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The East Germany–West Germany football rivalry was an association football rivalry between teams from East Germany and West Germany, existing from 1949 to 1990, while two separate German countries existed. Clubs from the two countries met at official level in both national team and club competitions like the FIFA World Cup or the European Cup.
Competition for being the best player in the world and the top scorer of the Italian league during the 1980s [12] [13] Pelé: 1997–2020: Since Maradona's retirement until his death, both players claimed being the greatest football player of all time and better than the other. [14] Lothar Matthäus: 1986–1994
The line-up of East Germany's last game, against Belgium in 1990. Below is a list of the 273 players who played for the East Germany national team from its foundation in 1952, until 1990 when it was merged with the West Germany team after German reunification .
The two sides met just once on senior national team level, on 22 June 1974, in a group game of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, held in West Germany. The game in Hamburg, in front of 62,000, was won 1–0 by East Germany courtesy of a goal by Jürgen Sparwasser. [5] [33] East
Prior to this match, Germany had set a world football record with 15 consecutive wins in competitive matches, which began with the third place playoff against Uruguay at the 2010 World Cup and ended with the 4–2 victory over Greece in the Euro 2012 quarterfinals. However, this record was to be broken by Italy on that day.
Beginning in 1974 when the Dutch lost the 1974 FIFA World Cup to West Germany in the final (though deeply rooted in Dutch anti-German sentiment due to the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II), the rivalry between the two nations has become one of the best known international football rivalries in the world. [1] Both ...
Pages in category "Germany national football team rivalries" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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