East Germany Olympic football team

East Germany

Nickname(s)	"Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen" (World champion in friendly games)
Association	Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR — DFV
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
FIFA code	GDR
First colours Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1964)
Best result	Gold Medal, 1976
Medal record 1976 Montreal Team 1980 Moscow Team 1964 Tokyo Team 1972 Munich Team

The East Germany Olympic football team, recognized as Germany DR by FIFA, was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, 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), and with it the East German team, joined the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB).

Overall record[]

Year	Round	Position	Pld	Won	Drawn*	Lost	GF	GA
1952	Did not enter
1956	Withdrew
1960	Did not qualify
1964	Bronze medal (as United Team of Germany)	3rd	6	4	1	1	12	4
1968	Did not qualify
1972	Bronze medal (Shared)	3rd (Shared)	7	4	1	2	23	9
1976	Gold medal	1st	5	4	1	0	10	2
1980	Silver medal	2nd	6	4	1	1	12	2
1984	Withdrew
1988	Did not qualify
Total	1 Gold Medal, 1 Silver medal, 2 Bronze medal	4/10	24	16	4	4	57	17

See also[]

• East Germany national football team
• East Germany national under-21 football team

External links[]

• 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