Germany national football team

The German national football team (German: Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) which was founded in 1900. Nickname(s) Die Nationalelf. Germany does not have a national stadium, and rotate their home matches among various stadiums across the country. Germany has won the European Championship three times (France is the only other multiple-time winners with two titles), and finished as runners-up twice. The Germans have qualified for every European Championship tournament except for the very first EC they entered in 1968. For that tournament, Germany was in the only group of three teams and thus only played four qualifying games. The deciding game was a scoreless draw in Albania which gave Yugoslavia the edge, having won in their neighbor country.

European Championship record :
* 1960 and 1964 - did not enter
* 1968 - did not quality
* 1972 - champion
* 1976 - final
* 1980 - champion
* 1984 - round 1
* 1988 - semi final
* 1992 - final
* 1996 - champion
* 2000 and 2004 - round 1
* 2008 - qualified