Germany national American football team

The Germany national American football team, 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.

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

Results

IFAF World Championship record

Year	Position	GP	W	L	PF	PA
1999	Did not participate
2003	3rd	2	1	1	53	28
2007	3rd	3	2	1	46	35
2011	5th	4	2	2	73	107
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

• 2005: Champions
• 2017: Runner-up

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 69 Georg Bechtold OL 66 Oliver Beeck OL 61 Lars Hampel OL 62 Nils Hampel OL 58 Hannes Irmer OL 74 Raphael Llanos-Farfan OL 60 Sascha Sauer OL 50 Nick Wieland OL 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

External links

• Official website at AFVD.