Football Olympic selection of the GDR
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| Association | German Football Association |
| confederacy | UEFA |
| Record scorer | Hans-Jürgen Kreische , Hans Richter , Eberhard Vogel (10) |
| Record player | Hans Richter (31) |
| FIFA code | GDR |
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First international game GDR 0-2 BR Germany ( East Berlin ; September 16, 1959)  |
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Last game United States 1: 2 DDR ( Milwaukee ; July 28, 1990)
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Highest victory Ceylon 1:12 DDR ( Colombo ; January 15, 1964)
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Biggest defeats Bulgaria 4: 1 GDR ( Stara Sagora ; April 10, 1968) Hungary 4: 1 GDR ( Tapolca ; March 14, 1984) Soviet Union 4: 1 GDR ( Trivandrum ; January 24, 1986)
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The GDR's Olympic soccer team took part in the elimination rounds from 1959 to 1988 and, if the qualification was successful, in the finals of the Olympic soccer tournaments .
The German Democratic Republic (GDR) was with its football selection team, which was identical to the senior national team in some tournaments , with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the Olympic Games, much more successful than at the European and football soccer World championships. Only in 1974 could the senior national team advance into the second final round of a world championship. The Olympic selection benefited from the fact that until 1984 the football players of the European Eastern Bloc were regarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as amateurs and were therefore eligible to play in the tournaments at the Olympic Games , while the professional football associations could only participate with amateur selections . As early as 1959, the GDR selection appeared quite openly as the “GDR national team” at the domestic elimination matches. Even the rule, which was applied several times from 1962, that players who played in World Cup qualifying and final matches were no longer eligible to play in the Olympics, did not significantly affect either the GDR or the other Eastern Bloc teams. Only the decision of the IOC to allow professional players in the U-23 age group from 1984 onwards did a certain degree of equality be established. However, this did not have an immediate effect on the GDR Olympic selection, they were able to qualify for the 1984 tournament, but did not take part in the tournament in Los Angeles due to the GDR's Olympic boycott . In 1988, however , the selection failed in qualifying for the finals of the Olympic football tournament.
Although the majority of the GDR Olympic team played with current national players in most games, not all of these matches were counted as official international games. Only the matches against Romania in 1967 were included in the international match statistics of FIFA , the matches of the finals in 1972 and 1976 were subsequently canceled. However, the DFB continues to count the eight games that were canceled as GDR international games, which is why they are also marked as such in the following. The GDR Olympic team played a total of 65 qualifying and final round games from 1959 to 1988, of which they won 42. She was represented in the finals of the games of 1964 , 1972, 1976 and 1980 and won a medal every time: gold in 1976, silver in 1980, bronze in 1964 and 1972.
See also: List of players in the GDR Olympic selection
1960 Olympic Games
Since the IOC only allowed an all-German Olympic team up to and including 1964 , it had to be clarified which football team should be nominated for the Olympic Games. After the GDR refrained from sending football players to an all-German team in 1956, the German Football Association (DFV) agreed after lengthy negotiations with the German Football Association (DFB) and after the intervention of the IOC on September 4, 1959, for the Games in Rome in 1960 to carry out two domestic elimination games. However, the DFB insisted on holding the games in camera. The two games against the DFB national team of amateurs finally took place on September 16, 1959 in Berlin's " Walter Ulbricht Stadium " and on September 23 in the event, with the venues being strictly confidential, with only meetings being announced in the "Berlin and Duisburg area" Düsseldorf " Rheinstadion " instead. While players from the national team were consistently used in the GDR Olympic team, the DFB team had to offer amateur players without any international experience. Only seven of the 15 players played for clubs in the Oberliga , the top DFB division. Despite this handicap, the DFB team won the two games 2-0 and 2-1 and blocked the GDR Olympic team from going to Rome. The DFB selection failed in the qualification to Poland, so that no German team took part in the football tournament in Rome.
Match statistics 1959
| 1. | September 16, 1959, East Berlin (no spectators), GDR - Germany (amateurs) 0: 2 |
| GDR: Klaus Thiele (4 *) - Bringfried Müller (17), Werner Heine (6), Hans-Dieter Krampe (3) - Dieter Fischer (2), Werner Unger (5) - Roland Ducke (5), Günter Schröter ( 27), Gerhard Vogt (4), Dieter Erler (3), Reinhard Franz (4) - Trainer: Heinz Krügel
Germany: Eglin - Olk , Kurbjuhn - Mauritz , Schäfer , Schulz - Meyer , Herrmann , Thimm , Nauheimer , Dörfel - Trainer: Georg Gawliczek Referee: Kornelus (CSR), Goal sequence: 0: 1 Fischer (53rd, own goal); 0: 2 Dörfel (83.) |
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| 2. | 23 September 1959, Düsseldorf (no spectators), Germany (amateurs) - GDR 2: 1 |
| GDR: Karl-Heinz Spickenagel (16) - Hans-Dieter Krampe , Werner Heine , Martin Skaba (2) - Dieter Fischer , Werner Unger - Roland Ducke , Lothar Meyer (11), Gerhard Vogt , Günter Schröter , Wilfried Klingbiel (2) - Trainer: Heinz Krügel
Germany: Eglin - Gerdau , Olk - Neumann , Schäfer , Schulz - Mauritz , Höher , Thimm , Wilkening , Dörfel - coach: Georg Gawliczek referee: Martens (Netherlands), goal sequence: 0: 1 Schröter (14th, hand penalty); 1: 1 Thimm (33rd); 2: 1 Wilkening (65th) |
(* previous A internationals)
Olympic Games 1964
Internal German elimination
Both German sides had also agreed on qualifying games for the Tokyo Games in 1964 , but without being able to forego the politically conditioned preliminary skirmish. In contrast to 1959, however, both encounters took place in the normal framework, on September 15, 1963 in the " Ernst-Thälmann-Stadion " Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) in front of 50,000 spectators and on September 22, 1963 in the Lower Saxony Stadium in Hanover in front of 15,000 Spectators. While the GDR Olympic selection in 1959 was still able to compete with the full senior national team, this time, due to a FIFA decision, they had to forego the national players who had previously been called up in qualifying games for the World Cup. Károly Sós and Hans Studener acted as trainers . The DFB selection could only compete with amateur players. After the frustrating appearance of 1959, the GDR Olympic team was highly motivated this time and set the course for Tokyo with a 3-0 win in their first game. The 1: 2 defeat a week later could no longer correct the result.
Game statistics 1963
| 3. | September 15, 1963 | Karl-Marx-Stadt (50,000) | GDR - FR Germany (amateurs) 3: 0 | Goals: Kleiminger, Stöcker, Nöldner |
| 4th | September 22, 1963 | Hanover (15,000) | BR Germany (amateurs) - GDR 2: 1 | Goal: Stocker |
Qualifying matches
After winning the domestic elimination, the way was clear for the GDR Olympic selection for the actual Olympic qualification in the first half of 1964, in which they met the amateur team of the Netherlands and the Olympic selection of the Soviet Union. While the Dutch were eliminated 1-0 and 3-1 without difficulty, the encounters with the Soviet Union were highly dramatic. While the games in Leipzig and Moscow had each ended 1: 1, the GDR Olympic selection won the deciding game on June 28 in Warsaw with a surprisingly high 4: 1.
Game statistics 1964 qualification
| 5. | April 14, 1964 | The Hague (5,000) | Netherlands - GDR 0-1 | Gate: Fräßdorf |
| 6th | April 28, 1964 | Rostock (20,000) | GDR - Netherlands 3-1 | Goals: Frenzel, Stöcker, Fräßdorf |
| 7th | May 31, 1964 | Leipzig (80,000) | GDR - Soviet Union 1: 1 | Goal: Frenzel (1: 0) |
| 8th. | June 7, 1964 | Moscow (80,000) | Soviet Union - GDR 1: 1 | Goal: Kleiminger (1: 1) |
| 9. | June 28, 1964 | Warsaw (25,000) | GDR - Soviet Union 4: 1 | Goals: Kleiminger, Urbanczyk, Vogel, Fräßdorf |
Tokyo final tournament
In the preliminary round of the Olympic final tournament, the GDR Olympic team, which competed as Germany within the all-German team in Tokyo, had to deal with Iran, Romania and Mexico. Coach Sós had to do without the injured regular players Liebrecht and Kleiminger, but Rock, Engelhardt and Bauchspieß moved up. While the Iranians and Mexicans proved to be easy opponents and were defeated 4: 0 and 2: 0, respectively, only a 1: 1 could be achieved against Romania's Olympic selection. However, it was enough to reach the quarter-finals, where the 1960 Olympic champion Yugoslavia was waiting. With a good performance and an early goal from center forward Frenzel, the German selection played their way 1-0 into the semifinals. In the game against CSSR, the Germans had to bear the handicap of only playing with ten players from the 30th minute onwards, as defender Urbanczyk had to retire after a serious knee injury (substitutions were not allowed at the time). Although Nöldner had put the German team in the lead, the CSSR won 2-1 with a goal in the last minute of the game. In the game for the bronze medal, the Germans met Egypt, the tournament's surprise team. On October 23, 1964, in front of 60,000 spectators, there was a sovereign 3-0 victory through goals from Frenzel, Vogel and Stöcker. After 13 games, the GDR Olympic team had won the bronze medal for Germany. In this game the following team was played:
Jürgen Heinsch - Peter Rock , Manfred Walter , Manfred Geisler - Herbert Pankau , Gerhard Körner - Hermann Stöcker , Otto Fräßdorf , Henning Frenzel , Jürgen Nöldner , Eberhard Vogel
Game statistics finals 1964
| 10. | October 11, 1964 | Preliminary round (15,000) | GDR - Iran 4-0 | Goals: Frenzel 2, belly spit, bird |
| 11. | October 13, 1964 | Preliminary round (25,000) | GDR - Romania 1: 1 | Goal: Frenzel (1: 0) |
| 12. | October 15, 1964 | Preliminary round (13,000) | GDR - Mexico 2-0 | Goals: Barthels, Nöldner |
| 13. | October 18, 1964 | Quarter Finals (10,000) | GDR - Yugoslavia 1-0 | Goal: Frenzel |
| 14th | October 20, 1964 | Semi-finals (20,000) | GDR - CSSR 1: 2 | Goal: Nöldner (1-0) |
| 15th | October 23, 1964 | Bronze Game (60,000) | GDR - Egypt 3: 1 | Goals: Frenzel, Vogel, Stöcker |
Player roster 1963–1964
( System 3-2-5 , * previous A internationals)
| Name / game no. | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th |
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| Jürgen Heinsch (1 *) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Horst Weigang (2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Klaus Urbanczyk (13) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Werner Unger (6) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 6th | 6th | - | - | 6th | - | - | - |
| Manfred Walter (-) | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Konrad Wagner (4) | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Klaus-Dieter Seehaus (3) | - | - | 4th | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Peter Rock (-) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | 2 |
| Herbert Pankau (3) | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Kurt Liebrecht (11) | 6th | 6th | 10 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manfred Geisler (-) | - | - | - | - | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | - | 4th | 4th | 4th |
| Gerhard Koerner (11) | - | - | 6th | 5 | 5 | 8th | 8th | 6th | 6th | - | 6th | 6th | 6th |
| Rainer Nightingale (8) | 7th | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eberhard Vogel (2) | - | - | - | - | 7th | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Wolfgang Barthels (2) | - | - | 7th | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - |
| Dieter Engelhardt (-) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jürgen Nöldner (8) | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Bernd Belly Spit (1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 8th | - | 8th | - | - |
| Otto Fräßdorf (1) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 7th | 10 | 7th | 9 | 7th | 8th | 8th |
| Heino Kleiminger (1) | 10 | 10 | 8th | 8th | - | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Klaus Lisiewicz (-) | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - |
| Henning Frenzel (11) | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Hermann Stocker (1) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 7th | 7th |
1968 Olympic Games
For the Olympic Games in Mexico , the GDR was able to send its own Olympic team for the first time. As a result, as in other sports, there were no German-German preliminary decisions in football. This time coach Sós was able to fall back on the current national team without any restrictions. However, since qualifying for the European Championship ran at the same time as the matches against Greece in the first half of 1967, Sós used five newcomers in the Greece Games. He didn't take any chances with it, because the Greek amateurs weren't serious opponents and were dealt 5-0 twice. For the encounters with Romania, both national associations had agreed to count them as official internationals. Later, like all Olympic matches, these games were removed from the official FIFA list, but the DFB continues to list them as international games. The GDR selection at the end of 1967 came as close as possible to the third qualifying round with two 1-0 victories. At the beginning of next year, Harald Seeger took over the position of national coach. He had to compete with the GDR Olympic selection in April 1968 against Bulgaria. With almost the same team that had knocked Romania out of the race four months ago, he went down 4-1 in Stara Sagora. The 3-2 win in the second leg could no longer prevent the end of the Olympics.
Match statistics 1967/68
| 16. | March 22, 1967 | 1st round, Athens (8,000 spectators) | Greece - GDR 0: 5 | Goals: Stone 2, Naumann, Backhaus, Lienemann |
| 17th | June 14, 1967 | 1st round, Dresden (15,000) | GDR - Greece 5-0 | Goals: Kreische 2, Naumann, Seehaus, Irmscher |
| 18th | November 18, 1967 | 2nd round, Berlin (35,000) (A international match No. 77) |
GDR - Romania 1-0 | Goal: Pankau |
| 19th | December 6, 1967 | 2nd round, Bucharest (60,000) (A international No. 78) |
Romania - GDR 0-1 | Goal: Irmscher |
| 20th | April 10, 1968 | 3rd round, Stara Sagora (30,000) | Bulgaria - GDR 4-1 | Goal: Bransch (1: 1) |
| 21st | April 24, 1968 | 3rd round, Leipzig (35,000) | GDR - Bulgaria 3-2 | Goals: Fräßdorf, Sparwasser, Vogel |
Player roster 1967–1968
(System 4 - 2 - 4/4 -3 - 3, * previous A internationals, ** substitute players)
| Name / game no. | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st |
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| Wolfgang Blochwitz (4 *) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Jürgen Croy (3) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Klaus Urbanczyk (19) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Wolfgang Wruck (-) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 3 |
| Klaus-Dieter Seehaus (3) | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Rock (1) | - | - | - | 4th | 3 | 4th |
| Bernd Bransch (-) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hans-Jürgen Naumann (-) | 6th | 6th | - | - | - | - |
| Otto Fräßdorf (22) | - | - | - | - | 6 ** | 2 |
| Herbert Pankau (23) | - | - | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th |
| Hans-Jürgen Kreische (-) | 7th | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Manfred Lienemann (-) | 7 ** | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dieter Erler (44) | - | - | 7th | 9 | 10 | 7th |
| Harald Irmscher (2) | 8th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 7 ** |
| Günter Hoge (2) | - | 8th | 8th | 6th | 8th | - |
| Helmut Stein (2) | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jürgen Nöldner (28) | - | - | 9 | - | - | - |
| Gerd Backhaus (3) | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Jürgen Sparwasser (-) | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Henning Frenzel (28) | - | - | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Wolfram Leo (-) | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - | 8th |
| Eberhard Vogel (16) | - | - | 11 ** | 11 | 11 | 11 |
1972 Olympic Games
Qualifying matches
For the qualification for the Olympic football tournament in 1972 , the GDR Olympic selection had drawn the amateur teams of Italy and Yugoslavia in knockout rounds. All GDR national players were considered Olympic amateurs, so that coach Buschner was able to use the current national team just as he did four years ago. He could fall back on a player base that had essentially played together since 1970. At the beginning of the qualification the young team had an average age of 24 years, among them were eight players with fewer than ten selections. As in 1967, qualifying games for the European Championship ran parallel, but Sós offered the same player base in both competitions. As expected, the GDR Olympic team had no problems with the amateur teams. She won three of the four games and only had to be content with a 0-0 draw in Prilep against Yugoslavia. A total of 22 players were used, of which Croy, Sammer, Weise, Kreische and Peter Ducke participated in all games.
Match statistics 1971/72 qualification
| 22nd | May 1, 1971 | Dresden (30,000 spectators) | GDR - Italy 4-0 | Goals: Frenzel, P.Ducke, Kreische, K.Sammer |
| 23. | 20th May 1971 | Terni (20,000) | Italy - GDR 0-1 | Gate: Scream |
| 24. | 17th November 1971 | Rostock (15,000) | GDR - Yugoslavia 2-0 | Goals: prank, scream |
| 25th | April 26, 1972 | Prilep (25,000) | Yugoslavia - GDR 0-0 |
Final tournament in Munich
For participation in the 1972 final, the Olympic applicants had to deal with three opponents each in a first and a second final round. The first two teams of a round qualified for the next round, the winners of the second final round contested the final, the second-placed teams played for the bronze medal. 19 players had been nominated for the GDR Olympic selection, eleven of which had already participated in the qualifying games. Of the regular players at the time, only K. Sammer, Strempel and Frenzel were missing. In the first final round, the GDR selection had to compete against Ghana, Colombia and Poland. The Africans and South Americans were swept off the field with 4-0 and 6-1 respectively, and the GDR selection had already qualified for the second final round. Like the GDR, Poland competed with the entire national team in the last group match. The GDR lost after a weak game against the eventual Olympic champion with 1: 2 and thus met in the second final round with the host West German Olympic team. In the first group game, the GDR selection missed a number of scoring chances against the later finalists Hungary and gambled away in this encounter after a 2-0 defeat in the Olympic final. While the next opponent, Mexico, did not cause any problems at 7-0, the decision to move into the small final was made in the last group game against the DFB selection. Although the absolute GDR elite played against DFB amateurs here, of whom only Uli Hoeneß had international experience, the West German team, cheered on by 80,000 spectators, fought a tough fight, twice equalized the GDR leadership and only had to play in the In the 82nd minute with a goal from Vogel, they were beaten 2: 3.
The lineups:
DFV: Jürgen Croy - Manfred Zapf - Bernd Bransch , Konrad Weise , Frank Ganzera - Jürgen Pommerenke , Wolfgang Seguin , Hans-Jürgen Kreische - Jürgen Sparwasser , Peter Ducke , Joachim Streich (70th Eberhard Vogel )
DFB: Hans-Jürgen Bradler - Heiner Baltes , Egon Schmitt , Reiner Hollmann (75th Rudolf Seliger ), Friedhelm Haebermann - Jürgen Kalb , Hermann Bitz , Bernd Nickel , Uli Hoeneß - Ottmar Hitzfeld , Klaus Wunder (60th Ronald Worm )
Goal sequence: 1-0 Pommerenke (12th) , 1: 1 Hoeneß (31st), 2: 1 strike (53rd), 2: 2 Hitzfeld (68th), 3: 2 Vogel (83rd)
As second in the 2nd final round, the GDR Olympic team qualified for the bronze medal for the small final. Opponent was the national team of the Soviet Union in Munich on September 10th. The GDR team was visibly weakened and unable to concentrate after the difficult game against the DFB selection and was 2-0 down after 31 minutes. However, when the Soviet team didn’t follow up after that, the GDR-Elf came before the break with a penalty kick by Kreische and in the 78th minute by the substitute Vogel to equalize 2-2. Since, according to the tournament regulations, both teams were rewarded with the bronze medal in the event of a tie, both opponents then no longer hurt each other, accompanied by the whistling concert of the 80,000 spectators who suspected an agreement between "socialist brother countries", so that the 2: 2 stayed.
The GDR Olympic team competed in the bronze medal match with the following team:
Jürgen Croy - Manfred Zapf - Frank Ganzera (20th Lothar Kurbjuweit ), Konrad Weise , Bernd Bransch - Jürgen Pommerenke , Wolfgang Seguin (76th Eberhard Vogel ), Hans-Jürgen Kreische - Jürgen Sparwasser , Peter Ducke , Joachim Streich
Goal sequence: 0: 1 Blokhin (10th); 0-2 Khurtzilava (31st); 1: 2 screeches (35th, foul penalty); 2: 2 bird (78th)
The GDR had used 17 players during the final tournament, Croy, Zapf, Weise, Bransch, Pommerenke, Kreische, Sparwasser, Ducke and Streich played in all seven matches. According to the DFB version, the games against the national teams of Ghana, Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union are rated as official international games of the GDR.
Match statistics finals 1972
| 26th | August 28, 1972 | 1st final round, Munich (50,000) (A international game No. 108) |
GDR - Ghana 4-0 | Goals: Screech 2, Prank, Sparwasser |
| 27. | August 30, 1972 | 1st final round, Passau (2,000) | GDR - Colombia 6: 1 | Goals: Prank 2, Sparwasser, P. Ducke, Vogel, Screech |
| 28. | 1st September 1972 | 1st final round, Nuremberg (10,000) (A international game No. 109) |
GDR - Poland 1: 2 | Goal: Strike (1: 1) |
| 29 | 3rd September 1972 | 2nd final round, Passau (6,000) (A international game No. 110) |
GDR - Hungary 0: 2 | |
| 30th | September 6, 1972 | 2nd final round, Ingolstadt (4,000) | GDR - Mexico 7-0 | Goals: Sparwasser 3, Ganzera, Streich, Häfner, Kreische |
| 31. | September 8, 1972 | 2nd final round, Munich (80,000) | GDR - FR Germany 3-2 | Goals: Pommerenke, prank, bird |
| 32. | September 10, 1972 | Bronze match, Munich (80,000) (A international game No. 111) |
GDR - Soviet Union 2-2 | Goals: Screech (1: 2), Bird (2: 2) |
Player roster 1971–1972
(System 1 - 3 - 3 - 3, * previous A internationals, ** substitute players)
| Name / game no. | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30th | 31 | 32 |
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| Jürgen Croy (22 *) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Klaus Sammer (7) | 2 | 2 | 4th | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manfred Zapf (2) | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 2 |
| Lothar Kurbjuweit (12) | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 ** |
| Konrad Weise (2) | 3 | 5 | 7th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3 | 4th | 4th |
| Michael Strempel (10) | 4th | 6th | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bernd Bransch (23) | - | 4th | 2 | 6th | 4th | 8th | 8th | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Frank Ganzera (8) | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Gerd Kische (5) | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Siegmar Wätzlich (1) | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Rainer Schlutter (4) | 6th | 7 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Harald Irmscher (27) | - | - | 6th | 7th | 2 ** | 6 ** | 6th | 7 ** | - | - | - |
| Helmut Stein (17) | 7th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hans-Jürgen Dörner (2) | 7 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jürgen Pommerenke (1) | - | - | - | - | 7th | 6th | 2 ** | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th |
| Reinhard Haefner (3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 ** | - | - |
| Hans-Jürgen Kreische (18) | 8th | 9 | 8th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 8th |
| Wolfgang Seguin (1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th |
| Henning Frenzel (49) | 9 | 7th | 9 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jürgen Sparwasser (12) | - | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Peter Ducke (34) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Eberhard Vogel (37) | 11 | - | - | 11 | - | 10 ** | 5 ** | 9 ** | - | 11 ** | 7 ** |
| Tungsten Lion (15) | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joachim Streich (5) | - | - | 11 | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Frank Richter (4) | 11 ** | 9 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ralf Schulenberg (2) | - | - | - | - | 11 ** | - | - | - | 10 ** | - | - |
1976 Olympic Games
Qualifying matches
For the Olympic soccer tournament in Canada, the GDR Olympic selection had to go through two European qualifying rounds, a knockout round against Greece's amateurs and a group of three with Czechoslovakia and the amateurs of Austria. After the unchanged admission rules, the GDR selection could again compete with the entire national team. In the first game against Greece, the squad had a total of 362 international appearances. Nevertheless, the start of the qualification started bumpy, the players seemed inhibited in Athens, developed no flow and only got one goal through Vogel. Three weeks later, the protégés of national coach Buschner showed themselves in better form and thanks to a strong performance they clearly won 4-0. In the subsequent round of points it all boiled down to a duel with Czechoslovakia, because the Austrian amateurs were losing out to the state amateurs of the two Eastern Bloc teams. But in the end they tipped the scales . Since the two big opponents drew 1: 1 and 0: 0 in two hard-fought games, the games against Austria decided on the group victory. While Czechoslovakia did not get beyond another 0-0 in Austria, the GDR selection won both in Erfurt (1-0) and in Vienna (2-0) and thus qualified as group winners for the Olympic final tournament. The defense around goalkeeper Croy and Libero Dörner, who conceded only one goal in the six encounters, played a decisive role in this success. The fact that coach Buschner still had to experiment a lot is shown by the fact that he called up 23 players in the six games, of which only Croy and Weise were present every time.
Game statistics 1975/76 qualification
| 1st qualifying round | ||||
| 33. | April 2nd, 1975 | Athens (6,000 spectators) | Greece - GDR 0-1 | Gate: bird |
| 34. | April 23, 1975 | Erfurt (18,000) | GDR - Greece 4-0 | Goals: Pommerenke, Zapf, Vogel, Riediger |
| 2nd qualifying round | ||||
| 35. | October 29, 1975 | Erfurt (13,000) | GDR - Austria 1-0 | Goal: Prank |
| 36. | 19th November 1975 | Brno (20,000) | Czechoslovakia - GDR 1-1 (A international game No. 154) |
Goal: 1-0 wise |
| 37. | March 24, 1976 | Vienna (10,000) | Austria - GDR 0-2 | Goals: Riediger, lion |
| 38. | April 7, 1976 | Leipzig (45,000) | GDR - Czechoslovakia 0-0 (A international match No. 155) |
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Finals tournament Canada 1976
With the exception of the retired striker Vogel, all the players from the qualifying matches were in the official 17-strong squad for the Olympic football tournament. To get to the final, a preliminary round, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals had to be survived. The GDR Olympic selection had to do with the amateurs from Brazil and Spain in the preliminary round group A. In the first game against the South Americans, the GDR team had a lot of trouble, played tempo and without harmony and it was thanks to their good defense that it stayed 0-0 against the urgent Brazilians. There was also little pressure against Spain's amateurs, Libero Dörner saved the narrow 1-0 victory with his goal, which ensured progress. As runners-up in the group, the GDR met the amateur team of France in the quarter-finals, which had occupied first place in their preliminary group. This time the team set a high pace right from the start and thus achieved an undisputed victory. In the semifinals, the small final of 1972 was repeated. Against the strong rival Soviet Union, the GDR players confidently went to work, consistently followed their tactics, and since all players performed optimally, they achieved a 2-1 victory and thus making it to the finals. Here it came to a clash with the defending champion Poland. In the duel between the two national teams, the GDR players dictated the game from the start and provided the necessary security with two early goals (Schade 7th, Hoffmann 14th). With the outstanding Libero Dörner and a maneuverable midfield, the team did not let the Polish connecting goal get them off the hook, and with Häfner's 3-1 in the 84th minute, the gold medal was finally secured.
| Gold medal winner GDR - final line-up |
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Jürgen Croy Hans-Jürgen Dörner Gerd Kische , Konrad Weise , Lothar Kurbjuweit Reinhard Häfner , Reinhard Lauck , Hartmut Schade Wolfram Löwe *, Hans-Jürgen Riediger **, Martin Hoffmann |
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| * Wilfried Gröbner (69th min.) , ** Bernd Bransch (85th) |
Coach Georg Buschner used all 17 nominated players during the final tournament, but it speaks for the consistency of the team that eight players were in all five final matches.
Match statistics finals 1976
| 39. | July 18, 1976 | Preliminary round, Toronto (23,000) | GDR - Brazil 0-0 | |
| 40. | July 22, 1976 | Preliminary round, Montreal (30,000) | GDR - Spain 1-0 | Goal: Dörner |
| 41. | July 25, 1976 | Quarterfinals, Ottawa (23,000) | GDR - France 4-0 | Goals: Dörner 2, Löwe, Riediger |
| 42. | July 27, 1976 | Semi-finals, Montreal (50,000) | GDR - Soviet Union 2-1 (A international game No. 157) |
Goals: Dörner, Kurbjuweit |
| 43. | July 31, 1976 | Final, Montreal (72,000) | GDR - Poland 3: 1 (A international game No. 158) |
Goals: Schade, Hoffmann, Häfner |
Player roster 1975–1976
(System 1 - 3 - 3 - 3, * previous A internationals, ** substitute players)
| Name / game no. | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jürgen Croy (60 *) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin (3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1** | - | - |
| Manfred Zapf (14) | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hans-Jürgen Dörner (25) | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Gerd Kische (26) | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Gerd Weber (3) | - | - | 3 | 8th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 6th | - | - | - |
| Konrad Weise (41) | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th |
| Bernd Bransch (67) | 5 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 ** |
| Joachim Fritsche (12) | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jürgen Pommerenke (21) | 6th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reinhard Haefner (8) | - | 6 ** | 6th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 6th | 6th |
| Lothar Kurbjuweit (45) | 7th | 5 | - | 7th | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Rüdiger Schnuphase (6) | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hartmut Schade (1) | - | - | 7th | - | - | 8th** | - | 6 ** | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| Axel Tyll (3) | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martin Hoffmann (17) | 9 | 11 ** | - | 11 | 11 ** | 11 | 9 ** | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Gert Heidler (-) | - | - | 9 | 7th | 9 | 11 | - | 9 | 10 | 9 | - |
| Tungsten lion (38) | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Hans-Jürgen Riediger (1) | 10 | 10 | 8th | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | - | 9 ** | - | 10 |
| Joachim Streich (41) | 10 ** | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wilfried Groebner (2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 ** |
| Peter Ducke (67) | - | - | 10 | 10 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reinhard Lauck (24) | - | - | 10 ** | - | - | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7th |
| Jürgen Sparwasser (45) | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dieter Riedel (1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 ** | - | - | - | - |
| Eberhard Vogel (67) | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Olympic Games 1980
preparation
As defending champions, the GDR Olympic team did not need to qualify for the soccer tournament of the Moscow Olympic Games. On the other hand, the national team had to deal with two tough opponents in qualifying for the 1980 European Championship with the Netherlands and Poland. After the greatest possible success at the Olympics had been achieved with the gold medal in 1976, the GDR Football Association now apparently wanted to finally be successful at the European Championship, where the final round had always been missed. For example, an independent team was formed for the 1980 Olympics, which also got its own trainer in Rudolf Krause, who was previously responsible for selecting the next generation. In 1979, an extensive preparatory program was started with a squad in which only the Jena Rüdiger Schnuphase with 11 missions had a certain international playing experience. More than 30 players were used in over 20 test matches. The opponents were mostly Olympic or B teams from other countries, plus several games against domestic and foreign club teams. Shortly before the Olympic tournament, the Olympic team played an official international match against the Soviet Union (2-2 in Rostock), in which six players were used who had not yet played an international match. When the final squad was announced on July 7, 1980, the 17 players had a total of only 60 international appearances, of which Schnuphase, who had since been used several times in the senior national team, had played 20 alone. Four players traveled to Moscow without having played an international match. Although the national team had already failed in the European Championship qualification in November 1979, Krause stuck to the player base that had crystallized in the preparatory games for the Olympic selection.
Final tournament Moscow 1980
Since the Olympic Games in 1980 were boycotted by numerous countries because of the attack by the Soviet Union on Afghanistan, several teams were also missing from the football tournament, especially from Western Europe and South America. To get into the final, three preliminary round games, the quarter-finals and the semi-finals had to be survived. The GDR Olympic selection had to deal with Spain, Algeria and Syria in preliminary round C, which was held in Kiev. The opening game against Spain's amateurs turned out to be difficult, as the defense was uncertain against the Spaniards who were agile on the ball and there were no compelling combinations in front of the goal. In the end, the GDR selection could still be satisfied with the 1: 1. The players also had a hard time against Algeria, there was no flow of the game, numerous scoring chances were missed. Terletzki's goal in the 61st minute ensured a difficult victory. It was not until the last group game against Syria that the team finally played a dangerous goal and made it into the quarter-finals with a clear 5-0. The opponents were outsiders Iraq, who qualified second behind Yugoslavia with just one win against Costa Rica in Group D. The GDR team controlled the game over the entire distance and, as expected, clearly won 4-0. In the semi-finals, the GDR selection had to deal with the host Soviet Union. An early goal by Rüdiger Netz (16th) gave her security, compared to the previous games, a clear increase was evident. The GDR players knew how to enforce their own concept and limit the opponent's flow of play. With a great performance by goalkeeper Rudwaleit it was possible to defend the 1-0 to the end. In the final, Czechoslovakia was a team that included seven players who a few weeks ago had won third place in the European Championship. It came to a combat-oriented game in which the GDR selection increasingly knew how to improve. She seemed to be in better shape and created a number of scoring chances, which could not be used. The game took a decisive turn when Steinbach was sent off in the 50th minute. In the 77th minute, the now outnumbered Czechoslovaks scored the 1-0 winning goal. Apart from being sent off the field, the GDR team failed because of their poor exploitation of opportunities.
Game statistics final round 1980
| 44. | July 20, 1980 | Preliminary round, Kiev (100,000 spectators) | GDR - Spain 1: 1 | Goal: Kühn (1-0, 49th) |
| 45. | July 22, 1980 | Preliminary round, Kiev (70,000) | GDR - Algeria 1-0 | Goal: Terletzki, 61. |
| 46. | July 24, 1980 | Preliminary round, Kiev (80,000) | GDR - Syria 5-0 | Goals: Netz 2, home, Peter, Terletzki |
| 47. | July 27, 1980 | Quarter-finals, Kiev (100,000) | GDR - Iraq 4-0 | Goals: Schnuphase, Netz, Steinbach, Terletzki |
| 48. | July 29, 1980 | Semi-finals, Moscow (95,000) | GDR - Soviet Union 1-0 | Goal: Netz, 16. |
| 49. | 2nd August 1980 | Final, Moscow (95,000) | GDR - Czechoslovakia 0-1 |
Player roster 1980
(System 1 - 3 - 3 - 3, * previous A internationals, ** substitute players)
Coach Krause used all 17 nominated players during the tournament, but only seven were present in all matches, Liebers however always only as a substitute. Norbert Trieloff was the only one who played all games in the same position as Libero.
| Name / game no. | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodo Rudwaleit (5 *) | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Jakubowski (-) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Norbert Trieloff (-) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Artur Ullrich (1) | 3 | 5 | - | - | 4th | 5 |
| Frank Uhlig (1) | - | 3 | - | - | 6 ** | - |
| Matthias Mueller (1) | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4th |
| Lothar home (2) | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5 | 4th |
| Frank Baum (4) | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 6th | 9 |
| Rüdiger Schnuphase (20) | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7th |
| Frank Terletzki (4) | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th |
| Matthias Liebers (-) | 7 ** | 10 ** | 10 ** | 6 ** | 8th** | 4 *** |
| Wolfgang Steinbach (4) | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9 | 8th |
| Jürgen Bähringer (1) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| Werner Peter (9) | 9 ** | 11 | 11 ** | - | - | 10 ** |
| Dieter Kühn (7) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Andreas Trautmann (-) | - | - | - | 10 ** | - | - |
| Wolf-Rüdiger Network (1) | 11 | - | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Olympic Games 1984
Qualifying matches
The GDR Olympic team had to deal with Denmark , Finland, Norway and Poland in the European qualification group 2 for the Olympic soccer tournament in Los Angeles . Eligible to play were players who had not previously participated in any World Cup games (qualification or final round). The GDR coach in charge was Bernd Stange, who had previously been the assistant coach of national coach Krause. Due to the new rules of engagement, Stange had to do without proven players such as Rudwaleit, Dörner, Schnuphase and Streich. Shortly before the start of the Olympic qualification, the GDR national team had failed in the European Championship qualification, and so the public now expected a rehabilitation of GDR football from the Olympic selection.
It was to be expected that the qualification for the duel between the GDR and Poland would come. The first meeting of the two teams took place on September 7, 1983 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, after both teams had previously won their games. In a fiercely contested game, the GDR team took the lead early, but then became increasingly nervous and only won 3-1 with two goals in the final phase. The GDR selection made its first slip on October 29, 1983 in Stavanger. Weak substitute and with an insecure defense it was only enough to score 1: 1 against stormy Norwegians.
Before the second leg against Poland on April 4, 1984, the hosts had 10 points on their account, the GDR selection 11 points. At the end of the encounter the Poles were in the front with 12 points. In a hectic game, with speed and high commitment, they had shown themselves to be livelier and, thanks to individual mistakes in the GDR selection, won 2-1. Everyone agreed that the decision had been made in favor of the Poles, because in the last game against the previously weak Danes they would not show any more nakedness.
The end of the qualifying round was full of drama. On April 18, the GDR selection kept their last chance with a high 4-0 win over Denmark. On April 24th, what no one expected, Poland couldn't get past a 0-0 draw against Denmark at home. This meant that the GDR and Poland were equal in points, but the GDR was two goals better in terms of goal difference and had thus won qualification for Los Angeles. On May 10, 1984 the NOC of the GDR declared that they would not send a team to the Olympic Games in concern for the safety of their athletes. Since Poland did the same, the third-placed Norwegians took part in the Olympic football tournament.
Match statistics qualification 1983/84
| 50. | May 4th 1983 | Aarhus (8,500 spectators) | Denmark - GDR 1: 2 | Goals: Backs, mushroom |
| 51. | May 18, 1983 | Kokkola (4,000) | Finland - GDR 0-1 | Goal: Kreer |
| 52. | September 7, 1983 | Karl-Marx-Stadt (16,000) | GDR - Poland 3: 1 | Tore: Raab, Pastor, Mushroom |
| 53. | 5th October 1983 | Rostock (5,000) | GDR - Finland 1-0 | Gate: judge |
| 54. | October 29, 1983 | Stavanger (1,100) | Norway - GDR 1: 1 | Gate: mushroom |
| 55. | November 12, 1983 | Babelsberg (8,500) | GDR - Norway 1-0 | Gate: Raab |
| 56. | April 4th 1984 | Szczecin (30,000) | Poland - GDR 2-1 | Goal: own goal |
| 57. | April 18, 1984 | Magdeburg (12,500) | GDR - Denmark 4-0 | Goals: Zötzsche, Backs, Mothes, Stahmann |
Player roster 1983/84
(System 1 - 3 - 3 - 3, * previous A internationals, ** substitute players)
Coach Stange never found a homogeneous team in the eight qualifying games, with a different formation in each game. Out of a total of 28 players, only René Müller, Hans-Uwe Pilz and Christian Backs were involved in all matches. Twelve selected players had never been used in the national team before. Dirk Stahmann had played the most senior national games with 16 appearances from the regular eleven with an average age of 24 years.
| Name / game no. | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Müller (- *) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Norbert Trieloff (15) | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 4th |
| Lothar home (9) | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Ronald Kreer (9) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Andreas Winter (-) | 3 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carsten singer (-) | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Dirk Stahmann (13) | 4th | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Dennstedt (-) | - | 4th | - | 4th | - | - | - | - |
| Detlef Schößler (-) | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Uwe Zötzsche (2) | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hans-Uwe Pilz (5) | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th |
| Lutz Moldt (-) | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - |
| Andreas Trautmann (5) | 7th | 7th | 4th | - | 4th | 4th | - | - |
| Jürgen Raab (2) | - | - | 7th | - | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th |
| Christian Backs (1) | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9 | 8th | 7th |
| Yuri Schlünz (-) | - | - | - | 8th** | - | - | - | - |
| Hans Richter (6) | 9 | 11 | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | - |
| Harald Gramenz (-) | 9 ** | 11 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bernd Wunderlich (-) | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 7 ** | - | - |
| Frank Rohde (-) | - | - | 9 ** | 7th | - | - | - | - |
| Axel Schulz (-) | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 7 ** |
| Mario Neuhäuser (-) | - | - | - | - | 9 ** | - | - | - |
| Matthias Döschner (5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 |
| Ralf Minge (1) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - |
| Harald Mothes (1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Martin Busse (3) | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Pastor (1) | - | - | 11 ** | 10 ** | - | 10 ** | - | 11 ** |
| Dieter Kühn (13) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
1988 Olympic Games
After the end of the GDR Oberliga season 1984/85, the DFV appointed the previous head coach of 1. FC Lok Leipzig Harro Miller to coach the GDR Olympic team. Miller had taken the Leipzig Club to 3rd place three times in the past few years. In order to qualify for the 1988 Olympic soccer tournament in Seoul, the GDR Olympic team had to deal with the teams from Italy, Iceland, the Netherlands and Portugal in Europe Group 2 between December 1986 and April 1988. At the same time, the senior national team had to compete in the European Championship qualification . Although national players were also eligible to participate in the Olympic qualification with the exception of the World Cup players, the DFV had decided to send two separate teams into the race for both competitions. Only six players commuted between both qualifications: Thomas Doll, Matthias Sammer, Frank Pastor, Jürgen Raab, Rico Steinmann and Hans Richter, the latter only playing 28 minutes in the European Championship qualification. Olympic selection regular goalkeeper Jörg Weißflog, who was often used in friendlies of the A-Elf during this period, usually sat behind René Müller as a substitute on the reserve bench of the Stange team in the European Championship qualifying games.
The GDR Olympic selection started sluggishly. Although they managed a remarkable 1-0 away win in their first game against the Netherlands, they didn't score a single goal in the following three games. The first setback came with the 0-0 win against Italy in Magdeburg, after the 0-0 win in Portugal, the disillusionment came from the 2-0 defeat on Iceland. This gave the Italian team an advantage of two points, which they did not give up in the course of qualifying. In the second meeting, the GDR team in Italy could have turned it around, but the home side didn't allow more than a 1-1 draw. At the end of the qualifying games, the GDR selection had reached 11 points, the Italians had qualified for Seoul with 13 points.
Match statistics qualification 1986/88
| 58. | December 6, 1986 | Utrecht (2,500 spectators) | Netherlands - GDR 0-1 | Goal: Halata (6th) |
| 59. | March 25, 1987 | Magdeburg (9,000) | GDR - Italy 0-0 | |
| 60. | April 29, 1987 | Viseu (7,000) | Portugal - GDR 0-0 | |
| 61. | 2nd September 1987 | Reykjavík (2,000) | Iceland - DDR 2-0 | |
| 62. | September 22, 1987 | Nordhausen (5,400) | GDR - Netherlands 4-2 | Goals: Halata, Richter, Wuckel, Peschke |
| 63. | November 18, 1987 | Rome (10,000) | Italy - GDR 1: 1 | Goal: Doll (7.) |
| 64. | April 13, 1988 | Floodplain (6,700) | GDR - Portugal 3-0 | Goals: Lindner, Marshal, Judge |
| 65. | April 30, 1988 | Bischofswerda (5,800) | GDR - Iceland 3: 0 | Goals: Marschall, Peschke, Raab |
Player roster 1986/88
(* previous A-internationals, ** substitute players)
Harro Miller used 30 players in the eight qualifying games. Only Jörg Weißflog, Damian Halata and Hans Richter contested all encounters. Because of the strict demarcation from the senior national team, only half of the squad had international experience, with only Hans Richter (15) and Jürgen Raab (13) having previously played more than 10 senior international matches. Nevertheless, the regular eleven had a relatively high average age of 26.1 years. Miller had a variable system play, in the midfield three to five players were used depending on tactics . Heiko Peschke or Volker Schmidt were called up as libero.
| Name / game no. | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 |
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| Jörg Weißflog (7 *) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Heiko Peschke (-) | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Volker Schmidt (-) | - | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Detlef Schößler (5) | 3 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Waldemar Ksienzyk (-) | 3 ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frank Cebulla (-) | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burkhard Reich (-) | 4th | 4th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matthias Lindner (-) | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 4th | 4th |
| Uwe Bredow (-) | - | 7 ** | 5 | 5 | 6th | 8th | - | - |
| Marco Köller (-) | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Dirk Schuster (-) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Harald Mothes (1) | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 10 ** | - | - | - |
| Jens Pahlke (-) | 6 ** | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | - |
| Bernd Schulz (3) | 7th | - | - | 4th | - | 4 ** | - | 7th |
| Lutz Radtke (-) | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 3 | 3 |
| Damian Halata (2) | 8th | 10 | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th |
| Rico Steinmann (3) | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - |
| Heiko March (-) | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | 7th | - |
| Christian Backs (9) | 9 | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - |
| Axel Wittke (-) | - | 5 | 9 | 8th** | - | - | - | - |
| Jürgen Raab (13) | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 8th | 9 |
| Matthias Sammer (4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8th |
| Heiko Scholz (3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 ** | 11 ** |
| Hans Richter (15) | 10 | 9 | 10 ** | 9 ** | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Frank Pastor (6) | - | 11 | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Thomas Doll (4) | - | - | 10 | 9 | 8th** | 9 | - | 8th** |
| Uwe Machold (-) | - | - | - | - | - | 9 ** | - | - |
| Olaf Marschall (2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 ** | 10 |
| Martin Busse (3) | 11 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Markus Wuckel (-) | - | 11 ** | - | 10 | 11 | - | 10 | - |
Olympic selection 1989/90
Reorganization
To prepare for qualification for the Olympic football tournament in 1992 , the junior coach Hans-Jürgen Dörner was commissioned in the summer of 1989 to form a new Olympic team. The qualification should take place within the framework of the U-21 European Championship in 1992 . Since the GDR was still involved in the 1990 U-21 European Championship with its junior team , the GDR Football Association had decided to operate with two separate teams until the end of the previous competition.
In August, a 16-man Olympic squad was appointed for the first time, who took part in a tournament in the Spanish province of Valencia and came in second after a final defeat against the USSR. The core of the team consisted of players born between 1969 and 1971 who had participated in the Junior World Cup in February 1989 as part of the GDR U-20 selection .
By mid-1990, Dörner added more players to the squad, who played more preparatory games against other associations, but also club teams - like in September 1989 against Malmö FF (0: 3). The following root eleven emerged:
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Frank Schulze (Dresden) - Mario Kern (Dresden) - |
In the course of the negotiations between the two German football associations in the summer of 1990 on the modalities of a merger within the framework of German reunification , it was decided that the DFV would withdraw its selection teams from ongoing international competitions. The Olympic selection was thus also dissolved and no longer competed as a new U-21 in the 1992 European Championship qualification.
farewell
In the last game of this selection documented in the trade journal fuwo , shortly after the World Cup in 1990 , a participant from the tournament in Italy was played. In the 2-1 win against the US national team at Milwaukee County Stadium, the following players were called up in front of more than 12,000 spectators:
| July 28, 1990 USA - GDR 1-2 in Milwaukee . |
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| GDR: Jens Weißgärber - Sandy Enge , André Hofschneider , Stefan Marx , Kay Wenschlag (84th Nico Däbritz ), Thomas Linke (89th Jörg Schmidt ), Jens Gerlach (78th Dirk Weitze ), Stephan Prause , Olaf Schreiber (78th Frank Eschler ), Thomas Rath , Jürgen Rische . Goals: Gerlach, Rische. |
Olympic selection player
Since the East German Olympic selection was mostly identical to the GDR national team in the 1960s and 1970s due to the conditions of participation for amateur athletes favoring the state-socialist countries, there were very rarely additional test matches against other associations for the Olympic representation. These encounters were usually contested by the A representation and in some cases, from a statistical point of view - such as the encounters against Bulgaria, Burma (both 1963) and Ceylon (1964) - even twice by the journalists and book authors of the publications published by Sportverlag Berlin detected. This counting method also applies to some competitive games during the Olympic tournaments and their qualifications .
At the beginning of their existence, this selection was almost exclusively in qualifying and final round matches. Correspondingly, the number of stakes in competitive games for the selected players in those years is often identical to the overall data. With the beginning of the preparation for the tournament in Moscow and the separation of A-selection and Olympic team that became necessary, the latter also played in many preparatory games. The team stayed at the Nehru Cup twice, playing five games there in 1986 and four in 1987.
For this reason, the list of record players is dominated by the regulars of the two qualifications for the Olympic football tournaments in 1984 and 1988, as there were more opportunities in this team than in previous decades. Exceptions in the top 10 are Eberhard Vogel and Jürgen Croy, who were long-time regular members of the senior national team and Olympic team of the 1960s and 1970s, which were recruited from the same circle of players. The top nine goal scorers in the GDR Olympic selection history are less clearly distributed over a single period, as high-profile strikers such as Hans-Jürgen Kreische and Joachim Streich have proven to be very accurate even in a few missions for this team, as did Heino Kleiminger (four) and Hermann Stöcker ( three) benefited from their multiple goals in the 12-1 win over Ceylon in January 1964.
| Record players in the Olympic selection (Top 10) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| player | Club | Calls | Years |
| Hans Richter | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt / 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 31 | 1982-1988 |
| Damian Halata | 1. FC Magdeburg | 30th | 1986-1988 |
| Harald Mothes | BSG Wismut Aue | 29 | 1984-1988 |
| Jürgen Raab | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 28 | 1983-1987 |
| Frank Pastor | HFC chemistry / BFC dynamo | 25th | 1983-1988 |
| Heiko Peschke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 25th | 1986-1988 |
| Eberhard Vogel | SC / FC Karl-Marx-Stadt / FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 24 | 1964-1976 |
| Christian Backs | BFC Dynamo | 23 | 1982-1987 |
| Martin Busse | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 23 | 1983-1987 |
| Jürgen Croy | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 23 | 1968-1976 |
| Record goal scorers in the Olympic selection (Top 9) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| player | Club | Gates | Years |
| Hans-Jürgen Kreische | SG Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 1967-1972 |
| Hans Richter | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt / 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 10 | 1982-1988 |
| Eberhard Vogel | SC / FC Karl-Marx-Stadt / FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 10 | 1964-1976 |
| Heino Kleiminger | SC Empor Rostock | 8th | 1963-1964 |
| Hermann Stocker | SC construction Magdeburg | 8th | 1963-1964 |
| Joachim Streich | FC Hansa Rostock / 1. FC Magdeburg | 8th | 1971-1975 |
| Henning Frenzel | SC Leipzig / 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 7th | 1964-1971 |
| Dieter Kühn | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 7th | 1979-1984 |
| Jürgen Raab | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7th | 1983-1987 |
literature
- German sport echo , born 1959–1990.
- Günter Simon (overall editor): football informative . Sportverlag Berlin , Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-328-00130-1 , pages 65-78.
- Klaus Querengässer: Football in the GDR 1945–1989. Part 4. The FDGB-Cup, the Olympic team, the youth area . AGON Sportverlag Kassel 1997, ISBN 3897841029 .
- Andreas Baingo , Michael Hohlfeld: Soccer selection player of the GDR. The lexicon . Sportverlag Berlin , Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00875-6 , pages 267-274.
- Michael Horn, Gottfried Weise : The great lexicon of GDR football . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-536-8 , pages 259-261.