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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - Did not participate |
| 1958 - Did not qualify |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Second
phase exit |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Did not qualify |
| 1986 - Did not qualify |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| GDR no longer exists |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
6
|
| Won |
2
|
| Drawn |
2
|
| Lost |
2
|
| Goals for |
5
|
| Goals against |
5
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| Points |
8
|
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East
Germany are 42nd on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
2-0 vs Australia
in 1974.
|
Biggest
defeat:
0-2 vs Holland
in 1974.
|
Overall
topscorer:
Joachim Streich,
2 goals
|
Most
appearances:
Jürgen
Croy, Bernd Bransch, Konrad Weise, Jürgen Sparwasser, Gerd Kische
and Martin Hoffmann, 6 matches
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Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Joachim
Streich |
|
1930 to 1954
EAST GERMANY did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1958
(UEFA Group 4)
19.May 57 EAST GERMANY 2-1 Wales
16.Jun 57 Czechoslovakia 3-1 EAST GERMANY
25.Sep 57 Wales 4-1 EAST GERMANY
27.Oct 57 EAST GERMANY 1-4 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 1 9- 3 6
2.Wales 4 2 0 2 6- 5 4
3.EAST GERMANY 4 1 0 3 5-12 2
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 4)
16.Apr 61 Hungary 2-0 EAST GERMANY
14.May 61 EAST GERMANY 1-1 Netherlands
10.Sep 61 EAST GERMANY 2-3 Hungary
01.Oct 61 Netherlands x-x EAST GERMANY
(not played due to visa problems.)
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 4 3 1 0 11- 5 7
2.Netherlands 3 0 2 1 4- 7 2
3.EAST GERMANY 3 0 1 2 3- 6 1
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 6)
25.Apr 65 Austria 1-1 EAST GERMANY
23.May 65 EAST GERMANY 1-1 Hungary
09.Oct 65 Hungary 3-2 EAST GERMANY
31.Oct 65 EAST GERMANY 1-0 Austria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 4 3 1 0 8- 3 7
2.EAST GERMANY 4 1 2 1 5- 5 4
3.Austria 4 0 1 3 1- 6 1
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 3)
29.Mar 69 EAST GERMANY 2-2 Italy
16.Apr 69 EAST GERMANY 2-1 Wales
22.Oct 69 Wales 1-3 EAST GERMANY
22.Nov 69 Italy 3-0 EAST GERMANY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 4 3 1 0 10- 3 7
2.EAST GERMANY 4 2 1 1 7- 7 5
3.Wales 4 0 0 4 3-10 0
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 4)
07.Oct 72 EAST GERMANY 5-0 Finland
08.Apr 73 EAST GERMANY 2-0 Albania
27.May 73 Romania 1-0 EAST GERMANY
06.Jun 73 Finland 1-5 EAST GERMANY
26.Sep 73 EAST GERMANY 2-0 Romania
03.Nov 73 Albania 1-4 EAST GERMANY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.EAST GERMANY 6 5 0 1 18- 3 10
2.Romania 6 4 1 1 17- 4 9
3.Finland 6 1 1 4 3-21 3
4.Albania 6 1 0 5 3-13 2
EAST GERMANY qualified for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 3)
17.Nov 76 EAST GERMANY 1-1 Turkey
02.Apr 77 Malta 0-1 EAST GERMANY
24.Sep 77 Austria 1-1 EAST GERMANY
12.Oct 77 EAST GERMANY 1-1 Austria
29.Oct 77 EAST GERMANY 9-0 Malta
16.Nov 77 Turkey 1-2 EAST GERMANY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Austria 6 4 2 0 14- 2 10
2.EAST GERMANY 6 3 3 0 15- 4 9
3.Turkey 6 2 1 3 9- 5 5
4.Malta 6 0 0 6 0-27 0
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 7)
04.Apr 81 Malta 1-2 EAST GERMANY
02.May 81 Poland 1-0 EAST GERMANY
10.Oct 81 EAST GERMANY 2-3 Poland
11.Nov 81 EAST GERMANY 5-1 Malta
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Poland 4 4 0 0 12- 2 8
2.EAST GERMANY 4 2 0 2 9- 6 4
3.Malta 4 0 0 4 2-15 0
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 4)
20.Oct 84 EAST GERMANY 2-3 Yugoslavia
17.Nov 84 Luxembourg 0-5 EAST GERMANY
08.Dec 84 France 2-0 EAST GERMANY
06.Apr 85 Bulgaria 1-0 EAST GERMANY
18.May 85 EAST GERMANY 3-1 Luxembourg
11.Sep 85 EAST GERMANY 2-0 France
28.Sep 85 Yugoslavia 1-2 EAST GERMANY
16.Nov 85 EAST GERMANY 2-1 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.France 8 5 1 2 15- 4 11
2.Bulgaria 8 5 1 2 13- 5 11
3.EAST GERMANY 8 5 0 3 16- 9 10
4.Yugoslavia 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8
5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-27 0
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 3)
19.Oct 88 EAST GERMANY 2-0 Iceland
30.Nov 88 Turkey 3-1 EAST GERMANY
12.Apr 89 EAST GERMANY 0-2 Turkey
26.Apr 89 Soviet Union 3-0 EAST GERMANY
20.May 89 EAST GERMANY 1-1 Austria
06.Sep 89 Iceland 0-3 EAST GERMANY
08.Oct 89 EAST GERMANY 2-1 Soviet Union
15.Nov 89 Austria 3-0 EAST GERMANY
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 8 4 3 1 11- 4 11
2.Austria 8 3 3 2 9- 9 9
3.Turkey 8 3 1 4 12-10 7
4.EAST GERMANY 8 3 1 4 9-13 7
5.Iceland 8 1 4 3 6-11 6
EAST GERMANY failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
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