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East Germany national football team
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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see East Germany women's national football team.
The East Germany national football team, recognised as Germany DR by FIFA, represented East Germany in men's international football, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.
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Quick Facts 1952–1990, Nickname(s) ...
1952–1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | "Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele" (World champion in friendly games)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Association | Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR | ||||||||||||||||||||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Joachim Streich (98) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Joachim Streich (53) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | Zentralstadion, Leipzig[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | GDR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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First international | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last international | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() (Brussels, Belgium; 12 September 1990) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unofficial![]() ![]() (Colombo, Ceylon; 8 January 1964) Official ![]() ![]() (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unofficial![]() ![]() (Hungary; 18 May 1952) Official ![]() ![]() (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952) ![]() ![]() (Cardiff, Wales; 25 September 1957) ![]() ![]() (Leipzig, East Germany; 27 October 1957) ![]() ![]() (Accra, Ghana; 23 February 1964) ![]() ![]() (Naples, Italy; 22 November 1969) ![]() ![]() (Antwerp, Belgium; 18 April 1973) ![]() ![]() (Glasgow, Scotland; 30 October 1974) ![]() ![]() (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 15 November 1978) ![]() ![]() (Budapest, Hungary; 28 March 1979) ![]() ![]() (Goiânia, Brazil; 8 April 1986) ![]() ![]() (Montevideo, Uruguay; 29 January 1985) ![]() ![]() (Copenhagen, Denmark; 8 May 1985) ![]() ![]() (Kiev, Soviet Union; 26 April 1989) ![]() ![]() (Vienna, Austria; 15 November 1989) ![]() ![]() (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 24 January 1990) | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Second group stage (1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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East Germany qualified for the World Cup once, doing so in 1974, and after German reunification in 1990, the Deutscher Fußball Verband der DDR (DFV, English: German Football Association of the GDR), and with it the East German team, joined the Deutscher Fußball Bund (DFB) and the West Germany national football team that had just won the World Cup.