East Germany at the FIFA World Cup

Participation of East Germany's national football team in the FIFA World Cup

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After the division of Germany in 1949, West Germany was declared Germany's official successor team. East Germany was accepted as a FIFA member only in 1952 and entered the qualification tournament for the first time for 1958, but finished last in their qualification group behind Czechoslovakia and Wales.

They appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 1974. During the tournament they played West Germany, who were hosts in that year, for the first and only time at senior level, winning 1–0. East Germany was reunified with West Germany in 1990 and did not compete again after the 1990 World Cup.

## Record at the FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup finals record  |  | Qualifications record

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Year  | Round  | Position  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad  | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA
1954 | Did not enter | Did not enter
1958 | Did not qualify | 3rd  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 12
1962 | 3rd  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 6
1966 | 2nd  | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 5
1970 | 2nd  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 7
1974 | Quarter-finals[a] | 6th  | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 5  | Squad | 1st  | 6  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 18  | 3
1978 | Did not qualify | 2nd  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 15  | 4
1982 | 2nd  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 6
1986 | 3rd  | 8  | 5  | 0  | 3  | 16  | 9
1990 | 4th  | 8  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 9  | 13
Total | Second group stage | 1/10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | — | –  | 47 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 87 | 65

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

### By match

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World Cup  | Round  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Venue  | Scorers

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1974 | Group stage |  Australia | 2–0 | W | Hamburg | C. Curran (o.g.), J. Streich
Chile | 1–1 | D | Berlin | M. Hoffmann
West Germany | 1–0 | W | Hamburg | J. Sparwasser
Second round |  Brazil | 0–1 | L | Hanover | —
Netherlands | 0–2 | L | Gelsenkirchen | —
Argentina | 1–1 | D | Gelsenkirchen | J. Streich

### Record by opponent

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FIFA World Cup matches (by team)

Opponent  | Wins  | Draws  | Losses  | Total  | Goals Scored  | Goals Conceded
Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0
Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1
Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2
West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0

## East Germany at 1974 World Cup

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East Germany squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Croy
* 2 Kurbjuweit
* 3 Bransch (c)
* 4 Weise
* 5 Fritsche
* 6 Schnuphase
* 7 Pommerenke
* 8 Löwe
* 9 Ducke
* 10 Kreische
* 11 Streich
* 12 Wätzlich
* 13 Lauck
* 14 Sparwasser
* 15 Vogel
* 16 Irmscher
* 17 Hamann
* 18 Kische
* 19 Seguin
* 20 Hoffmann
* 21 Blochwitz
* 22 Friese
* Coach: Buschner

### First Round, Group 1

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5
West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4
Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2
Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1

14 June 1974

19:30 CET

East Germany | 2 – 0|  Australia

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Curran 58' (o.g.)
Streich 72' | Report |

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

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18 June 1974

19:30 CET

Chile | 1 – 1|  East Germany

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Ahumada 69' | Report | Hoffmann 55'

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

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22 June 1974

19:30 CET

East Germany | 1 – 0|  West Germany

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Sparwasser 77' | Report |

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 60,350

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

### Second Round, Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6
Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4
East Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1
Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1

26 June 1974

19:30 CET

Brazil | 1 – 0|  East Germany

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Rivellino 60' | Report |

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 58,463

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

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30 June 1974

16:00 CET

East Germany | 0 – 2|  Netherlands

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| Report | Neeskens 13'
Rensenbrink 59'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 67,148

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

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3 July 1974

19:30 CET

Argentina | 1 – 1|  East Germany

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Houseman 20' | Report | Streich 14'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 53,054

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

## Record players

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Rank  | Player  | Matches

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1  | Bernd Bransch | 6
Jürgen Croy | 6
Martin Hoffmann | 6
Gerd Kische | 6
Jürgen Sparwasser | 6
Konrad Weise | 6
7  | Harald Irmscher | 4
Lothar Kurbjuweit | 4
Wolfram Löwe | 4
Joachim Streich | 4
Siegmar Wätzlich | 4

## Top goalscorers

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Rank  | Player  | Goals

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1 | Joachim Streich | 2
2  | Martin Hoffmann | 1
Jürgen Sparwasser | 1

## Notes

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1. ^ Last 8 held as second group stage.

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Countries at the FIFA World Cup

* Team appearances
* All-time table

AFC|

* Australia1
* China
* Indonesia2
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* North Korea
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan

CAF|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Cameroon
* DR Congo2
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* South Africa
* Togo
* Tunisia

CONCACAF|

* Canada
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* El Salvador
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Panama
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States

CONMEBOL|

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Uruguay

OFC|

* New Zealand

UEFA|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic2
* Denmark
* East Germany3
* England
* France
* Germany2
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Israel1
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia2
* Scotland
* Serbia2
* Slovakia2
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

1 Have been member of multiple confederations. 2 Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). 3 Team and national federation no longer exist.
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