East Germany Olympic football team

East Germany Olympic team

Nickname(s)	"Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen" (World champion in friendly games)
Association	Deutscher Fussballverband 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

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1976 Montreal	Team
	1980 Moscow	Team
	1964 Tokyo	Team
	1972 Munich	Team

The East Germany Olympic football team 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).

Olympic Record

Host Nation(s) - Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1952	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1956	as United Team of Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	3rd place	6	4	1	1	12	4
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	3rd place	7	4	1	2	23	9
1976	Champion	5	4	1	0	10	2
1980	Runner-Up	6	4	1	1	12	2
1984	Forfeited	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	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