Germany

Confederation – UEFA (Europe)

FIFA Code – GER

Nickname(s) – Nationalelf (national eleven); DFB-Elf (DFB Eleven); Die Mannschaft (The Team)

Tournament History

Before the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Germany had made total ten appearances in this youth tournament history including once each as a West Germany (1985) and East Germany (1989). Their best performance was in 1985 as a West Germany who had finished as a runner-up after losing in the final game against Nigeria by 2-0.

As Germany, their best performance in this tournament history was in 2007 and 2011 where they had finished in the third place.

Year	Hosts	Final Status
*1985 (as West Germany)*	*China*	*Runner-Up*
1989 (as East Germany)	Scotland	Quarter-Finals
1991	Italy	Quarter-Finals
1995	Ecuador	Group Stage
1997	Egypt	Fourth Place
1999	New Zealand	Group Stage
2007	South Korea	Third Place
2009	Nigeria	Round of 16
2011	Mexico	Third Place
2015	Chile	Round of 16

(Note: The best performance(s) is/are marked in bold and italic)

Present Status (for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup)

i) The Journey: Germany secured their place for the upcoming 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup after reaching the semi-finals of 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. However, they had suffered a defeat in the semi-final encounter against Spain by a penalty shoot-out [Spain 0 (4) – Germany 0 (2)].

ii) Head Coach: Christian Wuck (Nationality – Germany) is managing Germany’s different age levels youth teams since 2012. So, he has an excellent experience and knowledge of the youth players.

During the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Germany was the dangerous side who had scored total 17 goals in 5 games and conceded only two goals. Wuck’s standard formation is the 4-2-3-1.

iii) Full Squad: (Goalkeepers) Luca Plogmann, Luis Klatte, Marian Prinz

(Defenders) Alexander Nitzl, Pawcal Hackethal, Dominik Becker, Jan Boller, Kilian Ludewig, Lars Mai, Yann Bisseck

(Midfielders) Shaverdi Cetin, Eric Majetschak, Elias Abouchabaka, Yannik Keitel, John Yeboah

(Forwards) Noah Awuku, Jann-Fiete ARP, Nicolas Kuehn, Maurice Malone, Dennis Jastrzembski, Jessic Ngankam

iv) Player(s) To Watch Out:

Jann-Fiete ARP (Present Club – Hamburg U19)

Jann-Fiete ARP is a dangerous centre-forward. During the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, he had scored seven goals which were the second most in that competition. In the youth football, he is a regular active goal-scorer.

Elias Abouchabaka (Present Club – RB Leipzig U19)

Elias Abouchabaka is a talented attacking midfielder who plays on the left-wing. He had scored three goals along with two assists during the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. At the end of that European tournament, he was selected to the team of the tournament.