Leading German national team players 2022, by market value
World Cup status
After Germany won its fourth World Cup title at the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, German fans were especially disappointed four years later, when the team did not make it past the group stage in World Cup 2018 in Russia. Germany lost their opener against Mexico 0:1 and, after securing their only win against Sweden 2:1, lost again to South Korea, knocking them out oft he tournament.
Match attendance
The first match against Mexico was on June 17th at Luzhniki Stadium and had the highest stadium attendance for Germany’s team in 2018 with 78,011 attendees. The highest stadium attendance of all time for Germany was back in 1982 against Brazil at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro with 150,289 attendees. The German fans back home favored to watch the World Cup on TV with 68 percent of viewers and 11 percent of viewers watching on the internet.