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German goalkeeper Bodo Illgner became the first ever goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in the final of a FIFA World Cup in 1990. [6] Oliver Kahn won the golden ball award at the 2002 World Cup, thus becoming the only goalkeeper in the history of the competition to be selected as the best player of the tournament. [7]
DFC Prag, vice-champions in the first national final and a founding member of the DFB, was an ethnically-German club from Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today part of the Czech Republic) which did not at the time have its own national football federation.
[16] [17] 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. [18]
Germany is one of only two nations to have won both the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup. [7] [8] At the end of the 2014 World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2,205 points. [9] Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas.
Position Playing positions are listed according to the player's primary position while playing for the national team. [4]Caps and goals Caps and goals comprise those in the qualifying and final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, as well as the Summer Olympics (pre-World War II), FIFA Confederations Cup, UEFA Nations League and international friendly matches.
In November, he was the only German goalkeeper in the list of five nominated goalkeepers for the UEFA Team of the Year. [44] Neuer finished the 2009–10 season with 39 appearances. [45] For the 2010–11 season, Neuer was appointed captain and led the team to its first Champions League semi-final appearance to play against Manchester United. [46]
German domestic competitions organised by the DFB, and the DFL; 1ª: Bundesliga, [2] former German football championship (1902–1963) CUP: DFB-Pokal [2] LCUP: DFL-Ligapokal [2] (Defunct) SCUP: DFL-Supercup, [2] former DFB-Supercup European continental competitions organised by UEFA; UCL: UEFA Champions League, [3] former European Champion ...
This is the list of Germany captains since Germany's first participation in a World Cup in 1934 (current as of 23 November 2014). [135] [136] Note: the column "games" signifies overall games as captain, not overall caps. East German captains are not included. Captained games outside the player's main period are also included.