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East Germany Olympic football team

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East Germany Olympic
Shirt badge/Association crest
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
Medal record
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 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 for Olympic football events, 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).

Summer Olympics record

  Gold medalists    Silver medalists    Bronze medalists  

Summer Olympics Qualification
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

Honours

Major competitions

Friendly

See also

Notes

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