German national football team
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The German national football team is a football team in Germany. It has won 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1990 FIFA World Cup. It came as second in the, 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1986 FIFA World Cup and in 2002 FIFA World Cup. In 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup, it got third place. Its current players in FIFA World Cup 2006 are :
- Goalkeepers :
- Defenders :
- Arne Friedrich, Marcell Jansen, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder, Philipp Lahm, Robert Huth, Jens Nowotny
- Midfielders :
- Torsten Frings, Michael Ballack (captain), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sebastian Kehl, Tim Borowski, Bernd Schneider, David Odonkor
- Forwards (strikers):
Its current coach is Joachim Löw, who took over from Jürgen Klinsmann.
Its current players in UEFA Euro 2008 are :
- Goalkeepers:
- Jens Lehmann, Robert Enke, René Adler
- Defenders:
- Arne Friedrich, Clemens Fritz, Marcell Jansen, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder, Heiko Westermann
- Midfielders:
- Michael Ballack (captain), Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings, Thomas Hitzlsperger, David Odonkor, Simon Rolfes, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Piotr Trochowski
- Forwards (strikers):
- Mario Gómez, Miroslav Klose, Kevin Kurányi, Oliver Neuville, Lukas Podolski
