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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players_with_caps_for_both_East_Germany_and_unified_Germany"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Players with caps for both East Germany and unified Germany</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Players_with_caps_for_both_East_Germany_and_unified_Germany-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coaches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coaches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Coaches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coaches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Honours</span> </div> </a> <button 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href="#Summary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Summary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Summary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_nasional_s%C3%A9pakbola_Jerman_Kangin" title="Tim nasional sépakbola Jerman Kangin – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Tim nasional sépakbola Jerman Kangin" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2" title="পূর্ব জার্মানি জাতীয় ফুটবল দল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পূর্ব জার্মানি জাতীয় ফুটবল দল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%93%D0%94%D0%A0_%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Зборная ГДР па футболе – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Зборная ГДР па футболе" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%94%D0%A0" title="Национален отбор по футбол на ГДР – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Национален отбор по футбол на ГДР" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogometna_reprezentacija_Isto%C4%8Dne_Njema%C4%8Dke" title="Nogometna reprezentacija Istočne Njemačke – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Nogometna reprezentacija Istočne Njemačke" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selecci%C3%B3_de_futbol_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Democr%C3%A0tica_Alemanya" title="Selecció de futbol de la República Democràtica Alemanya – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Selecció de futbol de la República Democràtica Alemanya" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%BDchodon%C4%9Bmeck%C3%A1_fotbalov%C3%A1_reprezentace" title="Východoněmecká fotbalová reprezentace – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Východoněmecká fotbalová reprezentace" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR%27s_fodboldlandshold" title="DDR's fodboldlandshold – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="DDR's fodboldlandshold" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu%C3%9Fballnationalmannschaft_der_DDR" title="Fußballnationalmannschaft der DDR – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Fußballnationalmannschaft der DDR" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida-Saksamaa_jalgpallikoondis" title="Ida-Saksamaa jalgpallikoondis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ida-Saksamaa jalgpallikoondis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B8%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_(%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF_%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CF%8E%CE%BD)" title="Εθνική Ανατολικής Γερμανίας (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εθνική Ανατολικής Γερμανίας (ποδόσφαιρο ανδρών)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selecci%C3%B3n_de_f%C3%BAtbol_de_Alemania_Democr%C3%A1tica" title="Selección de fútbol de Alemania Democrática – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Selección de fútbol de Alemania Democrática" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemaniako_Errepublika_Demokratikoko_futbol_selekzio_nazionala" title="Alemaniako Errepublika Demokratikoko futbol selekzio nazionala – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alemaniako Errepublika Demokratikoko futbol selekzio nazionala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C" title="تیم ملی فوتبال آلمان شرقی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تیم ملی فوتبال آلمان شرقی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89quipe_d%27Allemagne_de_l%27Est_de_football" title="Équipe d'Allemagne de l'Est de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Équipe d'Allemagne de l'Est de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selecci%C3%B3n_de_f%C3%BAtbol_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_Democr%C3%A1tica_Alem%C3%A1" title="Selección de fútbol da República Democrática Alemá – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Selección de fútbol da República Democrática Alemá" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%99%EB%8F%85_%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B0%80%EB%8C%80%ED%91%9C%ED%8C%80" title="동독 축구 국가대표팀 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="동독 축구 국가대표팀" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_nasional_sepak_bola_Jerman_Timur" title="Tim nasional sepak bola Jerman Timur – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tim nasional sepak bola Jerman Timur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austur-%C3%BE%C3%BDska_karlalandsli%C3%B0i%C3%B0_%C3%AD_knattspyrnu" title="Austur-þýska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Austur-þýska karlalandsliðið í knattspyrnu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazionale_maschile_di_calcio_della_Repubblica_Democratica_Tedesca" title="Nazionale maschile di calcio della Repubblica Democratica Tedesca – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nazionale maschile di calcio della 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Fußball-Verband der DDR</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Confederation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> (Europe)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)#Association_football" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Streich" title="Joachim Streich">Joachim Streich</a> (98)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Streich" title="Joachim Streich">Joachim Streich</a> (53)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zentralstadion_(1956)" title="Zentralstadion (1956)">Zentralstadion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/38px-Kit_body.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/57px-Kit_body.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kit_body.svg/76px-Kit_body.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #0000FF;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Kit_right_arm_whiteborder.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #0000FF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>Second <a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">First international</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_national_football_team" title="Poland national football team">Poland</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a>; 21 September 1952)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last international</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span> 0–2 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>; 12 September 1990)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Biggest win</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>Unofficial</i><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="432" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_football_team" title="Sri Lanka national football team">Ceylon</a></span> 0–14 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon</a>; 8 January 1964)<br /><i>Official</i><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ceylon_%281948%E2%80%931951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="432" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_football_team" title="Sri Lanka national football team">Ceylon</a></span> 1–12 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon</a>; 12 January 1964)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Biggest defeat</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i>Unofficial</i><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281949-1956%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a></span> 5–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic" title="Hungarian People's Republic">Hungary</a>; 18 May 1952)<br /><i>Official</i><br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_national_football_team" title="Poland national football team">Poland</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a>; 21 September 1952)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Flag_of_Wales_%281953%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales_%281953%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Flag_of_Wales_%281953%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales_%281953%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Flag_of_Wales_%281953%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales_%281953%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="827" data-file-height="496" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></span> 4–1 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>; 25 September 1957)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a></span> 1–4 <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team">Czechoslovakia</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>; 27 October 1957)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Ghana_%281964%E2%80%931966%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana_%281964%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Ghana_%281964%E2%80%931966%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana_%281964%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Ghana_%281964%E2%80%931966%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana_%281964%E2%80%931966%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana_national_football_team" title="Ghana national football team">Ghana</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>; 23 February 1964)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>; 22 November 1969)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>; 18 April 1973)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>; 30 October 1974)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>; 15 November 1978)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic" title="Hungarian People's Republic">Hungary</a>; 28 March 1979)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia" title="Goiânia">Goiânia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>; 8 April 1986)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" title="Uruguay national football team">Uruguay</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Montevideo" title="Montevideo">Montevideo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a>; 29 January 1985)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a></span> 4–1 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>; 8 May 1985)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team">Soviet Union</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kiev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>; 26 April 1989)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria_national_football_team" title="Austria national football team">Austria</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>; 15 November 1989)<br /><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a></span> 3–0 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Kuwait_City" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>; 24 January 1990)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appearances</th><td class="infobox-data">1 (<i>first in <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Best result</th><td class="infobox-data">Second group stage (<a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151960987"> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ccc;color:inherit;">Olympic medal record </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympics</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Montreal</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics">Team</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Moscow</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics">Team</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Munich</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Team</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>East Germany national football team</b>, recognised as <b>Germany DR</b> by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>, represented <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> in men's international <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with <a href="/wiki/Saarland_national_football_team" title="Saarland national football team">Saarland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a>. </p><p>East Germany <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">qualified</a> for the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup</a> once, doing so in <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a>, and after <a href="/wiki/German_reunification" title="German reunification">German reunification</a> in 1990, the <b>Deutscher Fußball Verband der DDR</b> (<b>DFV</b>, English: <span lang="en">German Football Association of the GDR</span>), and with it the East German team, joined the <i><a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Fu%C3%9Fball_Bund" class="mw-redirect" title="Deutscher Fußball Bund">Deutscher Fußball Bund</a></i> (DFB) and the West Germany national football team that had just won the World Cup. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1949, before <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> (GDR) was founded and while regular private clubs were still banned under Soviet occupation, efforts were made to play football anyway. <a href="/wiki/Helmut_Sch%C3%B6n" title="Helmut Schön">Helmut Schön</a> coached selections of <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation zone">Soviet occupation zone</a> before moving to the West. On 6 February 1951, the GDR applied for FIFA membership, which was protested against by the <a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">German Football Association</a>, which was already a full member. FIFA accepted the GDR association (later called DFV) on 6 October 1951 as a provisional member and on 24 July 1952 as a full member. </p><p>The first international game, not competitive but rather a display of goodwill, took place on 21 September 1952 against Poland in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, losing 3–0 in front of a crowd of 35,000. The first home game was on 14 June 1953 against Bulgaria, a 0–0 draw in front of a crowd of 55,000 at <a href="/wiki/Heinz-Steyer-Stadion" title="Heinz-Steyer-Stadion">Heinz-Steyer-Stadion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>. Only three days later, the <a href="/wiki/Uprising_of_1953_in_East_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Uprising of 1953 in East Germany">Uprising of 1953 in East Germany</a> would have prevented the permitted assembly of that many Germans. On 8 May 1954 games resumed, with a 1–0 loss against Romania. The East Germans had not even considered entering the World Cup which was won by the West Germans two months later. This caused much euphoria not only in the West, and the GDR tried to counter this by abandoning their policy of presenting a group of politically reliable socialist role models of their "new German state"; instead, players were selected purely according to ability. The GDR entered the qualification for the WC 1958 and were hosts to Wales on 19 May 1957 at the <a href="/wiki/Zentralstadion_(1956)" title="Zentralstadion (1956)">Zentralstadion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>. 500,000 tickets were requested, and officially 100,000 were admitted, but 120,000 in the crowded house witnessed a 2–1 victory. </p><p>East Germany was not as successful as its Western counterpart in World Cups or European Championships. It had only qualified for one major tournament in its history, the <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a> World Cup. However, they were always serious contenders in qualifying throughout their history.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (August 2024)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0615-0011,_X._Fu%C3%9Fball-WM,_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0615-0011%2C_X._Fu%C3%9Fball-WM%2C_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0615-0011%2C_X._Fu%C3%9Fball-WM%2C_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0615-0011%2C_X._Fu%C3%9Fball-WM%2C_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0615-0011%2C_X._Fu%C3%9Fball-WM%2C_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0615-0011%2C_X._Fu%C3%9Fball-WM%2C_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0615-0011%2C_X._Fu%C3%9Fball-WM%2C_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="757" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Line-up at attention for the first-ever World Cup finals match</figcaption></figure> <p>That tournament was staged in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, and both German teams were drawn into the same group in the first round. With successful games against Chile and Australia, both German teams had qualified early for the second round, with the inter-German game determining first and second in the group. Despite this lack of pressure to succeed, the match on 22 June 1974 in <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> was politically and emotionally charged.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (August 2024)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> East Germany <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_v_West_Germany_(1974_FIFA_World_Cup)" title="East Germany v West Germany (1974 FIFA World Cup)">beat West Germany 1–0</a>, thanks to a goal by <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Sparwasser" title="Jürgen Sparwasser">Jürgen Sparwasser</a>. This was rather a Pyrrhic victory,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (August 2024)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> as the DFV wound up in the possibly stronger second round of Group A.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (August 2024)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> The GDR lost to Brazil and the Netherlands, but secured 3rd place in a final game draw with Argentina. On the other hand, the DFB team changed its line-up after the loss and went on to win all games in the other second round group B, against Yugoslavia, Sweden, and Poland, and the World title against the Netherlands. </p><p>East Germany nearly secured qualification for the <a href="/wiki/1990_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 World Cup">1990 World Cup</a>, needing only a draw versus <a href="/wiki/Austria_national_football_team" title="Austria national football team">Austria</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> in their final group match on 15 November 1989 to achieve a place in Italy. However, <a href="/wiki/Toni_Polster" title="Toni Polster">Toni Polster</a> scored three times as Austria won 3–0 and advanced to the finals instead. </p><p>The GDR took part in the draw for the qualification for the European Championship 1992 and was drawn in Group 5 together with the FRG, Belgium, Wales, and Luxembourg. On October 3 in 1990 Germany was re-unified and with them their football teams. The scheduled matches of the East German team were canceled, except for two matches. The match against Belgium was converted into a friendly match on September 12, 1990, in Brussels. It was the last match played by the East Germany national team and ended with a 2–0 victory for them. The match between East and West Germany remained and was scheduled to be played on November 14, 1990, to celebrate the unification of Germany. Due to riots by East German spectators, it was canceled.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Millions of East Germans had moved to the West before the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Wall" title="Berlin Wall">Berlin Wall</a> was erected in 1961, and some escaped in successful <i><a href="/wiki/Republikflucht" title="Republikflucht">Republikflucht</a></i> attempts also afterward. All East Germans were automatically entitled to receive a West German passport, but players who had caps for the DFV, like <a href="/wiki/Norbert_Nachtweih" title="Norbert Nachtweih">Norbert Nachtweih</a> and <a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Pahl" title="Jürgen Pahl">Jürgen Pahl</a> who fled in October 1976 at a U21 match in Turkey, were ineligible for international competition for the DFB due to FIFA rules. <a href="/wiki/Lutz_Eigendorf" title="Lutz Eigendorf">Lutz Eigendorf</a> had escaped to the West in 1979 and died in 1983 in a mysterious car crash in which East German <a href="/wiki/Stasi" title="Stasi">Stasi</a> agents were involved. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This is disputed. (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Shortly after reunification, players who had played for the East German team were allowed by FIFA to be eligible for the now un-rivaled <a href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">German team</a> of the DFB. A total of <a href="#Players_with_caps_for_both_East_Germany_and_Germany_after_1990">eight players</a> have been capped for both East Germany and unified Germany, among them <a href="/wiki/Matthias_Sammer" title="Matthias Sammer">Matthias Sammer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulf_Kirsten" title="Ulf Kirsten">Ulf Kirsten</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_football">Olympic football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Olympic football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_Olympic_football_team" title="East Germany Olympic football team">East Germany Olympic football team</a></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#b0c4de;color:inherit;">Medal record </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Tokyo</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">Team</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Munich</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">Team</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Montreal</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics">Team</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics" title="1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Moscow</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics">Team</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>East Germany did however achieve significantly greater success in <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympic football</a> than the amateur teams fielded by the Western <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_Olympics" title="Germany at the Olympics">NOC of Germany</a> due to using its elite players from the top domestic league. In <a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a> both states had sent a <a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="United Team of Germany">United Team of Germany</a>. For <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a>, the East German side had beaten their Western counterparts in order to be selected. They went on to win the Bronze for Germany. As GDR, they won Bronze in <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a> in Munich, Gold in <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a>, and silver medal in <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a> in Moscow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="East_vs._West">East vs. West</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: East vs. West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/East_Germany%E2%80%93West_Germany_football_rivalry" title="East Germany–West Germany football rivalry">East Germany–West Germany football rivalry</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_democratic_football_vs_argentina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/German_democratic_football_vs_argentina.jpg/220px-German_democratic_football_vs_argentina.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/German_democratic_football_vs_argentina.jpg/330px-German_democratic_football_vs_argentina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/German_democratic_football_vs_argentina.jpg/440px-German_democratic_football_vs_argentina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption>The team that played <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a> at <a href="/wiki/La_Bombonera" title="La Bombonera">La Bombonera</a> of Buenos Aires, July 1977</figcaption></figure> <p>Over the years of their separate existence, the GDR and FRG played each other only a handful of times. The only notable meeting with professionals from the West was at the <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974 World Cup</a>, which East Germany won 1–0. Three other games were played in <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Football</a> where only players with amateur status could represent West Germany, like a young <a href="/wiki/Uli_Hoene%C3%9F" title="Uli Hoeneß">Uli Hoeneß</a> who delayed his pro career in 1972. In the inter-German qualification prior to the <a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Olympic Games</a>, the two played a two-legged preliminary round tie, the GDR advancing to represent Germany as they won their home leg 3–0, while the FRG won the return 2–1. In the <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Olympic Games</a>, the GDR and FRG, having qualified from their First Round groups, met in the Second Round, with the GDR winning 3–2. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0913-017,_Abschied_der_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0913-017%2C_Abschied_der_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0913-017%2C_Abschied_der_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0913-017%2C_Abschied_der_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0913-017%2C_Abschied_der_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0913-017%2C_Abschied_der_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0913-017%2C_Abschied_der_DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Constant_Vanden_Stock_Stadium" title="Constant Vanden Stock Stadium">Brussels</a>, 1990: saluting the crowd before the last match</figcaption></figure> <p>The draw for <a href="/wiki/1992_UEFA_European_Football_Championship_qualifying" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying">1992 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying</a> took place on 2 February 1990, with East Germany drawn in Group 5 along with Belgium, Wales, Luxembourg – and West Germany. By 23 August that year, the East German parliament confirmed reunification for 3 October.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The planning for the opening fixture away to <a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium</a> on 12 September was too far along to be canceled, so it was played as a friendly.<sup id="cite_ref-east_german_team_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-east_german_team-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also planned to play East Germany's home fixture against West Germany, scheduled for 21 November 1990 in <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>, as a friendly to celebrate the unification of the DFB and DFV, but the game was canceled due to rioting in East German stadia.<sup id="cite_ref-east_german_team_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-east_german_team-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitive_record">Competitive record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Competitive record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FIFA_World_Cup">FIFA World Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: FIFA World Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="East Germany at the FIFA World Cup">East Germany at the FIFA World Cup</a></div> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <b>Champions</b>  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:silver; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <b>Runners-up</b>  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cc9966; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> Third place  <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9acdff; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> Fourth place   </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> finals record </th> <th width="1%" rowspan="13"> </th> <th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="FIFA World Cup qualification">Qualification</a> record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Position </th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">Pld</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">GF</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">GA</span> </th> <th>Squad </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">Pld</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">GF</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">GA</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1954_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1954 FIFA World Cup">1954</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not enter</i> </td> <td colspan="7"><i>Did not enter</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1958 FIFA World Cup">1958</a> </td> <td colspan="9" rowspan="4"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile"><img alt="Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1962 FIFA World Cup">1962</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1966_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1966 FIFA World Cup">1966</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1970_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1970 FIFA World Cup">1970</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1974 FIFA World Cup">1974</a> </td> <td>Second group stage </td> <td>6th </td> <td>6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#East_Germany" title="1974 FIFA World Cup squads">Squad</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>6 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978</a> </td> <td colspan="9" rowspan="4"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1986_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1986 FIFA World Cup">1986</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>8 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1990_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1990 FIFA World Cup">1990</a> </td> <td>4th </td> <td>8 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>Second group stage</th> <th>1/10</th> <th>6</th> <th>2</th> <th>2</th> <th>2</th> <th>5</th> <th>5</th> <th>—</th> <th>– </th> <th>47 </th> <th>22 </th> <th>8 </th> <th>17 </th> <th>87 </th> <th>65 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UEFA_European_Championship">UEFA European Championship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: UEFA European Championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> record </th> <th width="1%" rowspan="12"> </th> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship_qualifying" title="UEFA European Championship qualifying">Qualifying</a> record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Position </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">Pld</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">GF</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">GA</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">Pld</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Won">W</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Drawn">D</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Lost">L</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals for">GF</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals against">GA</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1960_European_Nations%27_Cup" title="1960 European Nations' Cup">1960</a> </td> <td colspan="8" rowspan="8"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>FR </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Francoist_Spain" title="Francoist Spain"><img alt="Francoist Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain_%281945%E2%80%931977%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1964_European_Nations%27_Cup" title="1964 European Nations' Cup">1964</a> </td> <td>Ro16 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1968" title="UEFA Euro 1968">1968</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1972" title="UEFA Euro 1972">1972</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"><img alt="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1976" title="UEFA Euro 1976">1976</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1980" title="UEFA Euro 1980">1980</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>6 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1984" title="UEFA Euro 1984">1984</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988" title="UEFA Euro 1988">1988</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>8 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992" title="UEFA Euro 1992">1992</a> </td> <td colspan="8"><i>Withdrew from qualification</i> </td> <td colspan="7"><i>Withdrew from qualification</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th></th> <th>0/9</th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th>– </th> <th>44 </th> <th>20 </th> <th>10 </th> <th>14 </th> <th>76 </th> <th>57 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_Games">Olympic Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Olympic Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/East_Germany_Olympic_football_team" title="East Germany Olympic football team">East Germany Olympic football team</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games</a> record </th> <th width="1%" rowspan="13"> </th> <th colspan="7">Qualification record </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Position </th> <th>GP </th> <th><abbr title="Matches won">W</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Matches drawn">D</abbr>* </th> <th><abbr title="Matches lost">L</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th>Squad </th> <th>GP </th> <th><abbr title="Matches won">W</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Matches drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Matches lost">L</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not enter</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Did not enter</i> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1956</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1960</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#c96;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><b>Bronze medal</b> </td> <td><b>3rd</b> </td> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>12</b> </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads#United_Team_of_Germany" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1964</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_European_Qualifiers" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers">1968</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#c96;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a> </td> <td><b>Bronze medal</b> </td> <td><b>3rd</b> </td> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><b>23</b> </td> <td><b>9</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads#East_Germany" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1972</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:gold;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a> </td> <td><b>Gold medal</b> </td> <td><b>1st</b> </td> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>0</b> </td> <td><b>10</b> </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads#East_Germany" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1976</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background:silver;"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a> </td> <td><b>Silver medal</b> </td> <td><b>2nd</b> </td> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><b>12</b> </td> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads#East_Germany" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">Squad</a></b> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Qualified as defending champions</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1980</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>Withdrew</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_European_Qualifiers" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers">1984</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a> </td> <td colspan="9"><i>Did not qualify</i> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_European_Qualifiers" title="Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers">1988</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>1 Gold medal </th> <th>4/10 </th> <th>24 </th> <th>16 </th> <th>4 </th> <th>4 </th> <th>57 </th> <th>17 </th> <th>— </th> <th>33 </th> <th>21 </th> <th>8 </th> <th>4 </th> <th>59 </th> <th>22 </th> <th>— </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_records">Player records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Player records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_East_Germany_international_footballers" title="List of East Germany international footballers">List of East Germany international footballers</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joachim_Streich_1974.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Joachim_Streich_1974.gif/200px-Joachim_Streich_1974.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Joachim_Streich_1974.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="231" data-file-height="354" /></a><figcaption>Joachim Streich is East Germany's top goalscorer and their most capped player.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Most appearances<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="30"># </th> <th width="180">Player </th> <th width="50"><abbr title="Caps according to FIFA">Caps</abbr> </th> <th width="50"><abbr title="Goals according to FIFA">Goals</abbr> </th> <th width="100">Career </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Streich" title="Joachim Streich">Joachim Streich</a><sup id="cite_ref-Streich_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Streich-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>98 </td> <td>53 </td> <td>1969–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Hans-J%C3%BCrgen_D%C3%B6rner" title="Hans-Jürgen Dörner">Hans-Jürgen Dörner</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>96 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1969–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Croy" title="Jürgen Croy">Jürgen Croy</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>86 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1967–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Konrad_Weise" title="Konrad Weise">Konrad Weise</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>78 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1970–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Vogel" title="Eberhard Vogel">Eberhard Vogel</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vogel_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vogel-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>69 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>1962–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Kreer" title="Ronald Kreer">Ronald Kreer</a> </td> <td>65 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1982–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bernd_Bransch" title="Bernd Bransch">Bernd Bransch</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>64 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1967–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ducke" title="Peter Ducke">Peter Ducke</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>63 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>1960–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Hoffmann_(footballer)" title="Martin Hoffmann (footballer)">Martin Hoffmann</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hoffmann_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoffmann-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>62 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>1973–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">10 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Gerd_Kische" title="Gerd Kische">Gerd Kische</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1971–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Lothar_Kurbjuweit" title="Lothar Kurbjuweit">Lothar Kurbjuweit</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1970–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Matthias_Liebers" title="Matthias Liebers">Matthias Liebers</a> </td> <td>59 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1980–1988 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Top goalscorers<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="30"># </th> <th width="180">Player </th> <th width="50"><abbr title="Goals according to FIFA">Goals</abbr> </th> <th width="50"><abbr title="Caps according to FIFA">Caps</abbr> </th> <th width="50">Ratio </th> <th width="100">Career </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Streich" title="Joachim Streich">Joachim Streich</a><sup id="cite_ref-Streich_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Streich-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>98 </td> <td>0.54 </td> <td>1969–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Eberhard_Vogel" title="Eberhard Vogel">Eberhard Vogel</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vogel_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vogel-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>69 </td> <td>0.35 </td> <td>1962–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Hans-J%C3%BCrgen_Kreische" title="Hans-Jürgen Kreische">Hans-Jürgen Kreische</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>46 </td> <td>0.48 </td> <td>1968–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Ernst" title="Rainer Ernst">Rainer Ernst</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>0.36 </td> <td>1981–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Henning_Frenzel" title="Henning Frenzel">Henning Frenzel</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>0.35 </td> <td>1961–1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">6 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_N%C3%B6ldner" title="Jürgen Nöldner">Jürgen Nöldner</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>0.55 </td> <td>1960–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Thom" title="Andreas Thom">Andreas Thom</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>51 </td> <td>0.31 </td> <td>1984–1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">8 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Hoffmann_(footballer)" title="Martin Hoffmann (footballer)">Martin Hoffmann</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hoffmann_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoffmann-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>62 </td> <td>0.24 </td> <td>1973–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ducke" title="Peter Ducke">Peter Ducke</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>63 </td> <td>0.24 </td> <td>1960–1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">10 </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Sparwasser" title="Jürgen Sparwasser">Jürgen Sparwasser</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>o<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>48 </td> <td>0.29 </td> <td>1969–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ulf_Kirsten" title="Ulf Kirsten">Ulf Kirsten</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>49 </td> <td>0.29 </td> <td>1985–1990 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players_with_caps_for_both_East_Germany_and_unified_Germany">Players with caps for both East Germany and unified Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Players with caps for both East Germany and unified Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rules of FIFA prevented players who had caps for the DFV team from playing for the DFB team before the unification of DFB and DFV in 1990. The numbers are from the website of the <a href="/wiki/German_Football_Association" title="German Football Association">DFB</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Player </th> <th colspan="2">East Germany </th> <th colspan="2">Unified Germany </th> <th colspan="2">Overall </th></tr> <tr> <th>Caps </th> <th>Goals </th> <th>Caps </th> <th>Goals </th> <th>Caps </th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulf_Kirsten" title="Ulf Kirsten">Ulf Kirsten</a> </td> <td>49 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>51 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>100 </td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthias_Sammer" title="Matthias Sammer">Matthias Sammer</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>51 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>74 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Thom" title="Andreas Thom">Andreas Thom</a> </td> <td>51 </td> <td>16 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Doll" title="Thomas Doll">Thomas Doll</a> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>47 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dariusz_Wosz" title="Dariusz Wosz">Dariusz Wosz</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>24 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Olaf_Marschall" title="Olaf Marschall">Olaf Marschall</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heiko_Scholz" title="Heiko Scholz">Heiko Scholz</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Schuster" title="Dirk Schuster">Dirk Schuster</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaches">Coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1952–1953 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany"><img alt="West Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Willi_Oelgardt" title="Willi Oelgardt">Willi Oelgardt</a></li> <li>1954 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hans_Siegert" title="Hans Siegert">Hans Siegert</a></li> <li>1955–1957 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281946-1949%2C_1956-1957%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Gyarmati" title="János Gyarmati">János Gyarmati</a></li> <li>1958–1959 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fritz_G%C3%B6dicke" title="Fritz Gödicke">Fritz Gödicke</a></li> <li>1959–1961 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Kr%C3%BCgel" title="Heinz Krügel">Heinz Krügel</a></li> <li>1961–1967 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1roly_S%C3%B3s" title="Károly Sós">Károly Sós</a></li> <li>1967–1969 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Harald_Seeger" title="Harald Seeger">Harald Seeger</a></li> <li>1970–1981 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Georg_Buschner" title="Georg Buschner">Georg Buschner</a></li> <li>1982–1983 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Krause_(footballer)" title="Rudolf Krause (footballer)">Rudolf Krause</a></li> <li>1983–1988 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bernd_Stange" title="Bernd Stange">Bernd Stange</a></li> <li>1988–1989 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Manfred_Zapf" title="Manfred Zapf">Manfred Zapf</a></li> <li>1989–1990 <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany"><img alt="East Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eduard_Geyer" title="Eduard Geyer">Eduard Geyer</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_competitions">Major competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Major 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span></th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>1</th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>4 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Germany_national_football_team&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text">The East German team had no official home stadium, but 45 of 130 (35%) of their home games were played at the Zentralstadion. Also frequently used for home fixtures were the <a href="/wiki/Stadion_der_Weltjugend" title="Stadion der Weltjugend">Stadion der Weltjugend</a>, <a href="/wiki/Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark" title="Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark">Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark</a> (both in <a href="/wiki/East_Berlin" title="East Berlin">East Berlin</a>); the <a href="/wiki/Sportforum_Chemnitz" title="Sportforum Chemnitz">Sportforum Chemnitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemnitz" title="Chemnitz">Chemnitz</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Ostseestadion" title="Ostseestadion">Ostseestadion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rostock" title="Rostock">Rostock</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Grube_Stadium" title="Ernst Grube Stadium">Ernst Grube Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A team from East Germany made up the United Team of Germany</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_Olympic_football_team" title="East Germany Olympic football team">East Germany</a> won the play-off and represented the United Team of Germany</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Streich-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Streich_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Streich_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Joachim Streich also appeared in 4 matches at the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Olympics</a> that are not recognised by FIFA, scoring two goals</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hans-Jürgen Dörner appeared in 4 matches that are not recognised by FIFA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jürgen Croy appeared in 8 matches that are not recognized by FIFA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Konrad Weise appeared in 8 matches that are not recognized by FIFA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Vogel-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Vogel_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Vogel_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Eberhard Vogel appeared in 5 matches that are not recognized by FIFA, scoring one goal</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bernd Bransch appeared in 8 matches that are not recognized by FIFA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter Ducke appeared in 5 matches that are not recognized by FIFA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hoffmann-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hoffmann_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hoffmann_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Martin Hoffmann appeared in 4 matches that are not recognized by FIFA, scoring one goal</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gerd Kische appeared in 4 matches that are not recognized by FIFA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lothar Kurbjuweit appeared in 7 matches that are not recognized by FIFA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span 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Germany</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Fu%C3%9Fball-Verband_der_DDR" title="Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR">Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_Olympic_football_team" title="East Germany Olympic football team">Olympic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_national_under-21_football_team" title="East Germany national under-21 football team">U-21</a></li> <li>U-19</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_national_under-16_football_team" title="East Germany national under-16 football team">U-16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_women%27s_national_football_team" title="East Germany women's national football team">National team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_German_football_league_system" title="East German football league system">League system</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DDR-Oberliga" title="DDR-Oberliga">DDR-Oberliga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOFV-Oberliga" title="NOFV-Oberliga">NOFV-Oberliga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DDR-Liga" title="DDR-Liga">DDR-Liga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/II._DDR-Liga" title="II. DDR-Liga">II. DDR-Liga</a></li> <li>DDR-Bezirksliga</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_football_in_East_Germany" title="Women's football in East Germany">League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Domestic cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FDGB-Pokal" title="FDGB-Pokal">FDGB-Pokal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DFV-Supercup" title="DFV-Supercup">DFV-Supercup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_football_in_the_GDR" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's football in the GDR">Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_German_Footballer_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="East German Footballer of the Year">Footballer of the Year</a></li> <li>Topscorers</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-time_DDR-Oberliga_table" title="All-time DDR-Oberliga table">All-time table</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_East_German_football_champions" title="List of East German football champions">Champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_East_Germany" title="List of football clubs in East Germany">Clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_East_Germany_international_footballers" title="List of East Germany international footballers">International footballers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_national_football_team_results" title="East Germany national football team results">National team results</a></li> <li>Venues</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/16px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Germany">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany%E2%80%93West_Germany_football_rivalry" title="East Germany–West Germany football rivalry">Rivalry with West Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:DDR-Oberliga" title="Category:DDR-Oberliga">Seasons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Defunct_and_altered_national_football_teams" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div 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teams</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recognised as defunct by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saarland_national_football_team" title="Saarland national football team">Saarland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Yemen_national_football_team" title="South Yemen national football team">South Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Teams whose names and borders<br />both differ from the present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CIS_national_football_team" title="CIS national football team">CIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao_national_football_team_(1921%E2%80%931958)" title="Curaçao national football team (1921–1958)">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team" title="Czechoslovakia national football team">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland (IFA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaya_national_football_team" title="Malaya national football team">Malaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine_national_football_team" title="Mandatory Palestine national football team">Mandatory Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles_national_football_team" title="Netherlands Antilles national football team">Netherlands Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire_national_football_team" title="Russian Empire national football team">Russian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam_national_football_team" title="South Vietnam national football team">South Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea_national_under-20_football_team" title="Korea national under-20 football team">Unified Korea (U20)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_national_football_team" title="Soviet Union national football team">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_national_football_team" title="Yugoslavia national football team">Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_national_football_team" title="Serbia and Montenegro national football team">Serbia and Montenegro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct but unrecognised by FIFA</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo_national_football_team" title="Manchukuo national football team">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam_national_football_team" title="North Vietnam national football team">North Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small>For teams that have undergone name changes but no border alterations see <a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams#New_names" title="List of men's national association football teams">here</a><br />For teams that have undergone border changes but no name alterations see <a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams#Former_national_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">here</a></small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1974_FIFA_World_Cup_finalists" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist 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href="/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" title="Germany national football team">West Germany</a></span></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Runners-up</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_football_team" title="Netherlands national football team">Netherlands</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Third place</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland_%281928%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil_%281968%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" title="Brazil national football team">Brazil</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Second group stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Germany</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_football_team" title="Sweden men's national football team">Sweden</a></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281946-1992%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_national_football_team" title="Yugoslavia national football team">Yugoslavia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">First group stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span 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