Surrounded by his adoring spectators, Franz Beckenbauer, center, team captain of the winning German national soccer team at the 1974 world soccer championship presents the trophy in Munich's Olympic stadium in Germany, July 7, 1974.
Right is the team's goalkeeper Sepp Maier, others are not identified. Beckenbauer succeeded Thursday, July 6, 2000 in Zurich, Switzerland, with Germany's application for the soccer world championships 2006 in Germany.
