Since beating England 1-0 on October 7, 2000, Germany have played 17 matches against top class international opposition without winning.

They lost 4-1 to Italy in a friendly on Wednesday.

Feb 27 2001 France Paris Lost 1-0

Sept 1 2001 England Munich Lost 5-1

April 17 2002 Argentina Stuttgart Lost 1-0

June 30 2002 Brazil Yokohama Lost 2-0 WCF

Nov 20 2002 Netherlands Gelsenkirchen Lost 3-1

Feb 12 2003 Spain Palma de Majorca Lost 3-1

Aug 20 2003 Italy Stuttgart Lost 1-0

Nov 15 2003 France Gelsenkirchen Lost 3-0

June 15 2004 Netherlands Porto Drew 1-1

June 23 2004 Czech Republic Lisbon Lost 2-1

Sep 8 2004 Brazil Berlin Drew 1-1

Feb 9 2005 Argentina Duesseldorf Drew 2-2

June 20 2005 Argentina Nuremberg Drew 2-2

June 25 2005 Brazil Nuremberg Lost 3-2

Aug 17 2005 Netherlands Rotterdam Drew 2-2

Nov 12 2005 France Paris Drew 0-0

Mar 1 2006 Germany Florence Lost 4-1

WCF: World Cup final

Record: Played 17 Won 0 Drawn 6 Lost 11.