Only eight of the 24 teams who have competed at the tournament had a female coach in charge but that includes the top two-ranked sides in the world - Germany and the United States - who will square up in their semi-final on Wednesday at 00:00 BST.
As of March 2020, Germany is ranked 2nd in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. In 1955, the DFB decided to forbid women's football in all its clubs in West Germany. In its explanation, the DFB cited that "this combative sport is fundamentally foreign to the nature of women" and that "body and soul would inevitably suffer damage".
On 18 June 1995 in Stockholm, the German team appeared in their first Women's World Cup final. Facing Norway, they lost the match 0–2, but as runners-up achieved their best World Cup result until then. Women's football was first played as an Olympic sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg thinks her 23-woman squad has a "good mix" ahead of the World Cup in France. The tournament starts on June 7 and ends with the final on July 7. Germany last won it in 2007. FIFA Women′s World Cup 2019: The German squad | All media content | DW | 14.05.2019
Defender/midfielder: Giulia Gwinn. The 19-year-old is one of three Freiburg players to have made the World Cup squad. Gwinn made her Germany debut in November 2017 and has since won a further six caps, scoring her first, and so far only, international goal against Italy in a friendly last November.
The tournament starts on June 7 and ends with the final on July 7.
The attack-minded player has scored ten goals in her 59 Germany appearances. Midfielder/forward: Klara Bühl. Another of the young guns hoping to make their mark in France, Bühl currently has just a couple of minutes of international experience, having debuted as a late substitute against France in February.
A late bloomer, Hegering only won her first Germany cap in April, at the age of 28. Another versatile player most comfortbale in more defensive roles, Hegering won plys her trade for SGS Essen in the women's Bundesliga and has done well to largely overcome a stubborn heel injury.
Däbritz may be keener than most to pick up a bit of French during the World Cup, as the 24-year-old will be moving to Paris Saint-Germain from Bayern Munich after the tournament. The attack-minded player has scored ten goals in her 59 Germany appearances. Midfielder/forward: Klara Bühl.
Goalkeeper: Merle Frohms. Frohms, 24,plays her club football for SC Freiburg and is the backup to Schult in the national team setup. For years she tried unsuccessfully to emerge from Schult's shadow in Wolfsburg, before moving to Freiburg in 2018.
Despite those, the 26-year-old has been part of the German setup since 2017, and has won 12 caps. Defender: Lena Goessling. At 33, Goessling is the oldest and most experienced played in the Germany squad.
By winning the 2007 Women's World Cup, Neid became the first German national coach (men's and women's team) to win the World Cup at the first attempt. At her first Summer Olympics as a coach in 2008, Germany won the bronze medal for a third time.
Former German international Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is the current head coach of the German women's national football team. The coach's official title is DFB-Trainer and he or she is employed by the German Football Association. Head coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.
Arrival in Frankfurt after winning the 2007 Women's World Cup. The final of the 2007 Women's World Cup was seen by 9.05 million television viewers (a 50.5 percent market share).
The 2003 World Cup title marked the breakthrough for the women's national football team in Germany. The final was watched by 10.48 million viewers on German television (a 33.2 percent market share) and the German team was welcomed home by almost 10,000 fans at Frankfurt's city hall.
This victory marked the team's first international title. After the German reunification, the East German football association joined the DFB. The East German women's national football team had played only one official international match, losing 0–3 to Czechoslovakia in a friendly match on 9 May 1990.
The team has won eight of the twelve UEFA European Championships, claiming six consecutive titles between 1995 and 2013. They, alongside with the Netherlands, are one of the two nations that have won both the women's and men's European tournament .
The team is governed by the German Football Association (DFB). The German national team is one of the most successful in women's football. They are two-time world champions, having won the 2003 and 2007 tournaments. Germany is also the only nation to have won both the women's and men's tournament.
The German national team had qualified as the European Champions for the first World Cup. With 18 players, national coach Gero Bisanz drove to the "Middle Kingdom". In the preliminary round, the German team celebrated three wins and remained without conceding. Nigeria was defeated 4-0, Taiwan 2-0 and Italy national football team 2-0. In the quarter-finals was the opponent Denmark. The game was the first of the World Cup history, which went into extra time. The Bisanz-Elf finally prevailed 2-1. Opponent in the semifinals was the selection of the United States, which was a number too big for the German team. At the end of the match, it was a 0-4 defeat in the third-place match against Sweden. Heidi Mohr proved with her seven tournament goals that she was one of the world's top scorer in her time.
2011 World Cup. Main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the home World Cup Germany wanted to be the first country to win the title for the third time in a row. The Bundesliga season was ended in mid-March, the cup final held in late March.
The Germany women's national football team (German: Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft der Frauen) represents Germany in international women's football. The team is governed by the German Football Association (DFB).
The German national team is one of the most successful in women's football. …
In 1955, the DFB decided to forbid women's football in all its clubs in West Germany. In its explanation, the DFB cited that "this combative sport is fundamentally foreign to the nature of women" and that "body and soul would inevitably suffer damage". Further, the "display of the body violates etiquette and decency". In spite of this ban, more than 150 unofficial international matches …
The Germany women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Die Nationalelf (The National Eleven)".
The German women's national football team wears white shirts with black shorts and white socks, following the tradition of the German men's team – black and white are the colours of Prussia. The current change kit is red and black, w…
*Key: P–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage. Statistics as of 12 April 2022.
Former German international Martina Voss-Tecklenburg is the current head coach of the German women's national football team. The coach's official title is DFB-Trainer and he or she is employed by the German Football Association.
As of 12 April 2022 Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
Birgit Prinz, a former team captain who retired after the 2011 World Cup, holds the record for Germany for appearances, having played 214 times from 1994 to 2011. She is one of 21 German players to have reached 100 caps. Kerstin Stegemann is second, having played 191 times. Bettina Wiegmann, Germany's t…
Germany is one of the most successful nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup, having won the tournament twice and finishing runner-up once. The German team won the World Cup in 2003 and 2007. At the first World Cup in 1991, they finished in fourth place. In 1995, Germany reached the World Cup final, but were defeated by Norway. The team's worst results were quarter-final losses to the United States in 1999, Japan in 2011 and Sweden in 2019. Overall, the German team has app…
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