Germany national American football team

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Association AFVD
Region Europe (IFAF Europe)
Founded 1981
IFAF Affiliation 2000
Colors Black, Red and Yellow
Head coach Peter Springwald
General manager

The Germany national American football team (German: Deutsche American-Football-Nationalmannschaft), nicknamed the Men in Black, is the official American football senior national team of Germany. They are organized by the American Football Verband Deutschland (AFVD). They get their players from teams of the German Football League (GFL). They are the only national team to have beat the United States men's national American football team, winning 13-14.[1]

Results

IFAF World Championship record

Year Position GP W L PF PA
Italy 1999 Did not participate
Germany 2003 3rd 2 1 1 53 28
Japan 2007 3rd 3 2 1 46 35
Austria 2011 5th 4 2 2 73 107
United States 2015 Did not participate

European Championships

  • 1983: Third place
  • 1985: Third place
  • 1987: Runner up
  • 1989: Third place
  • 1991: Did not qualify
  • 1993: Third place
  • 1995: Did not participate
  • 1997: Did not qualify
  • 2000: Runner up
  • 2001: Champions
  • 2005: Runner up
  • 2010: Champions
  • 2014: Champions
  • 2018: Excluded after qualification
  • 2021: Did not participate
  • 2023: B Pool

World Games

Current roster

Germany National Football Team roster
Quarterbacks
  • 19 Gary Lautenschlager
  • 12 Joachim Ullrich

Running backs

  • 31 Jerome Morris
  • 21 Waldemar Schander
  •  2 Danny Washington

Wide receivers

  • 87 Christian Bollmann WR
  • 29 Felix Brenner WR
  • 81 Julian Dohrendorf WR
  •  3 Danilo Naranjo González WR
  • 85 Dominic Hanselmann WR
  •  6 Pascal Maier WR
  • 89 Alexej Mittendorf TE
  • 84 Niklas Römer WR
  • 30 Christian Welker TE
 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

  • 76 Hendrik Bleier DL
  • 94 Maximilian Grewe DL
  • 65 Pascal Hogenberg DL
  • 70 Paul Krems DL
  • 78 Milan Misic DL
  • 92 Thomas Rauch DL
  • 99 Sven Rieger DL
  • 96 Robert Zernicke DL
 Linebackers
  • 45 Rick Baunacke
  • 44 Simon Brenner
  • 56 Albert Langebartels
  • 41 Mario Nowak
  • 54 Steve Nzeocha
  • 13 Jasson Scott

Defensive backs

  • 26 Matthias Eck DB
  •  7 Leonard Greene DB
  • 20 Falk Horn DB
  • 32 Karl Michel DB
  • 25 Oliver Radke DB
  • 22 Mario Schmitt DB
  •  4 Roman Solovij DB
  • 33 Clemens Sommerfeld DB

Special Teams

  • 15 Dennis Wiehberg K/P
 Inactive List

Roster updated 2011-07-07

References

  1. ^ "Team Germany edges the United States in World Games". American Football International. 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2023-11-06.

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