Talk:West Germany national football team

Talk of early 2007

Is this article a joke or something? West Germany didn't have own team. DFB has represented Germany since 1908.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.217.35.174 (talk • contribs) 14:44, 18 January 2007

No, anonymous person, it isn't. We are all aware that the DFB has been responsible for football in Germany since 1908. But, look at the records of FIFA and UEFA and you see that the team that won the World Cup in 1954, 1974 and 1990, and the European Championship in 1972 and 1980 was the team from West Germany. If you also look, players such as Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller never played for Germany, they played for West Germany. I have already attempted once to include a full history between 1950 and 1990 in this article, similar to that of the East German team, which has been rejected. However, it is a fact that between 1950 and 1990 there were two countries, which had their own teams, and these two amalgamated to form the current German team. Therefore, both of these antecendents deserve seperate mention. Hammersfan 18/1/07, 16.30 GMT

they didn't 'amalgate'. In 1990 the East German team simply ceased to exist, and the DFB team stayed the same as before - with the only exception, that from then on players from the five eastern states were also allowed to play for the DFB team.--84.170.232.234 20:08, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

"Post WWII no-one played the West German national except for Ireland, who had maintained a strict policy of neutrality throughout WWII and were still friendly towards the Germans, that is why the West Germany National Football team's away kit was green." - That seems a bit unbelievable to me, and even if it's true, it's not important enough to be mentioned in the introduction, it would rather fit into the trivia section! --Nikachu 13:55, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Beckenbauer and Seeler played for the German team, because it was only called West German when they played. This article is stupid. When a woman marries and changes her name she even doesn't need another article. The articles should be merged again! Yoda1893 22:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

There isn't any connection between the German A-national team and the Olympic records. The records are achieved by the special West Germany olympic football team. Yoda1893 22:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

So why does every other national team that has won an Olympic medal say so on its page? Every record I can find states that it was West Germany that played between 1950 and 1990, not Germany. I have not attempted to put the full history on this page, but it must be acknowledged that it was West Germany that won the World Cup three times in 1954, 1974 and 1990, and the European Championship in 1972 and 1980. I have quite clearly linked this page to the main German team article, so I can't understand your problem with this. Hammersfan 22/02/07, 15.40 GMT

Citations?

there needs to be citations —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.142.152.122 (talk) 15:03, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

Merged again

I've fixed the problem with a redirect to the proper article. Content still can be found in the article history. Please don't make any other separatist attempts, like e.g. introducing a Margaret Thatcher era english national football team or similar nonsense. -- Matthead ^discuß!     O       10:03, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Dermerged again

The fact remains, between 1950 and 1990, whether Germans accept it or not, the Federal Republic of Germany was West Germany; the records state it was West Germany that won three World Cups and two European Championships, and that only in 1990 did the national team of the whole of Germany come about. This article does nothing more than refer to certain aspects, such as the relationship with the East German team, the record in the Olympics and reunification. It makes it clear that the bulk of the history is in the main Germany article. I don't see your collective problem about making clear this point in the history of Germany. I have therefore restored it again. Hammersfan 23/05/07, 13.17 BST

As you have not provided any sources backing your Original Research claim since you created the article in August 2006, this article will replaced by a redirect.-- Matthead ^discuß!     O       19:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Another fact remains, this article is a big fat violation of the GFDL since August of 2006. Solve that issue! --32X 07:53, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Is this some sort of joke? As a German, I'm officially a citizen of the "Federal Republic of Germany." And guess what...so were Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer, Fritz Walter etc. The point is that West Germany never ceased to exist. East Germany joined the federal republic in 1990. No new country was created, no new constitution was written and no new FA/national team appeared on the scene. East Germany deserves its own article, West Germany doesn't because "West Germany" essentially still exists. Jrielaecher 8 June 2007, 1:42 CET.

Germany national football team

This article redirects to Germany national football team as the 1950-1990 part of the history of the team is covered there and should not be split into a separate article. -- Matthead ^discuß!     O       18:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Request for redirect deletion

I have requested the deletion [1] of the West Germany national football team redirect. -- Matthead ^discuß!     O       15:58, 15 September 2007 (UTC)