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Germany
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)DFB-Frauenteam (DFB Women's Team)
DFB-Frauen (DFB Women)
AssociationDeutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)
ConfederationUEFA
Head coachMartina Voss-Tecklenburg
CaptainAlexandra Popp
Most capsBirgit Prinz (214)
Top scorerBirgit Prinz (128)
FIFA codeGER
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 2 Increase 1 (9 December 2022)[1]
Highest1 (October 2003 – 2007, December 2014 – June 2015, March 2017)
Lowest5 (June 2022)
First international
 West Germany 5–1 Switzerland 
(Koblenz, West Germany; 10 November 1982)
Biggest win
 Germany 17–0 Kazakhstan 
(Wiesbaden, Germany; 19 November 2011)
Biggest defeat
 United States 6–0 Germany 
(Decatur, United States; 14 March 1996)
World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1991)
Best resultChampions (2003, 2007)
European Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1989)
Best resultChampions (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances5 (first in 1996)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal (2016)

Germany women's national football team in 2012
Germany women's national football team in 2012

The Germany women's national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen) represents Germany in international women's football. The team is governed by the German Football Association (DFB).

The Germany national team is one of the most successful in women's football.[2] They are two-time world champions, having won the 2003 and 2007 tournaments. The team has won eight of the thirteen UEFA European Championships, claiming six consecutive titles between 1995 and 2013. They, along with the Netherlands, are one of the two nations that have won both the women's and men's European tournament. Germany has won Olympic gold in 2016, after three consecutive bronze medals at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament, finishing third in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Birgit Prinz holds the record for most appearances and is the team's all-time leading goalscorer. Prinz has also set international records; she has received the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times and is the joint second overall top goalscorer at the Women's World Cup.

Women's football was long met with skepticism in Germany, and official matches were banned by the DFB until 1970. However, the women's national team has grown in popularity since winning the World Cup in 2003, as it was chosen as Germany's Sports Team of the Year. As of June 2022, Germany is ranked 2nd in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.[3]

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German language

German language

German, or more precisely High German, is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Western Europe and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary (Sopron).

German Football Association

German Football Association

The German Football Association is the governing body of football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of the men's and women's national teams. The DFB headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main. Sole members of the DFB are the German Football League, organising the professional Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga, along with five regional and 21 state associations, organising the semi-professional and amateur levels. The 21 state associations of the DFB have a combined number of more than 25,000 clubs with more than 6.8 million members, making the DFB the single largest sports federation in the world.

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. In 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

FIFA World Player of the Year

FIFA World Player of the Year

The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.

History

Early history

In 1955, the DFB decided to forbid women's football in all its clubs in West Germany. In its explanation, the DFB cited that "this combative sport is fundamentally foreign to the nature of women" and that "body and soul would inevitably suffer damage". Further, the "display of the body violates etiquette and decency".[4] In spite of this ban, more than 150 unofficial international matches were played in the 1950s and 1960s. On 30 October 1970, the ban on women's football was lifted at the DFB annual convention.[5]

Other football associations had already formed official women's national teams in the 1970s, the DFB long remained uninvolved in women's football. In 1981, DFB official Horst R. Schmidt was invited to send a team to the unofficial women's football world championship. Schmidt accepted the invitation but hid the fact that West Germany had no women's national team at the time.[5] To avoid humiliation, the DFB sent the German club champions Bergisch Gladbach 09, who went on to win the tournament and repeat the same feat three years later in 1984.[6] Seeing a need, the DFB established the women's national team in 1982. DFB president Hermann Neuberger appointed Gero Bisanz, an instructor at the Cologne Sports College, to set up the team.[7]

1982–1994: Difficult beginnings and first European titles

In September 1982, Bisanz organised two scouting training courses from which he selected a squad of 16 players.[8] The team's first international match took place on 10 November 1982 in Koblenz. Following the tradition of the men's team, Switzerland was chosen as West Germany's first opponent. Doris Kresimon scored the first international goal in the 25th minute. In the second half, 18-year-old Silvia Neid contributed two goals to the 5–1 victory; Neid later became the assistant coach in 1996 and the head coach in 2005.[7]

With five draws and one defeat, West Germany failed to qualify for the inaugural 1984 European Championship, finishing third in the qualifying group.[9] In the beginning, Bisanz's primary objective was to close the gap to the Scandinavian countries and Italy – then the strongest teams in Europe. He emphasized training in basic skills and the need for an effective youth programme.[10] Starting in 1985, Bisanz increasingly called-up younger players, but at first had little success with this concept, as West Germany again failed to qualify for the 1987 European Championship finals.[11]

Undefeated and without conceding a goal, the German team qualified for the European Championship for the first time in 1989; the tournament was played on home soil in West Germany. The semi-final against Italy was the first international women's football match shown live on German television.[12] The game was decided by a penalty shootout, in which goalkeeper Marion Isbert saved three penalty kicks and scored the winning penalty herself. On 2 July 1989 in Osnabrück, West Germany played Norway in the final. Before a crowd of 22,000, they beat favourites Norway and won 4–1 with goals from Ursula Lohn, Heidi Mohr and Angelika Fehrmann. This victory marked the team's first international title.[13]

After the German reunification, the East German football association joined the DFB. The East German women's national football team had played only one official international match, losing 0–3 to Czechoslovakia in a friendly match on 9 May 1990. The unified German team defended their title successfully at the 1991 European Championship. After winning all games in the qualifying group, Germany again met Italy in the semi-final, this time winning 3–0. On 14 July 1991, the German team once more faced Norway in the final. The game went to extra time, during which Heidi Mohr and Silvia Neid scored for Germany and secured the 3–1 victory.[14]

In November 1991, Germany participated in the first Women's World Cup in China. Following victories over Nigeria, Taiwan and Italy, the German team reached the quarter-final without conceding a single goal. Silvia Neid scored the first German World Cup goal on 17 November 1991 against Nigeria. Germany won the quarter-final against Denmark 2–1 after extra time, but lost 2–5 in the semi-final to the United States, who went on to win the tournament. Following a 0–4 defeat in the third-place match against Sweden, Germany finished fourth in the tournament.[15]

The German team failed to defend their title at the 1993 European Championship, suffering a semi-final defeat to Italy in a penalty shootout, and later losing 1–3 against Denmark in the third-place playoff.[16] Despite the disappointing result, new talents such as Steffi Jones, Maren Meinert and Silke Rottenberg made their tournament debut and later became key players for the German team.[12]

1995–2002: Olympic and World Cup disappointments

Birgit Prinz scored in a major tournament for the first time in 1995. In 1995, Germany won its third European Championship. After winning all qualification matches, scoring 55 goals, the German team defeated England 6–2 over two legs in the semi-final. Germany met Sweden in the final, which was played at the Fritz Walter Stadion in Kaiserslautern, Germany, on 26 March 1995. The Swedish team managed to score early, but Germany came back to win 3–2 with goals from Maren Meinert, Birgit Prinz and Bettina Wiegmann.[17]

At the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden, the German team lost against the Scandinavian hosts, but still succeeded in winning their group by beating Japan and Brazil. Germany won the quarter-final against England 3–0, and defeated China 1–0 with a late goal by Bettina Wiegmann in the semi-final. On 18 June 1995 in Stockholm, the German team appeared in their first Women's World Cup final. Facing Norway, they lost the match 0–2, but as runners-up achieved their best World Cup result until then.[18]

Women's football was first played as an Olympic sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Bettina Wiegmann scored the first Olympic goal in the opening match against Japan, which Germany won 3–2. After losing their second group game against Norway 2–3, and drawing with Brazil 1–1, Germany was eliminated, finishing third in the group with four points from three matches.[19] Head coach Gero Bisanz resigned after the tournament and his assistant since 1983, Tina Theune, took over as the new national coach. Silvia Neid ended her playing career and was appointed the new assistant coach.[20]

The 1997 European Championship was the first test for new coach Theune. Following a defeat against Norway, Germany finished second in the qualifying group and only secured qualification by beating Iceland in a relegation play-off. After drawing with Italy and Norway, a victory over Denmark in the last group game saw the German team go through to the knockout stage. They beat Sweden 1–0 in the semi-final, and on 12 July 1997, claimed their fourth European championship with a 2–0 win over Italy, with goals from Sandra Minnert and Birgit Prinz.[21]

At the 1999 Women's World Cup in the United States, the German team also failed to qualify directly, but managed to beat the Ukraine in a qualifying play-off. Germany started their World Cup campaign by drawing with Italy and winning 6–0 over Mexico. In the last group game, Germany drew 3–3 against Brazil; by conceding a last minute equalizer, Germany failed to win the group and subsequently had to face the hosts in the quarter-final. With 54,642 people in attendance, among them U.S. President Bill Clinton, the crowd at the Jack Kent Cooke Stadium was the biggest the German team had ever played in front of. Despite leading twice, they lost 2–3 to the eventual World Cup winners.[22]

Germany competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning all three group games against Australia, Brazil and Sweden. The German team dominated the semi-final against Norway, but lost the game 0–1 after an own goal by Tina Wunderlich in the 80th minute.[23] They beat Brazil 2–0 in the third place match with goals from Birgit Prinz and Renate Lingor, and won the bronze medal.[24] It was the first Olympic medal for the German Football Associations since 1988 when the men's team also won bronze.[25]

In 2001, Germany hosted the European Championship. Following victories over Sweden, Russia and England in the group stage, the German team beat Norway 1–0 in the semi-final courtesy of a diving header by Sandra Smisek. On 7 July 2001 in Ulm, they met Sweden in the final, which was played in heavy rain. The game was scoreless after 90 minutes and went to extra time, where Claudia Müller scored a golden goal and secured the fifth European title for Germany.[26]

2003–present: Two consecutive World Cup titles

Germany playing Sweden in the 2003 Women's World Cup final.
Germany playing Sweden in the 2003 Women's World Cup final.

At the 2003 Women's World Cup in the United States, Germany was drawn in a group with Canada, Japan and Argentina. After winning all three group games, the German team defeated Russia 7–1 in the quarter-final, which set up another clash with the United States. Germany's Kerstin Garefrekes scored after 15 minutes and goalkeeper Silke Rottenberg made several key saves. In the dying minutes of the semi-final, Maren Meinert and Birgit Prinz sealed the 3–0 win. On 12 October 2003, Germany met Sweden in the World Cup final in Los Angeles. The Scandinavians went ahead before half time, but Maren Meinert equalized shortly after the break. The game went to extra time, where Nia Künzer headed the winning golden goal in the 98th minute to claim Germany's first Women's World Cup title.[27] Birgit Prinz was honoured as the tournament's best player and top goalscorer.[28]

With wins over China and Mexico, the German team finished first in their group at the 2004 Summer Olympics. They beat Nigeria 2–1 in the quarter-final, but suffered a 1–2 semi-final loss to the United States after extra time. In the third place match, Germany defeated Sweden 1–0 with a goal by Renate Lingor, winning the team's second Olympic bronze medal.[29]

The 2005 European Championship was held in England. With wins over Norway, Italy and France in Round 1, the German team advanced to the semi-final, where they defeated Finland 4–1. On 19 June 2005, they met Norway for the third time in the European championship final. Germany won 3–1 with goals from Inka Grings, Renate Lingor and Birgit Prinz and added a sixth European title.[30] Head coach Tina Theune stepped down after the tournament and her assistant Silvia Neid took over as national coach.[20] In 2006, Germany won the annual Algarve Cup for the first time.[31]

Nadine Angerer saved a penalty in the 2007 Women's World Cup final.
Nadine Angerer saved a penalty in the 2007 Women's World Cup final.

As reigning world champion, Germany played the opening game at the 2007 Women's World Cup in China, outclassing Argentina 11–0. After a goalless draw against England and a 2–0 win over Japan, the German team defeated North Korea 3–0 in the quarter-final. They beat Norway by the same result in the semi-final, with goals from Kerstin Stegemann, Martina Müller and a Norwegian own goal. On 30 September 2007, Germany faced Brazil in the World Cup final in Shanghai. Birgit Prinz put Germany in front after half time and goalkeeper Nadine Angerer saved a penalty by Brazilian Marta. Simone Laudehr scored a second goal after 86 minutes, which sealed the German 2–0 victory. Germany was the first team (men's and women's game) to win the World Cup without conceding a goal and the first to successfully defend the Women's World Cup title.[32] With 14 goals, Prinz became the tournament's overall top goalscorer.[33]

In a replay of the 2007 World Cup final, the German team drew 0–0 with Brazil in the opening game at the 2008 Summer Olympics. They then beat both Nigeria and North Korea to advance to the quarter-final, where they defeated Sweden 2–0 after extra time. In the semi-final, Germany again met Brazil. Birgit Prinz scored in the 10th minute, but the German team lost 1–4 after conceding three goals to Brazilian counter-attacks in the second half. They beat Japan 2–0 for the bronze medal, with Fatmire Bajramaj scoring both goals.[34] The third consecutive semi-final loss at the Olympics was seen as a disappointment by both the players and the German press.[35] The team's overall performance and head coach Silvia Neid were harshly criticised in the media.[36]

Germany qualified for the 2009 European Championship in Finland winning all eight games and scoring 34 goals. They beat Norway, France and Iceland in the group stage to advance to the quarter-final, where they won 2–1 against Italy. After trailing Norway at half-time in the semi-final, the German team fought back to a 3–1 victory. On 10 September 2009, they defeated England 6–2 for their seventh European trophy. Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings scored twice, with Melanie Behringer and Kim Kulig also scoring.[37] Grings retained her award as the tournament's top scorer from 2005, while Germany extended their winning streak at the European Championship finals to a 19-match run dating back to 1997.[38]

Fara Williams calmly slots a penalty beyond Nadine Angerer at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, to inflict Germany's first ever defeat by England
Fara Williams calmly slots a penalty beyond Nadine Angerer at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, to inflict Germany's first ever defeat by England

Germany hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and won the three games on the group stage, over Canada, France and Nigeria. On the quarterfinals, the team suffered an upset by Japan, who won on overtime with a goal by Karina Maruyama. The defeat broke the Germans' streak of sixteen undefeated games at the World Cup.[39] By failing to finish among the top two UEFA teams, Germany was unable to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[40]

At the 2013 European Championship in Sweden, the Germans won their sixth straight continental title, with the decisive game being a 1–0 victory over Norway. Goalkeeper Nadine Angerer, who stopped two penalties during the final, was chosen as the tournament's best player.[41] The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup had Germany again reaching the top four. In the semi-final against the United States, Célia Šašić, who wound up as the tournament's top scorer, missed a penalty, and afterwards goals by Carli Lloyd and Kelley O'Hara lead to an American victory.[42] The third place match saw the Germans lose their first ever match to England after 21 contests, due to a penalty kick by Fara Williams during extra time.[43]

At the 2019 Women's World Cup Germany were in Group B with China PR, South Africa, and Spain. They topped the group with three wins and defeated Nigeria in the Round of 16.[44] Germany was eliminated by Sweden in the quarter-finals, losing to them for the first time in 24 years and conceding their only goals of the tournament and so failed to qualify for the Olympic football tournament of Tokyo 2020.[45]

At the 2022 European Championship Germany reached the final, where the team lost after extra time with 1–2 against the host of the tournament, England. For Germany, the record winners of the competition, this was their ninth appearance in a Euro final and the first in which they got defeated.

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Koblenz

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1984 European Competition for Women's Football

1984 European Competition for Women's Football

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German reunification was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the "Unification Treaty" between the two countries of "Germany as a whole" entered into force dissolving the German Democratic Republic and integrating its recently re-established constituent federated states into the Federal Republic of Germany to form present-day Germany, has been chosen as the customary German Unity Day and has thereafter been celebrated each year as a national holiday in Germany since 1991. As part of the reunification, East and West Berlin of the two countries were also united into a single city; it eventually became the capital of the country.

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Nicknames

The Germany women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Die Nationalelf (The National Eleven)".

Kits and crest

Emblem for the Olympic Games
Emblem for the Olympic Games

The German women's national football team wears white shirts with black shorts and white socks, following the tradition of the German men's team – black and white are the colours of Prussia.[46] The current change kit is all dark green.[47] In the past, Germany also used green shirts with white shorts and green socks as the away kit, as well as a red and black kit, with black shorts and red socks.[48]

The women's national team originally played with the emblem of the German men's team, a variation of the DFB logo with the Federal Eagle of Germany (Bundesadler) and three stars at the top for the men's 1954, 1974 and 1990 World Cup titles. Since their first Women's World Cup win in 2003, the team displays its own World Cup titles; initially with one star,[49] and since 2007, with two stars at the top of the emblem.[50] While being reigning world champions, Germany also displayed the newly created "FIFA Women's World Champions Badge" on their shirts from 2009 until 2011 when they were succeeded by Japan.[51]

For the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the team kit featured white socks, black shorts, and a primarily white jersey with a distorted version of a waving German flag rendered in black, red, and gold.[52]

The current kit features a white crewneck jersey with a black horizontal pinstripe and the colors of the German flag at the sleeves.[53]

Verse of the national anthem on the collar.
Verse of the national anthem on the collar.

In accordance with the rules of the International Olympic Committee,[54] Germany does not wear its official uniform with the logo of the German Football Association while competing at the Summer Olympics. Instead, the DFB badge is replaced by the coat of arms of Germany.[50] Like all DFB squads, the women's national team is supplied by Adidas,[47] which had provided a specifically designed female football jersey since 1999.[55] The team's main sponsor is the German insurance company Allianz.[56]

Home stadium

The Germany national football team has no national stadium. Like the men, the women's team play their home matches in different stadiums throughout the country. As of June 2011, they have played in 87 different German cities. Most home games have been held in Osnabrück with six matches, followed by Ulm (five games), and Bochum, Kaiserslautern, Koblenz, Lüdenscheid, Rheine, Siegen and Weil am Rhein (three games each).[57] The first home match in former East Germany was played in Aue in May 1991.[58]

Germany playing Brazil before a crowd of 44,825 in Frankfurt.
Germany playing Brazil before a crowd of 44,825 in Frankfurt.

In the 1980s and 1990s, home matches were mostly played in smaller towns with no professional football clubs. As the team became more successful, especially after the World Cup win in 2003, the number of spectators rose accordingly. Today, the team usually plays in stadiums with 10,000 to 25,000 seats.[59] The ten largest German cities have only hosted five international matches. The team have played twice in Frankfurt and Berlin, and once Hamburg. Bremen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart have never hosted an international match of the women's team.[57]

Outside Germany, they have played the most games in Faro, Portugal (10 matches), and Guangzhou, China (six matches), the host cities of the annual Algarve Cup and the Four Nations Tournament respectively. They have also played five games in Albufeira, Portugal (also an Algarve Cup venue), and four times in Minneapolis in the United States.[57]

The record attendance for Germany was 73,680 in the 2011 Women's World Cup opening game against Canada at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.[60] That game also set a new European record in women's football. Away from home, the team's crowd record was 54,642 in the 1999 Women's World Cup quarter-final against the United States at the Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover.[61]

Acceptance and popularity

For most of the 20th century, women's football was a niche sport in Germany and was frowned upon. When the DFB appointed Gero Bisanz to coach the newly founded women's national team, he was initially very reluctant about his assignment and feared it would harm his reputation.[59] Winning the 1989 European Championship was the team's first international success, but it had little lasting effect on their popularity. As a gift for the first European trophy, every player received a tea set, which is often cited as an example of male chauvinism and general lack of interest in the women's national team at that time.[59] This attitude within the German Football Association has changed considerably in the last two decades, in particular during the term of Theo Zwanziger as DFB president, an outspoken supporter of women's football.[62] Each member of the 2003 Women's World Cup squad received a prearranged bonus of 15,000 euros for winning the tournament; four years later the players received 50,000 euros for their successful title defense.[63] In 2009, one million of the 6.7 million DFB members were female.[64]

The 2003 World Cup title marked the breakthrough for the women's national football team in Germany. The final was watched by 10.48 million viewers on German television (a 33.2 percent market share)[65] and the German team was welcomed home by almost 10,000 fans at Frankfurt's city hall.[66] Later that year, they were honoured as the 2003 German Sports Team of the Year.[67] Nia Künzer's World Cup winning golden goal was voted Germany's 2003 Goal of the Year, the first time the award was won by a female player.[68] Since 2005, almost all of the women's national football team's matches have been shown live on German television.[69]

Arrival in Frankfurt after winning the 2007 Women's World Cup
Arrival in Frankfurt after winning the 2007 Women's World Cup

The final of the 2007 Women's World Cup was seen by 9.05 million television viewers (a 50.5 percent market share).[65] After the team returned to Germany, they were celebrated by a crowd of 20,000 in Frankfurt.[66] In December 2007, all players of the World Cup squad received the Silberne Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest state decoration for athletes in Germany. National coach Silvia Neid was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon by German president Horst Köhler.[70]

In 2009, the team's six home matches had an average attendance of 22,753.[71] In a survey of German football fans, 65 percent of the male and 62 percent of the female respondents said they were interested in women's football.[72] However, this popularity is mostly limited to international matches. Although the number of spectators in the women's Bundesliga has more than doubled since 2003,[73] the average attendance in the 2007–08 season (887)[74] was still less than three percent of that of the men's Bundesliga (38,612).[75]

Women's football is socially accepted in Germany, although one of the main points of criticism remains the alleged lack of quality compared to the men's game. The German women's national team has played several exhibition matches against male teams, most notably losing 0–3 to the VfB Stuttgart Under-17 squad in preparation for the 2003 World Cup.[62] Most German players dismiss comparisons between the quality of men's and women's football; Renate Lingor has said they are "two entirely different sports".[76] Players such as Simone Laudehr, Ariane Hingst and Melanie Behringer have stated that men's football is played at a slightly higher pace, but also has more interruptions and tackling than the women's game.[55][77] Linda Bresonik has said she generally prefers to watch men's football.[77]

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1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the host country in July 1946. At the tournament several all-time records for goal-scoring were set, including the highest average number of goals scored per game. The tournament was won by West Germany, who defeated tournament favourites Hungary 3–2 in the final, their first World Cup title.

1974 FIFA World Cup

1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, had been won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians. This was the first out of three World Cups to feature two rounds of group stages.

1990 FIFA World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time. Teams representing 116 national football associations entered and qualification began in April 1988. 22 teams qualified from this process, along with host nation Italy and defending champions Argentina.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested among the senior men's national teams of the 211 members by the sport's global governing body - Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 tournament.

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the 32nd slot. The tournament, called the World Cup Finals, is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about one month.

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. It took place between 7 June and 7 July 2019, with 52 matches staged in nine cities in France, which was awarded the right to host the event in March 2015, the first time the country hosted the tournament. The tournament was the first Women's World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system. This was the second and last edition with 24 teams before expanding to 32 teams for the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand.

Flag of Germany

Flag of Germany

The national flag of Germany is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red, and gold. The flag was first sighted in 1848 in the German Confederation. It was officially adopted as the national flag of the German Reich from 1919 to 1933, and has been in use since its reintroduction in Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.

Deutschlandlied

Deutschlandlied

The "Deutschlandlied", officially titled "Das Lied der Deutschen", has been the national anthem of Germany either wholly or in part since 1922, except for a seven-year gap following World War II in West Germany. In East Germany, the national anthem was "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" between 1949 and 1990.

Coat of arms of Germany

Coat of arms of Germany

The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with a red beak, a red tongue and red feet on a golden field, which is blazoned: Or, an eagle displayed sable beaked langued and membered gules. This is the Bundesadler, formerly known as Reichsadler. It is one of the oldest coats of arms in the world, and today the oldest national symbol used in Europe.

Adidas

Adidas

Adidas AG is a German multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world, after Nike. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group, which consists 8.33% stake of the football club Bayern München, and Runtastic, an Austrian fitness technology company. Adidas's revenue for 2018 was listed at €21.915 billion.

Allianz

Allianz

Allianz is a European multinational financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany. Its core businesses are insurance and asset management.

Bochum

Bochum

Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the 16th largest city of Germany. On the Ruhr Heights (Ruhrhöhen) hill chain, between the rivers Ruhr to the south and Emscher to the north, it is the second largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund, and the fourth largest city of the Ruhr after Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. It lies at the centre of the Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area, in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, and belongs to the region of Arnsberg. Bochum is the sixth largest and one of the southernmost cities in the Low German dialect area. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Ruhr University Bochum, one of the ten largest universities in Germany, and the Bochum University of Applied Sciences.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022

9 April 2022 2023 World Cup qualification Germany  3–0  Portugal Bielefeld
16:10
  • Oberdorf 40'
  • Bühl 55'
  • Rauch 80'
Report Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 7,364
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
12 April 2022 2023 World Cup qualification Serbia  3–2  Germany Stara Pazova
16:00
Report
Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
24 June 2022 Friendly Germany  7–0  Switzerland Erfurt
17:00
Report Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion
Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)
8 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS Germany  4–0  Denmark Brentford, England
20:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 15,736
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
12 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS Germany  2–0  Spain Brentford, England
20:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 16,037
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
16 July 2022 UEFA Euro 2022 GS Finland  0–3  Germany Milton Keynes, England
20:00 UTC+1 Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 20,721
Referee: Emikar Calderas Barrera (Venezuela)
21 July 2022 (2022-07-21) UEFA Euro 2022 QF Germany  2–0  Austria London, England
20:00 UTC+1
Report Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 16,025
Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)
27 July 2022 (2022-07-27) UEFA Euro 2022 SF Germany  2–1  France Milton Keynes, England
20:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stadium MK
Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)
31 July 2022 (2022-07-31) UEFA Euro 2022 F England  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Germany London, England
17:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 87,192
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
3 September 2022 2023 World Cup qualification Turkey  0–3  Germany Bursa
15:45 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Timsah Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
6 September 2022 2023 World Cup qualification Bulgaria  0–8  Germany Plovdiv
19:30 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Stadion Lokomotiv
Attendance: 200
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
7 October 2022 Friendly Germany  2–1  France Dresden
20:30 UTC+2 Popp 45', 48' Report Asseyi 84' (pen.) Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 26,538
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
10 November 2022 Friendly United States  1–2  Germany Fort Lauderdale
19:00 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
13 November 2022 Friendly United States  2–1  Germany Harrison
17:00 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 26,317
Referee: Marianela Araya Cruz (Costa Rica)

2023

21 February 2023 (2023-02-21) Friendly Germany  0–0  Sweden Duisburg
18:15 Report Stadium: MSV-Arena
Attendance: 20,169
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) Friendly Netherlands  v  Germany Sittard
20:00 Report Stadium: Fortuna Sittard Stadion
11 April 2023 (2023-04-11) Friendly Germany  v  Brazil Nuremberg
18:00 Report Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
24 July 2023 (2023-07-24) 2023 World Cup GS Germany  v  Morocco Melbourne, Australia
18:30 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) 2023 World Cup GS Germany  v  Colombia Sydney, Australia
19:30 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium
3 August 2023 (2023-08-03) 2023 World Cup GS South Korea  v  Germany Brisbane, Australia
20:00 UTC+10 Report Stadium: Lang Park

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Germany women's national football team results

Germany women's national football team results

The German Women's National Football Team started play in 1983. Women's football was long met with skepticism in Germany, and official matches were banned by the DFB until 1970. However, the women's national team has grown in popularity since winning the World Cup in 2003, as it was chosen as Germany's Sports Team of the Year. As of August 2020, Germany is ranked 2nd in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.

2022–23 in German football

2022–23 in German football

The 2022–23 season is the 113th season of competitive football in Germany.

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

UEFA Group H of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: Germany, Portugal, Serbia, Israel, Turkey, and Bulgaria. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.

Bielefeld

Bielefeld

Bielefeld is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Detmold and the 18th largest city in Germany.

Lena Oberdorf

Lena Oberdorf

Lena Sophie Oberdorf is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.

Klara Bühl

Klara Bühl

Klara Gabriele Bühl is a German footballer who plays as a forward or winger for FC Bayern München, and the Germany national team.

Felicitas Rauch

Felicitas Rauch

Felicitas Rauch is a German footballer who plays for VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany National Team.

Bielefelder Alm

Bielefelder Alm

Bielefelder Alm is a football stadium in Bielefeld, Germany. The stadium, which has a capacity of 26 515, is owned by the football club DSC Arminia Bielefeld and mostly used for the club's matches. Formerly named Stadion Alm [ˈʃtaːdi̯ɔn ˈʔalm], it is currently known as SchücoArena [ˈʃyːkoːʔaˈʁeːnaː] due to a sponsorship deal with the Bielefeld-based window and solar panel manufacturers.

Football Association of Finland

Football Association of Finland

The Football Association of Finland is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907.

Allegra Poljak

Allegra Poljak

Allegra Poljak is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger and a forward for Spanish Primera División club Real Sociedad and the Serbia women's national team.

Jovana Damnjanović

Jovana Damnjanović

Jovana Damnjanović is a Serbian footballer who plays as a forward for Bayern Munich in the German Frauen-Bundesliga.

Lea Schüller

Lea Schüller

Lea Schüller is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the German national team.

Coaching staff

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Assistant coach Britta Carlson
Assistant coach Thomas Nörenberg
Assistant coach Patrik Grolimund
Goalkeeping coach Michael Fuchs
Team doctor Bernd Lasarzewski

Manager history

Current head coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Current head coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Name Tenure P W D L % Achievements
Germany Gero Bisanz 1982–1996 127 83 17 27 065.35 1984 European Championship – failed to qualify
1987 UEFA Euro – failed to qualify
1989 UEFA Eurochampion
1991 UEFA Eurochampion
1991 Women's World Cup – fourth place
1993 UEFA Euro – fourth place
1995 UEFA Eurochampion
1995 Women's World Cup – runner-up
1996 Summer Olympics – group stage
Germany Tina Theune 1996–2005 135 93 18 24 068.89 1997 UEFA Eurochampion
1999 Women's World Cup – quarter-final
2000 Summer Olympics – bronze medal
2001 UEFA Eurochampion
2003 Women's World Cupchampion
2004 Summer Olympics – bronze medal
2005 UEFA Eurochampion
Germany Silvia Neid 2005–2016 169 125 22 22 073.96 2007 Women's World Cupchampion
2008 Summer Olympics – bronze medal
2009 UEFA Eurochampion
2011 Women's World Cup – quarter-final
2012 Summer Olympics – failed to qualify
2013 UEFA Eurochampion
2015 Women's World Cup – fourth place
2016 Summer Olympicschampion
Germany Steffi Jones 2016–2018 22 13 4 5 059.09 2017 UEFA Euro – quarter-final
Germany Horst Hrubesch (interim) 2018 8 7 1 0 087.50
Germany Martina Voss-Tecklenburg 2019– 48 36 4 8 075.00 2019 Women's World Cup – quarter-final
2020 Summer Olympics – failed to qualify
2022 UEFA Euro – runner-up
Total 509 357 66 86 070.14
*Key: P–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage. Statistics as of 21 February 2023.[57][78]

Former German international Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is the current head coach of the German women's national football team. The coach's official title is DFB-Trainer and he or she is employed by the German Football Association.[79]

  • Gero Bisanz (1982–1996) was the first coach of the women's national team. He selected his first squad in September 1982.[10] At the same time, he also worked as the chief instructor for DFB coaching training from 1971 to 2000.[8] Bisanz led the German team to three European Championships in 1989, 1991 and 1995.[80] Under Bisanz, Germany also was runner-up at the 1995 Women's World Cup.[18] He resigned after the German team was eliminated in Round 1 at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[81] With his assistant since 1983, Tina Theune, he built a scouting system and was responsible for a new DFB youth programme.[10]
  • Tina Theune (1996–2005) took over as head coach after the 1996 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to acquire the highest German football coaching license.[20] Theune was responsible for three European Championship titles in 1997, 2001 and 2005.[80] During her time as head coach, Germany won the bronze medal at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[82] Her biggest success was the 2003 Women's World Cup title.[27] Theune is the most successful national coach to date.[20] She benefited from an effective youth programme and integrated several Under-19 players into the nation team. Theune stepped down after winning the European Championship in 2005.[20]
  • Silvia Neid (2005–2016) was the team's assistant coach from 1996 to 2005 and the head coach of the German Under-19 team, winning the 2004 U-19 Women's World Championship.[83] In July 2005, she became the team's head coach and the 2006 Algarve Cup marked her first tournament win.[31] By winning the 2007 Women's World Cup, Neid became the first Germany national team coach of either gender to win the World Cup at the first attempt.[32] At her first Summer Olympics as a coach in 2008, Germany won the bronze medal for a third time. Neid was also responsible for Germany's seventh European Championship in 2009. She coached the Germany national team until 2016 and her assistant was Ulrike Ballweg.[79]
  • On 30 March 2015, DFB announced that Steffi Jones (2016–2018) would become the new German head coach in 2016.[84]
  • Horst Hrubesch (2018) took over as the interim head coach from March to November 2018.[85]
  • Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (2019–) then became the new coach in 2019.

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Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is a German football manager and former player who coaches the German national team. She previously coached FCR 2001 Duisburg and FF USV Jena. As a player, she played as a midfielder or forward, featuring for KBC Duisburg, TSV Siegen and FCR 2001 Duisburg. She made 125 appearances for the Germany national team.

Britta Carlson

Britta Carlson

Britta Carlson is a German former football midfielder who played in the Frauen Bundesliga for Hamburger SV, Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg. She was capped 31 times for the Germany women's national football team.

Germany

Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of 357,022 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi), with a population of around 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr.

Gero Bisanz

Gero Bisanz

Gero Bisanz was a German football player and coach.

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international governing body selected China as host nation as Guangdong had hosted a prototype world championship three years earlier, the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament. Matches were played in the provincial capital, Guangzhou, as well as in Foshan, Jiangmen and Zhongshan. The competition was sponsored by Mars, Incorporated, maker of M&M's candy. With FIFA still reluctant to bestow their "World Cup" brand, the tournament was officially known as the 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup.

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament featured 12 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams and two best third-ranked teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Råsunda Stadium on 18 June 1995.

Tina Theune

Tina Theune

Christina Theune is a German graduate sports teacher, and the former national coach of the German women's national football team.

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at eight venues across the country. The tournament was the most successful FIFA Women's World Cup in terms of attendance, television ratings, and public interest.

Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics started on 15 September. The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations states: "The Tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams."

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for the friendly match against the Sweden on 21 February 2023.[86]

Caps and goals as of 21 February 2023.[87]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Merle Frohms (1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 28) 37 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
12 1GK Ena Mahmutovic (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Germany MSV Duisburg
30 1GK Ann-Katrin Berger (1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 32) 4 0 England Chelsea

2 2DF Carolin Simon (1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 30) 21 3 Germany Bayern Munich
3 2DF Kathrin Hendrich (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 30) 56 5 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
4 2DF Sophia Kleinherne (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 22) 24 1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
5 2DF Marina Hegering (1990-04-17) 17 April 1990 (age 32) 27 3 Germany Bayern Munich
15 2DF Jana Feldkamp (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 25) 15 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
17 2DF Felicitas Rauch (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 26) 30 4 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
23 2DF Sara Doorsoun (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 31) 42 1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
24 2DF Sjoeke Nüsken (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 22) 14 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
27 2DF Paulina Krumbiegel (2000-10-27) 27 October 2000 (age 22) 7 3 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim

13 3MF Sara Däbritz (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 28) 94 17 France Lyon
14 3MF Lena Lattwein (2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 (age 22) 28 1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
16 3MF Linda Dallmann (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 28) 55 12 Germany Bayern Munich
20 3MF Lina Magull (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 28) 69 22 Germany Bayern Munich
22 3MF Jule Brand (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 20) 28 6 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
26 3MF Chantal Hagel (1998-07-20) 20 July 1998 (age 24) 6 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
31 3MF Janina Minge (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 23) 1 0 Germany SC Freiburg

7 4FW Lea Schüller (1997-11-12) 12 November 1997 (age 25) 45 30 Germany Bayern Munich
9 4FW Svenja Huth (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 32) 77 14 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
10 4FW Laura Freigang (1998-02-01) 1 February 1998 (age 25) 18 12 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
11 4FW Alexandra Popp (captain) (1991-04-06) 6 April 1991 (age 31) 125 61 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
18 4FW Tabea Waßmuth (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 26) 23 5 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
19 4FW Klara Bühl (2000-12-07) 7 December 2000 (age 22) 32 14 Germany Bayern Munich
25 4FW Nicole Anyomi (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 (age 23) 15 1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Almuth Schult (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 32) 66 0 United States Angel City FC v.  United States, 13 November 2022
GK Maria Luisa Grohs (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 21) 0 0 Germany Bayern Munich v.  France, 7 October 2022
GK Stina Johannes (2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt v.  France, 7 October 2022
GK Martina Tufekovic (1994-07-16) 16 July 1994 (age 28) 0 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim v.  Bulgaria, 6 September 2022

DF Maximiliane Rall (1993-11-18) 18 November 1993 (age 29) 9 0 Germany Bayern Munich v.  United States, 13 November 2022
DF Joelle Wedemeyer (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 26) 1 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg v.  United States, 13 November 2022
DF Giulia Gwinn (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 23) 33 3 Germany Bayern Munich v.  France, 7 October 2022
DF Sarai Linder (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 23) 0 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim v.  Serbia, 12 April 2022

MF Sydney Lohmann (2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 (age 22) 19 3 Germany Bayern Munich v.  Sweden, 21 February 2023
MF Lena Oberdorf (2001-12-19) 19 December 2001 (age 21) 35 3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg v.  Sweden, 21 February 2023
MF Fabienne Dongus (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 28) 5 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim v.  Bulgaria, 6 September 2022
MF Dzsenifer Marozsán (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 30) 111 33 France Lyon v.  Serbia, 12 April 2022
MF Ramona Petzelberger (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 30) 0 0 England Aston Villa v.  Serbia, 12 April 2022

FW Melissa Kössler (2000-03-04) 4 March 2000 (age 23) 0 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim v.  United States, 13 November 2022

Notes:

  • PRE: Preliminary squad / standby

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List of Germany women's international footballers

List of Germany women's international footballers

The Germany women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football. The team is fielded by the German Football Association (DFB), the governing body of football in Germany, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Germany competed in their first international match on 10 November 1982, a 5–1 win in a friendly against Switzerland. In total, 235 players have appeared for the national team since its inception.

Exhibition game

Exhibition game

An exhibition game is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. In team sports, matches of this type are often used to help coaches and managers select and condition players for the competitive matches of a league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team.

Goalkeeper (association football)

Goalkeeper (association football)

The goalkeeper is a position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing team from scoring. This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit from their teammates and opposition.

Merle Frohms

Merle Frohms

Merle Frohms is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team.

German Football Association

German Football Association

The German Football Association is the governing body of football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and is in charge of the men's and women's national teams. The DFB headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main. Sole members of the DFB are the German Football League, organising the professional Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga, along with five regional and 21 state associations, organising the semi-professional and amateur levels. The 21 state associations of the DFB have a combined number of more than 25,000 clubs with more than 6.8 million members, making the DFB the single largest sports federation in the world.

MSV Duisburg (women)

MSV Duisburg (women)

Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as MSV Duisburg, is a German women's football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German women's football.

Ann-Katrin Berger

Ann-Katrin Berger

Ann-Katrin Berger is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Chelsea and the Germany national team.

Chelsea F.C. Women

Chelsea F.C. Women

Chelsea Football Club Women, formerly known as Chelsea Ladies Football Club, are an English women's football club based in Norbiton that competes in the Women's Super League, the top flight of women's football in England. Since 2004, the club has been affiliated with Chelsea F.C., a men's team in the Premier League. Chelsea Women were a founding member of the Super League in 2010. From 2005 to 2010, the side competed in the Premier League National Division, the top tier of women's football in England at the time.

Defender (association football)

Defender (association football)

In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.

Carolin Simon

Carolin Simon

Carolin Simon is a German football player for Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

FC Bayern Munich (women)

FC Bayern Munich (women)

FC Bayern Munich is a German women's football team based in Munich, Bavaria. It currently plays in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top women's league in Germany.

Kathrin Hendrich

Kathrin Hendrich

Kathrin Julia Hendrich is a German-Belgian footballer who plays for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team. A versatile defender, she can play well as a centre-back, a full-back or a sweeper.

Records

As of 21 February 2023[88][89]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

# Name Germany career Caps Goals
1 Birgit Prinz 1994–2011 214 128
2 Kerstin Stegemann 1995–2009 191 8
3 Ariane Hingst 1996–2011 174 10
4 Anja Mittag 2004–2017 158 50
5 Bettina Wiegmann 1989–2003 154 51
6 Renate Lingor 1995–2008 149 35
7 Sandra Minnert 1992–2007 147 16
8 Nadine Angerer 1996–2015 146 0
9 Doris Fitschen 1986–2001 144 16
10 Annike Krahn 2007–2016 137 5

Top goalscorers

# Name Germany career Goals Caps Ratio
1 Birgit Prinz 1994–2011 128 214 0.6
2 Heidi Mohr 1986–1996 83 104 0.8
3 Inka Grings 1996–2012 64 96 0.67
4 Célia Šašić 2005–2015 63 111 0.57
5 Alexandra Popp 2010– 61 125 0.49
6 Bettina Wiegmann 1989–2003 51 154 0.33
7 Anja Mittag 2004–2017 50 158 0.32
8 Silvia Neid 1982–1996 48 111 0.43
9 Kerstin Garefrekes 2001–2011 43 130 0.33
10 Martina Müller 2001–2014 37 101 0.37
Birgit Prinz is the most capped German player with 214 caps, and the top ever scorer with 128.
Birgit Prinz is the most capped German player with 214 caps, and the top ever scorer with 128.

Birgit Prinz, a former team captain who retired after the 2011 World Cup,[90] holds the record for Germany for appearances, having played 214 times from 1994 to 2011. She is one of 21 German players to have reached 100 caps.[89] Kerstin Stegemann is second, having played 191 times. Bettina Wiegmann, Germany's team captain during the 2003 World Cup win, comes fourth with 154 games.[89] Prinz exceeded Wiegmann's record as the most capped player in November 2006.[91] Prinz also held the record for most appearances by a European player until 15 June 2021, when she was surpassed by Sweden's Caroline Seger[92]

Wiegmann and Prinz have successively been awarded the title of honorary captain of the German women's national football team.[93][94]

The title of Germany's highest goalscorer is also held by Prinz. She scored her first goal in July 1994 against Canada and finished her career with 128 goals (averaging 0.60 goals per game).[88] Heidi Mohr, as well as being the second-highest scorer, is also the most prolific with 83 goals coming from 104 games (averaging 0.80 goals per game).[88] Two players share the record for goals scored in one match: Conny Pohlers scored five goals in October 2001 against Portugal,[95] and Inka Grings scored five times in February 2004, again facing Portugal.[96] Silvia Neid, the former Germany national coach, is the sixth highest goalscorer with 48 goals in 111 games.[88]

The largest margin of victory achieved by Germany is 17–0 against Kazakhstan during a European Championship qualifying game in November 2011.[97] The record defeat, a 0–6 deficit against the United States, occurred during a friendly match in March 1996.[98]

Former goalkeeper Nadine Angerer has the most appearances for a goalkeeper, with 145 games as goal keeper (89 without conceding a goal) and one game as a substitute as defender.[99] Silke Rottenberg is second with 126 caps and 68 games without conceding a goal.[100] Bettina Wiegmann holds the record of 14 goals from penalty kicks; Renate Lingor comes in second with 8 goals.[101] Tina Wunderlich scored the team's only own goal in the semi-final of the 2000 Summer Olympics against Norway; it was the game's only goal.[102]

The German team also holds several international records. In 2007, they were the first to win two consecutive Women's World Cup titles and they achieved the then-biggest win in tournament history by beating Argentina 11–0,[33] Germany is also the only team to win the women's World Cup without conceding a goal and the only country to win both World Cups.[32][103] With 14 goals, Prinz became the overall top goalscorer at the Women's World Cup in 2007,[33] and she and Brazilian Marta are the only women to have received the FIFA World Player of the Year award at least three times.[104]

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Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. In 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

Kerstin Stegemann

Kerstin Stegemann

Kerstin Stegemann is a German former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder.

Ariane Hingst

Ariane Hingst

Ariane Hingst is a German former footballer who works as an analyst for Fox Sports. She was primarily utilized as a defender or a defensive midfielder.

Anja Mittag

Anja Mittag

Anja Mittag is a German football coach and player who plays as a striker. Mittag is currently a player-coach for RB Leipzig.

Bettina Wiegmann

Bettina Wiegmann

Bettina Wiegmann is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Doris Fitschen

Doris Fitschen

Doris Fitschen is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Annike Krahn

Annike Krahn

Annike Berit Krahn is a German former footballer who played as a centre back.

Heidi Mohr

Heidi Mohr

Heidi Mohr was a German footballer who played as a forward. She was renowned for her speed and her ability to shoot with both feet. In 1999 she was voted Europe's Footballer of the Century.

Inka Grings

Inka Grings

Inka Grings is a German former international footballer who played as a striker. She played sixteen years for FCR 2001 Duisburg before joining FC Zürich Frauen. She also played for the Germany national team. Grings is the second all-time leading goalscorer in Germany's top division, the Frauen-Bundesliga, with 195 goals and claimed the league's top-scorer award for a record six seasons. Playing for Germany, she was the top-scorer at two UEFA European Championships. Grings was named Women's Footballer of the Year (Germany) in 1999, 2009 and 2010.

Célia Šašić

Célia Šašić

Célia Šašić is a German former footballer who played as a striker for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, 1. FFC Frankfurt and the Germany national team before retiring in 2015.

Alexandra Popp

Alexandra Popp

Alexandra Popp is a German footballer and Olympic gold medalist. She plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team. She previously played for FCR 2001 Duisburg and 1. FFC Recklinghausen. Popp was named German Footballer of the Year twice, in 2014 and 2016, and in February 2019, was named captain of the national team.

Kerstin Garefrekes

Kerstin Garefrekes

Kerstin Garefrekes is a German former footballer who played as a striker or midfielder.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Germany is one of the most successful nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup, having won the tournament twice and finishing runner-up once.[105] The German team won the World Cup in 2003 and 2007.[27][32] At the first World Cup in 1991, they finished in fourth place.[15] In 1995, Germany reached the World Cup final, but were defeated by Norway.[18] The team's worst results were quarter-final losses to the United States in 1999,[22] Japan in 2011[39] and Sweden in 2019. Overall, the German team has appeared in three Women's World Cup finals, and is a five-time semi-finalist. They have participated in every Women's World Cup and have a 30–5–9 win–draw–loss record.[33]

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Fourth place 6 4 0 2 13 10 UEFA Women's Euro 1991
Sweden 1995 Runners-up 6 4 0 2 13 6 UEFA Women's Euro 1995
United States 1999 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 12 7 8 5 1 2 15 6
United States 2003 Champions 6 6 0 0 25 4 6 6 0 0 30 1
China 2007 Champions 6 5 1 0 21 0 8 8 0 0 31 3
Germany 2011 Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 7 4 Qualified as host
Canada 2015 Fourth place 7 3 2 2 20 6 10 10 0 0 62 4
France 2019 Quarter-finals 5 4 0 1 10 2 8 7 0 1 38 3
Australia New Zealand 2023 qualified to be determined
Total 9/9 44 30 5* 9 121 39 40 36 1* 3 176 17
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games

Women's football debuted at the 1996 Summer Olympics and Bettina Wiegmann scored the first Olympic goal in the opening game of the tournament. However, Germany failed to progress to the knockout stage and was eliminated after Round 1.[19] Four years later the German team won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[24] They again finished third at both the 2004 and the 2008 Summer Olympics.[29][34]

The German team has qualified for all Women's Olympic Football Tournaments until 2008. However, they failed to qualify for the 2012 tournament as UEFA used the 2011 World Cup for qualification, and Germany ended below France and Sweden.[106] The German team beat Sweden in the Olympics final in Rio in 2016 to obtain their first Olympic gold medal.[107]

Summer Olympics record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
United States 1996 Round 1 3 1 1 1 6 6
Australia 2000 Third place 5 4 0 1 8 2
Greece 2004 Third place 5 4 0 1 14 3
China 2008 Third place 6 4 1 1 7 4
United Kingdom 2012 did not qualify
Brazil 2016 Champions 6 4 1 1 14 6
Japan 2020 did not qualify
France 2024 to be determined
Total 5/7 25 17 3 5 49 21

UEFA Women's Championship

Germany failed to qualify for the first two UEFA European Championships in 1984 and 1987.[9][11] Since 1989, the German team has participated in every tournament and is the record European champion with eight titles. Germany has won six consecutive championships from 1995 to 2013 and has an overall 31–6–3 win–draw–loss record.[30] The worst German result at the European championship finals was finishing fifth in 2017.

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1984**** did not qualify 6 0 5 1 6 7
Norway 1987 6 2 1 3 5 7
West Germany 1989 Champions 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 5 3 0 21 1
Denmark 1991 Champions 2 2 0 0 6 1 8 7 1 0 24 2
Italy 1993 Fourth place 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 0 10 0
England Germany Norway Sweden 1995 Champions 3 3 0 0 14 4 8 8 0 0 60 0
Norway Sweden 1997 Champions 5 3 2 0 6 1 8 6 1 1 22 3
Germany 2001 Champions 5 5 0 0 13 1 6 5 1 0 27 5
England 2005 Champions 5 5 0 0 15 2 8 8 0 0 50 2
Finland 2009 Champions 6 6 0 0 21 5 8 8 0 0 34 1
Sweden 2013 Champions 6 4 1 1 6 1 10 9 1 0 64 3
Netherlands 2017 Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 5 3 8 8 0 0 35 0
England 2022 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 14 3 8 8 0 0 46 1
Total 11/13 46 36 6* 4 107 27 95 76 14* 5 404 32
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
****Missing flag indicates no host country; tournament was played in two-leg knockout rounds (with the exception of the 1995 final).

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Germany at the FIFA Women's World Cup

Germany at the FIFA Women's World Cup

The Germany women's national football team has represented Germany at the FIFA Women's World Cup on eight occasions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. They have won the title twice and were runners-up once. They also reached the fourth place in 1991 and in 2015.

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the 32nd slot. The tournament, called the World Cup Finals, is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about one month.

Norway women's national football team

Norway women's national football team

The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Japan women's national football team

Japan women's national football team

The Japan women's national football team , or nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan (なでしこジャパン), represents Japan in women's association football and is run by the Japan Football Association (JFA). It is the most successful women's national team from the Asian Football Confederation. Its highest ranking in the FIFA Women's World Rankings is 3rd, achieved in December 2011.

Sweden women's national football team

Sweden women's national football team

The Sweden women's national football team represents Sweden at international women's association football competitions and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.

China

China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. With an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometres (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two special administrative regions. The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and largest financial center is Shanghai.

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international governing body selected China as host nation as Guangdong had hosted a prototype world championship three years earlier, the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament. Matches were played in the provincial capital, Guangzhou, as well as in Foshan, Jiangmen and Zhongshan. The competition was sponsored by Mars, Incorporated, maker of M&M's candy. With FIFA still reluctant to bestow their "World Cup" brand, the tournament was officially known as the 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup.

UEFA Women's Euro 1991

UEFA Women's Euro 1991

The 1991 UEFA Women's Championship took place in Denmark. It was won by Germany in a final against Norway in a repeat of the previous edition's final. Eighteen teams entered qualifying, which was enough to make the competition the first fully official one, so the name was changed to the UEFA Women's Championship.

Sweden

Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge–tunnel across the Öresund. At 447,425 square kilometres (172,752 sq mi), Sweden is the largest Nordic country, the third-largest country in the European Union, and the fifth-largest country in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a total population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of 25.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi), with around 87% of Swedes residing in urban areas, which cover 1.5% of the entire land area, in the central and southern half of the country.

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament featured 12 women's national teams from six continental confederations. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams and two best third-ranked teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Råsunda Stadium on 18 June 1995.

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at eight venues across the country. The tournament was the most successful FIFA Women's World Cup in terms of attendance, television ratings, and public interest.

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at six venues in six cities across the country. The tournament was won by Germany, who became the first country to win both the men's and women's World Cup.

Honours

Major competitions

FIFA Women's World Cup

UEFA Women's Championship

Summer Olympic Games

Overview
Event 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
FIFA Women's World Cup 2 1 0 2
UEFA Women's Championship 8 1 0 1
Summer Olympic Games 1 0 3 0
Total 11 2 3 3

Minor competitions

Algarve Cup

Women's World Invitational Tournament

SheBelieves Cup

Four Nations Tournament

Mundialito Cup

Arnold Clark Cup

Awards

FIFA Women's World Cup Fair Play Trophy

FIFA Women's World Cup Most Entertaining Team

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Germany national football team honours

Germany national football team honours

The Germany national football team has represented Germany in men's international football since 1908. The team 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 (1950–1956) and the East German team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). Both have been absorbed along with their records by the current national team. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following the reunification in 1990.

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the 32nd slot. The tournament, called the World Cup Finals, is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about one month.

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the first time and by a North American country for the third time. Matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the final on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship

The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship. The reigning champions are England, who won their home tournament in 2022. The most successful nation in the history of the tournament is Germany, with eight titles.

UEFA Women's Euro 2005

UEFA Women's Euro 2005

The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2005, was a football tournament for women held from 5 June to 19 June 2005 in Lancashire, England and Cheshire, England. The UEFA Women's Championship is a regular tournament involving European national teams from countries affiliated to UEFA, the European governing body, who have qualified for the competition. The competition aims to determine which national women's team is the best in Europe.

UEFA Women's Euro 2009

UEFA Women's Euro 2009

The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009. The host was appointed on 11 July 2006, in a UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Berlin and the Finnish proposal won over the Dutch proposal.

UEFA Women's Euro 2013

UEFA Women's Euro 2013

The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held in Sweden from 10 to 28 July 2013, became the most-watched in the history of the Women's Euros. It concluded with Germany, the defending champions, winning their sixth consecutive and eighth overall Women's Euro title after defeating Norway in the final.

UEFA Women's Euro 2022

UEFA Women's Euro 2022

The 2022 UEFA European Women's Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2022 or simply Euro 2022, was the 13th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. It was the second edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament was hosted by England, and was originally scheduled to take place from 7 July to 1 August 2021. However, the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe in early 2020 resulted in subsequent postponements of the 2020 Summer Olympics and UEFA Euro 2020 to summer 2021, so the tournament was rescheduled for 6 to 31 July 2022. England last hosted the tournament in 2005, which had been the final tournament to feature just eight teams.

Football at the Summer Olympics

Football at the Summer Olympics

Football at the Summer Olympics, referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 and 1932. Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games.

Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil.

Titles

Achievements
Preceded by World Champions
2003 (first title)
2007 (second title)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Olympic champions
2016 (first title)
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Champions
1989 (first title)
1991 (second title)
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Champions
1995 (third title)
1997 (fourth title)
2001 (fifth title)
2005 (sixth title)
2009 (seventh title)
2013 (eighth title)
Succeeded by

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1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at eight venues across the country. The tournament was the most successful FIFA Women's World Cup in terms of attendance, television ratings, and public interest.

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup

The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the 32nd slot. The tournament, called the World Cup Finals, is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about one month.

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at six venues in six cities across the country. The tournament was won by Germany, who became the first country to win both the men's and women's World Cup.

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in October 2007. Japan won the final against the United States on a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw after extra time and became the first Asian team to win a senior FIFA World Cup.

Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The association football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 25 July to 11 August, and was the only sport to begin before the official opening day of the Olympic Games, two days before the opening ceremony. It was also the only sport to be held at multiple venues outside London, with Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Coventry and Cardiff all hosting matches. The finals were played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their senior women's and men's under-23 national teams to participate; men's teams were allowed to augment their squads with three players over the age of 23. Five hundred and four football players competed for two sets of gold medals.

Football at the Summer Olympics

Football at the Summer Olympics

Football at the Summer Olympics, referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 and 1932. Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games.

Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 19 August 2016. It was the 6th edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium. There were no player age restrictions for teams participating in the women's competition.

Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 6 August 2021. Originally, it was to be held from 22 July to 7 August 2020, but the Summer Olympics were postponed to the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the official name of the games remains the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was the seventh edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2020 Summer Olympics football tournament was held at six stadiums in six cities in Japan. The final was hosted at the International Stadium in Yokohama. There were no player age restrictions for teams participating in the competition.

Canada women's national soccer team

Canada women's national soccer team

The Canada women's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada.

1987 European Competition for Women's Football

1987 European Competition for Women's Football

The 1987 European Competition for Women's Football took place in Norway. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Sweden. Once again, the competition began with four qualifying groups, but this time a host nation was selected for the semi-final stage onwards after the four semi-finalists were identified.

1989 European Competition for Women's Football

1989 European Competition for Women's Football

The 1989 European Competition for Women's Football took place in West Germany. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Norway. Again, the competition began with four qualifying groups, but this time the top two countries qualified for a home-and-away quarter final, before the four winners entered the semi-finals in the host nation.

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Notes
References
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