The 28-year-old was part of the side that reached the Euro 2012 semi-finals, but he has demanded that they receive more respect for their performances.
"(Semi-final finishes) should not be taken for granted. We did not drop a point in the qualifiers, we beat top 10 teams in our group and then lost just one game," he told reporters.
The German has won 95 caps for his country.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| C | Bayer LeverkusenB. Leverkusen | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 19 | 55 | 79 |
| 2 | Bayern MunichBayern | 29 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 82 | 36 | 46 | 63 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 29 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 34 | 33 | 63 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 33 | 34 | 56 |
| 5 | Borussia DortmundDortmund | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 34 | 23 | 56 |
| 6 | Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 45 |
| 7 | Augsburg | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 49 | -1 | 39 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 52 | -11 | 39 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 57 | -8 | 36 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 50 | -8 | 34 |
| 11 | Borussia MonchengladbachBorussia M'bach | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 56 | -6 | 31 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 31 |
| 13 | Union BerlinUnion Berlin | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 45 | -20 | 29 |
| 14 | Wolfsburg | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 50 | -16 | 28 |
| 15 | VfL BochumVfL Bochum | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 59 | -25 | 27 |
| 16 | Mainz 05Mainz | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 26 |
| 17 | FC Koln | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 51 | -28 | 22 |
| 18 | SV Darmstadt 98Darmstadt | 29 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 72 | -44 | 14 |
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