Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Beckenbauer was also voted in eighth place for the FIFA Player of the Century award, and was selected for the World Team of the 20th Century. [10] Ten German players were named in the FIFA 100, [11] a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by former footballer Pelé, and ten are in the FIFA Century Club, having earned 100 or more ...
The Germany national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. [7] The team is governed by the German Football Association ( Deutscher Fußball-Bund ), founded in 1900.
The new British game of football quickly caught on in late 19th-century Germany, which had previously been a nation of gymnasts and fencers.The earliest attempt at organizing some form of national championship came in 1894, when city champions Viktoria 89 Berlin invited FC Hanau 93 to play a challenge match.
These are lists of Bundesliga players who have made the most appearances in this league, which is the top level of the German football league system and started in 1963. Players with most Bundesliga appearances
Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈdiːtɐ zɛp ˈmaɪɐ]; born 28 February 1944) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich and the West Germany national team. [1]
The first German player to be shown a red card in a World Cup match (used since 1970) was Thomas Berthold on 21 June 1986, in a quarter-final game against Mexico. Berthold was also the first German international to be sent off twice. Jérôme Boateng, Carsten Ramelow and Christian Wörns were also each sent off twice.
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁt ˈmʏlɐ]; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) [2] was a German professional footballer.A prolific striker, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers and players in the history of the sport. [3]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:German footballers. It includes German footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior Germany national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Under-21 or ...