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The Germany national football team is the men's football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , founded in 1900. Ever since the DFB was reinaugurated in 1949 the team has represented the Federal Republic of Germany. Under Allied occupation and division, two other separate national teams were also recognised by FIFA: the Saarland team representing the Saarland and the East German team representing the German Democratic Republic . Both have been absorbed along with their records by the current national team. The official name and code 'Germany FR ' was shortened to 'Germany ' following the reunification in 1990.

Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won a total of four World Cups , three European Championships , and one Confederations Cup . They have also been runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup, and a further four third-place finishes at World Cups. East Germany won Olympic Gold in 1976.

Germany is the only nation to have won both the men's and women's World Cups and after the 2017 Confederations Cup it became one of the only four nations - alongside Brazil, Argentina and France - to win all three most important men's titles recognized by FIFA: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic tournament. They have also won their respective continental championship .

At the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2205 points. Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas. The current manager of the national team is Joachim Löw. Description provided by Wikipedia

The Germany Squad

1. Mesut Özil Germany 73.2m fans 902.6
2. Toni Kroos Germany 39.6m fans 889.6
3. İlkay Gündoğan Germany 5.9m fans 883.8
4. Manuel Neuer Germany 23.7m fans 881.5
5. Marco Reus Germany 23.3m fans 879.4
6. Thomas Müller Germany 19.8m fans 876.4
7. Jérôme Boateng Germany 12.3m fans 864.0
8. Sami Khedira Germany 12.1m fans 863.3
9. Marc-André ter Stegen Germany 12.0m fans 862.5
10. Mats Hummels Germany 8.8m fans 853.8
11. Julian Draxler Germany 5.7m fans 823.8
12. Mario Gómez Germany 3.9m fans 771.8
13. Joshua Kimmich Germany 2.6m fans 768.2
14. Antonio Rüdiger Germany 1.5m fans 760.9
15. Kevin Trapp Germany 2.2m fans 759.4
16. Leon Goretzka Germany 822.2k fans 662.2
17. Matthias Ginter Germany 703.4k fans 613.2
18. Timo Werner Germany 599.7k fans 596.4
19. Niklas Süle Germany 418.4k fans 579.6
20. Sebastian Rudy Germany 316.1k fans 546.7
21. Marvin Plattenhardt Germany 66.7k fans 325.8
22. Jonas Hector Germany No fans 199.8
23. Julian Brandt Germany 1.3k fans 108.7

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