by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor

It took a while, or we'd better say almost a decade at least. But they're finally on the pitch, training hard and ready for the international debut. The official first time of Germany (after an unofficial, at least for DFB, double game held in Georgia on past April with two defeats, 4-0 and 5-0) is now a reality and will happen in Hamburg today and tuesday. The rival chosen for the debut sounds like a premise for a soccer classic challenge but fortunately is all about futsal: 2500 fans for the dreamed "sold out" and the national channel Sport 1 broadcasting game 1 live in the whole country.

Below have a look at the historical first delegation of Germany, leaded by head coach Paul Schomann (Photo courtesy: DFB).


German National Team - Players List

Goalkeepers
Yalcin Ceylani (13.12.1987 - Hamburg Panthers)
Marco Pohl (23.06.1989 - VFL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal)
Pavlos Wiegels (24.07.1994 - KS Orzel Futsal Jelcz-Laskowice - POLAND)

Field Players
Tim Baumer (31.05.1997 - UFC Münster)
Timo Di Giorgio (30.07.1988 - Futsal Club Portus Pforzheim)
Durim Elezi (21.12.1990 - FC Liria)
Adam Fiedler (12.01.1993 - FC Eilenburg)
Daniel Fredel (25.02.1990 - Futsal Panthers Köln)
Lennart Hartmann (03.04.1991 - FC Liria)
Timo Heinze (23.02.1986 - Futsal Panthers Köln)
Saboor Khalili (05.09.1985 - Hamburg Panthers)
Nils Klems (29.09.1988 - Holzpfosten Schwerte)
Danijel Majdancevic (26.12.1988 - FC Deisenhofen)
Michael Meyer (12.09.1988 - Hamburg Panthers)
Eduard Nickel (02.12.1989 - UFC Münster)
Christoph Rüschenpöhler (09.06.1989 - UFC Münster)
Stefan Winkel (23.06.1990 - Hamburg Panthers)
Christopher Wittig (27.11.1995 - VFL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal)

Head coach: Paul Schomann
Assistant coach: Wendelin Kemper
Assistant coach: Daniel Gerlach
Goalkeepers coach: Fred Michalsky