Team 2006

The 2006 team was a perspective team formed by the German Football Association , consisting of football players who were promoted in view of the World Cup in their own country and were intended to complement the German senior national team .

History and impact

After the 2006 World Cup was awarded to Germany, as a result of the poor performance at the 2000 European Football Championship , a selection team was created on October 7, 2001, which offered young players in particular the opportunity to compete in international matches for the senior national team and future tournaments to recommend. The team's first coach was Uli Stielike , who was followed on April 8, 2003 by DFB coach Erich Rutemöller .

The first game took place on September 6, 2002 in Mönchengladbach and ended with a 1: 2 defeat against Turkey's A2 team. For the 2006 team: Hildebrand - Lense ( Kern ), Friedrich ( Fahrenhorst ), Wenzel , Meichelbeck ( Kling ) - Korzynietz , Fritz , Kreuz ( Borowski ), Dabrowski ( Voss ) - Daun , Bierofka .

The tenth and final game took place on November 15, 2005 in Mattersburg and ended with a 5-2 victory over Austria . The line-up: Weidenfeller ( Wessels ) - Ottl , Madlung , Weigelt , Kringe - Marx , Rolfes ( Cimen ), Gentner , Gerber ( Schäfer ) - Auer ( Krontiris ), Gómez

Joachim Löw , then assistant to national coach Jürgen Klinsmann , welcomed the opportunity "to invite players who have earned such a nomination through good performances in the Bundesliga and who are in the extended focus of the senior national team." Ultimately Tim Borowski , Arne Friedrich , Mike Hanke and Timo Hildebrand took part in the 2006 World Cup.

After the World Cup, Manuel Friedrich , Alexander Madlung , Clemens Fritz , Stefan Kießling , Simon Rolfes , Robert Enke (who had already participated in the Confederations Cup in 1999 ), Patrick Helmes , Mario Gómez , Christian Gentner , Marcel Schäfer , Jermaine Jones and Roman made it Weidenfeller (only 2013) made the jump to the A-team. Before the World Cup, Daniel Bierofka , Mustafa Doğan , Marco Engelhardt , Fabian Ernst , Frank Fahrenhorst , Ingo Hertzsch and Tobias Rau also played in the A team at times. Andreas Hinkel and Kevin Kurányi returned to the A-Team after the World Cup.

Games

In total, the team played ten games in 2006. Four of them were won, four ended in a draw and two were lost, with a goal difference of 19:13. Five teams were opponents of the team in 2006, the most frequent opponents were Scotland and Turkey, against whom you played three times each.

date	place	spectator	Home team	Away team	Result	Goal scorers
09/06/2002	Mönchengladbach	9,460	Team 2006	Turkey (A2)	1: 2 (0: 1)	Korzynietz (54th) - Necati (17th, 51st)
12/17/2002	Mainz	5,200	Team 2006	Scotland	3: 3 (1: 1)	Kuranyi (15th), Meier (60th), Voigt (89th) - Kyle (44th), Hughes (61th), Malcolm (84th)
04/30/2003	Ankara	7,000	Turkey (A2)	Team 2006	0-0	-
09/04/2003	Bask	6,100	Team 2006	Russia	3: 2 (1: 1)	Schroth (10th), Engelhardt (68th), Korzynietz (86th) - Scharonow (35th), Korchagin (62nd)
10/21/2003	Aberdeen	5,000	Scotland	Team 2006	0: 1 (0: 0)	Down (80.)
04/27/2004	Moscow	1,000	Russia	Team 2006	1: 1 (1: 0)	Panow (18th) - Engelhardt (71st)
10/11/2004	Awls	4,100	Team 2006	Poland	1: 2 (0: 0)	Auer (90.) - Gevorgian (50.), Saganowski (52.)
07/12/2004	Mannheim	4,500	Team 2006	Scotland	3: 0 (2: 0)	Auer (6th, 20th), Marx (51st)
09/06/2005	Ankara	1,100	Turkey (A2)	Team 2006	1: 1 (0: 1)	Gökhan (69th) - Madlung (18th)
11/15/2005	Mattersburg	4,800	Austria (A2)	Team 2006	2: 5 (1: 2)	Lasnik (45th, penalty), Pichlmann (85th) - Gerber (22nd), Gómez (40th), Ortlechner (56th, own goal), Scharner (57th, own goal), Auer (72nd)

Used players

→ Main article : List of players on the 2006 team

73 different players were used for the 2006 team. Simon Jentzsch , who played seven of the ten games, had the most appearances . Twelve players scored at least one goal, with Benjamin Auer being the most successful goalscorer with four .

Web links

• DFB: A second chance for young talent ( Memento from June 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed October 15, 2009)
• DFB: National team "Team 2006" statistics ( Memento from January 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
• Peter Ahrens: Team 2006 of the DFB: One came through an article about the team 2006 on SpiegelOnline from March 26, 2013
• Christoph Vogel: Team 2006 - A perspective team from the past Article about the team 2006 on torfabrik.de from March 30, 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DFB coach Löw praises the national team "Team 2006". October 11, 2004, accessed February 12, 2020 . 
2. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Germany - Turkey (A2-Team) 1: 2 (0: 1) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
3. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Germany - Scotland 3: 3 (1: 1) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
4. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Turkey (A2-Team) - Germany 0: 0 (0: 0) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
5. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Germany - Russia 3: 2 (1: 1) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
6. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Scotland - Germany 0: 1 (0: 0) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
7. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Russia - Germany 1: 1 (1: 0) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
8. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Germany - Poland 1: 2 (0: 0) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
9. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Germany - Scotland 3: 0 (2: 0) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
10. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Turkey (A2-Team) - Germany 1: 1 (0: 1) (accessed on October 15, 2009)
11. ↑ DFB: A2-Team: Austria (A2-Team) - Germany 2: 5 (1: 2) (accessed on October 15, 2009)