Dirk Stahmann (born 23 March 1958) is a former

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player. He spent his entire career with

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German Association football Football club (association football), club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the Sports club (East Germany), sports club ''SC Magdeburg'' and has bee ...

. Shortly after his 20th birthday, on 25 March 1978, Stahmann played his first competitive match in 1. FC Magdeburg's first team. In the semifinal of the

FDGB Cup The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football aft ...

, Magdeburg drew BFC Dynamo 1-1 in Berlin and went on to the final on the merits of a 4-0 home leg victory. Stahmann won his first title when Magdeburg beat

SG Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

in that final by a scoreline of 1-0. He would go on to win the cup two more times, in 1979 and 1983. Despite the decline of 1. FC Magdeburg following

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, Stahmann stayed with the club in tier IV. At age 36, he played his final competitive match for his club. Between 1985 and 1994, he was the team's captain. In the 16 years he spent at 1. FC Magdeburg he appeared in 278

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matches, 42 FDGB Cup matches and 6 European Cup matches. Between 1982 and 1989 he won 46 caps with

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

. Today, Stahmann plays for 1. FC Magdeburg's Traditionsmannschaft.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stahmann, Dirk 1958 births Living people East German men's footballers East Germany men's international footballers German men's footballers 1. FC Magdeburg players DDR-Oberliga players Men's association football defenders