MANAGER: Helmut SCHÖN


GOALKEEPERS:

1 Sepp MAIER
21 Norbert NIGBUR
22 Wolfgang KLEFF

DEFENDERS:

2 Berti VOGTS
3 Paul BREITNER
4 Hans-Georg SCHWARZENBECK
5 Franz BECKENBAUER
6 Horst-Dieter HÖTTGES
20 Helmut KREMERS

MIDFIELDERS:

7 Herbert WIMMER
8 Bernd CULLMANN
10 Günter NETZER
12 Wolfgang OVERATH
14 Uli HOENEß
15 Heinz FLOHE
16 Rainer BONHOF
19 Jupp KAPELLMANN

FORWARDS:

9 Jürgen GRABOWSKI
11 Jupp HEYNCKES
13 Gerd MÜLLER
17 Bernd HÖLZENBEIN
18 Dieter HERZOG


4-3-3 FORMATIONS:

West Germany Vs Chile - Group Stage Game (First Round - 14/06/1974)



GK MAIER
CB SCHWARZENBECK
SWP BECKENBAUER
RB VOGTS
LB/LWB BREITNER
DMF/CMF CULLMANN
CMF/AMF OVERATH
AMF/CMF HOENEß
RWF GRABOWSKI
LWF/SS HEYNCKES
CF MÜLLER

Substitution: Hölzenbein for Overath (75 mn)
Breitner, although starting as a left back, played almost all the game roaming everywhere he wanted, mostly on the right side
Sometimes Vogts switched with him, most of the time Vogts stayed on the right and Breitner was there too

Captain: Franz Beckenbauer
Short Free Kick: Franz Beckenbauer/Wolfgang Overath/Paul Breitner
Long Free Kick: Wolfgang Overath/Franz Beckenbauer/Paul Breitner/Berti Vogts/Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck/Bernd Cullmann/Jürgen Grabowski
Free Kick 2: -
Left Corner: Uli Hoeneß
Right Corner: Jürgen Grabowski/Uli Hoeneß
Penalty: -
Player to go up on free kicks and corners: Bernd Cullmann

Team Strategy

★Change Sides: Paul Breitner/Berti Vogts | Franz Beckenbauer/Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck | Between All Midfielders
★CB Overlap: Franz Beckenbauer
★Pressure
★Offside Trap - Optional
★Ball Possession ATT


Australia Vs West Germany - Group Stage Game (First Round - 18/06/1974)



GK MAIER
SWP BECKENBAUER
CB SCHWARZENBECK
RB VOGTS
LB/LWB BREITNER
CMF CULLMANN
CMF/AMF OVERATH
AMF HOENEß
RWF GRABOWSKI
LWF/SS HEYNCKES
CF MÜLLER

Substitutions: Hölzenbein for Heynckes (46 mn) and Wimmer for Cullmann (67 mn)
Cullmann who started the game in the center used to play a lot more in the right side with Grabowski, Overath was rather in the middle and Hoeneß was the free man in the midfield and upfront

Captain: Franz Beckenbauer
Short Free Kick: Franz Beckenbauer
Long Free Kick: Franz Beckenbauer/Wolfgang Overath/Paul Breitner/Berti Vogts/Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck/Uli Hoeneß
Free Kick 2: Uli Hoeneß
Left Corner: Uli Hoeneß/Jürgen Grabowski/Paul Breitner
Right Corner: Jürgen Grabowski
Penalty: -
Player to go up on free kicks and corners: Bernd Cullmann

Team Strategy

★Change Sides: Franz Beckenbauer/Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck | Between All Midfielders
★CB Overlap: Franz Beckenbauer
★Pressure - Optional
★Offside Trap - Optional
★Ball Possession ATT


East Germany Vs West Germany - Group Stage Game (First Round - 22/06/1974)



GK MAIER
SWP BECKENBAUER
CB SCHWARZENBECK
RB VOGTS
LB/LWB BREITNER
DMF/CMF CULLMANN
CMF/AMF OVERATH
AMF/CMF HOENEß
RWF GRABOWSKI
LWF/LMF/AMF FLOHE
CF MÜLLER

Substitutions: Höttges for Schwarzenbeck (68 mn) and Netzer for Overath (69 mn)
Cullmann who was in the center used to play in the right side with Grabowski in the offensive phase, and Hoeneß was the free man in the midfield and upfront

Captain: Franz Beckenbauer
Short Free Kick: Wolfgang Overath/Franz Beckenbauer/Paul Breitner/Heinz Flohe/Günter Netzer
Long Free Kick: Franz Beckenbauer/Paul Breitner/Berti Vogts/Bernd Cullmann/Horst-Dieter Höttges
Free Kick 2: Franz Beckenbauer/Uli Hoeneß
Left Corner: Uli Hoeneß/Paul Breitner/Jürgen Grabowski
Right Corner: Jürgen Grabowski/Uli Hoeneß/Wolfgang Overath
Penalty: -
Player to go up on free kicks and corners: Bernd Cullmann

Team Strategy

★Change Sides: Franz Beckenbauer/Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck | Between All Midfielders
★CB Overlap: Franz Beckenbauer/Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
★Offside Trap - Optional
★Ball Possession ATT


West Germany Vs Netherlands - World Cup Final (07/07/1974)



GK MAIER
CB SCHWARZENBECK
SWP BECKENBAUER
RB VOGTS
LB/LWB BREITNER
CMF BONHOF
CMF/AMF OVERATH
AMF/CMF HOENEß
RWF GRABOWSKI
LWF HÖLZENBEIN
CF MÜLLER

Captain: Franz Beckenbauer
Short Free Kick: Franz Beckenbauer/Rainer Bonhof/Jürgen Grabowski
Long Free Kick: Franz Beckenbauer/Wolfgang Overath/Paul Breitner/Uli Hoeneß
Free Kick 2: -
Left Corner: Uli Hoeneß/Jürgen Grabowski
Right Corner: Jürgen Grabowski/Uli Hoeneß
Penalty: Paul Breitner
Player to go up on free kicks and corners: Rainer Bonhof

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★CB Overlap: Franz Beckenbauer
★Counter Attack
★Offside Trap - Optional


HOME & AWAY KITS:

Links to all the matches played by Germania Ovest in the World Cup 1974:

Group stage first round:

Germania Ovest-Chile 1-0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqo-fP_MckU

Germania Ovest-Australia 3-0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs_mQaEqZCE (small summary of the match)

Germania Ovest-Germania Est 0-1: http://footballia.net/matches/east-germany-germany



Group stage second round:

Germania Ovest-Jugoslavia 2-0: http://footballia.net/matches/yugoslavia-germany

Germania Ovest-Svezia 4-2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fodaRnT38zk

Germania Ovest-Polonia 1-0: http://footballia.net/matches/poland-germany


Final

Germania Ovest-Olanda 2-1: http://footballia.net/matches/netherlands-germany