 2nd Group stage 1978, WC Qualification 1990, WC Round of 16 1990; EC Semi final 1988, EC Group 1980, 1992, 2004, 2012; EC Qualification 2020; NL Group 2018/19;
		Friendly	0030	0011	0011	0008	0062:0050	+0012
		Total	0044	0016	0016	0012	0084:0075	+009
New Zealand	OFC	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0000	+0002	Confed-Cup Group 1999
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0000	+0002
Nigeria	CAF	Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001
Northern Ireland	UEFA	competitive	0014	0010	0002	0002	0033:0012	+0021	WC Group 1958, WC Qualification 1962, 1998, 2018; EC Qualification 1984, 2000, 2020, EC Group 2016
		Friendly	0005	0003	0002	0000	0013:0003	+0010
		Total	0019	0013	0004	0002	0046:0015	+0031
Norway	UEFA	competitive	0005	0003	0001	0001	0015:0004	+0011	Olympic Matches 1936 Quarter final; WC Qualification 1954, 2018
		Friendly	0017	0012	0004	0001	0044:0013	+0031
		Total	0022	0015	0005	0002	0059:0017	+0042
Oman	AFC	Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0000	+0002
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0000	+0002
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001	WC Round of 16 2002
		Friendly	0001	0000	0001	0000	0003:0003	00000
		Total	0002	0001	0001	0000	0004:0003	+0001
Peru	CONMEBOL	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0003:0001	+0002	WC Group 1970
		Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0002:0001	+0001
		Total	0002	0002	0000	0000	0005:0002	+0003
Poland	UEFA	competitive	0009	0005	0003	0001	0010:0004	+0006	WC Group 1978, 2006, WC 2nd Group stage 1974; EC Qualification 1972, 2016, EC Group 2008, 2016
		Friendly	0012	0008	0004	0000	0024:0008	+0016
		Total	0021	0013	0007	0001	0034:0012	+0022
Portugal	UEFA	competitive	0010	0005	0003	0002	0014:0009	+0005	WC Qualification 1986, 1998, WC Group 2014, WC 3rd place 2006; EC Group 1984, 2000, 2012, EC Quarter final 2008
		Friendly	0008	0005	0002	0001	0015:0007	+0008
		Total	0018	0010	0005	0003	0029:0016	+0013
Republic of Ireland	UEFA	competitive	0007	0003	0003	0001	0012:0004	+0008	WC Group 2002; EC Qualification 2008; WC Qualification 2014; EC Qualification 2016
		Friendly	0013	0006	0002	0005	0023:0020	+0003
		Total	0020	0009	0005	0006	0035:0024	+0011
Romania	UEFA	competitive	0002	0001	0001	0000	0003:0002	+0001	EC Group 1984, 2000
		Friendly	0011	0007	0002	0002	0035:0016	+0019
		Total	0013	0008	0003	0002	0038:0018	+0020
Russia	UEFA	competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0022:0001	+0021	Olympic Matches Consolation tourn. 1st Round 1912; WC Qualification 2010; EC Group 1996
		Friendly	0003	0002	0001	0000	0006:0002	+0004
		Total	0007	0006	0001	0000	0028:0003	+0025
Saar	[note 7]	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0006:0001	+0005	WC Qualification 1954
		Total	0002	0002	0000	0000	0006:0001	+0005
San Marino	UEFA	competitive	0004	0004	0000	0000	0034:0000	+0034	EC Qualification 2008; WC Qualification 2018
		Total	0004	0004	0000	0000	0034:0000	+0034
Saudi Arabia	AFC	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0008:0000	+0008	WC Group 2002
		Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0005:0001	+0004
		Total	0003	0003	0000	0000	0013:0001	+0012
Scotland	UEFA	competitive	0008	0006	0002	0000	0016:0009	+0007	WC Qualification 1970, WC Group 1986; EC Group 1992, EC Qualification 2004, 2016
		Friendly	0009	0002	0003	0004	0010:0014	−0004
		Total	0017	0008	0005	0004	0026:0023	+0003
Serbia	UEFA
		competitive	0001	0000	0000	0001	0000:0001	−0001	WC Group 2010
		Friendly	0002	0001	0001	0000	0003:0002	+0001
		Total	0003	0001	0001	0001	0003:0003	00000
Serbia and Montenegro	UEFA	Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001
Slovakia	UEFA	competitive	0003	0003	0000	0000	0009:0002	+0007	EC Qualification 2008, EC Round of 16 2016
		Friendly	0008	0005	0000	0003	0016:0010	+0006
		Total	0011	0008	0000	0003	0025:0012	+0013
Slovenia	UEFA	Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0001:0000	+0001
South Africa	CAF	Friendly	0004	0003	0001	0000	0009:0002	+0007
		Total	0004	0003	0001	0000	0009:0002	+0007
South Korea	AFC
		competitive	0003	0002	0000	0001	0004:0004	00000	WC Group 1994, 2018, WC Semi final 2002
		Friendly	0001	0000	0000	0001	0001:0003	−0002
		Total	0004	0002	0000	0002	0005:0007	−0002
Soviet Union	UEFA	competitive	0002	0002	0000	0000	0005:0001	+0004	WC Semi final 1966; EC Final 1972
		Friendly	0010	0007	0000	0003	0017:0010	+0007
		Total	0012	0009	0000	0003	0022:0011	+0011
Spain	UEFA	competitive	0009	0004	0002	0003	0010:0007	+0003	WC Group 1966, 1994, WC 2nd Group stage 1982, WC Semi final 2010; EC Qualification 1976, EC Group 1984, 1988, EC Final 2008
		Friendly	0014	0005	0005	0004	0019:0017	+0002
		Total	0023	0009	0007	0007	0029:0024	+0005
Sweden	UEFA	competitive	0013	0009	0003	0001	0035:0020	+0015	WC Quarter final 1934, WC Qualification 1938, 1966, 1986, 2014, WC Semi final 1954, WC 2nd Group stage 1974, WC Round of 16 2006, WC Group 2018; EC Semi final 1992;
		Friendly	0024	0007	0006	0011	0037:0041	−0004
		Total	0037	0016	0009	0012	0072:0061	+0011
Switzerland	UEFA	competitive	0005	0003	0001	0001	0014:0006	+0008	Olympic Matches Round of 16 1928; WC Round of 16 1938 (2×), WC Group 1962, 1966
		Friendly	0046	0033	0005	0008	0124:0059	+0065
		Total	0051	0036	0006	0009	0138:0065	+0073
Thailand	AFC	Friendly	0001	0001	0000	0000	0005:0001	+0004
		Total	0001	0001	0000	0000	0005:0001	+0004
Tunisia	CAF	competitive	0002	0001	0001	0000	0003:0000	+0003	WC Group 1978; Confed-Cup Group 2005
		Friendly	0001	0000	0001	0000	0001:0001	00000
		Total	0003	0001	0002	0000	0004:0001	+0003
Turkey	UEFA	competitive	0013	0009	0003	0001	0034:0009	+0025	WC Group 1954 (2×); EC Qualification 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2012; EC Semi final 2008
		Friendly	0007	0005	0000	0002	0015:0004	+0011
		Total	0020	0014	0003	0003	0049:0013	+0036
Ukraine	UEFA	competitive	0005	0003	0002	0000	0009:0002	+0007	WC Qualification 1998, 2002; EC Group 2016
		Friendly	0001	0000	0001	0000	0003:0003	00000
		Total	0006	0003	0003	0000	0012:0005	+0007
United Arab Emirates	AFC	competitive	0001	0001	0000	0000	0005:0001	+0004	WC Group 1990
		Friendly	0002	0002	0000	0000	0009:0002	+0007
		Total	0003	0003	0000	0000	0014:0003	+0011
United States	CONCACAF	competitive	0004	0003	0000	0001	0004:0002	+0002	WC Group 1998, 2014, WC Quarter final 2002; Confed-Cup Group 1999;
		Friendly	0007	0004	0000	0003	0019:0015	+0004
		Total	0011	0007	0000	0004	0023:0017	+0006
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	competitive	0005	0003	0001	0001	0010:0007	+0003	Olympic Matches 1928 Quarter final; WC Quarter final 1966, WC 3rd place 1970, 2010, WC Group 1986
		Friendly	0006	0005	0001	0000	0019:0005	+0014
		Total	0011	0008	0002	0001	0029:0012	+0017
Wales	UEFA	competitive	0012	0008	0003	0001	0021:0006	+0015	WC Qualification 1990, 2010; EC Qualification 1980, 1992, 1996, 2008
		Friendly	0005	0001	0003	0001	0005:0004	+0001
		Total	0017	0009	0006	0002	0026:0010	+0016
Yugoslavia[note 8]	UEFA	competitive	0009	0006	0001	0002	0018:0008	+0010	WC Quarter final 1954, 1958, 1962, WC 2nd Group stage 1974, WC Group 1990, 1998; EC Qualification 1968, EC Semi final 1976
		Friendly	0016	0008	0003	0005	0028:0023	+0005
		Total	0025	0014	0004	0007	0046:0031	+0015
Total
		All competitive	0382	0253	0075	0054	0920:0356	+0564
		All Friendly	0579	0306	0120	0153	1241:0771	+0470
Total	961	559	195	207	2161:1127	+1034

• green background = positive balance (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
• yellow background = balance balanced (number of wins as higher as that of defeats)
• red background = balance negative (number of defeats higher than the wins)

Venue

Germany hosted in 1974 and 2006, the World Cup, in 1988 European Championship and in 2005 Confed Cup. The matches played in the context of these tournaments of the German national team count as home matches, the matches against tournament hosts accordingly as away matches. Likewise, the international matches in Vienna after Anschluss Austria, more pDrawely 3 matches in the years 1940, 1941 and 1942 below as home matches. The meeting in Saarbrücken against the Saarland in the context of the WC Qualification 1954 counts as an away match.

Venue	Match	Win	Draw	Lost	g. sco : g. con.	goal dif.
Home	420	263	085	072	1076:0444	+0632
Away	387	210	078	099	0776:0492	+0284
Neutral place	154	086	032	036	0309:0191	+0118
Total	961	559	195	207	2161:1127	+1034

Home venues

Nr.	City	Match	Win	Draw	Lost	g.sco : g. con.	goal dif.	1st match	last match	next match	special
1	Berlin	043	018	014	011	0087:068	+019	24. Oct. 1920	27. Mar. 2018		biggest home defeat, 1st match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (105,000)
2	Hamburg	034	019	006	009	0053:028	+025	29. Oct. 1911	6. Sep. 2019		only match against East Germany
3	Stuttgart	032	020	004	008	0073:034	+039	26. Mar. 1911	4. Sep. 2017		match in front of at least 100,000 spectators (102,000)
4	Hannover	027	021	003	003	0062:022	+040	27. Sep. 1931	11. Oct. 2016
5	Köln	026	018	006	002	0072:017	+055	20. Nov. 1927	14. Nov. 2017
6	Düsseldorf	026	014	006	006	0056:031	+025	18. Apr. 1926	23. Mar. 2018
7	Frankfurt	025	016	006	003	0055:027	+028	26. Mar. 1922	19. Nov. 2019
8	Munich	025	013	005	007	0049:031	+018	17. Dec. 1911	6. Sep. 2018		WC Final 1974
9	Nuremberg	022	014	006	002	0060:025	+035	13. Jan. 1924	10. June 2017
10	Dortmund	020	016	003	001	0067:014	+053	8. May 1935	9. Oct. 2019
11	Gelsenkirchen	018	010	006	002	0032:017	+015	13. Oct. 1973	19. Nov. 2018
12	Leipzig	010	009	000	001	0039:009	+030	17. Nov. 1912	15. Nov. 2018		biggest home win
13	Kaiserslautern	010	005	004	001	0027:013	+014	27. Apr. 1988	8. Oct. 2017		1000th goal in a home match by Marco Reus
14	Bremen	010	005	003	002	0021:008	+013	23. May 1939	29. Feb. 2012
15	Leverkusen	008	007	001	000	0030:008	+022	18. Dec. 1991	8. June 2018
16	Karlsruhe	007	007	000	000	0025:002	+023	4. Apr. 1909	13. Oct. 1993
17	Mönchengladbach	007	004	002	001	0015:006	+009	8. June 2005	16. Nov. 2019
18	Dresden	007	002	003	002	0014:013	+001	10. Sep. 1911	14. Oct. 1992
19	Freiburg	005	004	000	001	0030:004	+026	18. May 1913	27. May 2006
20	Augsburg	005	004	000	001	0015:006	+009	9. Nov. 1952	29. May 2016
21	Breslau (now Wrocław) [note 9]	005	003	002	000	0018:005	+013	2. Nov. 1930	7. Dec. 1941
22	Ludwigshafen	004	003	000	001	0009:007	+002	21. Dec. 1952	1. June 1966
23	Bochum	004	002	002	000	0014:003	+011	2. July 1922	14. Apr. 1993
24	Duisburg	004	001	000	003	0008:006	+002	16. May 1910	28. Mar. 2007
25	Mannheim	003	003	000	000	0023:002	+021	10. Feb. 1929	5. June 1998
26	Altona-Hamburg [note 10]	003	003	000	000	0015:002	+013	23. Oct. 1927	21. Nov. 1937
27	Vienna [note 11]	003	001	000	002	0007:005	+002	14. Apr. 1940	1. Feb. 1942
28	Mariendorf-Berlin [note 12]	003	000	001	002	0003:010	−007	20. Apr. 1908	21. Mar. 1913		first home match, first home defeat
29	Essen	002	002	000	000	0016:001	+015	23. Dec. 1951	21. May 1969
30	Mainz	002	002	000	000	0014:001	+013	6. June 2014	11. June 2019
31	Saarbrücken	002	002	000	000	0008:001	+007	20. Nov. 1983	27. Mar. 1985
32	Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) [note 13]	002	002	000	000	0007:001	+006	13. Oct. 1935	29. Aug. 1937
33	Chemnitz	002	002	000	000	0007:002	+005	18. Sep. 1938	3. Dec. 1939
34	Rostock	002	002	000	000	0006:002	+004	27. Mar. 2002	7. Oct. 2006
35	Sinsheim	002	002	000	000	0004:002	+002	29. May 2011	9. Sep. 2018
36	Wolfsburg	002	001	001	000	0005:002	+003	1. June 2003	20. Mar. 2019
37	Beuthen (now Bytom) [note 14]	001	001	000	000	0007:000	+007	16. Aug. 1942	16. Aug. 1942
38	Krefeld	001	001	000	000	0007:002	+005	27. Sep. 1936	27. Sep. 1936
39	Stettin (now Szczecin) [note 15]	001	001	000	000	0005:000	+005	15. Sep. 1935	15. Sep. 1935
40	Aachen	001	001	000	000	0003:000	+003	13. May 2010	13. May 2010
41	Erfurt	001	001	000	000	0004:002	+002	25. Aug. 1935	25. Aug. 1935
42	Wuppertal	001	001	000	000	0002:001	+001	20. Mar. 1938	20. Mar. 1938
43	Magdeburg	001	000	001	000	0002:002	0000	5. Nov. 1933	5. Nov. 1933
44	Kleve	001	000	000	001	0001:002	−001	16. Oct. 1910	16. Oct. 1910
Total		420	263	085	072	1076:444	+632	20. Apr. 1908	19. Nov. 2019

Competition records

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter									–	–	–	–	–	–
1934	Third Place	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	8		1	1	0	0	9	1
1938	First Round	10th	2	0	1	1	3	5		3	3	0	0	11	1
1950	Banned									–	–	–	–	–	–
1954	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	25	14		4	3	1	0	12	3
1958	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	2	2	12	14		Qualified as Defending Champions
1962	Quarter-Final	7th	4	2	1	1	4	2		4	4	0	0	11	5
1966	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	15	6		4	3	1	0	14	2
1970	Third Place	3rd	6	5	0	1	17	10		6	5	1	0	20	3
1974	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	13	4		Qualified as Hosts
1978	Second Group Stage	6th	6	1	4	1	10	5		Qualified as Defending Champions
1982	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	12	10		8	8	0	0	33	3
1986	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	8	7		8	5	2	1	22	9
1990	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	15	5		6	3	3	0	13	3
1994	Quarter-Final	5th	5	3	1	1	9	7		Qualified as Defending Champions
1998		7th	5	3	1	1	8	6		10	6	4	0	23	9
2002	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	14	3		10	6	3	1	19	12
2006	Third Place	3rd	7	5	1	1	14	6		Qualified as Hosts
2010		3rd	7	5	0	2	16	5		10	8	2	0	26	5
2014	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	18	4		10	9	1	0	36	10
2018	Group stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	2	4		10	10	0	0	43	4
2022	To Be Determined
2026	To Be Determined
Total	4 Titles	19/23	109	67	20*	22	226	125		94	74	18	2	242	70

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European Championship record

• 1960–1988 as  West Germany
• 1992–present as  Germany

UEFA European Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1960	Did not enter								—		Did not enter						—
1964									—								—
1968	Did not qualify								—		4	2	1	1	9	2	1968
1972	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	5	1	Squad		8	5	3	0	13	3	1972
1976	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1*	0	6	4	Squad		8	4	4	0	17	5	1976
1980	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	6	3	Squad		6	4	2	0	17	1	1980
1984	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad		8	5	1	2	15	5	1984
1988	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	1	1	6	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1992	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	7	8	Squad		6	5	0	1	13	4	1992
1996	Champions	1st	6	4	2*	0	10	3	Squad		10	8	1	1	27	10	1996
2000	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	5	Squad		8	6	1	1	20	4	2000
2004		12th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad	8	5	3	0	13	4	2004
2008	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	10	7	Squad	12	8	3	1	35	7	2008
2012	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	10	6	Squad	10	10	0	0	34	7	2012
2016	Semi-finals	3rd	6	3	2*	1	7	3	Squad	10	7	1	2	24	9	2016
2020	Qualified									8	7	0	1	30	7	2020
2024	Qualified as hosts									Qualified as hosts
Total	3 titles	14/16	49	26	12*	11	72	48			106	76	20	10	267	68	Total

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Confederations Cup record

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1992	Did Not Enter [3]
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Did Not Enter [4]
1999	Group Stage	5th	3	1	0	2	2	6	Squad
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003	Did Not Enter [5]
2005	Third Place	3rd	5	3	1	1	15	11	Squad
2009	Did Not Qualify
2013
2017	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	12	5	Squad
Total	1 title	3/10	13	8	2	3	29	22	-

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Note All tournaments from 1950 to 1990 inclusively were competed as West Germany.

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2018–19	A	Group stage	3rd	4	0	2	2	3	7
2020–21	A	To be determined
Total		Group stage League A	1/1	4	0	2	2	3	7

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Notes

1. Incl. the matches against Israel, which neither belonged to the AFC nor the UEFA between 1974 and 1991, but was admitted to UEFA in 1991.
2. Incl. the games against Australia since his move to AFC 2006.
3. Incl. the matches against Australia until his move to AFC 2006.
4. The pairing Germany - Argentina is (besides Sweden - Brazil) the most common pairing at World Championships. So far, both teams met seven times. Germany won four times and Argentina once. Two games ended in a draw, followed by a penalty shoot-out that Germany could win.
5. The matches against Bohemia and Moravia and Saarland took place before the founding of UEFA.
6. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not sovereign states but part of the United Kingdom, but play in football with their own national teams.
7. The matches against Bohemia and Moravia and Saarland took place before the founding of UEFA.
8. Incl. of the match against the BR Yugoslavia at the 1998 World Cup.
9. Now Breslau is city of Poland where called Wrocław.
10. Altona was an independent city until 1937 then merged to Hamburg.
11. Now Vienna is city of Austria.
12. In 1920 Mariendorf became formally amalgamated into the greater city of Berlin.
13. Now Königsberg is city of Russia where called Kaliningrad.
14. Now Beuthen is city of Poland where called Bytom .
15. Now Stettin is city of Poland where called Szczecin.

References

1. Kicker Edition „100 Jahre Deutsche Länderspiele“, S. 77.
2. https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/wm-qualifikation-2009-als-adler-die-sbornaja-verzweifeln-liess-47271/ When Adler let despair of Sbornaja
3. As 1990 FIFA World Cup Champions
4. As UEFA Euro 1996 Champions
5. As 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up