See also: Football in the Czech Republic and Football in Slovakia.
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| Football in Czechoslovakia | |
| Union: | Czechoslovak Football Association[1] |
| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Sport: | association football |
| Nationalteam: | Czechoslovakia national football team |
| National List: | Czechoslovak Cup |
| Club List: | Czechoslovak First League |
| Intl List: | Champions League Europa League Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA World Cup (national team) UEFA European Championship (national team) |
Football in Czechoslovakia was one of the most popular sports during that nation's existence, and continues to be popular in both of the nations that followed, the Czech Republic and in Slovakia.[2]
On March 26, 1922, the Czechoslovak Football Federation (Czech: Československá associace footballová) was founded.[3] It consisted of the Czechoslovakian Football Association (Československý svaz footballový), the German Football Association, the Hungarian Football Association, the Jewish Confederation and the Polish Association. On May 20, 1923, the Czechoslovak Football Federation was admitted to FIFA.
| Level | League(s)/Division(s) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Czechoslovak First League 16 clubs | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Česká národní fotbalová liga 16 clubs | Slovenská národná futbalová liga 16 clubs | ||||||||||||||||||
| width=40 | 3 | ČFL 18 clubs | MSFL 16 clubs | 2. SNFL East 16 clubs | 2. SNFL West 16 clubs | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Divize A 16 clubs | Divize B 16 clubs | Divize C 16 clubs | Divize D 16 clubs | Divize E 16 clubs | |||||||||||||||
See main article: Czechoslovakia national football team. The Czechs were a football world power in the 20th Century with their greatest achievement being winning 1976 European Championship against West Germany in the penalty shoot-out, thanks to the famous penalty of Antonin Panenka, they were also instrumental in forming football competitions in the early 20th Century.[4] [5] The Czechoslovak team qualified for the World Cup on eight occasions, finishing runner-up in the editions of 1934 and 1962, and for the European Championship in other three.
The country dissolved in 1993.[6] It was split into the Slovakia national football team and the Czech Republic national football team.