The team with most semifinals in the World Cup, Germany has played the World Cup on all but twp occasions, the inaugural edition of 1930 Football World Cup and then the 1950 FIFA World Cup when due to the effect of second World War it was barred. It bounced in style when it’s young team shocked all winning the trophy at Switzerland in 1954, and since then it is just the King of Soccer, Brazil which have an edge over them in records at the FIFA World Cup. Germany will play its 18th edition, joint second most with Italy.
German Match Results vs Opponents in World Cup
2014 Football World Cup: Schedule in Indian Standard Time
Team Profiles: Brazil, Colombia, Cameroon, Greece
WC Facts
- Did Not Play: 1930
Banned: 1950
Played: Remaining all editions till 2014
Winner: 1954, 1974, 1990
Runners-up: 4 occasions
Own Goals: 4
Hattricks: 4
Only once knocked out in 1st Round. In 1938 they lost they first match and finished 10th.
12 Times semifinalists, 2 times more than Brazil.
15 times Quarterfinalists, again the highest by any country.
7 times finalists, joint highest with Brazil.
West German manager Franz Beckenbauer became the only man to both captain (in 1974, 1990) and be the manager of a World Cup winning team, and only the second man (after Mário Zagallo of Brazil) to win the World Cup as a player and as team manager.
Germany has played 4 matches to penalties, and won all of them.
Germany has played 4 matches to extra time, winning 2 and losing 2 of them.
Germany has played 6 goalless draws. It played one more but it was decided on penalties.
Own Goals: 4
- Lörtscher (Vs Switzerland 1938)
Horvath (Vs Yugoslavia (QF 1954)
Mihajlović (vs Yugoslavia 1998)
Petit (vs Portugal 2006 3rd place match)
Hattricks: 4
- Morlock (Vs Turkey, 1954)
Gerd Müller (Vs Bulgaria, Peru 1970)
Rummenigge (Vs Chile 1982)
Klose (Saudi Arabia 2002)
Penalties: 4 (Won all)
- 1982 vs France (Won)
1986 vs Mexico (won)
1990 vs England (won)
2006 vs Argentina (won)
Extra Time: : 4 (2 Won, 2 lost)
- Lost to England 4-2 (Extra time) FINAL 1966
QF: def England 3-2 (Extra time) 1970
SF: Lost to Italy 4-3 (Extra time) 1970
3rd: def Netherlands 1-0 (Extra Time) 2010
Goalless draws: 7
- drew Italy 0-0 1962
drew Argentina 0-0 1966
drew Italy 0-0 1978
drew Poland 0-0 1978
drew Tunisia 0-0 1978
drew England 0-0 1982
drew Mexico 0-0 1986 (Won on penalties)
Goal Scorers
- 15: Klose (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 5+5+4+1)
14: Gerd Müller (1970, 1974 10+4)
11: Klinsmann (1990, 1994, 1998 3+5+3)
10: Rahn (1954, 1958 4+6)
9: Rummenigge (1978, 1982, 1986 3+5+1)
7: Schäfer (1954, 1958 4+3), Seeler (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 (2+2+2+3), Völler (1986, 1990, 1994 2+3+2)
6: Morlock (1954), Haller (1966), Beckenbauer 1966, 1970 (5+1), Matthäus (1986, 1990, 1994 1+4+1)
5: Podolski (2006, 2010 3+2), Müller (2010)
4: Conen (1934), O. Walter (1954), Breitner (1974, 1982 3+1), Bierhoff (1998, 2002, 3+1)
3: F. Walter (1954), Overath (1970, 1974 1+2), 1982), Brehme (1986, 1990 1+2), Ballack (2002)
2: Hohmann, Lehner (1934), D. Müller, Flohe (1978), Littbarski, Fischer (1982), Allofs (1986), Neuville (2002, 2006), Schweinsteiger (2006)
1: Kobierski, Siffing, Noack (1934), Gauchel, Hahnemann (1938), Klodt, Pfaff, Herrmann (1954), Cieslarczyk (1958), Brülls, Szymaniak (1962), Held, Emmerich, Weber (1966), Libuda, Schnellinger (1970), Cullmann, Bonhof, Grabowski, Hoeneß (1974), H. Müller, Abramczik, Hölzenbein (1978), Reinders, Hrubesch (1982), Bein, Littbarski (1990), Riedle (1994), Möller (1998), Jancker, Linke, Schneider, Bode (2002), Lahm, Frings (2006), Cacau, Özil, Friedrich, Jansen, Khedira (2010)
Performance in Every Edition
World Cup Performances By Editions
| Year | Played | Won | Lost | Drew |
| 1934 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1938 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1954 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1962 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1970 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1982 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1986 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 1994 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | 99 | 60 | 20 | 19 |
World Cup Records By Editions
GS: Goals Scored, GC: Goals Conceded
| Year | Played | Best Rank | GS | GC |
| 1934 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| 1938 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| 1954 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 14 |
| 1958 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
| 1962 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 1966 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 6 |
| 1970 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 |
| 1974 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| 1978 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| 1982 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| 1986 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 1990 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
| 1994 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| 1998 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| 2006 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
| 18 | 99 | 1st | 206 | 117 |
Opponents and Results
Germany has played maximum 6 matches against Yugoslavia and Argentina, and 5 matches against England and Italy. See the Results against Opponents for details of every opponents in FIFA World Cup, before 2014 World Cup.
Overall Results by Edition
1934: 3rd
- Germany def Belgium 5-2
QF: Germany def Sweden 2-1
SF: Czechoslovakia def Germany 3-1
3rd Place: Germany def Austria 3-2
1938: 1st Round
- Lost to Switzerland 4-2
1954: Winner
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West Germany def Turkey 4-1
Hungary def West Germany 8-3
Play-off
- 9. West Germany def Turkey 7-2
QF: West Germany def Yugoslavia 2-0
SF: West Germany def Austria 6-1
Final: West Germany def Hungary 3-2
1958:
- def Argentina 3-1
drew Czechoslovakia 2-2
drew Northern Ireland 2-2
QF: def Yugoslavia 1-0
SF: Lost to Sweden 3-1
3rd: Lost to France 6-3
1962
- drew Italy 0-0
def Switzerland 2-1
def Chile 2-0
QF: Lost to Yugoslavia 1-0
1966
- def Switzerland 5-0
drew Argentina 0-0
def Spain 2-1
QF: def Uruguay 4-0
SF: def Soviet Union 2-1
Final: Lost to England 4-2 (Extra time)
1970
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def Morocco 2-1
def Bulgaria 5-2
def Peru 3-1
QF: def England 3-2 (Extra time)
SF: Lost to Italy 4-3 (Extra time)
3rd: def Uruguay 1-0
1974
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def Chile 1-0
def Australia 3-0
Lost to East Germany 1-0
Group 2: 2nd Round
def Yugoslavia 2-0
def Sweden 4-2
def Poland 1-0
Final: def Netherlands 2-1
1978:
- drew Poland 0-0
def Mexico 6-0
drew Tunisia 0-0
drew Italy 0-0
drew Netherlands 2-2
Lost to Austria 3-2
1982: 2nd
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Algeria def West Germany 2-1
def Chile 4-1
def Austria 1-0
Group B: 2nd Round
drew England 0-0
def Spain 2-1
SF: def France 5-4 (3-3) Penalties
Final: Lost to Italy 3-1
1986: 2nd
- drew Uruguay 1-1
def Scotland 2-1
Lost to Denmark 2-0
Round of 16: def Morocco 1-0
QF: def Mexico 4-1 (0-0) Penalties
SF: def France 2-0
Final: Lost to Argentina 3-2
1990: 1st
- def Yugoslavia 4-1
def UAE 5-1
drew Colombia 1-1
Round of 16: def Netherlands 2-1
QF: def Czechoslovakia 1-0
SF: def England 4-3 (1-1) Penalties
Final: def Argentina 1-0
1994
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def Bolivia 1-0
drew Spain 1-1
def South Korea 3-2
Round of 16: def Belgium 3-2
QF: Lost to Bulgaria 2-1
1998
- def USA 2-0
drew Yugoslavia 2-2
def Iran 2-0
Round of 16: def Mexico 2-1
QF: Lost to Croatia 3-0
2002
- def Saudi Arabia 8-0
drew Republic of Ireland 1-1
def Cameroon 2-0
Round of 16: def Paraguay 1-0
QF: def USA 1-0
SF: def South Korea 1-0
Final: Lost to Brazil 2-0
2006
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def Costa Rica 4-2
def Poland 1-0
def Ecuador 3-0
Round of 16: def Sweden 2-0
QF: Germany def Argentina 4-2 (1-1) Penalties
SF: Italy def Germany 2-0
3rd: def Portugal 3-1
2010
- def Australia 4-0
Serbia def Germany 1-0
def Ghana 1-0
Round of 16: def England 4-1
QF: Germany def Argentina 4-0
SF: Lost to Spain 1-0
3rd: def Netherlands 1-0 (Extra Time)
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