| Nickname(s) | Nationalelf (national eleven) DFB-Elf (DFB Eleven) Die Mannschaft (The Team)[1][2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund – DFB) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Joachim Löw | ||
| Captain | Bastian Schweinsteiger | ||
| Most caps | Lothar Matthäus (150) | ||
| Top scorer | Miroslav Klose (71) | ||
| FIFA code | GER | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 4 | ||
| Highest | 1[3] (December 1992, August 1993, December 1993, February 1994 – March 1994, June 1994, July 2014 – July 2015) | ||
| Lowest | 22[3] (March 2006) | ||
| Elo ranking | |||
| Current | 2 (29 May 2016) | ||
| Highest | 1 (1990–92, 1993–94, 1996–97, July 2014 – May 2016) | ||
| Lowest | 17 (1923) | ||
| First international | |||
(Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908)[4] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
(Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912)[5] | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
(Oxford, England; 13 March 1909)[6][7] | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 18 (First in 1934) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 1954, 1974,1990, 2014 | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 12 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 1972, 1980, 1996 | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1999) | ||
| Best result | Third place, 2005 | ||