Germany National Football Team

Germany National Football Team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund).

Germany is historically one of the three most successful national teams at international competitions, having won a total of three World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990) and three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996). They have also been runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup, and further won four third place Germany scored the most with a total of 16 goals in the 2010 World Cup, in comparison, the winning nation Spain scored only 8 goals.  The German team became the first team since Brazil in 1982 to record the highest goal difference in a World Cup without winning it.

Euro 2012 finals Germany was placed in group B along with Portugal, Netherlands, and Denmark, thus making it the group of death.  See also Euro 2012 Schedule.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. On 30 July 2011 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup preliminary draw, Germany were placed in Group C. They commence their qualifying campaign in late 2012 in a group that features contenders Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan.

Current Squad
Players called up for UEFA Euro 2012

Goal Keeper
1   Manuel Neuer 27 March 1986  Bayern Munich
12 Tim Wiese 17 December 1981 Werder Bremen
22 Ron-Robert Zieler 12 February 1989 Hannover

Defender
3  Marcel Schmelzer 22 January 1988  Borussia Dortmund
4  Benedikt Höwedes 29 February 1988  Schalke
5  Mats Hummels 16 December 1988  Borussia Dortmund
14 Holger Badstuber 13 March 1989 Bayern Munich
16 Philipp Lahm (captain) 11 November 1983  Bayern Munich
17 Per Mertesacker 29 September 1984 Arsenal
20 Jérôme Boateng 3 September 1988  Bayern Munich


Midfielder
2  İlkay Gündoğan 24 October 1990  Borussia Dortmund
6  Sami Khedira 4 April 1987  Real Madrid
7  Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 August 1984  Bayern Munich
8  Mesut Özil 15 October 1988  Real Madrid
9  André Schürrle 6 November 1990  Bayer Leverkusen
10 Lukas Podolski 4 June 1985  FC Köln
13 Thomas Müller 13 September 1989 Bayern Munich
15 Lars Bender 27 April 1989  Bayer Leverkusen
18 Toni Kroos 4 January 1990  Bayern Munich
19 Mario Götze 3 June 1992  Borussia Dortmund
21 Marco Reus 31 May 1989 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Forward/Stricker 
11 Miroslav Klose 9 June 1978 Lazio
23 Mario Gómez 10 July 1985  Bayern Munich


                                                         Deutscher Fussball-Bund

                                                        Germany National Footbal Team

                                                                    Manuel Neuer

                                                                       Tim Wiese

                                                                 Ron-Robert Zieler

                                                             Marcel Schmelzer

                                                             İlkay Gündoğan

                                                                   Mario Gómez