Germany at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Germany and West Germany's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.^[1]

For Germany's World Cup history, FIFA considers only the teams managed by the Deutscher Fußball-Bund, comprising three different periods: Germany (during Nazi era), West Germany and Reunified Germany. The Germany national football team is one of the most successful national teams at the FIFA World Cup, winning four titles, earning second-place and third-place finishes four times each and one fourth-place finish. If you consider 3rd place or better for a winning campaign, Germany's 12 victories in 18 tournaments--a 66.6667 percent success rate--surpasses every other team. In addition, Germany are the only team which has stood on the podium (3rd place or better) every decade they entered the tournament--30's, 50's, 60's, 70', 80's, 90's, 00's and 10's. Along with Argentina, Brazil and Spain, they are one of the four national teams to win outside their continental confederation, with the title of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in South America. The team was present in 18 out of the 20 tournaments, the second most frequent along with Italy, and only once did not reach the quarterfinals, in 1938. With this, Germany's 8th place or better (quarterfinals) in 17 out of 18 tournaments (94%) ranks highest in Fifa World Cup Finals history.

Records

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1930	Did not enter
1934	Third place	3	4	3	0	1	11	8	Squad
1938	First round	10	2	0	1	1	3	5	Squad
1950	Banned to enter
1954	Champions	1	6	5	0	1	25	14	Squad
1958	Fourth place	4	6	2	2	2	12	14	Squad
1962	Quarter-finals	7	4	2	1	1	4	2	Squad
1966	Runners-up	2	6	4	1	1	15	6	Squad
1970	Third place	3	6	5	0	1	17	10	Squad
1974	Champions	1	7	6	0	1	13	4	Squad
1978	Second group stage	6	6	1	4	1	10	5	Squad
1982	Runners-up	2	7	3	2	2	12	10	Squad
1986	Runners-up	2	7	3	2	2	8	7	Squad
1990	Champions	1	7	5	2	0	15	5	Squad
1994	Quarter-finals	5	5	3	1	1	9	7	Squad
1998	Quarter-finals	7	5	3	1	1	8	6	Squad
2002	Runners-up	2	7	5	1	1	14	3	Squad
2006	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	14	6	Squad
2010	Third place	3	7	5	0	2	16	5	Squad
2014	Champions	1	7	6	1	0	18	4	Squad
Total	18/20	4 titles	106	66	20*	20	224	121

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Winning World Cups

Year	Manager	Captain	Winning Goal Scorer
1954	Sepp Herberger	Fritz Walter	Helmut Rahn
1974	Helmut Schön	Franz Beckenbauer	Gerd Müller
1990	Franz Beckenbauer	Lothar Matthäus	Andreas Brehme
2014	Joachim Löw	Philipp Lahm	Mario Götze

By match

Year as	Round	Against	Score	Scorers
1934	Round 1	Belgium	5–2	Kobierski, Siffing, Conen (3)
	Quarter-Final	Sweden	2–1	Hohmann (2)
	Semi-Final	Czechoslovakia	1–3	Noack
	Bronze Final	Austria	3–2	Lehner (2), Conen
1938	Round 1	Switzerland	1–1 (AET)	Gauchel
1938	Round 1 (replay)	Switzerland	2–4	Hahnemann, Lörtscher (o.g.)
1954	Group 2	Turkey	4–1	Schäfer, Klodt, O. Walter, Morlock
	Group 2	Hungary	3–8	Pfaff, Rahn, Herrmann
	Play-off	Turkey	7–2	O. Walter, Schäfer (2), Morlock (3), F. Walter
	Quarter-Final	Yugoslavia	2–0	Horvath (o.g.), Rahn
	Semi-Final	Austria	6–1	Schäfer, Morlock, F. Walter (2), O. Walter (2)
	Final	Hungary	3–2	Morlock, Rahn (2)
1958	Group 1	Argentina	3–1	Rahn (2), Seeler
	Group 1	Czechoslovakia	2–2	Schäfer, Rahn
	Group 1	Northern Ireland	2–2	Rahn, Seeler
	Quarter-Final	Yugoslavia	1–0	Rahn
	Semi-Final	Sweden	1–3	Schäfer
	Bronze Match	France	3–6	Cieslarczyk, Rahn, Schäfer
1962	Group 2	Italy	0–0
	Group 2	Switzerland	2–1	Brülls, Seeler
	Group 2	Chile	2–0	Szymaniak, Seeler
	Quarter-Final	Yugoslavia	0–1
1966	Group 2	Switzerland	5–0	Held, Haller (2), Beckenbauer (2)
	Group 2	Argentina	0–0
	Group 2	Spain	2–1	Emmerich, Seeler
	Quarter-Final	Uruguay	4–0	Haller (2), Beckenbauer, Seeler
	Semi-Final	Soviet Union	2–1	Haller, Beckenbauer
	Final	England	2–4 (AET)	Haller, Weber
1970	Group 4	Morocco	2–1	Seeler, Müller
	Group 4	Bulgaria	5–2	Libuda, Müller (3), Seeler
	Group 4	Peru	3–1	Müller (3)
	Quarter-Final	England	3–2 (AET)	Beckenbauer, Seeler, Müller
	Semi-Final	Italy	3–4 (AET)	Schnellinger, Müller (2)
	Bronze Final	Uruguay	1–0	Overath
1974	Group 1	Chile	1–0	Breitner
	Group 1	Australia	3–0	Overath, Cullmann, Müller
	Group 1	East Germany	0–1
	Group B Round 2	Yugoslavia	2–0	Breitner, Müller
	Group B Round 2	Sweden	4–2	Overath, Bonhof, Grabowski, Hoeneß
	Group B Round 2	Poland	1–0	Müller
	Final	Netherlands	2–1	Breitner, Müller
1978	Group 2	Poland	0–0
	Group 2	Mexico	6–0	D. Müller, H. Müller, Rummenigge (2), Flohe (2)
	Group 2	Tunisia	0–0
	Group A Round 2	Italy	0–0
	Group A Round 2	Netherlands	2–2	Abramczik, D. Müller
	Group A Round 2	Austria	2–3	Rummenigge, Hölzenbein
1982	Group 2	Algeria	1–2	Rummenigge
	Group 2	Chile	4–1	Rummenigge (3), Reinders
	Group 2	Austria	1–0	Hrubesch
	Group B Round 2	England	0–0
	Group B Round 2	Spain	2–1	Littbarski, Fischer
	Semi-Final	France	3–3 (AET), 5–4 (p)	Littbarski, Rummenigge, Fischer
	Final	Italy	1–3	Breitner
1986	Group E	Uruguay	1–1	Allofs
	Group E	Scotland	2–1	Völler, Allofs
	Group E	Denmark	0–2
	Round of 16	Morocco	1–0	Matthäus
	Quarter-Final	Mexico	0–0 (AET), 4–1 (p)
	Semi-Final	France	2–0	Brehme, Völler
	Final	Argentina	2–3	Rummenigge, Völler
1990	Group D	Yugoslavia	4–1	Matthäus (2), Klinsmann, Völler
	Group D	United Arab Emirates	5–1	Völler (2), Klinsmann, Matthäus, Bein
	Group D	Colombia	1–1	Littbarski
	Round of 16	Netherlands	2–1	Klinsmann, Brehme
	Quarter-Final	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Matthäus
	Semi-Final	England	1–1 (AET), 4–3 (p)	Brehme
	Final	Argentina	1–0	Brehme
1994	Group C	Bolivia	1–0	Klinsmann
	Group C	Spain	1–1	Klinsmann
	Group C	South Korea	3–2	Klinsmann (2), Riedle
	Round of 16	Belgium	3–2	Völler (2), Klinsmann
	Quarter-Final	Bulgaria	1–2	Matthäus
1998	Group F	United States	2–0	Möller, Klinsmann
	Group F	FR Yugoslavia	2–2	Mihajlović (o.g.), Bierhoff
	Group F	Iran	2–0	Bierhoff, Klinsmann
	Round of 16	Mexico	2–1	Klinsmann, Bierhoff
	Quarter-Final	Croatia	0–3
2002	Group E	Saudi Arabia	8–0	Klose (3), Ballack, Jancker, Linke, Bierhoff, Schneider
	Group E	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Klose
	Group E	Cameroon	2–0	Bode, Klose
	Round of 16	Paraguay	1–0	Neuville
	Quarter-Final	United States	1–0	Ballack
	Semi-Final	South Korea	1–0	Ballack
	Final	Brazil	0–2
2006	Group A	Costa Rica	4–2	Lahm, Klose (2), Frings
	Group A	Poland	1–0	Neuville
	Group A	Ecuador	3–0	Klose (2), Podolski
	Round of 16	Sweden	2–0	Podolski (2)
	Quarter-Final	Argentina	1–1 (AET), 4–2 (p)	Klose
	Semi-Final	Italy	0–2 (AET)
	Bronze Final	Portugal	3–1	Schweinsteiger (2), Petit (o.g.)
2010	Group D	Australia	4–0	Podolski, Klose, Müller, Cacau
	Group D	Serbia	0–1
	Group D	Ghana	1–0	Özil
	Round of 16	England	4–1	Klose, Podolski, Müller (2)
	Quarter-Final	Argentina	4–0	Müller, Klose (2), Friedrich
	Semi-Final	Spain	0–1
	Bronze Final	Uruguay	3–2	Müller, Jansen, Khedira
2014	Group G	Portugal	4–0	Müller (3), Hummels
	Group G	Ghana	2–2	Götze, Klose
	Group G	United States	1–0	Müller
	Round of 16	Algeria	2–1 (AET)	Schürrle, Özil
	Quarter-Final	France	1–0	Hummels
	Semi-Final	Brazil	7–1	Müller, Klose, Kroos (2), Khedira, Schürrle (2)
	Final	Argentina	1–0 (AET)	Götze

References

^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.

External links

[2006coverage-1] 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.

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