Germany men's national field hockey team
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The Germany men's national field hockey team is one of the most successful sides in the world, winning gold at the Summer Olympics four times (including once as West Germany), the Hockey World Cup 3 times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the Hockey Champions Trophy ten times (including three times as West Germany).
History
The team caused an upset in the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup when they defeated Australia 2–1 with striker Olivier Domke scoring the winner after Germany came back from being 1–0 down. After this period the Germans went through a transition period, finishing lowly in the 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy with several inexperienced players in their squad. Coach Bernhard Peters was looking to nurture the players for the World Cup such as Christopher Zeller, Moritz Fürste and Timo Wess, and was successful as the Germans won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach, defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Bernhard Peters left the team in order to pursue a career in football and is now a staff member at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[2]
On 6 November 2006, Markus Wiese was appointed as the new head coach. Success at the 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics followed this. Germany headed into the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup with a largely young and inexperienced squad but reached the final of the World Cup after strong performances throughout the tournament. In the final, they were defeated 2–1 by Australia.
Germany has played in the annual 2011 Hockey Champions Trophy held in Auckland, New Zealand. The team competed in pool B with Korea, Netherlands and host nation New Zealand. The team finished fifth in the tournament.
Competitive record
Summer Olympics
- 1908–1952 as
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- 1968–1988 as
- 1992–present as
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
 1908
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5th place game | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Squad |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1920
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did not participate | ||||||||
 1928
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3rd place game | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | Squad |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1932
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did not participate | ||||||||
| 1936
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Final | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
| 1948
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did not participate | ||||||||
 1952
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5th place game | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | Squad |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1956
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3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Squad |
 1960
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Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | Squad |
 1964
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5th place game | 5th | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | Squad |
 1968
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3rd place game | 4th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | Squad |
| 1972
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Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | Squad |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1976
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5th place game | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | Squad |
 1980
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 1984
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | Squad |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1988
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
 1992
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Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Squad |
| 1996
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3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
| 2000
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5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | Squad |
 2004
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Squad |
 2008
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Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | Squad |
| 2012
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Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Squad |
 2016
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3rd place game | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Squad |
| 2020
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3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 19 | Squad |
 2024
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Final | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | Squad |
| Total | 4 titles | 20/25 | 138 | 85 | 25 | 28 | 349 | 178 | |
World Cup
- 1971–1990 as
- 1994–present as
| World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1971
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5th place game | 5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | Squad |
| 1973
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Squad |
 1975
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Squad |
 1978
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3rd place game | 4th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | Squad |
 1982
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Squad |
 1986
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | Squad |
 1990
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3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Squad |
| 1994
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3rd place game | 4th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | Squad |
| 1998
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Squad |
| 2002
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Final | 1st | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Squad |
| 2006
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Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 10 | Squad |
| 2010
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Squad |
| 2014
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5th place game | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | Squad |
| 2018
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad |
| 2023
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Final | 1st | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | Squad |
| 2026
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Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 3 titles | 16/16 | 104 | 60 | 23 | 21 | 264 | 154 | |
European Championships
- 1970–1987 as
- 1991–present as
| EuroHockey Championship record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA |
| 1970
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Final | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 1974
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| 1978
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Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 1983
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13 |
| 1987
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3rd place game | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| 1991
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Final | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
 1995
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Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 |
| 1999
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Final | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| 2003
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Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| 2005
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3rd place game | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 |
| 2007
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
| 2009
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
| 2011
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Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 2013
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Final | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| 2015
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 |
| 2017
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 |
| 2019
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 |
| 2021
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Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
| 2023
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3rd place game | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| 2025
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Final | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 |
| 2027
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Qualified | |||||||
| Total | 9 titles | 21/21 | 117 | 86 | 17 | 14 | 419 | 152 |
FIH Pro League
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| Season | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
| 2019 | 6th | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 38 | Squad | |
| 2020–21 | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 23 | Squad | |
| 2021–22 | 4th | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 36 | Squad | |
| 2022–23 | 6th | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 35 | Squad | |
| 2023–24 | 6th | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 29 | Squad | |
| 2024–25 | 4th | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 34 | Squad | |
| Total | Best: 3rd | 88 | 36 | 20 | 32 | 206 | 195 | ||
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
- 1987 as
- 1995–present as
| Sultan Azlan Shah Cup record | |
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| Year | Position |
| 1987 | 1st |
| 1995 | 2nd |
| 1998 | 2nd |
| 1999 | 3rd |
| 2000 | 5th |
| 2001 | 1st |
| 2003 | 2nd |
| 2004 | 4th |
| 2025 | Q |
| Best result: 1st place | |
Defunct competitions
Champions Trophy
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- *Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
Team
Current squad
On 14 July 2025, the following 18 players were called up for the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 8 to 16 August 2025.[3]
Caps updated as of 29 June 2025, after the match against Spain.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | |
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| 1 | GK | Alexander Stadler | 16 October 1999 | 62 | Den Bosch
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| 74 | GK | Jean Danneberg | 8 November 2002 | 44 | Rot-Weiss Köln
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| 4 | DF | Lukas Windfeder | 11 May 1995 | 173 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim
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| 8 | DF | Benedikt Schwarzhaupt | 14 January 2001 | 43 | UHC Hamburg
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| 10 | DF | Johannes Große | 7 January 1997 | 136 | Club an der Alster
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| 14 | DF | Teo Hinrichs | 17 September 1999 | 86 | Pinoké
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| 15 | DF | Tom Grambusch | 4 August 1995 | 150 | Rot-Weiss Köln
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| 16 | DF | Gonzalo Peillat | 12 August 1992 | 74 | Mannheimer HC
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| 44 | DF | Moritz Ludwig | 14 September 2001 | 70 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim
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| 3 | MF | Mats Grambusch (Captain) | 4 November 1992 | 213 | Gladbacher HTC
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| 13 | MF | Paul-Philipp Kaufmann | 21 June 1996 | 72 | Hamburger Polo Club
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| 21 | MF | Michel Struthoff | 19 April 2003 | 32 | Rot-Weiss Köln
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| 24 | MF | Erik Kleinlein | 3 December 2001 | 24 | Mannheimer HC
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| 25 | MF | Hannes Müller | 18 May 2000 | 78 | UHC Hamburg
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| 6 | FW | Raphael Hartkopf | 24 November 1998 | 42 | Mannheimer HC
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| 7 | FW | Thies Prinz | 7 July 1998 | 98 | Pinoké
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| 19 | FW | Justus Weigand | 20 April 2000 | 68 | Hamburger Polo Club
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| 29 | FW | Malte Hellwig | 23 October 1997 | 76 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club | Latest call-up | |
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| GK | Joshua Onyekwue | 1 November 2002 | 7 | Hamburger Polo Club
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v. Spain, 29 June 2025
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| DF | Linus Müller | 2 December 1999 | 47 | Mannheimer HC
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v. Spain, 29 June 2025
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| DF | Antheus Barry | 6 October 2002 | 28 | Rot-Weiss Köln
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v. Spain, 29 June 2025
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| DF | Niklas Bosserhoff | 15 April 1998 | 81 | Hamburger Polo Club
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v. Australia, 25 June 2025
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| DF | Jakob Brilla | 4 November 2003 | 2 | TSV Mannheim
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v. England, 15 June 2025
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| DF | Luca Wolff | 23 November 2001 | 16 | Pinoké
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v. England, 14 June 2025
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| DF | Mathias Müller | 3 April 1992 | 172 | Hamburger Polo Club
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2024 Summer Olympics | |
| MF | Martin Zwicker | 27 February 1987 | 337 | Berliner HC
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v. Spain, 29 June 2025
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| MF | Hugo von Montgelas | 17 April 2004 | 15 | Mannheimer HC
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v. England, 15 June 2025
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| MF | Matteo Poljaric | 11 February 2002 | 6 | Mannheimer HC
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v. Belgium, 9 December 2025
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| MF | Adrian Lehmann-Richter | 21 June 1998 | 2 | Klein Zwitserland
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v. India, 24 October 2024
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| MF | Mario Schachner | 19 September 2001 | 11 | Mannheimer HC
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v. India, 23 October 2024
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| FW | Elian Mazkour | 9 March 2001 | 22 | Bloemendaal
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v. Spain, 29 June 2025
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| FW | Henrik Mertgens | 31 May 1999 | 14 | Oranje-Rood
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v. Spain, 29 June 2025
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| FW | Constantin Staib | 31 August 1995 | 112 | Hamburger Polo Club
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v. England, 14 June 2025
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| FW | Florian Sperling | 24 August 2002 | 10 | UHC Hamburg
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v.  Ireland, 25 February 2025
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| FW | Ben Hasbach | 22 June 2005 | 2 | Mannheimer HC
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v. India, 24 October 2024
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| FW | Niklas Wellen | 14 December 1994 | 213 | Crefelder HTC
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2024 Summer Olympics | |
| FW | Christopher Rühr | 19 December 1993 | 196 | Rot-Weiss Köln
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2024 Summer Olympics | |
| FW | Marco Miltkau | 18 August 1990 | 155 | Bloemendaal
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2024 Summer Olympics | |
Coaches
| Years | Coach |
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| 1969–1973 | Horst Wein
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| 1974–1990 | Klaus Lissek
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| 1990–2000 | Paul Lissek
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| 2000–2006 | Bernhard Peters
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| 2006–2015 | Markus Weise
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| 2015–2016 | Valentin Altenburg
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| 2016–2019 | Stefan Kermas
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| 2019 | Markus Weise (caretaker)
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| 2019–2021[4] | Kais al Saadi
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| 2021–present | André Henning[5]
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See also
- East Germany men's national field hockey team
- Germany men's national under-21 field hockey team
- Germany women's national field hockey team
References
- ^ "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "The German Times Online – Football Inc". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Bundestrainer André Henning nominiert HONAMAS-Kader für Heim-EM". hockey.de (in German). German Hockey Federation. 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Al Saadi ist neuer Hockey-Bundestrainer". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "André Henning übernimmt die Honamas". hockey.de (in German). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
External links
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