East Germany Olympic football team

East Germany Olympic
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)"Weltmeister in Freundschaftsspielen" (World champion in friendly games)
AssociationDeutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR — DFV
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
FIFA codeGDR
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1964)
Best resultGold Medal, 1976
Medal record
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team

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).