Editing Franz Beckenbauer (section)

===1966 World Cup===
{{Quote box|width=28%|align=right|quote="The message he [Beckenbauer] sent out was: 'Don't even try it. Coming out to face me is a waste of your time.'
 |source =—England 1966 World Cup legend [[Bobby Charlton]].<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=25113/quotes.html | title = Franz Beckenbauer – I was there | publisher = FIFA.com | access-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522142538/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/players/player=25113/quotes.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>}}

Beckenbauer appeared in his first [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], playing every match. In his first World Cup match, against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], he scored twice in a 5–0 win.<ref name="FIFA stats"/> West Germany won their group, and then beat [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] 4–0 in quarter-finals, with Beckenbauer scoring the second goal in the 70th minute.<ref name="FIFA stats">{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=25113/ | title = Franz BECKENBAUER | publisher = FIFA.com | access-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-date = 22 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140522143317/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=25113/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In the semi-finals, the Germans faced the [[USSR national football team|USSR]]; [[Helmut Haller]] opened the scoring, while Beckenbauer netted the second goal of the match, his fourth goal of the tournament, thus contributing to a 2–1 win and helping West Germany advance to the [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] final against hosts [[England national football team|England]].<ref name="FIFA stats"/>

He and [[Bobby Charlton]] were instructed by their respective managers to [[man-mark]] each other, thus cancelling out each other's play.<ref>{{Citation |title=Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman of Football |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0f81tnm/sir-bobby-charlton-the-first-gentleman-of-football |access-date=23 October 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref> England went on to win [[1966 FIFA World Cup Final|the final]] and the [[Jules Rimet Trophy]] in extra time.<ref name="FIFA profile" /> Still, Beckenbauer was nominated the [[FIFA World Cup awards#FIFA Young Player Award|Best Young Player]] of the tournament,<ref name=":1" /> while also being awarded the [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Bronze Boot]], together with [[Ferenc Bene]], [[Geoff Hurst]] and [[Valeriy Porkujan]].<ref name="worl_Worl" />

[[File:Franz Beckenbauer 22-6-74.png|thumb|upright|Beckenbauer [[Captain (association football)|captaining]] [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] against [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]]]