East Germany Olympic football team

East Germany 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
Finland 1952Did not enter ------
Australia 1956as United Team of Germany ------
Italy 1960Did not qualify ------
Japan 19643rd place 6411124
Mexico 1968Did not qualify ------
West Germany 19723rd place 7412239
Canada 1976Champion 5410102
Soviet Union 1980Runner-Up 6411122
United States 1984Boycotted ------
South Korea 1988Did not qualify ------
Total 4/102416445717

See also

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