Germany women's national football team

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Germany

[[Image:|100px|Shirt badge/Association crest]]

Nickname

Die Nationalelf

Association

German Football Association
(Deutscher Fußball-Bund)

Coach

Silvia Neid, 2005-

Most caps

Birgit Prinz (177)

Top scorer

Birgit Prinz (120)

FIFA rank





Home kit





Away kit

First International
West Germany 5 - 1 Switzerland
(Koblenz, West Germany; November 10, 1982)

Largest win
Germany 13 - 0 Portugal
(Reutlingen, Germany; November 15, 2003)

Worst defeat
United States 6 - 0 Germany
(Decatur, Georgia, USA; March 14, 1996)

World Cup

Appearances

5 (First in 1991)

Best result

Winner, 2003 and 2007

Olympic Games

Appearances

3 (First in 1996)

Best result

Bronze, 2000 and 2004

UEFA Women's Championship

Appearances

8 (First in 1987)

Best result

Winners, 1989, 1991, 1995,
1997, 2001, 2005

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Medal record
Women's Football
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team

The German women's national football team is the reigning world champion, having won the 2003 and the 2007 Women's World Cup. It has also won the last four UEFA Women's Championships (1995, 1997, 2001, 2005). Thus far, Germany is the only nation to have won both the men's and women's World Cups.

1 History
- 1.1 1982 - 1987
2 Head coaches
3 Most capped players
4 Current Team
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 1982 - 1987

The first official match was held on November 10, 1982 against Switzerland. Germany won the match 5-1.

First Team:

Marion Isbert (36. Claudia Reichler) - Gaby Dlugi-Winterberg (52. Christel Klinzmann); Petra Landers; Monika Degwitz; Brigitte Klinz - Rike Koekoek (41. Silvia Neid); Anne Trabant; Bettina Krug (47. Birgit Offermann) - Birgit Bormann; Doris Kresimon; Ingrid Gebauer (47. Petra Bartelmann)
Goals: Neid (2), Bormann, Gebauer, Kresimon

[edit] Head coaches

Gero Bisanz: 1982–1996
Tina Theune-Meyer: 1996-2005
Silvia Neid: 2005-present

[edit] Most capped players

These players have played more than 100 matches

Last updated on March 7, 2008

Caps	Name	First Play (Date/Opponent)	Last Play (Date/Opponent)
177	Birgit Prinz	July 27, 1994 Canada	still active
175	Kerstin Stegemann	April 13, 1995 Poland	still active
154	Bettina Wiegmann	October 1, 1989 Hungary	October 12, 2003 Sweden
147	Sandra Minnert	May 28, 1992 Yugoslavia	November 1, 2007 Netherlands
146	Ariane Hingst	August 27, 1996 Netherlands	still active
144	Doris Fitschen	October 4, 1986 Denmark	July 7, 2001 Sweden
140	Renate Lingor	Oktober 25, 1995 Slovenia	still active
125	Martina Voss	October 3, 1984 Finland	March 16, 2000 Netherlands
125	Silke Rottenberg	April 7, 1993 USA	still active
125	Sandra Smisek	April 13, 1995 Poland	still active
111	Steffi Jones	July 3, 1993 Denmark	March 14, 2007 Italy
111	Silvia Neid	November 10, 1982 Switzerland	July 25, 1996 Brazil
104	Heidi Mohr	May 19, 1986 Norway	September 29, 1996 Iceland
102	Pia Wunderlich	December 7, 1993 Russia	March 1, 2006 China PR

[edit] Current Team

Squad called up for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Nadine Angerer	November 10, 1978 (1978-11-10) (age 29)	44	0	Djurgårdens IF Dam
2	DF	Kerstin Stegemann	September 29, 1977 (1977-09-29) (age 30)	159	6	Wattenscheid 09
3	DF	Saskia Bartusiak	September 9, 1982 (1982-09-09) (age 25)	2	0	FSV Frankfurt
4	DF	Babett Peter	May 12, 1988 (1988-05-12) (age 20)	11	0	FFC Turbine Potsdam
5	DF	Annike Krahn	July 1, 1985 (1985-07-01) (age 22)	25	0	FCR Duisburg
6	MF	Linda Bresonik	December 7, 1983 (1983-12-07) (age 24)	27	2	Essen-Schoenebeck
7	MF	Melanie Behringer	November 18, 1979 (1979-11-18) (age 28)	14	3	SC Freiburg
8	FW	Sandra Smisek	July 3, 1977 (1977-07-03) (age 30)	115	27	FFC Frankfurt
9	FW	Birgit Prinz	October 25, 1977 (1977-10-25) (age 30)	161	105	FFC Frankfurt
10	MF	Renate Lingor	October 11, 1975 (1975-10-11) (age 32)	126	30	FFC Frankfurt
11	FW	Anja Mittag	May 16, 1985 (1985-05-16) (age 23)	36	5	FFC Turbine Potsdam
12	GK	Ursula Holl	June 26, 1982 (1982-06-26) (age 25)	2	0	07 Bad Neuenahr
13	DF	Sandra Minnert	April 7, 1973 (1973-04-07) (age 35)	137	15	07 Bad Neuenahr
14	MF	Simone Laudehr	July 12, 1986 (1986-07-12) (age 21)	0	0	FCR Duisburg
15	DF	Sonja Fuss	November 5, 1978 (1978-11-05) (age 29)	48	3	FCR Duisburg
16	FW	Martina Müller	April 18, 1980 (1980-04-18) (age 28)	57	25	Wolfsburg
17	DF	Ariane Hingst	July 25, 1979 (1979-07-25) (age 28)	130	9	Djurgårdens IF
18	MF	Kerstin Garefrekes	September 4, 1979 (1979-09-04) (age 28)	75	22	FFC Frankfurt
19	MF	Fatmire Bajramaj	April 1, 1988 (1988-04-01) (age 20)	5	0	FCR Duisburg
20	FW	Petra Wimbersky	November 9, 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 25)	62	15	FFC Frankfurt
21	GK	Silke Rottenberg	January 25, 1972 (1972-01-25) (age 36)	123	0	FFC Frankfurt

[edit] See also

Germany national football team

[edit] External links

Official DFB site in English

Preceded by 1999 USA	World Champions 2003 (First title) 2007 (Second title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

Football in Germany

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1. Bundesliga	National team	DFB-Pokal
2. Bundesliga	U-21 / Youth	DFB-Ligapokal
3. Liga (as of 2008/09 season)	Women's national team	Women's German Cup
Regionalliga	League system
Oberliga	List of clubs
Women's 1. Bundesliga	List of venues
Women's 2. Bundesliga	List of champions