FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Germany national football team

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The German national football team is representing in international competition since 1908. The name of the Association DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) which was founded in 1900. The match on 10 October 2009, Germany secured first place in their qualifying group for the 2010 World Cup by beating second placed Russia in Moscow 1–0. In Germany, the team is typically referred to as the “Nationalmannschaft” (national team), "DFB-Elf" (DFB eleven) or "Nationalelf" (national eleven), whereas in foreign media, they are regularly described as the "Mannschaft" (literally meaning "The Team").

Team configuration of Germany

Nickname(s)	Die Mannschaft (The Team), used by non German-speaking media Die DFB-Elf (The DFB-Eleven)
Association	German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund — DFB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Germany Joachim Löw
Captain	Michael Ballack
Most caps	Lothar Matthäus (150)
Top scorer	Gerd Müller (68)
FIFA code	GER
FIFA ranking	5

All players of Germany

Goalkeepers 1René Adler 12 Manuel Neuer

Defenders 3 Arne Friedrich 4 Serdar Tasci 5 Marcel Schäfer 16 Philipp Lahm 17 Per Mertesacker 24 Jérôme Boateng

Midfielders 6 Sami Khedira 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger 8 Mesut Özil 13 Michael Ballack (captain) 14 Piotr Trochowski 15 Thomas Hitzlsperger 19 Christian Gentner 20 Aaron Hunt 21 Marko Marin 22 Christian Träsch 25 Thomas Müller 26 Toni Kroos

Strikers 9 Stefan Kießling 10 Lukas Podolski 11 Miroslav Klose 18 Mario Gómez 23 Cacau

Most capped players Of Germany

Player	Caps	Goals
Lothar Matthäus	150	23
Jürgen Klinsmann	108	47
Jürgen Kohler	105	2
Franz Beckenbauer	103	14
Thomas Häßler	101	11
Michael Ballack	98	42
Berti Vogts	96	1
Sepp Maier	95	0
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	95	45
Miroslav Klose	94	48
Rudi Völler	90	47
Andreas Brehme	86	8
Oliver Kahn	86	0
Andreas Möller	85	29
Karlheinz Förster	81	2
Wolfgang Overath	81	17
Bernd Schneider	81	4
Torsten Frings	79	10
Harald Schumacher	76	0
Guido Buchwald	76	4

Top goal soccer of Germany

Player	Goals	Caps
Gerd Müller	68	62
Miroslav Klose	48	94
Rudi Völler	90	90
Jürgen Klinsmann	47	108
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	45	95
Uwe Seeler	43	72
Michael Ballack	42	98
Oliver Bierhoff	37	70
Lukas Podolski	37	70
Fritz Walter	33	61

All Captains of Germany

Player	Period	Games
Fritz Szepan	1934–1939	30
Paul Janes	1939–1942	31
Fritz Walter	1951–1956	30
Hans Schäfer	1957–1962	16
Helmut Rahn	1958–1959	8
Herbert Erhardt	1959–1962	18
Uwe Seeler	1962–1970	40
Wolfgang Overath	1970–1971	14
Franz Beckenbauer	1971–1977	50
Berti Vogts	1977-1978	20
Bernard Dietz	1978–1981	19
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	1981–1986	51
Harald Schumacher	1986	14
Klaus Allofs	1986–1988	8
Lothar Matthäus	1988–1994	75
Jürgen Klinsmann	1994-1998	36
Oliver Bierhoff	1998–2001	23
Oliver Kahn	2001–2004	49
Michael Ballack	2004–present	55