The England and Germany football rivalry is a highly competitive sports rivalry that exists between the national football teams of the two countries. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes Matches between the two nations often attract much media attention, public interest and comment in both countries, but especially in England. Although the footballing rivalry began in earnest after the 1966 FIFA World Cup, it was fed by non-footballing events that had taken place between the two countries in previous decades, particularly memories of the Second World War. The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This has given the rivalry a highly competitive and sometimes unpleasant edge, particularly in English media coverage, although players on both sides have usually attempted to downplay such negative associations.

Germany is regarded in England as one of the main rivals of the national football team, along with such nations as Scotland and Argentina. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA Unlike England's rivalries with those other two teams, however, the enmity is felt predominantly on the English side rather than shared, with the Germans regarding their team's traditional rivalry with the Netherlands as more important. The Netherlands national football team has rivalry with the Germany national football team that dates back to the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where the Netherlands lost to ^[1]

Early encounters

The Football Association representative touring party of 1899

England and Germany share an international football history dating back to the end of the 19th century. The Football Association instigated a four game tour of Germany and Austria by a representative England team in November 1899. The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The England team played a representative German team in Berlin on 23 November 1899. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The German side lost 13-2. Two days later a slightly altered German side lost 10-2. The third and fourth matches were played in Prague and Karlsruhe against a combined Austrian and German side and were won by England 8-0 and 7-0 respectively. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Karlsruhe (ˈkaɐ̯lsʁuːə population 285812 in 2006 is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near ^[2]

In 1901, a team representing Germany toured England and lost 12-0 to the England amateur team captained by G.O. Smith at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane on 21 September 1901. The England national amateur football team was the Amateur representative team for England at football. Gilbert Oswald Smith (born November 25, 1872 in Croydon, Surrey, died December 6, 1943 in Yaldhurst, Lymington Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. For the railway station of the same name see White Hart Lane railway station. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting ^[3] On the 25th they played England's professionals at Hyde Park in Manchester where they lost 10-0. ^[4]

During World War I, an unofficial ceasefire was announced on Christmas truce, December 25, 1914. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The " Christmas Truce " is a term used to describe several brief unofficial cessations of hostilities that occurred on Christmas Eve or Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year On that day, British (Allied) and German troops left the trenches and played football with each other, involving thousands of men over many miles of the front, and in some places the ceasefire lasted over a week rather than the 24 hours planned. Although this wasn't played to any particular set of rules, it is still regarded as one of the earliest examples of Anglo-German football, and is often used to question why the Great War was fought at all, when there was no apparent animosity between the two nations.

The first ever full international between the two teams was a friendly match played on Saturday May 10, 1930, in Berlin. An exhibition game (also known as an exhibition match or simply exhibition, or a demonstration or demo event is a sporting event Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. England were 1-0 and 2-1 up in the game, but after losing a player to injury went behind 3-2 before a late goal from David Jack brought the scores to 3-3, which was how the game finished. David Bone Nightingale Jack ( 3 April 1899 – 10 September 1958) was an English footballer, the first player ever to score ^[5]

The next match between the two teams was played on December 4, 1935, at White Hart Lane in London, the first full international to take place between the teams in England and the first since the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis in 1933. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the railway station of the same name see White Hart Lane railway station. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German It was also the first match to stir up particular controversy, as The Observer newspaper reported protests by the British Trades Union Congress that the game could be used as a propaganda event by the Nazi regime. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The The Trades Union Congress (TUC is a national trade union centre, a federation of Trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade "No recent sporting event has been treated with such high seriousness in Germany as this match. . . Between 7,500 and 8,000 Germans will travel via Dover, and special trains will bring them to London. A description will be broadcast throughout Germany. . . Sir Walter Citrine, General Secretary of the TUC, in a further letter to Sir John Simon, the Home Secretary, said that 'such a large and carefully organised Nazi contingent coming to London might confirm the impression among people in this country that the event is being regarded as of some political importance by the visitors'. Walter McLennan Citrine 1st Baron Citrine GBE, PC ( August 22, 1887, Wallasey - January 22, 1983, Brixham John Allsebrook Simon 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC ( 28 February 1873 &ndash 11 January 1954 The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office "^[6]

Of the match itself, however, which England won 3-0, the same newspaper reported the following week that: "So chivalrous in heart and so fair in tackling were the English and German teams who played at Tottenham in mid-week that even the oldest of veterans failed to recall an international engagement played with such good manners by everybody. "^[7]

The next game between the two teams, and the last to be played before World War II, was again in Germany, a friendly at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on May 14, 1938, played in front of a crowd of 110,000 people. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was the last occasion on which England played against a unified German team until the 1990s. This was the most controversial of all the early encounters between the two teams, as before kick-off the English players were ordered by the Foreign Office to line up and perform a Nazi salute in respect to their hosts. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting The Hitler salute (Hitlergruß also known in Germany during World War II as the Deutscher Gruß (literally German Greeting) or in English as the How compliant the players were with this situation has been a matter of debate, with a feature in The Observer in 2001 speculating that they were "perhaps merely indifferent players (who had undoubtedly become more reluctant, to the point of mutiny, by the time the post-war memoirs were published). "^[8]

A BBC News Online report published in 2003 reported that the salute was calculated to show: "that Germany, which two months earlier had annexed Austria, was not a pariah state. The friendly game effectively helped clear the way for Chamberlain's "Peace for our time" deal with Hitler, which, in turn, led to Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia. Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 &ndash 9 November 1940 was a British Conservative Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The phrase "peace for our time" was spoken on 30 September 1938 by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain in his speech concerning the Munich Agreement "^[9] England won the match 6-3, but according to German writer Ulrich Linder, author of the book Strikers for Hitler, "To lose to England at the time was nothing unusual because basically everybody lost to [them] at the time. For Hitler the propaganda effect of that game was more important than anything else. "^[10]

The two countries did not meet again on a football pitch for sixteen years. Two German states had been founded in 1949, with the Germany national football team continuing its tradition while being based in the Western Federal Republic of Germany, and often called West Germany from 1949 to 1990. The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The GDR fielded a separate East Germany national football team; although the English did play some matches against them, the rivalry never developed the same edge or high profile. 1|-| colspan=3|1 as United Team of Germany The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of the

In a friendly at Wembley Stadium on December 1, 1954, England won 3-1 against an under-strength (West) German side, who were at the time the champions of the world, having won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the World Cup was held in Switzerland from June 16 to July 4.

England won further friendlies against (West) Germany in 1956 (3-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin) and 1965 (1-0 in Nuremberg). Finally, the teams met at Wembley again on February 23, 1966, as part of their preparations for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, which was to be held in England. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup was held in England from 11 July to 30 July England again won 1-0, with a goal from Nobby Stiles, and the match also saw the first appearance for England of West Ham United striker Geoff Hurst. Norbert "Nobby" Peter Stiles MBE (born Collyhurst, Manchester, 18 May 1942 is an English former football Midfielder. } West Ham United Football Club is an English football club based in Upton Park, London Borough of Newham, East London, who have played Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a former footballer of

1966 World Cup

Main article: 1966 FIFA World Cup Final

Both countries had a successful World Cup in 1966, and met in the final played at Wembley on Saturday July 30, 1966. The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 World Cup, contested by England and Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. This was and still is the most important match ever played between the two teams, and it was also the first time they had ever met in a competitive game as opposed to the friendly matches they had played before. It was also a highly eventful and in some respects controversial game, which created the modern rivalry between the teams.

England led 2-1 until the very end of the game, when a German goal levelled the scores and took the match into extra time. Aggregated Extra Time (AET, commonly known as extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time In the first period of extra time, England striker Geoff Hurst had a shot on goal which bounced down from the crossbar and then out of the goal, before being cleared away by the German defenders. ^[11] The England players celebrated a goal, but the referee was unsure as to whether or not the ball had crossed the line when it hit the ground. After consulting with his linesman, Tofik Bakhramov, the referee awarded a goal to England. Tofik Bakhramov ( Azeri: Tofiq Bəhrəmov, Russian: Тофик Бахрамов; November 29, 1926, Baku – Bakhramov, from the USSR, became famous and celebrated in English popular culture as "the Russian linesman", although he was actually from Azerbaijan. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South When England played the Azerbaijan national team in a World Cup qualifier in October 2004 — in a stadium named after Bakhramov — many England fans travelling to the game asked to be shown the grave of the official, who had died in 1996, so that they could place flowers on it, and before the game a ceremony honouring him was attended by Hurst and other footballing celebrities. The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan ^[12]

The Germans, however, did not believe that the ball had crossed the line, with commentators such as Robert Becker of Kicker magazine accusing the linesman of bias because the German team eliminated the USSR in the semi-final^[13]. kicker Sportmagazin (commonly kicker) is Germany 's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. Many studies using film analysis and computer simulation have taken place in subsequent decades in an attempt to finally prove one way or another whether the goal was valid. In Germany it led to the creation of the expression "Wembley-Tor", or "Wembley-Goal", a phrase used to describe any goal scored in a similar fashion to Hurst's.

England, however, scored another controversial goal at the end of extra time, winning 4-2. This goal came after fans began to spill onto the field, thinking the game was over, which should have stopped play. The goal, a third for Hurst making him the only man ever to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, was described by BBC Television commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme in a now-famous piece of commentary, "They think it's all over... it is now!", referring to the English fans who had spilled onto the field. A hat-trick in Sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts Kenneth Wolstenholme DFC & Bar ( July 17, 1920 - March 25, 2002) was the football commentator for BBC They think it's all over is a well known quotation popular in England. The expression has become a famous and celebrated part of English popular culture, indellibly linked with the game in the minds of the English public.

The 1966 final's influence on the culture surrounding the England team wouldn't end there, however. Despite playing on their home soil, England wore their away kit of red shirts, white shorts and red socks, and since then England fans have had a special affinity for their team's away kit, with retro 1966 shirts selling well in recent years. Retro is a term used to describe denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends modes or fashions from the overall postmodern past but have since that time become functionally

The game is often held as having been the height of English sporting achievement, but it also created some less favourable legacies. "The schizophrenic combination of fatalistic pessimism and unbridled, jingoistic optimism which surrounds the fixture is more than a product of footballing history. 'Two World Wars and one World Cup,' is how England's crueller fans summed it up. "^[14]

The first German victories

Two years after the World Cup, on June 1, 1968, the two teams met again in another friendly match, this time in West Germany, in which the Germans won their first victory over an English team, thirty-eight years after they had first played. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The scoreline was 1-0, Franz Beckenbauer scoring for West Germany, but as Hugh McIlvanney wrote in his match report for The Observer: "Comparing this miserable hour and a half (in which fouls far outnumbered examples of creative football) with the last great meeting between the countries is entirely fatuous. Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach manager and former player nicknamed der Kaiser Hugh McIlvanney, born in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1933 is an award-winning sports writer But that will not prevent the Germans from doing it. Their celebrations will not be inhibited by the knowledge that today's losers were almost a reserve team, and even the agonies of boredom they shared with us will now seem worthwhile. They have beaten England, and that is enough. "^[15]

Far more noted and remembered, however, was the next competitive meeting between the two teams, in the quarter-finals of the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup was held in Mexico, from May 31 to June 21. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. England were 2-0 up in the game, but Beckenbauer and Uwe Seeler managed the draw the scores level at 2-2 in the second half, and then Gerd Müller scored another goal in extra time to win 3-2. England had been weakened by losing their goalkeeper Gordon Banks to illness, and also substituted Bobby Charlton, one of their leading players, while the Germans were in the midst of their comeback. Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December, 1937 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is a former English footballer Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English Professional As McIlvanney put it when reflecting on the loss five days later, "Sir Alf Ramsey's team are out because the best goalkeeper most people have ever seen turned sick, and one who is only slightly less gifted was overwhelmed by the suddenness of his promotion. In sport disaster often feeds upon itself but this was a sickeningly gluttonous example. " ^[16]

The result was psychologically damaging for English morale — as The Guardian newspaper described in a 2006 feature: "Four days later Harold Wilson blamed Labour's loss in the general election on the defeat. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. James Harold Wilson Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 &ndash 24 May 1995 was one of the most prominent British politicians The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the This marked the start of two decades of German footballing dominance and England's decline. "^[17]

Two years later the teams met once more, this time in the quarter-finals of the European Championship, which were at the time held on a home-and-away basis. The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European England lost 3-1 at Wembley on April 29, 1972 in the home leg, and on May 13 could only draw 0-0 in West Germany, being knocked out of the competition. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Said The Observer in 2001, "England may have been robbed of the chance in Mexico. . but there were no shortage of excuses - the heat, the hostile crowd, the food which had felled Banks, the errors of Bonnetti. . . It was a conspiracy of fate more than a footballing defeat. In 1972, there were no excuses at all. West Germany did not just knock England out of the European Championships, they came to Wembley and comprehensively outclassed England. "^[18] McIlvanney wrote in his match report for The Observer: "No Englishman can ever again warm himself with the old assumption that, on the football field if nowhere else, the Germans are an inferior race. "^[19]

1990 World Cup

There were several friendly games played, with wins for both nations, in the 1970s and 1980s, but the next competitive match — a second round group game at the 1982 FIFA World Cup — ended in a disappointing 0-0 draw. The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th staging of the World Cup was held in Spain from June 13 to July 11. However, when the teams next met competitively, at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, it was a rather more dramatic and eventful clash in the semi-finals, the first time England had reached that far in the competition since their win in 1966.

In summer of 1990, the process of German reunification had advanced far, with the Deutsche Mark being introduced in the East two days before the semifinals on 3 July. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany Unlike in previous decades, East German fans could openly support the German team of the DFB which by then had a 80+ year tradition.

The England team had started the event poorly and had not been expected to reach that stage of the competition, but in the game were able to match the stronger German team, West Germany's lead was equalised by Gary Lineker in the 80th minute. Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international football Striker who scored The result was thus decided by a penalty shoot-out — the England team's first — which West Germany won 4-3 after misses from Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle. Penalty shootouts, properly named kicks from the penalty mark, are a method sometimes used to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament Stuart Pearce MBE (born 24 April 1962 in Hammersmith, London) is an English football manager and Christopher Roland Waddle (born 14 December 1960 in Felling, Tyne and Wear, England) is an English former professional West Germany went on to beat Argentina in the final. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA

The match stayed heavily in the English popular consciousness not simply for the football and the dramatic manner of the defeat, but also for the reaction of star player Paul Gascoigne to receiving a yellow card. Paul John Gascoigne (born 27 May 1967 in Dunston, Gateshead, England) often referred to as Gazza, is a retired English His second of the tournament, his realisation that this would see him suspended for the final should England make it prompted him to burst into tears on the pitch. Said The Observer in 2004, "There are half a dozen images that define this decade of change, which help to show why football widened its appeal. First, and most important, is the sight of Paul Gascoigne crying into his England shirt after being booked in the 1990 World Cup semi-final against West Germany. Unaggressive and emotional, a billboard image that helped to start an apparently unstoppable surge in popularity for the national team. "^[20]

Despite this rehabilitation of the image of football aided by the English national team's success in the 1990 tournament, the close nature of the defeat to Germany helped to increase the antipathy felt towards the German team and the German nation in general. Mark Perryman wrote in 2006: "How could we expect to beat mighty (West) Germany, who had only narrowly lost the final four years previously? To my mind it is the fact that we so nearly did, then lost in the penalty shoot-out that explains the past 16 years of an increasingly bitter rivalry. "^[21]

Germany reunited in October 1990. For the DFB team, few things changed apart from players previously capped for East Germany becoming eligible for the German team which was not dubbed "West" by the English anymore. This made little difference to the tone and emotion of the rivalry.

1996 European Championship

England's first match against the unified Germany since 1938 was a friendly in 1991 at Wembley, which the Germans won 1-0. Five years later, at the 1996 European Championships, England played a unified German team for the very first time in a competitive fixture, when they met in the semi-finals. The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship ( Euro 96) was hosted by England. As with the 1966 World Cup, the tournament was being held in England, and the semi-final was played at Wembley Stadium. England's fans and the team were confident, particularly after wins in the group stage over Scotland (2-0) and the Netherlands (4-1) and their first ever penalty shoot-out victory, over Spain, in the quarter-finals. The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Selección, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the es [[Spanish So vivid were the memories of 1966 for England fans that a media clamour ensued for England to wear red jerseys, instead of the unfamiliar-looking indigo away kit (commonly mistaken for grey) that had been launched earlier that year. ^[22]

The build-up to the game was soured, however, by headlines in English tabloid newspapers which were regarded by many as overly nationalistic, and even racist in tone, as they had been as well against Spain before the previous match. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Particularly controversial was the Daily Mirror's headline "Achtung! Surrender! For You Fritz, ze Euro 96 Championship is over", accompanied by a mock article aping a report of the declaration of war between the two nations in 1939. The Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British Tabloid daily Newspaper founded in 1903 The editor of the paper, Piers Morgan, subsequently apologised for the headline, particularly as it was at least partially blamed for violence following England's defeat, including a riot in Trafalgar Square. Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born 30 March 1965) is a former editor of British Tabloid newspapers the News of the Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London it is a tourist attraction its trademark is Nelson's ^[23]

England had taken the lead in the game in only the third minute, through tournament top scorer Alan Shearer, but in the sixteenth minute Stefan Kuntz equalised, and despite many close shots and a disallowed goal from the Germans, the score remained level at 1-1 until the end of extra time. Alan Shearer, OBE (born 13 August 1970 is an English retired footballer who played as a Striker in the English Premier League for Stefan Kuntz (born in Neunkirchen Saarland) is a former German professional footballer and since April 2008 chairman of the German football team 1 The match was settled by another penalty shoot-out, as in 1990, and although this time all five England penalty-takers were successful, so were all five German players. The shoot-out carried on to "sudden death" kicks, with Gareth Southgate missing for England and Andreas Möller scoring for Germany to put the hosts out. Gareth Southgate (born 3 September 1970, England) is a former English football player Andreas Möller (born September 2, 1967 in Frankfurt) is a former German Football (soccer Midfielder. Germany, as in 1990, went on to win the tournament.

2000 European Championship

England and Germany were drawn to meet each other in the first round group stage of the 2000 European Championship, held jointly by Belgium and the Netherlands, with the England–Germany game taking place in Charleroi in Belgium. The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organized by The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Charleroi (Tchålerwè is the largest city and municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Before the game, held on June 17, 2000, there was trouble with incidents of violence with England fans in the town centre, although these were mostly brief and did not involve confrontations with German fans. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Nonetheless, reporting of the violence did to a degree overshadow the match result in some media coverage. ^[24]

The match itself was a scrappy affair that lacked the drama of many of the previous encounters, with England sneaking a 1-0 win thanks to a second-half header by striker Alan Shearer. There was enthusiastic celebration of this result in England, particularly as this it was the first time that England had won a competitive match against Germany since the 1966 World Cup final. The German reaction was more pessimistic. Rounding up the German media coverage, The Guardian reported: "'0-1! Germany weeps. Is it all over?' asked the mass circulation Bild newspaper in a front-page banner headline. The Bild (formerly Bild-Zeitung, lit Picture Newspaper) is a German Newspaper published by Axel Springer AG. 'Shearer tells us to pack our bags,' wrote Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel. "^[25]

In the event, both England and Germany lost their final group matches and both were knocked out in the first round, finishing third and fourth respectively in their group.

2002 World Cup qualifying

Before the 2000 European Championship, England and Germany had already been drawn together in the same qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. England's home match against Germany was played on Saturday October 7, 2000, and was particularly significant as it was to be the last international fixture ever to be played at the old Wembley Stadium, before it was demolished and rebuilt. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. However, England did not get the result they would have wanted, and lost 1-0 to a German free kick scored by Dietmar Hamann. Dietmar "Didi" Hamann (born August 27, 1973 in Waldsassen, Bavaria) is a German Midfielder who currently plays "It was the last refuge of the inadequate. Half-time neared, England were a goal down and a sizeable section of the crowd sullied the ever-dampening occasion. 'Stand up if you won the War,' they sang", wrote journalist Ian Ridley in his match report for The Observer. Ian Ridley (born 15 February 1934 is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL. ^[26]

The result prompted the immediate resignation of England manager Kevin Keegan, and by the time the return match was played at the Olympic Stadium in Munich on September 1, 2001, England were now managed by their first ever foreign coach, Sven-Göran Eriksson. Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born 14 February 1951 is a former footballer, and former England national team coach who has been manager of various The Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich the stadium Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Sven-Göran Eriksson ( born February 5 1948 is a Swedish football manager, who is currently the manager of the Mexico national football team. Expectations on the English side were low, but they surprisingly won the game 5-1 with a hat-trick from striker Michael Owen, and eventually qualified for the World Cup as the winners of their group. Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979 in Chester, Cheshire) is an English football player who currently plays for and captains Newcastle United

Many Germans were shocked by the size of the defeat, with former striker Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stating that "I have never seen such a terrible defeat. Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955 in Lippstadt) is a German former football player . . This is a new Waterloo for us. In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium "^[27]

The English press, by contrast, was ecstatic, and the tabloid newspapers drew comparisons with the Second World War, perhaps showing that the conflict still loomed large in the public consciousness of the nation. Reported the BBC: "'Blitzed' screams the front of the Sunday Mirror, while the News of the World picks up on a similar and familiar theme with the headline 'Don't mention the score'. The Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British Tabloid daily Newspaper founded in 1903 The News of the World is a British Tabloid Newspaper published every Sunday "^[28]

At the 2002 World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea, it was Germany who enjoyed more success, finishing second. England were only able to reach the quarter-finals. Both teams were defeated by the competition winners, Brazil. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international

After 2002

The two teams did not meet in the next major contests, UEFA Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup. The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament

England and Germany next played on August 22, 2007, in a friendly at the newly-rebuilt Wembley Stadium. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Wembley Stadium is a Stadium in Wembley, located in the London Borough of Brent in London, England. England lost the match 2–1, their first defeat at the new Wembley. ^[29]

All matches between England and German teams

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Result	Competition	Location	Winner	Germany
1930-05-10	Deutsches Stadion, Berlin	3-3	Friendly match		Draw	Germany (Weimar Republic)
1935-12-04	White Hart Lane, London	3-0	Friendly match			Germany (Third Reich)
1938-05-14	Olympic Stadium, Berlin	6-3	Friendly match			Germany (Third Reich)
1954-12-01	Wembley Stadium, London	3-1	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1956-05-26	Olympic Stadium, Berlin	3-1	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1963-07-02	Zentralstadion, Leipzig	2-1	Friendly match			German Democratic Republic
1965-05-12	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg	1-0	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1966-02-23	Wembley Stadium, London	1-0	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1966-07-30	Wembley Stadium, London	4-2	1966 FIFA World Cup Final			Germany (Federal Republic)
1968-06-01	Niedersachsen, Hanover	0-1	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1970-06-14	Estadio Nou Camp, León	2-3	1970 FIFA World Cup			Germany (Federal Republic)
1970-11-25	Wembley Stadium, London	3-1	Friendly match			German Democratic Republic
1972-04-29	Wembley Stadium, London	1-3	Euro 1972			Germany (Federal Republic)
1972-05-13	Olympic Stadium, Berlin	0-0	Euro 1972		Draw	Germany (Federal Republic)
1974-05-29	Zentralstadion, Leipzig	1-1	Friendly match		Draw	Germany (Federal Republic)
1975-03-12	Wembley Stadium, London	2-0	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1978-02-22	Olympic Stadium, Munich	1-2	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1982-05-13	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid	0-0	1982 FIFA World Cup		Draw	Germany (Federal Republic)
1982-10-13	Wembley Stadium, London	1-2	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1984-09-12	Wembley Stadium, London	1-0	Friendly match			German Democratic Republic
1985-06-12	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	3-0	Azteca 2000 Tournament			Germany (Federal Republic)
1987-09-09	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf	1-3	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1990-06-04	Stadio delle Alpi, Turin	1-1 (3-4)	1990 FIFA World Cup		Draw	Germany (Federal Republic)
1991-09-11	Wembley Stadium, London	0-1	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)
1993-06-19	Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit	1-2	U.S. Cup			Germany (Federal Republic)
1996-06-26	Wembley Stadium, London	1-1 (5-6)	Euro 1996		Draw	Germany (Federal Republic)
2000-06-17	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi	1-0	Euro 2000			Germany (Federal Republic)
2000-10-07	Wembley Stadium, London	0-1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier			Germany (Federal Republic)
2001-09-01	Olympic Stadium, Munich	5-1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier			Germany (Federal Republic)
2007-08-22	Wembley Stadium, London	1-2	Friendly match			Germany (Federal Republic)

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Note: Since 1908, Germany is represented by the DFB team. During German division (1949-1990), the East German Democratic Republic fielded a separate team. In that time, the team of the Frankfurt-based DFB was colloquially called West Germany. The Matches are the all time results which include both German teams.

Club level

As well as the rivalry between the national sides, English and German club teams have also met on numerous occasions in the various European club competitions. Perhaps the most noteworthy encounter was the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, during which the English club were trailing 1-0 until injury time, then scoring two goals to win 2-1. Match summary First half Six minutes into the match Ronny Johnsen clumsily fouled Bayern striker Carsten Jancker just outside the area and FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern This result was celebrated by many in England who were not United fans as being another English victory over Germany. ^[30] There were, however, also many fans of rival teams in both countries — such as those of Manchester United's bitter rivals Liverpool in England — who would have been much happier to see the other country's team win, such is the strength of feeling in domestic club rivalries. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England.

Players

The rivalry between the two nations have not prevented their respective nationals from playing in each other's domestic leagues, in certain cases to high renown. Many German players have played in England, including Bert Trautmann (who played for Manchester City), Jürgen Klinsmann (Tottenham), Christian Ziege (Liverpool, Middlesbrough and Tottenham), Karlheinz Riedle (Liverpool and Fulham), Dietmar Hamann (Newcastle United, Liverpool and Manchester City), Markus Babbel (Liverpool), Robert Huth (Chelsea and Middlesbrough), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Aston Villa), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), Moritz Volz (Arsenal and Fulham) and Michael Ballack (Chelsea). Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann OBE (born 22 October 1923 in Bremen, Germany is a German football Goalkeeper who played for TalkManchester City FC before changing verbs to singular --> Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club Jürgen Klinsmann (born July 30, 1964 in Göppingen) is a German football manager and former football player who played for several Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Christian Ziege (born February 1, 1972 in Berlin) is a former German Football (soccer defender and Midfielder Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Middlesbrough Football Club, also known as The Boro are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Premier League. Karl-Heinz Riedle (born 16 September 1965 in Weiler im Allgäu) is a former German professional footballer, who won the FIFA Fulham Football Club is an English football team based in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Dietmar "Didi" Hamann (born August 27, 1973 in Waldsassen, Bavaria) is a German Midfielder who currently plays Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Markus Babbel (born September 8 1972 in Munich) is a German former international footballer who played as a defender. Robert Huth (born August 18, 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German footballer who plays for Middlesbrough Thomas Hitzlsperger (born April 5, 1982 in Munich) is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a Midfielder Jens Lehmann (German jɛns ˈleːman born November 10, 1969 in Essen) is a German football goalkeeper who currently Moritz Volz (born January 21 1983 in Siegen) is a German footballer currently playing for Ipswich Town F Michael Ballack (born September 26, 1976 in Görlitz, Saxony) is a German footballer.

Trautmann was voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1956 for continuing to play in goal for Manchester City in the 1956 FA Cup Final despite a neck injury. The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year (often called the FWA Footballer of the Year, or simply the Footballer of the Year) is an annual award given Klinsmann was voted the same accolade in 1995 while playing for Tottenham, where he pioneered the 'diving' goal celebration. Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. In Football (soccer, a goal celebration is the practice of celebrating the scoring of a goal.

Far fewer Englishmen have played in Germany, the most famous being Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV) and Tony Woodcock (1.FC Köln and Fortuna Köln). Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born 14 February 1951 is a former footballer, and former England national team coach who has been manager of various Hamburger SV is a German multi Sport club ("Traditionsverein" based in Hamburg, its largest branch is the football department. Anthony Stewart "Tony" Woodcock (born 6 December 1955 is an English former football player who played as a Striker. SC Fortuna Köln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. Owen Hargreaves, currently a member of the English national side, played in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich. Owen Lee Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981 in Calgary Alberta, Canada is a Canadian-born English two-time UEFA Champions League winning football The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern Hargreaves was signed to Manchester United in the summer of 2007. Keegan was twice European Footballer of the Year and a European Cup finalist during his time at Hamburg, where the German public nicknamed him Mighty Mouse, after a cartoon hero, because of his prolific scoring, his height (or lack thereof), his high level of mobility, and his ability to turn sharply and often while running at high speed, in a manner resembling the 'scampering' of a mouse. The "fr '''Ballon d'Or'''" ( French for " Golden Ball " often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award is an association football Woodcock was also a popular figure at Cologne.

Notes

See also

• Argentina and England football rivalry

External links

• England v Germany: The results in full. The Argentina and England football rivalry is a highly competitive Sports rivalry that exists between the national football teams of the two
• Article detailing 10 famous England v Germany matches