The Germany women's national under-20 football team represents the female under-20s of Germany in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and is controlled by the

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History

The German U-20 team and Nordic Cup

The German U-20 team participated in the Nordic Cup since the early '90s. Winning the tournament in 1995. Nordic Cup was a U-20 competition from 1990 to 1997.

Change of U-18 to U-19

The first three tournaments of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship were in the U-18 category. In 2001, the

decided to change the age limit from the U-18 team to U-19. The move was in preparation for 2002 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship (competition that served as a qualifying tournament for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship).

Competing as a U-20 team

2005 and 2006

As the

did in 2001 prior to the introduction of the U-19 tournament, they raised the age of the squad from U-19 to U-20 in 2005. The move was, again, in response to FIFA's altering of the competition from U-19 to U-20.

Fixtures and results

; Legend

2024

Players

Squad for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in

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''Caps and goals as of 24 July 2018.'' Head coach: Maren Meinert

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The German team has participated in all tournaments. They have been champions in three opportunities (

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UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The German team has participated in the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 19 times; Winning it six times and setting the record for most titles.UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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Head-to-head record

The following table shows Germany's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

References

External links

Site of the Under-20 national team
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany team page
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