Editing Matthias Sammer (section)

===East Germany===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-1119-031, Leipzig, Mannschaftsfoto DDR-Nationalmannschaft.jpg|thumb|Sammer (back row, third from right) in 1986, with the [[East Germany national football team|East German football team]]]]
Sammer represented the [[GDR]] at every age group. He was part of the East German squads which won the [[1986 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship]] and finished third at the [[1987 FIFA World Youth Championship]].

In November 1986, he made his debut for the full [[East Germany national football team]] in a [[UEFA Euro 1988]] [[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying|qualifier]] against [[France national football team|France]] at [[Zentralstadion]] in Leipzig.

On 12 September 1990, Sammer captained East Germany in its final match. He scored both goals as the GDR beat [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 2–0 in [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35169108|title=The East German team that refused to die|date=28 December 2015|publisher=BBC | access-date = 28 December 2015 | first = Tim | last = Mansel}}</ref>