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Nickname(s) | Nationalelf (national eleven) DFB-Elf (DFB Eleven) Die Mannschaft (The Team)[1][2] | ||
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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 |