Introduction. Conventional wisdom suggests that German football, and the (West) German national team in particular, were the bad guys throughout the 20th century.

Gerd Müller (West Germany) Perhaps European football's greatest goalscorer, Der Bomber notched 365 in 427 Bundesliga games for Bayern, 66 in 74 European club matches and, most astonishing of all ...

West Germany won 2-1, ... "The Germans in 1972 - you can compare that team to the team that played the 1974 World Cup final against Holland ... The end of one of football's great full-back ...

Horst Dieter Hottges, who has died aged 79, was a vital member of the revered West German national squad which won the European Championship in 1972 and the FIFA World Cup in 1974.

Gerd Müller (West Germany) Perhaps European football's greatest goalscorer, Der Bomber notched 365 in 427 Bundesliga games for Bayern, 66 in 74 European club matches and, most astonishing of all ...

West Germany dominated the best XI with a magnificent seven making the tournament cut. Evgeni Rudakov (USSR) Rudakov travelled to the 1972 UEFA European Championship as the reigning Soviet Union ...