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Czechoslovakia national football team

Czechoslovakia national football team
First internationalHungary 2–1 Bohemia
(Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903)
Post-independence
Czechoslovakia 4–1 Belgium
(Paris, France; 24 June 1919)Last internationalBelgium 0–0 Representation of Czechs and Slovaks
(Brussels, Belgium; 17 November 1993)
Biggest winCzechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925)Biggest defeatHungary 8–3 Czechoslovakia
(Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937)
Scotland 5–0 Czechoslovakia
(Glasgow, Scotland; 8 December 1937)
Hungary 5–0 Czechoslovakia
(Hungary; 30 April 1950)
Hungary 5–0 Czechoslovakia
(Hungary; 19 October 1952)
Austria 5–0 Czechoslovakia
(Zürich, Switzerland; 19 June 1954)World CupAppearances8 (first in 1934)Best resultRunners-up (1934, 1962)European ChampionshipAppearances3 (first in 1960)Best resultChampions (1976)Olympic GamesAppearances5 (first in 1920)Best resultGold medal (1980)
Medal record

The Czechoslovakia national football team (Czech: Československá fotbalová reprezentace, Slovak: Česko-slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represented Czechoslovakia in men's international football from 1919 to 1993. The team was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association, and the team qualified for eight FIFA World Cups and three European Championships. It had two runner-up finishes in World Cups in 1934 and 1962, and won the European Championship in the 1976 tournament.

At the time of 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 the remainder of this campaign under the name Representation of Czechs and Slovaks (RČS, Czech: Reprezentace Čechů a Slováků, Slovak: Reprezentácia Čechov a Slovákov) before it was disbanded in November 1993. Both the Czech and Slovak national teams are considered to be the joint successors of the Czechoslovak record.