1974 FIFA World Cup
Host Country: West Germany
Dates: 13 June – 6 July, 1974
Teams: 16 Groups: 4
Champions: West Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up: Netherlands
- Helmut Schön
- 1 Sepp Maier
- 2 Berti Vogts
- 3 Paul Breitner
- 4 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
- 5 Franz Beckenbauer
- 6 Horst-Dieter Höttges
- 7 Herbert Wimmer
- 8 Bernhard Cullmann
- 9 Jürgen Grabowski
- 10 Günter Netzer
- 11 Jupp Heynckes
- 12 Wolfgang Overath
- 13 Gerd Müller
- 14 Uli Hoeneß
- 15 Heinz Flohe
- 16 Rainer Bonhof
- 17 Bernd Hölzenbein
- 18 Dieter Herzog
- 19 Jupp Kapellmann
- 20 Helmut Kremers
- 21 Norbert Nigbur
- 22 Wolfgang Kleff
1978 FIFA World Cup
Host Country: Argentina
Dates: 1 June – 25 June, 1978
Teams: 16 Groups: 4
Champions: Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up: Netherlands
- Helmut Schön
- 1 Sepp Maier
- 2 Berti Vogts
- 3 Bernard Dietz
- 4 Rolf Rüssmann
- 5 Manfred Kaltz
- 6 Rainer Bonhof
- 7 Rüdiger Abramczik
- 8 Herbert Zimmermann
- 9 Klaus Fischer
- 10 Heinz Flohe
- 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- 12 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
- 16 Bernhard Cullmann
- 14 Dieter Müller
- 15 Erich Beer
- 18 Gerd Zewe
- 17 Bernd Hölzenbein
- 19 Ronald Worm
- 20 Hansi Müller
- 22 Dieter Burdenski
1982 FIFA World Cup
Host Country: Spain
Dates: 13 June – 11 June, 1982
Teams: 24 Groups: 6
Champions: Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up: West Germany
- Jupp Derwall
- 1 Harald Schumacher
- 2 Hans-Peter Briegel
- 3 Paul Breitner
- 4 Karlheinz Förster
- 5 Bernd Förster
- 7 Pierre Littbarski
- 8 Klaus Fischer
- 9 Horst Hrubesch
- 10 Hansi Müller
- 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- 12 Wilfried Hannes
- 13 Horst Hrubesch
- 14 Felix Magath
- 15 Uli Stielike
- 16 Thomas Allofs
- 17 Stephan Engels
- 18 Lothar Matthäus
- 19 Holger Hieronymus
- 20 Manfred Kaltz
- 21 Bernd Franke
- 22 Eike Immel
1986 FIFA World Cup
Host Country: Mexico
Dates: 31 May – 29 June, 1986
Teams: 24 Groups: 6
Champions: Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up: West Germany
- Franz Beckenbauer
- 1 Harald Schumacher
- 2 Hans-Peter Briegel
- 3 Andreas Brehme
- 4 Karlheinz Förster
- 5 Matthias Herget
- 6 Norbert Eder
- 7 Pierre Littbarski
- 8 Lothar Matthäus
- 9 Rudi Völler
- 10 Felix Magath
- 11 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- 12 Uli Stein
- 13 Karl Allgöwer
- 14 Thomas Berthold
- 15 Klaus Augenthaler
- 16 Olaf Thon
- 17 Ditmar Jakobs
- 18 Uwe Rahn
- 19 Klaus Allofs
- 20 Dieter Hoeneß
- 21 Wolfgang Rolff
- 22 Eike Immel
1990 FIFA World Cup
Host Country: Italy
Dates: 8 June – 8 July, 1990
Teams: 24 Groups: 6
Champions: West Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up: Argentina
- Franz Beckenbauer
- 1 Bodo Illgner
- 2 Stefan Reuter
- 3 Andreas Brehme
- 4 Jürgen Kohler
- 5 Klaus Augenthaler
- 6 Guido Buchwald
- 7 Pierre Littbarski
- 8 Thomas Häßler
- 9 Rudi Völler
- 10 Lothar Matthäus
- 11 Frank Mill
- 12 Raimond Aumann
- 13 Karl-Heinz Riedle
- 14 Thomas Berthold
- 15 Uwe Bein
- 16 Paul Steiner
- 17 Andreas Möller
- 18 Jürgen Klinsmann
- 19 Hans Pflügler
- 20 Olaf Thon
- 21 Günter Hermann
- 22 Andreas Köpke