Football in Czechoslovakia

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.

History On 26 March 1922, the Czechoslovak Football Federation () was founded. 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)1Czechoslovak First League16 clubs2Česká národní fotbalová liga16 clubsSlovenská národná futbalová liga16 clubs3ČFL18 clubsMSFL16 clubs2. SNFL East16 clubs2. SNFL West16 clubs4Divize A16 clubsDivize B16 clubsDivize C16 clubsDivize D16 clubsDivize E16 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. 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. 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:https://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attncze.htm

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