The outstanding German 'keeper obtained 95 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
For data on his club career, see Josef Dieter Maier - Matches in Bundesliga.
Born: 28/ 2/1944 Country: Germany Caps: 95 (W56-D26-L13 – GA193-GF80 - %72.63) Age First Cap: 22 yr 65 d 4/ 5/1966 vs. Ireland 4-0 Age Last Cap: 35 yr 87 d 26/ 5/1979 vs. Iceland 3-1 National Team Career: 13 yr 22 d
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 4/ 5/66 Dublin Ireland 4-0
2 12/10/66 Ankara Turkey 2-0
3 19/11/66 Köln Norway 3-0
4 22/ 3/67 Hannover Bulgaria 1-0
5 3/ 5/67 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
6 27/ 9/67 West-Berlin France 5-1
7 7/10/67 Hamburg Yugoslavia 3-1 European Champ. Qual.
8 6/ 3/68 Brussel Belgium 3-1
9 25/ 9/68 Marseille France 1-1
10 13/10/68 Wien Austria 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
11 14/12/68 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2-2
12 22/12/68 Cd. de México Mexico 0-0
13 26/ 3/69 Frankfurt/M Wales 1-1
14 16/ 4/69 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
15 10/ 5/69 Nürnberg Austria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 21/ 5/69 Essen Cyprus 12-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 24/ 9/69 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0
18 22/10/69 Hamburg Scotland 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
19 8/ 4/70 Stuttgart Romania 1-1
20 3/ 6/70 León Morocco 2-1 World Cup
21 7/ 6/70 León Bulgaria 5-2 World Cup
22 10/ 6/70 León Peru 3-1 World Cup
23 14/ 6/70 León England 3-2 World Cup
24 17/ 6/70 Cd. de México Italy 3-4 World Cup
25 9/ 9/70 Nürnberg Hungary 3-1
26 17/10/70 Köln Turkey 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
27 18/11/70 Zagreb Yugoslavia 0-2
28 17/ 2/71 Tiranë Albania 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
29 25/ 4/71 Istanbul Turkey 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
30 12/ 6/71 Karlsruhe Albania 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
31 27/ 6/71 Göteborg Sweden 0-1
32 30/ 6/71 København Denmark 3-1
33 8/ 9/71 Hannover Mexico 5-0
34 10/10/71 Warszawa Poland 3-1 European Champ. Qual.
35 17/11/71 Hamburg Poland 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
36 29/ 3/72 Budapest Hungary 2-0
37 29/ 4/72 London England 3-1 European Champ. Qual.
38 13/ 5/72 West-Berlin England 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
39 26/ 5/72 München Soviet Union 4-1
40 14/ 6/72 Antwerpen Belgium 2-1 European Championship
41 18/ 6/72 Brussel Soviet Union 3-0 European Championship
42 15/11/72 Düsseldorf Switzerland 5-1
43 14/ 2/73 München Argentina 2-3
44 9/ 5/73 München Yugoslavia 0-1
45 16/ 6/73 West-Berlin Brazil 0-1
46 14/11/73 Glasgow Scotland 1-1
47 24/11/73 Stuttgart Spain 2-1
48 26/ 2/74 Roma Italy 0-0
49 27/ 3/74 Frankfurt/M Scotland 2-1
50 1/ 5/74 Hamburg Sweden 2-0
51 14/ 6/74 West Berlin Chile 1-0 World Cup
52 18/ 6/74 Hamburg Australia 3-0 World Cup
53 22/ 6/74 Hamburg East Germany 0-1 World Cup
54 26/ 6/74 Düsseldorf Yugoslavia 2-0 World Cup
55 30/ 6/74 Düsseldorf Sweden 4-2 World Cup
56 3/ 7/74 Frankfurt/M Poland 1-0 World Cup
57 7/ 7/74 München Netherlands 2-1 World Cup
58 4/ 9/74 Basel Switzerland 2-1
59 20/11/74 Piraeus Greece 2-2 European Champ. Qual.
60 12/ 3/75 London England 0-2
61 27/ 4/75 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
62 17/ 5/75 Frankfurt/M Netherlands 1-1
63 3/ 9/75 Wien Austria 2-0
64 11/10/75 Düsseldorf Greece 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
65 19/11/75 Stuttgart Bulgaria 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
66 28/ 2/76 Dortmund Malta 8-0 European Champ. Qual.
67 24/ 4/76 Madrid Spain 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
68 22/ 5/76 München Spain 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
69 17/ 6/76 Beograd Yugoslavia 4-2 European Championship
70 20/ 6/76 Beograd Czechoslovakia 2-2 (1) European Championship
71 17/11/76 Hannover Czechoslovakia 2-0
72 23/ 2/77 Paris France 0-1
73 27/ 4/77 Köln N. Ireland 5-0
74 30/ 4/77 Belgrad Yugoslavia 2-1
75 12/ 6/77 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1-1
76 14/ 6/77 Cd. de México Mexico 2-2
77 7/ 9/77 Helsinki Finland 1-0
78 8/10/77 Berlin Italy 2-1
79 14/12/77 Dortmund Wales 1-1
80 22/ 2/78 München England 2-1
81 8/ 3/78 Frankfurt/M Soviet Union 1-0
82 5/ 4/78 Hamburg Brazil 0-1
83 19/ 4/78 Stockholm Sweden 1-3
84 1/ 6/78 Buenos Aires Poland 0-0 World Cup
85 6/ 6/78 Córdoba Mexico 6-0 World Cup
86 10/ 6/78 Córdoba Tunisia 0-0 World Cup
87 14/ 6/78 Buenos Aires Italy 0-0 World Cup
88 18/ 6/78 Córdoba Holland 2-2 World Cup
89 21/ 6/78 Córdoba Austria 2-3 World Cup
90 11/10/78 Praha Czechoslovakia 4-3
91 15/11/78 Frankfurt/M Hungary 0-0
92 25/ 2/79 Gzira Malta 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
93 2/ 5/79 Wrexham Wales 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
94 22/ 5/79 Dublin Ireland 3-1
95 26/ 5/79 Reykjavik Iceland 3-1
(1) Germany lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
95 56 26 13 193- 80 138 72.63
Types of Matches
Friendlies 49
World Cup Qualifiers 5
World Cup 18
European Champ. Qual. 19
European Championship 4
Total 95
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