Die Mannschaft’s final pre-EURO 2016 friendly takes place in Gelsenkirchen this evening. Hungary, who also reached the tournament, provide the opposition ahead of Tuesday’s trip to Evian. DFB.de have got all the facts and figures you’ll need ahead of kick off.
Record I: Sunday’s game will be Germany’s 911th international fixture. The record since that opening 5-3 loss to Switzerland on 5th April 1908 is 528 wins, 183 draws and 199 losses, while scoring 2,044 goals and conceding 1,085. 923 different players have been capped in that time - Julian Brandt, Joshua Kimmich, Bernd Leno and Julian Weigl all made their maiden appearances during last weekend’s 3-1 defeat to Slovakia.
Record II: The clash with Hungary will be Joachim Löw’s 131st in the dugout. Germany have won 86 games since he took charge in August 2006, drawing 22 and losing 22. The manager has used 107 different players in those games and has handed 82 Germans their senior international debut.
Record III: The sides have faced off on 33 occasions to date, and Die Mannschaft have their noses in front in the head-to-head. They have won 12 of the fixtures, losing 11 (10 draws).
Record players: Still leading the way in this regard is Lothar Matthäus. The former World Footballer of the Year won 150 caps for Germany between 1980 and 2000. Of the still active players, Lukas Podolski is next in the list with 127 appearances, followed by captain Bastian Schweinsteiger who has featured for Die Mannschaft 114 times.
Record goalscorers: Germany’s all-time goalscoring charts are topped by Miroslav Klose, who netted 71 times, three more than Gerd Müller (68). However, Der Bomber only needed 62 caps for his tally, while Klose had notched 137 appearances when he retired from international football. Lukas Podolski (48), Thomas Müller (31) and Mario Gomez (27) are the top scorers in the current squad.
EURO 2016 squad: Joachim Löw dropped Karim Bellarabi, Julian Brandt (both Bayer Leverkusen), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) and Sebastian Rudy (TSG Hoffenheim) from his 27-man provisional squad. The news is especially disappointing for Reus, who missed the World Cup in 2014 with an injury.
Milestone I: Germany could claim their 250th victory on home soil this weekend. Their record currently stands at 249 wins, 79 draws and 70 defeats from a total of 398 matches.
Die Mannschaft’s final pre-EURO 2016 friendly takes place in Gelsenkirchen this evening. Hungary, who also reached the tournament, provide the opposition ahead of Tuesday’s trip to Evian. DFB.de have got all the facts and figures you’ll need ahead of kick off.
Record I: Sunday’s game will be Germany’s 911th international fixture. The record since that opening 5-3 loss to Switzerland on 5th April 1908 is 528 wins, 183 draws and 199 losses, while scoring 2,044 goals and conceding 1,085. 923 different players have been capped in that time - Julian Brandt, Joshua Kimmich, Bernd Leno and Julian Weigl all made their maiden appearances during last weekend’s 3-1 defeat to Slovakia.
Record II: The clash with Hungary will be Joachim Löw’s 131st in the dugout. Germany have won 86 games since he took charge in August 2006, drawing 22 and losing 22. The manager has used 107 different players in those games and has handed 82 Germans their senior international debut.
Record III: The sides have faced off on 33 occasions to date, and Die Mannschaft have their noses in front in the head-to-head. They have won 12 of the fixtures, losing 11 (10 draws).
Record players: Still leading the way in this regard is Lothar Matthäus. The former World Footballer of the Year won 150 caps for Germany between 1980 and 2000. Of the still active players, Lukas Podolski is next in the list with 127 appearances, followed by captain Bastian Schweinsteiger who has featured for Die Mannschaft 114 times.
Record goalscorers: Germany’s all-time goalscoring charts are topped by Miroslav Klose, who netted 71 times, three more than Gerd Müller (68). However, Der Bomber only needed 62 caps for his tally, while Klose had notched 137 appearances when he retired from international football. Lukas Podolski (48), Thomas Müller (31) and Mario Gomez (27) are the top scorers in the current squad.
EURO 2016 squad: Joachim Löw dropped Karim Bellarabi, Julian Brandt (both Bayer Leverkusen), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) and Sebastian Rudy (TSG Hoffenheim) from his 27-man provisional squad. The news is especially disappointing for Reus, who missed the World Cup in 2014 with an injury.
Milestone I: Germany could claim their 250th victory on home soil this weekend. Their record currently stands at 249 wins, 79 draws and 70 defeats from a total of 398 matches.
Milestone II: Die Mannschaft have won 299 of their 564 friendlies to date (114 draws, 151 losses). The triple century could be secured today.
Opponents I: Hungary finished behind Northern Ireland and Romania in European Championship qualifying Group F, however, they reached the tournament for the first time since 1972 by virtue of beating Norway in the play-offs.
Opponents II: Hungary sit 20th in the FIFA World Rankings (925 points). Their last match was a goalless draw against Ivory Coast. Péter Gulácsi (RB Leipzig), Werder Bremen’s Laszlo Kleinheisler, Zoltan Stieber (Hamburger SV) and Hoffenheim’s Adam Szalai all currently ply their trade in Germany’s top flight.
Kits: Die Mannschaft will wear their white home shirts and black shorts.
Referee: Martin Strömbergsson will oversee the game. He will be assisted by Daniel Gustavsson and Per Brogevik; Glenn Nyberg is the fourth official. The quartet are from Sweden.
