The East Germany Olympic football team, recognized as Germany DR by FIFA, was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany for Olympic football events, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.
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| Nickname(s) | "Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen" (World champion in friendly games) | ||
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| Association | Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR — DFV | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| FIFA code | GDR | ||
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| Summer Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1964) | ||
| Best result | Gold Medal, 1976 | ||
Medal record | |||
After German reunification in 1990, the Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR (DFV), and with it the East German team, joined the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB).
Summer Olympics record
editGold medalists Silver medalists Bronze medalists
| Summer Olympics | Qualification | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Squad | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | |
| 1960 | Italy | Did not qualify | PR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1964 | Japan | Bronze medal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | Squad | R2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |
| 1968 | Mexico | Did not qualify | F | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1972 | West Germany | Bronze medal | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | Squad | R2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1976 | Canada | Gold medal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Squad | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1980 | Soviet Union | Silver medal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | Squad | Qualified as holders | |||||||
| 1984 | United States | Qualified but withdrew | 1st | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1988 | South Korea | Did not qualify | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||
| Total | Gold medal | 24 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 17 | — | 5/8 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 27 | ||
See also
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editExternal links
edit- DFB statistics of the national team (contains information on East Germany caps and goalscorers)
- RSSSF archive of East Germany results
- RSSSF history of East Germany national team
- RSSSF record of East Germany international caps and goals