East Germany build up to the 1964 Olympic Games

Tour of South East Asia:
17-12-63 Rangoon    Burma            1-5  East Germany *
19-12-63 Rangoon    Burma            1-4  East Germany
21-12-63 Rangoon    Burma            0-5  East Germany
24-12-63 Mandalay   Upper Burma      0-3  East Germany
26-12-63 Mandalay   Mandalay XI      0-10 East Germany
 2- 1-64 Surabaya   East Java XI     0-5  East Germany
 4- 1-64 Jakarta    Persib (Bandung) 0-2  East Germany
 5- 1-64 Jakarta    Indonesia Youth  1-9  East Germany +
 8- 1-64 Colombo    Ceylon           0-14 East Germany
11- 1-64 Kandy      Kandy XI         1-14 East Germany
12- 1-64 Colombo    Ceylon           1-12 East Germany *


Tour of Africa:
14- 2-64 Cairo      Zamalek          4-4  East Germany
16- 2-64 Minya      Egypt Youth      2-5  East Germany
19- 2-64 Cairo      Egypt            1-1  East Germany
23- 2-64 Accra      Ghana            3-0  East Germany *
26- 2-64 Kumasi     Ghana B          1-3  East Germany


* only these matches were regarded as official full internationals by the D.F.V.
+ this match was planned to be a full international but Indonesia decided instead to field 
  a youth team after their senior national team was beaten 12-1 by Dukla Praha one week
  earlier.


Warm-up matches:
14- 5-64 Berlin     E.Germany Olym.  3-1  Leeds United AFC (England)
16- 5-64 Berlin     E.Germany Olym.  2-1  Beerschot (Antwerpen, Belgium)
17- 6-64 Stockholm  Hammarby IF      3-1  East Germany Olympic
 3- 7-64 Leipzig    Oberliga XI      1-5  CR Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)


During the qualifying rounds for the Olympic Games in Japan, East Germany eliminated 
West Germany, the Netherlands, and the Soviet Union.


Pre-Olympic preparation matches:
26- 8-64 Sömmerda   Motor Sömmerda   0-9  East Germany Olympic
 2- 9-64 Berlin     E.Germany Olym.  2-0  Fortuna '54 (Geleen, Netherlands)
 9- 9-64 Wien       FK Austria Wien  3-1  East Germany Olympic
15- 9-64 København  Stævnet          1-2  East Germany Olympic
17- 9-64 Berlin     E.Germany Olym.  0-1  NAC (Breda, Netherlands)
 1-10-64 Kawaguchi  Japan B          0-5  East Germany Olympic


East Germany then played six matches in the Olympic Games from 11-23rd October,
winning the bronze medal.


Post-Olympic tour of South East Asia:
29-10-64 Bandung    Persib           1-7  East Germany Olympic
 1-11-64 Jakarta    Makassar XI      0-5  East Germany Olympic
 4-11-64 Rangoon    Burma            1-6  East Germany Olympic
 5-11-64 Rangoon    Burma            3-4  East Germany Olympic

East Germany - International Results

About this document

Sources included "Neues Deutschland" and various other newspapers.
Thanks to Novan Herfiyana and Wieland Dietrich.

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 12 Sep 2013