Czechoslovakia national football team
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| Association | Czechoslovak Football Association |
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| Most caps | Zdeněk Nehoda (90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Antonín Puč (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | TCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 1 (May 24, 1924) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 29 (August 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Yugoslavia  (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Last International  Belgium 0 - 0 Czechoslovakia (Brussels, Belgium; 17 November 1993) |
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Biggest win Czechoslovakia 8 - 0 Thailand  (Mexico City, Mexico; October, 1968) |
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Biggest defeat Hungary 8 - 3 Czechoslovakia (Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937)  Scotland 5 - 0 Czechoslovakia (Glasgow, Scotland; 8 December 1937)  Hungary 5 - 0 Czechoslovakia (Budapest, Hungary; 30 April 1950) Hungary 5 - 0 Czechoslovakia (Budapest, Hungary; 19 October 1952)  Austria 5 - 0 Czechoslovakia (Zürich, Switzerland; 18 June 1954) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 8 (First in 1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up, 1934 and 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 3 (First in 1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gold | 1980 Moscow | Team | |
| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | Team | |
The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (For information about the national teams of the two countries, see the articles Czech Republic national football team and Slovakia national football team.) It was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association from 1922 to 1993. The team had two runner-up finishes in World Cups (1934, 1962) and a European Championship win in 1976.
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 - Did not enter
- 1934 - Runners-up
- 1938 - Quarterfinals
- 1950 - Did not enter
- 1954 - Round 1
- 1958 - Round 1
- 1962 - Runners-up
- 1966 - Did not qualify
- 1970 - Round 1
- 1974 - Did not qualify
- 1978 - Did not qualify
- 1982 - Round 1
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Quarterfinals
- 1994 - Did not qualify (finished as Representation of Czechs and Slovaks)
[edit] European Championship record
- 1960 - Third place
- 1964 to 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Champions
- 1980 - Third place
- 1984 to 1992 - Did not qualify
[edit] Selected former players
- Jozef Adamec
- Josef Bican
- Jaroslav Burgr
- Ferdinand Daučík
- Karol Dobiáš
- Koloman Gögh
- Ladislav Kubala
- Andrej Kvašňák
- Josef Masopust
- Zdeněk Nehoda
- Oldřich Nejedlý
- Ladislav Novák
- Anton Ondruš
- Antonín Panenka
- Karel Pešek
- František Plánička
- Svatopluk Pluskal
- Ján Popluhár
- Antonín Puč
- Viliam Schrojf
- Josef Silný
- Tomáš Skuhravý
- Ivo Viktor
