Home Stadium

The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005–06 season. Both clubs had previously played their home games at the Munich Olympic Stadium since 1972, where FC Bayern Munich played all of their games and TSV 1860 München most of their games.
Capacity
Effective with the city's approval of modifications that was granted January 16, 2006, the legal capacity of the stadium has increased from 66,000 to 69,901 spectators (including standing room). The lower tier can seat up to 20,000, the middle tier up to 24,000, and the upper tier up to 22,000. 10,400 of the seats in the lower tier corners can be converted to standing room to allow an additional 3,120 spectators. The total capacity includes 2,000 business seats, 400 seats for the press, 106 luxury boxes with seating for up to 174 and 165 berths for wheelchairs and the like. From the second half of the 2005-06 Bundesliga season, the arena is able to accommodate 69,901 spectators at league and German Cup games, but because of UEFA regulations, the capacity remains at 66,000 seats for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup games. Bayern Munich has limited capacity during their league and cup games to 69,000. The partial roof covers all seats, although winds can still blow rain onto some of them.

Career of Podolski (World Cup 2010)

On 13 June 2010, Podolski, who had become accustomed to his position as a winger scored the first goal in Germany's World Cup opening game in a 4-0 win against Australia, before assisting teammate Thomas Müller for the third goal. On 18 June 2010, Podolski missed a second-half penalty after a handling infraction committed by Nemanja Vidić in the 1-0 loss to Serbia. The German team had gone down to 10-men after a second yellow was shown to Miroslav Klose in the 36th minute. Even though the Germans played with 10-men throughout the rest of the game, Podolski had numerous chances on goal. However he was unable to capitalize, and the game ended in a surprise defeat for the Germans. However, he managed to score against England in the last 16, giving Germany a 2-0 advantage in the first half. They went on to beat England 4-1.In the quarter final against Argentina, Podolski assisted Klose to a goal, bringing the score to 2-0. The Germans won the match 4-0.

Coach of Germany Football team

On 13 July 2006, following Klinsmann's decision to not renew his contract, Löw was named as the new head coach of Germany. Löw obtained a contract for two years and announced that he wanted to continue in the philosophy developed by Klinsmann and himself to stick with that evolution towards a more offensive style. This footballing philosopher has had a particular obsession with the amount of time his players hold on to the ball before passing. During his tenure, he has reduced this time significantly, increasing the pace of the German game. He declared that his aim was to triumph at Euro 2008. His first game in charge, a friendly against Sweden in Gelsenkirchen on 16 August 2006, was a 3–0 success in which Miroslav Klose scored twice and Bernd Schneider scored the other. With wins over Republic of Ireland and San Marino Löw also had a successful start in qualifying for Euro 2008. On Saturday 7 October 2006 the German "Elf" won 2–0 against Georgia in the Ostseestadion in Rostock, which was the fourth consecutive success for Joachim Löw and his team, in fact the best start of a new head coach of the German national team ever. The team extended this record to five wins in the next challenge, the Euro 2008 qualifier against Slovakia in Bratislava on Wednesday 11 October, with an effective 4–1 victory. The Slovaks' strike was also the first goal conceded by Germany under Löw's reign after a total of 418 minutes played with clean sheets. Löw managed to qualify with Germany In the 2010 World Cup, Germany proceeded through the group stage and met England in the first round of the knockout stage, beating them 4–1 before defeating Argentina 4-0 in the quarterfinals to reach the final four. Germany then lost to Spain 1-0 and failed to make the Final again.[2] On 10 July 2010, they went on to win the third place play-off against Uruguay by 3-2 to collect the bronze medals and third place at the 2010 World Cup

Players of German National Football team

Goal Keeper
Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04) #1
Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen) #12
Jörg Butt (Bayern Munich) #22
Defence
Dennis Aogo (Hamburger SV 2) #4
Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich) #14
Jerome Boateng (Hamburger SV) #20
Arne Friedrich (Hertha BSC Berlin) #3
Marcell Jansen (Hamburger SV) #2
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) #16
Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen) #17
Serdar Tasci (VfB Stuttgart) #5
Midfield
Michael Ballack (FC Chelsea) #13
Sami Khedira (VfB Stuttgart) #6
Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen) #18
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen) #21
Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen) #8
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) #7
Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV) #14
Offence
Cacau (VfB Stuttgart) #23
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) #25
Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich) #18
Stefan Kießling (Bayer Leverkusen) #9
Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich) #11
Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln) #10

German National Football team

The German national football team is the association football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund), which was founded in 1900.
From 1950 to 1990, it was more or less the team of the Federal Republic of Germany[4] as the DFB is based in Frankfurt, located in the former West Germany. Under Allied occupation and division, two other separate national teams were also recognized by FIFA: the Saarland team (1950–1956) and the East German team (1952–1990). Both have been absorbed along with their records (caps and goal scorers) by the current national team. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" in 1990.
Germany is historically one of the three most successful national teams at international competitions, having won a total of three World Cups and three European Championships. They have also been runners-up three times in the European Championships, four times in the World Cup, and further won four 3rd places. East Germany won Olympic Gold in 1976. Germany is the only nation to have won both the men's and women's World Cups.
The current coaching staff of the national team include head coach Joachim Löw, assistant coach Hans-Dieter Flick, goalkeeper coach Andreas Köpke, athletic coach Shad Forsythe, athletic coach Oliver Bartlett, scout Urs Siegenthaler, technical director Matthias Sammer, and team manager Oliver Bierhoff.