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Football (or "soccer") is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football
Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB) is the sport's national governing
body, with 6.6 million members (roughly eight percent of the population) organized in over
31,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and 3.
Liga on top. The winner of the Bundesliga is crowned the German football champion.
Additionally, there are national cup competitions, most notably the DFB-Pokal (German
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Cup) and DFL-Supercup (German Supercup).
The Germany national football team has won four FIFA World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990,
2014), being the joint-second most successful nation in the tournament only surpassed by
Brazil. It also holds a record (tied with Spain) three UEFA European Championships (1972,
[citation needed]
1980, 1996), and won the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017. .
The Germany women's national football team has won two FIFA Women's World Cups
(2003, 2007) and a record eight UEFA European Women's Championships (1989, 1991,
1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013), as well as a gold medal in the Summer Olympics in
2016. Germany is the only nation that has won both the men's and women's World Cup.
No team has more combined men's and women's World Cup championships, and only the
United States has won more combined men's and women's regional/continental
championships (United States 12 in CONCACAF, Germany 11 in UEFA). Germany was the
host of the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1988, and the 2005 FIFA
Confederations Cup. They also hosted the 1989, 1995 and 2001 UEFA European Women's
Championship, and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Germany will host UEFA Euro
2024 after beating out rival Turkey by 8 votes (12–4).
Contents
● 1
● History
○ 1.1
○ Introduction to German football
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○ 1.2
○ First football clubs
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○ 1.3
○ Foundation To World War I
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○ 1.4
○ Weimar Republic
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○ 1.5
○ Nazi Germany
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○ 1.6
○ Inter-war period
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○ 1.7
○ East and West
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○ 1.8
○ Reunification
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○ 1.9
○ New millennium
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● 2
● German Football Association
○ 2.1
○ National team
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○ 2.2
○ Men's
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○ 2.3
○ Women's
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○ 2.4
○ Home stadiums
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● 3
● FIFA World Cup
○ 3.1
○ FIFA World Cup 1954
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○ 3.2
○ FIFA World Cup 1974
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○ 3.3
○ FIFA World Cup 1990
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○ 3.4
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2003
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○ 3.5
○ FIFA World Cup 2006
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○ 3.6
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2007
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○ 3.7
○ FIFA World Cup 2010
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○ 3.8
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2011
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○ 3.9
○ FIFA World Cup 2014
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○ 3.10
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2015
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● 4
● UEFA European Championship
 ○ 4.1
○ Euro 1972
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○ 4.2
○ Euro 1980
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○ 4.3
○ Euro 1996
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○ 4.4
○ Euro 2024
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● 5
● Football competitions
○ 5.1
○ Bundesliga
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○ 5.2
○ German Cup
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○ 5.3
○ Participation in European competition
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● 6
● Foreign players in Germany
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● 7
● Football on TV
○ 7.1
○ Record viewership
■ 7.1.1
■ FIFA Mens's World Cup on TV
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■ 7.1.2
■ FIFA Women's World Cup on TV
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● 8
● See also
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● 9
● References
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● 10
● External links
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History[edit]
Main article: History of German football

Introduction to German football[edit]

The first football match arguably took place in Braunschweig in 1874. Two
schoolteachers, August Hermann and Konrad Koch, initiated the first match after
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Hermann had obtained a round football from England. In 1875, Koch published the first
German version of the rules of football, although Koch's version of the game still closely
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resembled Rugby football.

First football clubs[edit]

The Dresden English Football Club is considered the first modern football club in
Germany. It was founded in 1874 by Englishmen living and working around Dresden. In
the following 20 years the game achieved a growing popularity. Football clubs were
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founded in Berlin, Hamburg and Stuttgart.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality and
businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's
degree in 1968. He became president of his father Fred Trump's real estate business in 1971
and renamed it The Trump Organization. Trump expanded the company's operations to building
and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He later started side ventures,
mostly by licensing his name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality
television series The Apprentice. Trump and his businesses have been involved in more than
4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six bankruptcies.
Trump's political positions have been described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and
nationalist. He won the 2016 United States presidential election as the Republican nominee
[a]
against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but lost the popular vote. He became the first U.S.
president with no prior military or government service. His election and policies sparked
numerous protests. A 2017–2019 special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller established
that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit the Trump campaign, but did not establish
that members of the Trump campaign "conspired" or "coordinated" with Russia. Trump promoted
conspiracy theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and
presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. Many of his comments and actions
have been characterized as racially charged or racist, and many as misogynistic.
Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, diverted military
funding towards building a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border, and implemented a policy of family
separations for apprehended migrants. He signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which cut
taxes for individuals and businesses and rescinded the individual health insurance mandate
penalty of the Affordable Care Act. He appointed 54 federal appellate judges and three United
States Supreme Court justices. In foreign policy, Trump initiated a trade war with China and
withdrew the U.S. from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, the Paris
Agreement on climate change, and the Iran nuclear deal. Trump met with North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un three times, but made no progress on denuclearization. He reacted slowly to the
COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials in his
messaging, and promoted misinformation about unproven treatments and the need for testing.
Trump lost the 2020 United States presidential election to Joe Biden but refused to concede
defeat, falsely claiming widespread electoral fraud and attempting to overturn the results by
pressuring government officials, mounting scores of unsuccessful legal challenges, and
obstructing the presidential transition. On January 6, 2021, Trump urged his supporters to march
to the Capitol, which many of them then attacked, resulting in multiple deaths and interrupting the
electoral vote count.
Trump is the only president in American history to have been impeached twice. After he
pressured Ukraine to investigate Biden in 2019, he was impeached by the House of
Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress in December. The Senate
acquitted him of both charges in February 2020. The House of Representatives impeached
Trump a second time in January 2021, for incitement of insurrection. The Senate acquitted him
ins a gold medal in the Summer Olympics in 2016. Germany is the only nation that has won both
the men's and women's World Cup. No team has more combined men's and women's World Cup
championships, and only the United States has won more combined men's and women's
regional/continental championships (United States 12 in CONCACAF, Germany 11 in UEFA).
Germany was the host of the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1988, and the 2005
FIFA Confederations Cup. They also hosted the 1989, 1995 and 2001 UEFA European Women's
Championship, and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Germany will host UEFA Euro 2024
after beating out rival Turkey by 8 votes (12–4).
Contents
● 1
● History
○ 1.1
○ Introduction to German football
○
○ 1.2
○ First football clubs
○
○ 1.3
○ Foundation To World War I
○
○ 1.4
○ Weimar Republic
○
○ 1.5
○ Nazi Germany
○
○ 1.6
○ Inter-war period
○
○ 1.7
○ East and West
○
○ 1.8
○ Reunification
○
○ 1.9
○ New millennium
○
● 2
● German Football Association
○ 2.1
○ National team
○
 ○ 2.2
○ Men's
○
○ 2.3
○ Women's
○
○ 2.4
○ Home stadiums
○
● 3
● FIFA World Cup
○ 3.1
○ FIFA World Cup 1954
○
○ 3.2
○ FIFA World Cup 1974
○
○ 3.3
○ FIFA World Cup 1990
○
○ 3.4
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2003
○
○ 3.5
○ FIFA World Cup 2006
○
○ 3.6
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2007
○
○ 3.7
○ FIFA World Cup 2010
○
○ 3.8
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2011
○
○ 3.9
○ FIFA World Cup 2014
○
○ 3.10
○ FIFA Women's World Cup 2015
○
● 4
● UEFA European Championship
○ 4.1
○ Euro 1972
○
○ 4.2
○ Euro 1980
○
○ 4.3
○ Euro 1996
○
 ○ 4.4
○ Euro 2024
○
● 5
● Football competitions
○ 5.1
○ Bundesliga
○
○ 5.2
○ German Cup
○
○ 5.3
○ Participation in European competition
○
● 6
● Foreign players in Germany
●
● 7
● Football on TV
○ 7.1
○ Record viewership
■ 7.1.1
■ FIFA Mens's World Cup on TV
■
■ 7.1.2
■ FIFA Women's World Cup on TV
■
● 8
● See also
●
● 9
● References