Germany World Cup 2006
General Info
Country - Germany
Capital City - Berlin
Continent - Europe
Manager - Jürgen Klinsmann
Captain - Michael Ballack
How did they qualify - Due to hosting the biggest tournament in football Germany automatically qualify for the world cup. However if they had of been in the groups I am sure they would have been top of their group as Germany are one of the best teams in the competition.
Every year the team have entered into the world cup they have always made it into the finals, they have been world cup champions 3 times and runners up 4 times since they began to play in the world cup.
Their first time in the world cup was back in 1934 where they took a respectable 3rd place finish, however since then the team have not been consistant and in the next world cup 1938 the team only reached round 1. 1950 saw Germany barred from playing in the world cup due to the war but they were not alone as Japan were also barred from playing.
1954 was the first year Germany won the world cup with the final match ending in a 3-2 defeat for Hungary. The team then took the title in 1974 and 1990. Since then the closest the team have come to winning the world cup was in 1992 when the final game of the tournament resulted in Germany losing 2-0 to Brazil.
The tournament will take place in 12 different destinations around Germany, Hamburg, Berlin, Hanover, Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Leipzig, Cologne, Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Munich.
Please find at the top of the page your host Germany national team photo and squad badge, please also take the time to navigate the site and take a look at where the FIFA world cup 2006 games will take place.
Buy the Official team kit
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| Team History |
| First International: |
Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) |
| Largest win: |
Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) |
| Worst defeat: |
England 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) |
World Cup
Appearances: |
16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 |
European Championships
Appearances: |
9 (First in 1972) Best result Winners, 1972, 1980, 1996 |
| World Cup Record: |
Germany, pre-division
1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Third place
1938 - Round 1
1950 - Not allowed to enter
West Germany
1954 - Champions
1958 - Fourth place
1962 - Quarterfinals
1966 - Runners-up
1970 - Third place
1974 - Champions
1978 - Round 2
1982 - Runners-up
1986 - Runners-up
1990 - Champions
Germany, post-unification
1994 - Quarterfinals
1998 - Quarterfinals
2002 - Runners-up
2006 - Qualified automatically as host |
| Current Notable Players: |
Goalkeepers: Timo Hildebrand, Oliver Kahn, Jens Lehmann
Defenders: Arne Friedrich, Andreas Hinkel, Robert Huth, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Patrick Owomoyela, Christian Wörns
Midfielders: Michael Ballack, Tim Borowski, Sebastian Deisler, Fabian Ernst, Torsten Frings, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Bernd Schneider, Bastian Schweinsteiger
Forwards: Gerald Asamoah, Thomas Brdaric, Mike Hanke, Miroslav Klose, Kevin Kuranyi, Benjamin Lauth, Lukas Podolski |