Wales v Germany

Germany have been FIFA World Cup winners on four occasions - in 1954, 1974 and 1990 as West Germany and in 2014 as Germany. Apart from the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930, which Germany did not enter, and the first tournament following the end of the Second World War in 1950, from which they were banned, Germany have qualified for every single World Cup finals tournament.
They have also won three UEFA European Championships, in 1972 and 1980 as West Germany and in 1996 as Germany and have qualified for every single tournament since 1972, including in 1988 as hosts.
The Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)) was founded on 28 January 1900 in Leipzig but Germany did not play its first official international match until 1908; a 5-3 loss to Switzerland in Basel.
After the Second World War, Germany found itself split into the Federal Republic of Germany, German Democratic Republic and Saarland, each of which was banned by FIFA until 1950.
Saar was drawn in the same group as West Germany and Norway in the qualifying campaign for the 1954 FIFA World Cup but in 1955, Saarland became part of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Saarländischer Fußball-Verband was subsumed into the DFB.
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and ahead of the formal reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, the East German, Deutscher Fußball-Verband, had already been integrated into the West German, Deutscher Fußball-Bund.
Prior to reunification both West Germany and East Germany had breen drawn in the same qualifying group for the 1992 UEFA European Championships. Group 5, which also contained Belgium, Wales and Luxembourg. Games involving East Germany were scratched and fixtures initially scheduled for West Germany were now played as a unified Germany team.
Wales' first meeting with West Germany was a friendly international in 1968.
Head to head v. West Germany

P | W | D | L | F | A | |
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Home | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Away | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
ALL | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
Match details
no. | date | score | scorers (wales) | venue | |
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279 | 08/05/1968 | Wales 1-1 West Germany | R Davies | Ninian Park, Cardiff | Fr |
281 | 26/03/1969 | West Germany 1-1 Wales | B Jones | Waldstadion, Frankfurt | Fr |
329 | 06/10/1976 | Wales 0-2 West Germany | Ninian Park, Cardiff | Fr | |
339 | 14/12/1977 | West Germany 1-1 Wales | D Jones | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund | Fr |
346 | 02/05/1979 | Wales 0-2 West Germany | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | ECQ | |
352 | 17/10/1979 | West Germany 5-1 Wales | Curtis | Müngersdorfer Stadion, Köln | ECQ |
418 | 31/05/1989 | Wales 0-0 West Germany | Arms Park, Cardiff | WCQ | |
421 | 15/11/1989 | West Germany 2-1 Wales | Allen | Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne | WCQ |
Head to head v. Germany

P | W | D | L | F | A | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Away | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
ALL | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Match details
no. | date | score | scorers (wales) | venue | |
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432 | 05/06/1991 | Wales 1-0 Germany | Rush | Arms Park, Cardiff | ECQ |
434 | 16/10/1991 | Germany 4-1 Wales | Bodin | Frankenstadion, Nuremburg | ECQ |
460 | 26/04/1995 | Germany 1-1 Wales | Saunders | Rheinstadion, Dusseldorf | ECQ |
463 | 11/10/1995 | Wales 1-2 Germany | own goal | Arms Park, Cardiff | ECQ |
505 | 14/05/2002 | Wales 1-0 Germany | Earnshaw | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | Fr |
551 | 08/09/2007 | Wales 0-2 Germany | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | ECQ | |
556 | 21/11/2007 | Germany 0-0 Wales | Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt | ECQ | |
565 | 15/10/2008 | Germany 1-0 Wales | Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach | WCQ | |
569 | 01/04/2009 | Wales 0-2 Germany | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | WCQ |
FIFA World Cup winners (4): 19541, 19741, 19901, 2014
FIFA World Cup runners-up (4): 19661, 19821, 19861, 2002
FIFA World Cup third place (3): 19701, 2002
UEFA European Championship winners (2): 19721, 19801, 1996
UEFA European Championship runners-up (3): 19761, 1992, 2008
Welsh players to have made their debut against Germany
Six players have made their debut for Wales against West Germany.
- David Powell - 8 May 1968
- Steve Derrett - 26 March 1969
- John Toshack - 26 March 1969
- Mickey Thomas - 6 October 1976
- George Berry - 2 May 1979
- Andy Melville - 15 November 1989
Four players have made their debut for Wales against Germany.
- Ryan Giggs - 16 October 1991
- Steve Jenkins - 11 October 1995
- Paul Mardon - 11 October 1995
- Robert Earnshaw - 14 May 2002
1Playing as West Germany.