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src="/web/20071011040509im_/http://www.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/ita.gif" alt="Italy"/></a> <a href="/web/20071011040509/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ita/ranking/gender=m/index.html">Italy</a></td><td class="rnkPrev r">2</td><td class="posImg c"><img src="/web/20071011040509im_/http://www.fifa.com/imgml/icons/events/arrow_Up_Green.gif" alt="Up"/></td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="c">2</td><td class="l"><a href="/web/20071011040509/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ger/ranking/gender=m/index.html"><img class="flagSmall" width="19" height="13" src="/web/20071011040509im_/http://www.fifa.com/imgml/flags/s/ger.gif" alt="Germany"/></a> <a href="/web/20071011040509/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ger/ranking/gender=m/index.html">Germany</a></td><td class="rnkPrev r">1</td><td class="posImg c"><img src="/web/20071011040509im_/http://www.fifa.com/imgml/icons/events/arrow_Up_Green.gif" alt="Up"/></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="c">3</td><td 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class="iC"><div class="rankings lastScore"><div class="hd">Here are the matches played in the month before the last FIFA Coca Cola World Ranking was released</div><div><table summary="Latest points scored"><thead><tr><td class="dt">Date</td><td class="mt">Match</td><td class="tp">Type</td><td class="r">Pts</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="odd"><td>12/09</td><td>GER 3:1 (1:1) <a href="/web/20071011040509/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=rou/index.html">ROU</a></td><td>Friendly</td><td class="r">561.00</td></tr><tr class="even"><td>08/09</td><td><a href="/web/20071011040509/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=wal/index.html">WAL</a> 0:2 (0:1) GER</td><td>Continental Qualifier</td><td class="r">945.00</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td>22/08</td><td><a href="/web/20071011040509/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=eng/index.html">ENG</a> 1:2 (1:2) GER</td><td>Friendly</td><td class="r">564.00</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="f"> </div></div><div class="box50"><h2>Minimum and Maximum </h2><div class="iC"><div class="rankings minMax"><div class="info"><div class="bold">Highest FIFA ranking</div><div>1 - december 1992</div></div><div class="info"><div class="bold">Lowest FIFA Ranking</div><div>22 - march 2006</div></div><div class="info"><div class="bold">Best Mover</div><div>10 - july 2005</div></div><div class="info"><div class="bold">Worst mover</div><div>-7 - september 2001</div></div></div></div><div class="f"> </div></div></div><div class="floatBox"><div class="box box50 "><h2>Ranking Evolution</h2><div class="iC"> <div class="contentRow"> </div><div id="flashc34c58b1-ed5c-45fe-a5d8-f0de3bb71778" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px"></div><script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject('/flash/maranking/marankbrowser.swf?t1=ger&g=m&a=1&lang=e&environment=PROD','flashc34c58b1-ed5c-45fe-a5d8-f0de3bb717780','370','265','8', '#ffffff', 'high','');so.addParam('wmode', 'transparent');so.write('flashc34c58b1-ed5c-45fe-a5d8-f0de3bb71778');</script></div><div class="f"> </div></div><div class="box50"><h2>Ranking History </h2><div class="iC"><div class="rankings hist"><table><tr style="background:#B6C6D3;color:#435D7A;font-weight:bold;"><td class="r">Date</td><td class="r">FIFA Ranking position</td></tr><tbody><tr class="odd"><td class="r">Sep 2007</td><td class="r">4</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">Aug 2007</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">Jul 2007</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">Jun 2007</td><td class="r">4</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">May 2007</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">Apr 2007</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">Mar 2007</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">Feb 2007</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">Jan 2007</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">2006</td><td class="r">6</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">2005</td><td class="r">16</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">2004</td><td class="r">19</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">2003</td><td class="r">12</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">2002</td><td class="r">4</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">2001</td><td class="r">12</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">2000</td><td class="r">11</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">1999</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">1998</td><td class="r">3</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">1997</td><td class="r">2</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">1996</td><td class="r">2</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">1995</td><td class="r">2</td></tr><tr class="even"><td class="r">1994</td><td class="r">5</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td class="r">1993</td><td class="r">1</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="ft">Germany average position from FIFA World Ranking creation is 6</div></div></div><div class="f"> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="extendedContent"><div class="h exH"> </div><div class="content"> <div class="box"><div class="h">HONOURS </div><div class="iC honours"><div><div class="header">FIFA World Cup™ victories</div><div><span class="bold">Winner</span> (1954, 1974, 1990)</div><div><span class="bold">Runners-Up</span> (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)</div><div><span class="bold">Third</span> (1934, 1970, 2006)</div><div><span class="bold">Fourth</span> (1958)</div></div><div><div class="header">FIFA World Cup™ appearances</div><div><span class="bold">16</span> (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)</div></div><div><div class="header">Continental titles</div><div><div class="bold">Winner</div> UEFA EURO 1972, UEFA EURO 1980, UEFA EURO 1996<div class="bold">Runners-Up</div> UEFA EURO 1976, UEFA EURO 1992</div></div><div><div class="header">Best Results</div><div><div 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