B-national soccer team of the GDR
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Association | German Football Association |
confederacy | UEFA |
Record scorer | Günter Riese (5) |
Record player | Konrad Dorner (16) |
FIFA code | GDR |
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First international game GDR 3-0 Poland ( Leipzig ; May 7, 1953) ![]() ![]() |
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Last game Scotland 1-2 DDR ( Perth , Scotland ; April 26, 1990)
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(As of communications came into effect on 20th November 1990 the DFB in. ) |
The B-national soccer team of the GDR was a selection team of soccer players from the GDR . It belonged to the German Football Association and represented it internationally in friendly matches against similarly compiled second representatives from other national associations. The footballers employed in it should be tested by the coaches for use in the A-Elf .
premiere
After the GDR was accepted as a full member of FIFA on July 24, 1952, the B national team played its international debut in the spring of 1953. This happened almost nine months after the debut of the A-selection against the same association, those from Poland . The following players were called up for the home win in front of 60,000 spectators in the Bruno-Plache-Stadion in this opening match:
May 7, 1953 GDR - Poland 3-0 in Leipzig . |
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GDR: Heinz Bernhardt - Helmut Nordhaus , Herbert Schoen , Erhard Bauer - Jochen Müller , Georg Rosbigalle - Alfred Reinhardt , Günter Schröter , Erich Haase , Werner Welzel (70th Hans Speth ), Hans Speth (57th Harry Arlt ). Goals: Haase (3), Arlt. |
After Werner Welzel had to retire injured, the already substituted Hans Speth was sent back to the field.
history
For the B-Elf, 47 games were recorded between 1953 and 1990. Between August 1977 and April 1990, the team played no international matches. The most frequent international match partners included Hungary (eleven matches) and Poland (nine matches) as well as the ČSSR and Bulgaria (seven matches each).
farewell
After a twelve and a half year break, the football association reactivated the B national team at the time of the fall . She was - coached that evening by Eberhard Vogel , after his successful years with the DFV youngsters at that time assistant to Eduard Geyer in the A selection - before the settlement of GDR football in the course of reunification in this line-up in spring 1990 sent one last time to the field of McDiarmid Park :
April 26, 1990 Scotland - GDR 1-2 in Glasgow . |
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GDR: Jens Schmidt - Frank Lieberam - Jörg Schwanke , Jens Melzig (27th Detlef Irrgang ), Torsten Kracht , Olaf Holetschek - Heiko Scholz , Uwe Weidemann , Dirk Barsikow - Steffen Heidrich (89th Hilmar Weilandt ), Volker Röhrich (77th Ulf Flour horn ). Goals: Whyte (own goal), Weidemann. |
Records
For Günter Riese five hits in the B-team are listed. Second place in this internal goalscorer list is shared by Gerhard Vogt and Helmut Müller , each with four goals. Konrad Dorner , who was on the field in 16 games of this selection , was used most frequently .
literature
- Günter Simon (overall editor): football informative . Sportverlag Berlin , Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-328-00130-1 , pages 78-80.
- Klaus Querengässer: Football in the GDR 1945–1989. Part 2: national team . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-928562-55-X , pages 282-287.
- Andreas Baingo , Michael Hohlfeld: Soccer selection player of the GDR. The lexicon . Sportverlag Berlin , Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00875-6 , pages 275-278.
- Michael Horn, Gottfried Weise : The great lexicon of GDR football . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-536-8 , page 41.
Individual evidence
- ↑ W. Engelhardt: That was our number 1 international match success. In: fuwo - The new football week . May 12, 1953, page 8/9.
- ↑ Jürgen Nöldner : Schotten took the wind away. In: fuwo - The new football week . May 2, 1990, p. 9.