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German Soccer Association of the DDR

Deutscher Fussball-Verband der DDR /DFV

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[German Soccer Association of the DDR (Germany)] 3:5 image by Jens Pattke, 3 May 2008

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German Soccer Association of the DDR

The German Soccer Association (Deutscher Fussball-Verband der DDR /DFV) of the former GDR became part of the International Football Association FIFA in 1952. In the same year the GDR national team played there first official match after a few inofficial ones. The DFV selection lost at Warsaw on Septembre 21st 1952 against the polish national team 0-3. The most important win in GDR soccer history came on the 22 June of 1974: During the world championship in West Germany, the DFV-Team won against the West German DFB-team - that nevertheless became world champion later - with 1-0. Jürgen Sparwasser (1.Football Club Magdeburg) became part of the soccer history with his goal.  The pass(ing) to the player Sparwasser came from Erich Hamann (1.Football Club Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder)) .

The win of the golden medal at  Games of the XXI Olympiad in Montréal 1976 is still unforgotten. The team of coach Georg Buschner (also coach of the FC Carl-Zeiss Jena) achieved a 3-1 against Poland in the final. Another success from club-view was the win of the cup winners' cup in 1974 when 1.FC Magdeburg celebrated a 2-0 win against the big AC Milan.

Flag: The flag of the German Soccer Association of the GDR is divided into three equal horizontal stripes. The upper and lower strips are dark blue.The middle stripe is white. In the middle of the cloth is the logo of the DFV.
Jens Pattke, 3 May 2008

I find the wording on this flag intriguing - was it common for DDR organisations to refer to themselves as the "German organisation of the DDR"? It seems tautological.
James Dignan, 4 May 2008

The word "German" refers to the German nationality. The abbreviation "GDR" refers to the souverain state of a "German Democratic Republic". I remember a fact which the word "Germany" refers to the "Federal Republic of Germany".
Jens Pattke, 4 May 2008

Nordostdeutsche Fußballverband

[Nordostdeutsche Fußballverband] 3:5 image by Jens Pattke, 3 May 2008

After the fall of the Berlin and German Wall, it became this association the name Nordostdeutsche Fußballverband (translation: Northeastern German Football Federation, abbreviation: NOFV) the regional association of the DFB in the former East German territories and Berlin. Offiically: " The NOFV developed after the entry of the Deutscher Fussball-Verband (the East German Football Association) to the Deutscher Fussball-Bund."
The NOFV-Oberliga (translation: First Division of the Northeastern German Football Federation) was the successor of the DDR-Oberliga and functioned as the elite division in the former East Germany for the season 1990/1991 only.FC Hansa Rostock became champions of that league, with 1. FC Dynamo Dresden being the runner-up. There by both acquired the starting right forBundesliga-Season 1991/1992.

Flag: The flag of the Northeastern German Football Federation is divided into two equal horizontal stripes. The upper strip is blue, the lower stripe is white. In the middle of the cloth is the logo of the NOFV.
Jens Pattke, 3 May 2008