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The East Germany national football team represented East Germany in international association football and was governed by the Football Association of East Germany (DFV). Following the end of World War II and most of the than Germany, football quickly again became one of the most popular sports. After four years of seperation, two new German states were founded–The Federal Republic of Germany (FDR; West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). During its existance, the GDR football team played a total of 293 matches, winning 193 fixtures.
East Germany's first international fixture was on 21 September 1952 in Warsaw, where they lost 3–0 against Poland. The following match, Karl Schnieke [de] scored the country's first international goal, in Bucharest against Romania. In September 1956, East Germany played and won it's first fixture against a non-Eastern Bloc team. It met Indonesia national football team on 19 September in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz), winning 3–1. East Germany's first international event was the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification. Being drawn into UEFA Group 4, the country had to face of Wales and Czechoslovakia twice. East Germany won their first match 2–1 against Wales, but lost the remaining matches.
The East German team met its counter-part West Germany on a single occassion in the final match of the 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1, winning 1–0.