Germany Football Association was founded in 1900, they join FIFA 4 years later in 1904, and UEFA after the second war in 1954.

The coach of Germany at EURO 2008 is Joachim Low born at 3 January 1960 in Schonau. As a player he start in 1978 at SC Freiburg, and finish in 1994 at FC Winterthur.

He starts coaching at FC Winterthur while he plays for the team,. Low become the head coach for Germany on 12 July 2006.

On FIFA ranking Germany is on place 5, the best position was 1 in december 1992 while the worst is 22 in may 2006.

Germany qualify for EURO 2008 from 2nd palce in group D.

They won the EURO in 1972, 1980 and 1996 from 10 final tournaments participations. 2nd palce on EURO in 1976 and 1992, this mean that in half participantions at EURO Germany play the final.

At World Cup Germany participate in 16 final tournaments, won it in 1954, 1974 and 1990. 2nd place in 1966, 1982, 1986 and 2002.

Germany football squad at EURO 2008

Goalkeeper

1. Jens Lehmann - Arsenal Londra
12. Robert Enke - Hanover 96
23. René Adler - Bayer Leverkusen

Defender

2. Marcell Jansen - Bayern Munchen
3. Arne Friedrich - Hertha Berlin
4. Clemens Fritz - Werder Bremen
5. Heiko Westermann - Schalke
16. Philipp Lahm - Bayern Munchen
17. Per Mertesacker - Werder Bremen
21. Christoph Metzelder - Real Madrid

Miedfielder

6. Simon Rolfes - Bayer Leverkusen
7. Bastian Schweinsteiger - Bayern Munchen
8. Torsten Frings - Werder Bremen
13. Michael Ballack - Chelsea
14. Piotr Trochowski - Hamburg SV
15. Thomas Hitzlsperger - VfB Stuttgart
18. Tim Borowski - Werder Bremen

Striker

9. Mario Gómez - VfB Stuttgart
10. Oliver Neuville - Borussia Mochengladbach
11. Miroslav Klose - Bayern Munchen
19. David Odonkor - Betis Sevilla
20. Lukas Podolski - Bayern Munchen
22. Kevin Kuranyi - Schalke