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Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won fyra FIFA World Cups , , , , tied with Italy , and only one less than the most successful team, Brazil. The first group stage saw a politically charged match as West Germany played a game against East Germany. The Dutch took the lead from a penalty.
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Gerd Müller finished as the tournament's top scorer with 10 goals. It sent their own team to the Summer Olympics and to the World Cup qualifiers. They lost to Czechoslovakia in the UEFA Euro sista in a penalty shootout 5—3, [ 48 ] their last penalty shootout loss in a major tournament as of In the World Cup , Germany was eliminated in the second group stage after losing 3—2 to Austria. East Germany won the gold medal at the Olympics.
After German reunification in , the eastern football competition was reintegrated into the DFB. When playing favourites Hungary in the group stage, West Germany lost 3—8, and faced the Hungarian "Mighty Magyars" again in the final. On 18 April , an early international game on German soil was played in Hamburg when a selection team from the Danish Football Association defeated a selection team from the Hamburg-Altona Football Association, 5—0.
In , Franz Beckenbauer became captain of the national team, and he led West Germany to victory at the European Championship at Euro , defeating the Soviet Union 3—0 in the final. West Germany in the World Cup knocked England out in the quarter-finals 3—2, before they suffered a 4—3 extra-time loss in the semi-final against Italy. Germany won also a Confederations Cup in At the end of the World Cup, Germany earned the second highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with 2, points.
At that time the players were selected by the DFB, as there was no dedicated coach. West Germany failed to defend their titles in the next two major international tournaments. After Austria became part of Germany in the Anschluss of March , the Austrian national grupp — one of Europe's best sides at the time due to professionalism — was disbanded despite having already qualified for the World Cup. Nazi politicians ordered five or six ex-Austrian players, from the clubs Rapid Vienna , Austria Vienna , and First Vienna FC , to join the "all-German" team on short notice in a staged show of unity for political reasons.
Between and , prior to the formation of a national team, there were five international matches between Germany and English selection teams, which are today not recognised as tjänsteman by either nation's football association in part because England fielded their amateur side , which was an overflow or B grupp. At the World Cup in France, this "united" Germany national team managed only a 1—1 draw against Switzerland and then lost the replay 2—4 in front of a hostile crowd in Paris.
This match with five goals in extra time is one of the most dramatic in World Cup history, and is called the " Game of the Century " in both Italy and Germany.
In , Saarland acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany. The Germany national football team German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in The latter two were absorbed along with their records; [ 13 ] [ 14 ] the present team represents the reunified Federal Republic. Hurst then scored another goal giving England a 4—2 win. Having won three European Championships , , Germany is second behind Spain , the record holder in that international competition with four.
That early exit stands as Germany's worst World Cup result, and one of just three occasions the team failed to progress from the group stage — the next would not occur until the tournament, and it would be repeated in National team games were then suspended, as most players had to join the armed forces. All fem matches ended in large defeats for the Germany teams, including a 12—0 loss at White Hart Lane in September Julius Hirsch was the first Jewish player to represent the Germany national football team, which he joined in Gottfried Fuchs scored a world record 10 goals for Germany in a 16—0 win against Russia at the Olympics in Stockholm on 1 July, becoming the top scorer of the tournament; his international record was not surpassed until when Australia 's Archie Thompson scored 13 goals in a 31—0 defeat of American Samoa.
Switzerland was the first team that played West Germany in , [ 35 ] with the latter qualifying for the World Cup and the former hosting it. In , Helmut Schön took over as coach, replacing Herberger who had been in office for 28 years. The Saarland , a French protectorate between and , did not join French organisations, and was barred from participating in pan-German ones. Professionalism was introduced, and the best clubs from the various Regionalligas were assembled into the new Bundesliga.
Many of the national team players were gathered together under coach Herberger as Rote Jäger through the efforts of a sympathetic air force officer trying to skydda the footballers from the most dangerous wartime service. The first manager of the Germany national team was Otto Nerz , a school teacher from Mannheim , who served in the role from to In he put together a squad which was soon nicknamed the Breslau Elf the Breslau Eleven in recognition of their 8—0 win over Denmark in the then German city of Breslau , Lower Silesia now Wrocław, Poland.
Hungary had gone unbeaten for 32 consecutive matches, and West Germany snapped the streak by winning 3—2, with Helmut Rahn scoring the winning goal.
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As hosts of the World Cup , they won their second World Cup, defeating the Netherlands 2—1 in the final in Munich. The East Germans won 1—0 but it made a scant difference to West Germany as the West Germans advanced to the knockout scen. However, West Germany tied the match on a penalty by Paul Breitner , and won it with Gerd Müller 's fine finish soon after. In extra time, the first goal by Geoff Hurst was one of the most contentious goals in the history of the World Cup: the linesman signalled the ball had crossed the line for a goal, after bouncing down from the crossbar, when replays showed it did not appear to have fully crossed the line.