Czechoslovakia national football team

Czechoslovakia

Association	Czechoslovak Football Association
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)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Yugoslavia (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Last International  Belgium 0 - 0 Czechoslovakia (Brussels, Belgium; 17 November 1993)
Biggest win
Czechoslovakia 8 - 0 Thailand  (Mexico City, Mexico; 18 October 1968)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 8 - 3 Czechoslovakia (Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1934 and 1962
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1960)
Best result	Winners, 1976

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At 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 this campaign under the name Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RCS). The subsequent Czech Republic national football team and Slovakia national football team are both recognised by FIFA and UEFA as successors of the Czechoslovakia team.

The Czechoslovakia team was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association. The team had two runner-up finishes in World Cups (1934, 1962) and a European Championship win in 1976. Czechoslovakia qualified for the final stages of the 1990 World Cup and shortly afterwards their national coach Jozef Venglos moved to England to become Aston Villa manager, although his tenure was not a success and lasted just one season.

FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Final	2	4	3	0	1	9	6
1938	Quarter-Finals	5	3	1	1	1	5	3
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Round 1	14	2	0	0	2	0	7
1958	Round 1	9	4	1	1	2	9	6
1962	Final	2	6	3	1	2	7	7
1966	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Round 1	15	3	0	0	3	2	7
1974	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Round 1	19	3	0	2	1	2	4
1986	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Quarter-Finals	6	5	3	0	2	10	5
1994	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	8/15	2 Finals	30	11	5	14	44	45

European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Third place	2	1	0	1	2	3
1964	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Champions	2	1	1	0	5	3
1980	Third place	4	1	2	1	5	4
1984	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/9	8	3	3	2	12	10

See also

• Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team

Titles

Preceded by 1972 West Germany

European Champions 1976 (First title)

Succeeded by 1980 West Germany

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