East Germany national football team

East Germany
Nickname(s)	"Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele" (World champion in friendly games)[1][2]
Association	German Football Association of the GDR
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Joachim Streich (102)
Top scorer	Joachim Streich (55)
Home stadium	Zentralstadion, Leipzig
FIFA code	GDR
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Poland 3–0 East Germany ; (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952) Last international Belgium 0–2 East Germany ; (Brussels, Belgium; 12 September 1990)
Biggest win
	Ceylon 1–12 East Germany ; (Colombo, Ceylon; 12 January 1964)
Biggest defeat
	Poland 3–0 East Germany ; (Warsaw, Poland; 21 September 1952); East Germany 1–4 Czechoslovakia ; (Leipzig, East Germany; 27 October 1957)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1974)
Best result	Round 2, 1974 (Ranked 6th)

East Germany national football team was the national football team of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) from 1952 to 1990. The East Germany team is now the Germany team.

Record

The East German team on their last-ever match in 1990.

East Germany only qualified for one World Cup, and they only made it to round 2.

East Germany never qualified for a UEFA European Football Championship tournament.

Joel, Holger; Schütt, Ernst Christian (2008). Chronik des deutschen Fußballs: die Spiele der Nationalmannschaften von 1908 bis heute (in German). wissenmedia Verlag. p. 210. ISBN 9783577164214.
Wiederstein, Wolfgang (14 November 2009). "'Ein Spiel, das wir nicht gewinnen konnten'". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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