2002/03 Germany Home Football Shirt (L)

Condition: 8/10 Excellent. One small faint dot on lower front

Size: Adult's Large

Chest Measurement: 42-44 Inches / 107-112 CM

Manufacturer: Adidas

Colour: White, black trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2002/2003 & 2003/2004

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Adidas Germany home football shirt from the 2002/03 international season.

Condition of this original football jersey is 8/10 - Excellent. One small faint dot on lower front (see photos).

Coming into the 2002 World Cup, expectations of the German team were low due to poor results in the qualifiers. This included not directly qualifying for the finals for the first time. The team nonetheless dealt a thrashing to Saudi Arabia 8–0 in their first match. In the knockout stages, riding on the heroics of Oliver Kahn and Michael Ballack they produced three consecutive 1–0 wins against Paraguay, the United States, and co-hosts South Korea, setting up a final against Brazil, the first World Cup meeting between the two.

Unfortunately Ballack was suspended for the final due to accumulated yellow cards and Kahn was injured during the final proper. In a hard-fought match, Germany thus lost 0–2. Nevertheless, Miroslav Klose won theSilver Boot and German captain and goalkeeper Oliver Kahn won the Golden Ball, the first time in the World Cup's history that a goalkeeper was named the best player of the tournament, as well as the Yashin-Award for the best goalkeeper in the tournament.