Six inductees for the Hall of Fame of German football have been announced - Bastian Schweinsteiger, Horst Hrubesch, Otto Rehhagel, Jupp Heynckes, Guido Buchwald and Bert Trautmann.
A jury of journalists voted for the six for their extraordinary achievements and successes as players or coaches, the German Football Museum in Dortmund said on Friday.
An official ceremony for the new members will take place at the German Football Museum next year, as will the selection of the next inductees from women's football.
The Hall of Fame was first set up in 2018 and now includes 53 German football icons.
"Fritz Walter, Helmut Rahn, Sepp Herberger - they were my heroes way back then. To be in the Hall of Fame of German football with them today makes me very happy. And also proud," said Rehhagel, who crowned his outstanding coaching career with a sensational Euro 2004 victory with underdogs Greece.
Hrubesch, who most recently led the German women's football team to the Olympics as coach, was also honoured.
"After Uwe Seeler, I'm only the second Hamburg player to make it. This is a special honour," he said.
World Cup winner Schweinsteiger was also delighted "that two of my 2014 team-mates, Miro Klose and Philipp Lahm, have already been honoured."
Trautmann, who would have turned 100 last year, was honoured posthumously. The goalkeeper progressed from being a prisoner of war to a Manchester City icon in England.
Buchwald became world champion as a player in 1990 and celebrated further titles while Heynckes worked for over 40 years with great successes at home and abroad.
In 2013, he became the first German coach to win a treble of league championship, cup and Champions League with Bayern Munich.