Germany at the UEFA European Championship

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The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968.

Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "UEFA Euro XXXX". Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

Germany have participated in fourteen European Championships, five of which were as West Germany and nine of which were as (unified) Germany. By doing so, the nation holds the record of most participations in the competition's history.

Germany are holders of three European titles, won in 1972 in Belgium, in 1980 in Italy, and in 1996 in England. The team have finished out of the top eight on only three occasions, in the 2000, 2004 and 2020 tournaments. They have reached at least the semi-finals on nine occasions, an unparalleled record in the competition.

Overall record

History

1960–1988 as West Germany
1992–present as Germany

Champions Runners-up Third place Tournament played fully or partially on home soil

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Campaign
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not enter									Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	9	2	1968
1972	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	5	1	Squad	8	5	3	0	13	3	1972
1976	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	1*	0	6	4	Squad	8	4	4	0	17	5	1976
1980	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	6	3	Squad	6	4	2	0	17	1	1980
1984	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad	8	5	1	2	15	5	1984
1988	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	1	1	6	3	Squad	Qualified as hosts
1992	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	7	8	Squad	6	5	0	1	13	4	1992
1996	Champions	1st	6	4	2*	0	10	3	Squad	10	8	1	1	27	10	1996
2000	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	5	Squad	8	6	1	1	20	4	2000
2004	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad	8	5	3	0	13	4	2004
2008	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	10	7	Squad	12	8	3	1	35	7	2008
2012	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	10	6	Squad	10	10	0	0	34	7	2012
2016	Semi-finals	3rd	6	3	2*	1	7	3	Squad	10	7	1	2	24	9	2016
2020	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	6	7	Squad	8	7	0	1	30	7	2020
2024	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	11	4	Squad	Qualified as hosts
2028	To be determined									To be determined						2028
Total	3 Titles	14/17	58	30	14*	14	89	59	—	106	76	20	10	267	68	Total

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Winning campaigns

Year	Manager	Captain	Final goalscorer(s)
1972	Helmut Schön	Franz Beckenbauer	Gerd Müller (2), Herbert Wimmer
1980	Jupp Derwall	Bernard Dietz	Horst Hrubesch (2)
1996	Berti Vogts	Jürgen Klinsmann	Oliver Bierhoff (2)

List of matches

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Germany scorer(s)
1972	Semi-finals	Belgium	2–1	G. Müller (2)
1972	Final	Soviet Union	3–0	G. Müller (2), Wimmer
1976	Semi-finals	Yugoslavia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Flohe, D. Müller (3)
1976	Final	Czechoslovakia	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	D. Müller, Hölzenbein
1980	Group 1	Czechoslovakia	1–0	Rummenigge
		Netherlands	3–2	Allofs (3)
		Greece	0–0	—
	Final	Belgium	2–1	Hrubesch (2)
1984	Group 2	Portugal	0–0	—
		Romania	2–1	Völler (2)
		Spain	0–1	—
1988	Group 1	Italy	1–1	Brehme
		Denmark	2–0	Klinsmann, Thon
		Spain	2–0	Völler (2)
	Semi-finals	Netherlands	1–2	Matthäus
1992	Group 2	CIS	1–1	Häßler
		Scotland	2–0	Riedle, Effenberg
		Netherlands	1–3	Klinsmann
	Semi-finals	Sweden	3–2	Häßler, Riedle (2)
	Final	Denmark	0–2	—
1996	Group C	Czech Republic	2–0	Ziege, Möller
		Russia	3–0	Sammer, Klinsmann (2)
		Italy	0–0	—
	Quarter-finals	Croatia	2–1	Klinsmann, Sammer
	Semi-finals	England	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Kuntz
	Final	Czech Republic	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bierhoff (2)
2000	Group A	Romania	1–1	Scholl
		England	0–1	—
		Portugal	0–3	—
2004	Group D	Netherlands	1–1	Frings
		Latvia	0–0	—
		Czech Republic	1–2	Ballack
2008	Group B	Poland	2–0	Podolski (2)
		Croatia	1–2	Podolski
		Austria	1–0	Ballack
	Quarter-finals	Portugal	3–2	Schweinsteiger, Klose, Ballack
	Semi-finals	Turkey	3–2	Schweinsteiger, Klose, Lahm
	Final	Spain	0–1	—
2012	Group B	Portugal	1–0	Gómez
		Netherlands	2–1	Gómez (2)
		Denmark	2–1	Podolski, Bender
	Quarter-finals	Greece	4–2	Lahm, Khedira, Klose, Reus
	Semi-finals	Italy	1–2	Özil
2016	Group C	Ukraine	2–0	Mustafi, Schweinsteiger
		Poland	0–0	—
		Northern Ireland	1–0	Gómez
	Round of 16	Slovakia	3–0	Boateng, Gómez, Draxler
	Quarter-finals	Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Özil
	Semi-finals	France	0–2	—
2020	Group F	France	0–1	—
		Portugal	4–2	Dias (o.g.), Guerreiro (o.g.), Havertz, Gosens
		Hungary	2–2	Havertz, Goretzka
	Round of 16	England	0–2	—
2024	Group A	Scotland	5–1	Wirtz, Musiala, Havertz, Füllkrug, Can
		Hungary	2–0	Musiala, Gündoğan
		Switzerland	1–1	Füllkrug
	Round of 16	Denmark	2–0	Havertz, Musiala
	Quarter-finals	Spain	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Wirtz

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Austria	1	1	0	0	1	0
Belgium	2	2	0	0	4	2
CIS	1	0	1	0	1	1
Croatia	2	1	0	1	3	3
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	5	3
Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	3	2
Denmark	4	3	0	1	6	3
England	3	0	1	2	1	4
France	2	0	0	2	0	3
Greece	2	1	1	0	4	2
Hungary	2	1	1	0	4	2
Italy	4	0	3	1	3	4
Latvia	1	0	1	0	0	0
Netherlands	5	2	1	2	8	9
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	1	0
Poland	2	1	1	0	2	0
Portugal	5	3	1	1	8	7
Romania	2	1	1	0	3	2
Russia	1	1	0	0	3	0
Scotland	2	2	0	0	7	1
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	3	0
Soviet Union	1	1	0	0	3	0
Spain	4	1	0	3	3	4
Sweden	1	1	0	0	3	2
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	1	1
Turkey	1	1	0	0	3	2
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	2	0
Yugoslavia	1	1	0	0	4	2
Total	58	30	14	14	89	59

UEFA Euro 1972

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972

v t e West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1972 winners (1st title)
1 Maier 2 Höttges 3 Breitner 4 Schwarzenbeck 5 Beckenbauer (c) 6 Wimmer 7 Grabowski 8 Hoeneß 9 Heynckes 10 Netzer 11 Kremers 13 Müller 14 Vogts 15 Bonhof 16 Bella 17 Löhr 18 Köppel 22 Kleff Coach: Schön

Final tournament

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament

Semi-finals

14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)20:00

Belgium	1–2	West Germany
Polleunis 83'	Report	Müller 24', 71'

Bosuilstadion, AntwerpAttendance: 55,669Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1972 final 18 June 1972 (1972-06-18)16:00

West Germany	3–0	Soviet Union
Müller 27', 58' Wimmer 52'	Report

Heysel Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 43,437Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

UEFA Euro 1976

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976

v t e West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1976 runners-up
1 Maier 2 Vogts 3 Dietz 4 Schwarzenbeck 5 Beckenbauer (c) 6 Wimmer 7 Bonhof 8 Hoeneß 9 Müller 10 Beer 11 Hölzenbein 12 Worm 13 Danner 14 Bongartz 15 Flohe 16 Nogly 17 Kaltz 18 Kargus Coach: Schön

Final tournament

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 final tournament

Semi-finals

17 June 1976 (1976-06-17)20:15

Yugoslavia	2–4 (a.e.t.)	West Germany
Popivoda 19' Džajić 30'	Report	Flohe 64' Müller 82', 115', 119'

Red Star Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 50,652Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 Final 20 June 1976 (1976-06-20)20:15

Czechoslovakia	2–2 (a.e.t.)	West Germany
Švehlík 8' Dobiaš 25'	Report Positions	Müller 28' Hölzenbein 89'
Penalties
Masný Nehoda Ondruš Jurkemik Panenka	5–3	Bonhof Flohe Bongartz Hoeneß

Red Star Stadium, BelgradeAttendance: 30,790Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

UEFA Euro 1980

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980

v t e West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1980 winners (2nd title)
1 Schumacher 2 Briegel 3 Cullmann 4 K. Förster 5 Dietz (c) 6 Schuster 7 B. Förster 8 Rummenigge 9 Hrubesch 10 Müller 11 Allofs 12 Memering 13 Bonhof 14 Magath 15 Stielike 16 Zimmermann 17 Del'Haye 18 Matthäus 19 Votava 20 Kaltz 21 Junghans 22 Immel Coach: Derwall

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to final
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3	Advance to third place play-off
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 11 June 1980 (1980-06-11)17:45

Czechoslovakia	0–1	West Germany
	Report	Rummenigge 57'

Stadio Olimpico, RomeAttendance: 10,500Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

14 June 1980 (1980-06-14)17:45

West Germany	3–2	Netherlands
Allofs 20', 60', 65'	Report	Rep 79' (pen.) W. van de Kerkhof 85'

Stadio San Paolo, NaplesAttendance: 29,889Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

17 June 1980 (1980-06-17)20:30

Greece	0–0	West Germany
	Report

Stadio Comunale, TurinAttendance: 13,901Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 knockout stage

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 Final 22 June 1980 (1980-06-22)20:30

Belgium	1–2	West Germany
Vandereycken 75' (pen.)	Report	Hrubesch 10', 88'

Stadio Olimpico, RomeAttendance: 47,860Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

UEFA Euro 1984

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984

v t e West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1984
1 Schumacher 2 Briegel 3 Strack 4 K. Förster 5 B. Förster 6 Rolff 7 Brehme 8 Allofs 9 Völler 10 Meier 11 Rummenigge (c) 12 Burdenski 13 Matthäus 14 Falkenmayer 15 Stielike 16 Bruns 17 Littbarski 18 Buchwald 19 Bommer 20 Roleder Coach: Derwall

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984 Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	West Germany	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Romania	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 14 June 1984 (1984-06-14)17:15

West Germany	0–0	Portugal
	Report

Stade de la Meinau, StrasbourgAttendance: 44,707Referee: Romualdas Juška (Soviet Union)

17 June 1984 (1984-06-17)17:15

West Germany	2–1	Romania
Völler 25', 66'	Report	Coraș 46'

Stade Félix-Bollaert, LensAttendance: 31,787Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)

20 June 1984 (1984-06-20)20:30

West Germany	0–1	Spain
	Report	Maceda 90'

Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 47,691Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

UEFA Euro 1988

Main article: UEFA Euro 1988

v t e West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1988 semi-finalists
1 Immel 2 Buchwald 3 Brehme 4 Kohler 5 Herget 6 Borowka 7 Littbarski 8 Matthäus (c) 9 Völler 10 Thon 11 Mill 12 Illgner 13 Wuttke 14 Berthold 15 Pflügler 16 Eckstein 17 Dorfner 18 Klinsmann 19 Sauer 20 Rolff Coach: Beckenbauer

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts 10 June 1988 (1988-06-10)20:15

West Germany	1–1	Italy
Brehme 55'	Report	Mancini 52'

Rheinstadion, DüsseldorfAttendance: 62,552Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

14 June 1988 (1988-06-14)17:15

West Germany	2–0	Denmark
Klinsmann 10' Thon 85'	Report

Parkstadion, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 64,812Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

17 June 1988 (1988-06-17)20:15

West Germany	2–0	Spain
Völler 29', 51'	Report

Olympiastadion, MunichAttendance: 63,802Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage

Semi-finals

21 June 1988 (1988-06-21)20:15

West Germany	1–2	Netherlands
Matthäus 55' (pen.)	Report	R. Koeman 74' (pen.) Van Basten 88'

Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 56,115Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

UEFA Euro 1992

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1992 runners-up
1 Illgner 2 Reuter 3 Brehme (c) 4 Kohler 5 Binz 6 Buchwald 7 Möller 8 Häßler 9 Völler 10 Doll 11 Riedle 12 Köpke 13 Thom 14 Helmer 15 Frontzeck 16 Sammer 17 Effenberg 18 Klinsmann 19 Schulz 20 Wörns Coach: Vogts

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2
4	CIS	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 12 June 1992 (1992-06-12)20:15

CIS	1–1	Germany
Dobrovolski 64' (pen.)	Report	Häßler 90'

Idrottsparken, NorrköpingAttendance: 17,410Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

15 June 1992 (1992-06-15)17:15

Scotland	0–2	Germany
	Report	Riedle 29' Effenberg 47'

Idrottsparken, NorrköpingAttendance: 17,638Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

18 June 1992 (1992-06-18)20:15

Netherlands	3–1	Germany
Rijkaard 4' Witschge 15' Bergkamp 72'	Report	Klinsmann 53'

Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 37,725Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 knockout stage

Semi-finals

21 June 1992 (1992-06-21)20:15

Sweden	2–3	Germany
Brolin 64' (pen.) K. Andersson 89'	Report	Häßler 11' Riedle 59', 88'

Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 28,827Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 final 26 June 1992 (1992-06-26)20:15

Denmark	2–0	Germany
Jensen 18' Vilfort 78'	Report

Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 37,800Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

UEFA Euro 1996

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1996 winners (3rd title)
1 Köpke 2 Reuter 3 Bode 4 Freund 5 Helmer 6 Sammer 7 Möller 8 Scholl 9 Bobic 10 Häßler 11 Kuntz 12 Kahn 13 Basler 14 Babbel 15 Kohler 16 Schneider 17 Ziege 18 Klinsmann (c) 19 Strunz 20 Bierhoff 21 Eilts 22 Reck 23 Todt Coach: Vogts

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 2–1 Italy.

9 June 1996 (1996-06-09)17:00

Germany	2–0	Czech Republic
Ziege 26' Möller 32'	Report

Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 37,300Referee: David Elleray (England)

16 June 1996 (1996-06-16)15:00

Russia	0–3	Germany
	Report	Sammer 56' Klinsmann 77', 90'

Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 50,760Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

19 June 1996 (1996-06-19)19:30

Italy	0–0	Germany
	Report

Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 53,740Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 knockout stage

Quarter-finals

23 June 1996 (1996-06-23)15:00

Germany	2–1	Croatia
Klinsmann 20' (pen.) Sammer 59'	Report	Šuker 51'

Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 43,412Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Semi-finals

26 June 1996 (1996-06-26)19:30

Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	England
Kuntz 16'	Report	Shearer 3'
Penalties
Häßler Strunz Reuter Ziege Kuntz Möller	6–5	Shearer Platt Pearce Gascoigne Sheringham Southgate

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 75,862Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 final 30 June 1996 (1996-06-30)19:00

Czech Republic	1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Germany
Berger 59' (pen.)	Report	Bierhoff 73', 95'

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 73,611Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

UEFA Euro 2000

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2000
1 Kahn 2 Babbel 3 Rehmer 4 Linke 5 Bode 6 Nowotny 7 Scholl 8 Häßler 9 Kirsten 10 Matthäus 11 Rink 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Hamann 15 Wosz 16 Jeremies 17 Ziege 18 Deisler 19 Jancker 20 Bierhoff (c) 21 Ramelow 22 Butt Coach: Ribbeck

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	England	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 12 June 2000 (2000-06-12)18:00

Germany	1–1	Romania
Scholl 28'	Report	Moldovan 5'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, LiègeAttendance: 28,500Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

17 June 2000 (2000-06-17)20:45

England	1–0	Germany
Shearer 53'	Report

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, CharleroiAttendance: 29,000Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

20 June 2000 (2000-06-20)20:45

Portugal	3–0	Germany
Conceição 35', 54', 71'	Report

Feijenoord Stadion, RotterdamAttendance: 44,000Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

UEFA Euro 2004

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2004
1 Kahn (c) 2 Hinkel 3 Friedrich 4 Wörns 5 Nowotny 6 Baumann 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Hamann 9 Bobic 10 Kurányi 11 Klose 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Brdarić 15 Kehl 16 Jeremies 17 Ziege 18 Ernst 19 Schneider 20 Podolski 21 Lahm 22 Frings 23 Hildebrand Coach: Völler

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Germany	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 15 June 2004 (2004-06-15)19:45

Germany	1–1	Netherlands
Frings 30'	Report	Van Nistelrooy 81'

Estádio do Dragão, PortoAttendance: 48,197Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

19 June 2004 (2004-06-19)17:00

Latvia	0–0	Germany
	Report

Estádio do Bessa, PortoAttendance: 22,344Referee: Mike Riley (England)

23 June 2004 (2004-06-23)19:45

Germany	1–2	Czech Republic
Ballack 21'	Report	Heinz 30' Baroš 77'

Estádio José Alvalade, LisbonAttendance: 46,849Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

UEFA Euro 2008

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2008 runners-up
1 Lehmann 2 Jansen 3 Friedrich 4 Fritz 5 Westermann 6 Rolfes 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Frings 9 Gómez 10 Neuville 11 Klose 12 Enke 13 Ballack (c) 14 Trochowski 15 Hitzlsperger 16 Lahm 17 Mertesacker 18 Borowski 19 Odonkor 20 Podolski 21 Metzelder 22 Kurányi 23 Adler Coach: Löw

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Austria (H)	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ Tied on head-to-head result (Austria 1–1 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

8 June 2008 (2008-06-08)20:45

Germany	2–0	Poland
Podolski 20', 72'	Report

Wörthersee Stadion, KlagenfurtAttendance: 30,461Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

12 June 2008 (2008-06-12)18:00

Croatia	2–1	Germany
Srna 24' Olić 62'	Report	Podolski 79'

Wörthersee Stadion, KlagenfurtAttendance: 30,461Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

16 June 2008 (2008-06-16)20:45

Austria	0–1	Germany
	Report	Ballack 49'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, ViennaAttendance: 51,428Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 knockout stage

Quarter-finals

19 June 2008 (2008-06-19)20:45

Portugal	2–3	Germany
Nuno Gomes 40' Postiga 87'	Report	Schweinsteiger 22' Klose 26' Ballack 61'

St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 39,374Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Semi-finals

25 June 2008 (2008-06-25)20:45

Germany	3–2	Turkey
Schweinsteiger 26' Klose 79' Lahm 90'	Report	Boral 22' Şentürk 86'

St. Jakob-Park, BaselAttendance: 39,374Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 final 29 June 2008 (2008-06-29)20:45

Germany	0–1	Spain
	Report	Torres 33'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, ViennaAttendance: 51,428Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

UEFA Euro 2012

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2012 semi-finalists
1 Neuer 2 Gündoğan 3 Schmelzer 4 Höwedes 5 Hummels 6 Khedira 7 Schweinsteiger 8 Özil 9 Schürrle 10 Podolski 11 Klose 12 Wiese 13 Müller 14 Badstuber 15 Bender 16 Lahm (c) 17 Mertesacker 18 Kroos 19 Götze 20 Boateng 21 Reus 22 Zieler 23 Gómez Coach: Löw

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Denmark	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers 9 June 2012 (2012-06-09)21:45 EEST

Germany	1–0	Portugal
Gómez 72'	Report

Arena Lviv, LvivAttendance: 32,990Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

13 June 2012 (2012-06-13)21:45 EEST

Netherlands	1–2	Germany
Van Persie 73'	Report	Gómez 24', 38'

Metalist Stadium, KharkivAttendance: 37,750Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

17 June 2012 (2012-06-17)21:45 EEST

Denmark	1–2	Germany
Krohn-Dehli 24'	Report	Podolski 19' Bender 80'

Arena Lviv, LvivAttendance: 32,990Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 knockout stage

Quarter-finals

22 June 2012 (2012-06-22)20:45 CEST

Germany	4–2	Greece
Lahm 39' Khedira 61' Klose 68' Reus 74'	Report	Samaras 55' Salpingidis 89' (pen.)

PGE Arena, GdańskAttendance: 38,751Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Semi-finals

28 June 2012 (2012-06-28)20:45 CEST

Germany	1–2	Italy
Özil 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Balotelli 20', 36'

National Stadium, WarsawAttendance: 55,540Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

UEFA Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2016 semi-finalists
1 Neuer 2 Mustafi 3 Hector 4 Höwedes 5 Hummels 6 Khedira 7 Schweinsteiger (c) 8 Özil 9 Schürrle 10 Podolski 11 Draxler 12 Leno 13 Müller 14 Can 15 Weigl 16 Tah 17 Boateng 18 Kroos 19 Götze 20 Sané 21 Kimmich 22 Ter Stegen 23 Gómez Coach: Löw

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Poland	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)21:00

Germany	2–0	Ukraine
Mustafi 19' Schweinsteiger 90+2'	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'AscqAttendance: 43,035Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)21:00

Germany	0–0	Poland
	Report

Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 73,648Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)18:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Germany
	Report	Gómez 30'

Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 44,125Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout stage

Round of 16

26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)18:00

Germany	3–0	Slovakia
Boateng 8' Gómez 43' Draxler 63'	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'AscqAttendance: 44,312Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Quarter-finals

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)21:00

Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Özil 65'	Report	Bonucci 78' (pen.)
Penalties
Kroos Müller Özil Draxler Schweinsteiger Hummels Kimmich Boateng Hector	6–5	Insigne Zaza Barzagli Pellè Bonucci Giaccherini Parolo De Sciglio Darmian

Stade de Bordeaux, BordeauxAttendance: 38,764Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Semi-finals

7 July 2016 (2016-07-07)21:00

Germany	0–2	France
	Report	Griezmann 45+2' (pen.), 72'

Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 64,078Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

UEFA Euro 2020

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2020
1 Neuer (c) 2 Rüdiger 3 Halstenberg 4 Ginter 5 Hummels 6 Kimmich 7 Havertz 8 Kroos 9 Volland 10 Gnabry 11 Werner 12 Leno 13 Hofmann 14 Musiala 15 Süle 16 Klostermann 17 Neuhaus 18 Goretzka 19 Sané 20 Gosens 21 Gündoğan 22 Trapp 23 Can 24 Koch 25 Müller 26 Günter Coach: Löw

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Hungary (H)	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–4 Germany.

15 June 2021 (2021-06-15)21:00

France	1–0	Germany
Hummels 20' (o.g.)	Report

Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 13,000Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

19 June 2021 (2021-06-19)18:00

Portugal	2–4	Germany
Ronaldo 15' Jota 67'	Report	Dias 35' (o.g.) Guerreiro 39' (o.g.) Havertz 51' Gosens 60'

Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 12,926Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

23 June 2021 (2021-06-23)21:00

Germany	2–2	Hungary
Havertz 66' Goretzka 84'	Report	Ád. Szalai 11' Schäfer 68'

Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 12,413Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout stage

Round of 16

29 June 2021 (2021-06-29)18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

England	2–0	Germany
Sterling 75' Kane 86'	Report

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 41,973Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

UEFA Euro 2024

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024

v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 2024 semi-finalists
1 Neuer 2 Rüdiger 3 Raum 4 Tah 5 Groß 6 Kimmich 7 Havertz 8 Kroos 9 Füllkrug 10 Musiala 11 Führich 12 Baumann 13 Müller 14 Beier 15 Schlotterbeck 16 Anton 17 Wirtz 18 Mittelstädt 19 Sané 20 Henrichs 21 Gündoğan (c) 22 Ter Stegen 23 Andrich 24 Koch 25 Can 26 Undav Coach: Nagelsmann

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts 14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)21:00

Germany	5–1	Scotland
Wirtz 10' Musiala 19' Havertz 45+1' (pen.) Füllkrug 68' Can 90+3'	Report	Rüdiger 87' (o.g.)

Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 65,052Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

19 June 2024 (2024-06-19)18:00

Germany	2–0	Hungary
Musiala 22' Gündoğan 67'	Report

MHPArena, StuttgartAttendance: 54,000Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

23 June 2024 (2024-06-23)21:00

Switzerland	1–1	Germany
Ndoye 28'	Report	Füllkrug 90+2'

Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 46,685Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage

Round of 16

29 June 2024 (2024-06-29)21:00

Germany	2–0	Denmark
Havertz 53' (pen.) Musiala 68'	Report

Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 61,612Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Quarter-finals

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)18:00

Spain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Germany
Olmo 51' Merino 119'	Report	Wirtz 89'

MHPArena, StuttgartAttendance: 54,000Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Matches	Years
1	Manuel Neuer	20	2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
2	Toni Kroos	19	2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
3	Bastian Schweinsteiger	18	2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
4	Thomas Müller	17	2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
5	Philipp Lahm	14	2004, 2008, 2012
6	Mario Gómez	13	2008, 2012, 2016
	Thomas Häßler		1992, 1996, 2000
	Mats Hummels		2012, 2016, 2020
	Joshua Kimmich		2016, 2020, 2024
	Jürgen Klinsmann		1988, 1992, 1996
	Miroslav Klose		2004, 2008, 2012

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Years (goals)
1	Mario Gómez	5	2012 (3), 2016 (2)
1	Jürgen Klinsmann	5	1988, 1992, 1996 (3)
3	Kai Havertz	4	2020 (2), 2024 (2)
	Dieter Müller		1976 (4)
	Gerd Müller		1972 (4)
	Lukas Podolski		2008 (3), 2012
	Rudi Völler		1984 (2), 1988 (2)
8	Klaus Allofs	3	1980 (3)
	Michael Ballack		2004, 2008 (2)
	Miroslav Klose		2008 (2), 2012
	Jamal Musiala		2024 (3)
	Karl-Heinz Riedle		1992 (3)
	Bastian Schweinsteiger		2008 (2), 2016

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