East Germany at the FIFA World Cup

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After the division of Germany in 1949, West Germany was declared Germany's official successor team. East Germany was accepted as a FIFA member only in 1952 and entered the qualification tournament for the first time for 1958, but finished last in their qualification group behind Czechoslovakia and Wales.

They appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 1974. During the tournament they played West Germany, who were hosts in that year, for the first and only time at senior level, winning 1-0. East Germany was reunified with West Germany in 1990 and did not compete again after the 1990 World Cup.

Record at the FIFA World Cup[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of  Germany
1934
1938
1950	Not a FIFA member
1954	Did not enter
1958	Did not qualify
1962
1966
1970
1974	Second round	6th	6	2	2	2	5	5
1978	Did not qualify
1982
1986
1990
1994	Part of  Germany
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
Total	1/10	-	6	2	2	2	5	5

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Scorers
1974	Group stage	Australia	2–0	W	Hamburg	C. Curran (o.g.), J. Streich
		Chile	1–1	D	Berlin	M. Hoffmann
		West Germany	1–0	W	Hamburg	J. Sparwasser
	Second round	Brazil	0–1	L	Hanover	—
		Netherlands	0–2	L	Gelsenkirchen	—
		Argentina	1–1	D	Gelsenkirchen	J. Streich

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded
Argentina	0	1	0	1	1	1
Australia	1	0	0	1	2	0
Brazil	0	0	1	1	0	1
Chile	0	1	0	1	1	1
Netherlands	0	0	1	1	0	2
West Germany	1	0	0	1	1	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
West Germany	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4
Chile	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Australia	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

14 June 1974

19:30 CET

East Germany	2 – 0	Australia
Curran 58' (o.g.) Streich 72'	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: (Senegal)

18 June 1974

19:30 CET

Chile	1 – 1	East Germany
Ahumada 69'	Report	Hoffmann 55'

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: (Italy)

22 June 1974

19:30 CET

East Germany	1 – 0	West Germany
Sparwasser 77'	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 60,350

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Brazil	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	4
East Germany	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
Argentina	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

26 June 1974

19:30 CET

Brazil	1 – 0	East Germany
Rivelino 60'	Report

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 58,463

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

30 June 1974

16:00 CET

East Germany	0 – 2	Netherlands
	Report	Neeskens 13' Rensenbrink 59'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 67,148

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

3 July 1974

19:30 CET

Argentina	1 – 1	East Germany
Houseman 20'	Report	Streich 14'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 53,054

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)