Germany U19 is Germany’s age-group national selection for players approaching senior football, operating within the Deutscher Fußball-Bund pathway and UEFA’s youth calendar. The side brings together emerging talent from across the country for international windows, qualification campaigns and championship fixtures. It is a developmental team rather than a permanent club, with changing squads, rotating venues and a clear link between academy football and the national setup. Its identity combines the DFB’s established colours and crest with the competitive demands of elite European youth football.
Germany U19 Upcoming matches by league
UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification
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Sweden U19
Germany U19
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- Group Stage
Portugal U19
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Germany U19
Lithuania U19
Germany U19 Last matches by league
UEFA U19 Championship - Qualification
UEFA U19 Championship
Germany U19 Team Roster
The latest roster contains 46 players: 12 attackers, 15 defenders, 14 midfielders and five goalkeepers. The group includes named attacking options such as Otto Emerson Stange, Taycan Macid Etcibasi and Zain Biazid, with Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka and Niklas Swider among the midfielders. Defensive depth includes Dahrel Tchitchi, Luca Erlein and Mick Schmetgens, while Florian Hellstern and Leon Klanac are listed among the goalkeepers. Several entries use initials, so names are retained in the recorded format without unverified expansion.
position Goalkeeper
Florian Hellstern
T. Mobius
Enis Vauclain Kamga
Leon Klanac
M. Trippel
position Defender
E. Oguguo
Natnael Abraha
Rafael Pinto Pedrosa
Kacper Koscierski
Mick Schmetgens
Ben Hawighorst
Till Neininger
J. Schuldes
T. Schnitzer
T. Meiser
Ben Nink
Luca Erlein
Dahrel Tchitchi
M. Brocker
position Midfielder
Boris Manuzah Lum
Montrell Amare Culbreath
Luis Engelns
Eba Bekir İş
Naba Mensah
Jeremiah Dennit Mensah
Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka
Adin Ličina
Wesley Adeh
Luke Fahrenhorst
Niklas Swider
Jonah Louis Berghoff
Mirza Catovic
Juan Tiago Esteban Poller
position Attacker
Y. Gashi
A. Gaul Souza
A. Staff
Otto Emerson Stange
N. Ajayi
Osman Mohamed Turay
Yannik Wagner
F. Rudiger
Zain Biazid
M. Wallentowitz
L. Eickel
Taycan Macid Etcibasi
Last Germany U19 Coachs
The latest recorded coaching appointment is Pascal Pellowski, beginning in June 2025, but the timeline does not confirm a current holder. Hanno Balitsch is listed from September 2024 in the chronology, following Christian Werner Wörns’s tenure from September 2023 to September 2024.
Pascal Pellowski
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
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| Pascal Pellowski | Germany | 1 June 2025 | |
| Hanno Balitsch | Germany | 1 September 2024 | |
| Christian Werner Wörns | Germany | 1 September 2023 | 1 September 2024 |
| Hannes Wolf | Germany | 1 September 2021 | 1 August 2022 |
| Guido Streichsbier | Germany | 1 March 2019 | |
| Meikel Schönweitz | Germany | 1 August 2017 | 1 March 2019 |
| Frank Kramer | Germany | 1 August 2016 | 1 July 2017 |
| Christian Ziege | Germany | 1 July 2012 | 1 June 2013 |
| Horst Hrubesch | Germany | 1 September 2011 | 1 June 2012 |
Germany U19 Transfers
Germany U19 additions are made through age-group eligibility, federation call-ups and returns to the squad after earlier absences. The recorded roster contains 46 players across goalkeeping, defence, midfield and attack, but it does not identify individual recent additions or the dates of their selection. The available information therefore supports a description of the call-up process, not a named arrivals list or a count of additions for this international cycle.
Germany U19 departures are selection events, not market transactions. Players may be omitted from a later group, withdraw from a camp, age out of the Under-19 cycle or return to their clubs between international windows. The roster information identifies no individual omission, withdrawal or return. The 46-player roster therefore supports no named departures list or count of exits for this selection cycle, and it does not establish a transfer balance.
Transfers Synthesis
Germany U19 operates through an international selection cycle built around age-group eligibility, federation scouting and call-ups. Players join camps, friendly fixtures or UEFA Under-19 qualification groups according to the calendar. A wider pool can be narrowed for each window as form, fitness, eligibility and positional needs are assessed, although no particular call-up or omission is established by the roster alone. Withdrawals, late replacements and returns to club football are normal parts of international scheduling, not transfer activity. The recorded 46-player roster shows the breadth of the age-group pool, but it does not represent a fixed tournament squad or a complete account of every selection change. Germany’s pathway also connects the U19 side with younger DFB selections below it and the U20, U21 and senior teams above it, making selection movement part of player development across successive age groups.
Leagues Germany U19 has participated in
Germany U19 has recorded participation in the UEFA U19 Championship qualification pathway from 2022 through 2026, making it a recent active part of the team’s calendar. The UEFA U19 Championship itself is recorded from 2018 through 2025 and remains a recent competition in the team’s history. Friendlies are recorded for 2025 and are also recent. These entries describe participation history rather than a guaranteed tournament place, final-round appearance or permanent annual schedule. The qualification format generally links autumn mini-tournaments with a spring elite round before the finals.
More about Germany U19
Germany U19 is Germany’s national under-19 football selection, governed by the Deutscher Fußball-Bund and connected to UEFA’s European development system. It is not a club and has no club ownership structure or transfer-market activity; players are assembled around age eligibility, international windows and tournament cycles. No separate founding year is recorded for the selection.
The team carries the wider DFB identity. Its traditional international appearance centres on white shirts and black shorts, with black, red and gold details, while the association crest features the German eagle. As a travelling age-group side rather than a permanent senior venue, Germany U19 has no fixed home stadium. Friendly and domestic fixtures can be staged at different DFB-linked regional grounds, where support is typically led by families, youth-football followers and talent scouts rather than the large crowds associated with the senior team.
The Under-19 structure became an important bridge in German player development after UEFA’s youth framework moved from an Under-18 to an Under-19 championship format in 2001. Germany U19 sits downstream from the U17 and U18 selections and upstream from the U20, U21 and senior teams. Its role is to help players progress from elite academy football towards professional careers and senior international opportunities, while each cycle introduces a new group of players and staff.
The team’s main continental ecosystem is the UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Qualification generally uses autumn mini-tournaments followed by a spring elite round, with successful teams progressing to the finals alongside the host nation. Traditional European opponents including England, France, the Netherlands and Spain provide recurring tests, but the team’s deeper purpose remains development within the DFB pathway and preparation for higher age groups.
Last matches statistics for Germany U19
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
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Germany U19
5 - 0
Kosovo U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Germany U19
2 - 1
Norway U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Germany U19
2 - 2
Sweden U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Germany U19
1 - 0
Greece U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Austria U19
2 - 3
Germany U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Germany U19
4 - 3
Denmark U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Wales U19
0 - 4
Germany U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Spain U19
4 - 0
Germany U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Ukraine U19
1 - 2
Germany U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Spain U19
2 - 0
Germany U19
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
Detailed statistics Germany U19
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).