List of East Germany international footballers
Below is a list of the 273 players who played for the East Germany national team from its foundation in 1952, until 1990 when it was merged with the West Germany team after German reunification.
List of players
| Name | Position | Appearances | Goals | First appearance | Last appearance |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| FW | 12 | 4 | 1954 | 1959 | |
| FW | 3 | 2 | 1963 | 1966 | |
| DF | 9 | 1 | 1983 | 1985 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1980 | 1980 | |
| FW | 2 | 2 | 1963 | 1964 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1959 | 1959 | |
| DF | 3 | 0 | 1954 | 1954 | |
| DF | 17 | 0 | 1979 | 1984 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1956 | 1956 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| MF | 9 | 0 | 1981 | 1985 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| GK | 19 | 0 | 1966 | 1974 | |
| DF | 4 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| MF | 2 | 0 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1982 | 1982 | |
| GK | 3 | 0 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| DF | 72 | 3 | 1967 | 1976 | |
| DF | 4 | 0 | 1979 | 1980 | |
| DF | 3 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| GK | 2 | 0 | 1954 | 1957 | |
| DF | 6 | 0 | 1954 | 1957 | |
| FW | 3 | 1 | 1983 | 1983 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1972 | 1972 | |
| GK | 94 | 0 | 1967 | 1981 | |
| DF | 3 | 0 | 1974 | 1974 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1983 | 1983 | |
| DF | 2 | 0 | 1969 | 1969 | |
| MF | 100 | 9 | 1969 | 1985 | |
| DF | 40 | 2 | 1982 | 1988 | |
| MF | 29 | 7 | 1986 | 1990 | |
| DF | 2 | 0 | 1958 | 1958 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1961 | 1962 | |
| FW | 66 | 15 | 1960 | 1975 | |
| FW | 37 | 5 | 1958 | 1967 | |
| MF | 6 | 3 | 1978 | 1979 | |
| DF | 8 | 0 | 1952 | 1956 | |
| FW | 3 | 1 | 1966 | 1966 | |
| MF | 47 | 12 | 1959 | 1968 | |
| FW | 56 | 20 | 1981 | 1990 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1963 | 1963 | |
| MF | 4 | 0 | 1958 | 1960 | |
| FW | 33 | 4 | 1963 | 1970 | |
| DF | 5 | 0 | 1958 | 1959 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| FW | 5 | 2 | 1956 | 1960 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1957 | 1957 | |
| FW | 56 | 19 | 1961 | 1974 | |
| DF | 14 | 0 | 1973 | 1977 | |
| GK | 8 | 0 | 1962 | 1964 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1955 | 1955 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1952 | 1952 | |
| DF | 13 | 0 | 1969 | 1973 | |
| DF | 15 | 1 | 1965 | 1967 | |
| FW | 9 | 1 | 1984 | 1986 | |
| GK | 21 | 0 | 1975 | 1981 | |
| DF | 8 | 0 | 1976 | 1979 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1958 | 1958 | |
| FW | 3 | 2 | 1984 | 1989 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1953 | 1953 | |
| MF | 58 | 5 | 1971 | 1984 | |
| MF | 4 | 1 | 1984 | 1989 | |
| MF | 3 | 0 | 1969 | 1974 | |
| MF | 4 | 0 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| DF | 9 | 1 | 1978 | 1982 | |
| FW | 12 | 2 | 1975 | 1978 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| DF | 29 | 2 | 1958 | 1964 | |
| GK | 7 | 0 | 1963 | 1965 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1962 | 1962 | |
| DF | 7 | 0 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| FW | 17 | 4 | 1980 | 1985 | |
| GK | 9 | 0 | 1979 | 1990 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| FW | 66 | 16 | 1973 | 1981 | |
| FW | 6 | 0 | 1961 | 1968 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1954 | 1954 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1957 | 1957 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1953 | 1953 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1952 | 1952 | |
| MF | 41 | 4 | 1966 | 1974 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1957 | 1957 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1986 | 1986 | |
| FW | 3 | 1 | 1982 | 1982 | |
| MF | 31 | 1 | 1955 | 1964 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1954 | 1954 | |
| DF | 7 | 0 | 1960 | 1961 | |
| FW | 49 | 14 | 1985 | 1990 | |
| DF | 63 | 0 | 1971 | 1980 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| GK | 3 | 0 | 1952 | 1953 | |
| FW | 4 | 5 | 1963 | 1964 | |
| FW | 6 | 1 | 1958 | 1961 | |
| DF | 2 | 0 | 1989 | 1989 | |
| MF | 33 | 4 | 1962 | 1969 | |
| FW | 1 | 1 | 1959 | 1959 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| FW | 21 | 3 | 1976 | 1980 | |
| DF | 2 | 0 | 1988 | 1990 | |
| DF | 28 | 0 | 1959 | 1965 | |
| MF | 4 | 2 | 1981 | 1985 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1953 | 1956 | |
| MF | 2 | 0 | 1985 | 1985 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1975 | 1975 | |
| DF | 65 | 2 | 1982 | 1989 | |
| FW | 50 | 25 | 1968 | 1975 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1957 | 1957 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1987 | 1987 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| FW | 13 | 5 | 1978 | 1983 | |
| DF | 66 | 4 | 1970 | 1981 | |
| MF | 33 | 3 | 1973 | 1977 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1955 | 1958 | |
| MF | 4 | 0 | 1986 | 1986 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1989 | 1989 | |
| DF | 59 | 3 | 1980 | 1988 | |
| MF | 16 | 1 | 1960 | 1965 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1972 | 1972 | |
| DF | 21 | 2 | 1977 | 1980 | |
| FW | 6 | 0 | 1959 | 1962 | |
| DF | 22 | 0 | 1987 | 1990 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1962 | 1962 | |
| FW | 43 | 12 | 1967 | 1977 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1989 | 1989 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1955 | 1955 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1956 | 1956 | |
| FW | 4 | 0 | 1987 | 1989 | |
| MF | 7 | 0 | 1959 | 1962 | |
| FW | 3 | 1 | 1974 | 1974 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1952 | 1954 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| FW | 3 | 1 | 1952 | 1954 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1954 | 1954 | |
| FW | 16 | 2 | 1954 | 1961 | |
| FW | 36 | 8 | 1983 | 1989 | |
| MF | 2 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1969 | 1969 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| MF | 17 | 1 | 1958 | 1965 | |
| MF | 18 | 0 | 1955 | 1960 | |
| FW | 13 | 5 | 1957 | 1962 | |
| MF | 5 | 0 | 1977 | 1978 | |
| MF | 3 | 0 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| DF | 2 | 0 | 1976 | 1976 | |
| DF | 4 | 0 | 1980 | 1980 | |
| GK | 46 | 0 | 1984 | 1989 | |
| FW | 11 | 2 | 1960 | 1965 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1968 | 1968 | |
| MF | 2 | 0 | 1978 | 1981 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| DF | 2 | 0 | 1979 | 1981 | |
| FW | 30 | 16 | 1960 | 1969 | |
| DF | 3 | 0 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| MF | 25 | 4 | 1962 | 1967 | |
| FW | 7 | 0 | 1983 | 1987 | |
| DF | 5 | 1 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| FW | 9 | 1 | 1978 | 1979 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1958 | 1959 | |
| MF | 35 | 0 | 1982 | 1989 | |
| MF | 57 | 3 | 1972 | 1983 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1978 | 1978 | |
| MF | 20 | 2 | 1982 | 1988 | |
| MF | 3 | 0 | 1978 | 1979 | |
| DF | 6 | 0 | 1987 | 1990 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1953 | 1953 | |
| FW | 7 | 1 | 1971 | 1973 | |
| FW | 15 | 4 | 1982 | 1987 | |
| FW | 4 | 0 | 1974 | 1978 | |
| FW | 41 | 6 | 1975 | 1982 | |
| FW | 11 | 1 | 1967 | 1971 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1988 | 1988 | |
| FW | 5 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| DF | 42 | 1 | 1984 | 1989 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| MF | 2 | 0 | 1952 | 1952 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| GK | 33 | 0 | 1979 | 1988 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1977 | 1977 | |
| DF | 16 | 0 | 1984 | 1987 | |
| MF | 17 | 0 | 1970 | 1973 | |
| MF | 23 | 6 | 1986 | 1990 | |
| MF | 31 | 5 | 1975 | 1980 | |
| DF | 5 | 0 | 1955 | 1956 | |
| FW | 3 | 0 | 1974 | 1974 | |
| MF | 5 | 0 | 1952 | 1958 | |
| MF | 5 | 0 | 1970 | 1971 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| DF | 7 | 1 | 1976 | 1981 | |
| GK | 3 | 0 | 1969 | 1973 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1954 | 1954 | |
| FW | 3 | 1 | 1952 | 1954 | |
| MF | 45 | 6 | 1973 | 1983 | |
| MF | 12 | 0 | 1952 | 1957 | |
| MF | 3 | 0 | 1954 | 1954 | |
| DF | 18 | 0 | 1986 | 1990 | |
| MF | 7 | 0 | 1987 | 1990 | |
| FW | 39 | 13 | 1952 | 1962 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1969 | 1969 | |
| FW | 3 | 0 | 1972 | 1972 | |
| MF | 3 | 0 | 1984 | 1985 | |
| DF | 3 | 1 | 1984 | 1985 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1974 | 1974 | |
| DF | 4 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| DF | 10 | 0 | 1963 | 1969 | |
| MF | 21 | 0 | 1972 | 1975 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1980 | 1980 | |
| DF | 7 | 0 | 1958 | 1963 | |
| FW | 53 | 15 | 1969 | 1977 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 1952 | 1958 | |
| GK | 29 | 0 | 1954 | 1962 | |
| DF | 46 | 2 | 1982 | 1989 | |
| FW | 22 | 2 | 1962 | 1973 | |
| MF | 28 | 1 | 1978 | 1985 | |
| MF | 23 | 3 | 1986 | 1990 | |
| FW | 6 | 4 | 1963 | 1965 | |
| MF | 4 | 0 | 1982 | 1986 | |
| FW | 104 | 55 | 1969 | 1984 | |
| MF | 15 | 1 | 1970 | 1971 | |
| DF | 6 | 0 | 1980 | 1982 | |
| MF | 47 | 1 | 1984 | 1990 | |
| MF | 4 | 1 | 1975 | 1980 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| GK | 4 | 0 | 1958 | 1959 | |
| FW | 51 | 16 | 1984 | 1990 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1952 | 1952 | |
| MF | 14 | 1 | 1983 | 1989 | |
| DF | 18 | 0 | 1980 | 1984 | |
| FW | 8 | 1 | 1980 | 1982 | |
| FW | 15 | 11 | 1954 | 1959 | |
| DF | 17 | 0 | 1981 | 1984 | |
| DF | 4 | 0 | 1973 | 1975 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1980 | 1980 | |
| DF | 13 | 0 | 1980 | 1983 | |
| MF | 7 | 0 | 1954 | 1964 | |
| DF | 34 | 0 | 1961 | 1969 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1982 | 1982 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1953 | 1953 | |
| FW | 75 | 25 | 1962 | 1976 | |
| FW | 4 | 1 | 1959 | 1959 | |
| DF | 24 | 0 | 1972 | 1975 | |
| DF | 3 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| DF | 4 | 0 | 1959 | 1963 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1989 | 1989 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1962 | 1962 | |
| MF | 16 | 0 | 1965 | 1967 | |
| MF | 35 | 5 | 1975 | 1980 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| FW | 10 | 0 | 1985 | 1990 | |
| GK | 12 | 0 | 1962 | 1968 | |
| MF | 2 | 0 | 1990 | 1990 | |
| DF | 86 | 2 | 1970 | 1981 | |
| GK | 15 | 0 | 1984 | 1989 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1952 | 1952 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1970 | 1970 | |
| FW | 28 | 10 | 1954 | 1962 | |
| DF | 2 | 0 | 1952 | 1952 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| MF | 10 | 0 | 1955 | 1957 | |
| MF | 17 | 0 | 1955 | 1959 | |
| MF | 7 | 0 | 1989 | 1990 | |
| MF | 1 | 0 | 1969 | 1969 | |
| DF | 6 | 0 | 1967 | 1968 | |
| FW | 4 | 2 | 1987 | 1990 | |
| DF | 1 | 0 | 1984 | 1984 | |
| DF | 4 | 0 | 1957 | 1958 | |
| DF | 16 | 0 | 1969 | 1975 | |
| FW | 1 | 0 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| MF | 38 | 5 | 1982 | 1988 | |
| GK | 1 | 0 | 1962 | 1962 |