# Germany women's national under-20 football team

The Germany women's national under-20 football team represents the female under-20s of Germany in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and is controlled by the German Football Association.

## History
### The German U-20 team and Nordic Cup

The German U-20 team participated in the Nordic Cup since the early '90s. Winning the tournament in 1995. Nordic Cup was a U-20 competition from 1990 to 1997.

### Change of U-18 to U-19

The first three tournaments of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship were in the U-18 category. In 2001, the German Football Association decided to change the age limit from the U-18 team to U-19. The move was in preparation for 2002 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (competition that served as a qualifying tournament for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship).

### Competing as a U-20 team
#### 2005 and 2006

As the German Football Association did in 2001 prior to the introduction of the U-19 tournament, they raised the age of the squad from U-19 to U-20 in 2005. The move was, again, in response to FIFA's altering of the competition from U-19 to U-20.

## Fixtures and results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

### 2024
## Players

Squad for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France
Caps and goals as of 24 July 2018.
Head coach: Maren Meinert
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Vanessa Fischer | (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26) | 2 | 0 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam |
| 14 | 2DF | Janina Hechler | (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 (age 25) | 2 | 0 | 1. FFC Frankfurt |
| 4 | 2DF | Sophia Kleinherne | (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 24) | 3 | 0 | 1. FFC Frankfurt |
| 7 | 3MF | Giulia Gwinn | (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 25) | 2 | 0 | SC Freiburg |
| 16 | 3MF | Luca Graf | (1999-03-19) 19 March 1999 (age 25) | 3 | 1 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam |
| 15 | 2DF | Nina Lange | (1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 26) | 3 | 0 | MSV Duisburg |
| 18 | 3MF | Klara Bühl | (2000-12-07) 7 December 2000 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | SC Freiburg |
| 10 | 4FW | Laura Freigang | (1998-02-01) 1 February 1998 (age 26) | 13 | 5 | 1. FFC Frankfurt |
| 6 | 3MF | Janina Minge | (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 25) | 5 | 1 | SC Freiburg |
| 12 | 1GK | Janina Leitzig | (1999-04-16) 16 April 1999 (age 25) | 2 | 0 | TSG Hoffenheim |
| 8 | 3MF | Jana Feldkamp | (1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 26) | 10 | 1 | SGS Essen |
| 2 | 3MF | Dina Orschmann | (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26) | 9 | 1 | University of Central Florida |
| 11 | 4FW | Kristin Kögel | (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 25) | 4 | 0 | FC Bayern Munich |
| 19 | 4FW | Annalena Rieke | (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25) | 3 | 0 | SGS Essen |
| 9 | 4FW | Stefanie Sanders | (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 26) | 12 | 4 | University of Central Florida |
| 17 | 2DF | Sjoeke Nüsken | (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Westfalia Rhynern |
| 21 | 1GK | Charlotte Voll | (1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 25) | 0 | 0 | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 5 | 2DF | Tanja Pawollek | (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 25) | 5 | 0 | 1. FFC Frankfurt |
| 20 | 3MF | Lena Oberdorf | (2001-12-19) 19 December 2001 (age 22) | 1 | 1 | SGS Essen |
| 3 | 2DF | Katja Orschmann | (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 (age 26) | 4 | 0 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam |
| 13 | 2DF | Sarai Linder | (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 25) | 5 | 0 | TSG Hoffenheim |

## Competitive record
### FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The German team has participated in all tournaments. They have been champions in three opportunities (2004, 2010 and 2014)
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA |
| 2002 | Third place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| 2004 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| 2006 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
| 2008 | Third place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 |
| 2010 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| 2012 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| 2014 | Champions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
| 2016 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 2018 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 11/12 | 56 | 39 | 5 | 12 | 145 | 58 |

### UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The German team has participated in the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 19 times; Winning it six times and setting the record for most titles.
| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws* | Losses | GF | GA |
| Two-legged final 1998 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 1999 | Runner-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2000 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 2001 | Champions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 2003 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 2004 | Runner-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| 2005 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| 2006 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2007 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 2008 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2009 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| 2010 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| 2011 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 2018 | Runner-up | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019 | Runner-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Total | 20/22 | 81 | 57 | 9 | 15 | 201 | 68 |

## Head-to-head record

The following table shows Germany's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 066.67 |
| China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 075.00 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 080.00 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Mexico | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 075.00 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 080.00 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
| United States | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 037.50 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Total | 56 | 39 | 5 | 12 | 145 | 58 | +87 | 069.64 |