The table below lists the youngest twenty-five debutants for the Nationalmannschaft, since the team’s official full international match against Switzerland on 5th April 1908 in Basel.

When Willy Baumgärtner lined up in the starting eleven for that first match, he was the youngest member of the team at seventeen years and 104 days. This record has remained in place since then, with close to a thousand players joining the long list of those who have worn the Nationaltrikot. (As at the time of writing, 25th March 2021).

Uwe Seeler is the youngest postwar debutant, making his debut in 1954 at the age of 17 Years and 354 Days against France in Hannover. The most recent addition to the list, joining Friedel Holz in joint fourth place, was FC Bayern München’s Jamal Musiala, who made his international bow in the World Cup qualifying match against Iceland in Duisburg’s MSV-Arena on 25th March 2021.

PicNameBornBirthplaceDebutOpponentVenueAge at Debut
Willy BaumgärtnerBAUMGÄRTNER, Willy1890.12.23Berlin1908.04.05SwitzerlandBasel17 Years, 104 Days
Marius HillerHILLER, Marius "Bubi"1892.08.05Pforzheim1910.04.03SwitzerlandBasel17 Years, 241 Days
Uwe SeelerSEELER, Uwe1936.11.05Hamburg1954.10.16FranceHannover17 Years, 345 Days
Youssoufa MoukokoMOUKOKO, Youssoufa2004.11.20Yaoundé (CMR)2022.11.16OmanMuscat17 Years, 361 Days
Friedel HolzHOLZ, Friedel1920.02.21Duisburg1938.03.20LuxembourgWuppertal18 Years, 27 Days
Jamal MusialaMUSIALA, Jamal2003.02.26Stuttgart2021.03.25IcelandDuisburg18 Years, 27 Days
Karl WolterWOLTER, Karl1894.08.02Berlin1912.10.06DenmarkKøbenhavn18 Years, 65 Days
Franz JelinekJELINEK, Franz1922.07.10Wien (AUT)1940.09.15SlovakiaBratislava18 Years, 67 Days
Florian WirtzWIRTZ, Florian2003.05.03Pulheim2021.09.02LiechtensteinSt. Gallen (SUI)18 Years, 123 Days
Mario GötzeGÖTZE, Mario1992.06.03Memmingen2010.11.17SwedenGöteborg18 Years, 167 Days
Willy TänzerTÄNZER, Willy1889.12.12Berlin1908.06.07AustriaWien18 Years, 178 Days
Olaf ThonTHON, Olaf1966.05.01Gelsenkirchen-Horst1984.12.16MaltaLa Valletta18 Years, 229 Days
Max MeyerMEYER, Maximilian "Max"1995.09.18Oberhausen2014.05.13PolandHamburg18 Years, 237 Days
Julian DraxlerDRAXLER, Julian1993.09.20Gladbeck2012.05.26SwitzerlandBasel18 Years, 249 Days
Edwin DuttonDUTTON, Edwin1890.04.08Mittelwalde/Międzylesie (POL)1909.04.04HungaryBudapest18 Years, 361 Days
Karl-Heinz SchnellingerSCHNELLINGER, Karl-Heinz1939.03.31Düren1958.04.02CzechoslovakiaPraha19 Years, 2 Days
Lukas PodolskiPODOLSKI, Lukas1985.06.04Gliwice/Gleiwitz (POL)2004.06.06HungaryKaiserslautern19 Years, 2 Days
Hans FiedererFIEDERER, Hans1920.01.21Fürth1939.03.26ItalyFirenze19 Years, 64 Days
Edmund ConenCONEN, Edmund1914.11.10Ürzig1934.01.14HungaryFrankfurt am Main19 Years, 65 Days
Helmut HallerHALLER, Helmut1939.07.21Augsburg1958.09.24DenmarkKøbenhavn19 Years, 65 Days
Willi FickFICK, Willi1891.02.17Lurup1910.04.24NetherlandsArnhem19 Years, 66 Days
Adolf JägerJÄGER, Adolf1889.03.31Altona/Elbe1908.06.07AustriaWien19 Years, 68 Days
Klaus StürmerSTÜRMER, Klaus1935.08.09Glinde1954.10.16FranceHannover19 Years, 68 Days
Marko MarinMARIN, Marko1989.03.13Bosanska Gradiška (YUG/BZH)2008.05.27BelarusKaiserslautern19 Years, 75 Days
Lothar MatthäusMATTHÄUS, Lothar1961.03.21Erlangen1980.06.14NetherlandsNapoli (ITA)19 Years, 85 Days
Karl SchlösserSCHLÖSSER, Karl1912.01.29Dresden1931.04.26NetherlandsAmsterdam19 Years, 87 Days
Willi ArltARLT, Willi1919.10.27Bobersen1939.01.25BelgiumBruxelles19 Years, 90 Days
Kai HavertzHAVERTZ, Kai1999.06.11Aachen2018.09.09PeruSinsheim19 Years, 90 Days

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