Honorary captain

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Honorary captain is a title with which the German Football Association honors national players for their special services to the national team . They were often captains of the national team during their playing days . This award was first given to Fritz Walter in 1958 when he stepped down from the national team. In 2004, Bettina Wiegmann was honored as the first honorary captain of the women's national team .

The honored are:

  1. Fritz Walter (1958), 30-time captain of the national team (61 international matches, 33 goals)
  2. Uwe Seeler (1972), 40-time captain of the national team (72 international matches, 43 goals)
  3. Franz Beckenbauer (1982), 50-time captain of the national team, first German player to reach 100 internationals (103 internationals, 14 goals)
  4. Lothar Matthäus (2001), 75-time captain of the national team, record national player for men with 150 international matches (23 goals)
  5. Jürgen Klinsmann (2016), 36-time captain of the national team (108 international matches, 47 goals)
  6. Philipp Lahm (2017), 53-time captain of the national team (113 international matches, 5 goals)

The women received the following honors:

  1. Bettina Wiegmann (2004), former national record player (154 international matches, 51 goals)
  2. Birgit Prinz (2013), cross-gender record national player (214 international matches) and record scorer of the DFB (128 goals)

Uwe Seeler is the only honorary captain who was neither world nor European champion. Jürgen Klinsmann has become world champion ( World Cup 1990 ), but not as captain, but as captain European champion (EM 1996). Fritz Walter was captain when he won the title in 1954 (also known as Wunder von Bern ), Beckenbauer at the 1974 World Cup in Germany and the 1972 European Championship and Matthäus at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, where he also played a key role in winning the title, Lahm at the World Cup 2014 . Wiegmann was the captain of the women's first triumph at the 2003 World Cup and Prinz in defending his title in 2007 and the European Championship titles in 2005 and 2009 .

In March 2018, Franz Beckenbauer suggested that Bernard Dietz , captain of the 1980 European championship team, be named honorary captain , or else he wants to share his title with Dietz.

The title of honorary captain is also awarded by clubs to deserving players; Jürgen Grabowski , for example, is the honorary captain of Eintracht Frankfurt .

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  1. ↑ Jürgen Klinsmann becomes the fifth honorary captain of the national team. In: Focus Online . November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Lahm becomes honorary captain and ambassador for the EURO application. In: German Football Association . December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Award: Prinz becomes honorary captain of the DFB. In: Spiegel Online . October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013 .
  4. ↑ focus.de: Beckenbauer wants to share honorary captain dignity with Dietz