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England men · International friendly

Germany
v England⁠

2–3

Full time

Germany v England finished 2–3.

Germany
Kroos 43', Gómez 57'
Date
Saturday 26 March 2016 · England in 2016
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Germany

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Manuel Neuer GK
  • No. 14, Emre Can RB Yellow card 39'
  • No. 5, Mats Hummels CB Off in the 45'
  • No. 16, Antonio Rüdiger CB
  • No. 3, Jonas Hector LB
  • No. 18, Toni Kroos RM
  • No. 6, Sami Khedira LM
  • No. 13, Thomas Müller RW Off in the 75'
  • No. 8, Mesut Özil AM
  • No. 11, Marco Reus LW Off in the 64'
  • No. 23, Mario Gómez FW Off in the 79'

Substitutes

  • No. 25, Jonathan Tah On in the 45'
  • No. 9, André Schürrle On in the 64'
  • No. 10, Lukas Podolski On in the 75'
  • No. 19, Mario Götze On in the 79'
  • No. 2, Shkodran Mustafi (not used)
  • No. 4, Sebastian Rudy (not used)
  • No. 12, Bernd Leno (not used)
  • No. 15, Matthias Ginter (not used)
  • No. 20, Christoph Kramer (not used)
  • No. 21, Julian Draxler (not used)
  • No. 22, Marc-André ter Stegen (not used)
  • No. 24, Karim Bellarabi (not used)
  • No. 26, Kevin Trapp (not used)
  • No. 27, Kevin Volland (not used)

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2001 – 2013

02 27 Jun 2010
FIFA World Cup · Round of 16 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Germany 4–1 England England lost

England: Upson 37'

Germany: Klose 20', Podolski 32', Müller 67', Müller 70'

Match page: Germany v England, 27 June 2010

05 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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