Football in Czechoslovakia

See also: Football in the Czech Republic and Football in Slovakia

Football in Czechoslovakia
Slavia Prague in 1901
CountryCzechoslovakia
Governing bodyCzechoslovak Football Association[1]
National teamCzechoslovakia national football team
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions

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]

History

On 26 March 1922, the Czechoslovak Football Federation (Československá associace footballová) was founded.[3] It consisted of the Czechoslovak Football Association (Československý svaz footballový), the German Football Association, the Hungarian Football Association, the Jewish Confederation and the Polish Association. On 20 May 1923, the Czechoslovak Football Federation was admitted to FIFA.

Domestic football

Level League(s)/Division(s)
1 Czechoslovak First League
16 clubs
2 Česká národní fotbalová liga
16 clubs 		Slovenská národná futbalová liga
16 clubs
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

National team

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.

Attendances

The average attendance per top-flight football league season and the club with the highest average attendance:

Season League average Best club Best club average
1992–93 5,379 Sparta Praha 11,431
1991–92 5,054 Sparta Praha 14,966
1990–91 4,091 Sparta Praha 8,581
1989–90 4,423 Sparta Praha 8,301
1988–89 5,616 Sparta Praha 10,839
1987–88 5,612 Sparta Praha 11,962
1986–87 5,256 Sparta Praha 11,835
1985–86 4,850 Sparta Praha 9,536
1984–85 5,383 Sparta Praha 13,727
1983–84 5,410 Sparta Praha 15,106
1982–83 5,550 Sparta Praha 10,628
1981–82 5,242 Sparta Praha 10,198
1980–81 6,125 Sparta Praha 14,722
1979–80 6,377 Sparta Praha 13,453
1978–79 5,475 Sparta Praha 11,390
1977–78 6,615 Slavia Praha 19,261
1976–77 6,642 Slavia Praha 12,019
1975–76 6,180 Slavia Praha 9,871
1974–75 7,668 Slavia Praha 12,540
1973–74 7,676 Slavia Praha 13,213
1972–73 7,106 Slavia Praha 11,455
1971–72 8,675 Slovan Bratislava 15,963
1970–71 6,699 Sparta Praha 14,822
1969–70 7,682 Sparta Praha 17,932
1968–69 8,212 Sparta Praha 16,997
1967–68 11,997 Sparta Praha 20,462
1966–67 10,531 Sparta Praha 21,052
1965–66 11,962 Sparta Praha 24,231
1964–65 8,906 Spartak Praha 21,502
1963–64 10,733 Spartak Praha 23,615
1962–63 12,142 Spartak Praha 26,077
1961–62 10,162 Spartak Praha 23,186
1960–61 10,755 Spartak Praha 20,084
1959–60 11,742 Spartak Praha 18,462
1958–59 11,368 Spartak Praha 16,615
1957–58 13,514 Spartak Praha 23,059

Source:[7]

References

  1. ^ Gammelsæter, Hallgeir; Senaux, Benoit (7 July 2011). The Organisation and Governance of Top Football Across Europe: An Institutional Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 9781136705335. Retrieved 28 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Dolan, Paddy; Connolly, John (13 September 2017). Sport and National Identities: Globalization and Conflict. Routledge. ISBN 9781315519111. Retrieved 28 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Czechs maintain impressive tradition". UEFA. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Euro 2016: Yugoslavia 1976: Panenka's penalty gives Czechoslovakia the title - MARCA English". Marca.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. ^ Manzenreiter, Wolfram; Spitaler, Georg (13 September 2013). Governance, Citizenship and the New European Football Championships: The European Spectacle. Routledge. ISBN 9781317988779. Retrieved 28 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Peter; Kassimeris, Christos (22 March 2016). Exploring the Cultural, Ideological and Economic Legacies of Euro 2012. Routledge. ISBN 9781317602149. Retrieved 28 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ https://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attncze.htm


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