Deutsches Sportecho was first published on 5 May 1947. The paper had a circulation of 185,000 copies. The paper sponsored the
association football competition
DFV-Supercup (
Pokal des Deutschen Sportechos) in 1989. The paper was published by the East German publishing house Sportverlag at the Neustädtische Kirchstraße 15 in Berlin. Sportverlag also published the weekly football paper
Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) of the
East German Football Association (DFV). The paper was acquired by
West German publishing group
Axel Springer in 1990. The paper would now be published by Sportverlag GmbH. The circulation of Deutsches Sportecho rapidly declined after the
German reunification. The paper subsequently ceased publication on 3 April 1991. ==References==