Soccer World Cup 2011 / Germany

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The line Blooming in the shine of this happiness from the German national anthem adorns the collar of the jersey of the German team

This article covers the German national team at the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany. Germany is the defending champion and is hosting the Women's World Cup for the first time. In addition to defending the title, one of the goals was to qualify as one of the two best European teams for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London . Both could not be achieved, as the German team was eliminated in the quarter-finals against eventual world champions Japan .

qualification

On October 30, 2007, the world association FIFA awarded the World Cup to Germany. As a result, the German team was automatically qualified for the finals as hosts.

Squad

On March 17, 2011, the national coach Silvia Neid announced the 26-man squad for the preparation. The squad consisted of 15 players who won the 2007 tournament in the People's Republic of China. The FCR 2001 Duisburg and 1. FFC Frankfurt were each with seven, the 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam represented by five players. The final roster of 21 players had to be reported to FIFA by June 10, 2011 . After Dzsenifer Marozsán's loss due to injury , Conny Pohlers was appointed to the extended squad for the 2011 World Cup on May 1, 2011. Silvia Neid announced the final roster on May 27th. Were canceled Anja Mittag , Josephine Henning , Sonja Fuss , the Bundesliga top scorer Conny Pohlers and Lisa White .

With so far 22 World Cup games and 14 World Cup goals, the German captain Birgit Prinz is the player with the most World Cup games and goals of all participants. With her fifth participation, she sets the record for Kristine Lilly , who has so far been the only player to appear in all five World Cup tournaments. But even with reaching the finals, Prince Lilly's record of 30 World Cup games cannot match. The only player without a role in the senior national team is goalkeeper Almuth Schult , who became world champion in 2010 with the U-20 team , which also included Bianca Schmidt , Kim Kulig and Alexandra Popp . The players have an average height of 1.73 m. No squad has a larger average size. Martina Müller is the smallest with 1.61 m and Kerstin Garefrekes and the third goalkeeper Almuth Schult are the tallest players with 1.80 m.

number Surname Date of birth Club at the start of the tournament Calls Gates World Cup games World Cup 2011
Sp. Gates yellow cards Yellow-red cards Red cards
goal
1 Nadine Angerer 11/10/1978 1. FFC Frankfurt 102 - 06 (2007) 4th 0 0 0 0
12 Ursula Holl 06/26/1982 FCR 2001 Duisburg 5 - 00 (2007) 0 0 0 0 0
21st Almuth Schult 02/09/1991 Magdeburg FFC - - 0 0 0 0 0
Defense
3 Saskia Bartusiak 09/09/1982 1. FFC Frankfurt 45 - 01 (2007) 3 0 0 0 0
10 Linda Bresonik 07/12/1983 FCR 2001 Duisburg 68 5 08 (2003, 2007) 3 0 0 0 0
15th Verena Faisst 05/22/1989 VfL Wolfsburg 3 - 0 0 0 0 0
20th Lena Goessling 03/08/1986 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 25th - 2 0 1 0 0
5 Annike Krahn 07/01/1985 FCR 2001 Duisburg 70 4th 05 (2007) 4th 0 1 0 0
4th Babett Peter 05/12/1988 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 55 1 00 (2007) 4th 0 1 0 0
2 Bianca Schmidt 01/23/1990 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 17th - 2 0 0 0 0
midfield
19th Fatmire Bajramaj 04/01/1988 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 50 8th 04 (2007) 3 0 1 0 0
7th Melanie Behringer 11/18/1985 1. FFC Frankfurt 68 17th 06 (2007) 3 0 0 0 0
18th Kerstin Garefrekes 09/04/1979 1. FFC Frankfurt 130 43 12 (2003, 2007) 4th 2 0 0 0
17th Ariane Hingst 07/25/1979 1. FFC Frankfurt 174 10 16 (1999, 2003, 2007) 1 0 0 0 0
14th Kim Kulig 04/09/1990 Hamburger SV 27 6th 3 0 1 0 0
6th Simone Laudehr 07/12/1986 FCR 2001 Duisburg 45 10 05 (2007) 4th 1 1 0 0
13 Celia Okoyino da Mbabi 06/27/1988 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 59 12 4th 2 0 0 0
attack
8th Inca grings 10/31/1978 FCR 2001 Duisburg 94 64 04 (1999) 4th 2 0 0 0
16 Martina Muller 04/18/1980 VfL Wolfsburg 93 30th 07 (2003, 2007) 0 0 0 0 0
11 Alexandra Popp 04/06/1991 FCR 2001 Duisburg 16 9 4th 0 0 0 0
9 Birgit Prinz Team captain 10/25/1977 1. FFC Frankfurt 214 128 22 (1995, 1999, 2003, 2007) 2 0 0 0 0
Coaching staff
trainer Silvia Neid 05/02/1964 German Football Association 111
88		 48
 7 (1991, 1995)
6 (2003)
6 (2007)		 4th 0 0 0 0
Co-trainer Ulrike Ballweg 09/17/1965 German Football Association 88 6 (2007) 4th 0 0 0 0
Goalkeeping coach Michael Fuchs 04/01/1970 German Football Association 6 (2007) 4th 0 0 0 0
Remarks:
  1. ↑ a b Status: After the game against Japan on July 9, 2011
  2. ↑ Status: Before the World Cup
  3. ↑ a b c As a player
  4. ↑ a b As a trainer
  5. ↑ a b c As assistant trainer
  6. ↑ As a goalkeeper coach

preparation

In preparation for the tournament, the national trainer set up seven courses. In addition, the German team played four friendlies , all of which were won without conceding a goal.

date place opponent Result Goal scorers
May 21, 2011 Ingolstadt Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea 2: 0 (0: 0) Kim Kulig (FE), Célia Okoyino da Mbabi
June 3, 2011 Osnabrück ItalyItaly Italy 5: 0 (1: 0) Kim Kulig , Célia Okoyino da Mbabi , Alexandra Popp (2), Roberta D'Adda (ET)
June 7, 2011 Aachen NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5: 0 (2: 0) Célia Okoyino da Mbabi , Simone Laudehr , Alexandra Popp , Kim Kulig , Inka Grings
June 16, 2011 Mainz , Bruchweg Stadium NorwayNorway Norway 3: 0 (0: 0) Simone Laudehr , Alexandra Popp (2)

Group stage

Venues

In Group A, Germany met last year's CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup winner Canada in the opening game . Germany took the lead after 10 minutes with a goal from Kerstin Garefrekes , and Célia Okoyino da Mbabi increased it to 2-0 in the 42nd minute when the Canadian defense played offside. In the second half, the German players could not make use of several good opportunities. In the 82nd minute, Christine Sinclair converted a free kick to make it 2-1, making it the first player in a World Cup game against Nadine Angerer , who had previously not conceded a goal in 621 minutes. It was the 10th win in the 10th game against Canada.

In the second game, Germany faced African champions Nigeria . The Nigerians endeavored to buy the German players the guts through deliberately physical play, which was largely tolerated by the South Korean referee Cha Sung-Mi to the displeasure of the audience. The hard boarding meant that Melanie Behringer was replaced injured in the 31st minute. Nigeria's strategy resulted in a muddled game with few scoring chances on either side. It was only in the 54th minute that Simone Laudehr managed to take advantage of the confusion in the Nigerian defense after a free kick and score the 1-0 winner. Because even though Nigeria tried to equalize afterwards, they still failed to score. Nadine Angerer was only endangered in her 100th international match by attacks in the six-yard area. It was the seventh win in the seventh game against Nigeria. Germany reached the quarter-finals with this victory, the African champions were eliminated early. For record national player and captain Birgit Prinz it was the 214th and last international match.

Since France had already qualified for the quarter-finals, the last game was all about winning the group. For this, the last group game had to be won, because since France had the better goal difference, a draw would have been enough for the French to win the group. Against France there were seven wins and two defeats in nine games (0: 1 each). The last meeting in the European Championship preliminary round in 2009, in which almost the same team played on the French side as in the last World Cup game against Canada, Germany won 5-1 .

For this first international match for the German women in Mönchengladbach , Silvia Neid changed the starting line-up to four positions. Bianca Schmidt played on the right side of the defense for Linda Bresonik , who suffered from gastrointestinal flu just before the game . In midfield, Kim Kulig , who had a yellow card, was replaced by Lena Goeßling . Fatmire Bajramaj was on the starting line-up for Melanie Behringer, who was injured in the game against Nigeria, and Inka Grings played for record national player and captain Birgit Prinz . The captain was Kerstin Garefrekes , who scored the first goal in the 25th minute after a free kick struck by Babett Peter into the penalty area. Seven minutes later, Inka Grings increased to 2-0 after Laudehr's work. The French made the space otherwise narrow, so that the action mainly took place in midfield, but they did not have any chances to score themselves. At the second half, Ariane Hingst came on for Simone Laudehr, who was also suffering from yellow. The French now played more committed to the front without initially coming up with chances. After a corner, the 1: 2 goal for France fell surprisingly in the 56th minute. The German team then took over the initiative a little more; In the 68th minute, Grings penetrated the French penalty area from the right and passed Bajramaj, who was in a promising position. Bajramaj was brought down by the French goalkeeper while trying to score, which the Finnish referee Kirsi Heikkinen regarded as an emergency brake . The goalkeeper was the first player to see the red card at the World Cup and Grings converted the penalty to 3-1. The decimated French women succeeded four minutes later after a corner of the renewed connection goal and then pushed for the equalizer. In the 89th minute, however, Célia Okoyino da Mbabi managed the goal to make it 4-2. With this victory, Germany qualified for the quarter-finals and was unbeaten in 15 World Cup games in a row. For the German team it was the first 4-2 victory in the 349th game.

rank country Gates Points
1 GermanyGermany Germany 7: 3 9
2 FranceFrance France 7: 4 6th
3 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 2 2
4th CanadaCanada Canada 1: 7 0
Sunday, June 26, 2011, 6 p.m. in Berlin
GermanyGermany Germany - CanadaCanada Canada 2: 1 (2: 0)
Thursday, June 30, 2011, 8:45 p.m. in Frankfurt
GermanyGermany Germany - NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 1: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 8:45 p.m. in Mönchengladbach
FranceFrance France - GermanyGermany Germany 2: 4 (0: 2)

Quarter finals

Voices for the game:

Silvia Neid : “That is very, very unfortunate and very sad. I don't blame the players, they gave everything. What I feared happened, in the end it was about nuances. We weren't able to score. We could have played a long time today and probably didn't score. The end of Kim Kulig was a shock, it went through the whole team. We missed her. "

Theo Zwanziger (DFB President): “That hurts, but it doesn't change anything in our repsect [sic!] For the players and for the tournament. That was a big disappointment, especially for the older players who were at a World Cup for the last time. That's why I went to them after the game and talked to them. Japan played very well and made life difficult for us, congratulations. "

Birgit Prinz : “I am very disappointed, we all are. That evening my career in the DFB jersey ended. There is also no chance of changing my mind. "

As group winners, Germany lost in the quarter-finals on July 9 in Wolfsburg against Japan , runners-up in Group B, 0: 1 a n. (0: 0) . The third of the 2010 Asian women's soccer championship lost 2-0 to England in his last group game . Germany played eight times against Japan before, Germany won seven games, only the last one before the World Cup on July 29, 2009 ended goalless, but in the game for third place at the Olympic Games in Beijing , extra time was needed to win 2-0 .

The German team started again with Kim Kulig , Linda Bresonik and Melanie Behringer , who were missing in the game against France . Kim Kulig had to be replaced in the 8th minute after a corner with suspected cruciate ligament rupture , which was confirmed the following day. Linda Bresonik moved into midfield for them. Substitute Bianca Schmidt took over the right side. Germany repeatedly pushed Japan into their own half and created a large number of goal opportunities, but failed again and again due to their own inaccuracy and the strong Japanese goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori or was stopped by fouls (the Japanese received a total of 4 yellow cards , in the three In preliminary round matches they had not received a single card). As in the game for third place in Beijing , both teams had to go into extra time. In this, Japan surprisingly took a 1-0 lead in the 108th minute through Karina Maruyama after a pass from Homare Sawa . Germany now threw everything forward. The balls flew into the Japanese penalty area every minute, but did not reach any of the German attackers in a favorable shooting position.

This ended the record series of 15 World Cup games without defeat, for the first time since 1999 Germany failed again in the quarter-finals, and since France and Sweden also qualified for the semi-finals, the Olympic qualification failed. After the game, Birgit Prinz and Kerstin Garefrekes also ended their national team career .

Awards

Saskia Bartusiak and Kerstin Garefrekes were elected to the All-Star-Team.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dfb.de: DFB team is preparing for the World Cup with 26 players
  2. ↑ Kicker from May 1, 2011 , accessed on May 3, 2011
  3. ↑ Women's football: Neid announces final World Cup squad on May 27th
  4. ^ Women's World Cup 2011: Final squad named by Envy
  5. ↑ womensoccer.de: Germany's timetable to the World Cup
  6. ↑ FIFA.com: Behringer suffers ligament strain
  7. ↑ DFB.de: Neid: "First of all, glad that we are one lap further"
  8. ↑ a b c DFB.de: Neid: "That's a shame and sad" ( Memento from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ FIFA.com: Double Honor for Sawa, July 18, 2011, accessed May 20, 2017