Joachim Low will continue as Germany coach, despite the country’s shock exit from the 2018 World Cup.
Low, 58, has been with the German FA since 2004 when he was appointed to Jurgen Klinsmann’s coaching staff.
He took charge of the side following a third-place finish at the 2006 World Cup on home soil and led the Nationalmannschaft to the trophy in 2014.
The coach, who is contracted until 2022, also led Germany to the European Championship final in 2008, and secured semifinal appearances at the 2010 World Cup as well as the 2012 and 2016 European Championship.
However, he stuck with Germany’s golden generation of Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, Jerome Boateng and Sami Khedira, among others, at the 2018 finals in Russia, where the defending champions did not make it out of their group.
Having failed to fully integrate the newer players from the victorious 2017 Confederations Cup campaign into the squad this summer, a tired Germany were eliminated from the World Cup in the opening round for the first time since 1938.
DFB President Reinhard Grindel said: “We had a very open and trusting exchange, in which we addressed many points. We are all firmly convinced that with Low we have a national coach who will analyze very carefully, take the right steps and lead our team back on the road to success.
“It would be premature, however, to demand a comprehensive analysis just days after such a tournament.”
