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For a full history of the West Germany national football team, see Germany national football team.

West Germany
Nickname	Die Nationalmannschaft ("The National Team")
Association	Deutscher Fußball-Bund — DFB
Most caps	Franz Beckenbauer (103)
Top scorer	Gerd Müller (68)
FIFA code	FRG
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1966, 1972, 1974-78, 1979-82, 1985, 1988, 1990)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international West Germany 1 - 0 Switzerland (Stuttgart, West Germany; 22 November 1950) Last International Luxembourg 2 - 3 West Germany (Luxembourg, Luxembourg; 31 October 1990)
Biggest win West Germany 12 - 0 Cyprus (Essen, West Germany; 21 May 1969)
Biggest defeat Hungary 8 - 3 West Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 20 June 1954)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (First in 1954)
Best result	Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1972)
Best result	Winners, 1972, 1980

Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Team

West Germany national football team was the name given to the Germany national football team by English language media from 1950 to 1990. The national team of the Federal Republic of Germany (which consisted only of West Germany at that time) was one of three post-war German teams (the others being East Germany and Saarland). The team qualified for ten World Cups, only failing to qualify in 1950 due to Germany still being banned from international competition. West Germany won the competition on three occasions, as well as winning the European Championships twice. Upon the reunification of Germany in 1990 Enlish media reverted the team's name to Germany national football team.

Contents 1 FRG v GDR 2 Olympic Football 3 Reunification 3.1 Euro 92 Qualifying 4 World Cup Record 5 European Championship Record 6 Player Records 6.1 Most capped players 6.2 Top Goalscorers 7 Coaches

Over the years of their separate existence, the GDR and FRG played each other only a handful of times. The most notable meeting was at the 1974 World Cup, which East Germany won 1-0. They also played each other three times in Olympic Football. In the qualifying tournament for the 1964 Olympic Games, the two played a two-legged preliminary round tie - the GDR won their home leg 3-0, while the FRG won the return 2-1. In the 1972 Olympic Games, during the final tournament, the GDR and FRG, having qualified from their First Round groups, met in the Second Round, with the GDR winning 3-2.

During the period of the 1970s and 80s, West Germany achieved some success at the Olympic Games, most notably in the 1988 Olympics, when they won the bronze medal, while also reaching the Second Round in both 1972 and 1984.

The process of reunification of the two Germanies had been in progress since late 1989. West Germany's first match after winning the 1990 FIFA World Cup was a friendly away to Portugal on 29 August. Unification was formalised on 3 October; however, West Germany officially played two more internationals without East German players against Sweden (a friendly) and Luxembourg (a Euro 92 qualifier) in October 1990. The first game of the new team representing Germany was against Switzerland on 19 December.

The draw for the qualifying tournament of Euro 92 had seen West Germany drawn in Group 5 along with Belgium, East Germany, Wales and Luxembourg. However, the reunification process had advanced far enough that it was possible to cancel East Germany's games. It was planned to keep East Germany's home fixture against West Germany, scheduled for November 14, 1990 in Leipzig as a friendly to celebrate the unification of the DFB and DFV-DDR, but this was cancelled due to rioting in East German stadia.

• 1950 - Banned
• 1954 - Winners
• 1958 - Fourth
• 1962 - Quarter-Finals
• 1966 - Runners-Up
• 1970 - Third
• 1974 - Winners
• 1978 - Second Round
• 1982 - Runners-Up
• 1986 - Runners-Up
• 1990 - Winners

• 1960 to 1964 - Did not enter
• 1968 - Did not qualify
• 1972 - Winners
• 1976 - Runners-Up
• 1980 - Winners
• 1984 - First Round
• 1988 - Semi-Final

Below is a list of the ten most capped players for West Germany. This list does not include caps subsequently won playing for Germany.

#	Player	West Germany career	Caps
1	Franz Beckenbauer	1965-1977	103
2	Berti Vogts	1967-1978	96
3	Sepp Maier	1966-1979	95
=	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	1978-1986	95
5	Lothar Matthäus	1980-1990	831
6	Karlheinz Förster	1978-1986	81
=	Wolfgang Overath	1963-1974	81
8	Harald Schumacher	1979-1986	76
9	Pierre Littbarski	1981-1990	73
10	Hans-Peter Briegel	1979-1986	72
=	Uwe Seeler	1954-1970	72

• Note 1: Matthäus went on to win a total of 150 caps for both West Germany and Germany.

#	Player	Goals
1	Gerd Müller	68
2	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	45
3	Uwe Seeler	43
4	Klaus Fischer	32
5	Max Morlock	21
=	Helmut Rahn	21
7	Pierre Littbarski	18

• 1950-64 - Sepp Herberger
• 1964-78 - Helmut Schön
• 1978-84 - Jupp Derwall
• 1984-90 - Franz Beckenbauer
• 1990 - Berti Vogts

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