Ulf Kirsten - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding German player, who obtained 100 international caps with his National Teams, 49 for East Germany and 51 for unified Germany, is the first player to reach a Century of Capsplaying for two National Teams. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

For data on his club career, see Germany - Player Data - K.

East Germany

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 - - 8/ 5/85 K�benhavn Denmark 1-4 2 - - 18/ 5/85 Babelsberg Luxembourg 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 3 1 1 14/ 8/85 Oslo Norway 1-0 4 - 1 11/ 9/85 Leipzig France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 5 - 1 28/ 9/85 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 6 - 1 16/10/85 Glasgow Scotland 0-0 7 - 1 16/11/85 Karl-Marx-Stadt Bulgaria 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 8 - 1 14/ 2/86 San Jos� Mexico 2-1 9 1 2 19/ 2/86 Braga Portugal 3-1 10 - 2 12/ 3/86 Leipzig Netherlands 0-1 11 - 2 26/ 3/86 Athinai Greece 0-2 12 - 2 20/ 8/86 Lahti Finland 0-1 13 - 2 10/ 9/86 Leipzig Denmark 0-1 14 - 2 24/ 9/86 Oslo Norway 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 15 1 3 29/10/86 Karl-Marx-Stadt Iceland 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 16 - 3 19/11/86 Leipzig France 0-0 European Champ. Qual. 17 - 3 29/ 4/87 Kiev Soviet Union 0-2 European Champ. Qual. 18 - 3 13/ 5/87 Brandenburg Czechoslovakia 2-0 19 - 3 3/ 6/87 Reykjav�k Iceland 6-0 European Champ. Qual. 20 - 3 28/ 7/87 Leipzig Hungary 0-0 21 - 3 19/ 8/87 Lubin Poland 0-2 22 1 4 23/ 9/87 Gera Tunesia 2-0 23 1 5 10/10/87 Berlin Soviet Union 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 24 2 7 28/10/87 Magdeburg Norway 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 25 - 7 18/11/87 Paris France 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 26 - 7 27/ 1/88 Valencia Spain 0-0 27 - 7 2/ 3/88 Mohamm�dia Morocco 1-2 28 - 7 30/ 3/88 Halle/Saale Romania 3-3 29 - 7 13/ 4/88 Burgas Bulgaria 1-1 30 - 7 31/ 8/88 Berlin Greece 1-0 31 - 7 21/ 9/88 Cottbus Poland 1-2 32 - 7 19/10/88 Berlin Iceland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 33 - 7 30/11/88 Istanbul Turkey 1-3 World Cup Qualifier 34 2 9 13/ 2/89 Cairo Egypt 4-0 35 - 9 8/ 3/89 Athinai Greece 2-3 36 - 9 22/ 3/89 Dresden Finland 1-1 37 - 9 12/ 4/89 Magdeburg Turkey 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 38 - 9 26/ 4/89 Kiev Soviet Union 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 39 1 10 20/ 5/89 Leipzig Austria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 40 1 11 23/ 8/89 Erfurt Bulgaria 1-1 41 - 11 6/ 9/89 Reykjav�k Iceland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 42 - 11 8/10/89 Karl-Marx-Stadt Soviet Union 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 43 - 11 25/10/89 La Valletta Malta 4-0 44 - 11 15/11/89 Wien Austria 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 45 - 11 24/ 1/90 Kuwait France 0-3 46 - 11 26/ 1/90 Kuwait Kuwait 2-1 47 3 14 28/ 3/90 Berlin United States 3-2 48 - 14 25/ 4/90 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 49 - 14 13/ 5/90 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 3-3

Germany

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 - - 14/10/92 Dresden Mexico 1-1 2 - - 18/11/92 N�rnberg Austria 0-0 3 - - 20/12/92 Montevideo Uruguay 4-1 4 1 1 14/ 4/93 Bochum Ghana 6-1 5 - 1 22/ 9/93 Tunis Tunesia 1-1 6 1 2 13/10/93 Karlsruhe Uruguay 5-0 7 - 2 17/11/93 K�ln Brazil 2-1 8 - 2 15/12/93 Miami Argentina 1-2 9 - 2 22/12/93 Ciudad de M�xico Mexico 0-0 10 1 3 27/ 4/94 Abu Dhabi Utd. Arab Emirates 2-0 11 1 4 16/11/94 Tiran� Albania 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 12 1 5 14/12/94 Chisinau Moldova 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 13 - 5 18/12/94 Kaiserslautern Albania 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 14 - 5 22/ 2/95 J�rez de la Frontera Spain 0-0 15 - 5 7/ 6/95 Sofia Bulgaria 2-3 European Champ. Qual. 16 - 5 21/ 6/95 Z�rich Italy 2-0 17 1 6 6/ 9/95 N�rnberg Georgia 4-1 European Champ. Qual. 18 - 6 14/12/96 Porto Portugal 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 19 - 6 26/ 2/97 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-0 20 3 9 2/ 4/97 Granada Albania 3-2 World Cup Qualifier 21 - 9 7/ 6/97 Kyiv Ukraine 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 22 - 9 20/ 8/97 Belfast Northern Ireland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 23 1 10 6/ 9/97 Berlin Portugal 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 24 1 11 10/ 9/97 Dortmund Armenia 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 25 - 11 15/11/97 D�sseldorf South Africa 3-0 26 - 11 18/ 2/98 Mascat Oman 2-0 27 - 11 22/ 2/98 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 3-0 28 1 12 25/ 3/98 Stuttgart Brazil 1-2 29 - 12 22/ 4/98 K�ln Nigeria 1-0 30 - 12 27/ 5/98 Helsinki Finland 0-0 31 - 12 30/ 5/98 Frankfurt/Main Colombia 3-1 32 2 14 5/ 6/98 Mannheim Luxembourg 7-0 33 - 14 21/ 6/98 Lens Yugoslavia 2-2 World Cup 34 - 14 25/ 6/98 Montpellier Iran 2-0 World Cup 35 - 14 29/ 6/98 Montpellier Mexico 2-1 World Cup 36 - 14 4/ 7/98 Lyon Croatia 0-3 World Cup 37 - 14 2/ 9/98 La Valletta Malta 2-1 38 - 14 5/ 9/98 La Valletta Romania 1-1 39 - 14 10/10/98 Bursa Turkey 0-1 European Champ. Qual. 40 2 16 14/10/98 Chisinau Moldova 3-1 European Champ. Qual. 41 - 16 18/11/98 Gelsenkirchen Netherlands 1-1 42 - 16 31/ 3/99 N�rnberg Finland 2-0 European Champ. Qual. 43 - 16 28/ 4/99 Bremen Scotland 0-1 44 1 17 4/ 6/99 Leverkusen Moldova 6-1 European Champ. Qual. 45 - 17 4/ 9/99 Helsinki Finland 2-1 European Champ. Qual. 46 - 17 14/11/99 Oslo Norway 1-0 47 - 17 29/ 3/00 Zagreb Croatia 1-1 48 1 18 26/ 4/00 Kaiserslautern Switzerland 1-1 49 2 20 7/ 6/00 Freiburg im Breisgau Liechtenstein 8-2 50 - 20 17/ 6/00 Charleroi England 0-1 European Championship 51 - 20 20/ 6/00 Rotterdam Portugal 0-3 European Championship

NB: other sources credit Kirsten with 3 goals on June 7, 2000 against Liechtenstein, but DFB and kicker give one of these (the goal for 4-2) as an own goal by Hasler.

Summary

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 100 51 26 23 173- 97 128 64.00 ( overall) 49 22 12 15 70- 55 56 57.14 (East Germany) 51 29 14 8 103- 62 72 70.59 ( Germany)

Types of Matches Friendlies 58 (29 East Germany, 29 Germany) World Cup 4 ( 4 Germany) World Cup Qualifiers 18 (12 East Germany, 6 Germany)
European Champ. Qual. 18 ( 8 East Germany, 10 Germany) European Championship 2 ( 2 Germany)

Total 100 (49 East Germany, 51 Germany)

Types of Goals Friendlies 18 ( 9 East Germany, 9 Germany) World Cup Qualifiers 6 ( 1 East Germany, 5 Germany) World Cup 0 ( ) European Champ. Qual. 10 ( 4 East Germany, 6 Germany) European Championship 0 ( )

Total 34 (14 East Germany, 20 Germany)

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Author: Matthias Arnhold (MatthiasArnhold@aol.com) Last updated: 28 Jan 2006