The Germany national team have reached the semi-final of a European Championship for the eighth time – no other nation comes close. Against France in Marseille on Thursday (21:00 CEST, live on ZDF and Fan-Club-Radio), Die Mannschaft will be trying to add to their extraordinary record against host nations – their last defeat came 50 years ago. DFB.de has the facts and figures on the match against the Équipe tricolore.
RECORD I: The meeting with France will be the 917th match in the history of Germany's national team. Since its first match ever on 5th April 1908, there have been 532 wins, 185 draws and 199 defeats. The goal record from these 916 matches is 2052-1086. 923 different players have represented Germany with the most recent debutants being Julian Brandt, Joshua Kimmich, Bernd Leno and Julian Weigl in the 3-1 friendly defeat to Slovakia in preparation for the EUROs.
RECORD II: Joachim Löw will take charge of his 137th game since taking over as Germany coach in August 2006. In this time he has overseen 90 wins, 24 draws and 22 defeats. Only record holder Sepp Herberger (94 wins) celebrated more victories.
RECORD III: Germany and France have faced each other 27 times, and Germany has the worse record in encounters between the two countries. They have played out nine wins, six draws and twelve defeats. The goal difference is the same, with both teams having scored 43 goals.
RECORD IV: However, the record in competitive matches is clearly in Germany’s favour: curiously, the two sides have never met at a European Championship, but have played each other four times at the World Cup. In 1958, the "Equipe Tricolore" won 6-3 in the third-place playoff. In 1982, they met in the World Cup semi-final in the legendary “Night in Seville”: After 90 minutes, the score was 1-1 (goals: Littbarski for Germany, Platini for France), and in extra-time France took a 3-1 lead through goals from Marius Tresor and Alain Giresse - but Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Klaus Fischer’s bicycle kick brought it back level. In the penalty shootout, Horst Hrubesch struck the decisive goal. In 1986, they faced in the semi-final again, and Germany won 2-0 through goals from Andreas Brehme and Rudi Völler. At the 2014 World cup, the teams played each other once more in the quarter-final: Germany won 1-0 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, through a Mats Hummels header in the twelfth minute.
RECORD V: The most recent encounter between Germany and France took place on 13th November 2015 in Saint-Denis: The friendly ended 2-0 to France, but was overshadowed by the Paris terror attacks. Germany have so far managed to win two of their twelve away matches against France (three draws, seven defeats): 1935 (3-1) and 2013 (2-1 - goals: Müller and Khedira, as well as Valbuena for France).
GOAL GUARANTEE: Only one of the 27 international meetings has ended goalless – the friendly on 12th November 2005 in Saint-Denis.
SUSPENSION: Germany will have to line up without Mats Hummels in the semi-final, who was shown his second yellow card of the tournament against Italy, and is therefore suspended for one game.
THE REFEREE: The 44-year-old Italian Nicola Rizzoli was in charge of the World Cup final two years ago against Argentina, which the Germans won 1-0 through a Mario Götze goal in extra time.
THE MATCHDAY: In their history, Germany have played two matches on 7th July. 42 years ago on Thursday, Germany won the 1974 World Cup with a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands. The second match came in the 2010 World Cup, where Germany lost 1-0 in the semi-final against Spain through a Carles Puyol header in the 73rd minute – this win for "La Furia Roja" took place in Durban, South Africa.
THE LOCATION I: French first-division side Olympique Marseille play their home matches in the Stade Velodrome. For EURO 2016, this stadium was given a roof and was made bigger so that it can now hold 67,000 fans – the work began in March 2011, with the official unveiling in October 2014. The semi-final match between Germany and France is the last of the six matches to be held in Marseille during EURO 2016. Before this game, four group matches took place there, as well as the quarter-final between Poland and Portugal.
THE LOCATION II: Germany have contested an international match in Marseille before: On 25th September 1968 they played out a 1-1 draw against France in a friendly (goals: Overath - Bosquier). France have won eight of their last 15 matches in Marseille (three draws, four defeats) - in the EURO 2016 group stage, they celebrated a 2-0 win over Albania there. In the current Germany squad, ten players have played a competitive match in the Stade Velodrome – only Mario Götze and Mats Hummels have faced a defeat there: 3-0 in the group stage of the 2011/12 Champions League with Borussia Dortmund against Olympique Marseille.
OPPONENTS I: France have only lost one of their last 15 internationals (13 wins, one draw) – they lost 2-0 to England in a friendly in London on 17th November 2015. France played Croatia in the semi-final of the the 1998 World Cup in Saint-Denis – Davor Suker put the visitors ahead in the 46th minute before Liliam Thuram turned the game with his only ever brace for the national team to give France a 2-1 victory. France are taking part in the ninth European Championship finals.
OPPONENTS II: France were European Champions in 1984 and 2000 – only Germany and France have lifted the trophy on more occasions (three times each). France secured victory in all five of their matches when they won the title 32 years ago It was also the last time the host nation had won the European Championship. L’Equipe’s biggest achievement was winning the World Cup in 1998 by triumphing 3-0 (Zidane twice, Petit) in the final against Brazil in their own back yard. France lost their second World Cup final on penalties to Italy in 2006 (1-1 after extra time, 5-3 on penalties).
OPPONENTS III: France’s biggest margin of victory was 10-0 against Azerbaijan on 6th September 1995. Their heaviest defeat is the 17-1 against Denmark in London on 19th October 1908. Les Bleus’ most capped player is Liliam Thuram with 142 appearances (1994-2008), their record goalscorer is Thierry Henry, who scored 51 goals between 1997 and 2010. Michel Platini has scored the most goals for France at European Championship finals with all of his nine goals coming in France’s five matches during their 1984 title win.
OPPONENTS IV: France’s opening goal in the semi-final against Iceland was the first time they had scored before half-time at EURO 2016- they then went on to do it three more times though. L’Equipe had never scored as many goals in the first half of a match at a European Championship. Les Bleus scored five headed goals during the game – no other team has managed to do this more than twice in a match at EURO 2016. It was also the first time that one team had scored five headers since statistics began being recorded in 1980. France are the only team to have scored five goals in a match twice at European Championships (they beat Belgium 5-0 when they hosted the tournament in 1984).
THE MANAGER: Didier Deschamps has been in charge since 2012 and this is his second major tournament in the French dugouts after the 2014 World Cup (knocked out in the quarterfinal by Germany). He was captain of the national team when France last lifted the trophy at EURO 2000. Deschamps previously wore the armband in the 1998 World Cup triumph – he netted four goals in 103 international appearances.
THE POACHER: With four goals and two assists to his name, France‘s Antoine Griezmann is the top points scorer and top goal scorer of the tournament.
THE GOALKEEPER:France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has only faced eight shots on goal and conceded four at EURO 2016. Lloris could captain his country for the tenth time in a European Championship game and would therefore break the record of his manager Didier Deschamps (nine games).
TEAMMATES:Sami Khedira and Paul Pogba together at Juventus and celebrated winning the double last season. Mesut Özil was at Arsenal with Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny in 2013. Having set up 19 goals, Özil was the best assist provider in the Premier League last term – he most regularly set up Giroud (seven times).
CROSSOVER COMPARISON: As manager at Marseille, Didier Deschamps faced Borussia Dortmund and Bayern München in the 2011/12 Champions League. His side recorded two victories over BVB in the group stage but were knocked out by FCB in the quarterfinal. Deschamps won the Champions League, alongside former Germany manager Rudi Völler, in 1993: In the final in Munich, they ran out 1-0 winners against AC Milan. Former honorary captain of the German national team Franz Beckenbauer was head coach and then technical director at Marseille between 1990 and 1991. He took charge of the first four of nine games in the European Cup before losing the final on penalties to Red Star Belgrade. Andreas Köpke, current Germany goalkeeping coach, played for Marseille between 1996 and 1998 - prominent German former players at the French club were Karlheinz Förster (1986-1990), Klaus Allofs (1987-1989) and Völler (1992-94). Antoine Griezmann scored the decisive away goal for Atletico Madrid against FC Bayern in last season’s Champions League semi-final - the Spanish side progressed to the final despite losing the second leg 2-1.
RUN OF FORM I: Germany’s EURO 2016 quarterfinal win was their fourth in four attempts (others were 2-1 vs. Croatia 1996, 3-2 vs. Poland 2008, 4-2 vs. Greece 2012). Germany have been unbeaten in their last seven quarterfinals in World Cups and European Championships. The last time they lost one was in 1998 in France (3-0 vs. Croatia).
RUN OF FORM II: EURO 2016 is the fifth tournament in which Germany have made it to the semi-finals under Joachim Löw. The last time they failed to reach this stage was under Rudi Völler at EURO 2004. Germany have only lost two of their last seven EURO semi-finals (2-1 vs. Italy 2012 and 2-1 vs. Netherlands 1988). Germany have scored in each of their last seven semi-finals.
RUN OF FORM III: The DFB team has a brilliant record against EURO and World Cup host nations: Germany are unbeaten in their last nine matches against host nations (seven wins, two draws). Their last loss to a host country was in the 1966 World Cup final against England (4-2 after extra time).
RUN OF FORM IV: Leonardo Bonucci’s penalty in the quarterfinal ended Germany’s run of five matches and 527 minutes without conceding, meaning that the DFB team came just short of the 1966 record (six matches without conceding). They've only previously accomplished this feat at two major tournaments – the 1978 and 2002 World Cups. Spain hold the European Championship record for the most shut-outs across multiple tournaments – eight between 2012 and 2016.
RUN OF FORM V: Germany have won seven of their last nine games at European Championships (one draw, one defeat). Taking both World Cups and European Championships into consideration, Germany have been beaten just once in their last 17 tournament games (14 wins, two draws) – the 2-1 defeat to Italy in the EURO 2012 semi-final.Die Mannschaft have only lost three of their last 47 competitive games (40 wins, four draws) – the 2-1 defeat to Italy in 2012 as well as the losses in Poland (2-0 in October 2014) and Ireland (1-0 in October 2015) in European Championship qualifiers.
RUN OF FORM VI: Germany have never lost a competitive game when Benedikt Höwedes has played (17 wins, three draws).
RECORD I: Germany have reached the semi-final of a European Championship for the eighth time. No other country has achieved this feat on more than five occasions.
RECORD II:Manuel Neuer set a new record against Italy: He became the first European goalkeeper to not concede in 557 minutes at a major tournament. He therefore overtook the previous record set by Iker Casillas (553 minutes from 2012-2014) by four minutes.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: In the game against Italy, Germany had to face a penalty shootout for the third time at a European Championship. It was the second time they progressed in this manner (previously in 1996 semi-final against England). But for the first time ever at a major tournament, Germany missed three of their spot-kicks.
QUARTERFINAL:Mesut Özil scored his first goal at this tournament and his second ever goal at a EURO finals, again netting against Italy. He got on the scoresheet against the same opponent in the 2-1 defeat in the 2012 semi-final. Thomas Müller registered the most shots on goal (four) but remains goalless at EURO 2016. Köln‘s Jonas Hector won all six of his challenges, provided the assist for Özil to open the scoring and converted the decisive spot-kick. Both sides had the same number of shots on goal (12-12), but Germany had more possession (62%) – the Italians battled hard (53% of tackles won) and covered more ground (153.0 km) than die Mannschaft (145.7 km).
CURRENT RUN I: Germany have conceded just once at EURO 2016 (penalty) – all other teams have shipped more goals. Germany have had the most possession out of all 24 teams (67%). Since data collection began in 1980, no team has recorded as high a value.
CURRENT RUN II:Toni Kroos has had by far the most touches of the ball at the tournament (634), with 145 touches alone in the game against Northern Ireland, also a top value at EURO 2016. He has also played the most successful passes (509). Die Mannschaft have scored three goals from set pieces at EURO 2016 (two corners, one free kick) – joint highest number with Hungary. Five of Germany’s last eleven goals have come from dead balls (two corners, two penalties, one free kick). Germany have registered 95 shots on goal – the most at the tournament (together with Belgien and Portugal).
CURRENT RUN III: 88 percent of German passes have reached a teammate – only Spain have been more accurate (89 percent). No side have played more passes than Germany during the course of the tournament (3432). Only Portugal (123) have put in more crosses in open play than die Mannschaft(109).
EUROS RECORD CAP HOLDERS: Bastian Schweinsteiger made his 17th European Championships appearance in the quarterfinals - only Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (19) has featured on more occasions. With his 37th appearance for Germany at World Cups and European Championships, Schweinsteiger is equal with Miroslav Klose’s record.
EUROS TOP GOAL SCORER: Mario Gomez scored his fifth European Championships goal in the game against Slovakia and drew level with Jürgen Klinsmann in Germany's EUROs all-time goalscorer charts. Out of the current squad, Lukas Podolski (4) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (3) are in touching distance of the record.
RECORD COACH AT EUROS: Joachim Löw became the all-time record holder during the match against Ukraine. Having taken charge of 16 games, he has now clearly overtaken EURO 1996 winning manager Berti Vogts (11 games).
RECORD PLAYERS: Still leading the way with this record 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 128 appearances, followed by captain Bastian Schweinsteiger who has featured for Die Mannschaft 119 times.
RECORD GOALSCORERS: Germany’s all-time goalscorer chart is 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 (32) and Mario Gomez (29) are the top scorers in the current squad.
ALL-TIME EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE: Germany are ahead of title-holders Spain in the all-time EURO table. They have played 48 games across eleven tournaments, with a record of 26 victories, twelve draws and ten defeats. They have scored 71 and conceded 46 goals. Germany have won the European Championship three times: 1972 in Belgium, 1980 in Italy and 1996 in England. The Spaniards lie in second place with nine tournaments to their name (40 matches: W19, D12, L9; 55:36) and also three titles (1964, 2008, 2012).
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The Germany national team have reached the semi-final of a European Championship for the eighth time – no other nation comes close. Against France in Marseille on Thursday (21:00 CEST, live on ZDF and Fan-Club-Radio), Die Mannschaft will be trying to add to their extraordinary record against host nations – their last defeat came 50 years ago. DFB.de has the facts and figures on the match against the Équipe tricolore.
RECORD I: The meeting with France will be the 917th match in the history of Germany's national team. Since its first match ever on 5th April 1908, there have been 532 wins, 185 draws and 199 defeats. The goal record from these 916 matches is 2052-1086. 923 different players have represented Germany with the most recent debutants being Julian Brandt, Joshua Kimmich, Bernd Leno and Julian Weigl in the 3-1 friendly defeat to Slovakia in preparation for the EUROs.
RECORD II: Joachim Löw will take charge of his 137th game since taking over as Germany coach in August 2006. In this time he has overseen 90 wins, 24 draws and 22 defeats. Only record holder Sepp Herberger (94 wins) celebrated more victories.
RECORD III: Germany and France have faced each other 27 times, and Germany has the worse record in encounters between the two countries. They have played out nine wins, six draws and twelve defeats. The goal difference is the same, with both teams having scored 43 goals.
RECORD IV: However, the record in competitive matches is clearly in Germany’s favour: curiously, the two sides have never met at a European Championship, but have played each other four times at the World Cup. In 1958, the "Equipe Tricolore" won 6-3 in the third-place playoff. In 1982, they met in the World Cup semi-final in the legendary “Night in Seville”: After 90 minutes, the score was 1-1 (goals: Littbarski for Germany, Platini for France), and in extra-time France took a 3-1 lead through goals from Marius Tresor and Alain Giresse - but Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Klaus Fischer’s bicycle kick brought it back level. In the penalty shootout, Horst Hrubesch struck the decisive goal. In 1986, they faced in the semi-final again, and Germany won 2-0 through goals from Andreas Brehme and Rudi Völler. At the 2014 World cup, the teams played each other once more in the quarter-final: Germany won 1-0 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, through a Mats Hummels header in the twelfth minute.
RECORD V: The most recent encounter between Germany and France took place on 13th November 2015 in Saint-Denis: The friendly ended 2-0 to France, but was overshadowed by the Paris terror attacks. Germany have so far managed to win two of their twelve away matches against France (three draws, seven defeats): 1935 (3-1) and 2013 (2-1 - goals: Müller and Khedira, as well as Valbuena for France).
GOAL GUARANTEE: Only one of the 27 international meetings has ended goalless – the friendly on 12th November 2005 in Saint-Denis.
SUSPENSION: Germany will have to line up without Mats Hummels in the semi-final, who was shown his second yellow card of the tournament against Italy, and is therefore suspended for one game.
THE REFEREE: The 44-year-old Italian Nicola Rizzoli was in charge of the World Cup final two years ago against Argentina, which the Germans won 1-0 through a Mario Götze goal in extra time.
THE MATCHDAY: In their history, Germany have played two matches on 7th July. 42 years ago on Thursday, Germany won the 1974 World Cup with a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands. The second match came in the 2010 World Cup, where Germany lost 1-0 in the semi-final against Spain through a Carles Puyol header in the 73rd minute – this win for "La Furia Roja" took place in Durban, South Africa.
THE LOCATION I: French first-division side Olympique Marseille play their home matches in the Stade Velodrome. For EURO 2016, this stadium was given a roof and was made bigger so that it can now hold 67,000 fans – the work began in March 2011, with the official unveiling in October 2014. The semi-final match between Germany and France is the last of the six matches to be held in Marseille during EURO 2016. Before this game, four group matches took place there, as well as the quarter-final between Poland and Portugal.
THE LOCATION II: Germany have contested an international match in Marseille before: On 25th September 1968 they played out a 1-1 draw against France in a friendly (goals: Overath - Bosquier). France have won eight of their last 15 matches in Marseille (three draws, four defeats) - in the EURO 2016 group stage, they celebrated a 2-0 win over Albania there. In the current Germany squad, ten players have played a competitive match in the Stade Velodrome – only Mario Götze and Mats Hummels have faced a defeat there: 3-0 in the group stage of the 2011/12 Champions League with Borussia Dortmund against Olympique Marseille.
OPPONENTS I: France have only lost one of their last 15 internationals (13 wins, one draw) – they lost 2-0 to England in a friendly in London on 17th November 2015. France played Croatia in the semi-final of the the 1998 World Cup in Saint-Denis – Davor Suker put the visitors ahead in the 46th minute before Liliam Thuram turned the game with his only ever brace for the national team to give France a 2-1 victory. France are taking part in the ninth European Championship finals.
OPPONENTS II: France were European Champions in 1984 and 2000 – only Germany and France have lifted the trophy on more occasions (three times each). France secured victory in all five of their matches when they won the title 32 years ago It was also the last time the host nation had won the European Championship. L’Equipe’s biggest achievement was winning the World Cup in 1998 by triumphing 3-0 (Zidane twice, Petit) in the final against Brazil in their own back yard. France lost their second World Cup final on penalties to Italy in 2006 (1-1 after extra time, 5-3 on penalties).
OPPONENTS III: France’s biggest margin of victory was 10-0 against Azerbaijan on 6th September 1995. Their heaviest defeat is the 17-1 against Denmark in London on 19th October 1908. Les Bleus’ most capped player is Liliam Thuram with 142 appearances (1994-2008), their record goalscorer is Thierry Henry, who scored 51 goals between 1997 and 2010. Michel Platini has scored the most goals for France at European Championship finals with all of his nine goals coming in France’s five matches during their 1984 title win.
OPPONENTS IV: France’s opening goal in the semi-final against Iceland was the first time they had scored before half-time at EURO 2016- they then went on to do it three more times though. L’Equipe had never scored as many goals in the first half of a match at a European Championship. Les Bleus scored five headed goals during the game – no other team has managed to do this more than twice in a match at EURO 2016. It was also the first time that one team had scored five headers since statistics began being recorded in 1980. France are the only team to have scored five goals in a match twice at European Championships (they beat Belgium 5-0 when they hosted the tournament in 1984).
THE MANAGER: Didier Deschamps has been in charge since 2012 and this is his second major tournament in the French dugouts after the 2014 World Cup (knocked out in the quarterfinal by Germany). He was captain of the national team when France last lifted the trophy at EURO 2000. Deschamps previously wore the armband in the 1998 World Cup triumph – he netted four goals in 103 international appearances.
THE POACHER: With four goals and two assists to his name, France‘s Antoine Griezmann is the top points scorer and top goal scorer of the tournament.
THE GOALKEEPER:France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has only faced eight shots on goal and conceded four at EURO 2016. Lloris could captain his country for the tenth time in a European Championship game and would therefore break the record of his manager Didier Deschamps (nine games).
TEAMMATES:Sami Khedira and Paul Pogba together at Juventus and celebrated winning the double last season. Mesut Özil was at Arsenal with Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny in 2013. Having set up 19 goals, Özil was the best assist provider in the Premier League last term – he most regularly set up Giroud (seven times).
CROSSOVER COMPARISON: As manager at Marseille, Didier Deschamps faced Borussia Dortmund and Bayern München in the 2011/12 Champions League. His side recorded two victories over BVB in the group stage but were knocked out by FCB in the quarterfinal. Deschamps won the Champions League, alongside former Germany manager Rudi Völler, in 1993: In the final in Munich, they ran out 1-0 winners against AC Milan. Former honorary captain of the German national team Franz Beckenbauer was head coach and then technical director at Marseille between 1990 and 1991. He took charge of the first four of nine games in the European Cup before losing the final on penalties to Red Star Belgrade. Andreas Köpke, current Germany goalkeeping coach, played for Marseille between 1996 and 1998 - prominent German former players at the French club were Karlheinz Förster (1986-1990), Klaus Allofs (1987-1989) and Völler (1992-94). Antoine Griezmann scored the decisive away goal for Atletico Madrid against FC Bayern in last season’s Champions League semi-final - the Spanish side progressed to the final despite losing the second leg 2-1.
RUN OF FORM I: Germany’s EURO 2016 quarterfinal win was their fourth in four attempts (others were 2-1 vs. Croatia 1996, 3-2 vs. Poland 2008, 4-2 vs. Greece 2012). Germany have been unbeaten in their last seven quarterfinals in World Cups and European Championships. The last time they lost one was in 1998 in France (3-0 vs. Croatia).
RUN OF FORM II: EURO 2016 is the fifth tournament in which Germany have made it to the semi-finals under Joachim Löw. The last time they failed to reach this stage was under Rudi Völler at EURO 2004. Germany have only lost two of their last seven EURO semi-finals (2-1 vs. Italy 2012 and 2-1 vs. Netherlands 1988). Germany have scored in each of their last seven semi-finals.
RUN OF FORM III: The DFB team has a brilliant record against EURO and World Cup host nations: Germany are unbeaten in their last nine matches against host nations (seven wins, two draws). Their last loss to a host country was in the 1966 World Cup final against England (4-2 after extra time).
RUN OF FORM IV: Leonardo Bonucci’s penalty in the quarterfinal ended Germany’s run of five matches and 527 minutes without conceding, meaning that the DFB team came just short of the 1966 record (six matches without conceding). They've only previously accomplished this feat at two major tournaments – the 1978 and 2002 World Cups. Spain hold the European Championship record for the most shut-outs across multiple tournaments – eight between 2012 and 2016.
RUN OF FORM V: Germany have won seven of their last nine games at European Championships (one draw, one defeat). Taking both World Cups and European Championships into consideration, Germany have been beaten just once in their last 17 tournament games (14 wins, two draws) – the 2-1 defeat to Italy in the EURO 2012 semi-final.Die Mannschaft have only lost three of their last 47 competitive games (40 wins, four draws) – the 2-1 defeat to Italy in 2012 as well as the losses in Poland (2-0 in October 2014) and Ireland (1-0 in October 2015) in European Championship qualifiers.
RUN OF FORM VI: Germany have never lost a competitive game when Benedikt Höwedes has played (17 wins, three draws).
RECORD I: Germany have reached the semi-final of a European Championship for the eighth time. No other country has achieved this feat on more than five occasions.
RECORD II:Manuel Neuer set a new record against Italy: He became the first European goalkeeper to not concede in 557 minutes at a major tournament. He therefore overtook the previous record set by Iker Casillas (553 minutes from 2012-2014) by four minutes.
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: In the game against Italy, Germany had to face a penalty shootout for the third time at a European Championship. It was the second time they progressed in this manner (previously in 1996 semi-final against England). But for the first time ever at a major tournament, Germany missed three of their spot-kicks.
QUARTERFINAL:Mesut Özil scored his first goal at this tournament and his second ever goal at a EURO finals, again netting against Italy. He got on the scoresheet against the same opponent in the 2-1 defeat in the 2012 semi-final. Thomas Müller registered the most shots on goal (four) but remains goalless at EURO 2016. Köln‘s Jonas Hector won all six of his challenges, provided the assist for Özil to open the scoring and converted the decisive spot-kick. Both sides had the same number of shots on goal (12-12), but Germany had more possession (62%) – the Italians battled hard (53% of tackles won) and covered more ground (153.0 km) than die Mannschaft (145.7 km).
CURRENT RUN I: Germany have conceded just once at EURO 2016 (penalty) – all other teams have shipped more goals. Germany have had the most possession out of all 24 teams (67%). Since data collection began in 1980, no team has recorded as high a value.
CURRENT RUN II:Toni Kroos has had by far the most touches of the ball at the tournament (634), with 145 touches alone in the game against Northern Ireland, also a top value at EURO 2016. He has also played the most successful passes (509). Die Mannschaft have scored three goals from set pieces at EURO 2016 (two corners, one free kick) – joint highest number with Hungary. Five of Germany’s last eleven goals have come from dead balls (two corners, two penalties, one free kick). Germany have registered 95 shots on goal – the most at the tournament (together with Belgien and Portugal).
CURRENT RUN III: 88 percent of German passes have reached a teammate – only Spain have been more accurate (89 percent). No side have played more passes than Germany during the course of the tournament (3432). Only Portugal (123) have put in more crosses in open play than die Mannschaft(109).
EUROS RECORD CAP HOLDERS: Bastian Schweinsteiger made his 17th European Championships appearance in the quarterfinals - only Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (19) has featured on more occasions. With his 37th appearance for Germany at World Cups and European Championships, Schweinsteiger is equal with Miroslav Klose’s record.
EUROS TOP GOAL SCORER: Mario Gomez scored his fifth European Championships goal in the game against Slovakia and drew level with Jürgen Klinsmann in Germany's EUROs all-time goalscorer charts. Out of the current squad, Lukas Podolski (4) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (3) are in touching distance of the record.
RECORD COACH AT EUROS: Joachim Löw became the all-time record holder during the match against Ukraine. Having taken charge of 16 games, he has now clearly overtaken EURO 1996 winning manager Berti Vogts (11 games).
RECORD PLAYERS: Still leading the way with this record 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 128 appearances, followed by captain Bastian Schweinsteiger who has featured for Die Mannschaft 119 times.
RECORD GOALSCORERS: Germany’s all-time goalscorer chart is 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 (32) and Mario Gomez (29) are the top scorers in the current squad.
ALL-TIME EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE: Germany are ahead of title-holders Spain in the all-time EURO table. They have played 48 games across eleven tournaments, with a record of 26 victories, twelve draws and ten defeats. They have scored 71 and conceded 46 goals. Germany have won the European Championship three times: 1972 in Belgium, 1980 in Italy and 1996 in England. The Spaniards lie in second place with nine tournaments to their name (40 matches: W19, D12, L9; 55:36) and also three titles (1964, 2008, 2012).
