DFB development plan of 2000 - Germany’s path to success in Brazil

DFB development plan of 2000 - Germany’s path to success in Brazil

Germany’s 2014 World Cup success has not come overnight. The national team has been building towards this excellence since 2000, when it could not advance from the group stage in the European tournament. The result of the fall out was a development plan.  A plan, which has had been identifying and training athletic youngsters in 366 districts. The system produced the wave of players in their mid-20’s who excelled in Brazil.

The German system is important because there is a direct line from the development plan of the German federation, DFB, and some of the celebrity coaches from Germany plying their trade elsewhere.  

Germany rarely needs a renewal not with three world cup won, but that does not mean success will come on a platter, they had to work hard for it. Germany’s surges ahead taking its core from the DFB program.

The wealthy national league, the Bundesliga, has kept most national players at home, challenging the Spanish, English and Italian leagues as the best in the world. Imports from Africa and Latin America and Europe fill in spots on the German clubs, but good German players do not rust away at home.

The Spanish ‘tiki taka’ style of play and their development plan was touted as the best after their success in the last world Cup and with Spanish clubs winning silverware in club competitions, now the focus is on the German.

With DFB plan producing at full tilt none can stop the marauding Germans.