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The Germany national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) has represented Germany in men's international football since 1908. [1] The team is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund), founded in 1900.
Lothar Matthäus earned 150 caps for Germany, a team record, and went to nine major international tournaments, captaining the 1990 World Cup-winning team. The Germany national football team played its first international match on 5 April 1908 during the era of the German Empire, losing 5–3 to Switzerland in Basel.
Youngest player: Willy Baumgärtner, 17 years, 104 days, 5 April 1908, 3–5 v Switzerland Oldest player: Lothar Matthäus , 39 years, 91 days, 20 June 2000, 0–3 v Portugal Oldest debutant: Karl Sesta , 35 years, 83 days, 15 June 1941, 5–1 v Croatia
Julius Hirsch was the first Jewish player to represent the Germany national football team, which he joined in 1911. [24] [25] Hirsch scored four goals for Germany against the Netherlands in 1912, becoming the first German to score four goals in a single match. [26] [27] Forward Gottfried Fuchs, key player for Germany at the 1912 Olympic Games
The Bundesliga was founded as the top tier of German football at the start of the 1963–64 season. The following is a list of records attained in the Bundesliga since the league's inception. The following is a list of records attained in the Bundesliga since the league's inception.
This is a list of Bundesliga top scorers season by season. [1] Since 1966, a trophy sponsored by the German football magazine Kicker, shaped in the form of a miniature artillery piece, has been awarded to the top scorer at the end of each season.
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 other junior levels).
Record European football appearances: Charly Körbel, 53; Most capped player: Makoto Hasebe, 114, Japan; Most capped German player: Andreas Möller, 85; Most caps gained while at Eintracht: Jürgen Grabowski, 44; First capped player: Fritz Becker (at Eintracht predecessor FC Frankfurter Kickers) (for Germany v Switzerland, 3–5, 5 April 1908)