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
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
Matthias Sammer
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Matthias Sammer is a German football official and former player and coach. He played as a defensive midfielder and later in his career as a sweeper.
East Germany national football team
…be eligible for the now un-rivaled German team of the DFB. A total of eight players were capped for both East Germany and unified Germany, among them Matthias Sammer and Ulf Kirsten. East Germany achieved significantly greater success in Olympic football than the amateur teams fielded by the Western NOC of Germany…
Sammer in 2013
Sammer with Dresden in 1990, holding the FDGB-Pokal trophy
Sammer (back row, third from right) in 1986, with the East German football team
Sammer in 1990