Czechoslovak national soccer team / European championships
| European Championship record scorer: | Zdeněk Nehoda (3) |
| European Championship record players: | 5 players (6 each) |
| Rank: | no longer placed, the results are now attributed to the Czech team |
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| 8 European Championship games 3 wins 3 draws 2 defeats 12:10 goals |
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First European Championship game Czechoslovakia 0: 3 USSR Marseille ( FRA ); July 6, 1960
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Last European Championship game Czechoslovakia 1: 1, 9: 8 i. E. Italy Naples ( ITA ); June 21, 1980  |
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Biggest European Championship victories Czechoslovakia 2-0 France Marseille ( FRA ); July 9, 1960 Czechoslovakia 3: 1 aet Netherlands Zagreb ( YUG ); June 16, 1976 Czechoslovakia 3-1 Greece Rome ( ITA ); June 14, 1980
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Biggest European Championship defeat Czechoslovakia 0: 3 USSR Marseille ( FRA ); July 6, 1960
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| Participation in the finals | 3 ( first : 1960 ) |
| Best results | European Champion 1976 |
| Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held | |
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| (As of July 2012) | |
The article contains a detailed description of the Czechoslovak national football team that played for Czechoslovakia from 1959 to 1980 at the European championships and until 1992 for the qualifications. Czechoslovakia was able to qualify for the finals of the European Championship three times, reached the final once and won it in 1976 with the first penalty shoot-out in a European Championship finals. After the division of Czechoslovakia into two independent states, the Czech national team succeeded them and took part for the first time in qualifying for the European Championship in 1996, where they were able to qualify straight away and afterwards. The successes of the Czechoslovak team are now attributed to the Czech Republic by UEFA . In contrast, Slovakia has not yet qualified.
Overview
The Czechoslovak national football team took part in the finals of the European championship of national teams three times, always at least 3rd place. The greatest success is the win of the title in 1976 in the final against Germany. Six times the team could not qualify for the finals of the best four or eight teams.
| year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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| 1960 | France | 3rd place match | France | Third | Rudolf Vytlačil | |
| 1964 | Spain | not qualified | Failed in the preliminary round to the GDR , which could not qualify for the final round. | |||
| 1968 | Italy | not qualified | In the qualification to defending champion Spain failed, which also failed to qualify for the final round. | |||
| 1972 | Belgium | not qualified | In the qualification of Romania failed, could not qualify for the final round. | |||
| 1976 | Yugoslavia | final | Germany | European champion | Václav Ježek | Victory on penalties; only title win. |
| 1980 | Italy | 3rd place match | Italy | Third | Jozef Vengloš | Victory on penalties |
| 1984 | France | not qualified | In the qualification of Romania failed. | |||
| 1988 | BR Germany | not qualified | In the qualification of Denmark failed. | |||
| 1992 | Sweden | not qualified | In the qualification of France failed. |
EM 1960
Czechoslovakia also took part in the first European football championship in 1960, which was still held as the “European Cup of Nations”, and had to compete against Ireland in the only preliminary round . Before qualifying, Rudolf Vytlačil was the sole responsible national coach. His first game was the first leg of the preliminary round, which was lost on April 5, 1959 in Dublin with 0-2. Since the second leg was won 4-0 in Bratislava on May 10, 1959 , with goalkeeper Imrich Stacho already scoring 1-0 with a penalty in the fourth minute , the team reached the actual qualification. Denmark was the opponent in the round of 16 and after a 2-2 draw in Copenhagen , the second leg in Brno was won 5-1. Czechoslovakia was in the quarter-finals. There they met Romania and with two wins without conceding the finals, which was played in France , were reached.
On July 6, 1960, Czechoslovakia's first European Championship final match took place in Marseille and the team lost 3-0 to the USSR national football team . In the subsequent game for third place against hosts France, however, they won 2-0. Semi-final opponents USSR then defeated the Yugoslavs in the final and became the nations' first ever European Cup winner.
EM 1964
Four years later, more teams than 1960 wanted to participate. Therefore, the round of 16 was preceded by a preliminary round with even more teams. Czechoslovakia, which had reached the final at the 1962 World Cup , had to play against the GDR in the preliminary round . After a 1: 2 in East Berlin , the 1: 1 in the second leg was not enough to reach the last sixteen, in which the GDR failed to Hungary . In June 1963, the term of office of Vytlačil, who then coached the Olympic team with which he ended 1964 in Tokyo won the silver medal. His successor as national coach was Václav Jíra , who only managed one win in seven games and who lost his post after losing two games in qualifying for the 1966 World Cup , which Jozef Marko took over.
EM 1968
For the European Football Championship in 1968, group games were scheduled for the first time in qualifying . Czechoslovakia had to face defending champions Spain , Ireland and Turkey . Czechoslovakia started qualifying after the other three teams had already played three games, but then managed to win their first three games, including 1-0 against Spain. The second leg in Spain was then lost. Even after a 0-0 win in Turkey, there was still hope of qualifying for the quarter-finals with a point against Ireland in the last game, as the Spaniards had only drawn goalless in the other away games. The team also took a 1-0 lead in Prague in the 58th minute through an own goal by Irishman John Dempsey , but only had to accept an equalizer five minutes later, which they could still take. In the 86th minute, the Irish were able to win the game with a converted penalty. So in the end one point was missing, but the win was no longer of any use to the Irish. Spain then failed in the quarter-finals to world champions England . Jozef Marko initially remained in office and led the Czechoslovaks to the 1970 World Cup , but was eliminated in the group stage in a group of deaths with defending champions England and the eventual world champions Brazil .
European Championship 1972
Czechoslovakia could not qualify for the European Championship finals in 1972 . In a group with Romania, Wales and Finland , tied with the Romanians but with the worse goal difference, they only came second. In the qualification they were led by Antonín Rýgr , who was replaced by Ladislav Novák and Ladislav Kačáni after the 1-1 draw in the first home game against Finland . He managed to get the team back on track with four wins, but a 2-1 defeat in Romania in the last game missed the qualification and Romania group winners. The Romanians then failed in the quarter-finals to Hungarians who, after two draws, needed a play-off in a neutral place.
EM 1976
In 1976 the final round was held for the last time with four teams. Czechoslovakia had to qualify in the group stage against England , Portugal and Cyprus . Czechoslovakia, which has been coached by Václav Ježek since 1972 , lost their first game in England 3-0, but then won three games, among others. a. the second leg against England. After a 1-1 draw in Portugal, a 3-0 win in Cyprus was enough to take first place as England and Portugal drew twice. In the quarter-finals, the USSR was the opponent. After a 2-0 win in Bratislava , the 2-2 in the second leg could be coped with in order to reach the finals.
The final round was held in Yugoslavia and in the semifinals the team met the favorite runner-up, the Netherlands , who had eight players in the World Cup final. Czechoslovakia took a 1-0 lead through Anton Ondruš in the 19th minute. From the 60th minute, the team had to play undernumbered , as Jaroslav Pollák had received the red card and in the 73rd minute Ondruš underwent an own goal. Three minutes later, Johan Neeskens was also sent into the cabin. Since no more goals were scored, it was extended. In this, Zdeněk Nehoda then managed the 2-1 in the 114th minute and in the majority - Wim van Hanegem had also seen red a minute later - František Veselý still managed the 3-1. The team was in the final and met world champion Germany, who played with six players from the World Cup final and for whom Franz Beckenbauer played his 100th international match. This time the Czechoslovaks took the lead through Ján Švehlík in the 8th minute and Karol Dobiaš increased it to 2-0 in the 25th minute . But just three minutes later, Dieter Müller scored the next goal with his fourth tournament goal - with his first three he had brought Germany into the final in the first place. After that, the attacking efforts of both teams were initially unsuccessful and only in the last minute of the game did Bernd Hölzenbein equalize. In the subsequent extra time, no more goals were scored, so that it came to the first penalty shoot-out in European Championship history. The first four Czechoslovaks and the first three Germans were successful here. Then Uli Hoeneß shot over the gate. As the last player of the Czechoslovaks then Antonín Panenka transferred the German goalkeeper Sepp Maier with the "Panenka jack" named after him, with which the team became European champions.
EM 1980
The 1980 European Football Championship was held for the first time with eight teams and for the first time the host was known in advance so that he did not have to qualify. The Federal Republic of Germany, England, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland were involved as organizers. On October 19, 1977 UEFA announced that England or Italy should host the European Championship and on November 12, 1977 Italy was announced as the host. The Czechoslovaks had to compete against France , Sweden and Luxembourg in the qualification, as the defending champion was not automatically qualified, unlike in the World Cup . The Czechoslovaks have been coached by Jozef Vengloš since September 1978 , won five games and only lost in France. Since the French and Swedes had separated 1: 1 in the first game, the Czechoslovaks were group winners. That meant they were qualified for the finals, as there were no more quarter-finals.
In the opening game of the final round there was revenge for the night of Belgrade . The Czechoslovaks played with 10 players from the victorious 76 squad, while the Germans only had Bernard Dietz from the 76 squad and he led the team onto the field as captain. Nevertheless, the Germans now had the better end for themselves and with a goal from Karl-Heinz Rummenigge they won 1-0. The second group game against EM newcomer Greece was then won 3-1. In the last group game against the Dutch, in which only four players from the 74th World Cup final were used, they had to win and at the same time hope for a victory for the Greeks in the game against Germany in order to reach the final. As both games ended in a draw, Germany was group winners and the Czechoslovaks were second. Because there were no semi-finals at this European Championship, the Czechoslovaks only had the game for third place against hosts Italy , while Germany was the second team in the final for the third time and then won it 2-1 against Belgium . Czechoslovaks and Italians each scored a goal in a listless game, so that the penalty shoot-out had to decide again. Here the first five players of both teams were successful, so that afterwards they took turns shooting until one player didn't hit. Only the ninth Italian failed to goalkeeper Jaroslav Netolička , while Jozef Barmoš was successful as the Czechoslovakia's ninth shooter. This made the Czechoslovaks third with the longest penalty shoot-out in European Championship history. In the following finals, the game for third place was then dispensed with, as this only had a low response from the audience. But also for Czechoslovakia the European Championship finals story ended, because from then on the qualification never succeeded again.
EM 1984
In qualifying for the European Championship in France in 1984, Czechoslovakia had to compete in Group 5 against Romania, Sweden, world champions Italy and Cyprus. After leaving the group stage of the 1982 World Cup , František Havránek had taken over as national coach. Romania surprisingly prevailed as group winners ahead of Sweden, the Czechoslovaks were able to relegate the world champions to fourth place. The qualification was lost in the last home game against Romania, which had to be won by at least one goal difference, but ended 1: 1. Romania then failed in the group stage finals, but shared the fate with defending champions Germany.
EM 1988
The qualification for the European Championship in Germany was also unsuccessful for Czechoslovakia. In September 1984 Josef Masopust took over the team. He missed qualifying for the 1986 World Cup , but got another chance to qualify for the European Championship. In a group with Denmark , Wales and Finland , the second place was taken. The decisive factor was a 3-0 defeat in Finland, which otherwise couldn't win a game. With the missed qualification, the term of office of Josef Masopust ended, his successor became one of his predecessors - Jozef Vengloš, who led the team to the 1990 World Cup and was only eliminated in the quarter-finals against eventual world champions Germany. Group winners Denmark then did not get beyond the group stage in the final round in Germany.
EM 1992
In qualifying for the European Championship in 1992 , the team went under Milan Máčala , who had taken over the office of national coach after the 1990 World Cup. The Czechoslovaks met France , Spain , Iceland and Albania . Behind the French, who won all eight games, it was only enough to finish second. France then surprisingly failed in the final round to the Danes, who were nominated shortly before the European Championship for the excluded Yugoslavs due to UN sanctions as a result of the Yugoslav wars and then surprisingly won the final against world champions Germany. Máčala initially remained in office, but was dismissed after a bad start in qualifying for the 1994 World Cup and replaced by Václav Ježek , who was only able to turn things around to a limited extent. Because although no game was lost under him, in the end it was not enough for the World Cup qualification. After that, the Czechs and Slovaks competed with separate teams to qualify for the European Championship in 1996 .
Player with the most appearances in European championships
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| Games | player | Year (games) |
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| 6th | Koloman Gögh | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) |
| Marián Masný | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) | |
| Zdeněk Nehoda | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) | |
| Anton Ondruš | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) | |
| Antonín Panenka | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) | |
| 5 | Ladislav Jurkemik | 1976 (2), 1980 (3) |
| 4th | František Šafránek | 1976 (2), 1980 (2) |
| Jozef Barmoš | 1976 (0), 1980 (4) | |
| Ladislav Vízek | 1980 (4) | |
| Ján Kozák | 1980 (4) | |
| 3 | 2 players | |
| 2 | 16 players | |
| 1 | 8 players |
As of July 1, 2012
Player with the most goals at European championships
| Gates | player | Year (goals) |
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| 3 | Zdeněk Nehoda | 1976 (1), 1980 (2) |
| 1 | 7 players |
As of July 1, 2012
Players banned from European championships
- In 1976 Jaroslav Pollák received the red card in the semi-finals and was suspended for the final. Karol Dobiaš received the second yellow card in the final , but it had no effect.
Share of players playing abroad in the EM squad
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Records
- The most frequent pairings: Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic - Germany (5 games, 2 × in the final, 3 × in the preliminary round), Germany - Netherlands (5 games, 1 × in the semifinals, 4 × in the preliminary round), Italy - Spain (5 games , 1 × in the final, 1 × in the quarter-finals, 3 × in the preliminary round)
- The finals with the highest number of goals: 4 goals: Czechoslovakia - Germany 2-2 aet (1976), Spain - Italy 4-0 (2012)
- Most penalties won: Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic (3 out of 3) and Spain (3 out of 4)
- Most of the penalties were converted in the penalty shoot-out in the game Czechoslovakia - Italy (European Championship 1980, play for third place). The goal scorers were successful 17 times, with a rate of 94.4%.
Negative records
- First own goal: Anton Ondruš on June 16, 1976 in the semi-final match Czechoslovakia - Netherlands at the meanwhile 1-1 (final score 3: 1)
- The biggest semi-final defeats: Czechoslovakia against USSR (1960), Denmark against USSR (1964) and Russia against Spain (2008) all 0: 3
- Most sent-offs: 3 in the 1976 semi-final game Czechoslovakia - Netherlands - Jaroslav Pollák (60th), Johan Neeskens (76th), Willem van Hanegem (115th)
Record against the other European champions at European championships
- Germany: 5 games (including 2 finals), 1 win , 1 draw (won on penalties), 3 defeats (2) 5-8 goals
- Netherlands: 4 games, 2 wins (1), 1 draw, 1 loss , 7-5 goals
- France: 3 games, 2 wins (1), 1 defeat , 3-2 goals
- Greece: 3 games, 2 wins (1), 1 defeat , 5: 3 goals
- USSR / Russia : 3 games, 1 draw , 2 defeats (1), 4:10 goals
- Italy: 2 games, 1 win , 1 draw (won on penalties) 3-2 goals
- Denmark: 2 games, 2 wins, 5-0 goals
- Spain: 0 games
Note: Czech team matches are shown in italics or in brackets
Games
Venues (green = positive balance, yellow = balanced balance, red = negative balance, bold = final venue, number in brackets = number of games if> 1) |
Czechoslovakia played eight European Championship games, three of which were won, two were lost and three ended in a draw. Three games had to be extended. Of these, one was won by two goals and two by penalty shoot-outs .
Czechoslovakia played twice in the first or opening game and also played twice against the hosts. Czechoslovakia played twice against the eventual European champions. Once a game was played against the reigning world champion who was also the defending champion. The most frequent opponents are Germany and the Netherlands with two games each.
There was no country with the highest victory in a European Championship tournament and only against the USSR there was the highest defeat in a European Championship game, the very first European Championship final game. In addition, there was a 3-0 defeat against the USSR in a friendly match.
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| 1 | 07/06/1960 |
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0: 3 | Semifinals | * | Marseille ( FRA ) | |||
| 2 | 07/09/1960 |
France
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2-0 | 3rd place match | A. | Marseille ( FRA ) | |||
| 3 | 06/16/1976 |
Netherlands
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3: 1 a.d. | Semifinals | * | Zagreb ( YUG ) | |||
| 4th | 06/20/1976 |
 BR Germany
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2: 2 n.v. 5: 3 i. E. |
final | * | Belgrade ( YUG ) | First penalty shootout at a European Championship, first title | ||
| 5 | 06/11/1980 |
BR Germany
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0: 1 | Opening game | * | Rome ( ITA ) | |||
| 6th | 06/14/1980 |
Greece
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3: 1 | Group game | * | Rome ( ITA ) | |||
| 7th | 06/17/1980 |
Netherlands
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1: 1 | Group game | * | Milan ( ITA ) | |||
| 8th | 06/21/1980 |
Italy
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1: 1 a.d. 9: 8 i. E. |
3rd place match | A. | Naples ( ITA ) | Last game for 3rd place at an EM | ||
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Czechoslovakia 4-0 Republic of Ireland
- ^ Czechoslovakia 1-2 Republic of Ireland
- ^ Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: The history of the European football championship, Verlag Die Werkstatt, ISBN 978-3-89533-553-2