(Reuters) - Germany are targeting a return to the world's elite at the Women's World Cup next month after a string of disappointing results for the two-times champions in recent years.
The Germans won the World Cup in 2003 and 2007 but were eliminated in the quarter-finals in 2011 and finished fourth in 2015, and the fans' passion for women's football appears to have waned.
Former Germany international and youth coach Horst Hrubesch took over on an interim basis to secure World Cup qualification, and after restoring order with seven wins and a draw from his eight games, handed the reins over to Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. The former Switzerland coach, who took over in November, named 23 players in her squad with five more players set to join Germany's training camp in Bavaria later this month as alternates in case of last-minute injuries.
There is also some experience on the sidelines with two-times world champion Birgit Prinz joining the team as a sports psychologist.
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