Football records and statistics in Germany

For association football in Germany, this page details football records in Germany.

National team

Appearances

• Most appearances: 150, Lothar Matthäus
• Youngest player: Willy Baumgärtner, 17 years, 104 days, 5 April 1908, 3–5 v Switzerland
• Oldest player: Lothar Matthäus, 39 years, 91 days, 20 June 2000, 0–3 v Portugal
• Oldest debutant: Karl Sesta, 35 years, 83 days, 15 June 1941, 5–1 v Croatia

Goals

• First goal: Fritz Becker, 5 April 1908, 3–5 v Switzerland
• Most goals: 71, Miroslav Klose
• Most goals in a match: 10, Gottfried Fuchs (v Russia, 1912 Summer Olympics)
• Youngest goalscorer: Marius Hiller, 17 years, 241 days, 3 April 1910, 3–2 v Switzerland

Men's Honours

Main article: Germany national football team

Major competitions

FIFA World Cup

• Champions (4): 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
• Runners-up (4): 1966, 1982, 1986, 2002
• Third place (4): 1934, 1970, 2006, 2010
• Fourth place (1): 1958

UEFA European Championship

• Champions (3): 1972, 1980, 1996
• Runners-up (3): 1976, 1992, 2008
• Third place (3): 1988, 2012, 2016

Summer Olympic Games

• Gold Medal (1): 1976
• Silver Medal (2): 1980, 2016
• Bronze Medal (3): 1964, 1972, 1988
• Fourth place (1): 1952

FIFA Confederations Cup

• Champions (1): 2017
• Third place (1): 2005

Overview
Event	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place
FIFA World Cup	4	4	4	1
UEFA European Championship	3	3	3	x
Summer Olympic Games	1	2	3	1
FIFA Confederations Cup	1	0	1	0
UEFA Nations League	0	0	0	0
Total	9	9	11	2

Women's Honours

Main article: Germany women's national football team

Major competitions

FIFA Women's World Cup

• Champions (2): 2003, 2007
• Runners-up (1): 1995
• Fourth place (2): 1991, 2015

UEFA Women's Championship

• Champions (8): 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
• Runners-up (1): 2022
• Fourth place (1): 1993

Summer Olympic Games

• Gold Medal (1): 2016
• Bronze Medal (3): 2000, 2004, 2008

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

League

See also: Bundesliga records and statistics

Titles

• Most championships won: 33, Bayern Munich
• Most consecutive championships: 11
  • Bayern Munich (2013–2023)
• Most East German championships: 10, Dynamo Berlin
• Most consecutive East German championships: 10, Dynamo Berlin (1979–1988)

Attendances

• Record attendance: 100,000, SC Rotation Leipzig v SC Lokomotive Leipzig at Zentralstadion (September 1956)

Individual records

Appearances

• Most Bundesliga appearances: 602, Charly Körbel

Goals

• Most career league goals: Erwin Helmchen^[1]
• Most career domestic top-flight goals: 404, Uwe Seeler
• Most Bundesliga goals: 365, Gerd Müller
• Most Bundesliga goals in one season: 41, Robert Lewandowski (2020–21)

Most successful clubs overall (1902–present)

Key

German domestic competitions organised by the DFB, and the DFL
1ª	Bundesliga,[2] former German football championship (1902–1963)
CUP	DFB-Pokal[2]
LCUP	DFL-Ligapokal[2] (Defunct)
SCUP	DFL-Supercup,[2] former DFB-Supercup
European continental competitions organised by UEFA
UCL	UEFA Champions League,[3] former European Champion Clubs' Cup
UCWC	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[3] (Defunct)
UEL	UEFA Europa League,[3] former UEFA Cup
USC	UEFA Super Cup[3]
UIC	UEFA Intertoto Cup[3] (Defunct)
Intercontinental competitions organised by FIFA, and by UEFA and CONMEBOL
FCWC	FIFA Club World Cup[4]
IC	Intercontinental Cup[4] (Defunct)

Performance by club

(Sorted by overall titles. Use sorting button to change criteria.)

Last updated on 27 May 2025, following Stuttgart winning the 2024–25 DFB-Pokal.

Team	Domestic titles					European titles						Worldwide titles			All titles
	1ª	CUP	LCUP	SCUP	Total	UCL	UCWC	UEL	USC	UIC	Total	FCWC	IC	Total	Total
Bayern Munich	34	20	6	10	70	6	1	1	2		10	2	2	4	84
Borussia Dortmund	8	5		6	19	1	1				2		1	1	22
Schalke 04	7	5	1	1	14			1		2	3				17
Werder Bremen	4	6	1	3	14		1			1	2				16
Hamburger SV	6	3	2		11	1	1			2	4				15
1. FC Nürnberg	9	4			13										13
VfB Stuttgart	5	4		1	10					2	2				12
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5	3			8			2			2				10
Eintracht Frankfurt	1	5			6			2			2				8
1. FC Kaiserslautern	4	2		1	7										7
1. FC Köln	3	4			7										7
Bayer Leverkusen	1	2		1	4			1			1				5
Lokomotive Leipzig	3	1			4										4
Dresdner SC	2	2			4										4
Hertha Berlin	2		2		4										4
Karlsruher SC	1	2			3					1	1				4
Greuther Fürth	3				3										3
Hannover 96	2	1			3										3
1860 München	1	2			3										3
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1	2			3										3
VfL Wolfsburg	1	1		1	3										3
RB Leipzig		2	1		3										3
Viktoria Berlin	2				2										2
Rapid Wien	1	1			2										2
Rot-Weiß Essen	1	1			2										2
Blau-Weiß Berlin	1				1										1
Eintracht Braunschweig	1				1										1
Freiburger FC	1				1										1
Holstein Kiel	1				1										1
Karlsruher FV	1				1										1
VfR Mannheim	1				1										1
First Vienna FC		1			1										1
KFC Uerdingen		1			1										1
Kickers Offenbach		1			1										1
Schwarz-Weiß Essen		1			1										1
1. FC Magdeburg							1				1				1

The figures in bold represent the most times this competition has been won by a German team.