East Germany Olympic football team

East Germany Olympic

Nickname(s)| "Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen" (World champion in friendly games)
Association| Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR — DFV
Confederation| UEFA (Europe)
FIFA code| GDR

First colours

Second colours

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Summer Olympic Games
Appearances| 4 (first in 1964)
Best result| Gold Medal, 1976

Medal record

| 1976 Montreal | Team
| 1980 Moscow | Team
| 1964 Tokyo | Team
| 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

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Gold medalists    Silver medalists    Bronze medalists

Summer Olympics |  | Qualification

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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

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### Major competitions

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* Olympic Games
* Gold medal (1): 1976
* Silver medal (1): 1980
* Bronze medal (2): 1964, 1972

### Friendly

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* Malta International Football Tournament
* Champions (1): 1988

## See also

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* East Germany national football team
* East Germany national under-21 football team
* Germany Olympic football team

## Notes

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## External links

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* DFB statistics of the national team (contains information on East Germany caps and goalscorers)
* RSSSF archive of East Germany results
* RSSSF history of East Germany national team
* RSSSF record of East Germany international caps and goals

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Football in East Germany

Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR

National teams|

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* National team
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Women|

* National team

League system|

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* DDR-Oberliga
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* League

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* FDGB-Pokal
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Summer Olympics men's football tournament winners

List of Olympic medalists

* 1900:  Upton Park FC (GBR)
* 1904:  Galt FC (CAN)
* 1908:  Great Britain (GBR)
* 1912:  Great Britain (GBR)
* 1920:  Belgium (BEL)
* 1924:  Uruguay (URU)
* 1928:  Uruguay (URU)
* 1936:  Italy (ITA)
* 1948:  Sweden (SWE)
* 1952:  Hungary (HUN)
* 1956:  Soviet Union (URS)
* 1960:  Yugoslavia (YUG)
* 1964:  Hungary (HUN)
* 1968:  Hungary (HUN)
* 1972:  Poland (POL)
* 1976:  East Germany (GDR)
* 1980:  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
* 1984:  France (FRA)
* 1988:  Soviet Union (URS)
* 1992:  Spain (ESP)
* 1996:  Nigeria (NGR)
* 2000:  Cameroon (CMR)
* 2004:  Argentina (ARG)
* 2008:  Argentina (ARG)
* 2012:  Mexico (MEX)
* 2016:  Brazil (BRA)
* 2020:  Brazil (BRA)
* 2024:  Spain (ESP)

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