East Germany | World Cup | Competitions
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2‑0 | 1‑3 | 0‑2 | 0‑3 | 1‑1 | 3‑0 | 2‑1 | 0‑3 | 8 | 3‑1‑4 | 9‑13 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 1986 | 2‑3 | 5‑0 | 0‑2 | 0‑1 | 3‑1 | 2‑0 | 2‑1 | 2‑1 | 8 | 5‑0‑3 | 16‑9 | Did not qualify | ||||
| 1982 | 2‑1 | 0‑1 | 2‑3 | 5‑1 | 4 | 2‑0‑2 | 9‑6 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1978 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 9‑0 | 2‑1 | 6 | 3‑3‑0 | 15‑4 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1974 | 5‑0 | 2‑0 | 0‑1 | 5‑1 | 2‑0 | 4‑1 | 2‑0 | 1‑1 | 1‑0 | 0‑1 | 0‑2 | 1‑1 | 12 | 7‑2‑3 | 23‑8 | 2nd Group stage |
| 1970 | 2‑2 | 2‑1 | 3‑1 | 0‑3 | 4 | 2‑1‑1 | 7‑7 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1966 | 1‑1 | 1‑1 | 2‑3 | 1‑0 | 4 | 1‑2‑1 | 5‑5 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1962 | 0‑2 | 1‑1 | 2‑3 | ‑ | 3 | 0‑1‑2 | 3‑6 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1958 | 2‑1 | 1‑3 | 1‑4 | 1‑4 | 4 | 1‑0‑3 | 5‑12 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| East Germany seasons in Euro Champs. Home games in bold. Neutral-site matches in italics. Data from RSSSF. | ||||||||||||||||