Germany national football team results (unofficial matches)

This is a list of the Germany national football team's results from 1897 to the present day that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official internationals.[1]

1890s

1897

On 18 April 1897, an early international game on German soil was played in Hamburg when a selection team from the Danish Football Association defeated a selection team from the Hamburg-Altona Football Association, 5–0.[2][3]

18 April 1897 Friendly Altona FA 0–5  Denmark Hamburg, Germany
? ?' Report ? ?' Attendance: 5,000

1898

On 12 December 1898, a German national selection traveled to Paris to play two friendlies against French teams, beating The White Rovers 7–0, and on the following day, 13 December, they claimed a 2–1 victory over a selection of the best Parisian players from the USFSA.[4] [5] This was the first-ever version of a Germany national selection, even though it was drawn almost exclusively from Berlin clubs, such as BFC Germania 1888, Berliner SV 1892, Viktoria Berlin, and Fortuna Berlin.[4][6]

12 December 1898 Friendly The White Rovers 0–7  Germany XI Paris, France
Report
13 December 1898 Friendly Select Paris 1–2  Germany XI Paris, France
Meggs
Geo Arnull
Barnold, Sid Wood
Bernat, Tunmer, J. Hicks
O. Hicks, Jack Wood, Meggs, Grandjean, Fraysse
Report ?
L. Friese
Westendarf, Paul I
Franz, Bensenmann, ScAucker
Paul II, O. Baudach, Wheeler, Walter, Welzler
Note: Some of the German names are pseudonyms.[5]

1899

In November 1899, Germany faced England five times. The England team played a representative German team in Berlin on 23 November 1899, with the German side losing 1–0. Two days later, a slightly altered German side lost 10–2. The third and fourth matches were played in Prague and Karlsruhe against a combined Austrian and German side, and England won 6–0 and 7–0.[7]

23 November 1899 Friendly Germany  2–13  England Berlin, Germany
Jestram
Bock
Report Chadwick
Brown
Wilson
Forman
Bassett
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Stanley Taylor
Note: All but one of the German team played for local clubs
24 November 1899 Friendly Germany  2–10  England Berlin, Germany
Jestram
Bock
Report Rogers
Forman
Taylor
Bassett
Attendance: 512
Referee: John D. Cox
Note: A rematch was staged at 10 a.m. on the following day, so that the FA party could catch the afternoon train to Prague. The visitors made two changes and fielded six full internationals, whilst the Germans included six members of the previous day's team.
26 November 1899 Friendly Austria  0–8  England Prague, Austria
Report Rogers
Wilson
Bassett
Chadwick
Brown
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Unknown
Note: The English visitors beat a team of players mostly made up from Bohemian clubs, with two from Vienna. At the time, Bohemia was part of the Austrian Empire.
28 November 1899 Friendly Germany  0–7  England Berlin, Germany
Report Taylor
Edgar Chadwick
Rogers
Brown
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Walther Bensemann
Note: The FA party travelled to south-western Germany for the final game of the tour and played with six full internationals, while Germany fielded five of the team that had lost to them in Berlin, four days earlier

1900s

8 April 1900 FriendlySouth-Germany 2–0 Switzerland XI Strasbourg, Germany
Report
20 January 1901 Friendly Switzerland XI 4–7 South-GermanyBasel, Switzerland
Report
25 September 1901 Friendly England  10–0  Germany Manchester, England
Bloomer
Wooldridge
Calvey
Wharton
[8] Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: John Lewis

Although the England Amateur team was not created until 1906, the first appearance of an English team containing only amateur players dates back to 21 September 1901, when they beat a German touring side, 12-0, at White Hart Lane, London.[9][8]

21 September 1901 Unofficial friendly England Amateurs 12 – 0  Germany London, England
Foster
Farnfield
Smith
Ryder
Hales
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 6,000
Note: Reginald Foster scored 6, but one source gives 7

1910s

31 May 1914 Friendly Central Switzerland 0–1 South-GermanyBern, Switzerland
Report
22 July 1923 FriendlySouth-Germany 3–3 Central Switzerland Karlsruhe, Germany
Report
25 May 1924 International friendly Central Switzerland 3–1 South-GermanyBiel, Switzerland
Report Attendance: 2,500
30 May 1926 International friendlySouth-Germany 1–4 Central Switzerland Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Report

1950s

29 June 1952 International friendlyGermany Olympic 2–3 Switzerland Espoirs Kiel, Germany
? Report Mauron 55', 68'
?
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
2 September 1953 International friendlyWest Germany 2–0 Switzerland XI Konstanz, Germany
? Report Stadium: Bodensee Stadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Bernardini (Italy)
11 October 1953 International friendly Switzerland XI 1–2 West Germany BBasel, Switzerland
Meier 37' Report ? Stadium: Stadion Rankhof
Referee: Jacques Devillers (France)
26 March 1958 International friendly Switzerland XI 1–2 Germany XIBasel, Switzerland
Riva 33' Report ? Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: P. Mourat (France)

References

  1. ^ "Switzerland: Non-Official International Matches Representative Teams 1898-1992". RSSSF. 31 October 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Dänische Nationalmannschaft". TTZ. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Fodboldens indtog i Danmark: 1889 til 1908" [The arrival of football in Denmark: 1889 to 1908]. Danish Ballgame Union. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Turnverein Duisburg 1848" [Duisburg Gymnastics Club 1848]. duisburger-spielverein.multipurpose.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Football Association - Le match Franco-Allemand" [Football Association - The Franco-German match]. www.retronews.fr (in French). Journal des sports. 13 December 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Neun Tore und zwei Absinth-Leichen" [Nine Gates and Two Absinthe Corpses]. www.kicker.de (in German). 11 December 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  7. ^ "England Matches – Unofficial". Englandfootballonline.com. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  8. ^ a b Warsop, Keith, ed. (2002). British and Irish Special and Intermediate Internationals. Tony Brown. p. 10-11. ISBN 9-781899-468621.
  9. ^ "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.