Founded 1900 Fifa 1904 (1950)
It is always dangerous to rule out the Germans, they some how find a way to win even when they haven’t got a good football team. As recently as the last World Cup, Germany over-achieved and made it through to the final.
Well I am going to fly in the face of previous European form and dismiss the Germans. My reasoning is they do not have a world class striker, most of their players play in the bundesliga and those clubs have not shone in Europe. I rest my case for dismissing the threat of German football in Euro 2004.
Previous qualifications: 1972 (Won), 1976, 1980 (Won), 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 (Won), 2000
| Group D | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic (6) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | |
| Holland (4) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| Germany (10) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Latvia (50+) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| (Fifa Ranking) |
| Group 5 | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | PTS | |
| Germany | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 18 | |
| Scotland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | |
| Iceland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 13 | |
| Lithuania | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | |
| Faroe Islands | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 1 |
Coach: Rudi Voller.
Man to watch: Kevin Kuranyi
Goalkeepers
Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
Frank Rost (Schalke)
Defenders
Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen)
Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin)
Andreas Hinkel (Stuttgart)
Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund)
Tobias Rau (Bayern Munich)
Marko Rehmer (Hertha Berlin)
Christian W?ns (Borussia Dortmund)
Christian Ziege (Tottenham Hotspur)
Midfielders
Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich)
Fabian Ernst (Werder Bremen)
Torsten Frings (Borussia Dortmund)
Dietmar Hamann (Liverpool)
Michael Hartmann (Hertha Berlin)
Jens Jeremies (Bayern Munich)
Carsten Ramelow (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen)
Forwards
Fredi Bobic (Hertha Berlin)
Miroslav Klose (Kaiserslautern)
Kevin Kuranyi (Stuttgart)
Benjamin Lauth (1860 Munich)
Oliver Neuville (Bayer Leverkusen)
The 1972 winners had G. Muller as their leading goal scorer, who were they?
Holland
USSR
Yugoslavia
Czech Republic
Germany
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