East Germany Olympic football team
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| Nickname(s) | "Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen" (World champion in friendly games) | ||
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| Association | Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR — DFV | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| FIFA code | GDR | ||
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| Summer Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1964) | ||
| Best result | Gold Medal, 1976 | ||
Medal record | |||
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).
Overall record
| Summer Olympic Games record | Qualifications record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| 1952 | did not enter | did not enter | — | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Withdrew | Withdrew | 1956 | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1960 | |||||||||
| 1964 | Bronze Medal | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | Squad | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1964 | |
| 1968 | did not qualify | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1968 | |||||||||
| 1972 | Bronze Medal | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1972 | |
| 1976 | Gold Medal | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1976 | |
| 1980 | Silver Medal | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | Squad | Qualified as defending champions | 1980 | ||||||
| 1984 | Withdrew | Withdrew | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1988 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 Gold Medal | 4/10 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 17 | – | 33 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 22 | — | |