Germany team profile

FIFA World Cup 3 winners Germany. 1950 to 1990, the team was called West Germany in English, as since World War II, the DFB is based in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) which was commonly referred to as West Germany from 1949 to 1990. The DFB continues to field the German national team that had been fully reinstated by FIFA after the 1950 FIFA World Cup, retaining all records and traditions. Under Allied occupation and division, two other separate national teams had also been recognized by FIFA, the Saarland team (1950–1956), and the East German team (1952–1990). Both have been absorbed into the current national team, along with their records. The official name and code "Germany" FR was shortened again to "Germany" in 1990.Germany is one of the three most successful national teams at international competitions, having won a total of three World Cups and three European championships. They are also one of the most consistent teamsthey were also runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup and won 3rd place in the World Cup three times as well.The current coaching staff of the national team include head coach Joachim Löw, assistant coach Hans-Dieter Flick, goalkeeper coach Andreas Köpke, athletic coach Shad Forsythe, athletic coach Oliver Bartlett, scout Urs Siegenthaler, technical director Matthias Sammer and team manager Oliver Bierhoff.
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

In their penultimate match on 10 October 2009, Germany secured first place in their qualifying group for the 2010 World Cup by beating second placed Russia in Moscow 1–0.
Squad list of Germany:
GK Hans Joerg BUTT
GK Manuel NEUER
GK Tim WIESE
Dennis AOGO
Holger BADSTUBER
Michael BALLACK
Andreas BECK
Jerome BOATENG
CACAU
Arne FRIEDRICH
Mario GOMEZ
Marcell JANSEN
Sami KHEDIRA
Stefan KIESSLING
Miroslav KLOSE
Toni KROOS
Philipp LAHM
Marko MARIN
Per MERTESACKER
Thomas MUELLER
Mesut OZIL
Lukas PODOLSKI
Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER
Serdar TASCI
Christian TRAESCH
Piotr TROCHOWSKI
Heiko WESTERMANN