Draft:Bohemia and Moravia national football team


Équipe de Bohême et Moravie de football
AssociationCzech Football Association (ancestor of Football Association of the Czech Republic)
ConfederationFIFA (1906) UIAFA (1911)
Head coachJohnny Madden 1911-1919
CaptainEmanuel Benda (1908)
Top scorerJan Košek
Home stadiumStadion Slavii (1903-1908)
Stadion Letná (1939)
First international
5 april 1903 (1-2, Hungary)
Last international
12 november 1939 (4-4, Germany)

The Bohemian and Moravian football team, established in 1903 and disbanded in 1911, was the selection of the best Bohemian and Moravian players representing this Austro-Hungarian region in men's football matches. It was temporarily revived in 1939, under the name of the Bohemian-Moravian team during the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia by the Nazis.[1]

Created following the popularization of football in Central Europe, the Bohemian-Moravian team played its first match in 1903 against Hungary. The Bohemian federation joined FIFA in 1906, and the national team increased its matches, notably against its Hungarian neighbor. The team also faced England in 1908. Rejected from FIFA, the team was a founding member of the UIAFA,a competing association of which it won the 1911 European Tournament, but did not participate in the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games. The team completely disappeared due to the First World War.

In 1919, the Czechoslovakia team succeeded the Bohemia and Moravia team. This notably reached a World Cup final in 1934. In 1939, Czechoslovakia was dissolved and divided into several states, including the Germany controlled of Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia. The team was thus recreated and played three matches in 1939. The Czechoslovakia team was re-established after the war and reached the World Cup final again in 1962 then won the European championship title in 1976. Since 1993, the Czech team has represented a territory approximately corresponding to Bohemia-Moravia.


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