As one of the leading clubs in East Germany, Dynamo Dresden provided 36 East German internationals,[1] including the country's second most-capped player, Hans-Jürgen Dörner, and its joint second top scorer, Hans-Jürgen Kreische.[2] Kreische and Siegmar Wätzlich were in East Germany's squad for their only World Cup appearance (1974),[3] while twelve Dynamo players won Olympic medals, including six gold medallists in 1976. After German reunification a number of Dynamo players went on to represent the Germany national team, including Jens Jeremies, Ulf Kirsten, Olaf Marschall and Alexander Zickler. Dynamo have also seen internationals from other nations, including Australia (Joshua Kennedy and Mark Schwarzer), the Czech Republic (Ivo Ulich and Tomas Votava), Slovenia (Klemen Lavrič and Miran Pavlin) and Sweden (Johnny Ekström).
Five Dynamo Dresden players were named East German Footballer of the Year: Hans-Jürgen Dörner, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Andreas Trautmann, Ulf Kirsten and Torsten Gütschow. Dörner won the award three times, and the latter three players were its last three winners.[4] Kreische and Gütschow were the leading scorers in the DDR-Oberliga seven times between them.[5]
Perhaps the most notable Dynamo Dresden player is Matthias Sammer. He played for the club from 1985 to 1990, during which he won 23 caps for East Germany. He later made 51 appearances for Germany, winning the European Championship in 1996 and played at club level for VfB Stuttgart, Internazionale and Borussia Dortmund. With the latter he won two German titles, the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, and was named European Footballer of the Year in 1996.
This list covers players who have played 40 or more matches for SG Dynamo Dresden, except statistics for the lower levels of East German football are hard to find, so this period is not covered.
Player spent entire career with Dynamo Dresden.
International player
Player | Nationality | Position | Dynamo career | Appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sven Baum | Germany | Midfielder | 1995–1997 | 44 | 7 |
Stefan Bernhardt | Germany | Midfielder | 1996–1999 | 56 | 1 |
René Beuchel | Germany | Midfielder | 1992–1995 2002–2007 |
172 | 16 |
Horst Beulig | East Germany | Midfielder | 1950–1953 | 43 | 0 |
Torsten Bittermann | Germany | Defender | 2002–2005 | 56 | 1 |
Claus Boden | East Germany | Goalkeeper | 1971–1981 | 153 | 0 |
Romain Brégerie | France | Defender | 2011–2014 | 94 | 4 |
Thomas Bröker | Germany | Forward | 2005–2006 2007–2009 |
97 | 23 |
Branislav Bulatović | Yugoslavia | Defender | 1999–2001 | 47 | 4 |
Steffen Büttner | Germany | Defender | 1985–1992 | 121 | 3 |
Stanislav Cherchesov | Russia | Goalkeeper | 1993–1995 | 62 | 0 |
Cataldo Cozza | Germany | Defender | 2007–2010 | 74 | 0 |
Levente Csik | Romania | Defender | 2001–2007 | 157 | 4 |
Dario Dabac | Croatia | Defender | 2001–2003 | 60 | 1 |
Pavel David | Czech Republic | Forward | 2006–2008 | 49 | 11 |
Zlatko Dedic | Slovenia | Striker | 2011–2012 2013–2014 |
59 | 19 |
Andreas Diebitz | East Germany | Defender | 1986–1990 | 61 | 1 |
Pavel Dobry | Czech Republic | Forward | 2007–2010 | 96 | 23 |
Hans-Jürgen Dörner | East Germany | Midfielder | 1969–1986 | 392 | 65 |
Matthias Döschner | East Germany | Midfielder | 1978–1990 | 253 | 32 |
Steffen Engelmohr | East Germany | Defender | 1963–1968 | 63 | 12 |
Klaus Engels | East Germany | Forward | 1965–1968 | 61 | 17 |
Daniel Ernemann | Germany | Defender | 2006–2008 | 62 | 3 |
Kurt Fischer | East Germany | Midfielder | 1950–1954 | 126 | 3 |
Cristian Fiél | Spain | Midfielder | 2010– | 87 | 3 |
Pavel Fort | Czech Republic | Forward | 2011–2013 | 41 | 9 |
Christian Fröhlich | Germany | Midfielder | 1995–1996 2003–2005 |
91 | 19 |
Frank Ganzera | East Germany | Defender | 1966–1976 | 133 | 8 |
Eduard Geyer | East Germany | Defender | 1969–1975 | 90 | 6 |
Matthias Großmann | Germany | Midfielder | 1997–2001 | 89 | 7 |
René Groth | Germany | Defender | 1992–1995 1997–2000 |
54 | 0 |
Cheikh Gueye | Senegal | Defender | 2011–2014 | 73 | 1 |
Siegfried Gumz | East Germany | Forward | 1962–1969 | 120 | 33 |
Torsten Gütschow | East Germany | Forward | 1980–1992 1996–1999 |
329 | 149 |
Reinhard Häfner | East Germany | Midfielder | 1971–1988 | 366 | 49 |
Sebastian Hähnge | Germany | Forward | 2000–2003 | 66 | 16 |
Rico Hanke | Germany | Forward | 1995–2000 | 112 | 22 |
Gerhard Hänsicke | East Germany | Forward | 1951–1954 | 71 | 39 |
Erhard Haufe | East Germany | Defender | 1951–1954 | 73 | 0 |
Ralf Hauptmann | East Germany | Midfielder | 1987–1993 | 127 | 5 |
Christian Hauser | Germany | Midfielder | 2004–2008 | 73 | 1 |
Wolfgang Haustein | East Germany | Defender | 1962–1973 | 181 | 1 |
Gert Heidler | East Germany | Midfielder | 1968–1982 | 267 | 49 |
Steffen Heidrich | East Germany | Midfielder | 2001–2005 | 93 | 23 |
Lars Heller | Germany | Defender | 2001–2004 | 83 | 0 |
Christian Helm | East Germany | Defender | 1972–1982 | 188 | 3 |
Meinhard Hemp | East Germany | Midfielder | 1963–1972 | 102 | 6 |
Oliver Herber | Germany | Goalkeeper | 2003–2008 | 51 | 0 |
Bernd Hofmann | East Germany | Midfielder | 1962–1967 | 115 | 17 |
Karl-Heinz Holze | East Germany | Forward | 1950–1954 | 86 | 29 |
Thomas Hoßmang | Germany | Defender | 1994–1996 | 47 | 2 |
Thomas Hübener | Germany | Defender | 2007–2011 | 120 | 2 |
Uwe Jähnig | Germany | Midfielder | 1987–1995 | 129 | 16 |
Bernd Jakubowski | East Germany | Goalkeeper | 1977–1986 | 183 | 0 |
Antoni Jelen | Poland | Midfielder | 1995–2000 | 110 | 2 |
Ranisav Jovanović | Yugoslavia | Forward | 2002–2004 | 70 | 17 |
Lars Jungnickel | Germany | Midfielder | 1999–2001 2007–2013 |
151 | 17 |
Florian Jungwirth | Germany | Defender | 2010–2013 | 89 | 0 |
Frank Kaiser | Germany | Midfielder | 1996–2000 | 86 | 5 |
Manfred Kallenbach | East Germany | Goalkeeper | 1966–1972 | 105 | 0 |
Maik Kegel | Germany | Midfielder | 2007–2012 | 89 | 8 |
Axel Keller | Germany | Goalkeeper | 2008–2011 | 96 | 0 |
Joshua Kennedy | Australia | Forward | 2004–2006 | 62 | 16 |
Mario Kern | Germany | Defender | 1988–1995 1996 |
84 | 4 |
Benjamin Kirsten | Germany | Goalkeeper | 2008– | 93 | 0 |
Ulf Kirsten | East Germany | Forward | 1983–1990 | 154 | 57 |
Heinz Klemm | East Germany | Goalkeeper | 1950–1954 | 117 | 0 |
Sven Kmetsch | Germany | Midfielder | 1989–1995 | 102 | 7 |
Markus Knackmuß | Germany | Midfielder | 2006–2008 | 43 | 1 |
Robert Koch | Germany | Forward | 2009– | 126 | 21 |
Thomas Köhler | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1989–1991 1995–1999 |
89 | 1 |
Denis Koslov | Russia | Forward | 1999–2001 | 49 | 20 |
Peter Kotte | East Germany | Forward | 1973–1980 | 156 | 53 |
Markus Kranz | Germany | Midfielder | 1993–1995 | 57 | 3 |
Hans-Jürgen Kreische | East Germany | Forward | 1964–1977 | 256 | 143 |
Ignjac Krešić | Croatia | Goalkeeper | 1999–2006 | 217 | 0 |
Mariusz Kukielka | Poland | Defender | 2005–2006 | 45 | 2 |
Dexter Langen | Germany | Defender | 2003–2006 | 93 | 3 |
Igor Lazić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Midfielder | 1995–1996 | 40 | 17 |
Michael Lerchl | Germany | Midfielder | 2005–2007 | 43 | 0 |
Frank Lieberam | Germany | Defender | 1986–1991 | 154 | 10 |
Frank Lippmann | East Germany | Forward | 1980–1986 | 89 | 9 |
Anthony Losilla | France | Midfielder | 2012–2014 | 61 | 3 |
Alexander Ludwig | Germany | Midfielder | 2005–2007 | 49 | 14 |
Vladimir Manislavić | Yugoslavia | Forward | 1999–2001 | 49 | 15 |
Johannes Matzen | East Germany | Forward | 1950–1954 | 138 | 46 |
Matthias Maucksch | Germany | Midfielder | 1987–1995 | 167 | 4 |
Jens Melzig | Germany | Defender | 1991–1993 | 65 | 3 |
Manfred Michael | East Germany | Defender | 1950–1954 | 124 | 7 |
Rocco Milde | Germany | Forward | 1987–1990 1996–1998 2001–2003 |
79 | 27 |
Ralf Minge | East Germany | Forward | 1980–1991 | 222 | 103 |
Andreas Mittag | East Germany | Defender | 1980–1983 | 40 | 1 |
Ralf Möbius | East Germany | Forward | 1950–1954 | 129 | 39 |
Gerrit Müller | Germany | Midfielder | 2008–2012 | 85 | 8 |
Klaus Müller | East Germany | Defender | 1973–1980 1980–1981 |
87 | 9 |
Matthias Müller | East Germany | Defender | 1974–1980 | 89 | 11 |
René Müller | East Germany | Goalkeeper | 1991–1994 | 84 | 0 |
Thomas Neubert | Germany | Forward | 2001–2006 | 108 | 34 |
Ronny Nikol | Germany | Defender | 2007–2010 | 85 | 1 |
Peter Noske | East Germany | Goalkeeper | 1962–1966 | 61 | 0 |
Dirk Oberritter | Germany | Defender | 1992–1995 1996–2001 |
120 | 2 |
Wolfgang Oeser | East Germany | Midfielder | 1962–1966 | 73 | 7 |
Volker Oppitz | Germany | Defender | 2001–2010 | 226 | 6 |
Karsten Oswald | Germany | Midfielder | 2004–2006 | 45 | 4 |
Idir Ouali | Algeria | Midfielder | 2012–2014 | 63 | 8 |
Markus Palionis | Lithuania | Defender | 2008–2010 | 57 | 0 |
Frank Paulus | Germany | Defender | 1999–2003 | 122 | 0 |
Sebastian Pelzer | Germany | Defender | 2006–2008 | 64 | 1 |
Marek Penksa | Slovakia | Midfielder | 1993–1994 2007–2008 |
60 | 8 |
Karsten Petersohn | East Germany | Midfielder | 1977–1983 | 40 | 6 |
Daniel Petrowsky | Germany | Midfielder | 1999–2003 | 89 | 1 |
Sascha Pfeffer | Germany | Midfielder | 2007–2012 | 88 | 1 |
Wolfgang Pfeifer | East Germany | Defender | 1963–1969 | 100 | 0 |
Hans-Uwe Pilz | East Germany | Midfielder | 1982–1990 1990–1995 |
299 | 35 |
Mickael Poté | Benin | Forward | 2011–2014 | 83 | 21 |
Gerhard Prautzsch | East Germany | Defender | 1962–1966 | 92 | 4 |
Thomas Rath | Germany | Midfielder | 1992–1995 | 80 | 6 |
Sven Ratke | Germany | Midfielder | 1989–1995 2002–2004 |
108 | 2 |
Horst Rau | East Germany | Midfielder | 1969–1974 | 82 | 11 |
Jens Reckmann | Germany | Defender | 1997–1999 | 60 | 1 |
Frank Richter | East Germany | Forward | 1969–1980 | 127 | 20 |
Dieter Riedel | East Germany | Forward | 1967–1980 | 211 | 49 |
Uwe Rösler | Germany | Forward | 1991–1992 1993–1994 |
53 | 7 |
Timo Röttger | Germany | Midfielder | 2008–2011 | 63 | 9 |
Rainer Sachse | East Germany | Forward | 1970–1980 | 172 | 70 |
Klaus Sammer | East Germany | Midfielder | 1965–1974 | 183 | 27 |
Matthias Sammer | East Germany | Midfielder | 1985–1990 | 102 | 39 |
Halil Savran | Germany | Striker | 2008–2010 | 69 | 26 |
Hartmut Schade | East Germany | Midfielder | 1973–1984 | 198 | 34 |
Andreas Schmidt | East Germany | Defender | 1980–1985 | 70 | 2 |
Jörg Schmidt | Germany | Midfielder | 1996–1998 | 52 | 11 |
Udo Schmuck | East Germany | Defender | 1972–1985 | 263 | 33 |
Herbert Schoen | East Germany | Defender | 1950–1954 | 133 | 2 |
Heiko Scholz | Germany | Defender | 1990–1992 | 57 | 8 |
Ronny Scholze | Germany | Midfielder | 2003–2005 | 45 | 5 |
Sascha Schönfeld | Germany | Midfielder | 1997–1999 | 56 | 6 |
Detlef Schößler | East Germany | Defender | 1989–1995 | 150 | 4 |
Günter Schröter | East Germany | Forward | 1950–1954 | 137 | 78 |
Silvio Schröter | Germany | Midfielder | 1997–2001 | 111 | 13 |
Lutz Schülbe | East Germany | Forward | 1981–1984 | 58 | 11 |
Frank Schuster | East Germany | Defender | 1981–1985 | 91 | 2 |
Sebastian Schuppan | Germany | Defender | 2010–2014 | 106 | 8 |
Erich Siede | East Germany | Forward | 1962–1966 | 54 | 7 |
David Solga | Germany | Midfielder | 2009–2013 | 76 | 2 |
Miroslav Stević | Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1992–1994 | 60 | 5 |
Martin Stocklasa | Liechtenstein | Defender | 2006–2008 | 66 | 2 |
Jonas Strifler | Germany | Defender | 2009–2011 | 53 | 0 |
Jörg Stübner | East Germany | Midfielder | 1983–1993 | 182 | 14 |
Falk Terjek | Germany | Midfielder | 1996–1999 | 64 | 11 |
Ronny Teuber | East Germany | Goalkeeper | 1986–1993 | 110 | 0 |
Andreas Trautmann | East Germany | Midfielder | 1977–1990 1990–1991 |
270 | 48 |
Filip Trojan | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 2011–2014 | 66 | 3 |
Jens Truckenbrod | Germany | Midfielder | 2007–2009 | 61 | 2 |
Ivo Ulich | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 2005–2008 | 78 | 12 |
Günther Usemann | East Germany | Midfielder | 1950–1954 | 121 | 8 |
Marco Vorbeck | Germany | Forward | 2005–2007 | 60 | 19 |
Andreas Wagenhaus | East Germany | Defender | 1989–1993 | 89 | 4 |
Jens Wahl | East Germany | Defender | 1997–2000 | 56 | 6 |
Siegmar Wätzlich | East Germany | Defender | 1967–1975 | 139 | 10 |
Maik Wagefeld | Germany | Midfielder | 1999–2004 2006 2007–2011 |
257 | 32 |
Horst Walter | East Germany | Midfielder | 1966–1969 | 45 | 1 |
Gerd Weber | East Germany | Midfielder | 1973–1980 | 145 | 44 |
Dirk Zander | Germany | Defender | 1991–1993 | 43 | 11 |
Daniel Ziebig | Germany | Midfielder | 2001–2005 | 74 | 1 |
Uwe Ziegler | East Germany | Midfielder | 1962–1972 | 162 | 29 |