Germany national under-21 football team

The Germany national under-21 football team are the under-21s of Germany. It is currently controlled by the DFB.

 Competition records 

 Competing as West Germany 

 UEFA U-23 Championship record

YearProgress1972Quarterfinals1974Did not qualify1976Did not enter

 UEFA U-21 Championship record

YearProgress1978Did not enter1980Did not enter1982Final1984Did not qualify1986Did not qualify1988Did not qualify1990Quarterfinals

 Competing as Germany 

 UEFA U-21 Championship record

YearProgress1992Quarterfinals 1994Did not qualify 1996Quarterfinals 1998Quarterfinals 2000Did not qualify 2002Did not qualify 2004Group Stage 2006Group Stage 2007Did not qualify 2009Champions 2011Did not qualify 2013Group Stage 2015Semifinals 2017Champions/ 2019Runners-up/ 2021Qualified

 Individual Awards 

 Golden Player: Rudi Völler (1982)
 Silver Boot: Kevin Volland (2015)

Matches

 Players 

 Current squad 
Players born in or after 1998 are eligible for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship from 24 to 30 March 2021.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

 Caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2021.

 Player records 

Most caps
 No. of caps  Player  U-21 career 31  Fabian Ernst 1998–2001 30  Levin Öztunalı 2015–2019 27  Andreas Beck 2007–2009 26 Mike Hanke 2003–2005 25 Dennis Aogo 2007–200924  Christian Tiffert 2002–2004 Daniel Schwaab 2007–2010 Lewis Holtby 2009–2013 Moritz Leitner 2011–2015 Nadiem Amiri 2016–2019

Most goals
 No. of goals  No. of caps  Player  U-21 career 1821 Pierre Littbarski 1979–1982 1720 Heiko Herrlich 1990–1993 1523 Benjamin Auer 2002–2004 1426 Mike Hanke 2003–200524 Lewis Holtby 2009–201313 21 Rouwen Hennings 2007–200911 22 Kevin Volland 2012–201510 19 Rudi Völler 1979–198222 Christian Nerlinger 1992–199615 Luca Waldschmidt 2017–201917 Lukas Nmecha 2019–2021

 Former coaches 

 Hannes Löhr (1990–2002)
 Jürgen Kohler (2002–2003)
 Uli Stielike (2003–2004)
 Dieter Eilts (2004–2008)
 Horst Hrubesch (2008–2009)
 Rainer Adrion (2009–2013)
 Horst Hrubesch (2013–2016)
 Stefan Kuntz (2016–)

 Related pages 

 Germany national football team

 Notes 

 References 

 Other websites 

 Site of the Under-21 national team at the German Football Association homepage

Category:Football in Germany
Category:National under-21 football teams