List of matches
17- 1-67 Cairo Egypt 1-2 East Germany [HT 0-1]
20- 1-67 Cairo Egypt 0-3 East Germany [HT 0-2]
22- 1-67 Tanta Lower Egypt 1-1 East Germany [HT 1-1]
24- 1-67 Alexandria Egypt 2-2 East Germany [HT 1-1]
29- 1-67 Khartoum Sudan 1-2 East Germany [HT 0-2]
1- 2-67 Wad Madani Wad Madani XI 0-2 East Germany [HT 0-2]
3- 2-67 Omdurman* Al-Merreikh 0-3 East Germany [HT 0-2]
5- 2-67 Omdurman* Al-Hilal 1-4 East Germany [HT 0-3]
8- 2-67 Baghdad Iraq Military 0-1 East Germany [HT 0-1]
10- 2-67 Baghdad Baghdad XI 0-4 East Germany [HT 0-0]
12- 2-67 Baghdad Iraq 1-1 East Germany [HT 1-1]
* or in Khartoum
Notes: although the East German team was a full strength national selection, none of these matches
were regarded as official full internationals by the D.F.V. However, the matches vs Sudan
and vs Iraq were listed as Category A internationals in FIFA News magazine.
Match details
17/01/1967, Cairo, 15000
Friendly International
EGYPT 1 (Farouk El-Sayed 72')
EAST GERMANY 2 (Harald Irmscher 40', Helmut Stein 48')
Egypt: Hesham Azmi, Moustafa Sheta, Ahmed Maher (Mahmoud Bakr), Ahmed Rifaat,
Mansour Hamid El-Boury, Mohammed Abdel-Latif 'Mimi' El-Sherbini,
Taha Basry (Shehta Abdel-Rahim Younis 'Shehta El-Iskandarani'), Taha Ismail
(Abdel Maksoud), Farouk El-Sayed, Hassan El-Shazly, Ahmed Effat
(Sayed Abdel-Razek 'Bazooka').
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Otto Fräßdorf, Manfred Walter, Manfred Geisler,
Harald Irmscher, Gerhard Körner, Roland Ducke, Jürgen Nöldner
(Helmut Stein 46'), Henning Frenzel, Dieter Erler [c], Eberhard Vogel.
Referee: Moustafa Rashed Ramzy (Egypt).
Coaches: Egypt: Sándor Kapocsi (Hungary).
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
20/01/1967, Cairo
Friendly International
EGYPT 0
EAST GERMANY 3 (Gerd Backhaus 33', Dieter Erler 34', Eberhard Vogel 89')
Egypt: Hesham Azmi, Moustafa Sheta (Mahmoud Bakr 46'), Ahmed Moustafa,
Ahmed Rifaat, Mansour Hamid El-Boury, Mohammed Aboul Ezz,
Shehta Abdel-Rahim Younis 'Shehta El-Iskandarani', Taha Basry
(Hamada Emam 50'), Moustafa Reyadh (Farouk El-Sayed 46'), Hassan El-Shazly,
Sayed Abdel-Razek 'Bazooka'.
East Germany: Horst Weigang, Klaus Urbanczyk, Manfred Walter, Manfred Geisler,
Harald Irmscher, Gerhard Körner, Rainer Nachtigall, Jürgen Nöldner,
Gerd Backhaus (Henning Frenzel 46'), Dieter Erler [c], Eberhard Vogel.
Referee: Hussein Emam (Egypt).
Coaches: Egypt: Sándor Kapocsi (Hungary).
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
Note: In Egyptian newspapers the 2nd goal-scorer was reported as Vogel, whereas
in German newspapers it was reported as Erler (from a cross by Vogel).
22/01/1967, Tanta, 25000
Friendly
LOWER EGYPT 1 (Ezz El-Din Yaqoub 10')
EAST GERMANY 1 (Gaber Yehia 14' OG)
Lower Egypt: Aguiba (Ahmed Bahaa 46'), Ibrahim Hussein, Gaber Yehia, Mohammed El-Syagui,
Ashraf El-Alfi, Refaat El-Fanagili, Abdallah Abdel-Latif
(Mahmoud Younes 'Bobbo' 30' (Anwar Salama)), Abdel-Rehim Khalil,
Ahmed Yaqoub, Ezz El-Din Yaqoub, 'Zoqlot'.
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Klaus Urbanczyk, Fritz Feister, Otto Fräßdorf,
Bernd Bransch, Helmut Stein (Harald Irmscher 32'), Rainer Nachtigall,
Gerhard Körner, Jürgen Nöldner, Roland Ducke, Gerd Backhaus.
Referee: Abdelaziz El-Sayed (Egypt).
Coaches: Lower Egypt: Taha El-Toukhy.
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
Notes: The East German goal-scorer was reported as Backhaus in German newspapers.
The precise identity of 'Zoqlot' is unclear: there were two players with
this nickname in this period (from the clubs Ghazl Mehalla and Tanta).
24/01/1967, Alexandria
Friendly International
EGYPT 2 (Taha Ismail 23', Ali Abou-Greisha 79')
EAST GERMANY 2 (Henning Frenzel 32' 68')
Egypt: Ahmed Bahaa, Moustafa Sheta, Ahmed Moustafa, Mansour Hamid El-Boury
(Mahmoud Bakr), Mohammed Abdel-Latif 'Mimi' El-Sherbini,
Shehta Abdel-Rahim Younis 'Shehta El-Iskandarani', Taha Ismail,
Moustafa Reyadh (Farouk El-Sayed), Taha Basry (Ali Abou-Greisha),
Sayed Abdel-Razek 'Bazooka' (Ahmed Effat), Hamada Emam.
East Germany: Horst Weigang, Otto Fräßdorf (Manfred Walter), Bernd Bransch,
Gerhard Körner, Manfred Geisler, Jürgen Nöldner, Dieter Erler [c],
Rainer Nachtigall, Henning Frenzel, Gerd Backhaus, Eberhard Vogel.
Referee:
Coaches: Egypt: Sándor Kapocsi (Hungary).
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
Note: Egyptian newspapers reported that Backhaus scored both German goals.
29/01/1967, Khartoum, 15000
Friendly International
SUDAN 1 (Shawish 52')
EAST GERMANY 2 (Eberhard Vogel 26', Henning Frenzel 35')
Sudan: Sabbit Dudu, Sanur, Suleiman, Hassanen, Kamalsuni, Dem, Ramadan
(Shawish 46'), Ismail, Dokka, Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Fadil Jadallah 'Jaqdoul',
Babiker Osman 'Santo' (Skor 30').
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Otto Fräßdorf, Manfred Walter, Bernd Bransch,
Harald Irmscher, Gerhard Körner, Rainer Nachtigall (Roland Ducke 46'),
Jürgen Nöldner, Henning Frenzel, Dieter Erler [c], Eberhard Vogel.
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Saleh (Sudan).
Coaches: Sudan:
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
01/02/1967, Wad Madani
Friendly
WAD MADANI XI 0
EAST GERMANY 2 (Gerd Backhaus x2)
Wad Madani XI:
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Klaus Urbanczyk, Fritz Feister, Manfred Geisler,
Bernd Bransch, Harald Irmscher, Rainer Nachtigall, Helmut Stein,
Gerd Backhaus, Dieter Erler [c], Roland Ducke.
Referee:
Coaches: Wad Madani XI:
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
03/02/1967, Omdurman
Friendly
AL-MERREIKH 0
EAST GERMANY 3 (Gerd Backhaus, Eberhard Vogel, Henning Frenzel)
Referee:
Coaches: Al-Merreikh:
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
Note: Al-Merreikh is a Sudanese club.
05/02/1967, Omdurman, 20000
Friendly
AL-HILAL 1 (Ibrahim Yahya Al-Kuwarti 74')
EAST GERMANY 4 (Eberhard Vogel 9', Helmut Stein 22', Roland Ducke 45',
Henning Frenzel 51')
Referee:
Coaches: Al-Hilal:
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
Note: Al-Hilal (Omdurman) is a Sudanese club.
08/02/1967, Baghdad
Friendly
IRAQ MILITARY 0
EAST GERMANY 1 (Henning Frenzel 28')
Referee: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq).
Coaches: Iraq Military: Adil Basher.
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
Note: Dieter Erler was sent off.
10/02/1967, Baghdad, 20000
Friendly
BAGHDAD XI 0
EAST GERMANY 4 (Jürgen Nöldner 51', Otto Fräßdorf 60' 68', Henning Frenzel 75')
Baghdad XI:
East Germany: Wolfgang Blochwitz, Klaus Urbanczyk, Manfred Walter, Bernd Bransch,
Harald Irmscher, Gerhard Körner, Otto Fräßdorf, Helmut Stein,
Gerd Backhaus (Henning Frenzel), Jürgen Nöldner, Eberhard Vogel
(Roland Ducke).
Referee:
Coaches: Baghdad XI:
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
12/02/1967, Baghdad
Friendly International
IRAQ 1 (Gorgis Ismail 13')
EAST GERMANY 1 (Henning Frenzel 18')
Referee: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq).
Coaches: Iraq: Adil Basher.
East Germany: Károly Sós (Hungary).
Thanks to Hassanin Mubarak.
Sources included: Neues Deutschland, Neue Zeit, Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar, Al-Gomhoreya
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