East Germany national football team
former men's national association football team representing East Germany
East Germany national football team was the national football team of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) from 1952 to 1990. The East Germany team is now the Germany team.
| Nickname(s) | "Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele" (World champion in friendly games)[1][2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | German Football Association of the GDR | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Most caps | Joachim Streich (102) | ||
| Top scorer | Joachim Streich (55) | ||
| Home stadium | Zentralstadion, Leipzig[a] | ||
| FIFA code | GDR | ||
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| First international | |||
 Poland 3–0 East Germany  (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952) Last international  Belgium 0–2 East Germany  (Brussels, Belgium; 12 September 1990) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Ceylon 1–12 East Germany (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Poland 3–0 East Germany (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952) East Germany 1–4 Czechoslovakia  (Leipzig, East Germany; 27 October 1957) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1974) | ||
| Best result | Round 2, 1974 (Ranked 6th) | ||
Record
changeFIFA World Cup
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East Germany only qualified for one World Cup, and they only made it to round 2.
- 1950 - Did not enter
- 1954 - Did not enter
- 1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1974 - Round 2
- 1978 to 1990 - Did not qualify
European Championship
changeEast Germany never qualified for a UEFA European Football Championship tournament.
References
change- ↑ Joel, Holger; Schütt, Ernst Christian (2008). Chronik des deutschen Fußballs: die Spiele der Nationalmannschaften von 1908 bis heute (in German). wissenmedia Verlag. p. 210. ISBN 9783577164214.
- ↑ Wiederstein, Wolfgang (14 November 2009). "'Ein Spiel, das wir nicht gewinnen konnten'". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
