EAST GERMANY AND WEST GERMANY HAVE PLAYED ONLY ONE MATCH .

According to the record books of F.I.F.A, East Germany and West Germany have only played a single match.,, as a principal both the Germanys could not see television from each others country and neither were things allowed to be brought from West Germany to East Germany. They were not even allowed to exchange their jerseys on the pitch, the secret service police were every where in secret watching like hawks. Now the only time East Germany played against West Germany was during the 1974 world cup held in West Germany. Now East Germany surprised West Germany by defeating mighty West Germany, now West Germany had Franz Beckenbaur and Gerd Muller and east Germany had Jurgen Kreische, and Jurgen Sparwassar., the winning goal was scored by Jurgen Sparwassar in a 1-0 win. But the East German Jurgen kreische, had a friendly bet of five bottles of Scotch whiskey. The Finance minister of West Germany kept his word and arranged the West Government to parcel the five whisky bottles for Jurgen Kreische, it was a harmless bet , but the East Germans did not like it sadly ended the football career of Jurgen kreische, he was not even selected to play for East Germany at the 1976 Montreal games., where West Germany won the gold medal. Now after West Germany were defeated by East Germany in the 1974 world cup , East Germany had to play Argentina, Poland and Yugoslavia, while West Germany played Sweden, Brazil, Holland.in the group of sixteen. East and west German football teams exchanged team jerseys in the dressing room and not the pitch as it is done.