2001 Germany v England football match

September 2020 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 9 Germany GER 30px 1 England ENG 30px 5 2001 09 01 y Olympic Stadium Munich Pierluigi Collina (Italy) 63,000 Overcast14 °C °FHistory for Munich, Germany http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EDDM/2001/9/1/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA wunderground.com 2001-09-01 2013-04-02 On 1 September 2001, Germany met England during the qualifying stages of the 2002 World Cup, at the Olympiastadion in Munich. England won the game 5–1, helped by a hat-trick from Michael Owen. This was also the last match Germany played at the Olympiastadion.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1515667.stm Awesome England thrash Germany 1 September 2001 BBC Sport Background England–Germany football rivalry Previous meetings The two sides had met on many occasions, including the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley Stadium, in which England had beaten West Germany 4–2 after extra time. Four years later, in the quarter-final of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, England failed to hold on to a 2–0 lead, losing 3–2 after extra time.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=251/match=1811/index.html#nosticky https://web.archive.org/web/20150224145440/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=251/match=1811/index.html#nosticky dead 24 February 2015 1970 FIFA World Cup - Matches - West Germany-England 14 June 1970 FIFA.com They had also met in a 0-0 draw at the second group stage of the 1982 World Cup. West Germany defeated England in the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup on penalties. In Euro 1996, Germany again defeated England in a semi-final on penalties. England had beaten Germany in June 2000, during the Euro 2000 competition, with a 1–0 win at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi in Belgium.https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7b320cf3b1-86ffeed4b33c-1000--england-win-as-shearer-cuts-down-germany-in-euro-2000-gr/ UEFA Euro 2000 - Matches - England-Germany 17 June 2000 UEFA Alan Shearer had scored the winning goal in the twilight of his international career. Before that match, England had not beaten Germany/West Germany in competitive football since the 1966 World Cup final. The previous meeting between the two teams had been in October 2000, in the final match at the old Wembley stadium; that match ended with a 1–0 victory for Germany, with a goal from Dietmar Hamann.http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas2000-10/2000-01/M0773Ger2000.html England Match No. 773 - Germany 7 October 2000 England Football Online England's manager Kevin Keegan resigned after that game.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1369368/Keegan-quits-after-England-lose-to-Germany.html Keegan quits after England lose to Germany Harrison David 8 October 2000 The Telegraph Tournament status The game was part of the qualifying tournament for the 2002 World Cup. Germany were the clear group leaders in the qualifying tournament before the game. With only the group winners advancing directly to the World Cup, the qualifying group table was: Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PtsGER6510135+816ENG531173+410GRE6204410−66FIN512256−15ALB6105510−53 A German victory would have confirmed their qualification and seen England competing with Greece and Finland for a place in the play-offs. A draw would have resulted in Germany requiring just another draw from their final game, and England requiring two victories, a German loss, and an improvement in their goal difference. Germany had lost just one of their previous sixty qualification games, for the 1986 World Cup, and had been unbeaten at the Munich Olympic stadium since 1973. The German Football Association were so confident that Germany would finish at the top of the qualifying table that they had arranged friendlies on the dates of the play-offs.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/aug/24/newsstory.sport9 Don't mention play-offs, say the Germans Walker Michael 24 August 2001 The Guardian England named four strikers in their squad, with Robbie Fowler and Andy Cole having started the recent friendly with the Netherlands. Sven-Göran Eriksson recalled the in-form Michael Owen and his strike partner Emile Heskey in an attacking line-up for the match in Munich.Webster Rupert Eriksson Ponders Options http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11667/2217250/ Sky Sports Match First half The match was an evening game, and began nervously, with both teams attempting to maintain possession. After just six minutes, Germany scored when Oliver Neuville headed down a lofted pass into England's penalty area, and Carsten Jancker tapped the ball past the England goalkeeper David Seaman. The lead did not last long, and after Michael Owen was fouled outside the German penalty area in the 12th minute, England were given a free kick. England's captain David Beckham took the kick, which neither the attacking nor defending players managed to touch. Gary Neville headed the ball back into the penalty area, where Nick Barmby headed it down to Owen, who volleyed the ball past Oliver Kahn. Both teams then had chances during the rest of the first half, notably Sebastian Deisler for Germany; Seaman and Kahn both made some good saves. Just before the half-time, England won another free kick on the edge of the German penalty area, which was again taken by Beckham. Although he failed to beat the German wall, he crossed the ball back into the penalty area. Rio Ferdinand headed it back to Steven Gerrard, who shot the ball into the bottom-left corner of the goal from 25 yards out, putting England 2–1 up. Second half Three minutes after the kick-off, a cross from Beckham found Emile Heskey, who headed the ball down to Owen, who was unmarked. Owen hit the ball into right-hand corner of the net. Kahn managed to get a hand to the ball, but was unable to stop England taking a 3–1 lead. Although Germany were able to create further chances, it was England who struck again in the 66th minute. Gerrard's successful tackle gave him possession, and he played a through ball to Owen, who sprinted into the box and fired the ball over Kahn's head to give England a 4–1 lead. This made Owen the first England player since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 World Cup final to score a hat-trick against Germany or West Germany. England began to defend their heavy lead. In the 74th minute, they extended it further following a counter-attack. Ferdinand won the ball in defence and gave it to Paul Scholes, who progressed up the pitch through a one-two passing move with Beckham. Scholes passed the ball to Heskey, who ran past Marko Rehmer and hit the ball low past Kahn to make it 5–1. The final twenty minutes were quiet, with Germany beaten and England not needing to create any more chances. Some German fans left the game early in disgust, whilst the English fans celebrated their biggest victory since a 6–0 win over Luxembourg in 1999. It was England's biggest away win since 1993, when they had beaten San Marino 7–1. It was the first time that Germany had conceded five goals or more since West Germany's 6–3 defeat by France in 1958, and only the third time in their history that they had lost by four goals or more. Germany went on to lose 5–1 again, against Romania, in 2004. Details 2001 9 1 y 19:30 CET GER ENG 1–5 Jancker 6 Owen 12 48 66Gerrard 45+4Heskey 74 Olympiastadion, Munich 63,000 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Report _DFB_00a _DFB_00a _DFB_00a _SCHALKE04_0001h _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1A535B 1A535B Germany _englandh0103 _englandh0103 _whitebandwhitesocks FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000080 000080 England GK 1 Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich) (c)SW 5 Jens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen)CB 2 Christian Wörns (Borussia Dortmund) 46CB 4 Thomas Linke (Bayern Munich)RWB 7 Marko Rehmer (Hertha Berlin)LWB 6 Dietmar Hamann (Liverpool) 79CM 10 Sebastian Deisler (Hertha Berlin)CM 8 Michael Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen) 65CM 3 Jörg Böhme (Schalke 04)CF 9 Carsten Jancker (Bayern Munich)CF 11 Oliver Neuville (Bayer Leverkusen) 78Substitutes:GK 12 Jens Lehmann (Borussia Dortmund)FW 13 Oliver Bierhoff (AS Monaco)FW 14 Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04) 46MF 15 Sebastian Kehl (SC Freiburg) 78DF 16 Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen)MF 17 Christian Ziege (Tottenham Hotspur)FW 18 Miroslav Klose (Kaiserslautern) 65Manager:GER Rudi Völler GK 1 David Seaman (Arsenal)RB 2 Gary Neville (Manchester United)CB 5 Rio Ferdinand (Leeds United)CB 6 Sol Campbell (Arsenal)LB 3 Ashley Cole (Arsenal)RM 7 David Beckham (Manchester United) (c)CM 4 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 78CM 8 Paul Scholes (Manchester United) 83LM 11 Nick Barmby (Liverpool) 64CF 10 Michael Owen (Liverpool)CF 9 Emile Heskey (Liverpool) 54Substitutes:DF 12 Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough)GK 13 Nigel Martyn (Leeds United)MF 14Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich) 78DF 15 Jamie Carragher (Liverpool) 83MF 16Steve McManaman (Real Madrid) 64FW 17 Andy Cole (Manchester United)FW 18 Robbie Fowler (Liverpool)Manager:SWE Sven-Göran Eriksson Statistics Germany EnglandGoals scored 1 5Total shots 14 10Shots on target 3 6Ball possession 61% 39%Corner kicks 9 2Fouls committed 19 16Offsides 3 1Yellow cards 1 1Red cards 0 0 Aftermath The game provided a boost for the England squad's morale, and greatly increased the popularity of their manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/01/germany-1-5-england-15-years-on-world-cup-qualifier-sven-goran-eriksson Germany 1-5 England: 15 years on World Cup qualifier is still music to ears of many Burnton Simon 1 September 2016 The Guardian It was a low point for the Germany national team, whose performances had been worsening since winning UEFA Euro 1996. It spawned two hit records: "England 5 – Germany 1" by the Business and "Sven Sven Sven" by Bell & Spurling. German manager Rudi Völler's father was reported to have suffered a heart attack watching the game.https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/jun/24/england-germany-rivalry-world-cup-2010 World Cup 2010: One-sided rivalry remains football's grand illusion - Marina Hyde Hyde Marina 24 June 2010 The Guardian England beat Albania 2–0 in their next match, four days later.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1524844.stm England edge out Albania 5 September 2001 BBC Sport This meant that England and Germany entered the final qualifying game with an equal number of points, though England now had a better goal difference. Neither team managed to win their final group game, with a last minute Beckham free kick earning England a 2–2 draw with Greece.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/3014197/Brilliant-Beckham-averts-Greek-tragedy.html Brilliant Beckham averts Greek tragedy Malam Colin 6 October 2001 The Telegraphhttps://www.skysports.com/football/germany-vs-finland/22037 Germany 0-0 Finland 6 October 2001 Sky Sports This sent England directly through, whilst Germany went into the play-offs, in which they defeated Ukraine to qualify for the World Cup. At the finals tournament in South Korea and Japan the following year, Germany finished as runners-up to Brazil after losing 2–0 in the final.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950600/match=43950064/report.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150529154232/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950600/match=43950064/report.html dead 29 May 2015 2002 FIFA World Cup - Matches - Germany-Brazil 30 June 2002 FIFA.com German captain Oliver Kahn became the first goalkeeper to be awarded FIFA's Golden Ball, recognising the tournament's best player.https://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/worldcup/07/02/kahn.award/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20221217071152/https://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/worldcup/07/02/kahn.award/index.html 17 December 2022 Kahn beats Ronaldo to Golden Ball 2 July 2002 England reached the quarter-finals, where they were also defeated by Brazil, losing 2–1.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/england_v_brazil/newsid_2049000/2049924.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20240114191201/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/england_v_brazil/newsid_2049000/2049924.stm 14 January 2024 Brazil end England's dream 21 June 2002 live BBC Sport See also England–Germany football rivalry 1966 FIFA World Cup final 2000 England v Germany football match List of England national football team hat-tricks List of Germany national football team hat-tricks References External links BBC report on the game Eng Ger Ger Germany v England 2001 2001 Category:Football matches in Munich Germany v England football match, 2001 Germany v England football match Category:England–Germany football rivalry Germany v England football match