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 for Olympic football events, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.

East Germany
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

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
Summer Olympic Games record Qualifications record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA Squad GP W D L GF GA
Finland 1952 did not enter did not enter —
Australia 1956 Withdrew Withdrew 1956
Italy 1960 did not qualify 2 1 0 1 1 4 1960
Japan 1964[lower-alpha 1] Bronze Medal 3rd 6 4 1 1 12 4 Squad 7 4 2 1 14 6 1964
Mexico 1968 did not qualify 6 5 0 1 16 6 1968
West Germany 1972 Bronze Medal 3rd 7 4 1 2 23 9 Squad 4 3 1 0 7 0 1972
Canada 1976 Gold Medal 1st 5 4 1 0 10 2 Squad 6 4 2 0 9 1 1976
Soviet Union 1980 Silver Medal 2nd 6 4 1 1 12 2 Squad Qualified as defending champions 1980
United States 1984 Withdrew Withdrew 1984
South Korea 1988 did not qualify 8 4 3 1 12 5 1988
Total 1 Gold Medal 4/10 24 16 4 4 57 17 – 33 21 8 4 59 22 —

See also

Notes
  1. East Germany won the play-off and represented the United Team of Germany
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