Czechoslovakia Olympic football team
National association football team
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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.
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| Association | Československý fotbalový svaz | ||
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| FIFA code | TCH | ||
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| Summer Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1920) | ||
| Best result | Gold Medal, 1980 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Football | ||
 | 1980 Moscow | Team |
 | 1964 Tokyo | Team |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
See also
- Football in Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovakia national football team
- Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team
- Czechoslovakia national under-19 football team