Czechoslovakia Olympic football team

Czechoslovakia Olympic
AssociationČeskoslovenský fotbalový svaz
FIFA codeTCH
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1920)
Best resultGold Medal, 1980
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
1980 Moscow Team
1964 Tokyo Team

The Czechoslovakia Olympic football team was a national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia around the turn of the year 1992/93. Varying changes regarding the conditions of participation for Olympic Games over the years resulted in different eligible players for this team. For a long time it was almost identical with the Czechoslovakia national team and a lot of games were counted as full internationals. Since the late 1970s the squad of the two teams diverged from each other because players who had participated at FIFA World Cup matches were ruled out for the Olympic team. Because of age restrictions already in the qualifying stage for the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona the Czechoslovakia under-21 selection replaced the team. As in Europe the UEFA Under-21 Championship became the qualifying format for the Olympic Football tournaments the national under-21 teams of the two independent countries, Czech Republic under-21 team and Slovakia under-21 team, became the virtually successor sides of the Czechoslovakia Olympic selection and the Czechoslovakia under-21 team respectively.

Summer Olympics record

  Gold medalists    Silver medalists    Bronze medalists  

Since 1992 the Olympic roster may consist out of under-23 year old players, plus three over the age players.[1]

Summer Olympics Qualification
Year Host Round Pld W D L F A Squad Pos. Pld W D L F A
1908 to 1956 See Czechoslovakia national football team See Czechoslovakia national football team
1960 Italy Did not qualify 2nd 4 1 1 2 4 5
1964 Japan Silver medal 6 5 0 1 19 5 Squad R2 2 2 0 0 8 2
1968 Mexico First round 3 1 1 1 10 3 Squad F 2 1 0 1 5 3
1972 West Germany Did not enter Did not enter
1976 Canada Did not qualify 2nd 6 3 3 0 9 2
1980 Soviet Union Gold medal 6 4 2 0 10 1 Squad 1st 6 4 0 2 9 6
1984 United States Withdrew Qualified as defending champion
1988 South Korea Did not qualify 2nd 8 6 0 2 10 3
1992 Spain See Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team
Total Gold medal 15 10 3 2 39 9 — 3/6 28 17 4 7 45 21

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