West Germany national football team results
This is a list of international football matches of the Germany national football team during its period as West Germany from 1950 until 1990.
Following the end of World War II, Germany was partitioned into rival West and East zones, each with their own football systems. The general turmoil of the period and the country's lack of international footballing pedigree up to that point meant it was a surprise to many when West Germany won the 1954 FIFA World Cup in neighbouring Switzerland. It was in the mid-1960s when German football became very strong, with the backbone of the national squad formed by an exceptional group of young players at FC Bayern Munich, soon augmented further by another very strong team at Borussia Monchengladbach and others from the leading clubs. After reaching the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, they built on victory in UEFA Euro 1972 by winning the 1974 FIFA World Cup on home soil. A further Euro win in 1980 (after an unexpected loss in the 1976 final), plus further World Cup final appearances in 1982 and 1986 confirmed their status as one of the world's most consistently powerful teams. With the end of the Cold War and reunification of the country approaching at the end of the 1980s, the final achievement of West Germany was winning the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
List of matches
Notes
- First match after World War II.
- First match against Turkey.
- First match and biggest win against Saarland.
- Last match against Saarland.
- Biggest defeat against Hungary; biggest defeat at a World Cup finals match.
- Biggest defeat at neutral venue.
- Biggest win against Turkey.
- Biggest win against Austria.
- First World Cup title.
- First match against Soviet Union.
- Biggest defeat against Yugoslavia.
- Biggest defeat against Scotland.
- First match against Argentina; first win against non-european team.
- First match against Northern Ireland.
- Biggest defeat against France.
- First match under floodlights.
- First match against Egypt; first match and also first defeat against an African team; first match outside Europe; first match in Africa.
- Biggest win against Netherlands.
- First match against Chile.
- First match and also biggest win against Iceland.
- First match and also biggest win against Greece.
- First match in South America; first match in southern hemisphere; biggest defeat against Chile.
- First match against Brazil.
- First match against Morocco.
- First match against Algeria also biggest defeat against Algeria.
- 167th and last match under Sepp Herberger.
- First match under coach Helmut Schön.
- First match against Cyprus.
- First Yellow card to an opposition player - Jesus Glaria.
- First Yellow card to a German player - Franz Beckenbauer.
- First match in Asia.
- Biggest win against Morocco.
- First match against Albania.
- Biggest win against France.
- 100th defeat for Germany.
- Only failure in qualifying for a finals tournament.
- First match against Wales.
- Referee from Chilean federation.
- First match against Mexico; first match in North or Central America.
- Third double-digit win; biggest defeat of Cyprus.
- The Game of the Century.
- Biggest win against Norway.
- 100th match without conceding a goal.
- 200th win.
- Biggest win against Soviet Union; Gerd Müller scores all four goals for Germany and becomes sole record scorer. He expands the record until 7 July 1974, reaching 68 goals and remains record scorer until 2014.
- First European title.
- 100th home win.
- SFA 100th Anniversary Match.
- First match against Australia.
- Only match against East Germany.
- Gerd Müller scores his 13th World Cup goal to tie with previous record holder Just Fontaine.
- Second World Cup title; 100th Germany World Cup goal (scored by Gerd Müller).
- First match against Malta.
- joint-biggest win against Malta.
- Only Euros match that Germany won in extra time (i.e without Golden Goal or penalty shootout).
- Franz Beckenbauer becomes the first German and fifth player in the world to make 100 international appearances; only loss in a penalty shootout at World Cup or European Championship.
- Heinz Flohe scored Germany's 1,000th goal.
- 103th and last match for Franz Beckenbauer.
- Biggest win against Northern Ireland.
- Referee from Mexican Federation.
- Biggest win against Mexico.
- First match against Tunisia.
- 139th and last match under coach Helmut Schön.
- First match under Jupp Derwall.
- Farewell match for national coach Helmut Schön; abandoned in 60th minute due to fog.
- Biggest win against Wales.
- Lothar Matthäus debut.
- End of a series of 12 consecutive wins.
- Second European title.
- To date, the only national team to remain unbeaten in two consecutive calendar years (excluding the years 1915-1919 and 1943-1949, in which Germany did not play).
- End of the longest series without defeat with 23 consecutive games.
- Biggest win against Albania.
- Match involving Germany with the highest number of spectators (150,289).
- Biggest win against Chile.
- Disgrace of Gijón.
- Last match under Jupp Derwall.
- First match under Franz Beckenbauer.
- Biggest win against Czechoslovakia.
- First defeat in a World Cup Qualification match.
- Only match against Brazil in which Germany did not concede.
- First match against Israel.
- 300th win.
- 100th draw.
- No extra-time played.
- Last match against Yugoslavia.
- First match against United Arabian Emirates.
- First match against Columbia.
- Third World Cup title; 66th and last match under Franz Beckenbauer.
- First match under Berti Vogts.
Cancelled matches
Below is a list of all matches in the period that were cancelled. Matches that were rescheduled to another date are not included.
Date | Opponent | venue | special |
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15 November 1978 | Hungary | Frankfurt, Waldstadion | Abandoned in the 60th minute due to fog (0-0). |
25 March 1987 | Soviet Union | Tbilisi Lenin Stadium | For the Soviet team accounted for in March 1987 scheduled test match without replacement. The German team played instead on the scheduled date the first match against Israel in Ramat Gan. |
21 November 1990 | East Germany | Leipzig, Zentralstadion | The match was originally scheduled as a first leg of Euro 1992 Qualification, the second leg to take place in 1991 in Munich. After the DFV cancelled its participation in the qualification because of the foreseeable demise of the East Germany, it was proposed the match be played as a so-called 'unification match', but was canceled at short notice due to security concerns from the DFB.[1] |
See also
References
- "Keine deutschen-deutschen Spiele". mdr.de. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
External links
- Results archive at German Football Association (DFB)
- (West) Germany - International Results (complete list) at RSSSF
- Germany - International Results - Details 1970-1979 at RSSSF
- Germany - International Results - Details 1980-1989 at RSSSF
- Germany - International Results - Details 1990-1999 at RSSSF
- Results archive at National Football Teams
- Results archive at World Football