The Football Association of the Czech Republic (; FAČR), or colloquially the Czech Football Association, is the governing body of

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

based in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. It organizes the lower-level league competitions in the country and Czech Cup. On the other hand, the professional

Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...

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

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. From 1922 to 1993, during the existence of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

, the association was known as the Czechoslovak Football Association (; ČSAF) and controlled the

Czechoslovakia national football team The Czechoslovakia national football team (, ) represented Czechoslovakia in men's international Association football, football from 1919 to 1993. The team was controlled by the Czechoslovak Football Association, and the team qualified for eight ...

. After the partition of Czechoslovakia the association took the name Bohemian-Moravian Football Federation (; ČMFS) until June 2011. On 3 May 2017,

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raided the headquarters of the association and other institutions in connection with the redistribution of state subsidies by the Ministry of Education for 2017. Chairman of the association, Miroslav Pelta, was arrested during the event. Another raid on the association's headquarters took place on 16 October 2020, with 20 people detained, including vice-chairman . Petr Fousek has served as chairman of the association since 2021, been elected at the 23rd general meeting held on 3 June after defeating Karel Poborský by 15 votes. David Trunda has served as chairman of the association since 2025, been elected at the general meeting held on 29 May.

Structure

Competitions

* Czech Second League * Czech Women's First League * Czech Cup * Czech Supercup * Czech Women's Cup

Divisions

* Czech Republic national football team * Czech Republic women's national football team * Czech Republic women's national under-19 football team * Czech Republic women's national under-17 football team * National under-21 football team * National under-19 football team * National under-18 football team * National under-17 football team

References

External links

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