East Germany 2–0 Australia: 1974 World Cup match
East Germany2–0Full time
Match in one glance
East GermanyAustraliaGoalCard
East Germany
Australia
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Score progression
2East Germany0Australia
Colin Curran opened the scoring at 58′.
Team comparison
East GermanyAustralia
2Goals0
3Bookings0
1Substitutes used0
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1JSJoachim StreichEast Germany · 72′1goal
Decisive moments
2 eventsPath through 1974
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Group Matches, Group 1
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 1974-06-14
- Venue
- Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
- Result
- 2–0
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
East Germany / AustraliaEast Germany
Colin Curran (own goal)58′
Joachim Streich72′
Australia
No goals
Complete match timeline
East GermanyAustraliaGoalCardSubstitution
East Germany
Australia
0′HTFT
First half0′–45′Second half45′–90′
Event feed
6 eventsKey phases
Goals in each periodFirst half
0′–45′0 – 0No goals in this period
Second half
45′–90′2 – 0C. Curran 58′ · J. Streich 72′
Event records: © Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Grouped and formatted for this timeline.
East Germany
Reported rolesJC
1Jürgen CroyBB
3Bernd BranschKW
4Konrad WeiseSW
12Siegmar WätzlichGK
18Gerd KischeJP
7Jürgen PommerenkeHI
16Harald IrmscherJS
14Jürgen SparwasserWL
8Wolfram LöweJS
11Joachim StreichEV
15Eberhard VogelReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
- 20MHMartin Hoffmann55′
Match contributions
- Joachim Streich⚽ 1
- Siegmar Wätzlich▰ 32′
- Eberhard Vogel▰ 58′
- Gerd Kische▰ 61′
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1JCJürgen CroyGoalkeeper
- 3BBBernd BranschCentre-back
- 4KWKonrad WeiseCentre-back
- 7JPJürgen PommerenkeCentral midfielder
- 8WLWolfram LöweRF
- 11JSJoachim StreichCentre-forward
- 12SWSiegmar WätzlichLeft-back
- 14JSJürgen SparwasserAttacking midfielder
- 15EVEberhard VogelLF
- 16HIHarald IrmscherCentral midfielder
- 18GKGerd KischeRight-back
Australia
Reported rolesJR
1Jack ReillyDU
2Doug UtjesenovicPW
3Peter WilsonMS
4Manfred SchaeferCC
5Colin CurranRR
6Ray RichardsJR
7Jimmy RooneyJM
8Jimmy MackayJW
9Johnny WarrenAA
12Adrian AlstonBB
20Branko BuljevicReported starting roles · not tracking positions
Substitutes used
No substitutes used.
Match contributions
Full starting XI and recorded positions
- 1JRJack ReillyGoalkeeper
- 2DUDoug UtjesenovicRight-back
- 3PWPeter WilsonCentre-back
- 4MSManfred SchaeferCentre-back
- 5CCColin CurranLeft-back
- 6RRRay RichardsMidfielder
- 7JRJimmy RooneyMidfielder
- 8JMJimmy MackayMidfielder
- 9JWJohnny WarrenMidfielder
- 12AAAdrian AlstonCentre-forward
- 20BBBranko BuljevicCentre-forward
Portraits may show a later team kit. Starting positions are schematic; unused substitutes are not included. © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Names and match IDs adapted.
Score progression
2East Germany0Australia
Colin Curran opened the scoring at 58′.
Team comparison
East GermanyAustralia
2Goals0
3Bookings0
1Substitutes used0
Shots, possession and xG are not available in this match’s source.
Goalscorers
- 1JSJoachim StreichEast Germany · 72′1goal
Available match data
Goals, bookings, substitutions and starting roles are recorded. This match does not have shot locations, xG, possession or passing data in the loaded sources.
Decisive moments
2 eventsPath through 1974
Full tournamentMatch details
Verified record- Round
- Group Matches, Group 1
- Stage
- Group stage
- Date
- 1974-06-14
- Venue
- Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
- Result
- 2–0
- Coverage
- Score, result and scorers; lineup-derived records available
Scorers
East Germany / AustraliaEast Germany
Colin Curran (own goal)58′
Joachim Streich72′
Australia
No goals
Source: OpenFootball at the pinned revision. Missing assists and minute-level events are not estimated. Starting lineups, used substitutes and event records come from the Fjelstul World Cup Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), credited alongside each panel.