# Football records and statistics in Germany

For association football in Germany, this page details football records in Germany.

## National team
### Appearances

* Most appearances: 150, Lothar Matthäus
* Youngest player: Willy Baumgärtner, 17 years, 104 days, 5 April 1908, 3–5 v Switzerland
* Oldest player: Lothar Matthäus, 39 years, 91 days, 20 June 2000, 0–3 v Portugal
* Oldest debutant: Karl Sesta, 35 years, 83 days, 15 June 1941, 5–1 v Croatia

### Goals

* First goal: Fritz Becker, 5 April 1908, 3–5 v Switzerland
* Most goals: 71, Miroslav Klose
* Most goals in a match: 10, Gottfried Fuchs (v Russia, 1912 Summer Olympics)
* Youngest goalscorer: Marius Hiller, 17 years, 241 days, 3 April 1910, 3–2 v Switzerland

## Men's Honours
### Major competitions

FIFA World Cup
* Champions (4): 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
* Runners-up (4): 1966, 1982, 1986, 2002
* Third place (4): 1934, 1970, 2006, 2010
* Fourth place (1): 1958
UEFA European Championship
* Champions (3): 1972, 1980, 1996
* Runners-up (3): 1976, 1992, 2008
* Third place (3): 1988, 2012, 2016
Summer Olympic Games
* Gold Medal (1): 1976
* Silver Medal (2): 1980, 2016
* Bronze Medal (3): 1964, 1972, 1988
* Fourth place (1): 1952
FIFA Confederations Cup
* Champions (1): 2017
* Third place (1): 2005
Overview :
| Event | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place |
| FIFA World Cup | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| UEFA European Championship | 3 | 3 | 3 | x |
| Summer Olympic Games | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| FIFA Confederations Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UEFA Nations League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 |

## Women's Honours
### Major competitions

FIFA Women's World Cup
* Champions (2): 2003, 2007
* Runners-up (1): 1995
* Fourth place (2): 1991, 2015
UEFA Women's Championship
* Champions (8): 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013
* Runners-up (1): 2022
* Fourth place (1): 1993
Summer Olympic Games
* Gold Medal (1): 2016
* Bronze Medal (3): 2000, 2004, 2008
Overview :
| Event | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place |
| FIFA Women's World Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| UEFA Women's Championship | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Summer Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 |

## League
### Titles

* Most championships won: 33, Bayern Munich
* Most consecutive championships: 11
** Bayern Munich (2013–2023)
* Most East German championships: 10, Dynamo Berlin
* Most consecutive East German championships: 10, Dynamo Berlin (1979–1988)

### Attendances

* Record attendance: 100,000, SC Rotation Leipzig v SC Lokomotive Leipzig at Zentralstadion (September 1956)

## Individual records
### Appearances

* Most Bundesliga appearances: 602, Charly Körbel

### Goals

* Most career league goals: Erwin Helmchen
* Most career domestic top-flight goals: 404, Uwe Seeler
* Most Bundesliga goals: 365, Gerd Müller
* Most Bundesliga goals in one season: 41, Robert Lewandowski (2020–21)

## Most successful clubs overall (1902–present)
### Key

German domestic competitions organised by the DFB, and the DFL :
| 1ª | Bundesliga, former German football championship (1902–1963) |
| CUP | DFB-Pokal |
| LCUP | DFL-Ligapokal (Defunct) |
| SCUP | DFL-Supercup, former DFB-Supercup |
| European continental competitions organised by UEFA ||
| UCL | UEFA Champions League, former European Champion Clubs' Cup |
| UCWC | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct) |
| UEL | UEFA Europa League, former UEFA Cup |
| USC | UEFA Super Cup |
| UIC | UEFA Intertoto Cup (Defunct) |
| Intercontinental competitions organised by FIFA, and by UEFA and CONMEBOL ||
| FCWC | FIFA Club World Cup |
| IC | Intercontinental Cup (Defunct) |

### Performance by club

(Sorted by overall titles. Use sorting button to change criteria.)
Last updated on 17 August 2024, following Bayer Leverkusen winning the 2024 DFL-Supercup.
| Team | Domestic titles | Domestic titles | Domestic titles | Domestic titles | Domestic titles | European titles | European titles | European titles | European titles | European titles | European titles | Worldwide titles | Worldwide titles | Worldwide titles | All titles |
| Team | 1ª | CUP | LCUP | SCUP | Total | UCL | UCWC | UEL | USC | UIC | Total | FCWC | IC | Total | Total |
| Bayern Munich | 33 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 83 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 5 | | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Schalke 04 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | | | 1 | | 2 | 3 | | | | 17 |
| Werder Bremen | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | | | | 16 |
| Hamburger SV | 6 | 3 | 2 | | 11 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 4 | | | | 15 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 9 | 4 | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 5 | 3 | | 1 | 9 | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | 11 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | 3 | | | 8 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 10 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 5 | | | 6 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 8 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4 | 2 | | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3 | 4 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 4 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 5 |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | 3 | 1 | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Dresdner SC | 2 | 2 | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Hertha Berlin | 2 | | 2 | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1 | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | 4 |
| Greuther Fürth | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Hannover 96 | 2 | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 1860 München | 1 | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1 | 2 | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| RB Leipzig | | 2 | 1 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Viktoria Berlin | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Rapid Wien | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Blau-Weiß Berlin | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Freiburger FC | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Holstein Kiel | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Karlsruher FV | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| VfR Mannheim | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| First Vienna FC | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| KFC Uerdingen | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Kickers Offenbach | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
The figures in bold represent the most times this competition has been won by a German team.