 Football is the most popular sport in Germany.

 Germany has always been one of the best teams in the world.
 The Germany national football team has won four FIFA World Cups (1954,
1974, 1990, 2014), being the second most successful nation in the tournament
only surpassed by Brazil.
 It also holds a record (tied with Spain) three UEFA European
Championships (1972, 1980, 1996).
 The Germany women's national football team has won two FIFA Women's
World Cups (2003, 2007) and a record eight UEFA European Women's
Championships (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013).
 Germany is the only nation that has won both the men's and women's World
Cup.
 The first football match arguably took place in Braunschweig in 1874.
 In 1875, was published the first German version of the football rules.
 The first football club was found in Dresden and then in
Berlin, Hamburg and Karlsruhe.
 Germany's main rivals are England, the Netherlands and Argentina.