East Germany v USSR, 17 October 1973
| Score | 1-0 to East Germany |
| Referee | Sandor Petri |
| Competition | International Friendly |
| Venue | Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
| Attendance | 40,000 |
View USSR v East Germany head to head
1 East Germany
Manager: Georg Buschner
Goals:
| Joachim Streich | 18 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Wolfgang Blochwitz
Defender
Bernd Bransch
(captain)
Defender
Joachim Fritsche
Defender
Lothar Kurbjuweit
Defender
Konrad Weise
Midfielder
Reinhard Lauck
Midfielder
Wolfgang Seguin
Forward
Henning Frenzel
Forward
Wolfram Löwe
Forward
Jurgen Sparwasser
Forward
Joachim Streich
Substitutions:
| Helmut Stein for Wolfgang Seguin | 70 |
| Eberhard Vogel for Joachim Streich | 73 |
0
USSR
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Vladimir Pilguy
Goalkeeper
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Defender
Mikhail Fomenko
Defender
Vladimir Kaplichni
Defender
Evgeny Lovchev
Defender
Sergei Olshanski
Defender
Vladimir Fedotov
Midfielder
Viktor Kolotov
Midfielder
Vladimir Muntyan
Midfielder
Oleg Blokhin
Forward
Vladimir Onishchenko
Forward
Substitutions:
| Gennadi Yevryuzhikhin for Viktor Kolotov | 46 |
| Oleg Dolmatov for Vladimir Kaplichni | 46 |
| Givi Nodia for Vladimir Muntyan | 68 |