# Germany men's national field hockey team

The Germany men's national field hockey team is one of the most successful sides in the world, winning gold at the Summer Olympics four times (including once as West Germany), the Hockey World Cup 3 times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the Hockey Champions Trophy ten times (including three times as West Germany).

## History

The team caused an upset in the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup when they defeated Australia 2–1 with striker Olivier Domke scoring the winner after Germany came back from being 1–0 down. After this period the Germans went through a transition period, finishing lowly in the 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy with several inexperienced players in their squad. Coach Bernhard Peters was looking to nurture the players for the World Cup such as Christopher Zeller, Moritz Fürste and Timo Wess, and was successful as the Germans won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Bernhard Peters left the team in order to pursue a career in football and is now a staff member at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
On 6 November 2006, Markus Wiese was appointed as the new head coach. Success at the 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics followed this. Germany headed into the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup with a largely young and inexperienced squad but reached the final of the World Cup after strong performances throughout the tournament. In the final, they were defeated 2–1 by Australia.
Germany has played in the annual 2011 Hockey Champions Trophy held in Auckland, New Zealand. The team competed in pool B with Korea, Netherlands and host nation New Zealand. The team finished fifth in the tournament.

## Competitive record
### Summer Olympics

* 1908–1952 as → → → Germany
* 1956–1964 as United Team of Germany
* 1968–1988 as West Germany
* 1992–present as Germany
Summer Olympics record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1908 | 5th place game | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Squad |
| 1920 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1928 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | Squad |
| 1932 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1936 | Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
| 1948 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1952 | 5th place game | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | Squad |
| 1956 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Squad |
| 1960 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | Squad |
| 1964 | 5th place game | 5th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Squad |
| 1968 | 3rd place game | 4th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | Squad |
| 1972 | Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Squad |
| 1976 | 5th place game | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | Squad |
| 1980 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1984 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | Squad |
| 1988 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
| 1992 | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Squad |
| 1996 | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
| 2000 | 5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | Squad |
| 2004 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Squad |
| 2008 | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | Squad |
| 2012 | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Squad |
| 2016 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Squad |
| 2020 | 3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 19 | Squad |
| 2024 | Final | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | Squad |
| Total | 4 titles | 20/25 | 138 | 85 | 25 | 28 | 349 | 178 | |

### World Cup

* 1971–1990 as West Germany
* 1994–present as Germany
World Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1971 | 5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | Squad |
| 1973 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Squad |
| 1975 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Squad |
| 1978 | 3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | Squad |
| 1982 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Squad |
| 1986 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
| 1990 | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
| 1994 | 3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
| 1998 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Squad |
| 2002 | Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Squad |
| 2006 | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | Squad |
| 2010 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Squad |
| 2014 | 5th place game | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | Squad |
| 2018 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad |
| 2023 | Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | Squad |
| Total | 3 titles | 15/15 | 104 | 60 | 23 | 21 | 264 | 154 | |

### European Championships

* 1970–1987 as West Germany
* 1991–present as Germany
EuroHockey Championship record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1970 | Final | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 1974 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| 1978 | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 1983 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 |
| 1987 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| 1991 | Final | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| 1995 | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
| 1999 | Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| 2003 | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
| 2009 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
| 2011 | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 2013 | Final | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| 2015 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 |
| 2017 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 |
| 2019 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 |
| 2021 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
| 2023 | 3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Total | 8 titles | 19/19 | 112 | 83 | 15 | 14 | 400 | 147 |

### FIH Pro League

FIH Pro League record :
| Season | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 2019 | 6th | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 38 | Squad |
| 2020–21 | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 23 | Squad |
| 2021–22 | 4th | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 36 | Squad |
| 2022–23 | 6th | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 35 | Squad |
| 2023–24 | 6th | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 29 | Squad |
| Total | Best: 3rd | 72 | 28 | 17 | 27 | 160 | 141 | |

### Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

* 1987 as West Germany
* 1995–present as Germany
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record :
| Year | Position |
| 1987 | 1st |
| 1995 | 2nd |
| 1998 | 2nd |
| 1999 | 3rd |
| 2000 | 5th |
| 2001 | 1st |
| 2003 | 2nd |
| 2004 | 4th |
| Best result: 1st place ||

### Defunct competitions

    *Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.

## Team
### Current squad

The following 24 players were named for the Pro League matches against the Netherlands and Belgium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 30 November to 9 December 2024.
Caps updated as of 30 November 2024, after the match against the Netherlands.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
| 1 | GK | Alexander Stadler | (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 25) | 57 | Den Bosch |
| 39 | GK | Joshua Onyekwue | (2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 22) | 3 | Crefelder HTC |
| 74 | GK | Jean Danneberg | (2002-11-08) 8 November 2002 (age 22) | 37 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
| 4 | DF | Lukas Windfeder | (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 29) | 166 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| 8 | DF | Benedikt Schwarzhaupt | (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 (age 23) | 31 | Real Club de Polo |
| 10 | DF | Johannes Große | (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27) | 123 | Club an der Alster |
| 14 | DF | Teo Hinrichs | (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25) | 74 | Real Club de Polo |
| 16 | DF | Gonzalo Peillat | (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32) | 61 | Mannheimer HC |
| 20 | DF | Niklas Bosserhoff | (1998-04-15) 15 April 1998 (age 26) | 73 | Hamburger Polo Club |
| 33 | DF | Luca Wolff | (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 (age 23) | 13 | Pinoké |
| 44 | DF | Moritz Ludwig | (2001-09-14) 14 September 2001 (age 23) | 59 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| 13 | MF | Paul-Philipp Kaufmann | (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) | 60 | Hamburger Polo Club |
| 21 | MF | Michel Struthoff | (2003-04-19) 19 April 2003 (age 21) | 19 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
| 23 | MF | Martin Zwicker | (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987 (age 37) | 328 | Berliner HC |
| 24 | MF | Erik Kleinlein | (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 23) | 12 | Mannheimer HC |
| 25 | MF | Hannes Müller | (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24) | 65 | UHC Hamburg |
| 35 | MF | Hugo von Montgelas | (2004-04-17) 17 April 2004 (age 20) | 8 | Mannheimer HC |
| 41 | MF | Matteo Poljaric | (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22) | 4 | Mannheimer HC |
| 6 | FW | Raphael Hartkopf | (1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 26) | 31 | Mannheimer HC |
| 7 | FW | Thies Prinz | (1998-07-07) 7 July 1998 (age 26) | 84 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
| 17 | FW | Christopher Rühr | (1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 (age 31) | 196 | Rot-Weiss Köln |
| 29 | FW | Malte Hellwig | (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 27) | 63 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| 30 | | Henrik Mertgens | (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 25) | 3 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim |
| 62 | FW | Elian Mazkour | (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23) | 13 | Rot-Weiss Köln |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | Latest call-up |
| DF | Tom Grambusch | (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29) | 126 | Rot-Weiss Köln | v. India, 24 October 2024 |
| DF | Mathias Müller | (1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 32) | 172 | Hamburger Polo Club | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| DF | Antheus Barry | (2002-10-06) 6 October 2002 (age 22) | 20 | Rot-Weiss Köln | v. Great Britain, 28 June 2024 |
| MF | Adrian Lehmann-Richter | (1998-06-21) 21 June 1998 (age 26) | 2 | Klein Zwitserland | v. India, 24 October 2024 |
| MF | Mario Schachner | (2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 23) | 11 | Mannheimer HC | v. India, 23 October 2024 |
| MF | Mats Grambusch (Captain) | (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 32) | 196 | Gladbacher HTC | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| FW | Florian Sperling | (2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 22) | 6 | UHC Hamburg | v. India, 24 October 2024 |
| FW | Ben Hasbach | (2005-06-22) 22 June 2005 (age 19) | 2 | Mannheimer HC | v. India, 24 October 2024 |
| FW | Niklas Wellen | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30) | 213 | Crefelder HTC | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| FW | Marco Miltkau | (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34) | 155 | Klein Zwitserland | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| FW | Justus Weigand | (2000-04-20) 20 April 2000 (age 24) | 62 | Mannheimer HC | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| FW | Constantin Staib | (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29) | 111 | Hamburger Polo Club | v. Spain, 6 June 2024 |
| FW | Timm Herzbruch | (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 27) | 107 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim | v. Spain, 6 June 2024 |

### Coaches

| Years | Coach |
| 1969–1973 | Horst Wein |
| 1974–1990 | Klaus Lissek |
| 1990–2000 | Paul Lissek |
| 2000–2006 | Bernhard Peters |
| 2006–2015 | Markus Weise |
| 2015–2016 | Valentin Altenburg |
| 2016–2019 | Stefan Kermas |
| 2019 | Markus Weise (caretaker) |
| 2019–2021 | Kais al Saadi |
| 2021–present | André Henning |