GERMANY
The Team
 
NAME
POSITION
AGE
 CLUB
       
Oliver Kahn
GK
28
 Bayern Munich
Andreas Kopke
GK
35
 Olympique Marseille
Jens Lehmann
GK
28
 Schalke 04
 
 
 
  
Markus Babbel
D
25
 Bayern Munich
Thomas Helmer
D
32
 Bayern Munich
Juergen Kohler
D
32
 Borussia Dortmund
Olaf Thon
D
31
 Schalke 04
Stefan Reuter
D
31
 Borussia Dortmund
Matthias Sammer
D
30
 Borussia Dortmund
Christian Woerns
D
25
 Bayer Leverkusen
Thomas Strunz
D
29
 Bayer Munich
 
 
 
  
Mario Basler
M
28
 Bayern Munich
Sven Kmetsch
M
26
 Hamburg SV
Michael Tarnat
M
28
 Bayern Munich
Dietmar Hamann
M
24
 Bayern Munich
Thomas Haessler
M
31
 Karlsruhe SC
Joerg Heinrich
M
27
 Borussia Dortmund
Andreas Moeller
M
30
 Borussia Dortmund
Lars Ricken
M
21
 Borussia Dortmund
Mehmet Scholl
M
27
 Bayern Munich
Dariusz Wosz
M
28
 VfL Bochum
Christian Ziege
M
25
 AC Milan
 
 
 
  
Stefan Kuntz
F
34
 Arminia Bielefeld
Oliver Bierhoff
F
29
 Udinese
Fredi Bobic
F
25
 VfL Stuttgart
Jurgen Klinsmann
F
33
 Bayern Leverkusen
Olaf Marschall
F
31
 Kaiserslautern
 
 
The Coach
 
BERTI VOGTS made 96 appearances for West Germany and was part of the winning 1974 World Cup team alongside Franz Beckenbauer, his predecessor as a national coach.  He also shone at club level with Borussia Moenchengladbach, winning the UEFA Cup in 1975.  He was Beckenbauer's coaching lieutenant and took over from "Der Kaiser" after Germany's triumph in the 1990 World Cup in Italy.  Often criticised for keeping his faith in talented but ageing players rather than picking new faces, he nevertheless led his team to victory in the 1996 European championship in England.  Married to Monika since 1979, he has a nine-year old son called Justin and a long contract which could see him stay as German coach for many years yet.  If Germany win inFrance, he would become the third man to have won World Cup both as a player and a coach after Beckenbauer and Brazillian Mario Zagallo.
 
 
How They Qualified
 
Europe Group 9
 
Armenia - Germany
1 - 5
Germany - Northern Ireland
1 - 1
Portugal - Germany
0 - 0
Albania - Germany
2 - 3
Germany - Ukraine
2 - 0
Ukraine - Germany
0 - 0
Northern Ireland - Germany
1 - 3
Germany - Portugal
1 - 1
Germany - Armenia
4 - 0
Germany - Albania
4 - 3
 
Final Table
 
 
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Germany
10
6
4
0
23
9
22
Ukraine
10
6
2
2
10
6
20
Portugal
10
5
4
1
12
4
19
Armenia
10
1
5
4
8
17
8
Northern Ireland 
10
1
4
5
6
10
7
Albania
10
1
1
8
7
20
4
 
 
 World Cup Record
 
1934
Third Place
1938
1st Round
1954
Champions
1958
Fourth Place
1962
Quarter-finals
1966
Runners-up
1970
Third Place
1974
Champions
1978
2nd Round
1982
Runners-up
1986
Runners-up
1990
Champions
1994
Quarter-finals