Czechoslovakia national football team
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.
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| Association | Czechoslovak Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Zdeněk Nehoda (91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Antonín Puč (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Various | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | TCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary 2–1 Bohemia (Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903) Post-independence Czechoslovakia 4–1 Belgium (Paris, France; 24 June 1919) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 8 (first in 1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (1934, 1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 successor of the Czechoslovak record.