East Germany national football team

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East Germany

Nickname

"Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen"

(World champion in friendly games)

Association

Deutscher Fussballverband
der DDR — DFV

Head coach

Most caps

Joachim Streich (98)

Top scorer

Joachim Streich (53)

FIFA code

GDR





First kit





Second kit

First international

Poland 3 - 0 East Germany

(Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952)
Last International

Belgium 0 - 2 East Germany

(Brussels, Belgium; 12 September 1990)

Biggest win

Ceylon 1 - 12 East Germany

(Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964)

Biggest defeat
0 - 3, 12 times; 1 - 4, three times

World Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1974)

Best result

Round 2, 1974

Men’s Football
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1964 Tokyo	Team¹
Bronze	1972 Munich	Team
Gold	1976 Montreal	Team
Silver	1980 Moscow	Team

The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the national football team of the German Democratic Republic, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along Saarland and the Federal Republic of Germany. After the reunification of Germany in late 1990, the Deutscher Fußball Verband der DDR (DFV), and with it the East German team, was absorbed by the Deutscher Fußball Bund (DFB) into the new German team.

East Germany was not as successful as its counterpart in West Germany in World Cups or European Championships. It never qualified for the finals of the European Championship and only qualified for one World Cup, in 1974.

That tournament was staged in West Germany, with both German teams were drawn in the same group in the first round. Meeting on 22 June 1974 in a politically and emotionally charged match in Hamburg, East Germany beat West Germany 1-0, thanks to a goal by Jürgen Sparwasser. Both advanced to the second round, where East Germany was eliminated, while West Germany eventually went on to win the tournament.

East Germany did however achieve significantly greater success in Olympic football than West Germany. They won the gold medal in 1976, the silver medal in 1980, and two bronze medals in 1964 (representing combined Germany) and 1972.

After the reunification, some players from the East Germany national team, most notably Matthias Sammer and Ulf Kirsten, played for the new unified German team. See players with caps for both East Germany and unified Germany.

1 GDR v FRG
- 1.1 Euro 92 Qualifying
2 World Cup record
3 European Championship record
4 Player records
5 Coaches
6 Notes
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] GDR v FRG

Over the years of their separate existence, the GDR and FRG played each other only a handful of times. The most notable meeting was at the 1974 World Cup, which East Germany won 1-0. They also played each other three times in Olympic Football. In the qualifying tournament for the 1964 Olympic Games, the two played a two-legged preliminary round tie - the GDR won their home leg 3-0, while the FRG won the return 2-1. In the 1972 Olympic Games, during the final tournament, the GDR and FRG, having qualified from their First Round groups, met in the Second Round, with the GDR winning 3-2.

[edit] Euro 92 Qualifying

The draw for the qualifying tournament of Euro 92 had seen East Germany drawn in Group 5 along with Belgium, West Germany, Wales and Luxembourg. However, the reunification process had advanced far enough that it was possible to cancel most of East Germany's games. The planning for the opening fixture away to Belgium was too far along to be cancelled, and so it was played as a friendly. It was also planned to keep East Germany's home fixture against West Germany, scheduled for November 14, 1990 in Leipzig as a friendly to celebrate the unification of the DFB and DFV-DDR, but this was cancelled due to rioting in East German stadia.

[edit] World Cup record

1954 - Did not enter
1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Round 2
1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

1960 to 1988 - Did not qualify

[edit] Player records

[edit] Most capped players

Below is a list of the 25 players with the most caps for East Germany. The numbers are from the website of DFB, which include ten qualifying and final tournament games of the Olympics that are no longer counted by FIFA. The numbers counted by FIFA are shown in parantheses.

#	Player	East Germany career	Caps
1	Joachim Streich	1969-1984	102 (98)
2	Hans-Jürgen Dörner	1969-1985	100 (96)
3	Jürgen Croy	1967-1981	94 (86)
4	Konrad Weise	1970-1981	86 (78)
5	Eberhard Vogel	1962-1976	74 (69)
6	Bernd Bransch	1967-1976	72 (64)
7	Peter Ducke	1960-1975	68 (63)
8	Martin Hoffmann	1973-1981	66 (62)
=	Lothar Kurbjuweit	1970-1981	66 (59)
10	Ronald Kreer	1982-1989	65 (65)
11	Gerd Kische	1971-1980	63 (59)
12	Matthias Liebers	1980-1988	59 (59)
13	Reinhard Häfner	1971-1984	58 (54)
14	Jürgen Pommerenke	1972-1983	57 (53)
15	Rainer Ernst	1981-1990	56 (56)
=	Hennig Frenzel	1961-1974	56 (54)
17	Jürgen Sparwasser	1969-1977	53 (48)
18	Andreas Thom	1984-1990	51 (51)
19	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	1968-1975	50 (46)
20	Ulf Kirsten	1985-1990	49 (49)
21	Dieter Erler	1959-1968	47 (45)
=	Jörg Stübner	1984-1990	47 (47)
23	René Müller	1984-1989	46 (46)
=	Dirk Stahmann	1982-1989	46 (46)
25	Rüdiger Schnuphase	1973-1983	45 (45)

[edit] Top goalscorers

Below is a list of the 15 top goalscorers for East Germany. The numbers are from the website of DFB, which include goals scored in ten qualifying and final tournament games of the Olympics that are no longer counted by FIFA. The numbers counted by FIFA are shown in parantheses.

#	Player	Goals
1	Joachim Streich	55 (53)
2	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	25 (22)
=	Eberhard Vogel	25 (24)
4	Rainer Ernst	20 (20)
5	Hennig Frenzel	19 (19)
6	Martin Hoffmann	16 (15)
=	Jürgen Nöldner	16 (16)
=	Andreas Thom	16 (16)
9	Peter Ducke	15 (15)
=	Jürgen Sparwasser	15 (14)
11	Ulf Kirsten	14 (14)
12	Günter Schröter	13 (13)
13	Wolfram Löwe	12 (12)
=	Dieter Erler	12 (12)
15	Willy Tröger	11 (11)

[edit] Players with caps for both East Germany and unified Germany

The numbers are from the website of DFB.

Player	East Germany		Unified Germany		Overall
Player	Caps	Goals	Caps	Goals	Caps	Goals
Ulf Kirsten	49	14	51	20	100	34
Matthias Sammer	23	6	51	8	74	14
Andreas Thom	51	16	10	2	61	18
Thomas Doll	29	7	18	1	47	8
Dariusz Wosz	7	0	17	1	24	1
Olaf Marschall	4	0	13	3	17	3
Heiko Scholz	7	0	1	0	8	0
Dirk Schuster	4	0	3	0	7	0