Team – Founded: 1900 • Affiliated: 1904
Confederation: UEFA - Europe
3 times World Cup Winner; 4 times, runner-up.
Squad's local nickname: Die Mannschaft (The Team, or The Crew)
additional reference: Die Nationalelf (The National Eleven) – rather than a nickname,
it is the usual way of reference, such a "Seleção," in the Brazilian case, and
"Selección," in the Argentinean.
The Squad (by jersey number) |
The Squad (by field position) |
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Jens Lehmann  Marcell Jansen Arne Friedrich Robert Huth Sebastian Kehl  Jens Nowotny Bastian Schweinsteiger ° ° Torsten Frings [ ] ° ° Mike Hanke Oliver Neuville ° °  Miroslav Klose °    ° Oliver Kahn  Michael Ballack  Gerald Asamoah  Thomas Hitzlsperger Philip Lahm ° ° Per Mertesacker Tim Borowski  Bernd Schneider [ ] Lukas Podolski ° °  Christoph Metzelder  David Odonkor Timo Hildebrand
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 Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, England) Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart)  Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin) Robert Huth (Chelsea, England) Marcell Jansen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Per Mertesacker (Hannover) Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund) Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen)  Michael Ballack (Chelsea, England)  Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen) Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen) Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund) Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen) Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart) David Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund)  Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne) Mike Hanke (VfL Wolfsburg) Oliver Neuville (Borussia Monchengladbach) Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04) |
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(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.
Coach⁄Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann (former World Cup player
for the German Squad, and the only Team manager in 2006
who has won a World Cup as a player)
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° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {
}='own goal')
Goal scored in penalty shoot-out, in Germany-2006
Penalty missed in penalty shoot-out, in Germany-2006
Penalty saved in penalty shoot-out, in Germany-2006
also took part in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski are both Polish-born players,
who have acquired German nationality. Another non-German born player, Kevin Kuranyi,
came close to being nominated for the World Cup. He did not make the final list, however,
even though, he played a number of matches in the German squad,
in the build-up to the World Cup (see quote & further details).
[
] Schneider assumed the captain post, when Ballack was not on the field,
Frings then taking over from Schneider, when the acting captain was substituted.
(match against Costa Rica)
2006
World Cup
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