Germany at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia Germany at the FIFA World Cup Germany national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia 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 body. 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 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 19 tournaments add up to at least three more than any other nation. In addition, Germany are the only team which has stood on the podium ( 3rd place or better ) every decade there was a tournament held -- 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 did not reach the quarterfinals twice, in 1938 and 2018. With this, Germany 's 8th place or better ( quarterfinals ) in 17 out of 19 tournaments ( 89 % ) 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 FIFA World Cup finals 2.1 1954 World Cup Final v Hungary 2.2 1966 World Cup Final v England 2.3 1974 World Cup Final v the Netherlands 2.4 1982 World Cup Final v Italy 2.5 1986 World Cup Final v Argentina 2.6 1990 World Cup Final v Argentina 2.7 2002 World Cup Final v Brazil 2.8 2014 World Cup Final v Argentina 3 Record players 4 Top goalscorers 5 By match 6 By opponent 7 References 8 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 * GF GA Squad GP GF GA 1930 Did not enter 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 Group stage 22nd 0 Squad 10 10 0 0 43 2018 2022 To be decided - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2022 2026 To be decided - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2026 Total 19 / 21 4 titles 109 67 20 * 22 226 125 94 74 18 292 70 Total * Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. * * Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil. show Germany 's World Cup record First Match Germany 5 -- 2 Belgium ( 27 May 1934 ; Florence, Italy ) Biggest Win Germany 8 -- 0 Saudi Arabia ( 1 June 2002 ; Sapporo, Japan ) Biggest Defeat Hungary 8 - 3 West Germany ( 20 June 1954 ; Basel, Switzerland ) Best Result Champions at the 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014 World Cups Worst Result Round 1 in 1938, Group Stage in 2018 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 FIFA World Cup Finals 1954 World Cup final v Hungary Main article : 1954 FIFA World Cup Final Only 14 days before the final, Germany played the favoured Hungarian Golden Team in the first round of the tournament and suffered a 3 - 8 loss, their highest World Cup defeat to this day. In the final, Hungary was up by two goals after only eight minutes, so it came as a surprise that the German team not only quickly equalized but turned the game around in the 84th minute with a goal scored by Helmut Rahn. 4 July 1954 ( 1954 - 07 - 04 ) 17 : 00 CET West Germany 3 -- 2 Hungary Morlock 10 ' Rahn 18 ', 84 ' Report Puskás 6 ' Czibor 8 ' Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Attendance : 62,500 Referee : William Ling GK Toni Turek RB 7 Josef Posipal CB 10 Werner Liebrich LB Werner Kohlmeyer HB 6 Horst Eckel HB 8 Karl Mai IR 13 Max Morlock IL 16 Fritz Walter ( c ) OR 12 Helmut Rahn CF 15 Ottmar Walter OL 20 Hans Schäfer Manager : Sepp Herberger GK Gyula Grosics RB Jenő Buzánszky CB Gyula Lóránt LB Mihály Lantos HB 5 József Bozsik HB 6 József Zakariás RW 11 Zoltán Czibor AM 9 Nándor Hidegkuti LW 20 Mihály Tóth CF 8 Sándor Kocsis CF 10 Ferenc Puskás ( c ) Manager : Gusztáv Sebes 1966 World Cup final v England Main article : 1966 FIFA World Cup Final The strongly contested game between Germany and host nation England went into extra time after a score of 2 - 2 after 90 minutes. Geoff Hurst 's goal in the 101st minute is one of the most controversial in football history : His shot bounced off the cross-bar onto the ground and back away from the goal. After a brief discussion with the Soviet linesman Tofiq Bahramov, referee Gottfried Dienst awarded the goal. With the Germans forced to press for the equalizer, Hurst converted a counter attack in the 120th minute and decided the match for England. 30 July 1966 15 : 00 BST England 4 -- 2 ( a.e.t. ) West Germany Hurst 18 ', 101 ', 120 ' Peters 78 ' Report Haller 12 ' Weber 89 ' Wembley Stadium, London Attendance : 96,924 Referee : Gottfried Dienst GK Gordon Banks RB George Cohen CB 5 Jack Charlton CB 6 Bobby Moore ( c ) LB Ray Wilson DM Nobby Stiles RM 7 Alan Ball AM 9 Bobby Charlton LM 16 Martin Peters 20 ' CF 10 Geoff Hurst CF 21 Roger Hunt Manager : Alf Ramsey GK Hans Tilkowski RB Horst - Dieter Höttges CB 5 Willi Schulz CB 6 Wolfgang Weber LB Karl - Heinz Schnellinger CM Franz Beckenbauer CM 12 Wolfgang Overath RF 8 Helmut Haller CF 9 Uwe Seeler ( c ) CF 10 Sigfried Held LF 11 Lothar Emmerich Manager : Helmut Schön 1974 World Cup final v the Netherlands Main article : 1974 FIFA World Cup Final Germany reached the final as host nation in 1974 and were facing their neighbours and rivals from the Netherlands. After an early penalty scored by Johan Neeskens, Germany turned the game around to win their second World Cup trophy. 7 July 1974 16 : 00 ( CET ) Netherlands 1 -- 2 West Germany Neeskens 2 ' ( pen. ) Report Breitner 25 ' ( pen. ) Müller 43 ' Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance : 75,200 Referee : Jack Taylor GK 8 Jan Jongbloed RB 20 Wim Suurbier CB 17 Wim Rijsbergen 69 ' CB Arie Haan LB 12 Ruud Krol RM 6 Wim Jansen CM 13 Johan Neeskens 40 ' LM Willem van Hanegem 23 ' RF 16 Johnny Rep CF 14 Johan Cruyff ( c ) 45 ' LF 15 Rob Rensenbrink 46 ' Substitutes : GK 18 Piet Schrijvers DF 5 Rinus Israël MF 7 Theo de Jong 69 ' MF 10 René van de Kerkhof 46 ' FW 9 Piet Keizer Manager : Rinus Michels GK Sepp Maier RB Berti Vogts 4 ' CB 5 Franz Beckenbauer ( c ) CB Hans - Georg Schwarzenbeck LB Paul Breitner RM 16 Rainer Bonhof CM 14 Uli Hoeneß LM 12 Wolfgang Overath RF 9 Jürgen Grabowski CF 13 Gerd Müller LF 17 Bernd Hölzenbein Substitutes : GK 21 Norbert Nigbur DF 6 Horst - Dieter Höttges MF 8 Bernhard Cullmann MF 15 Heinz Flohe FW 11 Jupp Heynckes Manager : Helmut Schön 1982 World Cup final v italy Main article : 1982 FIFA World Cup Final Paul Breitner became only the third player in World Cup history to have scored in two separate finals, but only after the Italians had already taken a 3 - 0 lead after 81 minutes. 11 July 1982 20 : 00 CEST Italy 3 -- 1 West Germany Rossi 57 ' Tardelli 69 ' Altobelli 81 ' Report Breitner 83 ' Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance : 90,000 Referee : Arnaldo Cézar Coelho GK Dino Zoff ( c ) SW 7 Gaetano Scirea CB 6 Claudio Gentile CB 5 Fulvio Collovati RWB Giuseppe Bergomi LWB Antonio Cabrini DM 13 Gabriele Oriali 73 ' RM 16 Bruno Conti 31 ' CM 14 Marco Tardelli LW 19 Francesco Graziani 7 ' CF 20 Paolo Rossi Substitutions : GK 12 Ivano Bordon MF 10 Giuseppe Dossena MF 11 Giampiero Marini MF 15 Franco Causio 89 ' FW 18 Alessandro Altobelli 7 ' 89 ' Manager : Enzo Bearzot GK Harald Schumacher SW 15 Uli Stielike 73 ' RB 20 Manfred Kaltz CB Karlheinz Förster LB 5 Bernd Förster RM 6 Wolfgang Dremmler 61 ' 62 ' CM Paul Breitner LM Hans - Peter Briegel RW 11 Karl - Heinz Rummenigge ( c ) 70 ' LW 7 Pierre Littbarski 88 ' CF 8 Klaus Fischer Substitutions : GK 21 Bernd Franke DF 12 Wilfried Hannes MF 10 Hansi Müller 70 ' MF 14 Felix Magath FW 9 Horst Hrubesch 62 ' Manager : Jupp Derwall 1986 World Cup final v Argentina Main article : 1986 FIFA World Cup Final With the highest attendance ever at a FIFA World Cup final, West Germany faced Argentina in Mexico City. Although the South Americans ' star player Diego Maradona was closely guarded by the German team, he assisted the decisive 3 - 2 scored by Jorge Burruchaga, ensuring his country 's second World Cup win. Late during the match, three yellow cards were given to Argentinians for time wasting. 29 June 1986 12 : 00 CST Argentina 3 -- 2 West Germany Brown 23 ' Valdano 56 ' Burruchaga 84 ' Report Rummenigge 74 ' Völler 81 ' Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance : 114,600 Referee : Romualdo Arppi Filho GK 18 Nery Pumpido 85 ' SW 5 José Luis Brown CB 9 José Cuciuffo CB 19 Oscar Ruggeri RWB 14 Ricardo Giusti LWB 16 Julio Olarticoechea 77 ' DM Sergio Batista CM 12 Héctor Enrique 81 ' AM 7 Jorge Burruchaga 90 ' SS 10 Diego Maradona ( c ) 17 ' CF 11 Jorge Valdano Substitutions : MF 21 Marcelo Trobbiani 90 ' Manager : Carlos Bilardo GK Harald Schumacher SW 17 Ditmar Jakobs CB Karlheinz Förster CB Hans - Peter Briegel 62 ' RWB 14 Thomas Berthold LWB Andreas Brehme CM 6 Norbert Eder CM 8 Lothar Matthäus 21 ' AM 10 Felix Magath 62 ' CF 11 Karl - Heinz Rummenigge ( c ) CF 19 Klaus Allofs 46 ' Substitutions : FW 9 Rudi Völler 46 ' FW 20 Dieter Hoeneß 62 ' Manager : Franz Beckenbauer 1990 World Cup final v Argentina Main article : 1990 FIFA World Cup Final For this re-match of the 1986 Final, Argentina played extremely defensively. Defender Pedro Monzón became the first player ever to receive a red card in a World Cup final, only to be joined by team mate Gustavo Dezotti 22 minutes later. Although West Germany was the dominating side with 23 : 1 shots, it is fitting that the rough match was decided by a penalty kick taken by Andreas Brehme. Franz Beckenbauer achieved the feat to lose and then win a World Cup final each as player ( 1966, 1974 ) and manager ( 1986, 1990 ). 8 July 1990 20 : 00 UTC + 2 West Germany 1 -- 0 Argentina Brehme 85 ' ( pen. ) Report Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance : 73,603 Referee : Edgardo Codesal GK Bodo Illgner SW 5 Klaus Augenthaler CB 6 Guido Buchwald CB Jürgen Kohler RWB 14 Thomas Berthold 73 ' LWB Andreas Brehme CM 8 Thomas Häßler CM 10 Lothar Matthäus ( c ) CM 7 Pierre Littbarski CF 9 Rudi Völler 52 ' CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann Substitutes : GK 12 Raimond Aumann DF Stefan Reuter 73 ' MF 15 Uwe Bein MF 20 Olaf Thon FW 13 Karl - Heinz Riedle Manager : Franz Beckenbauer GK 12 Sergio Goycochea SW 20 Juan Simón CB 18 José Serrizuela CB 19 Oscar Ruggeri 46 ' RWB José Basualdo LWB 17 Roberto Sensini DM 13 Néstor Lorenzo CM 21 Pedro Troglio 84 ' AM 10 Diego Maradona ( c ) 87 ' CM 7 Jorge Burruchaga 53 ' CF 9 Gustavo Dezotti 5 ', 87 ' Substitutes : GK 22 Fabián Cancelarich DF 5 Edgardo Bauza DF 15 Pedro Monzón 65 ' 46 ' MF 6 Gabriel Calderón 53 ' FW Abel Balbo Manager : Carlos Bilardo 2002 World Cup final v Brazil Main article : 2002 FIFA World Cup Final With only one goal against during the six matches leading up to the final, hopes were on the German defence to withstand Brazil 's star quality strikers. Germany 's playmaker Michael Ballack was suspended for the final after picking his second yellow card of the tournament in the semi-final against South Korea. Two goals from Ronaldo in the middle of the second half decided the match in favour of the South Americans and ensured their record fifth title. 30 June 2002 20 : 00 UTC + 9 Germany 0 -- 2 Brazil Report Ronaldo 67 ', 79 ' International Stadium, Yokohama Attendance : 69,029 Referee : Pierluigi Collina GK Oliver Kahn ( c ) CB Thomas Linke CB 5 Carsten Ramelow CB 21 Christoph Metzelder RM 22 Torsten Frings CM 8 Dietmar Hamann CM 16 Jens Jeremies 77 ' LM 17 Marco Bode 84 ' AM 19 Bernd Schneider CF 11 Miroslav Klose 9 ' 74 ' CF 7 Oliver Neuville Substitutes : FW 20 Oliver Bierhoff 74 ' FW 14 Gerald Asamoah 77 ' MF 6 Christian Ziege 84 ' Manager : Rudi Völler GK Marcos CB Lúcio CB 5 Edmílson CB Roque Júnior 6 ' RM Cafu ( c ) CM 8 Gilberto Silva CM 15 Kléberson LM 6 Roberto Carlos AM 11 Ronaldinho 85 ' CF 10 Rivaldo CF 9 Ronaldo 90 ' Substitutes : MF 19 Juninho 85 ' MF 17 Denílson 90 ' Manager : Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari 2014 World Cup final v Argentina Main article : 2014 FIFA World Cup Final Despite defeating host country Brazil 7 -- 1, Germany was supported by the home fans due to Brazil 's rivalry with Argentina. This record third match - up of two teams in World Cup finals saw good chances for both sides in regular time, but stayed goalless until substitute striker Mario Götze scored during the second half of extra time, in the 113th minute. The fourth title was the first since Germany 's reunification in October 1990. 13 July 2014 16 : 00 UTC − 3 Germany 1 -- 0 ( a.e.t. ) Argentina Götze 113 ' Report Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance : 74,738 Referee : Nicola Rizzoli GK Manuel Neuer RB 16 Philipp Lahm ( c ) CB 20 Jérôme Boateng CB 5 Mats Hummels LB Benedikt Höwedes 34 ' CM 23 Christoph Kramer 31 ' CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger 29 ' CM 18 Toni Kroos RW 13 Thomas Müller LW 8 Mesut Özil 120 ' CF 11 Miroslav Klose 88 ' Substitutions : FW 9 André Schürrle 31 ' MF 19 Mario Götze 88 ' DF 17 Per Mertesacker 120 ' Manager : Joachim Löw GK Sergio Romero RB Pablo Zabaleta CB 15 Martín Demichelis CB Ezequiel Garay LB 16 Marcos Rojo CM 14 Javier Mascherano 64 ' CM 6 Lucas Biglia RW 8 Enzo Pérez 86 ' LW 22 Ezequiel Lavezzi 46 ' SS 10 Lionel Messi ( c ) CF 9 Gonzalo Higuaín 78 ' Substitutions : FW 20 Sergio Agüero 65 ' 46 ' FW 18 Rodrigo Palacio 78 ' MF 5 Fernando Gago 86 ' Manager : Alejandro Sabella Record players Lothar Matthäus is the FIFA World Cup 's all - time record player. In addition, along with Antonio Carbajal and Rafael Márquez from Mexico, he is one of the few players to have been fielded in five FIFA World Cups. Miroslav Klose, who is only one match behind, also holds the record for most victories at FIFA World Cups ( 17 ). No. Name Matches World Cups Lothar Matthäus 25 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998 Miroslav Klose 24 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Uwe Seeler 21 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 Philipp Lahm 20 2006, 2010 and 2014 Bastian Schweinsteiger 20 2006, 2010 and 2014 6 Wolfgang Overath 19 1966, 1970 and 1974 Berti Vogts 19 1970, 1974 and 1978 Karl - Heinz Rummenigge 19 1978, 1982 and 1986 Per Mertesacker 19 2006, 2010 and 2014 10 Franz Beckenbauer 18 1966, 1970 and 1974 Sepp Maier 18 1970, 1974 and 1978 Thomas Berthold 18 1986, 1990 and 1994 Top goalscorers Since 2014, Miroslav Klose is the all - time top goalscorer at FIFA World Cup final tournaments. Gerd Müller used to be the holder of that record from 1974 until it was broken by Ronaldo in 2006. No. Name Goals World Cups Miroslav Klose 16 2002 ( 5 ), 2006 ( 5 ), 2010 ( 4 ) and 2014 ( 2 ) Gerd Müller 14 1970 ( 10 ) and 1974 ( 4 ) Jürgen Klinsmann 11 1990 ( 3 ), 1994 ( 5 ) and 1998 ( 3 ) Thomas Müller 10 2010 ( 5 ) and 2014 ( 5 ) Helmut Rahn 10 1954 ( 4 ) and 1958 ( 6 ) 6 Karl - Heinz Rummenigge 9 1978 ( 3 ), 1982 ( 5 ) and 1986 ( 1 ) Uwe Seeler 9 1958 ( 2 ), 1962 ( 2 ), 1966 ( 2 ) and 1970 ( 3 ) 8 Rudi Völler 8 1986 ( 3 ), 1990 ( 3 ) and 1994 ( 2 ) 9 Hans Schäfer 7 1954 ( 4 ) and 1958 ( 3 ) 10 Helmut Haller 6 1966 Lothar Matthäus 6 1986 ( 1 ), 1990 ( 4 ) and 1994 ( 1 ) Max Morlock 6 1954 By match show 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 2018 Group F Mexico 0 -- 1 Group F Sweden 2 -- 1 Reus, Kroos Group F South Korea 0 -- 2 By opponent Legend Won more than lost Won equals lost Lost more than won Opponent Pld GF GA GD Win % Argentina 7 12 5 + 7 57.14 % Yugoslavia 6 11 + 7 66.67 % Sweden 5 0 11 7 + 4 80.00 % England 5 10 8 + 2 40.00 % Italy 5 0 9 − 5 0.00 % Uruguay 0 9 + 6 75.00 % Austria 0 12 6 + 6 75.00 % Mexico 8 + 6 50.00 % Switzerland 10 6 + 4 50.00 % Spain 5 + 1 50.00 % France 9 9 0 50.00 % Chile 0 0 7 + 6 100.00 % United States 0 0 0 + 4 100.00 % Netherlands 0 6 + 2 66.67 % Poland 0 0 + 2 66.67 % South Korea 0 0 66.67 % Czechoslovakia 5 − 1 33.33 % Turkey 0 0 11 + 8 100.00 % Australia 0 0 7 0 + 7 100.00 % Portugal 0 0 7 + 6 100.00 % Belgium 0 0 8 + 4 100.00 % Morocco 0 0 + 2 100.00 % Ghana 0 + 1 50.00 % Brazil 0 7 + 4 50.00 % Bulgaria 0 6 + 2 50.00 % Algeria 0 0 50.00 % Hungary 0 6 10 − 4 50.00 % Saudi Arabia 0 0 8 0 + 8 100.00 % United Arab Emirates 0 0 5 + 4 100.00 % Ecuador 0 0 0 + 3 100.00 % Costa Rica 0 0 + 2 100.00 % Peru 0 0 + 2 100.00 % Cameroon 0 0 0 + 2 100.00 % Iran 0 0 0 + 2 100.00 % Scotland 0 0 + 1 100.00 % Soviet Union 0 0 + 1 100.00 % Bolivia 0 0 0 + 1 100.00 % Paraguay 0 0 0 + 1 100.00 % Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0.00 % Colombia 0 0 0 0.00 % Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0.00 % Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 % East Germany 0 0 0 − 1 0.00 % Serbia 0 0 0 − 1 0.00 % Denmark 0 0 0 − 2 0.00 % Croatia 0 0 0 − 3 0.00 % Total ( 46 ) 109 67 20 22 226 125 + 101 61.47 % 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 Kits 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 2018 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 UEFA Nations League 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: when did germany won the first world cup
Answer: 1954