East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team, recognised as Germany DR by FIFA, represented East Germany in men's international football, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.
Line-up at attention for the first-ever World Cup finals match
The team that played Argentina at La Bombonera of Buenos Aires, July 1977
Brussels, 1990: saluting the crowd before the last match
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association, founded in 1900. Between 1949 and 1990, separate German national teams were recognised by FIFA due to Allied occupation and division: the DFB's team representing the Federal Republic of Germany, the Saarland team representing the Saar Protectorate (1950–1956) and the East Germany team representing the German Democratic Republic (1952–1990). The latter two were absorbed along with their records; the present team represents the reunified Federal Republic. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" following reunification in 1990.
Germany national team at its first official international match in 1908
Gottfried Fuchs
Helmut Rahn scored the winning goal in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final.
The 1974 FIFA World Cup Final on 7 July, in Munich's Olympiastadion