Otto Nerz took over the German national football team in 1926. A hundred years later, Jürgen Klopp became the 13th Bundestrainer, national coach, in the history of the German Football Association, the DFB. He started on 15 August 2026. Sepp Herberger was in charge for almost 28 years, from 1936 to 1964, with a break of several years during and after the Second World War. Helmut Schön followed him until 1978. Joachim Löw coached the team for 15 years, from 2006 to 2021. In 2018 Germany went out of the World Cup in the group stage. It was the worst German result at any World Cup. The DFB kept Löw. On 3 July 2018 he thanked the association for das Vertrauen, das der DFB weiterhin geschlossen in mich setzt, the trust that the DFB, united, continued to place in him. Then the pace changed. In September 2023 Hansi Flick became the first national coach in DFB history to be dismissed. His successor, Julian Nagelsmann, asked to end his contract after the disappointing World Cup of 2026.