Germany at the FIFA World Cup

This article is about the men's team which competed as West Germany. For the East German team, see East Germany at the FIFA World Cup. For the women's team, see Germany at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

This is a record of the men's Germany and West Germany's results at the FIFA World Cup. For Germany's World Cup history, FIFA considers only the teams managed by the German Football Association, comprising three periods: Germany (during Nazi era), West Germany and reunified Germany. The men's Germany national football team is one of the most successful national teams at the FIFA World Cup, winning four titles, earning second-place and third-place finishes four times each and one fourth-place finish. Germany's 12 podium finishes (3rd place or better) in 20 tournaments add up to at least three more than any other nation. In addition, unless they fail to finish in the top 3 in 2026, Germany are the only team which has stood on the podium at least once during the completed decades in which at least one tournament was held (1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s). Along with Argentina, Brazil and Spain, they are one of the four national teams to win outside their continental confederation, with the title of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in South America. The team qualified for every FIFA World Cup tournament they have entered (20 out of the 22), the second most frequent, and only failed to reach the quarter-finals three times, in 1938, 2018, and 2022. With this, Germany's 8th place or better (quarter-finals) in 17 out of 20 tournaments (85%) ranks the second highest in FIFA World Cup finals history, only behind Brazil (19 out of 22 tournaments for a 86%). It makes Germany the best team in the history of the tournament in terms of final positions, if points were awarded proportionally for a title, runner-up finish, third-place finish and semi-final and the second best team in terms of quarter-final appearances.

Germany celebrating victory in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

Records

• 1930–1938 as → →  Germany
• 1950–1990 as  West Germany
• 1994–present as  Germany

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place     Tournament played fully or partially on home soil  

FIFA World Cup finals record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Campaign
1930	Did not enter										Did not enter						—
1934	Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	11	8	Squad		1	1	0	0	9	1	1934
1938	First round	10th	2	0	1	1	3	5	Squad		3	3	0	0	11	1	1938
1950	Banned from entering										Banned from entering						1950
1954	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	25	14	Squad		4	3	1	0	12	3	1954
1958	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	12	14	Squad		Qualified as defending champions						1958
1962	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	4	2	Squad		4	4	0	0	11	5	1962
1966	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	15	6	Squad		4	3	1	0	14	2	1966
1970	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	17	10	Squad		6	5	1	0	20	3	1970
1974	Champions	1st	7	6	0	1	13	4	Squad		Qualified as hosts						1974
1978	Quarter-finals[a]	6th	6	1	4	1	10	5	Squad		Qualified as defending champions						1978
1982	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	12	10	Squad		8	8	0	0	33	3	1982
1986	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	8	7	Squad		8	5	2	1	22	9	1986
1990	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	15	5	Squad		6	3	3	0	13	3	1990
1994	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	9	7	Squad		Qualified as defending champions						1994
1998		7th	5	3	1	1	8	6	Squad		10	6	4	0	23	9	1998
2002	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	14	3	Squad		10	6	3	1	19	12	2002
2006	Third place	3rd	7	5	1	1	14	6	Squad		Qualified as hosts						2006
2010		3rd	7	5	0	2	16	5	Squad		10	8	2	0	26	5	2010
2014	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	18	4	Squad		10	9	1	0	36	10	2014
2018	Group stage	22nd	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad		10	10	0	0	43	4	2018
2022		17th	3	1	1	1	6	5	Squad		10	9	0	1	36	4	2022
2026	To be determined										To be determined						2026
2030																	2030
Total	4 titles	20/22	112	68	21*	23	232	130	—		104	83	18	3	328	74	Total

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Germany's World Cup record
First match	Germany 5–2 Belgium  (27 May 1934; Florence, Italy)
Biggest win	Germany 8–0 Saudi Arabia  (1 June 2002; Sapporo, Japan)
Biggest defeat	Hungary 8–3 West Germany  (20 June 1954; Basel, Switzerland)
Best result	Champions in 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014
Worst result	Group stage in 1938, 2018 and 2022

Winning World Cups

Year	Manager	Captain	Winning goalscorer(s)
1954	Sepp Herberger	Fritz Walter	Helmut Rahn
1974	Helmut Schön	Franz Beckenbauer	Gerd Müller
1990	Franz Beckenbauer	Lothar Matthäus	Andreas Brehme
2014	Joachim Löw	Philipp Lahm	Mario Götze

FIFA World Cup finals

1954 World Cup Final v Hungary

Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup Final

Only 14 days before the final, West Germany played the favoured Hungarian Golden Team in the first round of the tournament and suffered a 3–8 loss, their highest World Cup defeat to this day. In the final, Hungary was up by two goals after only eight minutes, so it came as a surprise that the West German team not only quickly equalized but turned the game around in the 84th minute with a goal scored by Helmut Rahn.

4 July 1954 (1954-07-04)

17:00 CET

West Germany	3–2	Hungary
Morlock 10' Rahn 18', 84'	Report	Puskás 6' Czibor 8'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Attendance: 62,500

Referee: William Ling (England)

GK 1 Toni Turek RB 7 Josef Posipal CB 10 Werner Liebrich LB 3 Werner Kohlmeyer HB 6 Horst Eckel HB 8 Karl Mai IR 13 Max Morlock IL 16 Fritz Walter (c) OR 12 Helmut Rahn CF 15 Ottmar Walter OL 20 Hans Schäfer Manager: Sepp Herberger

GK 1 Gyula Grosics RB 2 Jenő Buzánszky CB 3 Gyula Lóránt LB 4 Mihály Lantos HB 5 József Bozsik HB 6 József Zakariás RW 11 Zoltán Czibor AM 9 Nándor Hidegkuti LW 20 Mihály Tóth CF 8 Sándor Kocsis CF 10 Ferenc Puskás (c) Manager: Gusztáv Sebes

1966 World Cup Final v England

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup Final

The strongly contested game between host nation England and West Germany went into extra time after a score of 2-2 after 90 minutes. Geoff Hurst's goal in the 101st minute is one of the most controversial in football history: His shot bounced off the cross-bar onto the ground and back away from the goal. After a brief discussion with the Soviet linesman Tofiq Bahramov, referee Gottfried Dienst awarded the goal. With the West Germans forced to press for the equalizer, Hurst converted a counterattack in the 120th minute and decided the match for England.

30 July 1966

15:00 BST

England	4–2 (a.e.t.)	West Germany
Hurst 18', 101', 120' Peters 78'	Report	Haller 12' Weber 89'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 96,924

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

GK 1 Gordon Banks RB 2 George Cohen CB 5 Jack Charlton CB 6 Bobby Moore (c) LB 3 Ray Wilson DM 4 Nobby Stiles RM 7 Alan Ball AM 9 Bobby Charlton LM 16 Martin Peters  20' CF 10 Geoff Hurst CF 21 Roger Hunt Manager: Alf Ramsey

GK 1 Hans Tilkowski RB 2 Horst-Dieter Höttges CB 5 Willi Schulz CB 6 Wolfgang Weber LB 3 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger CM 4 Franz Beckenbauer CM 12 Wolfgang Overath RF 8 Helmut Haller CF 9 Uwe Seeler (c) CF 10 Sigfried Held LF 11 Lothar Emmerich Manager: Helmut Schön

1974 World Cup Final v the Netherlands

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup Final

West Germany reached the final as host nation in 1974 and were facing their neighbours and rivals from the Netherlands. After an early penalty scored by Johan Neeskens, West Germany turned the game around to win their second World Cup trophy.

7 July 1974

16:00 (CET)

Netherlands	1–2	West Germany
Neeskens 2' (pen.)	Report	Breitner 25' (pen.) Müller 43'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 75,200

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

GK 8 Jan Jongbloed RB 20 Wim Suurbier CB 17 Wim Rijsbergen  69' CB 2 Arie Haan LB 12 Ruud Krol RM 6 Wim Jansen CM 13 Johan Neeskens  40' LM 3 Willem van Hanegem  23' RF 16 Johnny Rep CF 14 Johan Cruyff (c)  45' LF 15 Rob Rensenbrink  46' Substitutes: GK 18 Piet Schrijvers DF 5 Rinus Israël MF 7 Theo de Jong  69' MF 10 René van de Kerkhof  46' FW 9 Piet Keizer Manager: Rinus Michels

GK 1 Sepp Maier RB 2 Berti Vogts  4' CB 5 Franz Beckenbauer (c) CB 4 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck LB 3 Paul Breitner RM 16 Rainer Bonhof CM 14 Uli Hoeneß LM 12 Wolfgang Overath RF 9 Jürgen Grabowski CF 13 Gerd Müller LF 17 Bernd Hölzenbein Substitutes: GK 21 Norbert Nigbur DF 6 Horst-Dieter Höttges MF 8 Bernhard Cullmann MF 15 Heinz Flohe FW 11 Jupp Heynckes Manager: Helmut Schön

1982 World Cup Final v Italy

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Final

Paul Breitner became only the third player in World Cup history to have scored in two separate finals, but only after the Italians had already taken a 3–0 lead after 81 minutes.

11 July 1982

20:00 CEST

Italy	3–1	West Germany
Rossi 57' Tardelli 69' Altobelli 81'	Report	Breitner 83'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

GK 1 Dino Zoff (c) SW 7 Gaetano Scirea CB 6 Claudio Gentile CB 5 Fulvio Collovati RWB 3 Giuseppe Bergomi LWB 4 Antonio Cabrini DM 13 Gabriele Oriali  73' RM 16 Bruno Conti  31' CM 14 Marco Tardelli LW 19 Francesco Graziani  7' CF 20 Paolo Rossi Substitutions: GK 12 Ivano Bordon MF 10 Giuseppe Dossena MF 11 Giampiero Marini MF 15 Franco Causio  89' FW 18 Alessandro Altobelli  7'  89' Manager: Enzo Bearzot

GK 1 Harald Schumacher SW 15 Uli Stielike  73' RB 20 Manfred Kaltz CB 4 Karlheinz Förster LB 5 Bernd Förster RM 6 Wolfgang Dremmler  61'  62' CM 3 Paul Breitner LM 2 Hans-Peter Briegel RW 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c)  70' LW 7 Pierre Littbarski  88' CF 8 Klaus Fischer Substitutions: GK 21 Bernd Franke DF 12 Wilfried Hannes MF 10 Hansi Müller  70' MF 14 Felix Magath FW 9 Horst Hrubesch  62' Manager: Jupp Derwall

1986 World Cup Final v Argentina

Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup Final

With the highest attendance ever at a FIFA World Cup final, West Germany faced Argentina in Mexico City. Although the Argentinian star player Diego Maradona was closely guarded by the West German team, he assisted the decisive 3-2 scored by Jorge Burruchaga, ensuring his country's second World Cup win. Late during the match, three yellow cards were given to Argentinians for time wasting.

29 June 1986

12:00 CST

Argentina	3–2	West Germany
Brown 23' Valdano 56' Burruchaga 84'	Report	Rummenigge 74' Völler 81'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 114,600

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

GK 18 Nery Pumpido  85' SW 5 José Luis Brown CB 9 José Luis Cuciuffo CB 19 Oscar Ruggeri RWB 14 Ricardo Giusti LWB 16 Julio Olarticoechea  77' DM 2 Sergio Batista CM 12 Héctor Enrique  81' AM 7 Jorge Burruchaga  90' SS 10 Diego Maradona (c)  17' CF 11 Jorge Valdano Substitutions: MF 21 Marcelo Trobbiani  90' Manager: Carlos Bilardo

GK 1 Harald Schumacher SW 17 Ditmar Jakobs CB 4 Karlheinz Förster CB 2 Hans-Peter Briegel  62' RWB 14 Thomas Berthold LWB 3 Andreas Brehme CM 6 Norbert Eder CM 8 Lothar Matthäus  21' AM 10 Felix Magath  62' CF 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c) CF 19 Klaus Allofs  46' Substitutions: FW 9 Rudi Völler  46' FW 20 Dieter Hoeneß  62' Manager: Franz Beckenbauer

1990 World Cup Final v Argentina

Main article: 1990 FIFA World Cup Final

For this re-match of the 1986 Final, Argentina played extremely defensively. Defender Pedro Monzón became the first player ever to receive a red card in a World Cup final, only to be joined by teammate Gustavo Dezotti 22 minutes later. Although West Germany was the dominating side with 23:1 shots, it is fitting that the rough match was decided by a penalty kick taken by Andreas Brehme.

Franz Beckenbauer achieved the feat to lose and then win a World Cup final each as player (1966, 1974) and manager (1986, 1990).

8 July 1990

20:00 UTC+2

West Germany	1–0	Argentina
Brehme 85' (pen.)	Report

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 73,603

Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 5 Klaus Augenthaler CB 6 Guido Buchwald CB 4 Jürgen Kohler RWB 14 Thomas Berthold  73' LWB 3 Andreas Brehme CM 8 Thomas Häßler CM 10 Lothar Matthäus (c) CM 7 Pierre Littbarski CF 9 Rudi Völler  52' CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann Substitutes: GK 12 Raimond Aumann DF 2 Stefan Reuter  73' MF 15 Uwe Bein MF 20 Olaf Thon FW 13 Karl-Heinz Riedle Manager: Franz Beckenbauer

GK 12 Sergio Goycochea SW 20 Juan Simón CB 18 José Serrizuela CB 19 Oscar Ruggeri  46' RWB 4 José Basualdo LWB 17 Roberto Sensini DM 13 Néstor Lorenzo CM 21 Pedro Troglio  84' AM 10 Diego Maradona (c)  87' CM 7 Jorge Burruchaga  53' CF 9 Gustavo Dezotti  5'  87' Substitutes: GK 22 Fabián Cancelarich DF 5 Edgardo Bauza DF 15 Pedro Monzón  65'  46' MF 6 Gabriel Calderón  53' FW 3 Abel Balbo Manager: Carlos Bilardo

2002 World Cup Final v Brazil

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Final

See also: Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

With only one goal conceded during the six matches leading up to the final, hopes were on the German defence to withstand Brazil's star quality strikers. Germany's playmaker Michael Ballack was suspended for the final after picking his second yellow card of the tournament in the semi-final against South Korea. Two goals from Ronaldo in the middle of the second half decided the match in favour of the South Americans and ensured their record fifth title.

30 June 2002

20:00 UTC+9

Germany	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Ronaldo 67', 79'

International Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 69,029

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) CB 2 Thomas Linke CB 5 Carsten Ramelow CB 21 Christoph Metzelder RM 22 Torsten Frings CM 8 Dietmar Hamann CM 16 Jens Jeremies  77' LM 17 Marco Bode  84' AM 19 Bernd Schneider CF 11 Miroslav Klose  9'  74' CF 7 Oliver Neuville Substitutes: FW 20 Oliver Bierhoff  74' FW 14 Gerald Asamoah  77' MF 6 Christian Ziege  84' Manager: Rudi Völler

GK 1 Marcos CB 3 Lúcio CB 5 Edmílson CB 4 Roque Júnior  6' RM 2 Cafu (c) CM 8 Gilberto Silva CM 15 Kléberson LM 6 Roberto Carlos AM 11 Ronaldinho  85' CF 10 Rivaldo CF 9 Ronaldo  90' Substitutes: MF 19 Juninho  85' MF 17 Denílson  90' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

2014 World Cup Final v Argentina

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Final

Despite defeating host country Brazil 7–1, Germany was supported by the home fans due to Brazil's rivalry with Argentina. This record third match-up of two teams in World Cup finals saw good chances for both sides in regular time, but stayed goalless until substitute striker Mario Götze scored during the second half of extra time, in the 113th minute. The fourth title was the first since Germany's reunification in October 1990.

13 July 2014

16:00 UTC−3

Germany	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Götze 113'	Report

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 74,738

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 16 Philipp Lahm (c) CB 20 Jérôme Boateng CB 5 Mats Hummels LB 4 Benedikt Höwedes  34' CM 23 Christoph Kramer  31' CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger  29' CM 18 Toni Kroos RW 13 Thomas Müller LW 8 Mesut Özil  120' CF 11 Miroslav Klose  88' Substitutions: FW 9 André Schürrle  31' MF 19 Mario Götze  88' DF 17 Per Mertesacker  120' Manager: Joachim Löw

GK 1 Sergio Romero RB 4 Pablo Zabaleta CB 15 Martín Demichelis CB 2 Ezequiel Garay LB 16 Marcos Rojo CM 14 Javier Mascherano  64' CM 6 Lucas Biglia RW 8 Enzo Pérez  86' LW 22 Ezequiel Lavezzi  46' SS 10 Lionel Messi (c) CF 9 Gonzalo Higuaín  78' Substitutions: FW 20 Sergio Agüero  65'  46' FW 18 Rodrigo Palacio  78' MF 5 Fernando Gago  86' Manager: Alejandro Sabella

Record players

Lothar Matthäus is the FIFA World Cup's all-time record appearance maker. In addition, along with Antonio Carbajal and Rafael Márquez from Mexico, he is one of the few players to have been fielded in five FIFA World Cups.

Miroslav Klose, who is only one match behind, also holds the record for most victories at FIFA World Cups (17).

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Lothar Matthäus	25	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998
2	Miroslav Klose	24	2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014
3	Uwe Seeler	21	1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970
4	Philipp Lahm	20	2006, 2010 and 2014
	Bastian Schweinsteiger	20	2006, 2010 and 2014
6	Wolfgang Overath	19	1966, 1970 and 1974
	Berti Vogts	19	1970, 1974 and 1978
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	19	1978, 1982 and 1986
	Per Mertesacker	19	2006, 2010 and 2014
	Manuel Neuer	19	2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
	Thomas Müller	19	2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022
12	Franz Beckenbauer	18	1966, 1970 and 1974
	Sepp Maier	18	1970, 1974 and 1978
	Thomas Berthold	18	1986, 1990 and 1994

Top goalscorers

Since 2014, Miroslav Klose is the all-time top goalscorer at FIFA World Cup final tournaments. Gerd Müller used to be the holder of that record from 1974 until it was broken by Ronaldo in 2006.

Rank	Player	Goals	World Cups
1	Miroslav Klose	16	2002 (5), 2006 (5), 2010 (4) and 2014 (2)
2	Gerd Müller	14	1970 (10) and 1974 (4)
3	Jürgen Klinsmann	11	1990 (3), 1994 (5) and 1998 (3)
4	Thomas Müller	10	2010 (5) and 2014 (5)
	Helmut Rahn	10	1954 (4) and 1958 (6)
6	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	9	1978 (3), 1982 (5) and 1986 (1)
	Uwe Seeler	9	1958 (2), 1962 (2), 1966 (2) and 1970 (3)
8	Rudi Völler	8	1986 (3), 1990 (3) and 1994 (2)
9	Hans Schäfer	7	1954 (4) and 1958 (3)
10	Helmut Haller	6	1966
	Lothar Matthäus	6	1986 (1), 1990 (4) and 1994 (1)
	Max Morlock	6	1954

By match

Year	Round	Opponents	Score	Germany scorers
1934	Round 1	Belgium	5–2	Kobierski, Siffing, Conen (3)
	Quarter-final	Sweden	2–1	Hohmann (2)
	Semi-final	Czechoslovakia	1–3	Noack
	Third place play-off	Austria	3–2	Lehner (2), Conen
1938	Round 1	Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Gauchel
	Round 1 (replay)	Switzerland	2–4	Hahnemann, Lörtscher (o.g.)
1954	Group 2	Turkey	4–1	Schäfer, Klodt, O. Walter, Morlock
		Hungary	3–8	Pfaff, Rahn, Herrmann
	Play-off	Turkey	7–2	O. Walter, Schäfer (2), Morlock (3), F. Walter
	Quarter-final	Yugoslavia	2–0	Horvath (o.g.), Rahn
	Semi-final	Austria	6–1	Schäfer, Morlock, F. Walter (2), O. Walter (2)
	Final	Hungary	3–2	Morlock, Rahn (2)
1958	Group 1	Argentina	3–1	Rahn (2), Seeler
		Czechoslovakia	2–2	Schäfer, Rahn
		Northern Ireland	2–2	Rahn, Seeler
	Quarter-final	Yugoslavia	1–0	Rahn
	Semi-final	Sweden	1–3	Schäfer
	Third place play-off	France	3–6	Cieslarczyk, Rahn, Schäfer
1962	Group 2	Italy	0–0
		Switzerland	2–1	Brülls, Seeler
		Chile	2–0	Szymaniak, Seeler
	Quarter-final	Yugoslavia	0–1
1966	Group 2	Switzerland	5–0	Held, Haller (2), Beckenbauer (2)
		Argentina	0–0
		Spain	2–1	Emmerich, Seeler
	Quarter-final	Uruguay	4–0	Haller (2), Beckenbauer, Seeler
	Semi-final	Soviet Union	2–1	Haller, Beckenbauer
	Final	England	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Haller, Weber
1970	Group 4	Morocco	2–1	Seeler, G. Müller
		Bulgaria	5–2	Libuda, G. Müller (3), Seeler
		Peru	3–1	G. Müller (3)
	Quarter-final	England	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Beckenbauer, Seeler, G. Müller
	Semi-final	Italy	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Schnellinger, G. Müller (2)
	Third place play-off	Uruguay	1–0	Overath
1974	Group 1	Chile	1–0	Breitner
		Australia	3–0	Overath, Cullmann, G. Müller
		East Germany	0–1
	Group B	Yugoslavia	2–0	Breitner, G. Müller
		Sweden	4–2	Overath, Bonhof, Grabowski, Hoeneß
		Poland	1–0	G. Müller
	Final	Netherlands	2–1	Breitner, G. Müller
1978	Group 2	Poland	0–0
		Mexico	6–0	D. Müller, H. Müller, Rummenigge (2), Flohe (2)
		Tunisia	0–0
	Group A	Italy	0–0
		Netherlands	2–2	Abramczik, D. Müller
		Austria	2–3	Rummenigge, Hölzenbein
1982	Group 2	Algeria	1–2	Rummenigge
		Chile	4–1	Rummenigge (3), Reinders
		Austria	1–0	Hrubesch
	Group B	England	0–0
		Spain	2–1	Littbarski, Fischer
	Semi-final	France	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Littbarski, Rummenigge, Fischer
	Final	Italy	1–3	Breitner
1986	Group E	Uruguay	1–1	Allofs
		Scotland	2–1	Völler, Allofs
		Denmark	0–2
	Round of 16	Morocco	1–0	Matthäus
	Quarter-final	Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)
	Semi-final	France	2–0	Brehme, Völler
	Final	Argentina	2–3	Rummenigge, Völler
1990	Group D	Yugoslavia	4–1	Matthäus (2), Klinsmann, Völler
		United Arab Emirates	5–1	Völler (2), Klinsmann, Matthäus, Bein
		Colombia	1–1	Littbarski
	Round of 16	Netherlands	2–1	Klinsmann, Brehme
	Quarter-final	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Matthäus
	Semi-final	England	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Brehme
	Final	Argentina	1–0	Brehme
1994	Group C	Bolivia	1–0	Klinsmann
		Spain	1–1	Klinsmann
		South Korea	3–2	Klinsmann (2), Riedle
	Round of 16	Belgium	3–2	Völler (2), Klinsmann
	Quarter-final	Bulgaria	1–2	Matthäus
1998	Group F	United States	2–0	Möller, Klinsmann
		FR Yugoslavia	2–2	Mihajlović (o.g.), Bierhoff
		Iran	2–0	Bierhoff, Klinsmann
	Round of 16	Mexico	2–1	Klinsmann, Bierhoff
	Quarter-final	Croatia	0–3
2002	Group E	Saudi Arabia	8–0	Klose (3), Ballack, Jancker, Linke, Bierhoff, Schneider
		Republic of Ireland	1–1	Klose
		Cameroon	2–0	Bode, Klose
	Round of 16	Paraguay	1–0	Neuville
	Quarter-final	United States	1–0	Ballack
	Semi-final	South Korea	1–0	Ballack
	Final	Brazil	0–2
2006	Group A	Costa Rica	4–2	Lahm, Klose (2), Frings
		Poland	1–0	Neuville
		Ecuador	3–0	Klose (2), Podolski
	Round of 16	Sweden	2–0	Podolski (2)
	Quarter-final	Argentina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Klose
	Semi-final	Italy	0–2 (a.e.t.)
	Third place play-off	Portugal	3–1	Schweinsteiger (2), Petit (o.g.)
2010	Group D	Australia	4–0	Podolski, Klose, T. Müller, Cacau
		Serbia	0–1
		Ghana	1–0	Özil
	Round of 16	England	4–1	Klose, Podolski, T. Müller (2)
	Quarter-final	Argentina	4–0	T. Müller, Klose (2), Friedrich
	Semi-final	Spain	0–1
	Third place play-off	Uruguay	3–2	T. Müller, Jansen, Khedira
2014	Group G	Portugal	4–0	T. Müller (3), Hummels
		Ghana	2–2	Götze, Klose
		United States	1–0	T. Müller
	Round of 16	Algeria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Schürrle, Özil
	Quarter-final	France	1–0	Hummels
	Semi-final	Brazil	7–1	T. Müller, Klose, Kroos (2), Khedira, Schürrle (2)
	Final	Argentina	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Götze
2018	Group F	Mexico	0–1
		Sweden	2–1	Reus, Kroos
		South Korea	0–2
2022	Group E	Japan	1–2	Gündoğan
		Spain	1–1	Füllkrug
		Costa Rica	4–2	Gnabry, Havertz (2), Füllkrug

By opponent

A * indicates national team is now defunct

Legend
Won more than lost
Won equals lost
Lost more than won

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	7	4	2	1	12	5	+7	57.14%
Yugoslavia*	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	66.67%
Sweden	5	4	0	1	11	7	+4	80.00%
England	5	2	2	1	10	8	+2	40.00%
Spain	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	40.00%
Italy	5	0	2	3	4	9	−5	0.00%
Uruguay	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	75.00%
Austria	4	3	0	1	12	6	+6	75.00%
Mexico	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	50.00%
Switzerland	4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	50.00%
France	4	2	1	1	9	9	0	50.00%
Chile	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00%
United States	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00%
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	66.67%
Poland	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	66.67%
South Korea	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	66.67%
Czechoslovakia*	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	33.33%
Turkey	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	100.00%
Australia	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00%
Portugal	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00%
Belgium	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	100.00%
Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	100.00%
Morocco	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00%
Ghana	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	50.00%
Brazil	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	50.00%
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	50.00%
Algeria	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00%
Hungary	2	1	0	1	6	10	−4	50.00%
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00%
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00%
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00%
Peru	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00%
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%
Iran	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00%
Scotland	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00%
Soviet Union*	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00%
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00%
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00%
Northern Ireland	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0.00%
Colombia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00%
Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00%
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Japan	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0.00%
East Germany*	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0.00%
Serbia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0.00%
Denmark	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0.00%
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0.00%
Total (47)	112	68	21	23	232	130	+102	60.71%

See also

• Germany at the UEFA European Championship

Notes

1. Last 8 held as second group stage.