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World Cup Highlights

14th appearance in World Cup finals (1934, '38, '54, '58, '62, '66, '70, '74, '78, '82, '86, '90, '94 and '98)
Won the World Cup three times (1954, 1974 and 1990)
Runner-up three times (1966, 1982 and 1986), third in 1934 and 1970, fourth in 1958
Three times European Champions (1972, 1980, 1996), runner-up in 1976 and 1992

First-Round Schedule

Day, Time (EDT) Opponent Site TV Monday, June 15, 3 p.m. United States Paris ABC Sunday, June 21, 8:30 a.m. Yugoslavia Lens ESPN Thursday, June 25, 3 p.m. Iran Montpellier ESPN2

Complete First-Round Schedule

Roster

Pos. Name Age Club GK Oliver Kahn 28 Bayern Munich GK Andreas Koepke 36 Olympique Marseille GK Jens Lehmann 28 Schalke 04 D Markus Babbel 25 Bayern Munich D Lothar Matthaeus 37 Bayern Munich D Thomas Helmer 33 Bayern Munich D Juergen Kohler 32 Borussia Dortmund D Olaf Thon 32 Schalke 04 D Stefan Reuter 31 Borussia Dortmund D Christian Woerns 25 Bayer Leverkusen M Michael Tarnat 28 Bayern Munich M Dietmar Hamann 24 Bayern Munich M Thomas Haessler 31 Karlsruhe SC M Joerg Heinrich 28 Borussia Dortmund M Andy Moeller 30 Borussia Dortmund M Jens Jeremies 24 TSV 1860 Munich M Steffen Freund 28 Borussia Dortmund M Christian Ziege 26 AC Milan F Oliver Bierhoff 29 Udinese F Ulf Kirsten 32 Bayer Leverkusen F Juergen Klinsmann 33 Sampdoria F Olaf Marschall 32 Kaiserslautern

Road to France

Won Lost Tied GF GA 6 0 4 23 9 How Qualified: First place in UEFA Group 9

Date Result Oct. 11, 1997 Germany 4, Albania 3 Sept. 10, 1997 Germany 4, Armenia 0 Sept. 6, 1997 Germany 1, Portugal 1 Aug. 20, 1997 Northern Ireland 1, Germany 3 June 7, 1997 Ukraine 0, Germany 0 April 30, 1997 Germany 2, Ukraine 0 April 2, 1997 Albania 2, Germany 3 Dec. 14, 1996 Portugal 0, Germany 0 Nov. 9, 1996 Germany 1, Northern Ireland 1 Oct. 9, 1996 Armenia 1, Germany 5

Facts and Figures

Knight-Ridder/Tribune
Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
Population: 81.3 million (1995 estimate)
Capital: Berlin (note: the shift from Bonn to Berlin is taking place over a period of years with Bonn retaining many administrative functions and several ministries)
Comparative area: Slightly smaller than Montana
Religions: Protestant 45 percent, Roman Catholic 37 percent, unaffiliated or other 18 percent
Landscape: Lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south