Football In Germany
Association football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB) is the sport's national governing body, with 6.6 million members (roughly eight percent of the population) organized in over 26,000 football clubs. There is a league system, with the 1. and 2. Bundesliga on top, and the winner of the first Bundesliga is crowned the German football champion. Additionally, there are national cup competitions, most notably the German Cup (DFB-Pokal).
On an international level, Germany is one of the most successful football nations in the world. The German national football team has won three World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990) as well as a record three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996). The women's national football team has won the Women's World Cup twice (2003, 2007) which makes Germany the only nation that has won both the men's and women's World Cup. Germany was the host of the 1974 World Cup, Euro 1988 and the 2006 World Cup, and the 2011 Women's World Cup.
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Famous quotes containing the words football and/or germany:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“It is the emotions to which one objects in Germany most of all.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)