[1] The team is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund), founded in 1900.
[2][3] Ever since the DFB was reinaugurated in 1949 the team has represented the Federal Republic of Germany.
[7][8] At the end of the 2014 World Cup, Germany earned the highest Elo rating of any national football team in history, with a record 2,205 points.
[9] Germany is also the only European nation that has won a FIFA World Cup in the Americas.
FIFA World Cup UEFA European Championship Summer Olympic Games FIFA Confederations Cup U.S. Cup Swiss Centenary Tournament Four Nations Tournament Azteca 2000 Tournament FIFA Team of the Year FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy FIFA World Cup Most Entertaining Team FIFA Confederations Cup Fair Play Award Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year World Soccer World Team of the Year Gazzetta Sports World Team of the Year German Sports Team of the Year Unofficial Football World Championships Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Bambi Award Deutscher Fernsehpreis Golden Hen FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA Women's European Championship Summer Olympic Games UEFA Women's Nations League Algarve Cup Women's World Invitational Tournament SheBelieves Cup Four Nations Tournament Mundialito Cup Arnold Clark Cup FIFA Women's World Cup Fair Play Trophy FIFA Women's World Cup Most Entertaining Team German Sports Team of the Year Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Bambi Award