FIFA World Cup: German Record vs Opponents

Germany has played as three different entities. Germany, East Germany and West Germany. FIFA considers the record of West Germany as Germany. Among the 46 opponents Germany has faced in 18 editions till 2010 FIFA World Cup, Italy is the only nation against which Germany is yet to win a match after playing more than 1 match in World Cup. Among prominent nations, it has played only one match with Brazil. Check the individual match results and interesting facts about Germany’s matches against 46 opponents in the Football World Cup before 2014.

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Germany’s Record vs Opponents: 46 Opponents

    6 Matches: 2 Nations (Yugoslavia, Argentina)
    5 Matches: 2 Nation (Italy, England)
    4 Matches: 5 Nations (Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain)
    3 Matches: 6 Nations (Chile, Czechoslovakia, France, Uruguay, Mexico, Poland)
    2 Matches: 8 Nations (Hungary, Australia, Belgium, Turkey, Bulgaria, Morocco, South Korea, USA)
    1 Match: 23 Nations (Northern Ireland, Russia, Peru, East Germany, Tunisia, Algeria, Denmark, Scotland, Colombia, UAE, Bolivia, Croatia, Iran, Ireland, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, Brazil, Ecuador, Portugal, Costa Rica, Ghana, Serbia)

Interesting Facts

    Yet to Win against Italy in 5 matches
    Yet to lose against Netherlands in 4 matches
    Worst Defeat: 8-3 vs Hungary in 1954 at Group Stage, 6-3 France 1958
    Biggest Win: 6-0 Mexico 1978, 7-2 Turkey 1954

    6 Matches
    Yugoslavia : 4 won, 1 lost, 1 drew

      Def 2-0 QF 1954
      Def Yugoslavia 1-0 QF 1958
      Lost to Yugoslavia 1-0 QF 1962
      def Yugoslavia 2-0 1974
      def Yugoslavia 4-1 1990
      drew Yugoslavia 2-2 1998

    Argentina: 4 won, 1 lost, 1 drew

      def Argentina 3-1 1958
      drew Argentina 0-0 1966
      Final: Lost to Argentina 3-2 1986
      Final: def Argentina 1-0 1990
      QF: def Argentina 4-2 (1-1) Penalties 2006
      QF: def Argentina 4-0 2010

    5 Matches
    England: 3 won, 1 lost, 1 draw

      Lost to England 4-2 (Extra time) FINAL 1966
      QF: def England 3-2 (Extra time) 1970
      drew England 0-0 1982
      SF: def England 4-3 (1-1) Penalties 1990
      Round of 16: def England 4-1 2010

    Italy: 2 draw, 3 lost

      drew Italy 0-0 1962
      SF: Lost to Italy 4-3 (Extra time) 1970
      drew Italy 0-0 1978
      Final: Lost to Italy 3-1 1982
      SF: Lost to Italy 2-0 2006

    4 Matches
    Netherlands: 3 won, 1 Drew

      Final: def Netherlands 2-1 1974
      drew Netherlands 2-2 1978
      Round of 16: def Netherlands 2-1 1990
      3rd: def Netherlands 1-0 (Extra Time) 2010

    Sweden : 3 won, 1 lost

      Def 2-1 1934
      Lost to Sweden 3-1 1958
      def Sweden 4-2 1974
      Round of 16: def Sweden 2-0 2006

    Austria : 3 won, 1 lost

      def 3-2 1934
      Def 6-1 SF 1954
      Lost to Austria 3-2 1978 2nd Round
      def Austria 1-0 1982

    Switzerland: 2 win, 1 lost, 1 draw

      Drew 1-1 1938
      Lost 4-2 1938 (Replay)
      def Switzerland 2-1 1962
      def Switzerland 5-0 1966

    Spain: 2 won, 1 lost, 1 draw

      def Spain 2-1 1966
      def Spain 2-1 1982
      drew Spain 1-1 1994
      SF: Lost to Spain 1-0 2010

    3 Matches
    Chile: 3 Won

      def Chile 2-0 1962
      def Chile 1-0 1974
      def Chile 4-1 1982

    Mexico: 3 won

      def Mexico 6-0 1978
      QF: def Mexico 4-1 (0-0) Penalties 1986
      Round of 16: def Mexico 2-1 1998

    Uruguay : 2 won, 1 draw

      def Uruguay 4-0 QF 1966
      def Uruguay 1-0 3rd Place 1970
      drew Uruguay 1-1 1986

    Poland: 2 won, 1 draw

      def Poland 1-0 1974
      drew Poland 0-0 1978
      def Poland 1-0 2006

    France: 2 won, 1 lost

      Lost to France 6-3 3rd place 1958
      SF: def France 5-4 (3-3) Penalties 1982
      SF: def France 2-0 1986

    Czechoslovakia: 1 won, 1 lost, 1 draw

      Lost 3-1 1934
      Drew 2-2 1958
      QF: def Czechoslovakia 1-0 1990

    2 Matches
    Australia : 2 won

      def 3-0 1974
      def Australia 4-0 2010

    Belgium: 2 won

      Def Belgium 5-2 1934
      Round of 16: def Belgium 3-2 1994

    Turkey 2 won

      Def 4-1 1954
      Def 7-2 1954
      Morocco : 2 Won

        def Morocco 2-1 1970
        Round of 16: def Morocco 1-0 1986

      South Korea: 2 won

        def South Korea 3-2 1994
        SF: def South Korea 1-0 2002

      USA: 2 won

        def USA 2-0 1998
        QF: def USA 1-0 2002

      Hungary : 1 won, 1 lost

        Lost 8-3 Group 1954
        Def 3-2 Final 1954

      Bulgaria: 1 won, 1 lost
      def Bulgaria 5-2 1970
      QF: Lost to Bulgaria 2-1 1994

    1 Match
    Lost: 6

      East Germany : Lost to East Germany 1-0 1974 Group Stage
      Algeria: Lost to Algeria by 2-1 1982
      Denmark: Lost to Denmark 2-0 1986
      Croatia: QF Lost to Croatia 3-0 1998
      Brazil: Final Lost to Brazil 2-0 2002
      Serbia: Lost to Serbia 1-0 2010

    Drew: 4

      Northern Ireland: Drew 2-2 1958
      Tunisia: drew Tunisia 0-0 1978
      Colombia: drew Colombia 1-1 1990
      Ireland: drew Republic of Ireland 1-1 2002

    Won: 13

      Russia: def Soviet Union 2-1 SF 1966
      Peru: def Peru 3-1 1970
      Scotland: def Scotland 2-1 1986
      UAE: def UAE 5-1 1990
      Bolivia: def Bolivia 1-0 1994
      Iran: def Iran 2-0 1998
      Paraguay: Round of 16: def Paraguay 1-0 2002
      Saudi Arabia: def Saudi Arabia 8-0 2002
      Cameroon: def Cameroon 2-0 2002
      Ecuador : def Ecuador 3-0 2006
      Portugal: 3rd: def Portugal 3-1 2006
      Costa Rica: def Costa Rica 4-2 2006
      Ghana: def Ghana 1-0 2010

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