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10 unusual facts about Germany national football team


An Evening with Gary Lineker

The action takes place against the backdrop of the 1990 Football World Cup semi-final, between England and West Germany, which is taking place in Italy while Monica and Bill are on holiday in Ibiza.

Deutsche Nationalhymne

The single was only available in Germany and was recorded in support for the 2010 World Cup event in South Africa for the German football team.

Deuxième vie

In World Cup semifinal France was beaten by West Germany in penalty kicks, after leading 3-1 in extra time: It is a national tragedy.

Far Away in America

Far Away in America is a song sung by the players of the German national football team featuring the American disco group Village People.

Len Shackleton

His one goal was scored with a chip against the then World Champions West Germany in December 1954, the last England goal scored by a Sunderland player until Darren Bent's goal against Switzerland in September 2010 .

Preußen Breslau

Camillo Ugi represented Preußen on the German national team, earning a single cap before leaving in 1909 for VfB Leipzig where he would earn another 14 caps.

Roel Wiersma

In the match that Wiersma missed and thus ended his record, the Netherlands lost to West Germany 0-7.

Sandro Pertini

Pertini attended the 1982 World Cup Final in Madrid for a match between Italy and West Germany just two days after the fourth anniversary of his inauguration.

Sportschau

The ARD and the second public TV broadcaster ZDF show football matches of the German national football team, DFB-Pokal as well as the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, the DTM, wintersports and the Olympic Games in a special edition called Sportschau live.

Vereinigte Breslauer Sportfreunde

Camillo Ugi represented predecessor side Preußen on the German national team, earning a single cap before leaving for VfB Leipzig in 1909 where he would earn another 14 caps.


1978 FIFA World Cup qualification

Argentina, as the hosts, and West Germany, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.

1979–80 British Home Championship

Apart from disappointing Scottish performances in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, no British side had been represented at a major football tournament since England were knocked out by Germany at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

2006 FIFA World Cup seeding

Significant differences between this ranking of the teams and the official FIFA rankings at the time of the draw can be seen for Czech Republic, Germany and the Korean Republic (ρ=0.87).

Aaron Hunt

On 6 November 2009, Hunt was nominated for Germany for the two friendly games on 14 November 2009 against Chile and on 18 November 2009 against Côte d'Ivoire, making his debut in the latter game (the one against Chile had been cancelled).

Alf Young

He played for England nine times between 1932 and 1938, including the infamous 6-3 win against Germany in Berlin in 1938.

Algimantas Liubinskas

Famous results during his second tenure include a 1-1 draw against Germany in Nuremberg, a 1-0 victory over Scotland in Kaunas, and a 1-1 draw in Naples against Italy.

Andreas Görlitz

Shortly after signing for Bayern, Görlitz made his debut for the Germany national team, appearing in the last five minutes of the 1–1 friendly with Brazil, on 8 September 2004; the following month, he assisted veteran Thomas Brdaric as the striker closed the score at 2–0, in another exhibition game, now with Iran.

Bob Bradley

Although Bradley was widely tipped to be a future national team manager, perhaps for the 2014 World Cup cycle, most observers and several national team players expected U.S. Soccer to hire recently departed Germany manager and California resident Jürgen Klinsmann, due to his success and connections to American soccer.

Cacau

Since his naturalization as a German citizen in early 2009, his nickname at VfB (and later also at the Germany national football team) is "Helmut".

Cliff Bastin

Highlights of his England career included the famous "Battle of Highbury", where England defeated 1934 World Cup winners Italy 3-2, and a notorious match against Germany in Berlin in 1938, when the England team was ordered to give the Nazi salute before the match.

Eddie Hapgood

Hapgood also captained England in another infamous match, against Germany in Berlin on 14 May 1938, where Hapgood and his players were made to give the Nazi salute before the match, under pressure from British diplomats.

Erni Maissen

After 29 caps his last game for Switzerland was in a 1-0 defeat to West Germany in Kaiserslautern on the 27 April 1988.

Fritz-Walter-Stadion

It is named after Fritz Walter, who played for the Kaiserslautern club throughout his career and was captain of the Germany national football team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup in the "Miracle of Bern".

Gerald Asamoah

Asamoah made his debut for Germany in 2001 against Slovakia, making him the first African-born black player to ever play for the side, as Erwin Kostedde and Jimmy Hartwig, two previous internationals, had one black and one white parent.

Gérard Biguet

Gérard Biguet (born 16 June 1946) is a retired French football referee, who refereed one match at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship: CIS versus Germany.

Gert Dörfel

He represented Germany 11 times, including 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland (scoring two goals) and Greece (scoring one goal), 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sweden and eight friendlies.

Guy Thys

In 1980, Belgium narrowly lost the European Championship final from Germany in Rome.

José Ángel Iribar

He retained his position for a further 10 years, his last game coming on 24 April 1976 in a 1–1 against West Germany for the unsuccessful UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying, and gained a total of 49 caps.

Kent Nielsen

Nielsen played four of Denmark's five games, including the Euro 1992 final against Germany, where he most famously cleared the ball off the goalline with a bicycle kick, avoiding a goal from Karl-Heinz Riedle.

Klaus Stürmer

He represented Germany on two occasions, including a 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland.

Matthias Sindelar

On 3 April 1938, the Austrian team played Germany in the Prater Stadium in Vienna its last match as an independent Austrian team, as some weeks earlier, Germany had annexed Austria (Anschluss) and the Nazis ordered the dissolution of the Austrian team into a common team with Germany, albeit it had qualified for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Mauricio Espinosa

He gained publicity during the Round of 16 match between Germany and England, when he ruled that England midfielder Frank Lampard's strike did not cross the goal line, although television coverage clearly indicated the opposite.

Pedro Monzón

Monzón became the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final, when referee Edgardo Codesal gave him a straight red card for a high tackle on Jürgen Klinsmann of Germany 65 minutes into the game, 20 minutes after he replaced fellow defender Oscar Ruggeri.

Pierluigi Pairetto

Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena.

Rodrigo Muñoz

On May 18, 2011 he was reserved to play a friendly match against Germany in Sinsheim.

Romualdo Arppi Filho

He is mostly known for supervising three matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, including the 1986 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina.

Shay Gibbons

In May 1952, only 15 months after playing non league football, Gibbons made his debut for the Republic of Ireland senior team in Cologne against Germany.

Tobias Rau

Rau played seven times for Germany, all in 2003, which included a goal in a 4–1 routing of Canada.

UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2

The group consisted of the Netherlands, Scotland, Germany and the CIS - a team composed of players from 12 of the 15 former Soviet Union members.

Werner Kohlmeyer

In one of his last games for Germany, Kohlmeyer faced Stanley Matthews at Wembley on 1 December 1954, in an international friendly between England and West Germany.