Football World Cup 1994 / Germany
This article covers the German national team at the 1994 World Cup in the United States .
qualification
As the reigning world champion, the German team did not have to qualify for the finals.
Contingent
| number | Surname | Association at the time | birthday | Caps / Goals (a) | Sp. | goal | red | yellow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goalkeeper | ||||||||
| 1 | Bodo Illgner | 1. FC Cologne | 04/07/1967 | 49 ( 0) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22nd | Oliver Kahn | Karlsruher SC | 06/15/1969 | 0 ( 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Andreas Koepke | 1. FC Nuremberg | 03/12/1962 | 14 ( 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | ||||||||
| 14th | Thomas Berthold | VfB Stuttgart | 11/12/1964 | 54 ( 1) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Andreas Brehme | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 11/9/1960 | 81 ( 8) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6th | Guido Buchwald | VfB Stuttgart | 01/24/1961 | 73 ( 4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Thomas Helmer | FC Bayern Munich | 04/21/1965 | 25 ( 0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4th | Jürgen Kohler | Juventus Turin | 10/06/1965 | 65 ( 0) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |
Lothar Matthäus 
|
FC Bayern Munich | 03/21/1961 | 112 (19) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Matthias Sammer | Borussia Dortmund | 09/05/1967 | 47 ( 9) | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| midfield | ||||||||
| 21st | Mario Basler | Werder Bremen | December 18, 1968 | 5 ( 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20th | Stefan Effenberg | AC Florence | 08/02/1968 | 30 ( 0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15th | Maurizio Gaudino | Eintracht Frankfurt | 12/12/1966 | 5 ( 1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8th | Thomas Häßler | AS Roma | 05/30/1966 | 50 ( 6) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7th | Andreas Möller | Juventus Turin | 09/02/1967 | 40 (14) | 4th | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Thomas Strunz | VfB Stuttgart | 04/25/1968 | 13 ( 0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17th | Martin Wagner | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 02/24/1968 | 3 ( 0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| attack | ||||||||
| 19th | Ulf Kirsten | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | December 04, 1965 | 59 (17) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18th | Jürgen Klinsmann | AS Monaco | 07/30/1964 | 60 (20) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Stefan Kuntz | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10/30/1962 | 4 ( 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Karl-Heinz Riedle | Borussia Dortmund | 09/16/1965 | 39 (15) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Rudi Völler | Olympique Marseille | 04/13/1960 | 87 (45) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Trainer | ||||||||
| Berti Vogts (national coach ) | 12/30/1946 | |||||||
German games
Venues and district (Q) |
Preliminary round
Germany: Bodo Illgner - Lothar Matthäus - Thomas Berthold, Jürgen Kohler, Andreas Brehme - Thomas Häßler (83rd Thomas Strunz), Stefan Effenberg, Matthias Sammer, Andreas Möller - Karl-Heinz Riedle (61st Mario Basler), Jürgen Klinsmann
Bolivia: Carlos Trucco - Carlos Borja, Gustavo Quinteros, Miguel Rimba, Marco Sandy - Luis Cristaldo, Vladimir Soria, Jose Melgar, Erwin Sanchez - Julio Baldivieso (66th Jaime Moreno), Luis Ramallo (79th Marco Etcheverry)
Stadium: Chicago , Soldier Field
Spectators: 63,117
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Goals: 1-0 Jürgen Klinsmann (61.)
Germany: Bodo Illgner - Lothar Matthäus - Thomas Berthold, Jürgen Kohler, Andreas Brehme - Thomas Häßler, Thomas Strunz, Stefan Effenberg, Matthias Sammer, Andreas Möller (62nd Rudi Völler) - Jürgen Klinsmann
Spain: Andoni Zubizarreta - Alberto Ferrer, Rafael Alkorta, Abelardo, Sergi - Josep Guardiola (67th Francisco Camarasa), Fernando Hierro, José Luis Caminero, Luis Enrique - Juan Antonio Goicoechea (77th José Maria Bakero), Julio Salinas
Stadium: Chicago, Soldier Field
Spectators: 63,113
Referee: Ernesto Filippi Cavani (Uruguay)
Goals: 0: 1 Juan Antonio Goicoechea (14th), 1: 1 Jürgen Klinsmann (48th)
Germany: Bodo Illgner - Lothar Matthäus (64th Andreas Möller) - Thomas Berthold, Jürgen Kohler, Andreas Brehme - Guido Buchwald, Thomas Häßler, Stefan Effenberg (75th Thomas Helmer), Matthias Sammer - Karl-Heinz Riedle, Jürgen Klinsmann
South Korea: In Young Choi (46th Woon Jae Lee) - Pan Keun Kim, Jung Bae Park, Myung Bo Hong, Hong Gi Shin - Young Jin Lee (40th Jong Soo Chung), Yoo-Sung Kim, Young Il Choi, Jeong Woon Ko, Jin Ho Cho (46th Jung Won Seo) - Sun Hong Hwang
Stadium: Dallas , Cotton Bowl
Spectators: 63,998
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
Goals: 1-0 Jürgen Klinsmann (11th), 2-0 Karl-Heinz Riedle (18th), 3-0 Jürgen Klinsmann (35th), 3-1 Sun Hong Hwang (52nd), 3-2 Myung Bo Hong (63.)
Round of 16
Germany: Bodo Illgner - Lothar Matthäus (46th Andreas Brehme) - Thomas Berthold, Jürgen Kohler, Thomas Helmer - Thomas Häßler, Guido Buchwald, Matthias Sammer, Martin Wagner - Rudi Völler, Jürgen Klinsmann (86th Stefan Kuntz)
Belgium: Michel Preud'homme - Philippe Albert, Michel de Wolf, Georges Grün, Rudi Smidts (66th Danny Boffin) - Lorenzo Staelens, Franky van der Elst, Vincenzo Scifo, Marc Emmers - Luc Nilis (77th Alexandre Czerniatynski), Josip Weber
Stadium: Chicago, Soldier Field
Spectators: 60,246
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
Goals: 1: 0 Rudi Völler (5th), 1: 1 Georges Grün (7th), 2: 1 Jürgen Klinsmann (10th), 3: 1 Rudi Völler (39th), 3: 2 Philippe Albert (90th) )
Quarter finals
Germany: Bodo Illgner - Lothar Matthäus - Thomas Berthold, Jürgen Kohler, Thomas Helmer - Thomas Häßler (83rd Andreas Brehme), Guido Buchwald, Andreas Möller, Martin Wagner (59th Thomas Strunz) - Rudi Völler, Jürgen Klinsmann
Bulgaria: Borislav Mihailov - Zlatko Yankov, Petar Hubtchev, Trifon Ivanov, Ilian Kiriakov - Zanko Zwetanow, Yordan Letchkov, Krassimir Balakov, Nasko Sirakov - Emil Kostadinov (89th Bontcho Guentchev), Hristo Stoitchkov (84th Ivaylo Iordanov)
Stadium: East Rutherford , Giants Stadium
Spectators: 72,416
Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
Goals: 1: 0 Lothar Matthäus (49th, penalty kick), 1: 1 Hristo Stoitchkov (76th), 1: 2 Yordan Letchkov (79th)
Special occurrences
- Before the start of the World Cup, the national team recorded their official World Cup song Far Away in America together with the band Village People .
- Stefan Effenberg was excluded from the team by national coach Berti Vogts after he had shown the raised middle finger to some dissatisfied German spectators after his substitution in the game against South Korea .
