Germany Football Captain 2014
This is the list of germany captains since germany s first participation in a world cup in 1934 current as of 23 november 2014.
Germany football captain 2014. Both brazil and germany reached the semi finals with an undefeated record in the competition with the brazilians quarter final with colombia causing them to lose forward neymar to injury and defender and captain thiago silva to accumulation of yellow cards. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players including three goalkeepers. Despite the absence of these players a. 1 manuel neuer goalkeeper bayern munich.
The team has been one of the most successful national sides in world football they won the world cup in 1954 1974 1990 and 2014 as well as the european championship in 1972 1980 and 1996. Philipp lahm prepares for third world cup in a third role for germany captain may be asked to shore up midfield in germany s bid for a first trophy since 1996 european championship germany s. 2 kevin grosskreutz defender borussia dortmund. Player of the year 2010.
The germany national football team played its first international match on 5 april 1908 during the era of the german empire losing 3 5 to switzerland in basel. The 6ft 6in defender follows germany s captain in brazil philipp lahm and the world cup s all time record goalscorer miroslav klose into retirement since the victory against argentina. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. The brazil versus germany association football match that took place on 8 july 2014 at the estádio mineirão in belo horizonte was the first of two semi final matches of the 2014 fifa world cup.
East german captains are not included. The 2014 fifa world cup was an international football tournament that was held in brazil from 12 june to 13 july 2014. The initial 30 man roster will have to be trimmed down to 23. In doing so twenty of its players have.
The column games signifies overall games as captain not overall caps. Germany coach joachim low announced his provisional squad for the 2014 world cup on thursday turning quite a few heads in the process.