European Women's Football Championship 2001 / Germany

This article deals with the German national team at the 2001 European Women's Football Championship in Germany .

qualification

The German team qualified for the final tournament at no risk. Only in Italy was there a 4-4 draw, which is still the highest-scoring draw in international history. Inka Grings and Birgit Prinz were the most successful goal scorers with seven goals each. Prinz scored four goals in the 6-1 win in Ukraine alone .

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	27: 05	16
2	Italy	06: 07	09
3	Ukraine	06:14	05
4th	Iceland	04:17	02

	Germany - Ukraine		3: 0 (1: 0)
	1: 0 Grings (30th), 2: 0 Grings (85th), 3: 0 Fitschen (90th)
	Germany - Iceland		5: 0 (3: 0)
	1: 0 Grings (6th), 2: 0 Wiegmann (25th), 3: 0 Voss (39th), 4: 0 Wiegmann (64th), 5: 0 C. Müller (86th)
	Italy - Germany		4: 4 (2: 3)
	0: 1 Fitschen (7th), 0: 2 Grings (12th), 1: 2 Panico (29th), 1: 3 Grings (30th), 2: 3 Panico (37th), 3: 3 Panico ( 68.), 3: 4 Wiegmann (72.), 4: 4 Zorri (76.)
	Germany - Italy		3: 0 (2: 0)
	1-0 Prince (18th), 2-0 Grings (43rd), 3-0 Smisek (82nd)
	Ukraine - Germany		1: 6 (1: 4)
	0: 1 Prince (16th), 0: 2 Prince (17th), 1: 2 Verazubova (24th), 1: 3 Prince (38th), 1: 4 Grings (40th), 1: 5 Prince ( 58.), 1: 6 C. Müller (73.)
	Iceland - Germany		0: 6 (0: 4)
	0: 1 Jones (3rd), 0: 2 Hingst (5th), 0: 3 Prinz (18th), 0: 4 Prinz (42nd), 0: 5 Meinert (85th), 0: 6 C. Müller (90.)

Contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the European Championship	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
20th	Nadine Angerer	Bayern Munich	11/10/1978	0	0	0	0	0
1	Silke Rottenberg	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim	January 25, 1972	5	0	0	0	0
Defense
3	Linda Bresonik	FCR 2001 Duisburg	07/12/1983	1	0	0	0	0
5	Doris Fitschen	Philadelphia Charge	10/25/1968	5	0	0	0	0
4th	Steffi Jones	1. FFC Frankfurt	12/22/1972	5	0	0	0	0
13	Sandra Minnert	1. FFC Frankfurt	04/07/1973	4th	0	0	0	0
2	Kerstin Stegemann	FFC Flaesheim-Hillen	29.09.1977	4th	0	0	0	1
14th	Madleen Wilder	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	07/06/1980	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Tina Wunderlich	1. FFC Frankfurt	10/10/1977	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
17th	Ariane Hingst	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	07/25/1979	5	0	0	0	0
16	Renate Lingor	1. FFC Frankfurt	10/11/1975	5	1	0	0	0
15th	Navina Omilade	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim	11/03/1981	1	0	0	0	0
8th	Sandra Smisek	FCR 2001 Duisburg	07/03/1977	5	3	0	0	0
10	Bettina Wiegmann	Boston Breakers	07.10.1971	5	2	0	0	1
7th	Pia Wunderlich	1. FFC Frankfurt	01/26/1975	5	0	0	0	0
attack
6th	Maren Meinert	Boston Breakers	08/05/1973	4th	2	0	0	1
12	Claudia Müller	WSV Wolfsburg	05/21/1974	5	2	0	0	0
11	Martina Muller	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	04/18/1980	2	0	0	0	0
9	Birgit Prinz	1. FFC Frankfurt	10/25/1977	5	1	0	0	0
18th	Petra Wimbersky	Bayern Munich	11/09/1982	2	1	0	0	1
Trainer
	Tina Theune-Meyer		04/11/1953

The German games

Preliminary round

• Germany - Sweden 3: 1 (1: 1)

( Erfurt , June 23, 2001, 10,252 spectators)

Sweden took the lead after 14 minutes through Hanna Ljungberg . Germany took the lead through two goals from Claudia Müller (42nd, 65th). The decision came in the 78th minute with a goal from Maren Meinert.

The German team played in the following line-up: Rottenberg - Stegemann, Jones, Fitschen, Minnert - P. Wunderlich (68th Hingst), Wiegmann, Lingor, Prinz (86th M. Müller) - Meinert, C. Müller (68th Smisek)

• Germany - Russia 5: 0 (1: 0)

(Erfurt, June 27, 2001, 6,249 spectators)

Sandra Smisek joined the team for Pia Wunderlich. The opening goal came after 43 minutes by Bettina Wiegmann. The other goals came in the second half. Birgit Prinz (50th), Maren Meinert (69th) and Sandra Smisek (73rd, 89th) ensured a deserved victory.

The German team played in the following line-up: Rottenberg - Stegemann (61st Hingst), Jones, Fitschen, Minnert - Smisek, Wiegmann, Lingor (78th Omilade), Prinz - Meinert, C. Müller (61st P. Wunderlich)

• Germany - England 3: 0 (0: 0)

( Jena , June 30, 2001, 11,312 spectators)

Before the last group game, Tina Theune-Meyer made two changes. For Kerstin Stegemann, Ariane Hingst moved into the defense. Sandra Smisek moved into the storm for Maren Meinert. But Pia Wunderlich returned to the starting lineup. The goals for the German team fell within ten minutes. Petra Wimbersky (57th) scored the opening goal. Bettina Wiegmann (65th) and Renate Lingor (67th) ensured the final score and group victory with a double strike.

The German team played in the following line-up: Rottenberg - Hingst, Jones, Fitschen, Minnert - P. Wunderlich (76th Bresonik), Wiegmann, Lingor, Prinz - Smisek (46th Wimbersky), C. Müller (46th M. Müller)

Semifinals

• Germany - Norway 1: 0 (0: 0)

( Ulm , July 4th 2001, 13,524 spectators)

Again Tina Theune-Meyer made some changes. Kerstin Stegemann returned to the defense for Ariane Hingst. Maren Meinert played instead of Claudia Müller in attack. In an exciting encounter, Sandra Smisek scored in the 57th minute with a diving header for the goal of the day.

The German team played in the following line-up: Rottenberg - Stegemann, Jones, Fitschen, Minnert (46th Hingst) - P. Wunderlich (57th C. Müller), Wiegmann, Lingor, Prinz - Meinert, Smisek (70th Wimbersky)

final

• Germany - Sweden 1: 0 n.GG (0: 0, 0: 0)

(Ulm, July 7, 2001, 18,000 spectators)

Ariane Hingst replaced Sandra Minnert on the left side of defense. No goal was scored during the pouring rain during the regular 90 minutes. With the start of the extension, the rain stopped. Claudia Müller scored the golden goal in the 98th minute.

The German team played in the following line-up: Rottenberg - Stegemann, Jones, Fitschen, Hingst - P. Wunderlich, Wiegmann, Lingor, Prinz - Meinert, Smisek (55th C. Müller)