East Germany national football team
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| Association | German Football Association of the GDR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Most caps | Joachim Streich (98) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Joachim Streich (53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Largest win Ceylon 1 – 12 East Germany (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Worst defeat 0 – 3, 12 times; 1 – 4, three times | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 2, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | none (First in -) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The East Germany national football team was the national team of the German Democratic Republic. It ceased to exist in 1990 after the reunification of Germany. The team was not as successful as its Western counterpart. It never made the finals of the European Championship and only made one World Cup, in 1974. Ironically, that tournament was staged and won by West Germany, altough the East did beat them 1–0 in a politically charged match in Hamburg. East Germany's lone success came when they won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
After the reunification, some Eastern German players, most notably Matthias Sammer and Ulf Kirsten, played for the new unified German team.
World Cup record
European Championship record
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