East Germany national under-21 football team

National under-21 football team
Name = East Germany
Badge = East_Germany_FA.gif
Nickname = -
Association = German Football Association of the GDR
Coach = Walter Fritzsch
Most caps = ?
Top scorer = ?

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First game = U-23: Bulgaria 3-2 East Germany
Stara Zagora, June 7, 1967
U-21: Turkey 1-1 East Germany
Bursa, November 16, 1976 Last International U-23: France 1-2 East Germany
Poitiers, October 11, 1975
U-21: Austria 0-1 East Germany
Stockerau, November 14, 1989
Largest win = U-23: East Germany 6-0 Albania
Potsdam, November 3, 1973
U-21: Austria 1-6 East Germany
Wien, September 24, 1977
Largest loss = U-23: Hungary 4-0 East Germany
Budapest, May 28, 1974
U-21: East Germany 0-4 Norway
Rostock, October 29, 1980
UEFAu21Champ apps = 2
UEFAu21Champ first = 1978
UEFAu21Champ best = Runners-up 1978 & 1980The East Germany national football team was the national football team of the German Democratic Republic. Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, East Germany's Under-21 team was formed. The team played until 1990, until East Germany ceased to be a separate country after the reunification of Germany.

The team competed in the UEFA U-21 Championship. Since the under-21 competition rules state that players must be 21 or under at the start ot a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. East Germany's record for the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

Before the 1990 merge, the East-German U-21 team was a little more successful than its Western counterpart, finishing second on three occasions. The West German under-21s were runners-up once and quarter-finalists twice. 'East' failed to qualify seven times, whilst 'West' failed four times and didn't enter on three occasions.The trainer of the under team was Walter Fritzsch, from 1978 until 1991.

UEFA U-23 Championship Record

* 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
* 1974: Runners-up.
* 1976: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

* 1978: Runners-up.
* 1980: Runners-up.
* 1982: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
* 1984: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
* 1986: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
* 1988: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
* 1990: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.

See also

* European Under-21 Football Championship

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21 UEFA Under-21 website] Contains full results archive
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/europe-u21.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.