German national soccer team (U-20 men)

Germany U-20

Association	German Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	adidas
Head coach	Guido string beer
Assistant coach	Hanno Balitsch Gunther Metz
Record player	Christian Schulz and Matthias Lehmann (18)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	GER
(As of: 2019-09-08)

The German U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of German soccer players . It is subject to the German Football Association (DFB) and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at the world championships of the world association FIFA .

Age regulation

Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 20 and who are German citizens. The current year refers to all players born on January 1st, 1999 or later.

history

The DFB team qualified for a Junior World Cup for the first time in 1981, it was the third Junior World Cup in Australia , and won it with a 4-0 final against Qatar .

In 1983 and 1985, the German selection could not qualify for the finals. At the Junior World Cup in 1987 , she managed to make it into the final, which she lost to Yugoslavia 4-5 on penalties.

In 1989 and 1991, the German team could not qualify for the final tournaments again. At the following World Championships in Australia in 1993 and in Qatar in 1995 , the DFB selection was eliminated in the preliminary round. In 1997 and 1999 she failed to qualify.

At the 2001 World Junior Cup in Argentina, the German team lost to France in the round of 16. The 2003 Junior World Cup brought the Germans back to the preliminary round.

At the Junior World Cup in the Netherlands in 2005 , the German team made it to the quarter-finals, which they lost 2-1 to Brazil. She did not qualify for the U-20 World Cup in Canada in 2007 .

Already by the first two victories at the U-19 European Championship 2008 in the Czech Republic from July 14th to 27th, the former German national soccer team of the DFB-U-19-Juniors , after a 3-1 win in the final against Italy European champion was also qualified for the U-20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009 . There the team reached the finals and were only eliminated in the quarterfinals with 1: 2 afterwards against Brazil.

By winning the U-19 European Football Championship in 2014 , the German team qualified for the U-20 World Cup in 2015 in New Zealand , where they failed in the quarter-finals to Mali on penalties. With a fourth place at the U-19 European Football Championship in 2016 , the German team qualified for the U-20 World Cup in 2017 .

Current

Games

The games of the 2020/21 season are listed. The results are mentioned from a German perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Result
03rd Sep 2020		Denmark	: (:)
06 Sep 2020		Denmark	: (:)

• green background color = victory of the German team
• yellow background color = tie
• red background color = defeat of the German team

Squad

Squad for the course in Treudelberg with international matches against Denmark (August 31 to September 6, 2020)

No.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use
goalkeeper
	Jan Olschowsky	Borussia Monchengladbach	Nov 18, 2001	0	0
	Diant Ramaj	1. FC Heidenheim	19 Sep 2001	0	0
	Luca Blunt	Borussia Dortmund	Feb. 27, 2001	0	0
Defense
	Antonis Aidonis	VfB Stuttgart	May 22, 2001	0	0
	Simon Asta	FC Augsburg	Jan. 25, 2001	0	0
	Kevin Ehlers	Dynamo Dresden	Jan. 23, 2001	0	0
	Noah Katterbach	1. FC Cologne	Apr 13, 2001	0	0
	Kaan Kurt	Borussia Monchengladbach	Dec 21, 2001	0	0
	Soufiane Messeguem	VfL Wolfsburg II	0Feb 5, 2001	0	0
	Merveille Papela	1. FSV Mainz 05	Jan. 18, 2001	0	0
	Marc Schröder	Werder Bremen II	0Dec 8, 2001	0	0
Midfield / storm
	Can Bozdogan	FC Schalke 04	0Apr 5, 2001	0	0
	Leon Dajaku	FC Bayern Munich	Apr 12, 2001	0	0
	Eren Dinkçi	Werder Bremen II	Dec 13, 2001	0	0
	Yannik Engelhardt	Werder Bremen II	0Feb 7, 2001	0	0
	Lenn Jastremski	FC Bayern Munich II	Jan. 24, 2001	0	0
	Tom Krauss	1. FC Nuremberg	June 22, 2001	0	0
	Jamie Leweling	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Feb 26, 2001	0	0
	Youssoufa Moukoko	Borussia Dortmund	Nov 20, 2004	0	0
	Sebastian Müller	Arminia Bielefeld	Jan. 23, 2001	0	0
	Lazar Samardžić	Hertha BSC	Feb. 24, 2002	0	0
	Kevin Shame	SC Freiburg II	Nov 27, 2001	0	0
	Angelo Stiller	FC Bayern Munich II	0Apr 4, 2001	0	0
	Niklas Tauer	1. FSV Mainz 05	Feb 17, 2001	0	0
As of August 21, 2020

Trainer

No.	Trainer	time
		Taking office	End of office
01	Erich Rutemöller	04/08/2003	10/01/2005
02	Michael Skibbe	09/01/2004	07/02/2005
03	Uli Stielike	10/10/2005	06/30/2006
04th	Erich Rutemöller	08/03/2006	11/02/2006
05	Dieter Eilts	11/06/2006	06/30/2007
06th	Frank Engel	07/01/2007	06/30/2008
07th	Horst Hrubesch	07/01/2008	11/11/2009
08th	Ralf Minge	03/01/2010	06/30/2010
09	Frank Wormuth	07/01/2010	06/30/2016
10	Guido string beer	07/01/2016	07/31/2017
11	Frank Kramer	08/01/2017	07/31/2018
12	Meikel Schönweitz	08/01/2018	06/30/2019
13	Manuel Baum	07/01/2019	06/30/2020
14th	Guido string beer	07/01/2020

Record player

Surname	society	Games	Gates
Christian Schulz	Werder Bremen	18th	1
Matthias Lehmann	Alemannia Aachen , VfB Stuttgart	18th	0
Michael Delura	FC Schalke 04	16	3
Daniyel Cimen	Eintracht Frankfurt	15th	1
Alexander Meyer	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	15th	1
Benjamin Wingerter	FC Schalke 04	15th	1
Christian Gentner	VfB Stuttgart	14th	3
Paul Thomik	FC Bayern Munich	14th	1
Yannick Gerhardt	1. FC Cologne	14th	1

successes

• World champion at the 1981 World Youth Championship in Australia
• Vice-World Champion at the Junior World Cup 1987 in Chile

Web links

• U 20 men on dfb.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1993 Matches. In: fifa.com. FIFA , accessed March 16, 2017 . 
2. ↑ FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995 matches. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed March 16, 2017 . 
3. ↑ FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001 Matches. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed March 16, 2017 . 
4. ↑ FIFA World Youth Championship United Arab Emirates 2003 Matches. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed March 16, 2017 . 
5. ↑ cf. German U19 celebrates European Championship title ( Memento from July 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at sport.ard.de, July 26, 2008.
6. ↑ Sports show: U20 World Cup in Egypt - DFB team fails on Brazil on October 10, 2009, accessed on October 17, 2009 ( Memento from October 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ U-20 national team men - schedule. In: dfb.de. German Football Association , accessed on August 21, 2020 . 
8. ^ U-20 national team men - team. In: dfb.de. German Football Association, accessed on August 21, 2020 . 
9. ↑ FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed July 31, 2013 . 
10. ↑ FIFA World Youth Championship Chile 1987. In: fifa.com. FIFA, accessed July 31, 2013 .