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football (soccer) related information

Team – Founded: 1900 � Affiliated: 1904

Confederation: UEFA - Europe

3 times World Cup Winner; 4 times, runner-up.

Squad's local nickname: Die Mannschaft (The Team, or The Crew)

additional reference: Die Nationalelf (The National Eleven) – rather than a nickname,
it is the usual way of reference, such a "Seleção," in the Brazilian case, and
"Selección," in the Argentinean.

The Squad (by jersey number)	The Squad (by field position)


Jens Lehmann Marcell Jansen Arne Friedrich Robert Huth Sebastian Kehl Jens Nowotny Bastian Schweinsteiger °° Torsten Frings [] °° Mike Hanke Oliver Neuville °° Miroslav Klose °° Oliver Kahn Michael Ballack Gerald Asamoah Thomas Hitzlsperger Philip Lahm °° Per Mertesacker Tim Borowski Bernd Schneider [] Lukas Podolski °° Christoph Metzelder David Odonkor Timo Hildebrand	Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, England) Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart) Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin) Robert Huth (Chelsea, England) Marcell Jansen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Per Mertesacker (Hannover) Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund) Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen) Michael Ballack (Chelsea, England) Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen) Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen) Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund) Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen) Thomas Hitzlsperger (VfB Stuttgart) David Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund) Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne) Mike Hanke (VfL Wolfsburg) Oliver Neuville (Borussia Monchengladbach) Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04)

La Stampa (Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – click to see.

Coach⁄Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann (former World Cup player
for the German Squad, and the only Team manager in 2006
who has won a World Cup as a player)

° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {}='own goal')

Goal scored in penalty shoot-out, in Germany-2006

Penalty missed in penalty shoot-out, in Germany-2006

Penalty saved in penalty shoot-out, in Germany-2006

also took part in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups.

Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski are both Polish-born players,
who have acquired German nationality. Another non-German born player, Kevin Kuranyi,
came close to being nominated for the World Cup. He did not make the final list, however,
even though, he played a number of matches in the German squad,
in the build-up to the World Cup (see quote & further details).

[] Schneider assumed the captain post, when Ballack was not on the field,
Frings then taking over from Schneider, when the acting captain was substituted.
(match against Costa Rica)

World Cup Squads:

2006 WC Players' Sources

World Cup Stadia & Matches


#	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	#

1	Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico	1
2	Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran	2
3	Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola	3
4	Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal	4

#	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H	#

1	Italy	Brazil	France	Spain	1
2	Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine	2
3	United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia	3
4	Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia	4

Squad Abbreviations used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook

World Cup


	South Africa (Nation)	South Africa (Squad)

World Cup Nations:

National Anthems (page 1)

National Anthems (page 2)

Group A:	Group B:	Group C:	Group D:

Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico
Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran
Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola
Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal

Group E:	Group F:	Group G:	Group H:

Italy	Brazil	France	Spain
Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine
United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia
Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia

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