OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE OF AUSTRALIA AT THE 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 0
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GERMANY<br />
Federal Republic of Germany<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 83 million<br />
Main language: German<br />
Life expectancy: 81 years<br />
GDP per person: $40400<br />
Capital city: Berlin<br />
Association founded: 1900<br />
No. footballers / registered: 16,308,946 / 6,308,946<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 2<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (Aug-93+)<br />
Continental titles: 3 times European Championship<br />
winners (1972, 1980, 1996)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 18 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962,<br />
1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994,<br />
1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1954, 1974, 1990<br />
Biggest win: 8-0 v Saudi Arabia (2002)<br />
Biggest loss: 3-8 v Hungary (1954)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group C winners<br />
Australia's record against Germany (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 4 1 0 3<br />
Under-20 3 1 1 1<br />
Under-17 3 2 1 0<br />
Group G<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Germany<br />
Population count (2011 census): 108000<br />
2.0 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 2.5 3.9 54.8 38.8<br />
Median age: 62.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 90.6 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 58.4 25.4 16.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 69.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: St Albans (Vic),<br />
Boronia (Vic), Frankston (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Paraguay D 3-3 Kaiserslautern<br />
06-09-13 Austria W 3-0 Munich<br />
11-10-13 Rep. of Ireland W 3-0 Cologne<br />
15-10-13 Sweden W 5-3 Solna<br />
15-11-13 Italy D 1-1 Milan<br />
19-11-13 England W 1-0 London<br />
05-03-14 Chile W 1-0 Stuttgart<br />
13-05-14 Poland D 0-0 Hamburg<br />
01-06-14 Cameroon D 2-2 Moenchengladbach<br />
06-06-14 Armenia W 6-1 Mainz<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – GERMANY<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Manuel NEUER GK 27-03-86 / 28 193cm 45 (0) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
2 Kevin GROSSKREUTZ DF 19-07-88 / 25 186cm 4 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
3 Matthias GINTER DF 19-01-94 / 20 187cm 2 (0) Freiburg, Germany<br />
4 Benedikt HOEWEDES DF 29-02-88 / 26 187cm 20 (1) Schalke, Germany<br />
5 Mats HUMMELS DF 16-12-88 / 25 192cm 29 (2) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
6 Sami KHEDIRA MF 04-04-87 / 27 189cm 45 (4) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
7 Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER MF 01-08-84 / 29 183cm 101 (23) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
8 Mesut OEZIL MF 15-10-88 / 25 180cm 54 (17) Arsenal, England<br />
9 Andre SCHUERRLE FW 06-11-90 / 23 184cm 32 (12) Chelsea, England<br />
10 Lukas PODOLSKI FW 04-06-85 / 29 180cm 113 (46) Arsenal, England<br />
11 Miroslav KLOSE FW 09-06-78 / 36 182cm 131 (68) Lazio, Italy<br />
12 Ron-Robert ZIELER GK 12-02-89 / 25 187cm 3 (0) Hannover, Germany<br />
13 Thomas MUELLER FW 13-09-89 / 24 186cm 48 (17) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
14 Julian DRAXLER MF 20-09-93 / 20 185cm 11 (1) Schalke, Germany<br />
15 Erik DURM DF 12-05-92 / 22 183cm 1 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
16 Philipp LAHM MF 11-11-83 / 30 170cm 105 (5) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
17 Per MERTESACKER DF 29-09-84 / 29 198cm 97 (4) Arsenal, England<br />
18 Toni KROOS MF 04-01-90 / 24 182cm 43 (5) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
19 Mario GOETZE FW 03-06-92 / 22 176cm 28 (7) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
20 Jerome BO<strong>AT</strong>ENG DF 03-09-88 / 25 192cm 38 (0) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
21 Marco REUS FW 31-05-89 / 25 180cm 20 (7) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
22 Roman WEIDENFELLER GK 06-08-80 / 33 188cm 2 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
23 Christoph KRAMER MF 19-02-91 / 23 189cm 2 (0) B.Moenchengladbach, Germany<br />
COACH: Joachim Loew (Germany) age 54 years<br />
Coach of Germany since 2006 (assistant 2004-2006)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (Germany)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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