German national football team
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The German national football team is a football team in Germany. It has won the FIFA World Cup in 1954, 1974 and 1990. It came as second in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, it got third place. Its current players in World Cup 2006 are :
- Goalkeepers :
- Defenders :
- Arne Friedrich, Marcell Jansen, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder, Phillipp Lahm, Robert Huth, Jens Nowotny
- Midfielders :
- Torsten Frings, Michael Ballack (captain), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sebastian Kehl, Tim Borowski, Bernd Schneider, David Odonkor
- Forwards (strikers):
- Miroslav Klose, Lukas Podolski, Oliver Neuville, Mike Hanke, Gerald Asamoah
Its current coach is Joachim Löw, who took over from Jürgen Klinsmann.
In the year 2007 were the current players:
- Goalkeepers:
- Defenders:
- Gonzalo Castro, Manuel Friedrich, Clemens Fritz, Marcell Jansen, Philipp Lahm, Alexander Madlung, Per Mertesacker, Christoph Metzelder, Gonzalo Castro, Arne Friedrich
- Midfielders:
- Michael Ballack, Tim Borowski, Paul Freier, Torsten Frings, Roberto Hilbert, Thomas Hitzlsberger, Simon Rolfes, Bernd Schneider, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Piotr Trochowski
- Forwards (strikers):
- Mario Gomez, Mike Hanke, Patrick Helmes, Stefan Kießling, Miroslav Klose, Kevin Kuranyi, Lukas Podolski, Jan Schlaudraff
