The Germany national American football team, nicknamed the Men in Black, is the official

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

senior national team of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. They are organized by the

American Football Verband Deutschland The American Football Association of Germany (german: American Football Verband Deutschland; AFVD) is the governing body of the sport of American football in Germany and the German Football League. Formed in 1982,German Football League The German Football League (GFL) is an American football league in Germany and was formed in 1979. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA. In 1999, the league switched its name from ''American-Football-Bundesliga'' to ''German Foot ...

(GFL).

Results

IFAF World Championship record

European Championships

* 1983: Third place * 1985: Third place * 1987: Runner up * 1989: Third place * 1991: ''Did not qualify'' * 1993: Third place * 1995: ''Did not participate'' * 1997: ''Did not qualify'' * 2000: Runner up * 2001: Champions * 2005: Runner up * 2010: Champions *

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: Champions *

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: ''excluded after qualification'' *

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: ''did not participate''

World Games

* 2005: Champions *

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: Runner up

Current roster

External links

Official website
at AFVD. {{National men's American football teams

American Football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

American football in Germany

1981 establishments in West Germany American football teams established in 1981