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The Czechoslovak Football Federation was the former national football federation 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 ...
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History

Founded in 1922, it succeeded the Bohemian football federation (Czech: Český Svaz Footballový) which had been founded in 1901 when Bohemia and Moravia were still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Czechoslovak football federation underwent a number of structural reorganisations and designations during its existence, being named at different periods as Československý Svaz Footballový, Československá Associace Fotballová, Československý Fotbalový Svaz, and finally as Československá Fotbalová Asociace. A founding member of UEFA in 1954, it managed football competitions on Czechoslovak territory as well as 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 into two independent states in 1993, the Czechoslovak federation was dissolved at the end of the World Cup qualifiers. It gave way to the
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 ...
, which inherited its seat as a member of FIFA and UEFA in 1994, and to the
Slovak Football Association The Slovak Football Association (, SFZ) is the governing body of Association football in Slovakia. The association has the responsibility for the control and development of football in Slovakia, and is the body that runs the Slovakia national f ...
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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 ...
Sports organizations established in 1922 Sports organizations disestablished in 1993 1922 establishments in Czechoslovakia Football in Czechoslovakia
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 ...