Germany national football B team

Germany B
Association	German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund — DFB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Inactive
Most caps	Ronald Worm (12)
Top scorer	Manfred Burgsmüller (8)
FIFA code	GER

Germany B (or Germany A2) is a secondary team for the national football team of Germany, used to try out and develop players for potential inclusion in the first team. The team - which has not been active since 2006 - can play against other nations' B-teams, or against full national teams, but its matches are not considered full internationals. In its last incarnation the team was named Team 2006, as a development team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which was to be hosted in Germany.

Team 2006

In 2000, when Germany was selected to host the World Cup, the national team was in decline - the squad was ageing, with little in the way of emerging talent. After the team was knocked out in the first round of Euro 2000, the German Football Association decided to form 'Team 2006' - a development team for young players, with the hope of producing a squad that could perform at the 2006 World Cup. The team played ten fixtures between 2002 and 2005, with four wins, four draws and two defeats.

Ultimately, only four players from Team 2006 were part of the World Cup squad - Tim Borowski, Arne Friedrich, Mike Hanke and Timo Hildebrand. However, Manuel Friedrich, Alexander Madlung, Clemens Fritz, Stefan Kießling, Simon Rolfes, Robert Enke, Patrick Helmes, Mario Gómez and Roman Weidenfeller went on to play full internationals, as did Daniel Bierofka, Marco Engelhardt, Fabian Ernst, Frank Fahrenhorst, Ingo Hertzsch, Tobias Rau, Andreas Hinkel and Kevin Kurányi, who had already been capped before their Team 2006 debuts.

The team was coached by Horst Hrubesch (From 22 March 1999^[1]–26 March 2002^[2]), Uli Stielike (26 March 2002^[2]–2003), and later Erich Rutemöller (2003–2005).

Former players

See Category:Germany B international footballers

References

↑ "Horst Hrubesch betreut B-Nationalmannschaft" (in German). kicker. 22 March 1999. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
1 2 "Mit Duo Stielike/Hrubesch zur WM 2006" (in German). kicker. 26 March 2002. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

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