Czech Republic, 99, 124

Dutch-German relationship, 118, 119

England, xiii

gender, 95, 176

German fans, 115, 118, 167, 178

German virtues, 109–114

globalisation, 98, 109

hooligans, and German identity, 97, 113–117, 127

humour, xi, xii, 96, 101, 118

Hungary, 105

Iran, 115

local identity, 95, 96

Mexico, 115

national character, 97, 105, 107–113

national culture, 100–103

national football past, 103–105, 127

nationalism, bad, 119–121, 127

nationalism, good, 121–124

national unity, temporal and spatial, 99, 100

Paraguay, 112, 123, 174

Portugal, xiii

race, 95

racism, and Brazil, 106–108

Scotland, xiii

Senegal, 126

South Korea, 120, 121

Spain, xiii

Sponsorship, 95

style of play, 106, 107, 110–113

television rights, 95

unifying power, 98, 99

World Cup 2006

British press, 182

memory of the National Socialist past, 167–172

national flag, 167–170, 178

patriotism, 167, 178, 179, 181

regional identity, 174, 178

Foucault, Michel, xiii, xiv

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

distribution area, 29

political leaning, 29

sales, 29

Freese, W., 68

Freudenstein, R., 36

Fried, N., 49

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 18

Fritz-Vannahme, J., 59

Fulbrook, M., 12, 17

Funk, P., 68

Galasinski, D., 2

GDR (German Democratic Republic) (see East Germany)

Gellner, E., 3

Gerhard, H., 27

German national identity

concepts until 1945, 9

concepts after 1945, 10–18

Giardina, M. D., 89

Giffard, A. C., 22

Giles, M., 43

Giulianotti, R., 95, 96

globalisation, 21–23

Goeller, A. D., 137

Goldhagen, D., 16, 17, 24, 186

Good, C., 44

Grässler, B., 189

Grass, G., 15

Grassmann, P., 89

Graupner, H., 148

Green, S., 64, 66, 70, 188

Greiffenhagen, M., 171

Griese, B., 67