East Germany national football team

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East Germany

1952–1990
Nickname(s)	"Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele" (World champion in friendly games)[1][2]
Association	Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Joachim Streich (98)
Top scorer	Joachim Streich (53)
Home stadium	Zentralstadion, Leipzig[a]
FIFA code	GDR
First colours Second colours
First international
Poland 3–0 East Germany  (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952)
Last international
Belgium 0–2 East Germany  (Brussels, Belgium; 12 September 1990)
Biggest win
Unofficial  Ceylon 0–14 East Germany  (Colombo, Ceylon; 8 January 1964) Official  Ceylon 1–12 East Germany  (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964)
Biggest defeat
Unofficial  Hungary 5–0 East Germany  (Hungary; 18 May 1952) Official  Poland 3–0 East Germany  (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952)  Wales 4–1 East Germany  (Cardiff, Wales; 25 September 1957)  East Germany 1–4 Czechoslovakia  (Leipzig, East Germany; 27 October 1957)  Ghana 3–0 East Germany  (Accra, Ghana; 23 February 1964)  Italy 3–0 East Germany  (Naples, Italy; 22 November 1969)  Belgium 3–0 East Germany  (Antwerp, Belgium; 18 April 1973)  Scotland 3–0 East Germany  (Glasgow, Scotland; 30 October 1974)  Netherlands 3–0 East Germany  (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 15 November 1978)  Hungary 3–0 East Germany  (Budapest, Hungary; 28 March 1979)  Brazil 3–0 East Germany  (Goiânia, Brazil; 8 April 1986)  Uruguay 3–0 East Germany  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 29 January 1985)  Denmark 4–1 East Germany  (Copenhagen, Denmark; 8 May 1985)  Soviet Union 3–0 East Germany  (Kiev, Soviet Union; 26 April 1989)  Austria 3–0 East Germany  (Vienna, Austria; 15 November 1989)  France 3–0 East Germany  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 24 January 1990)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1974)
Best result	Round 2, 1974 (Ranked 6th)
Medal record Olympic medal record Men's football Men's Olympics 1976 Montreal Team 1980 Moscow Team 1972 Munich Team

The East Germany national football team, recognised as Germany DR by FIFA, represented East Germany in men's international football, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.

After German reunification in 1990, the Deutscher Fußball Verband der DDR (DFV, English: German Football Association of the GDR), and with it the East German team, joined the Deutscher Fußball Bund (DFB) and the West Germany national football team that had just won the World Cup.

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