East Germany Olympic football 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.

East Germany
Nickname(s)"Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen" (World champion in friendly games)
AssociationDeutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR — DFV
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
FIFA codeGDR
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1964)
Best resultGold Medal, 1976

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

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