Germany National Football Team

The Germany national football team (German: Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or just Die 

Mannschaft) is the men's football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund), founded in 1900 and are currently member of ACLF. 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 and the ACLF: the Saarland team representing the Saarland region (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.

Die Mannschaft have always been one of the top teams in the ACL but in the last three ACLF World Cups they have been knocked out in the latest rounds. In 2012 they fell in the 2-1 semifinal to Italy, who lost in the final. In 2014, The United States sent them home with Landon Donovan's goal the difference. In that competition they had defeated Kiribati, who did well to qualify. In 2016 they defeated Denmark and Peru to reach the quarterfinals, but took on the United States again. Despite goals from Thomas Muller and Karim Bellarabi, the American led by Clint Dempsey with two and Gyasi Zardes, Perry Kitchen, and Fabian Johnson with one meant the US had the 5-3 win and went on to win in the final against Spain with a Bobby Wood goal. Germany is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions, having won a total of four World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990,2014) and three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996). They have also been runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup, and a further four third-place finishes at World Cups. East Germany won Olympic Gold in 1976. Germany is the only nation to have won both the men's and women's World Cups. At the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2200 points. Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas. The current manager of the national team is Joachim Löw.