National football team of East Germany (1952–1990)
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East Germany
1952–1990
Nickname(s)
"Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele" (World champion in friendly games)[1][2]
Association
Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR
Confederation
UEFA (Europe)
Most caps
Joachim Streich (98)
Top scorer
Joachim Streich (53)
Home stadium
Zentralstadion, Leipzig[a]
FIFA code
GDR
First colours
Second colours
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
Unofficial Ceylon 0–14 East Germany (Colombo, Ceylon; 8 January 1964) Official Ceylon 1–12 East Germany (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964)
Biggest defeat
Unofficial Hungary 5–0 East Germany (Hungary; 18 May 1952) Official Poland 3–0 East Germany (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952) Wales 4–1 East Germany (Cardiff, Wales; 25 September 1957) East Germany 1–4 Czechoslovakia (Leipzig, East Germany; 27 October 1957) Ghana 3–0 East Germany (Accra, Ghana; 23 February 1964) Italy 3–0 East Germany (Naples, Italy; 22 November 1969) Belgium 3–0 East Germany (Antwerp, Belgium; 18 April 1973) Scotland 3–0 East Germany (Glasgow, Scotland; 30 October 1974) Netherlands 3–0 East Germany (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 15 November 1978) Hungary 3–0 East Germany (Budapest, Hungary; 28 March 1979) Brazil 3–0 East Germany (Goiânia, Brazil; 8 April 1986) Uruguay 3–0 East Germany (Montevideo, Uruguay; 29 January 1985) Denmark 4–1 East Germany (Copenhagen, Denmark; 8 May 1985) Soviet Union 3–0 East Germany (Kiev, Soviet Union; 26 April 1989) Austria 3–0 East Germany (Vienna, Austria; 15 November 1989) France 3–0 East Germany (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 24 January 1990)
World Cup
Appearances
1 (first in 1974)
Best result
Round 2, 1974 (Ranked 6th)
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Men's Olympics
1976 Montreal
Team
1980 Moscow
Team
1972 Munich
Team
The East Germany national football team, recognised as Germany DR by FIFA, represented East Germany in men's international football, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.
After German reunification in 1990, the Deutscher Fußball Verband der DDR (DFV, English: German Football Association of the GDR), and with it the East German team, joined the Deutscher Fußball Bund (DFB) and the West Germany national football team that had just won the World Cup.
^Joel, Holger; Schütt, Ernst Christian (2008). Chronik des deutschen Fußballs: die Spiele der Nationalmannschaften von 1908 bis heute (in German). wissenmedia Verlag. p. 210. ISBN 9783577164214.
^Wiederstein, Wolfgang (14 November 2009). "'Ein Spiel, das wir nicht gewinnen konnten'". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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Global Information
Poland 3–0 East Germany 
Belgium 0–2 East Germany 
Ceylon 0–14 East Germany 
Hungary 5–0 East Germany 
Wales 4–1 East Germany 
Ghana 3–0 East Germany 
Italy 3–0 East Germany 
Scotland 3–0 East Germany 
Netherlands 3–0 East Germany 
Hungary 3–0 East Germany 
Brazil 3–0 East Germany 
Uruguay 3–0 East Germany 
Denmark 4–1 East Germany 
Soviet Union 3–0 East Germany 
Austria 3–0 East Germany 
France 3–0 East Germany 
