Football in Czechoslovakia

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Football in Czechoslovakia
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Slavia Prague in 1901
CountryCzechoslovakia
Governing body Czechoslovak Football Association [1]
National team Czechoslovakia 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]

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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

LevelLeague(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

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:

SeasonLeague averageBest clubBest club average
1992–935,379Sparta Praha11,431
1991–925,054Sparta Praha14,966
1990–914,091Sparta Praha8,581
1989–904,423Sparta Praha8,301
1988–895,616Sparta Praha10,839
1987–885,612Sparta Praha11,962
1986–875,256Sparta Praha11,835
1985–864,850Sparta Praha9,536
1984–855,383Sparta Praha13,727
1983–845,410Sparta Praha15,106
1982–835,550Sparta Praha10,628
1981–825,242Sparta Praha10,198
1980–816,125Sparta Praha14,722
1979–806,377Sparta Praha13,453
1978–795,475Sparta Praha11,390
1977–786,615Slavia Praha19,261
1976–776,642Slavia Praha12,019
1975–766,180Slavia Praha9,871
1974–757,668Slavia Praha12,540
1973–747,676Slavia Praha13,213
1972–737,106Slavia Praha11,455
1971–728,675Slovan Bratislava15,963
1970–716,699Sparta Praha14,822
1969–707,682Sparta Praha17,932
1968–698,212Sparta Praha16,997
1967–6811,997Sparta Praha20,462
1966–6710,531Sparta Praha21,052
1965–6611,962Sparta Praha24,231
1964–658,906Spartak Praha21,502
1963–6410,733Spartak Praha23,615
1962–6312,142Spartak Praha26,077
1961–6210,162Spartak Praha23,186
1960–6110,755Spartak Praha20,084
1959–6011,742Spartak Praha18,462
1958–5911,368Spartak Praha16,615
1957–5813,514Spartak Praha23,059

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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