Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR
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The Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR (DFV) was since the 1950s the football association of the (East) German Democratic Republic
, fielding the East Germany national football team
until 1990 before rejoining its counterpart, the German Football Association DFB, which had been founded in 1904.
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
, fielding the East Germany national football team
East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....
until 1990 before rejoining its counterpart, the German Football Association DFB, which had been founded in 1904.