World Cup Appearances:
France 1998 was Germany's 14th appearance in the World Cup Finals.
Best World Cup Performance:
Germany have won the World Cup three times: Switzerland
1954, West Germany 1974, and Italy 1990.
Germany have also been runners-up three times, third twice and fourth
once.
Group F
15th June: vs. United
States (2:0) in Paris.
21st June: vs. Yugoslavia
(2:2) in Lens.
25th June: vs. Iran (2:0) in Montpellier.
Germany were just going through the motions in the first round; don't
they always.
Knockout Stage
2nd Round
29th June: vs. Mexico (2:1) in Montpellier.
Germany overcame Mexico thanks to goals from Oliver Bierhoff and
Jürgen Klinsmann
1/4 Finals
4th July: vs. Croatia (0:3) in Lyon.
Down to ten-men against Croatia, Germany failed to score and let three
goals in.
Goalkeepers:
1 Andreas Köpke (Marseilles)
12 Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
22 Jens Lehmann (Schalke 04)
Defenders:
2 Christian Wörns (Bayer Leverkusen)
4 Jurgen Kohler (Borussia Dortmund)
5 Thomas Helmer (Bayern Munich)
6 Olaf Thon (Schalke 04)
8 Lothar MatthäusM (Bayern Munich)
14 Markus Babbel (Bayern Munich)
19 Stefan Reuter (Borussia Dortmund)
Midfielders:
3 Jorg Heinrich (Borussia Dortmund)
7 Andreas Möller (Borussia Dortmund)
10 Thomas Hässler (Karlsruhe)
13 Jens Jeremies (1860 Munich)
15 Steffen Freund (Borussia Dortmund)
16 Dietmar Hamann (Bayern Munich)
17 Christian Ziege (AC Milan)
21 Michael Tarnat (Bayern Munich)
Forwards:
9 Ulf Kirsten (Bayer Leverkusen)
11 Olaf Marschall (Kaiserslautern)
18 Jurgen Klinsnann (Tottenham Hotspur)
20 Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese)
Trainer:
Berti Vogts.
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