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The Germany national under-21 football team represents the under-21s of Germany in the UEFA U-21 Championship , and is controlled by the German Football Association , the governing body of football in Germany. Before the reunification of Germany, East Germany and West Germany played as separate entities - the two teams played separately until summer 1990. Following the realignment of UEFA 's youth competitions in 1976, international Under-21 football in Europe began. However, a West German team did not compete in the U-21 European Championship until the qualifying round (beginning in 1980) of the 1982 competition. West Germany competed in the first two under-23 competitions, which finished in 1972 and 1974. The first under-21 competition finals were in 1978, and since the under-21 competition rules state that players must be 21 or under at the start ot a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. The current Germany team can be legitimately considered as the current incarnation of the West German team, since the West Germany Flag , uniform and football association all became those of the unified Germany. In effect, the West German team absorbed the East German Team to become 'the Germany national under-21 football team'. For these reasons, the record of West Germany for the U-23 and U-21 competitions is shown below. UEFA U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD Competing as West Germany:
UEFA U-21 CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD Competing as West Germany:
Competing as unified Germany:
CURRENT SQUAD Players born in 1986 or later are eligible for the 2007-09 UEFA European U-21 Championship , 1988 or later are eligible for the 2009-11 UEFA European U-21 Championship and so on. The Under-19 team will be the most obvious source of the next crop of Under-21s. Players in bold have already been called up to the Senior Team . Current squad Squad called up for the European Championship Qualifier against Northern Ireland on September 7 and the friendly against Sweden on September 11 , 2007 . Note: Gonzalo Castro was only called up for the game against Northern Ireland and will join the Senior Team thereafter. |
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