Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team

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Czechoslovakia U-21

Nickname(s)

Association

Českoslovensý fotbalový svaz

Head coach

Captain

Most caps

Top scorer





First kit





Second kit

First International
U-23: Bulgaria 2-1 Czechoslovakia
Pleven, November 15, 1967
U-21: Czechoslovakia 0-0 Scotland
Plzen, October 12, 1976
Last International
U-23: Czechoslovakia 1-1 Portugal
Teplice, November 12, 1975

U-21: Italy 3-0 Czechoslovakia
Salerno, March 9, 1994

Biggest win
U-23: Czechoslovakia 4-0 Austria
Brno, March 28, 1973

U-21: Czechoslovakia 7-0 Iceland
Michalovce, September 25, 1990

Biggest defeat
U-23: USSR 6-0 Czechoslovakia
Yerevan, April 10, 1974

U-21: Sweden 4-0 Czechoslovakia
Växjö, March 28, 1990

(Records for competitive matches only)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

6 (First in 1978)

Best result

Quarter-Final, six occasions

The Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team was the national football team for the under-21s of Czechoslovakia, before the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (For information about the national teams of the two countries, see the articles Czech Republic national under-21 football team and Slovakia national under-21 football team.)

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, Czechoslovakia's Under-21 team was formed. Despite the end of the country in January 1993, the team played until March 1994, fulfilling its fixtures in the UEFA U-21 Championship as a combined team. Since the under-21 competition rules state that players must be 21 or under at the start ot a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. Czechoslovakia's record for the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown.

In its twelve U-23 and U-21 competitions, the team had a decent record, winning the first competition in 1972 and reaching the quarter-finals on seven occasions. The team failed to qualify for the final eight on four occasions.

1 UEFA U-23 Championship Record
2 UEFA U-21 Championship Record
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] UEFA U-23 Championship Record

Czechoslovakia were randomly chosen to play holders Bulgaria for the title, which they did not win. The competition was abandoned in summer 1970 for a larger competition, Czechoslovakia's next competitive match was in qualification for that competition, which ended in 1972 with them as champions.