Germany at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia Germany at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Germany and West Germany 's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of FIFA, the sport 's global governing. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years going to the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. For Germany 's World Cup history, FIFA considers only the teams managed by the Deutscher Fußball - Bund, comprising three different periods : Germany ( during Nazi era ), West Germany and reunified Germany. The 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. If you consider 3rd place or better for a winning campaign, Germany 's 12 victories in 18 tournaments -- a 66.6667 percent success rate -- surpasses every other team. In addition, Germany are the only team which has stood on the podium ( 3rd place or better ) every decade they entered the tournament -- 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 was present in 19 out of the 21 tournaments, the second most frequent, and only once did not reach the quarterfinals, in 1938. With this, Germany 's 8th place or better ( quarterfinals ) in 17 out of 18 tournaments ( 94 % ) ranks highest in FIFA World Cup Finals history. It makes Germany the better 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, semi-final and quarter - final appearances. Contents 1 Records 1.1 Winning World Cups 2 Top goalscorers 3 By match 4 References 5 External links Records 1930 -- 1938 as Germany 1950 -- 1990 as West Germany 1994 -- present as Germany Champions Runners - up Third place Fourth place FIFA World Cup finals record Qualifications record Year Round Position GP D * GS GA Squad GP GS GA 1930 Did not enter -- 1934 Third place 3rd 0 11 8 Squad 0 0 9 1934 1938 First round 10th 0 5 Squad 0 0 11 1938 1950 Banned from entering 1950 1954 Champions 1st 6 5 0 25 14 Squad 0 12 1954 1958 Fourth place 4th 6 12 14 Squad Qualified as defending champions 1958 1962 Quarter - finals 7th Squad 0 0 11 5 1962 1966 Runners - up 2nd 6 15 6 Squad 0 14 1966 1970 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 17 10 Squad 6 5 0 20 1970 Champions 1st 7 6 0 13 Squad Qualified as hosts 1978 Second group stage 6th 6 10 5 Squad Qualified as defending champions 1978 1982 Runners - up 2nd 7 12 10 Squad 8 8 0 0 33 1982 1986 Runners - up 2nd 7 8 7 Squad 8 5 22 9 1986 1990 Champions 1st 7 5 0 15 5 Squad 6 0 13 1990 1994 Quarter - finals 5th 5 9 7 Squad Qualified as defending champions 1994 1998 Quarter - finals 7th 5 8 6 Squad 10 6 0 23 9 1998 2002 Runners - up 2nd 7 5 14 Squad 10 6 19 12 2002 2006 Third place 3rd 7 5 14 6 Squad Qualified as hosts 2006 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 16 5 Squad 10 8 0 26 5 2014 Champions 1st 7 6 0 18 Squad 10 9 0 36 10 2014 2018 Qualified Squad 10 10 0 0 43 2018 2022 To be determined To be determined Total 19 / 21 4 titles 106 66 20 * 20 224 121 94 74 18 292 70 * Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. * * Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil. Winning World Cups Year Manager Captain Winning Goal Scorer ( s ) 1954 Sepp Herberger Fritz Walter Helmut Rahn Helmut Schön Franz Beckenbauer Gerd Müller 1990 Franz Beckenbauer Lothar Matthäus Andreas Brehme 2014 Joachim Löw Philipp Lahm Mario Götze Top goalscorers No. Name Goals World Cups Miroslav Klose 16 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Gerd Müller 14 1970 and 1974 Jürgen Klinsmann 11 1990, 1994 and 1998 Thomas Müller 10 2010 and 2014 Helmut Rahn 10 1954 and 1958 5 Karl - Heinz Rummenigge 9 1978, 1982 and 1986 Uwe Seeler 9 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 6 Rudi Völler 8 1986, 1990 and 1994 7 Hans Schäfer 7 1954 and 1958 8 Helmut Haller 6 1966 Lothar Matthäus 6 1986, 1990 and 1994 Max Morlock 6 1954 By match Year as Round Against Score 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 match Austria 3 -- 2 Lehner ( 2 ), Conen 1938 Round 1 Switzerland 1 -- 1 ( AET ) Gauchel Round 1 ( replay ) Switzerland 2 -- 4 Hahnemann, Lörtscher ( o.g. ) 1954 Group 2 Turkey 4 -- 1 Schäfer, Klodt, O. Walter, Morlock Group 2 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 Group 1 Czechoslovakia 2 -- 2 Schäfer, Rahn Group 1 Northern Ireland 2 -- 2 Rahn, Seeler Quarter - final Yugoslavia 1 -- 0 Rahn Semi-final Sweden 1 -- 3 Schäfer Third place match France 3 -- 6 Cieslarczyk, Rahn, Schäfer 1962 Group 2 Italy 0 -- 0 Group 2 Switzerland 2 -- 1 Brülls, Seeler Group 2 Chile 2 -- 0 Szymaniak, Seeler Quarter - final Yugoslavia 0 -- 1 1966 Group 2 Switzerland 5 -- 0 Held, Haller ( 2 ), Beckenbauer ( 2 ) Group 2 Argentina 0 -- 0 Group 2 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 ( AET ) Haller, Weber 1970 Group 4 Morocco 2 -- 1 Seeler, Müller Group 4 Bulgaria 5 -- 2 Libuda, Müller ( 3 ), Seeler Group 4 Peru 3 -- 1 Müller ( 3 ) Quarter - final England 3 -- 2 ( AET ) Beckenbauer, Seeler, Müller Semi-final Italy 3 -- 4 ( AET ) Schnellinger, Müller ( 2 ) Third place match Uruguay 1 -- 0 Overath Group 1 Chile 1 -- 0 Breitner Group 1 Australia 3 -- 0 Overath, Cullmann, Müller Group 1 East Germany 0 -- 1 Group B ( Round 2 ) Yugoslavia 2 -- 0 Breitner, Müller Group B ( Round 2 ) Sweden 4 -- 2 Overath, Bonhof, Grabowski, Hoeneß Group B ( Round 2 ) Poland 1 -- 0 Müller Final Netherlands 2 -- 1 Breitner, Müller 1978 Group 2 Poland 0 -- 0 Group 2 Mexico 6 -- 0 D. Müller, H. Müller, Rummenigge ( 2 ), Flohe ( 2 ) Group 2 Tunisia 0 -- 0 Group A ( Round 2 ) Italy 0 -- 0 Group A ( Round 2 ) Netherlands 2 -- 2 Abramczik, D. Müller Group A ( Round 2 ) Austria 2 -- 3 Rummenigge, Hölzenbein 1982 Group 2 Algeria 1 -- 2 Rummenigge Group 2 Chile 4 -- 1 Rummenigge ( 3 ), Reinders Group 2 Austria 1 -- 0 Hrubesch Group B ( Round 2 ) England 0 -- 0 Group B ( Round 2 ) Spain 2 -- 1 Littbarski, Fischer Semi-final France 3 -- 3 ( AET ), 5 -- 4 ( p ) Littbarski, Rummenigge, Fischer Final Italy 1 -- 3 Breitner 1986 Group E Uruguay 1 -- 1 Allofs Group E Scotland 2 -- 1 Völler, Allofs Group E Denmark 0 -- 2 Round of 16 Morocco 1 -- 0 Matthäus Quarter - final Mexico 0 -- 0 ( AET ), 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 Group D United Arab Emirates 5 -- 1 Völler ( 2 ), Klinsmann, Matthäus, Bein Group D Colombia 1 -- 1 Littbarski Round of 16 Netherlands 2 -- 1 Klinsmann, Brehme Quarter - final Czechoslovakia 1 -- 0 Matthäus Semi-final England 1 -- 1 ( AET ), 4 -- 3 ( p ) Brehme Final Argentina 1 -- 0 Brehme 1994 Group C Bolivia 1 -- 0 Klinsmann Group C Spain 1 -- 1 Klinsmann Group C 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 Group F Yugoslavia 2 -- 2 Mihajlović ( o.g. ), Bierhoff Group F 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 Group E Republic of Ireland 1 -- 1 Klose Group E 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 Group A Poland 1 -- 0 Neuville Group A Ecuador 3 -- 0 Klose ( 2 ), Podolski Round of 16 Sweden 2 -- 0 Podolski ( 2 ) Quarter - final Argentina 1 -- 1 ( AET ), 4 -- 2 ( p ) Klose Semi-final Italy 0 -- 2 ( AET ) Third place match Portugal 3 -- 1 Schweinsteiger ( 2 ), Petit ( o.g. ) Group D Australia 4 -- 0 Podolski, Klose, Müller, Cacau Group D Serbia 0 -- 1 Group D Ghana 1 -- 0 Özil Round of 16 England 4 -- 1 Klose, Podolski, Müller ( 2 ) Quarter - final Argentina 4 -- 0 Müller, Klose ( 2 ), Friedrich Semi-final Spain 0 -- 1 Third place match Uruguay 3 -- 2 Müller, Jansen, Khedira 2014 Group G Portugal 4 -- 0 Müller ( 3 ), Hummels Group G Ghana 2 -- 2 Götze, Klose Group G United States 1 -- 0 Müller Round of 16 Algeria 2 -- 1 ( AET ) Schürrle, Özil Quarter - final France 1 -- 0 Hummels Semi-final Brazil 7 -- 1 Müller, Klose, Kroos ( 2 ), Khedira, Schürrle ( 2 ) Final Argentina 1 -- 0 ( AET ) Götze References Jump up ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. ( PDF ), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007. External links DFB 's German national football team page FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930 -- 2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930 -- 2002 FIFA official site West Germany / Germany FIFA World Cup squads Germany squad -- 1934 FIFA World Cup Third Place GK Buchloh GK Jakob GK Kreß DF Bender DF Busch DF Haringer DF Schwartz MF Albrecht MF Gramlich MF Janes MF Münzenberg MF Szepan ( c ) MF Zielinski FW Conen FW Dienert FW Heidemann FW Hohmann FW Kobierski FW Lehner FW Noack FW Siffling FW Streb Coach : Nerz Germany squad -- 1938 FIFA World Cup GK Buchloh GK Jakob GK Raftl DF Janes DF Münzenberg DF Schmaus MF Goldbrunner MF Kitzinger MF Kupfer MF Mock MF Wagner FW Gauchel FW Gellesch FW Hahnemann FW Lehner FW Neumer FW Pesser FW Siffling FW Skoumal FW Streitle FW Stroh FW Szepan ( c ) Coach : Herberger West Germany squad -- 1954 FIFA World Cup winners ( 1st title ) 1 Turek 2 Laband 3 Kohlmeyer 4 Bauer 5 Erhardt 6 Eckel 7 Posipal 8 Mai 9 Mebus 10 Liebrich 11 Metzner 12 Rahn 13 Morlock 14 Klodt 15 O. Walter 16 F. Walter ( c ) 17 Herrmann 18 Biesinger 19 Pfaff 20 Schäfer 21 Kubsch 22 Kwiatkowski Coach : Herberger West Germany squad -- 1958 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Herkenrath 2 Erhardt 3 Juskowiak 4 Eckel 5 Wewers 6 Szymaniak 7 Stollenwerk 8 Rahn 9 Walter 10 Schmidt 11 Schäfer ( c ) 12 Seeler 13 Klodt 14 Cieslarczyk 15 Kelbassa 16 Sturm 17 Schnellinger 18 Hoffmann 19 Peters 20 Nuber 21 Sawitzki 22 Kwiatkowski Coach : Herberger West Germany squad -- 1962 FIFA World Cup 1 Tilkowski 2 Erhardt 3 Schnellinger 4 Schulz 5 Wilden 6 Szymaniak 7 Koslowski 8 Haller 9 Seeler 10 Brülls 11 Schäfer ( c ) 12 Nowak 13 Kurbjuhn 14 Werner 15 Giesemann 16 Sturm 17 Kraus 18 Herrmann 19 Strehl 20 Vollmar 21 Sawitzki 22 Fahrian Coach : Herberger West Germany squad -- 1966 FIFA World Cup runners - up 1 Tilkowski 2 Höttges 3 Schnellinger 4 Beckenbauer 5 Schulz 6 Weber 7 Brülls 8 Haller 9 Seeler ( c ) 10 Held 11 Emmerich 12 Overath 13 Hornig 14 Lutz 15 Patzke 16 Lorenz 17 Paul 18 Sieloff 19 Krämer 20 Grabowski 21 Bernard 22 Maier Coach : Schön West Germany squad -- 1970 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Maier 2 Höttges 3 Schnellinger 4 Beckenbauer 5 Schulz 6 Weber 7 Vogts 8 Haller 9 Seeler ( c ) 10 Held 11 Fichtel 12 Overath 13 Müller 14 Libuda 15 Patzke 16 Lorenz 17 Löhr 18 Sieloff 19 Dietrich 20 Grabowski 21 Manglitz 22 Wolter Coach : Schön West Germany squad -- 1974 FIFA World Cup winners ( 2nd title ) 1 Maier 2 Vogts 3 Breitner 4 Schwarzenbeck 5 Beckenbauer ( c ) 6 Höttges 7 Wimmer 8 Cullmann 9 Grabowski 10 Netzer 11 Heynckes 12 Overath 13 Müller 14 Hoeneß 15 Flohe 16 Bonhof 17 Hölzenbein 18 Herzog 19 Kapellmann 20 Kremers 21 Nigbur 22 Kleff Coach : Schön West Germany squad -- 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Maier 2 Vogts ( c ) 3 Dietz 4 Rüssmann 5 Kaltz 6 Bonhof 7 Abramczik 8 Zimmermann 9 Fischer 10 Flohe 11 Rummenigge 12 Schwarzenbeck 13 Konopka 14 D. Müller 15 Beer 16 Cullmann 17 Hölzenbein 18 Zewe 19 Worm 20 H. Müller 21 Kargus 22 Burdenski Coach : Schön West Germany squad -- 1982 FIFA World Cup runners - up 1 Schumacher 2 Briegel 3 Breitner 4 K. Förster 5 B. Förster 6 Dremmler 7 Littbarski 8 Fischer 9 Hrubesch 10 Müller 11 Rummenigge ( c ) 12 Hannes 13 Reinders 14 Magath 15 Stielike 16 T. Allofs 17 Engels 18 Matthäus 19 Hieronymus 20 Kaltz 21 Franke 22 Immel Coach : Derwall West Germany squad -- 1986 FIFA World Cup runners - up 1 Schumacher ( c ) 2 Briegel 3 Brehme 4 Förster 5 Herget 6 Eder 7 Littbarski 8 Matthäus 9 Völler 10 Magath 11 Rummenigge 12 Stein 13 Allgöwer 14 Berthold 15 Augenthaler 16 Thon 17 Jakobs 18 Rahn 19 K. Allofs 20 Hoeneß 21 Rolff 22 Immel Coach : Beckenbauer West Germany squad -- 1990 FIFA World Cup winners ( 3rd title ) 1 Illgner 2 Reuter 3 Brehme 4 Kohler 5 Augenthaler 6 Buchwald 7 Littbarski 8 Häßler 9 Völler 10 Matthäus ( c ) 11 Mill 12 Aumann 13 Riedle 14 Berthold 15 Bein 16 Steiner 17 Möller 18 Klinsmann 19 Pflügler 20 Thon 21 Hermann 22 Köpke Coach : Beckenbauer Germany squad -- 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Illgner 2 Strunz 3 Brehme 4 Kohler 5 Helmer 6 Buchwald 7 Möller 8 Häßler 9 Riedle 10 Matthäus ( c ) 11 Kuntz 12 Köpke 13 Völler 14 Berthold 15 Gaudino 16 Sammer 17 Wagner 18 Klinsmann 19 Kirsten 20 Effenberg 21 Basler 22 Kahn Coach : Vogts Germany squad -- 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Köpke 2 Wörns 3 Heinrich 4 Kohler 5 Helmer 6 Thon 7 Möller 8 Matthäus 9 Kirsten 10 Häßler 11 Marschall 12 Kahn 13 Jeremies 14 Babbel 15 Freund 16 Hamann 17 Ziege 18 Klinsmann ( c ) 19 Reuter 20 Bierhoff 21 Tarnat 22 Lehmann Coach : Vogts Germany squad -- 2002 FIFA World Cup runners - up 1 Kahn ( c ) 2 Linke 3 Rehmer 4 Baumann 5 Ramelow 6 Ziege 7 Neuville 8 Hamann 9 Jancker 10 Ricken 11 Klose 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Asamoah 15 Kehl 16 Jeremies 17 Bode 18 Böhme 19 Schneider 20 Bierhoff 21 Metzelder 22 Frings 23 Butt Coach : Völler Germany squad -- 2006 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Lehmann 2 Jansen 3 Friedrich 4 Huth 5 Kehl 6 Nowotny 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Frings 9 Hanke 10 Neuville 11 Klose 12 Kahn 13 Ballack ( c ) 14 Asamoah 15 Hitzlsperger 16 Lahm 17 Mertesacker 18 Borowski 19 Schneider 20 Podolski 21 Metzelder 22 Odonkor 23 Hildebrand Coach : Klinsmann Germany squad -- 2010 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Neuer 2 Jansen 3 Friedrich 4 Aogo 5 Tasci 6 Khedira 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Özil 9 Kießling 10 Podolski 11 Klose 12 Wiese 13 Müller 14 Badstuber 15 Trochowski 16 Lahm ( c ) 17 Mertesacker 18 Kroos 19 Cacau 20 Boateng 21 Marin 22 Butt 23 Gómez Coach : Löw Germany squad -- 2014 FIFA World Cup winners ( 4th title ) 1 Neuer 2 Großkreutz 3 Ginter 4 Höwedes 5 Hummels 6 Khedira 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Özil 9 Schürrle 10 Podolski 11 Klose 12 Zieler 13 Müller 14 Draxler 15 Durm 16 Lahm ( c ) 17 Mertesacker 18 Kroos 19 Götze 20 Boateng 21 Mustafi 22 Weidenfeller 23 Kramer Coach : Löw Germany national football team General German Football Association History Managers Captains Venues Home venues Statistics All - time record World Cup record European Championship record Hat - tricks Matches ( 2000 -- present ) Players Players ( 1908 -- 1942 ) All - time players Previous squads Other categories World Finals Summary 1934 1938 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 European Finals Summary 1972 1976 1980 1984 2000 2008 2012 2016 Other tournaments FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics Mundialito Azteca 2000 Four Nations U.S. Cup Culture Noted rivalries Noted matches Paul the Octopus Other DFB teams B team Olympic team U21 team Other youth teams Women Beach soccer Football in Germany German Football Association League competitions Bundesliga 2. 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Question: how many times has germany won the football world cup
Answer: four titles