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Noun
1. a republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
(synonym) Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, FRG
(hypernym) European country, European nation
(member-holonym) European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe
(part-holonym) Europe
(member-meronym) German
(part-meronym) Dachau
(class) panzer
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Background
As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.
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| Nickname | Die Nationalelf (The National Eleven) |
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| Association | German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) |
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| Coach | Jürgen Klinsmann, 2004- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Lothar Matthäus (150) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Gerd Müller (68) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) |
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| Largest win Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) |
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| Worst defeat England 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) |
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| Appearances | 16 (First in 1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 9 (First in 1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1972, 1980, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Germany national football team represents Germany in international football competitions and is one of the most successful teams in history winning a total of 4 World Cups ( 3 men and 1 women ), and one Olympic title as the former East Germany. It is controlled by the German Football Association (DFB), the governing body of football in Germany.
The current coaching staff of the national team include head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, assistant coach Joachim Löw, team manager Oliver Bierhoff and goalkeeper coach Andreas Köpke.
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