Having kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 3-0 win in Oslo in Norway, Germany are at home to play the Czech Republic – the first of two home games in the space of four days. Confidence should
World Cup Qualifiers: Boateng, Gündoğan and Gómez back in the mix
Time flies. Just under a month after the Mannschaft’s opening qualifying win in Oslo against Norway, the road to Russia 2018 continues with matches two and three against two more familiar opponents, the Czech Republic and Northern Ireland. Nationaltrainer Jogi
Norway v Germany: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
In their first competitive match after the summer’s Euros in France, Germany got their latest World Cup qualifying campaign underway with a comfortable 3-0 win over Norway in Oslo. The Mannschaft were on top and in command from the start,
Germany off to a smooth start in Oslo
After the comfortable friendly win over Finland in midweek and the emotional farewell for Bastian Schweinsteiger, Joachim Löw’s team finally get down to the serious stuff. The defence of the World Cup gets underway for the Nationalmannschaft with a trip
Farewell, Fußballgott: Basti says goodbye in Mönchengladbach
A new international season begins for the Mannschaft, but for one of its greatest stalwarts the journey comes to an end. Twelve years and 121 matches after his international debut as a teenager against Hungary in the early summer of
A new face, a fresh start, and a fond farewell
It has been quite a summer of football. The Mannschaft making their way to the semi-finals in France, and more recently Horst Hrubesch’s Olympiamannschaft just missing out on the gold medal in Rio after losing a gripping penalty shootout against
A golden day, and a silver lining
The German Olympic football teams headed into their final two matches hunting for two gold medals. After over three hours of pulsating actionin Rio’s famous Maracanã stadium over two evenings, they almost made it. A stunning first Olympic gold for
Two more golden dates at the Maracanã await
They’ve done it! After tough semi-final battles against Nigeria and Canada respectively, both of the German Olympic football teams have made history. For the first time, they will be playing for Olympic gold. In reaching the final Horst Hrubesch’s men’s
German teams power into last four
Both German Olympic sides started slowly, struggling to put together results. The men’s team scraped two draws against Mexico and South Korea in their first two games, making the quarter-finals after demolishing a weak Fiji team. The women’s team started
Another Belo Horizonte goal fest: Germany hit ten to reach knockout phase
Germany’s Olympiamannschaft needed a margin of five or more goals to make the last eight, and achieved their task with minimum fuss. Against a team that looked completely out of their depth at this level, Horst Hrubesch’s team scored ten
Gnabry saves Germany again
Germany’s first match at the Rio Olympics saw Serge Gnabry come on as a substitute to change the game against Mexico. In the Olympiamannschaft’s second game against South Korea the Arsenal winger was the saviour again – this time with
An Olympic Interlude
The Euros are over and the Bundesliga season is yet to begin, but Germany are in action in Rio again. In the city where Die Nationalmannschaft won their fourth world crown two years ago, the German men’s Olympic team are
