The East Germany Olympic football team, recognized as Germany DR by FIFA, was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany for Olympic football events, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany.

After German reunification in 1990, the Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR (DFV), and with it the East German team, joined the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB).

  Gold medalists    Silver medalists    Bronze medalists  

Summer Olympics											Qualification
Year	Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1960	Italy	Did not qualify									PR	2	0	0	2	1	4
1964	Japan	Bronze medal	6	4	1	1	12	4	Squad	R2	7	4	2	1	14	6
1968	Mexico	Did not qualify									F	4	3	0	1	14	6
1972	West Germany	Bronze medal	7	4	1	2	23	9	Squad	R2	4	3	1	0	7	0
1976	Canada	Gold medal	5	4	1	0	10	2	Squad	1st	6	4	2	0	9	1
1980	Soviet Union	Silver medal	6	4	1	1	12	2	Squad	Qualified as holders
1984	United States	Qualified but withdrew									1st	8	6	1	1	14	5
1988	South Korea	Did not qualify									2nd	8	4	3	1	12	5
Total		Gold medal	24	16	4	8	57	17	—	5/8	39	24	9	6	71	27

• Olympic Games
  • Gold medal (1): 1976
  • Silver medal (1): 1980
  • Bronze medal (2): 1964, 1972

• Malta International Football Tournament
  • Champions (1): 1988

• East Germany national football team
• East Germany national under-21 football team
• Germany Olympic football team

• DFB statistics of the national team (contains information on East Germany caps and goalscorers)
• RSSSF archive of East Germany results
• RSSSF history of East Germany national team
• RSSSF record of East Germany international caps and goals