Czechoslovakia national football team

Czechoslovakia
1919–1993
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationCzechoslovak Football Association
Most capsZdeněk Nehoda (91)
Top scorerAntonín Puč (34)
Home stadiumStadion Evžena Rošického (1926–1993)
FIFA codeTCH
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Hungary 2–1 Bohemia 
(Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903)[a]
Post-independence
 Czechoslovakia 4–1 Belgium 
(Paris, France; 24 June 1919)
Last international
 Belgium 0–0 Representation of Czechs and Slovaks 
(Brussels, Belgium; 17 November 1993)
Biggest win
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 8–3 Czechoslovakia 
(Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937)
 Scotland 5–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Glasgow, Scotland; 8 December 1937)
 Hungary 5–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Hungary; 30 April 1950)
 Hungary 5–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Hungary; 19 October 1952)
 Austria 5–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Zürich, Switzerland; 19 June 1954)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1934)
Best resultRunners-up (1934, 1962)
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1960)
Best resultChampions (1976)

The Czechoslovakia national football team (Czech: Československá fotbalová reprezentace, Slovak: Česko-slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represented Czechoslovakia in men's international football from 1919 to 1993. The team was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association, and the team qualified for eight World Cups and three European Championships. It had two runner-up finishes in World Cups, in 1934 and 1962, and won the European Championship in the 1976 tournament.

At the time of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed the remainder of this campaign under the name Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RCS, Czech: Reprezentace Čechů a Slováků, Slovak: Reprezentácia Čechov a Slovákov) before it was disbanded. Both the Czech and Slovak national teams are considered to be the joint successors of the Czechoslovak record.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "1901-1910 MATCHES". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ Dunmore, Tom (2011-09-16). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
  3. ^ Holt, Nick (2014-03-20). Mammoth Book Of The World Cup. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-1051-0.
  4. ^ UEFA.com (2015-11-17). "UEFA EURO 2016: How all the teams qualified | UEFA EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  5. ^ UEFA.com (2021-02-22). "UEFA EURO 2020 contenders in focus: Czech Republic | UEFA EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  6. ^ UEFA.com (2021-03-03). "UEFA EURO 2020 contenders in focus: Slovakia | UEFA EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  7. ^ UEFA.com (2023-12-28). "Who has qualified for UEFA EURO 2024? | UEFA EURO 2024". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.


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