Germany national under-21 football team

Germany Under-21

Association	Deutscher Fußball-Bund
Head coach	Horst Hrubesch
Captain	Kevin Volland
Most caps	Fabian Ernst (31)
Top scorer	Pierre Littbarski (18)
First colours Second colours
First international
U-23: W Germany 3–3 Yugoslavia Frankfurt, 25 June 1955 U-21: Poland 1–0 W Germany Toruń, 10 October 1979
Biggest win
U-23: W Germany 3–0 Turkey Augsburg, 24 April 1971 U-21: San Marino 0–11 Germany Serravalle, 17 November 2009
Biggest defeat
U-23: Soviet Union 3–1 W Germany Yerevan, 29 April 1972 U-21: Germany 0–4 Netherlands Ahlen, 27 March 2009
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1982)
Best result	Winners (2009)

The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and is controlled by the German Football Association (DFB), the governing body of football in Germany.

Before the reunification of Germany, East Germany and West Germany played as separate entities — the two teams played separately until summer 1990. Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, international under-21 football in Europe began. A West German team, however, did not compete in the U-21 European Championship until the qualifying round (beginning in 1980) of the 1982 competition.

West Germany competed in the first two under-23 competitions, which finished in 1972 and 1974. The first under-21 competition finals were in 1978, and since the under-21 competition rules state that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an under-23 competition.

The current Germany team can be legitimately considered as the current incarnation of the West German team, since the West Germany flag, uniform, and football association all became those of the unified Germany. In effect, the West German team absorbed the East German team to become 'the Germany national under-21 football team'.

For these reasons, the record of West Germany for the U-23 and U-21 competitions is shown below.

Competition records

For the East Germany team record, look here.

Competing as West Germany UEFA U-23 Championship record Year Progress 1972 Quarterfinals 1974 Did not qualify 1976 Did not enter UEFA U-21 Championship record Year Progress 1978 Did not enter 1980 Did not enter 1982 Final 1984 Semifinals 1986 Did not qualify 1988 Quarterfinals 1990 Quarterfinals

Competing as Germany UEFA U-21 Championship record Year Progress 1992 Quarterfinals 1994 Did not qualify 1996 Quarterfinals 1998 Quarterfinals 2000 Did not qualify 2002 Did not qualify 2004 Group Stage 2006 Group Stage 2007 Did not qualify 2009 Champions 2011 Did not qualify 2013 Group Stage 2015 Qualified

Schedule and results

First leg 10 October 2014	Ukraine	0–3	Germany	Cherkasy
17:30		Report	P. Hofmann  35' Volland  61' J. Hofmann  79'	Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Second leg 14 October 2014	Germany	2–0	Ukraine	Essen
18:00	Volland  89' Bittencourt  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Essen Attendance: 5,128 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Friendly 13 November 2014	Germany	3–1	Netherlands	Ingolstadt
18:00	Younes  11' Heintz  21' Meyer  38'	Report	Boëtius  79'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Friendly 18 November 2014	Czech Republic	1–1	Germany	Prague
17:30	Krmenčík  20'	Report	Leitner  62'	Stadium: Eden Arena Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Friendly 27 March 2015	Germany	2–2	Italy	Paderborn
20:00	Bittencourt  56' Leitner  85' (pen.)	Report	Trotta  38' Verdi  78'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 11,106 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Friendly 31 March 2015	England	3–2	Germany	Middlesbrough
20:45	Lingard  34' Redmond  79' Ward-Prowse  82'	Report	Hofmann  15', 50'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

UEFA Euro 2015 17 June 2015	Germany	v	Serbia	Prague
20:45		Report		Stadium: Generali Arena

UEFA Euro 2015 20 June 2015	Germany	v	Denmark	Prague
20:45		Report		Stadium: Eden Arena

UEFA Euro 2015 23 June 2015	Czech Republic	v	Germany	Prague
20:45		Report		Stadium: Eden Arena

Players

Current squad

Players born in or after 1992 are eligible for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Players born in or after 1994 are also eligible for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

The following players were named for the friendlies against Italy and England on 27 and 30 March 2015.^[1]

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2015.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 12 1GK Marc-André ter Stegen (1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 9 0 FC Barcelona 23 1GK Timo Horn (1993-05-12) 12 May 1993 4 0 1. FC Köln 25 1GK Loris Karius (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 1 0 1. FSV Mainz 05 2 2DF Nico Schulz (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 10 1 Hertha BSC 3 2DF Christian Günter (1993-02-28) 28 February 1993 6 0 SC Freiburg 4 2DF Matthias Ginter (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 10 0 Borussia Dortmund 5 2DF Willi Orban (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 2 0 1. FC Kaiserslautern 14 2DF Julian Korb (1992-03-21) 21 March 1992 6 0 Borussia Mönchengladbach 16 2DF Robin Knoche (1992-05-22) 22 May 1992 9 1 VfL Wolfsburg 6 3MF Johannes Geis (1993-08-17) 17 August 1993 10 0 Mainz 05 7 3MF Leonardo Bittencourt (1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 16 3 Hannover 96 8 3MF Yunus Mallı (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 10 1 Mainz 05 10 3MF Moritz Leitner (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 23 7 VfB Stuttgart 11 3MF Emre Can (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 9 0 Liverpool F.C. 13 3MF Jean Zimmer (1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 2 0 1. FC Kaiserslautern 19 3MF Amin Younes (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 14 3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 20 3MF Max Meyer (1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 5 1 Schalke 04 21 3MF Felix Klaus (1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 2 0 SC Freiburg 24 3MF Joshua Kimmich (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 4 0 RB Leipzig 17 4FW Philipp Hofmann (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 15 9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 22 4FW Serge Gnabry (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 2 0 Arsenal F.C.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Germany under-21 squad the last year and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Marius Müller (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 0 0 1. FC Kaiserslautern v.  Romania, 9 September 2014 GK Bernd Leno (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 14 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen v.  Italy, 27 March 2015 DF Dominique Heintz (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 5 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern v.  Czech Republic, 18 November 2014 DF Niklas Süle (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 2 0 1899 Hoffenheim v.  Czech Republic, 18 November 2014 DF Niklas Stark (1995-04-14) 14 April 1995 3 1 1. FC Nürnberg v.  Netherlands, 13 November 2014 DF Danny da Costa (1993-07-13) 13 July 1993 5 1 Ingolstadt 04 v.  Ukraine, 14 October 2014 MF Jonas Hofmann (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 10 5 Mainz 05 v.  Ukraine, 14 October 2014 FW Elias Kachunga (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 2 0 Paderborn 07 v.  Czech Republic, 18 November 2014 FW Kevin Volland (1992-07-30) 30 July 1992 18 9 1899 Hoffenheim v.  Italy, 27 March 2015

Notes

• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
• ^SEN Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team.

Past squads

• 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
• 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Player records

Most caps No. of caps Player U-21 career 31 Fabian Ernst 1998–2001 27 Andreas Beck 2007–2009 26 Mike Hanke 2003–2005 25 Dennis Aogo 2007–2009 24 Christian Tiffert 2002–2004 Daniel Schwaab 2007–2010 Lewis Holtby 2009–2013 23 Marco Haber 1990–1993 Andreas Neuendorf 1994–1998 Benjamin Auer 2002–2004 Christoph Preuß 2002–2004 Sebastian Rudy 2009–2013 Moritz Leitner 2011–

Most goals No. of goals No. of caps Player U-21 career 18 21 Pierre Littbarski 1979–1982 17 20 Heiko Herrlich 1990–1993 15 23 Benjamin Auer 2002–2004 14 26 Mike Hanke 2003–2005 24 Lewis Holtby 2009–2013 13 21 Rouwen Hennings 2007–2009 10 19 Rudi Völler 1979–1982 22 Christian Nerlinger 1992–1996 Bold denotes the player is still eligible for the U-21 national team.

Former coaches

• Hannes Löhr (1990–2002)
• Jürgen Kohler (2002–2003)
• Uli Stielike (2003–2004)
• Dieter Eilts (2004–2008)
• Horst Hrubesch (2008–2009)
• Rainer Adrion (2009–2013)
• Horst Hrubesch (2013–)

See also

• Germany national football team
• Germany national youth football team
• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

References

External links

• The German Under-21 Football Team: Multi-culti Is Dead, Long Live Multi-Culti!
• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
• Site of the Under-21 national team at the German Football Association homepage.

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