List of Germany international footballers

Five members of the 1954 World Cup-winning team are commemorated with a statue outside the stadium of their club, 1. FC Kaiserslautern. (l-r) Werner Liebrich, Fritz Walter, Werner Kohlmeyer, Horst Eckel and Ottmar Walter.

Since the Germany national football team's first official match in 1908,^[1] it has been one of the most successful national teams in world football. They are the current World Champions, having won the 2014 World Cup, their fourth title in seventeen tournaments, to add to three titles from ten European Championships.^[2] In doing so, twenty of its players have won both titles, and six have won gold, silver and bronze medals at the World Cup. Lothar Matthäus has played in a record 25 World Cup matches, and his participation in five World Cup tournaments is a joint record, shared with Antonio Carbajal of Mexico.^[3] Miroslav Klose is the highest goalscorer in the tournament's history with 16 goals, while Gerd Müller is third with 14^[3] and Franz Beckenbauer is one of only two men to win the World Cup as a player and as a coach.^[4]

Matthäus was the inaugural winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1991,^[5] and is one of five Germany players to have been awarded European Footballer of the Year; two of which, Franz Beckenbauer and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, have each won the award twice.^[6] Beckenbauer was also voted in eighth place for the FIFA Player of the Century award, and was selected for the World Team of the 20th Century.^[7] Ten German players were named in the FIFA 100,^[8] a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by former footballer Pelé, and ten are in the FIFA Century Club, having earned 100 or more caps.^[9] Lothar Matthäus's 150 international appearances make him the ninth-most capped player in world football, and Miroslav Klose's 71 goals is the eleventh-most of any international player.^[10]

Former captains of the national team may be awarded the title of Ehrenspielführer (honorary captain), by the German Football Association. To date, four former players of the men's team have received this award: Fritz Walter (1958), Uwe Seeler (1972), Franz Beckenbauer (1982) and Lothar Matthäus (2001).^[11]

Germany's borders underwent many changes during the 20th century, which had an effect on the make-up of the German football team. After the annexation of Austria, the Austrian team was absorbed into the German team, resulting in the inclusion of several Austrians in Germany's 1938 World Cup squad.^[12] After World War II and the break-up of Germany, two breakaway national teams were formed: Saarland (1950–1956)^[13] and East Germany (1952–1990).^[14] During this period, the team was commonly known as West Germany^[15] until the country's reunification in 1990, when the East German team was reintegrated into the German national team.^[14]

This list only covers the (West) Germany national team—the team of the DFB (German Football Association). It includes all players with 20 or more appearances, or 10 or more goals, for the German team, and all capped players who were in the squad for a World Cup or European Championship finals.

Key

(e)	"Ehrenspielführer" – Honorary captain of the national team
*	Current internationals. Statistics are correct as of 13 July 2014.
Caps	Appearances
WC	Appearances at FIFA World Cups
EC	Appearances at UEFA European Championships
	Tournament winners
	Tournament runners-up
	Tournament third place
Pos	Positions
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

List of players

Michael Ballack was national team captain from 2004 to 2010, having succeeded Oliver Kahn.

Franz Beckenbauer was captain during the national team's most successful era, winning the European Championship in 1972 and the World Cup in 1974.

Jürgen Klinsmann won the World Cup in 1990 and the European Championship in 1996, and was coach of the national team from 2004 to 2006.

Miroslav Klose is the team's most prolific goalscorer with 71 goals, and holds the all-time record for World Cup goals with 16, across four tournaments.

Jürgen Kohler made 105 appearances for Germany, winning the World Cup in 1990 and the European Championship in 1996

Sepp Maier was West Germany's first choice goalkeeper during the 1970s, winning the European Championship in 1972 and the World Cup in 1974.

Lothar Matthäus has won more Germany caps than anyone else, 150, and went to nine major international tournaments, captaining the 1990 World Cup-winning team.

Despite retiring from international football aged 29, Gerd Müller is Germany's second top goalscorer, with 68 goals from 62 games. He won the European Championship in 1972 and the World Cup in 1974.

Thomas Müller won the Golden Boot at the 2010 and was part of the team that won the trophy four years later.

Uwe Seeler went to four consecutive World Cups (1958–1970), and is an honorary captain of the national team.

Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	First cap	Last cap	WC	EC	Notes
Abramczik, RüdigerRüdiger Abramczik	MF	19	2	1977	1979	1978
Adler, RenéRené Adler	GK	12	0	2008	2013*		2008
Albrecht, ErnstErnst Albrecht	FW	17	4	1928	1934	1934
Allgöwer, KarlKarl Allgöwer	DF	10	0	1980	1986	1986
Allofs, KlausKlaus Allofs	FW	56	17	1978	1988	1986	1980  1984	Captain from 1986 to 1988.
Allofs, ThomasThomas Allofs	FW	2	0	1985	1988	1982
Aogo, DennisDennis Aogo	DF	12	0	2010	2013*	2010
Asamoah, GeraldGerald Asamoah	FW	43	6	2001	2006	2002  2006
Augenthaler, KlausKlaus Augenthaler	DF	27	0	1983	1990	1986  1990
Aumann, RaimondRaimond Aumann	GK	4	0	1989	1990	1990
Babbel, MarkusMarkus Babbel	DF	51	1	1995	2000	1998	1996  2000
Badstuber, HolgerHolger Badstuber	DF	31	1	2010	2015	2010	2012
Ballack, MichaelMichael Ballack	MF	98	42	1999	2010	2002  2006	2000 2004 2008	Captain from 2004 to 2010.
Basler, MarioMario Basler	MF	30	2	1994	1998	1994	1996
Baumann, FrankFrank Baumann	DF	28	2	1999	2005	2002	2004
Beckenbauer, FranzFranz Beckenbauer (e)	DF	103	14	1965	1977	1966  1970  1974	1972  1976	Captain from 1971 to 1977. Coach from 1984 from 1990.
Beer, ErichErich Beer	MF	24	7	1975	1978	1978	1976
Bein, UweUwe Bein	FW	17	3	1989	1993	1990
Bella, MichaelMichael Bella	DF	4	0	1968	1971		1972
Bender, JakobJakob Bender	MF	9	0	1933	1935	1934
Bender, LarsLars Bender	MF	17	4	2011	2013*		2012
Bernard, GünterGünter Bernard	GK	5	0	1962	1968	1966
Berthold, ThomasThomas Berthold	DF	62	1	1985	1994	1986  1990  1994	1988
Bierhoff, OliverOliver Bierhoff	FW	70	37	1996	2002	1998 2002	1996  2000	Captain from 1998 to 2001.
Biesinger, UlrichUlrich Biesinger	MF	7	2	1954	1958	1954
Binder, FranzFranz Binder	FW	9	10	1939	1941			19 caps (16 goals) for Austria.
Binz, ManfredManfred Binz	DF	14	1	1990	1992		1992
Boateng, JérômeJérôme Boateng	DF	46	0	2009	2014*	2010 2014	2012
Bobic, FrediFredi Bobic	FW	37	10	1994	2004		1996  2004
Bode, MarcoMarco Bode	MF	40	9	1995	2002	2002	1996  2000
Böhme, JörgJörg Böhme	MF	10	1	2001	2003	2002
Bongartz, HannesHannes Bongartz	MF	4	0	1976	1977		1976
Bonhof, RainerRainer Bonhof	MF	53	9	1972	1981	1974  1978	1972  1976  1980
Borowka, UlrichUlrich Borowka	DF	6	0	1988	1988		1988
Borowski, TimTim Borowski	MF	33	2	2002	2008	2006	2008
Brdaric, ThomasThomas Brdaric	FW	8	1	2002	2004		2004
Brehme, AndreasAndreas Brehme	DF	86	8	1984	1994	1986  1990  1994	1984 1988 1992
Breitner, PaulPaul Breitner	MF	48	10	1971	1982	1974  1982	1972
Briegel, Hans-PeterHans-Peter Briegel	DF	72	4	1979	1986	1982  1986	1980  1984
Brülls, AlbertAlbert Brülls	MF	25	9	1959	1966	1962 1966
Bruns, Hans-GünterHans-Günter Bruns	MF	4	0	1984	1984		1984
Buchloh, FritzFritz Buchloh	GK	17	0	1932	1936	1934  1938
Buchwald, GuidoGuido Buchwald	DF	76	4	1984	1994	1990  1994	1984 1988 1992
Burdenski, DieterDieter Burdenski	GK	12	0	1977	1984	1978	1984
Busch, WillyWilly Busch	DF	13	0	1933	1936	1934
Butt, Hans-JörgHans-Jörg Butt	GK	4	0	2000	2010	2002  2010	2000
Cacau	FW	23	6	2009	2012	2010
Cieslarczyk, HansHans Cieslarczyk	FW	7	3	1957	1958	1958
Conen, EdmundEdmund Conen	FW	28	27	1934	1942	1934
Cullmann, BernhardBernhard Cullmann	MF	40	6	1973	1980	1974  1978	1980
Danner, DietmarDietmar Danner	MF	6	0	1973	1976		1976
Deisler, SebastianSebastian Deisler	MF	36	3	2000	2006		2000
Del'Haye, KalleKalle Del'Haye	FW	2	0	1980	1980		1980
Dietrich, PeterPeter Dietrich	MF	1	0	1970	1970	1970
Dietz, BernardBernard Dietz	DF	53	0	1974	1981	1978	1976  1980	Captain from 1978 to 1981.
Doll, ThomasThomas Doll	MF	18	1	1991	1993		1992	29 caps (7 goals) for East Germany.
Dorfner, HansHans Dorfner	MF	7	1	1987	1989		1988
Draxler, JulianJulian Draxler	MF	13	1	2012	2014*	2014
Dremmler, WolfgangWolfgang Dremmler	DF	27	3	1981	1984	1982
Durm, ErikErik Durm	DF	1	0	2014	2014*	2014
Eckel, HorstHorst Eckel	DF	32	0	1952	1958	1954  1958
Eckstein, DieterDieter Eckstein	FW	7	0	1986	1988		1988
Eder, NorbertNorbert Eder	DF	9	0	1986	1986	1986
Effenberg, StefanStefan Effenberg	MF	35	5	1991	1998	1994	1992
Eilts, DieterDieter Eilts	DF	31	0	1993	1997		1996
Emmerich, LotharLothar Emmerich	FW	5	2	1966	1966	1966
Engels, StephanStephan Engels	MF	8	0	1982	1983	1982
Enke, RobertRobert Enke	GK	8	0	2007	2009		2008
Erhardt, HerbertHerbert Erhardt	DF	50	1	1953	1962	1954  1958 1962		Captain from 1959 to 1962.
Ernst, FabianFabian Ernst	MF	24	1	2002	2006		2004
Fahrian, WolfgangWolfgang Fahrian	GK	10	0	1962	1964	1962
Falkenmayer, RalfRalf Falkenmayer	MF	4	0	1985	1986		1984
Fichtel, KlausKlaus Fichtel	DF	23	1	1967	1971	1970
Fischer, KlausKlaus Fischer	FW	45	32	1977	1982	1978 1982
Flohe, HeinzHeinz Flohe	MF	39	8	1970	1978	1974  1978	1976
Förderer, FritzFritz Förderer	FW	11	10	1908	1913
Förster, BerndBernd Förster	DF	33	0	1979	1984	1982  1986	1980
Förster, KarlheinzKarlheinz Förster	DF	81	2	1978	1986	1982  1986	1980  1984
Franke, BerndBernd Franke	GK	7	0	1973	1982	1982
Freund, SteffenSteffen Freund	MF	21	0	1995	1998	1998	1996
Friedrich, ArneArne Friedrich	DF	82	1	2002	2011	2006  2010	2004 2008
Frings, TorstenTorsten Frings	MF	79	10	2001	2009	2002  2006	2004 2008
Fritz, ClemensClemens Fritz	MF	22	2	2006	2008		2008
Frontzeck, MichaelMichael Frontzeck	DF	19	0	1984	1992		1992
Fuchs, GottfriedGottfried Fuchs	FW	6	14	1911	1913
Gauchel, JosefJosef Gauchel	FW	16	13	1936	1942	1938
Gaudino, MaurizioMaurizio Gaudino	MF	5	1	1993	1994	1994
Gellesch, RudolfRudolf Gellesch	FW	20	1	1935	1941	1938
Giesemann, WilliWilli Giesemann	DF	14	0	1960	1965	1962
Ginter, MatthiasMatthias Ginter	MF	2	0	2014	2014*	2014
Götze, MarioMario Götze	MF	35	11	2010	2014*	2014	2012
Goldbrunner, LudwigLudwig Goldbrunner	MF	39	0	1933	1940	1938
Gómez, MarioMario Gómez	FW	59	25	2007	2013*	2010	2008  2012
Grabowski, JürgenJürgen Grabowski	FW	44	5	1966	1974	1966  1970  1974	1972
Gramlich, RudolfRudolf Gramlich	MF	22	0	1931	1936	1934
Großkreutz, KevinKevin Großkreutz	DF	5	0	2010	2014*	2014
Gündoğan, İlkayİlkay Gündoğan	MF	8	2	2011	2013*		2012
Hahnemann, WilhelmWilhelm Hahnemann	FW	23	16	1938	1941	1938		23 caps (3 goals) for Austria.
Haller, HelmutHelmut Haller	FW	33	13	1958	1970	1962 1966  1970
Hamann, DietmarDietmar Hamann	MF	59	5	1997	2005	1998 2002	2000 2004
Hanke, MikeMike Hanke	FW	12	1	2005	2007	2006
Hannes, WilfriedWilfried Hannes	DF	8	0	1981	1982	1982
Häßler, ThomasThomas Häßler	MF	101	11	1988	2000	1990  1994 1998	1992  1996  2000
Harder, OttoOtto Harder	FW	15	14	1914	1926
Haringer, SigmundSigmund Haringer	DF	15	0	1931	1937	1934
Heidemann, MatthiasMatthias Heidemann	FW	3	0	1933	1935	1934
Heinrich, JörgJörg Heinrich	DF	37	2	1995	2002	1998
Held, SigfriedSigfried Held	FW	41	5	1966	1973	1966  1970
Helmer, ThomasThomas Helmer	DF	68	5	1990	1998	1994 1998	1992  1996
Herget, MatthiasMatthias Herget	DF	39	4	1983	1988	1986	1988
Herkenrath, FritzFritz Herkenrath	GK	21	0	1954	1958	1958
Hermann, GünterGünter Hermann	MF	2	0	1988	1990	1990
Herrmann, GüntherGünther Herrmann	MF	9	0	1960	1967	1962
Herrmann, RichardRichard Herrmann	FW	8	1	1950	1954	1954
Herzog, DieterDieter Herzog	MF	5	0	1974	1974	1974
Heynckes, JuppJupp Heynckes	FW	39	14	1967	1976	1974	1972
Hieronymus, HolgerHolger Hieronymus	DF	3	0	1981	1982	1982
Hildebrand, TimoTimo Hildebrand	GK	7	0	2004	2007	2006
Hinkel, AndreasAndreas Hinkel	DF	21	0	2003	2009		2004
Hitzlsperger, ThomasThomas Hitzlsperger	MF	52	6	2004	2010	2006	2008
Hölzenbein, BerndBernd Hölzenbein	FW	40	6	1973	1978	1974  1978	1976
Hoeneß, DieterDieter Hoeneß	FW	6	4	1979	1986	1986
Hoeneß, UliUli Hoeneß	MF	35	5	1972	1976	1974	1972  1976
Höttges, Horst-DieterHorst-Dieter Höttges	DF	66	1	1965	1974	1966  1970  1974	1972
Höwedes, BenediktBenedikt Höwedes	DF	28	2	2011	2014*	2014	2012
Hoffmann, RudiRudi Hoffmann	MF	1	0	1955	1955	1958
Hofmann, RichardRichard Hofmann	FW	25	24	1927	1933
Hohmann, KarlKarl Hohmann	FW	26	20	1930	1937	1934
Hornig, HeinzHeinz Hornig	FW	7	0	1965	1966	1966
Hrubesch, HorstHorst Hrubesch	FW	21	6	1980	1982	1982	1980
Hummels, MatsMats Hummels	DF	36	4	2010	2014*	2014	2012
Huth, RobertRobert Huth	DF	19	2	2004	2009	2006
Illgner, BodoBodo Illgner	GK	54	0	1987	1994	1990  1994	1988 1992
Immel, EikeEike Immel	GK	19	0	1980	1988	1982  1986	1980  1988
Jäger, AdolfAdolf Jäger	FW	18	10	1908	1924
Jakob, HansHans Jakob	GK	38	0	1930	1939	1934  1938
Jakobs, DitmarDitmar Jakobs	DF	20	1	1980	1986	1986
Jancker, CarstenCarsten Jancker	FW	33	10	1998	2002	2002	2000
Janes, PaulPaul Janes	MF	71	7	1932	1942	1934  1938		Captain from 1939 to 1942.
Jansen, MarcellMarcell Jansen	DF	45	3	2005	2014*	2006  2010	2008
Jeremies, JensJens Jeremies	MF	55	1	1997	2004	1998 2002	2000 2004
Juskowiak, ErichErich Juskowiak	DF	31	4	1951	1959	1958
Kahn, OliverOliver Kahn	GK	86	0	1995	2006	1994 1998 2002  2006	1996  2000 2004	Captain from 2000 to 2004.
Kaltz, ManfredManfred Kaltz	DF	69	8	1975	1983	1978 1982	1976  1980
Kapellmann, JuppJupp Kapellmann	DF	5	0	1973	1974	1974
Kargus, RudolfRudolf Kargus	GK	3	0	1975	1977	1978	1976
Kehl, SebastianSebastian Kehl	MF	31	3	2001	2006	2002  2006	2004
Kelbassa, AlfredAlfred Kelbassa	FW	6	2	1956	1958	1958
Khedira, SamiSami Khedira	MF	51	5	2009	2014*	2010 2014	2012
Kießling, StefanStefan Kießling	FW	6	0	2007	2010	2010
Kirsten, UlfUlf Kirsten	FW	51	20	1993	2000	1994 1998	2000	49 caps (14 goals) for East Germany.
Kitzinger, AlbinAlbin Kitzinger	MF	44	5	1935	1942	1938
Kleff, WolfgangWolfgang Kleff	GK	6	0	1971	1973	1974	1972
Klinsmann, JürgenJürgen Klinsmann	FW	108	47	1987	1998	1990  1994 1998	1988 1992  1996	Captain from 1995 to 1998. Coach from 2004 to 2006.
Klodt, BernhardBernhard Klodt	FW	19	3	1950	1959	1954  1958
Klose, MiroslavMiroslav Klose	FW	137	71	2001	2014	2002  2006  2010 2014	2004 2008  2012
Knöpfle, GeorgGeorg Knöpfle	DF	23	0	1928	1933
Kobierski, StanislausStanislaus Kobierski	FW	26	9	1931	1941	1934
Kohler, JürgenJürgen Kohler	DF	105	2	1986	1998	1990  1994 1998	1988 1992  1996
Kohlmeyer, WernerWerner Kohlmeyer	DF	22	0	1951	1955	1954
Köpke, AndreasAndreas Köpke	GK	59	0	1990	1998	1990  1994 1998	1992  1996
Köppel, HorstHorst Köppel	MF	11	2	1968	1973		1972
Konopka, HaraldHarald Konopka	DF	2	0	1978	1979	1978
Koslowski, WilliWilli Koslowski	FW	3	1	1962	1962	1962
Krämer, WernerWerner Krämer	FW	13	3	1963	1967	1966
Kramer, ChristophChristoph Kramer	MF	5	0	2014	2014*	2014
Kraus, EngelbertEngelbert Kraus	FW	9	3	1955	1964	1962
Kremers, ErwinErwin Kremers	FW	15	3	1972	1974		1972
Kremers, HelmutHelmut Kremers	DF	8	0	1973	1975	1974
Kreß, WillibaldWillibald Kreß	GK	16	0	1929	1934	1934
Kroos, ToniToni Kroos	MF	51	7	2010	2014*	2010 2014	2012
Kubsch, HeinzHeinz Kubsch	GK	3	0	1954	1956	1954
Kuntz, StefanStefan Kuntz	FW	25	6	1993	1997	1994	1996
Kupfer, AndreasAndreas Kupfer	MF	44	1	1937	1950	1938
Kurányi, KevinKevin Kurányi	FW	52	19	2003	2008		2004 2008
Kurbjuhn, JürgenJürgen Kurbjuhn	DF	5	0	1962	1966	1962
Kwiatkowski, HeinzHeinz Kwiatkowski	GK	4	0	1954	1958	1954  1958
Laband, FritzFritz Laband	DF	4	0	1954	1954	1954
Lahm, PhilippPhilipp Lahm	DF	113	5	2004	2014	2006  2010 2014	2004 2008  2012	Captain from 2010 to 2014.
Lehmann, JensJens Lehmann	GK	61	0	1998	2008	1998 2002  2006	2000 2004 2008
Lehner, ErnstErnst Lehner	FW	65	31	1933	1942	1934  1938
Leinberger, LudwigLudwig Leinberger	DF	24	0	1927	1933
Libuda, ReinhardReinhard Libuda	FW	26	3	1963	1971	1970
Liebrich, WernerWerner Liebrich	MF	16	0	1951	1956	1954
Linke, ThomasThomas Linke	DF	43	1	1997	2004	2002	2000
Littbarski, PierrePierre Littbarski	MF	73	18	1981	1990	1982  1986  1990	1984 1988
Löhr, HannesHannes Löhr	FW	20	5	1967	1970	1970	1972
Lorenz, MaxMax Lorenz	MF	19	1	1965	1970	1966  1970
Lutz, FriedelFriedel Lutz	DF	12	0	1960	1966	1966
Magath, FelixFelix Magath	MF	43	3	1977	1986	1982  1986	1980
Mai, KarlKarl Mai	MF	21	1	1953	1959	1954
Maier, SeppSepp Maier	GK	95	0	1966	1979	1966  1970  1974  1978	1972  1976
Manglitz, ManfredManfred Manglitz	GK	4	0	1965	1970	1970
Marin, MarkoMarko Marin	MF	16	1	2008	2010	2010
Marschall, OlafOlaf Marschall	FW	13	3	1994	1999	1998		4 caps for East Germany.
Matthäus, LotharLothar Matthäus (e)	MF	150	23	1980	2000	1982  1986  1990  1994 1998	1980  1984 1988 2000	Captain from 1986 to 1995.
Mebus, PaulPaul Mebus	MF	6	0	1951	1954	1954
Meier, NorbertNorbert Meier	MF	16	2	1982	1985		1984
Memering, CasparCaspar Memering	MF	3	0	1979	1980		1980
Mertesacker, PerPer Mertesacker	DF	104	5	2004	2014	2006  2010 2014	2008  2012
Metzelder, ChristophChristoph Metzelder	DF	47	0	2001	2008	2002  2006	2008
Metzner, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Metzner	FW	2	0	1952	1953	1954
Mill, FrankFrank Mill	FW	17	0	1982	1990	1990	1988
Mock, HansHans Mock	MF	5	0	1938	1942	1938		12 caps for Austria.
Möller, AndreasAndreas Möller	MF	85	29	1988	1999	1990  1994 1998	1992  1996
Morlock, MaxMax Morlock	FW	26	21	1950	1958	1954
Müller, DieterDieter Müller	FW	12	9	1976	1978	1978	1976
Müller, GerdGerd Müller	FW	62	68	1966	1974	1970  1974	1972
Müller, HansiHansi Müller	MF	42	5	1978	1983	1978 1982	1980
Müller, ThomasThomas Müller	FW	56	22	2010	2014*	2010 2014	2012
Münzenberg, ReinholdReinhold Münzenberg	MF	41	0	1930	1939	1934  1938
Mustafi, ShkodranShkodran Mustafi	DF	4	0	2014	2014*	2014
Netzer, GünterGünter Netzer	MF	37	6	1965	1975	1974	1972
Neuer, ManuelManuel Neuer	GK	52	0	2009	2014*	2010 2014	2012
Neumer, LeopoldLeopold Neumer	FW	1	0	1938	1938	1938		4 caps (2 goals) for Austria.
Neuville, OliverOliver Neuville	FW	69	10	1998	2008	2002  2006	2008
Nigbur, NorbertNorbert Nigbur	GK	6	0	1974	1980	1974
Noack, RudolfRudolf Noack	FW	3	1	1934	1937	1934
Nogly, PeterPeter Nogly	DF	4	0	1977	1977		1976
Nowak, HansHans Nowak	DF	15	0	1961	1964	1962
Nowotny, JensJens Nowotny	DF	48	1	1997	2006	2006	2000 2004
Odonkor, DavidDavid Odonkor	MF	16	1	2006	2008	2006	2008
Overath, WolfgangWolfgang Overath	MF	81	17	1963	1974	1966  1970  1974		Captain from 1970 to 1971.
Özil, MesutMesut Özil	MF	62	18	2009	2014*	2010 2014	2012
Patzke, BerndBernd Patzke	DF	24	0	1965	1971	1966  1970
Pesser, HansHans Pesser	FW	12	2	1938	1940	1938		8 caps (3 goals) for Austria.
Peters, WolfgangWolfgang Peters	DF	1	0	1957	1957	1958
Pfaff, AlfredAlfred Pfaff	MF	7	2	1953	1956	1954
Pflügler, HansHans Pflügler	DF	11	0	1987	1990	1990
Podolski, LukasLukas Podolski	FW	122	48	2004	2014*	2006  2010 2014	2004 2008  2012
Posipal, JosefJosef Posipal	DF	31	1	1951	1956	1954
Raftl, RudolfRudolf Raftl	GK	6	0	1938	1940	1938		6 caps for Austria.
Rahn, HelmutHelmut Rahn	FW	40	21	1951	1960	1954  1958		Captain from 1958 to 1959.
Rahn, UweUwe Rahn	FW	14	5	1984	1987	1986
Ramelow, CarstenCarsten Ramelow	MF	46	3	1998	2004	2002	2000
Reck, OliverOliver Reck	GK	1	0	1996	1996		1996
Rehmer, MarkoMarko Rehmer	DF	35	4	1998	2003	2002	2000
Reinders, UweUwe Reinders	FW	4	0	1982	1982	1982
Reus, MarcoMarco Reus	MF	21	7	2011	2014*		2012
Reuter, StefanStefan Reuter	DF	69	2	1988	1999	1990  1998	1992  1996
Ricken, LarsLars Ricken	MF	16	1	1997	2002	2002
Riedle, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Riedle	FW	42	16	1988	1994	1990  1994	1992
Rink, PauloPaulo Rink	FW	13	0	1998	2000		2000
Rohde, HansHans Rohde	DF	25	0	1936	1942
Roleder, HelmutHelmut Roleder	GK	1	0	1984	1984		1984
Rolfes, SimonSimon Rolfes	MF	26	2	2007	2011		2008
Rolff, WolfgangWolfgang Rolff	MF	37	0	1983	1989	1986	1984 1988
Rummenigge, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Rummenigge	FW	95	45	1976	1986	1978 1982  1986	1980  1984	Captain from 1981 to 1986.
Rüssmann, RolfRolf Rüssmann	DF	20	1	1977	1978	1978
Sammer, MatthiasMatthias Sammer	MF	51	8	1990	1997	1994	1992  1996	23 caps (6 goals) for East Germany.
Sawitzki, GünterGünter Sawitzki	GK	10	0	1956	1963	1958 1962
Schäfer, HansHans Schäfer	MF	39	14	1952	1962	1954  1958 1962		Captain from 1957 to 1962.
Schmaus, WillibaldWillibald Schmaus	DF	10	0	1938	1940	1938		14 caps for Austria.
Schmelzer, MarcelMarcel Schmelzer	DF	16	0	2010	2014*		2012
Schmidt, AkiAki Schmidt	MF	25	8	1957	1964	1958
Schneider, BerndBernd Schneider	MF	81	4	1999	2008	2002  2006	2004
Schneider, RenéRené Schneider	DF	1	0	1995	1995		1996
Schnellinger, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Schnellinger	DF	47	1	1958	1971	1958 1962 1966  1970
Schön, HelmutHelmut Schön	FW	16	17	1937	1941			Coach from 1964 to 1978.
Scholl, MehmetMehmet Scholl	MF	36	8	1995	2002		1996  2000
Schürrle, AndréAndré Schürrle	FW	39	16	2010	2014*	2014	2012
Schumacher, HaraldHarald Schumacher	GK	76	0	1979	1986	1982  1986	1980  1984	Captain during 1986.
Schulz, MichaelMichael Schulz	DF	7	0	1992	1993		1992
Schulz, WilliWilli Schulz	DF	66	0	1959	1970	1962 1966  1970
Schuster, BerndBernd Schuster	MF	21	4	1979	1984	1982
Schwartz, HansHans Schwartz	DF	2	0	1934	1934	1934
Schwarzenbeck, Hans-GeorgHans-Georg Schwarzenbeck	DF	44	0	1971	1978	1974  1978	1972  1976
Schweinsteiger, BastianBastian Schweinsteiger	MF	108	23	2004	2014*	2006  2010 2014	2004 2008  2012	Current Captain of the team, from 2014 to
Seeler, UweUwe Seeler (e)	FW	72	43	1954	1970	1958 1962 1966  1970		Captain from 1962 to 1970.
Sieloff, Klaus-DieterKlaus-Dieter Sieloff	DF	14	5	1964	1971	1966  1970
Siffling, OttoOtto Siffling	FW	31	17	1934	1938	1934  1938
Skoumal, StefanStefan Skoumal	MF	3	0	1938	1940	1938		4 caps for Austria.
Stein, UliUli Stein	GK	6	0	1983	1986	1986
Steiner, PaulPaul Steiner	DF	1	0	1990	1990	1990
Stielike, UliUli Stielike	DF	42	3	1975	1984	1982	1980  1984
Stollenwerk, GeorgGeorg Stollenwerk	MF	23	2	1951	1960	1958
Strack, GerhardGerhard Strack	MF	10	1	1982	1983		1984
Strehl, HeinzHeinz Strehl	FW	4	4	1962	1965	1962
Streitle, JakobJakob Streitle	DF	15	1	1938	1952	1938
Stroh, JosefJosef Stroh	FW	4	1	1938	1939	1938		17 caps (4 goals) for Austria.
Strunz, ThomasThomas Strunz	MF	41	1	1990	1999	1994	1996
Stuhlfauth, HeinrichHeinrich Stuhlfauth	GK	21	0	1920	1930
Sturm, HansHans Sturm	MF	3	0	1958	1962	1958
Szepan, FritzFritz Szepan	MF	34	8	1929	1939	1934  1938		Captain from 1934 to 1939.
Szymaniak, HorstHorst Szymaniak	DF	43	2	1956	1966	1958 1962
Tarnat, MichaelMichael Tarnat	MF	19	1	1996	1998	1998
Tasci, SerdarSerdar Tasci	DF	14	0	2008	2010	2010
Thom, AndreasAndreas Thom	FW	10	2	1990	1994		1992	51 caps (16 goals) for East Germany.
Thon, OlafOlaf Thon	DF	52	3	1984	1998	1986  1990  1998	1988
Tilkowski, HansHans Tilkowski	GK	39	0	1957	1967	1962 1966
Todt, JensJens Todt	MF	3	0	1994	1995		1996
Trochowski, PiotrPiotr Trochowski	MF	35	2	2006	2010	2010	2008
Turek, ToniToni Turek	GK	20	0	1950	1954	1954
Urban, AdolfAdolf Urban	FW	21	11	1935	1942
Vogts, BertiBerti Vogts	DF	96	1	1967	1978	1970  1974  1978	1972  1976	Captain from 1977 to 1978. Coach from 1990 to 1998.
Völler, RudiRudi Völler	FW	90	47	1983	1994	1986  1990  1994	1984 1988 1992	Coach from 2000 to 2004.
Vollmar, HeinzHeinz Vollmar	FW	12	3	1956	1961	1962		4 caps (4 goals) for Saarland.
Votava, MirkoMirko Votava	MF	5	0	1979	1981		1980
Wagner, FranzFranz Wagner	MF	3	0	1938	1942	1938
Wagner, MartinMartin Wagner	MF	6	0	1992	1994	1994
Walter, FritzFritz Walter (e)	FW	61	33	1940	1958	1954  1958		Captain from 1951 to 1956.
Walter, OttmarOttmar Walter	FW	21	10	1950	1956	1954
Weber, WolfgangWolfgang Weber	DF	53	1	1964	1974	1966  1970
Weidenfeller, RomanRoman Weidenfeller	GK	3	0	2013	2014*	2014
Werner, JürgenJürgen Werner	DF	4	2	1961	1963	1962
Westermann, HeikoHeiko Westermann	DF	27	4	2008	2013*		2008
Wewers, HeinzHeinz Wewers	DF	12	1	1951	1958	1958
Wiese, TimTim Wiese	GK	6	0	2008	2012	2010	2012
Wilden, LeoLeo Wilden	DF	15	0	1960	1964	1962
Willimowski, ErnstErnst Willimowski	FW	8	13	1941	1942			22 caps (21 goals) for Poland.
Wimmer, HerbertHerbert Wimmer	MF	36	4	1968	1976	1974	1972  1976
Wörns, ChristianChristian Wörns	DF	66	0	1992	2005	1998	1992  2004
Wolter, HorstHorst Wolter	GK	13	0	1967	1970	1970
Worm, RonaldRonald Worm	FW	7	5	1975	1978	1978	1976
Wosz, DariuszDariusz Wosz	MF	17	1	1997	2000		2000	7 caps for East Germany.
Wuttke, WolframWolfram Wuttke	MF	4	1	1986	1988		1988
Zewe, GerdGerd Zewe	MF	4	0	1978	1979	1978
Zieler, Ron-RobertRon-Robert Zieler	GK	3	0	2011	2014*	2014	2012
Zielinski, PaulPaul Zielinski	MF	15	0	1934	1936	1934
Zimmermann, HerbertHerbert Zimmermann	DF	14	2	1976	1979	1978	1980

See also

• List of East Germany international footballers
• List of Saarland international footballers
• The current Germany squad
• List of Germany international footballers 1908–1942

Footnotes

1. "DFB – Alle Spiele der Nationalmannschaft im Jahr 1908". German Football Association. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
2. "FIFA.com – Germany: country information". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
3. "FIFA World Cup Superlatives" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
4. "Franz Beckenbauer". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
5. "FIFA World Player of the Year – Previous Winners". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
6. "France Football – Ballon d'Or – Palmares". France Football (in French). Retrieved 2008-11-19.
7. Hughes, Rob (1998-06-10). "A Wave of Enthusiasm for the Lingua Franca of Kicking a Ball : From Pele and the Streets, Hope". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
8. "FIFA names greatest list". BBC. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
9. "FIFA Century Club (Men)" (PDF). FIFA. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
10. "Players with 100+ caps and 30+ international goals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 2008-11-20.
11. "Ehrenspielführer". German Football Association. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
12. "FIFA.com – 1938 FIFA World Cup France". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
13. "Saar – List of International Matches and Line-Ups". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
14. "DDR-Fußball" (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
15. "FIFA.com – 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy". FIFA. Retrieved 2008-11-19.

References

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• "DFB – Nationalmannschaft – Statistik". German Football Association. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
• "FIFA.com – Previous World Cups". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Retrieved 2008-10-17.
• "Euro 2008 – History". Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Retrieved 2008-10-17.