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Czech Republic National Football Team
The Czech Republic national football team (), recognised by FIFA as Czechia, represents the Czech Republic in men's international Association football, football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR). Historically, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Kingdom of Bohemia, Bohemia and Czechoslovakia. Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the first international competition of the Czech Republic was UEFA Euro 1996, where they finished runners-up. They have taken part at every European Championship since. Following the separation, they have featured at one FIFA World Cup, the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006 tournament. History 1990s When Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Czech Republic team was formed. They played their first friendly match away to Turkey national football team, Turkey on 23 February 1994. The newly formed team played their first home game in Ostrava, against Lithuania nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Association Of The Czech Republic
The Football Association of the Czech Republic (; FAČR), or colloquially the Czech Football Association, is the governing body of association football in the Czech Republic based in Prague. It organizes the lower-level league competitions in the country and Czech Cup. On the other hand, the professional Czech First League and Czech Second League are organized independently. History The first predecessor was established as Bohemian Football Union on 19 October 1901 in Austro-Hungarian constituency Kingdom of Bohemia. From 1922 to 1993, during the existence of Czechoslovakia, the association was known as the Czechoslovak Football Association (; ČSAF) and controlled the Czechoslovakia national football team. After the partition of Czechoslovakia the association took the name Bohemian-Moravian Football Federation (; ČMFS) until June 2011. On 3 May 2017, Police of the Czech Republic raided the headquarters of the association and other institutions in connection with the redistribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olomouc
Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (river), Morava River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical co-capital city of Moravia, before having been occupied by the Military of the Swedish Empire, Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected as Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, Holy Trinity Column was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 for its quintessential Baroque architecture, Baroque style and symbolic value. Administrative division Olomouc consists of 26 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Olomouc (13,446) *Bělidla (834) *Černovír (1,010) *Chomoutov (1,070) *Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 FIFA World Cup Squads
Below are the squads for the 1962 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Chile. Switzerland (3), England (1), Spain (1) and West Germany (1) had players representing foreign clubs. Two selected players comes from a foreign club of a non-qualified country (France). Group 1 Soviet Union Head coach: Gavril Kachalin Yugoslavia Head coaches: Ljubomir Lovrić and Prvoslav Mihajlović Uruguay Head coach: Juan Carlos Corazzo This squad had no player with the number 13 assigned. Colombia Head coach: Adolfo Pedernera Group 2 West Germany Head coach: Sepp Herberger Chile Head coach: Fernando Riera Italy Head coach: Giovanni Ferrari and Paolo Mazza Switzerland Head coach: Karl Rappan Group 3 Brazil Head coach: Aymoré Moreira Czechoslovakia Head coach: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 FIFA World Cup Squads
The 1934 FIFA World Cup was an international association football, football tournament that was held in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. Below are the squads the 16 national teams registered in the tournament. Brazil and Czechoslovakia were the only teams that had players from foreign clubs. Rosters include reserves, alternates, and pre-selected players who may have participated in qualifiers and/or pre-tournament friendlies but not in the finals themselves. Argentina Head coach: Felipe Pascucci Austria Head coach: Hugo Meisl Although registered to the official list, Raftl, Janda, Stroh, Kaburek, Walzhofer and Hassmann remained on standby in Austria. Belgium Head coach: Hector Goetinck Although registered to the official list, Bourgeois, Simons, Van Ingelgem, Ledent, Pappaert, Putmans, Versyp and Brichaut remained on standby in Belgium. Brazil Head coach : Luiz Vinhaes Although registered to the off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the 1930 FIFA World Cup, inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina national football team, Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup by defeating France national football team, France. The contest starts with the FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over the course of about a month. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first FIFA Confederations Cup, Confederations Cup to be organized by FIFA. The tournament had previously been played in 1992 King Fahd Cup, 1992 and 1995 King Fahd Cup, 1995 as the King Fahd Cup. This edition of the tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia (as with the previous editions) in December 1997, and was the first to feature representatives from all of the FIFA confederations. It was won by Brazil national football team, Brazil, who, in a rematch of their goalless group stage encounter, beat Australia men's national soccer team, Australia 6–0 in the final. After winning the 1997 tournament along with the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1997 Copa América, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), and champion of their respective confederation. This feat has since been accomplished once by France national football team, France, victorious in the 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Euro 1976
The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA and the first and only tournament that was held in a socialist state. The final tournament took place between 16 and 20 June 1976. Only four countries played in the final tournament, with the tournament consisting of the semi-finals, a third place play-off, and the final. This was the last tournament to have this format, as the tournament was expanded to include eight teams four years later. It was the only time that all four matches in the final tournament were decided after extra time, either on penalties or by goals scored. This was also the last tournament in which the hosts had to qualify for the final stage. Czechoslovakia won the tournament after defeating holders West Germany in the final on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra time. Antonín Panenka gained fame for his delicately chipped pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Euro 1996
The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 June 1996. It was the first European Championship to feature 16 finalists, following UEFA's decision to expand the tournament from eight teams. Matches were staged in eight cities and, although not all games were sold out, the tournament holds the European Championship's second-highest aggregate attendance (1,276,000) and average per game (41,158) for the 16-team format, surpassed only in UEFA Euro 2012, 2012. The tournament was the first European Championship where Three points for a win, three points were awarded for a win during the qualification and finals group stages, as opposed to the old system of two points for a win, reflecting the growing use of this system in domestic leagues throughout the world during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 European Nations' Cup
The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the inaugural tournament of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris after extra time. The tournament was a knockout competition, with just 17 teams entering. There were some notable absences, including West Germany, Italy, Netherlands and England, each of whom had voted against the creation of the tournament in 1957. The entrants would play home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would then move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known. In the quarter-finals, Spain, who were under Francoist rule, refused to travel to the Soviet Union for political reasons. After a proposal to play the tie over one leg at a neutral venue were rejected by the Soviets, Spain were disqualified: accordingly, three of the final four teams were from communist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA European Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contested by UEFA members' senior men's national teams, determining the continental champion of Europe. It is the second-most watched football tournament in the world after the FIFA World Cup; the Euro 2016 final was watched by a global audience of around 600 million. The competition has been held every four years since 1960, except for 2020, when it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, but kept the name Euro 2020. Scheduled to be in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations' Cup before changing to its current name in 1968. Since 1996, the individual events have been branded as "UEFA Euro ear''". Before entering the tournament, all teams o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 FIFA World Cup
The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between August 1960 and December 1961, with 56 teams entering from six confederations, and fourteen qualifying for the finals tournament alongside Chile, the hosts, and Brazil, the defending champions. Brazil successfully defended their World Cup title, defeating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final in the Chilean capital Santiago. They became the second team, after Italy in 1934 and 1938, to win the World Cup twice consecutively; no team has since achieved the feat. Host nation Chile finished third, defeating Yugoslavia 1–0 in the third-place play-off. The tournament was marred by violence between players on the pitch and a toxic atmosphere; it included the first-round match between Chile and Italy (2–0), which became known as the Battle of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts#2006 FIFA World Cup, host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany national football team, Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a German reunification, unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe. Italy national football team, Italy won the tournament, claiming their fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
