The title Footballer of the Year has been awarded in Germany since 1960. Eligible are German players as well as non-German players playing in Germany.
Horst Hrubesch is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed the Germany women's national team. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as well as the European Cup title in 1983. He was a key member of the West Germany team that won the 1980 European Championship and made it to the final of the 1982 World Cup, losing to Italy. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills as a centre forward.
Klaus Fischer is a German former professional footballer and coach. He was a key player on the West Germany national team that lost the 1982 World Cup final to Italy. As a forward, he was noted for his bicycle kicks, and scored a spectacular overhead kick equalizer in extra-time of a 1982 World Cup semi-final against France.
Manuel Fischer is a German retired footballer who played as a striker.
Nils-Ole Book is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
The 2009–10 Regionalliga season was the sixteenth since its re-establishment after German reunification and the second as a fourth-level league within the German football league system. It was contested in three divisions with eighteen teams each. The competition began on 7 August 2008 with the first matches of each division and ended on 29 May 2010.
Nils Petersen is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He appeared in the 2016 Summer Olympics and remains the first and only German footballer who has scored five goals in a single game with the national team.
Nils Döring is a German footballer and current manager of Wehen Wiesbaden.
Marcus Mann is a German former footballer and current sporting director of Hannover 96.
Nils Teixeira is a German former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Nils Miatke is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for ZFC Meuselwitz.
Nils Röseler is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club Roda JC.
Nils Pfingsten-Reddig is a German retired professional footballer.
Nils Quaschner is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
The 2014–15 Stuttgarter Kickers season is the 115th season in the club's football history. In 3. Liga the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. The club also plays in the DFB-Pokal, it is the club's first season back in the DFB-Pokal since 2006. The club also takes part in the 2014–15 edition of the Württemberg Cup.
Max Christiansen is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96.
The 2015–16 Stuttgarter Kickers season is the 116th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. The club also takes part in the DFB-Pokal and in the 2015–16 edition of the Württemberg Cup.
Nils Butzen is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back or right midfielder.
The 2017–18 Bundesliga was the 55th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018. The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017.
