UEFA EURO 2024

Men's Football Cup in Germany

Ein buntes Bild, auf dem Fußball spielenden Menschen und Fußbälle zu sehen sind. © Goethe-Institut e. V., Tobias Schrank

From June, 14th until July, 14th, Germany will host the UEFA's EURO 2024, the European Cup in Men's Football. We take a closer look at the importance of football in Germany, historically, culturally, and of course, in terms of sports. Join us, and immerse yourself in “Fußball-Fever”.

EURO 2024: All you need to know
Pink Jerseys and Green Promises

This summer, everything will revolve around the men’s European Football Championship in Germany – which will involve 24 nations, ten cities and millions of fans. Here you will find out everything you need to know for your next evening at the pub.

Times are changing in football, too: for away matches, the German national squad will be playing in pink during this tournament. Foto (detail): © picture alliance/Laci Perenyi/Jerry Andre

Football and Fashion
Euros Fit-Check

Soccer and fashion: there is no other match as unpredictable as this one. At times a bad pass, at others a volley into the top corner. We have looked back at some of the highlights in the history of the European Championship and tried to find the right words.

© picture alliance / Laci Perenyi | Laci Perenyi
Football in the Ruhr
In the Land of 1,000 Derbies

Matches will also be played at two stadiums in the Ruhr region during the 2024 European Football Championship. It’s not really surprising – this area in the far west of Germany is considered the nucleus of German football, especially away from the bright lights of the modern arenas.

© picture alliance / augenklick/firo Sportphoto | Jürgen Fromme
Football and Music
Football is Our Life

There’s music in football: as we approach the men’s Euro 2024 in Germany, we take a look at football songs, some dodgy and some successful, and the stories behind them.

© picture-alliance/ dpa/dpaweb | Marcus Thelen
Diversity in football
Tomorrow in the Present

Girls' teams, clubs for the blind, queer fan clubs: Football shows its integrative potential above all away from the big stage. The movie “Elf Mal Morgen” takes a look at eleven different football stories in Germany.

Foto (Detail): © Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Kick off your German skills

On Our Free Learning Platforms

“Fußball”: How well do you know the game? And do you speak the lingo?

Football-themed German exercises on our free learning platform “Deutsch für Dich” on language levels A1 to B2. Register and practice your German football-lingo with more than 500,000 community users, or individually, for free.

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The sound of the stadium, football-facts you never knew you needed, and more ...

In our eLibrary “Onleihe”, we have 185+ media about football: From books about football-facts, to short audio-books for children, and much more. Search “Fußball” and browse through our collection. All media are available for free lending.

The EURO Cup 2024 on “Deutschstunde”

Get your students involved in the football-fever with interactive German exercises that support learning in writing, speaking, and listening — and discover a treasure trove of teaching materials for all levels and ages.

A soccer stadium © Goethe-Institut New York

New tips for streaming at home

A COLLECTION OF FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, SERIES

2023, comedy, 92 min, OV with German subtitles
Die Unschärferelation der Liebe

Based on the play 'Heisenberg' by Simon Stephens: Two elderly loners meet by chance and, despite their differences, find each other over the course of the film. Starring Caroline Peters, Burghart Klaußner, directed by Lars Kraume.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 27.02.2025.

© HR/XFilme
2021, documentary, 90 min, OV with German subtitles
Board Games - Willkommen in der Welt der Brettspiele

The series explores the world of board games and asks why they fascinate so many people.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 10.01.2026.

© HR
2023, thriller, 89 min, OV with German subtitles
Blindspot

When his wife Anara is in a coma after a car accident, Max searches for the person responsible and believes he is on the trail of a conspiracy. Starring Klaus Steinbacher, Marlene Tanczik, directed by Hannu Salonen).
Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 2.04.2025

© ZDF/Bettina Müller
2020, thriller, 90 min, OV with German subtitles
In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum

A thriller about a gangster terminally ill with cancer, who, in the time he has left, seeks to settle an old score and encounters an unexpected twist. Starring Kida Khodr Ramadan, Emma Drogunova, directed by Kida Khodr Ramadan.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 25.04.2025.

© HR/Degeto/Tim Rosenbohm
2023, comedy, 30 min, OV with German subtitles
Der KI-Kollege

Stehlmann's accounting firm gets a new employee, an AI that only knows one agenda: optimization. Any harmony at the office is now gone. Watch on ZDF Mediathek until 13.12.2025.

© ZDF/Frédéric Batier
2024, documentary, 45 min, OV with German subtitles
Die Bibliothek brennt - 20 Jahre nach der Tragödie von Weimar

The documentary commemorates the devastating fire that destroyed the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar in 2004, looking at both the events of the disaster and the subsequent restoration efforts.
Watch on ARD Mediathek until 20.08.2026.

© MDR

Football culture

in Germany

Football Nation Germany
“A positive shift in the image of Germany worldwide”

Football plays an important role in the way nations are perceived by others and by themselves, says philosopher and football expert Wolfram Eilenberger. He talks in our interview about old clichés and new signals.

Photo (detail): © Picture Alliance/Ulmer, Lukas Coch
Germany’s national colours
Reclaiming the flag, or showing our true colours

After decades of a shadowy existence, the black, red and gold of the German flag have become standards signs of national pride at events like the Football World Cup. But fears are also growing that a new wave of nationalism may emerge from the shadows as well.

Photo (detail): © picture alliance / Annegret Hilse/SVEN SIMON
The EURO 2024 stadiums
From a Yellow Wall to a Christening

Which stadium can serve as a wedding venue, which stadium has remote control like a child’s toy and which is home to women’s football? Let us introduce you to the ten stadiums in Germany that will host the men’s European Football Championship.

Foto (Detail): © picture alliance/Foto Huebner
East-West German Football History
Separated by Politics, United by Football

Ronald Reng has written a football book that is about much more than football. 1974 – Eine deutsche Begegnung is a captivating portrait of divided Germany in the 1970s.

© picture-alliance / dpa | Werner Baum

UEFA EURO 2024

EURO 2024: All you need to know Pink Jerseys and Green Promises

Football and Fashion Euros Fit-Check

Football in the Ruhr In the Land of 1,000 Derbies

Football and Music Football is Our Life

Diversity in football Tomorrow in the Present

Kick off your German skills

“Fußball”: How well do you know the game? And do you speak the lingo?

The sound of the stadium, football-facts you never knew you needed, and more ...

New tips for streaming at home

2023, comedy, 92 min, OV with German subtitles Die Unschärferelation der Liebe

2021, documentary, 90 min, OV with German subtitles Board Games - Willkommen in der Welt der Brettspiele

2023, thriller, 89 min, OV with German subtitles Blindspot

2020, thriller, 90 min, OV with German subtitles In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum

2023, comedy, 30 min, OV with German subtitles Der KI-Kollege

2024, documentary, 45 min, OV with German subtitles Die Bibliothek brennt - 20 Jahre nach der Tragödie von Weimar

Football culture

Football Nation Germany “A positive shift in the image of Germany worldwide”

Germany’s national colours Reclaiming the flag, or showing our true colours

The EURO 2024 stadiums From a Yellow Wall to a Christening

East-West German Football History Separated by Politics, United by Football

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EURO 2024: All you need to know
Pink Jerseys and Green Promises

Football and Fashion
Euros Fit-Check

Football in the Ruhr
In the Land of 1,000 Derbies

Football and Music
Football is Our Life

Diversity in football
Tomorrow in the Present

2023, comedy, 92 min, OV with German subtitles
Die Unschärferelation der Liebe

2021, documentary, 90 min, OV with German subtitles
Board Games - Willkommen in der Welt der Brettspiele

2023, thriller, 89 min, OV with German subtitles
Blindspot

2020, thriller, 90 min, OV with German subtitles
In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum

2023, comedy, 30 min, OV with German subtitles
Der KI-Kollege

2024, documentary, 45 min, OV with German subtitles
Die Bibliothek brennt - 20 Jahre nach der Tragödie von Weimar

Football Nation Germany
“A positive shift in the image of Germany worldwide”

Germany’s national colours
Reclaiming the flag, or showing our true colours

The EURO 2024 stadiums
From a Yellow Wall to a Christening

East-West German Football History
Separated by Politics, United by Football