⚽️ Germany's official national team has been playing soccer since 1908, when they played their first official match against Switzerland.
⚽️ However, soccer in Germany has a more extended history, with organized football clubs forming in the late 1800s and the German Football Association (DFB) being established in 1904.
⚽️ There are more soccer fan clubs in Germany than anywhere else in the world
⚽️ Germany has only lost a penalty shootout in a major competition once, in 1976
⚽️ The Premier League in Germany is called Bundesliga and includes popular teams such as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund
⚽️ The German soccer team has won 4 World Cups, making it the joint-second most successful nation in the tournament
⚽️ Germany also has a record 3 UEFA European Championships (joint with Spain) and won the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017
⚽️ A popular soccer chant in Germany is “Ole, Ole, Ole, Super Deutschland, Ole” which is the German version of “Ole, Ole, Ole, We Are The Champions, Ole.”
⚽️ The women’s soccer team is also very successful and has won two FIFA Women's World Cups and a record 8 UEFA European Women's Championships
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Sources: cbs.de
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