Germany national under-21 football team

Germany Under-21
Association Deutscher Fußball-Bund
Head coach Horst Hrubesch
Captain Leon Goretzka
Most caps Fabian Ernst (31)
Top scorer Pierre Littbarski (18)
First colours
Second colours
First international

U-23: Germany W Germany 3–3 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Frankfurt, 25 June 1955


U-21: Poland Poland 1–0 W Germany Germany
Toruń, 10 October 1979
Biggest win

U-23: Germany W Germany 3–0 Turkey Turkey
Augsburg, 24 April 1971


U-21: San Marino San Marino 0–11 Germany Germany
Serravalle, 17 November 2009
Biggest defeat

U-23: Soviet Union Soviet Union 3–1 W Germany Germany
Yerevan, 29 April 1972


U-21: Portugal Portugal 5–0 Germany Germany
Olomouc, 27 June 2015
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 13 (First in 1982)
Best result Winners (2009)

The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association (DFB), the governing body of football in Germany.

Before the reunification of Germany, East Germany and West Germany played as separate entities — the two teams played separately until summer 1990. Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, international under-21 football in Europe began. A West German team, however, did not compete in the U-21 European Championship until the qualifying round (beginning in 1980) of the 1982 competition.

West Germany competed in the first two under-23 competitions, which finished in 1972 and 1974. The first under-21 competition finals were in 1978, and since the under-21 competition rules state that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an under-23 competition.

The current Germany team can be legitimately considered as the current incarnation of the West German team, since the West Germany flag, uniform, and football association all became those of the unified Germany. In effect, the West German team absorbed the East German team to become 'the Germany national under-21 football team'.

For these reasons, the record of West Germany for the U-23 and U-21 competitions is shown below.

Competition records

For the East Germany team record, look here.

Competing as West Germany

UEFA U-23 Championship record
Year Progress
Europe 1972 Quarterfinals
Europe 1974 Did not qualify
Europe 1976 Did not enter
UEFA U-21 Championship record
Year Progress
Europe 1978 Did not enter
Europe 1980 Did not enter
Europe 1982 Final
Europe 1984 Semifinals
Europe 1986 Did not qualify
Europe 1988 Quarterfinals
Europe 1990 Quarterfinals

Competing as Germany

UEFA U-21 Championship record
Year Progress
Europe 1992 Quarterfinals
France 1994 Did not qualify
Spain 1996 Quarterfinals
Romania 1998 Quarterfinals
Slovakia 2000 Did not qualify
Switzerland 2002 Did not qualify
Germany 2004 Group Stage
Portugal 2006 Group Stage
Netherlands 2007 Did not qualify
Sweden 2009 Champions
Denmark 2011 Did not qualify
Israel 2013 Group Stage
Czech Republic 2015 Semifinals
Poland 2017 TBD

Schedule and results

Players

Current squad

Germany U21 football team before the match against Iceland in March 2010

Players born in or after 1994 are eligible for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Players born in or after 1996 are also eligible for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the EURO Under-21 qualification matches against Faroe Islands and Russia on 24 and 29 March 2016.[1]

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016.[2]
0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Marvin Schwäbe (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 1 0 Germany VfL Osnabrück
12 1GK Timon Wellenreuther (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 8 0 Spain RCD Mallorca
23 1GK Jannik Huth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 0 0 Germany Mainz 05
2 2DF Jeremy Toljan (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 8 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
3 2DF Mitchell Weiser (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 2 0 Germany Hertha BSC
4 2DF Niklas Stark (1995-04-14) 14 April 1995 6 1 Germany Hertha BSC
5 2DF Niklas Süle (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 10 1 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
14 2DF Lukas Klostermann (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 5 0 Germany RB Leipzig
20 2DF Yannick Gerhardt (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 6 0 Germany 1. FC Köln
7 3MF Max Meyer (1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 17 6 Germany Schalke 04
10 3MF Nadiem Amiri (1996-10-27) 27 October 1996 1 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
11 3MF Julian Brandt (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 8 1 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen
13 3MF Mahmoud Dahoud (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 2 0 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
16 3MF Levin Öztunali (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 3 1 Germany Werder Bremen
17 3MF Max Christiansen (1996-09-25) 25 September 1996 2 0 Germany FC Ingolstadt
18 3MF Janik Haberer (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 1 0 Germany VfL Bochum
22 3MF Serge Gnabry (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 7 1 England West Bromwich Albion
9 4FW Davie Selke (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 6 5 Germany RB Leipzig
15 4FW Timo Werner (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 4 3 Germany VfB Stuttgart
19 4FW Leroy Sané (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 6 5 Germany Schalke 04

Past squads

Player records

Most caps
No. of caps Player U-21 career
31 Fabian Ernst 1998–2001
27 Andreas Beck 2007–2009
26 Mike Hanke 2003–2005
25 Dennis Aogo 2007–2009
24 Christian Tiffert 2002–2004
Daniel Schwaab 2007–2010
Lewis Holtby 2009–2013
Moritz Leitner 2011–2015
23 Marco Haber 1990–1993
Andreas Neuendorf 1994–1998
Benjamin Auer 2002–2004
Christoph Preuß 2002–2004
Sebastian Rudy 2009–2013
Most goals
No. of goals No. of caps Player U-21 career
1821 Pierre Littbarski 1979–1982
1720 Heiko Herrlich 1990–1993
1523 Benjamin Auer 2002–2004
1426 Mike Hanke 2003–2005
24 Lewis Holtby 2009–2013
13 21 Rouwen Hennings 2007–2009
11 22 Kevin Volland 2012–2015
10 19 Rudi Völler 1979–1982
22 Christian Nerlinger 1992–1996

Former coaches

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "U 21: Hrubesch nominiert Debütant Dahoud - Sané kehrt zurück". dfb.de. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "U 21-Nationalteam Männer Team". dfb.de. Retrieved 4 March 2014.

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