Ulf Kirsten - International Appearances


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 Caps playing 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   København            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 José             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   Reykjavík            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   Mohammédia           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   Reykjavík            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   Nürnberg             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   Köln                 Brazil              2-1
  8  -   2  15/12/93   Miami                Argentina           1-2
  9  -   2  22/12/93   Ciudad de México     Mexico              0-0
 10  1   3  27/ 4/94   Abu Dhabi            Utd. Arab Emirates  2-0
 11  1   4  16/11/94   Tiranë               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   Jérez de la Frontera Spain               0-0
 15  -   5   7/ 6/95   Sofia                Bulgaria            2-3     European Champ. Qual.
 16  -   5  21/ 6/95   Zürich               Italy               2-0
 17  1   6   6/ 9/95   Nürnberg             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   Düsseldorf           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   Köln                 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   Nürnberg             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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Prepared and maintained by Matthias Arnhold for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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

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