Hosts Germany are going into Euro 2024 with the aim of lifting the trophy, coach Julian Nagelsmann has said.
Germany have had poor results at recent big events and over most of 2023 but Nagelsmann appears to have managed a turnaround when they beat France and the Netherlands in friendly internationals.
German Football Federation (DFB) president Bernd Neuendorf has named a semi-final berth as the aim for a good tournament, and Nagelsmann went a step further in an interview with Magenta TV published on Thursday.
"When you take part in a tournament, when you take part in a match, the basic idea should be to win it. We emphasised this basic idea again at the last training course. We'll also visualise that again as far as the players are concerned," Nagelsmann said.
"It's legitimate and healthy to set an example that we're competing as a coaching team and as a team to win the title."
He added: "We should definitely get through the preliminary round, of course, and then one or two knockout rounds so that we can talk about a good European Championship in terms of results."
But Nagelsmann also said that a lot of other factors could determine how the team's performance will be perceived at the tournament they open on June 14 against Scotland, with Hungary and Switzerland the other group stage opponents.
England, who beat Germany in the last 16 at the 2021 edition, Denmark, title holders Italy, Spain and Croatia are all potential opponents in the round of 16.
"You have to wait and see how the games go, including who you play. You can still get a very good opponent as group winners," Nagelsmann said.
"In the worst-case scenario, we would be eliminated from the tournament and still ask ourselves how we played, how we inspired people, how we inspired ourselves, how we aroused the emotions in ourselves in a good way."