Editing Matthias Sammer (section)

===Germany===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0404-025, SG Dynamo Dresden, Matthias Sammer.jpg|thumb|upright=0.68|left|Sammer in 1990]]
On 19 December 1990, Sammer debuted for the newly formed unified [[Germany national football team]], which was mostly made up of the [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] team that had won the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]. The match was played at [[MHPArena|his home stadium]] in [[Stuttgart]] and Germany ran out 4–0 winners against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]].

Sammer was a member of the German squad for [[UEFA Euro 1992]], where the team was beaten in [[UEFA Euro 1992 Final|the final]] by [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]].<ref name=gatecrash>{{cite web |title=Gatecrashing Denmark down Germany |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7b301f026e-4388f32eaa87-1000--gatecrashing-denmark-down-germany-in-euro-1992-final/ |publisher=[[UEFA]] |date=5 October 2003 |access-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621082724/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1992/matches/round=217/match=6098/postmatch/report/index.html |archive-date=21 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also selected for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], as Germany was surprisingly knocked out by the underdog [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] at the quarter-final stage.

In [[UEFA Euro 1996]], Sammer played in the libero role he had been converted to at Borussia Dortmund. He scored the opening goal in Germany's second group match against [[Russia national football team|Russia]] and the winning goal against [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] in the quarter-final. After Germany defeated the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] in [[UEFA Euro 1996 Final|the final]], Sammer was named Player of the Tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/477/euro-2012/2012/06/04/3145395/euro-1996-legends-matthias-sammer-germany|title=Euro 1996 Legends: Matthias Sammer, Germany|date=4 June 2012|publisher=Goal}}</ref>

On 7 June 1997, Sammer played his final match for Germany in a [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] against [[Ukraine]] in [[Kyiv]]. He did not take part at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] due to injury.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-may-17-sp-50877-story.html |title=Quotes Already Kick-Starting World Cup '98 |work=Los Angeles Times |last1=Jones |first1=Grahame L. |date=17 May 1998 |access-date=8 June 2021 }}</ref>