East Germany at the FIFA World Cup

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 final tournament 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.^[1] East Germany was reunified with West Germany in 1990 and did not compete again after the 1990 World Cup.

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FIFA World Cup finals record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of / Germany									Part of / Germany
1934
1938
1950	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
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

World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Scorers
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

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

East Germany at the FIFA World Cup

Record at the FIFA World Cup

By match

Record by opponent

East Germany at 1974 World Cup

First Round, Group 1

Second Round, Group A

Record players

Top goalscorers

Notes

References

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Rank	Player	Matches
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