Excitement ahead of the EUROs in France (10th June – 10th July) is set to increase later today as Germany manager Joachim Löw names his provisional squad for the tournament (from 13:00 CEST).
This summer is Germany’s twelfth consecutive appearance at the EUROs. They’ve taken three titles, the same as Spain. Captain Bastian Schweinsteiger could become a German European Championship record holder in France, while Lukas Podolski and Mario Gomez are chasing all-time top scorer Jürgen Klinsmann’s record. DFB.de has compiled the most important facts and figures on previous squads.
Facts and figures on Germany’s European Championship squads
Clubs with most call-ups to European Championship
Bayern München 48
VfB Stuttgart 21
Werder Bremen 19
Borussia Dortmund 18
1. FC Köln 17
Bor. Mönchengladbach 16
Bayer Leverkusen 14
Hamburger SV 10
Hertha BSC 7
Eintracht Frankfurt 6
Schalke 04 6
Players with the most appearances
Philipp Lahm: 14 appearances (2004 – 2012)
Thomas Häßler: 13 (1992 – 2000)
Jürgen Klinsmann: 13 (1988 – 1996)
Miroslav Klose 13 (2004 – 2012)
Bastian Schweinsteiger: 13 (2004 – 2012)
Andreas Brehme: 12 (1984 – 1992)
Michael Ballack: 11 (2000 – 2008)
Lothar Matthäus: 11 (1980 – 1988, 2000)
Lukas Podolski: 11(2004 – 2012)
Jürgen Kohler: 10 (1988 – 1996)
Matthias Sammer: 10 (1992 – 1996)
Players with the most game time
Excitement ahead of the EUROs in France (10th June – 10th July) is set to increase later today as Germany manager Joachim Löw names his provisional squad for the tournament (from 13:00 CEST).
This summer is Germany’s twelfth consecutive appearance at the EUROs. They’ve taken three titles, the same as Spain. Captain Bastian Schweinsteiger could become a German European Championship record holder in France, while Lukas Podolski and Mario Gomez are chasing all-time top scorer Jürgen Klinsmann’s record. DFB.de has compiled the most important facts and figures on previous squads.
Facts and figures on Germany’s European Championship squads
Clubs with most call-ups to European Championship
Bayern München 48
VfB Stuttgart 21
Werder Bremen 19
Borussia Dortmund 18
1. FC Köln 17
Bor. Mönchengladbach 16
Bayer Leverkusen 14
Hamburger SV 10
Hertha BSC 7
Eintracht Frankfurt 6
Schalke 04 6
Players with the most appearances
Philipp Lahm: 14 appearances (2004 – 2012)
Thomas Häßler: 13 (1992 – 2000)
Jürgen Klinsmann: 13 (1988 – 1996)
Miroslav Klose 13 (2004 – 2012)
Bastian Schweinsteiger: 13 (2004 – 2012)
Andreas Brehme: 12 (1984 – 1992)
Michael Ballack: 11 (2000 – 2008)
Lothar Matthäus: 11 (1980 – 1988, 2000)
Lukas Podolski: 11(2004 – 2012)
Jürgen Kohler: 10 (1988 – 1996)
Matthias Sammer: 10 (1992 – 1996)
Players with the most game time
Philipp Lahm: 1215 minutes
Jürgen Klinsmann: 1049
Andreas Brehme: 1020
Thomas Häßler: 941
Bastian Schweinsteiger: 925
Players with the most goals
Jürgen Klinsmann: 5 goals
Gerd Müller: 4
Dieter Müller: 4
Rudi Völler: 4
Lukas Podolski: 4
Klaus Allofs: 3
Karl-Heinz Riedle: 3
Michael Ballack: 3
Miroslav Klose: 3
Mario Gomez: 3
Squad sizes
A total of 160 players have been called up to the eleven European Championships, of which 126 played. There were therefore 34 players who travelled to the tournaments but didn’t feature.
1972: 18 players (plus seven players on standby)
1976: 18
1980: 22
1984: 20
1988: 20
1992: 20
1996: 22 (plus one replacement)
2000: 22
2004: 23
2008: 23
2012: 23
2016: 23
First international call-up was for a European Championship
Dieter Müller, Peter Nogly (1976)
Walter Junghans, Eike Immel and Lothar Matthäus (1980)
Ralf Falkenmayer (1984)
Gunar Sauer (1988)
René Adler (2008)
Number of clubs outside Germany that European Championship squad members have come from...
Italy: 13
England: 8
Spain: 7
USA: 1
Turkey: 1
