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England men · International friendly

Germany
v England⁠

1–2

Full time

Germany v England finished 1–2.

Germany
Helmes 63'
Date
Wednesday 19 November 2008 · England in 2008
Kick-off
20:30 UK
Venue
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 12, Scott Carson On in the 45'
  • No. 21, Darren Bent On in the 45'
  • No. 19, Ashley Young On in the 77'
  • No. 20, Peter Crouch On in the 90+4'
  • No. 13, Joleon Lescott (not used)
  • No. 14, Micah Richards (not used)
  • No. 15, Michael Mancienne (not used)
  • No. 16, Curtis Davies (not used)
  • No. 17, Scott Parker (not used)
  • No. 18, Jimmy Bullard (not used)
  • No. 22, Paul Robinson (not used)

Germany

Starting XI

  • No. 1, René Adler GK Off in the 45'
  • No. 3, Arne Friedrich RB Off in the 68'
  • No. 5, Heiko Westermann CB
  • No. 17, Per Mertesacker CB
  • No. 16, Marvin Compper LB Off in the 77'
  • No. 7, Bastian Schweinsteiger RM
  • No. 6, Simon Rolfes CM
  • No. 8, Jermaine Jones CM Off in the 45'
  • No. 14, Piotr Trochowski LM
  • No. 11, Miroslav Klose FW Off in the 45'
  • No. 18, Mario Gómez FW Off in the 57'

Substitutes

  • No. 9, Patrick Helmes On in the 45'
  • No. 12, Tim Wiese On in the 45'
  • No. 13, Marko Marin On in the 45'
  • No. 10, Lukas Podolski On in the 57'
  • No. 4, Serdar Tasci On in the 68'
  • No. 19, Marcel Schäfer On in the 77'
  • No. 2, Andreas Hinkel (not used)
  • No. 15, Thomas Hitzlsperger (not used)
  • No. 20, Tobias Weis (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1996 – 2007

02 1 Sep 2001
FIFA World Cup · Qualifier · Group 9 Olympiastadion, Munich

Germany 1–5 England England won

England: Owen 12', Gerrard 45+4', Owen 48', Owen 65', Heskey 73'

Germany: Jancker 6'

Match page: Germany v England, 1 September 2001

Official meetings since 1930

England v Germany stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings19In our results database
England wins7England perspective
Draws5Level at full time
Germany wins7Germany victories

England have scored 33 goals to Germany's 27 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Kane

4 goals against Germany in matches we hold scorer data for.

Germany · Fixture leader

4

Hofmann

Germany's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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