My dissertation examines media narratives built around the multicultural German national football teams (both men and women) and argues that football not only helps pursue and formulate national identity, but also has become a battleground for both the promotion and contestation of German national identity. I aim to answer the following research questions: How was this multicultural team portrayed, utilized, and interpreted differently in the media between 2006 to 2018? What social forces created the demographically diverse national team and discourse surrounding them between this period? How has the rhetoric “multicultural national team” influenced ongoing debates over German national identity?