Lothar Matthäus - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding German player, who obtained 150 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

For data on his club career, see Germany - Player Data - M.


Caps Goals    Date     Venue                Opponent           Score    Competition

  1  -   -  14/ 6/80   Napoli               Netherlands         3-2     European Championship
  2  -   -  18/11/81   Dortmund             Albania             8-0     World Cup Qualifier
  3  -   -  17/ 2/82   Hannover             Portugal            3-1
  4  -   -  21/ 3/82   Rio de Janeiro       Brazil              0-1
  5  -   -  24/ 3/82   Buenos Aires         Argentina           1-1
  6  -   -  14/ 4/82   Köln                 Czechoslovakia      2-1
  7  -   -  12/ 5/82   Oslo                 Norway              4-2
  8  -   -  20/ 6/82   Gijón                Chile               4-1     World Cup
  9  -   -  25/ 6/82   Gijón                Austria             1-0     World Cup
 10  -   -  22/ 9/82   München              Belgium             0-0
 11  -   -  13/10/82   London               England             2-1
 12  -   -  17/11/82   Belfast              Northern Ireland    0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 13  -   -  23/ 2/83   Lisboa               Portugal            0-1
 14  -   -   7/ 6/83   Luxembourg           Yugoslavia          4-2
 15  -   -   7/ 9/83   Budapest             Hungary             1-1
 16  -   -   5/10/83   Gelsenkirchen        Austria             3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 17  -   -  26/10/83   Berlin (West)        Turkey              5-1     European Champ. Qual.
 18  -   -  16/11/83   Hamburg              Northern Ireland    0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 19  -   -  20/11/83   Saarbrücken          Albania             2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 20  -   -  29/ 2/84   Bruxelles            Belgium             1-0
 21  -   -  28/ 3/84   Hannover             Soviet Union        2-1
 22  -   -  18/ 4/84   Strasbourg           France              0-1
 23  -   -  22/ 5/84   Zürich               Italy               1-0 
 24  -   -  14/ 6/84   Strasbourg           Portugal            0-0     European Championship
 25  -   -  17/ 6/84   Lens                 Romania             2-1     European Championship
 26  -   -  20/ 6/84   Paris                Spain               0-1     European Championship
 27  -   -  12/ 9/84   Düsseldorf           Argentina           1-3
 28  -   -  17/10/84   Köln                 Sweden              2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 29  -   -  16/12/84   La Valletta          Malta               3-2     World Cup Qualifier
 30  -   -  29/ 1/85   Hamburg              Hungary             0-1
 31  -   -  24/ 2/85   Lisboa               Portugal            2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 32  -   -  17/ 4/85   Augsburg             Bulgaria            4-1
 33  1   1  30/ 4/85   Praha                Czechoslovakia      5-1     World Cup Qualifier
 34  -   1  12/ 6/85   Ciudad de México     England             0-3
 35  -   1  15/ 6/85   Ciudad de México     Mexico              0-2
 36  -   1  28/ 8/85   Moskva               Soviet Union        0-1
 37  1   2   5/ 2/86   Avellino             Italy               2-1
 38  -   2  12/ 3/86   Frankfurt am Main    Brazil              2-0
 39  -   2   9/ 4/86   Basel                Switzerland         1-0
 40  -   2  11/ 5/86   Bochum               Yugoslavia          1-1  
 41  -   2  14/ 5/86   Dortmund             Netherlands         3-1  
 42  -   2   4/ 6/86   Querétaro            Uruguay             1-1     World Cup
 43  -   2   8/ 6/86   Querétaro            Scotland            2-1     World Cup
 44  -   2  13/ 6/86   Querétaro            Denmark             0-2     World Cup
 45  1   3  17/ 6/86   Monterrey            Morocco             1-0     World Cup
 46  -   3  21/ 6/86   Monterrey            Mexico              0-0 (1) World Cup
 47  -   3  25/ 6/86   Guadalajara          France              2-0     World Cup
 48  -   3  29/ 6/86   Ciudad de México     Argentina           2-3     World Cup
 49  -   3  24/ 9/86   København            Denmark             2-0
 50  -   3  15/10/86   Hannover             Spain               2-2
 51  -   3  29/10/86   Wien                 Austria             1-4
 52  1   4  25/ 3/87   Tel-Aviv             Israel              2-0
 53  -   4  18/ 4/87   Köln                 Italy               0-0
 54  -   4  12/ 8/87   Berlin (West)        France              2-1
 55  -   4  18/11/87   Budapest             Hungary             0-0
 56  -   4  12/12/87   Brasília             Brazil              1-1
 57  -   4  16/12/87   Buenos Aires         Argentina           0-1
 58  -   4  31/ 3/88   Berlin (West)        Sweden              1-1 (2)
 59  1   5   2/ 4/88   Berlin (West)        Argentina           1-0
 60  -   5  27/ 4/88   Kaiserslautern       Switzerland         1-0
 61  1   6   4/ 6/88   Bremen               Yugoslavia          1-1
 62  -   6  10/ 6/88   Düsseldorf           Italy               1-1     European Championship
 63  -   6  14/ 6/88   Gelsenkirchen        Denmark             2-0     European Championship
 64  -   6  17/ 6/88   München              Spain               2-0     European Championship
 65  1   7  21/ 6/88   Hamburg              Netherlands         1-2     European Championship
 66  1   8  31/ 8/88   Helsinki             Finland             4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 67  -   8  19/10/88   München              Netherlands         0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 68  -   8  22/ 3/89   Sofia                Bulgaria            2-1
 69  -   8  26/ 4/89   Rotterdam            Netherlands         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 70  1   9   4/10/89   Dortmund             Finland             6-1     World Cup Qualifier
 71  -   9  28/ 2/90   Montpellier          France              1-2
 72  1  10  25/ 4/90   Stuttgart            Uruguay             3-3
 73  -  10  26/ 5/90   Düsseldorf           Czechoslovakia      1-0
 74  -  10  30/ 5/90   Gelsenkirchen        Denmark             1-0
 75  2  12  10/ 6/90   Milano               Yugoslavia          4-1     World Cup
 76  1  13  15/ 6/90   Milano               Utd. Arab Emirates  5-1     World Cup
 77  -  13  19/ 6/90   Milano               Colombia            1-1     World Cup
 78  -  13  24/ 6/90   Milano               Netherlands         2-1     World Cup   
 79  1  14   1/ 7/90   Milano               Czechoslovakia      1-0     World Cup
 80  -  14   4/ 7/90   Torino               England             1-1 (3) World Cup
 81  -  14   8/ 7/90   Roma                 Argentina           1-0     World Cup
 82  1  15  29/ 8/90   Lisboa               Portugal            1-1             
 83  -  15  10/10/90   Stockholm            Sweden              3-1
 84  -  15  31/10/90   Luxembourg           Luxembourg          3-2     European Champ. Qual.
 85  1  16  19/12/90   Stuttgart            Switzerland         4-0
 86  1  17  27/ 3/91   Frankfurt am Main    Soviet Union        2-1 
 87  1  18   1/ 5/91   Hannover             Belgium             1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 88  -  18   5/ 6/91   Cardiff              Wales               0-1     European Champ. Qual.
 89  -  18  11/ 9/91   London               England             1-0
 90  -  18  16/10/91   Nürnberg             Wales               4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 91  -  18  20/11/91   Bruxelles            Belgium             1-0     European Champ. Qual.
 92  1  19  18/12/91   Leverkusen           Luxembourg          4-0     European Champ. Qual.
 93  -  19  25/ 3/92   Torino               Italy               0-1
 94  -  19  14/10/92   Dresden              Mexico              1-1
 95  -  19  16/12/92   Porto Alegre         Brazil              1-3
 96  -  19  20/12/92   Montevideo           Uruguay             4-1
 97  -  19  24/ 3/93   Glasgow              Scotland            1-0
 98  -  19  14/ 4/93   Bochum               Ghana               6-1
 99  -  19  10/ 6/93   Washington D.C.      Brazil              3-3
100  -  19  13/ 6/93   Chicago              United States       4-3
101  -  19  19/ 6/93   Detroit              England             2-1
102  -  19  22/ 9/93   Tunis                Tunisia             1-1
103  -  19  13/10/93   Karlsruhe            Uruguay             5-0
104  -  19  17/11/93   Köln                 Brazil              2-1
105  -  19  15/12/93   Miami                Argentina           1-2
106  -  19  18/12/93   Stanford             United States       3-0
107  -  19  22/12/93   Ciudad de México     Mexico              0-0
108  -  19  23/ 3/94   Stuttgart            Italy               2-1
109  -  19  27/ 4/94   Abi Dhabi            Utd. Arab Emirates  2-0
110  -  19  29/ 5/94   Hannover             Rep. of Ireland     0-2
111  -  19   2/ 6/94   Wien                 Austria             5-1
112  -  19   8/ 6/94   Toronto              Canada              2-0
113  -  19  17/ 6/94   Chicago              Bolivia             1-0     World Cup
114  -  19  21/ 6/94   Chicago              Spain               1-1     World Cup
115  -  19  27/ 6/94   Dallas               South Korea         3-2     World Cup
116  -  19   2/ 7/94   Chicago              Belgium             3-2     World Cup
117  1  20  10/ 7/94   East Rutherford      Bulgaria            1-2     World Cup
118  -  20   7/ 9/94   Moskva               Russia              1-0
119  -  20  12/10/94   Budapest             Hungary             0-0
120  -  20  16/11/94   Tiranë               Albania             2-1     European Champ. Qual.
121  1  21  14/12/94   Chisinau             Rep. Moldova        3-0     European Champ. Qual.
122  1  22  18/12/94   Kaiserslautern       Albania             2-1     European Champ. Qual.
123  -  22  27/ 5/98   Helsinki             Finland             0-0
124  -  22  30/ 5/98   Frankfurt am Main    Colombia            3-1
125  -  22   5/ 6/98   Mannheim             Luxembourg          7-0
126  -  22  21/ 6/98   Lens                 Yugoslavia          2-2     World Cup
127  -  22  25/ 6/98   Montpellier          Islam. Rep. Iran    2-0     World Cup
128  -  22  29/ 6/98   Montpellier          Mexico              2-1     World Cup
129  -  22   4/ 7/98   Lyon                 Croatia             0-3     World Cup
130  -  22  18/11/98   Gelsenkirchen        Netherlands         1-1
131  -  22   6/ 2/99   Jacksonville         United States       0-3
132  -  22   9/ 2/99   Miami                Colombia            3-3
133  -  22  27/ 3/99   Belfast              Northern Ireland    3-0     European Champ. Qual.
134  -  22  31/ 3/99   Nürnberg             Finland             2-0     European Champ. Qual.
135  -  22  28/ 4/99   Bremen               Scotland            0-1
136  -  22   4/ 6/99   Leverkusen           Rep. Moldova        6-1     European Champ. Qual.
137  -  22  24/ 7/99   Guadalajara          Brazil              0-4     Confederations Cup
138  1  23  28/ 7/99   Guadalajara          New Zealand         2-0     Confederations Cup
139  -  23  30/ 7/99   Guadalajara          United States       0-2     Confederations Cup
140  -  23   4/ 9/99   Helsinki             Finland             2-1     European Champ. Qual.
141  -  23   8/ 9/99   Dortmund             Northern Ireland    4-0     European Champ. Qual.
142  -  23   9/10/99   München              Turkey              0-0     European Champ. Qual.
143  -  23  14/11/99   Oslo                 Norway              1-0
144  -  23  23/ 2/00   Amsterdam            Netherlands         1-2
145  -  23  29/ 3/00   Zagreb               Croatia             1-1
146  -  23  26/ 4/00   Kaiserslautern       Switzerland         1-1
147  -  23   7/ 6/00   Freiburg im Breisg.  Liechtenstein       8-2
148  -  23  12/ 6/00   Liège                Romania             1-1     European Championship
149  -  23  17/ 6/00   Charleroi            England             0-1     European Championship
150  -  23  20/ 6/00   Rotterdam            Portugal            0-3     European Championship

(1) Germany won  4-1 on penalty kicks.
(2) Germany lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
(3) Germany won  4-3 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches  Won  Draw  Lost  For  Against  Points  Percentage
   150    85    34    31  275-   146    204     68.00

Types of Matches
Friendlies             82
World Cup Qualifiers    9
World Cup              25
European Champ. Qual.  20
European Championship  11
Confederations Cup      3

Total                 150

Types of Goals
Friendlies              8
World Cup Qualifiers    3
World Cup               6
European Champ. Qual.   4
European Championship   1
Confederations Cup      1

Total                  23 


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Thanks to Michael Mühlen for a correction and to Matthias Arnhold for a new layout of the file

Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com)
Last updated: 18 Apr 2013

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