The Germany national football team (German: Deutsche Fussballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is managed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball-Bund) founded in 1900. In the years between 1949 and 1990 distinct German national team were recognized by FIFA because of Allied occupation and divisions of the DFB's team, which represented that of the Federal Republic of Germany (named West Germany from 1949 to 1990) as well as the Saarland team that represented the Saar Protectorate (1950-1956) and the East Germany team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952-1990). The two latter teams were absorbed together with their records; the current team represents the newly unified Federal Republic. Its official code and name "Germany F (FRG)" were changed in 1990 to "Germany (GER)" in the wake of the 1990 reunification.
Germany is among the nations with the highest success in international competitions. They have been the winners of the four World Cups (1954, 1974 1990 2014) and Three European Championships (1972, 1980 and 1996) as well as a Confederations Cup (2017). They also finished third in three occasions at the European Championships, four times at the World Cup, and a further four third-place finish at World Cups. 9 East Germany won Olympic Gold in 1976. Germany is the sole country to win simultaneously the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women's World Cup. The finals of 2014's World Cup, Germany earned the second-highest Elo ranking of any country's soccer team in the history of football with 2,223 points. Germany is the sole European nation to have won the FIFA World Cup in the Americas.
At the beginning of August 2021, Hansi Flick became head coach of the team after Joachim Low announced that he will step down following UEFA Euro 2020.
