European Women's Football Championship 2013 / Germany

This article covers the German national team at the 2013 European Women's Football Championship in Sweden . Germany was the defending champion and record European champion with seven titles and was able to defend the title for the fifth time in a row, thus winning its eighth title.

qualification

Germany was drawn for qualification in group 2 and met Kazakhstan , Romania , Switzerland , Spain and Turkey . In the ten games, the German selection remained undefeated and was able to win all games except for a 2-2 in Spain. The 17-0 win against Kazakhstan was also a new record victory. With a 10-0 win against Turkey, there was another double-digit victory for the DFB-Elf.

The German team has been unbeaten for 26 European Championship qualifiers. Célia Okoyino da Mbabi was the most successful goalscorer of the entire qualification with 17 goals. In three games you get four hits each. In the game against Kazakhstan, she only needed 14 minutes. The group runner-up Spain prevailed in the playoff games against Scotland and also qualified.

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	Germany	10	9	1	0	64: 03	28
2	Spain	10	6th	2	2	43:14	20th
3	Romania	10	5	1	4th	20:20	16
4th	Switzerland	10	5	0	5	29:24	15th
5	Kazakhstan	10	2	1	7th	04:55	07th
6th	Turkey	10	0	1	9	04:48	01

Game results

09/17/2011	Augsburg SGL arena	Germany	-	Switzerland	4: 1 (1: 0)	Goals: 1: 0, 2: 0 Fatmire Bajramaj (32nd, 66th), 2: 1 Ramona Bachmann (68th), 3: 1 Linda Bresonik (73rd), 4: 1 Martina Müller (79th)
10/22/2011	Bucharest Mogosoaia	Romania	-	Germany	0: 3 (0: 1)	Goals: 0: 1 Lena Goeßling (21st), 0: 2 Fatmire Bajramaj (56th), 0: 3 Melanie Behringer (59th, penalty )
11/19/2011	Wiesbaden Brita-Arena	Germany	-	Kazakhstan	17: 0 (10: 0)	Goals: 1: 0, 3: 0, 5: 0, 6: 0 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (3rd, 10th, 14th, 16th), 2: 0, 4: 0, 8: 0, 12: 0 Alexandra Popp (5th, 11th, 31st, 59th), 7-0, 10-0 Simone Laudehr (23rd, 41st), 9-0 Melanie Behringer (penalty), 11-0 Fatmire Bajramaj (51st) ), 13: 0, 14: 0, 17: 0 Babett Peter (62nd, 65th, 89th), 15: 0, 16: 0 Martina Müller (74th, 85th)
11/24/2011	Motril Estadio Municipal Escribano Castilla	Spain	-	Germany	2: 2 (0: 2)	Goals: 0: 1 Lena Goeßling (27th), 0: 2 Ruth García (30th, own goal ), 1: 2 Verónica Boquete (57th), 2: 2 Willy (90th + 1)
02/15/2012	Izmir Buca Arena	Turkey	-	Germany	0: 5 (0: 2)	Goals: 0: 1 Dzsenifer Marozsán (10th), 0: 2 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (11th), 0: 3 Linda Bresonik (71th), 0: 4, 0: 5 Melanie Behringer (76th, 90th)
March 31, 2012	Mannheim Carl Benz Stadium	Germany	-	Spain	5: 0 (1: 0)	Goals: 1: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0, 5: 0 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (24th, 58th, 68th, 86th), 3: 0 Alexandra Popp (61th)
04/05/2012	Aarau Stadium Brügglifeld	Switzerland	-	Germany	0: 6 (0: 3)	Goals: 0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 5, 0: 6 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (16th, 38th, 71st, 85th), 0: 2 Anja Mittag (24th), 0: 4 Marie- Andrea Egli (64th, own goal)
05/31/2012	Bielefeld SchücoArena	Germany	-	Romania	5: 0 (3: 0)	Goals: 1: 0 Linda Bresonik (1st), 2: 0, 4: 0, 5: 0 Alexandra Popp (34th, 50th, 90th), 3: 0 Dzsenifer Marozsán (40th)
09/15/2012	Karagandy Shakhtar Stadium	Kazakhstan	-	Germany	0: 7 (0: 3)	Goals: 0: 1, 0: 3 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (8th, 42nd), 0; 2 Viola Odebrecht (33rd), 0: 4 Anja Mittag (55th), 0: 5 Bianca Schmidt (63th) , 0: 6 Martina Müller (86.), 0: 7 Lena Goeßling (87.)
09/19/2012	Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	Germany	-	Turkey	10: 0 (3: 0)	Goals: 1-0, 7-0 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (17th, 74th), 2-0 Anja Mittag (23rd), 3-0 Simone Laudehr (45th + 1, penalty), 4-0, 5 : 0 Melanie Behringer (52nd, 60th penalty), 6: 0, 9: 0, 10: 0 Martina Müller (72nd, 86th, 90th + 2), 8: 0 Fatmire Bajramaj (85th)

preparation

A total of three courses and three preparation games were scheduled, including against the reigning world champion Japan.

06/15/2013	Essen Stadium Essen	Germany	-	Scotland	3: 0 (3: 0)	Goals: 1: 0 Lena Goeßling (33.), 2: 0, 3: 0 Célia Okoyino da Mbabi (43., 44.)
06/19/2013	Paderborn Benteler Arena	Germany	-	Canada	1: 0 (0: 0)	Goals: 1-0 Leonie Maier (53.)
06/29/2013	Munich Allianz Arena	Germany	-	Japan	4: 2 (1: 1)	Goals: Maier (17.), Ōno (40.), Celia Okoyino da Mbabi (46./FE, 87.), Ogimi (60.), Laudehr (90. + 1 / FE)

Squad

On May 21, 2013, the national trainer Silvia Neid named a 28-strong provisional squad. Just one day later, Viola Odebrecht had to cancel due to cartilage damage in her knee. Isabelle Linden was nominated for her. On May 28, 2013 Verena Faißt canceled her participation because she contracted Pfeiffer's glandular fever . The national coach decided against a subsequent nomination. Five days later, Alexandra Popp had to cancel her participation due to an ankle injury. Isabel Kerschowski and Sara Däbritz were nominated for them.

Finally, on June 13th, Linda Bresonik canceled her participation in the European Championship because of an inflammation of the Achilles tendon . Here, too, the national coach decided not to make a subsequent nomination. This was followed by cancellations by Kim Kulig due to damage to the external meniscus and Babett Peter due to a fatigue fracture of the scaphoid bone . On June 20, 2013, Silvia Neid finally nominated the EM squad, which Kathrin Längert and Isabel Kerschowski do not belong to. The average age of the team is 24.1 years, making it the lowest of all EM squads. Laura Benkarth and Sara Däbritz had not played in the national team before the tournament. The squad still includes 9 players from the successful 2009 European Championship squad and ten participants from the 2011 World Cup. In 2012, seven players were in the U-20 squad . The most experienced player with 118 international matches (as of June 29, 2013) was goalkeeper and captain Nadine Angerer .

number	Surname	Club before the start of the European Championship	birthday	Sp.	goal
goal
01	Nadine Angerer	1. FFC Frankfurt	11/10/1978	6th	0	0	0	0
21st	Laura Benkarth	Sc freiburg	10/14/1992	0	0	0	0	0
12	Almuth Schult	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	02/09/1991	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
03	Saskia Bartusiak	1. FFC Frankfurt	09/09/1982	6th	0	0	0	0
15th	Jennifer Cramer	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	02/24/1993	5	0	2	0	0
17th	Josephine Henning	VfL Wolfsburg	09/08/1989	0	0	0	0	0
05	Annike Krahn	Paris Saint-Germain	07/01/1985	6th	0	0/1	0	0
04th	Leonie Maier	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	29.09.1992	6th	0	1	0	0
02	Bianca Schmidt	1. FFC Frankfurt	01/23/1990	2	0	0	0	0
22nd	Luisa Wensing	VfL Wolfsburg	02/08/1993	1	0	0	0	0
midfield
19th	Fatmire Bajramaj	1. FFC Frankfurt	04/01/1988	1	0	0	0	0
07th	Melanie Behringer	1. FFC Frankfurt	11/18/1985	1	0	0	0	0
23	Sara Däbritz	Sc freiburg	02/15/1995	2	0	0	0	0
20th	Lena Goessling	VfL Wolfsburg	03/08/1986	5	0	0	0	0
18th	Svenja Huth	1. FFC Frankfurt	01/25/1991	0	0	0	0	0
08th	Nadine Keßler	VfL Wolfsburg	04/04/1988	6th	0	1	0	0
06th	Simone Laudehr	1. FFC Frankfurt	07/12/1986	6th	1	0/1	0	0
16	Melanie Leupolz	Sc freiburg	04/14/1994	4th	0	0	0	0
14th	Isabelle Linden	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	01/15/1991	0	0	0	0	0
attack
09	Lena Lotzen	Bayern Munich	09/11/1993	6th	1	0	0	0
10	Dzsenifer Marozsán	1. FFC Frankfurt	04/18/1992	6th	1	0	0	0
11	Anja noon	LdB FC Malmö	May 16, 1985	6th	1	0	0	0
13	Celia Okoyino da Mbabi	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	06/27/1988	5	2	0	0	0
Coaching staff
	Silvia Neid	trainer	05/02/1964
	Ulrike Ballweg	Co-trainer	09/17/1965
	Michael Fuchs	Goalkeeping coach	04/01/1970
	Dr. Norbert Stein	Fitness trainer	10/14/1953

Bonuses

By defending the title, each player will receive € 22,500 (2009 € 12,000). For second place it would have been € 15,000 if the end in the semifinals had come to € 10,000 and if it had been out in the quarter-finals it would be € 5,000.

European Championship finals

In preliminary group B, the German team met the Netherlands for the first time at a European Championship and, as in 2009, Iceland and Norway .

After a sobering 0-0 win against the Netherlands, Iceland was defeated 3-0. Based on the results of the other groups, the quarter-finals of the German team were certain before the last game, which was all about group victory. Although the German team dominated the game for a long time, the Norwegians were able to take a 1-0 lead shortly before the end of the first half with a deflected shot and defend it until the end of the game. The German team could no longer develop a compelling goal opportunity. This means that Germany lost a European Championship finals match for the first time since July 3, 1993, and for the first time since March 11, 2009 against a European team. As runners-up in the group, the team met Italy in the quarter-finals, as it did in 2009, against which they last won 5-0 in preparation for the 2011 World Cup. A 1-0 win made it into the semi-finals against hosts Sweden. There were four German victories in four previous European Championship matches and the German team also remained 1-0 victorious in the fifth European Championship game against Sweden. It thus reached the finals for the sixth time in a row. In the final, the DFB team met their opponents in the preliminary round, Norway, and won the title for the eighth time, with half of the titles being won against Norway. With the 8th title, the German team set the record for the Chinese national soccer team , which has won the Asian women's soccer championship eight times . Only Uruguay and Argentina in the men have won more continental championships, with the Copa America being held much more frequently.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
2.	Germany	3	1	1	1	003: 100	+2	04th
3.	Iceland	3	1	1	1	002: 400	−2	04th
4th	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	000: 200	−2	01

Group games

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Växjö
Germany	-	Netherlands	0-0
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Växjö
Iceland	-	Germany	0: 3 (0: 1)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6 p.m.
Germany	-	Norway	0: 1 (0: 1)

Final round

Sunday, July 21, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Växjö
Italy	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
Wednesday, July 24, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Gothenburg
Sweden	-	Germany	0: 1 (0: 1)
Sunday, July 28, 2013, 4 p.m. in Solna
Germany	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics. UEFA , accessed May 21, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Record victory for German women. UEFA, accessed May 21, 2013 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Silvia Neid appoints 28 players to the expanded EM squad. German Football Association , accessed on January 19, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Odebrecht is canceled for EM - Linden nominated again. German Football Association, accessed on May 23, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Verena Faißt cancels EURO in Sweden. German Football Association, accessed on May 29, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Popp cancels EM participation. German Football Association, accessed on June 12, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Bresonik is out for EM in Sweden. German Football Association, accessed on June 13, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Kim Kulig has to cancel participation in the European Championship. German Football Association, accessed on June 18, 2013 . 
9. ^ EM-Aus for Babett Peter. German Football Association, accessed on June 18, 2013 . 
10. ↑ The average age of 23.5 years given by the DFB and in other sources is based on an incorrect calculation in which only the years, but not the months and days, are taken into account.
11. ↑ Envy appoints final squad for EM in Sweden. German Football Association, accessed on June 20, 2013 . 
12. ↑ fifa.com: DFB women confidently start their mission to defend their title