Czech Republic at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of the Czech Republic's results at the FIFA World Cup, including those of Czechoslovakia which is considered as both theirs and Slovakia's predecessor by FIFA. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 48 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on 6 June 2007.

Czechoslovakia has been one of the better performing national teams in the history of the World Cup, having ended twice as runners-up, in 1934 and in 1962. Between 1930 and 1994 they qualified for 8 out of 13 World Cups they played qualifiers for, and did not enter in two other World Cups.

After the political and peaceful split-up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the official successor football teams of Czech Republic and Slovakia have been less successful at the World Cup than Czechoslovakia, qualifying only for one out of the seven tournaments held since (the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup) without surviving the group phase and got eliminated in the last 16 respectively.

Throughout World Cup history, Brazil became the team's historical rival. The two countries have met each other five times but the Czechs and Slovaks (always Czechoslovakia) never won, with three victories for the Brazilian side and two draws. Two other historical opponents in the finals were (West) Germany and Italy with three encounters each: Czechoslovakia won, drew and lost once against the Germans and the matches against Italy all ended in a defeat.

Record at the FIFA World Cup Overall record

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA as 1930 Did not enter 1934 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 9 6 1938 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 1 1 5 3 1950 Did not qualify 1954 Group stage 14th 2 0 0 2 0 7 1958 Group stage 9th 4 1 1 2 9 6 1962 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 7 7 1966 Did not qualify 1970 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 7 1974 Did not qualify 1978 1982 Group stage 19th 3 0 2 1 2 4 1986 Did not qualify 1990 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 0 2 10 5 1994 Did not qualify as 1998 Did not qualify 2002 2006 Group stage 20th 3 1 0 2 3 4 2010 Did not qualify 2014 2018 2022as 2026 Group stage 39th 3 0 1 2 2 6 2030 To be determined 2034Total 10/23 - 36 12 6 18 49 55 *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

Czech Republic's World Cup recordFirst Match Czechoslovakia 2–1 (27 May 1934; Trieste, Italy)Biggest Win 6–1 (15 June 1958; Helsingborg, Sweden)Biggest Defeat 5–0 (19 June 1954; Zürich, Switzerland)Best ResultRunners-up in 1934 and 1962Worst ResultGroup stage in 1954, 1958, 1970, 1982, 2006 and 2026

By match World CupRoundOpponentScoreResultVenueCzech scorers1934Round of 162–1WTriesteA. Puč, O. NejedlýQuarter-finals3–2WTurinF. Svoboda, J. Sobotka, O. NejedlýSemi-finals3–1WRomeO. Nejedlý (3)Final1–2 LRomeA. Puč1938Round of 163–0 WLe HavreJ. Košťálek, J. Zeman, O. NejedlýQuarter-finals1–1 DBordeauxO. Nejedlý1–2LBordeauxV. Kopecký1954Group stage0–2LBern0–5LZürich1958Group stage0–1LHalmstad2–2DHelsingborgM. Dvořák, Z. Zikán6–1WHelsingborgZ. Zikán (2), V. Hovorka (2), M. Dvořák, J. Feureisl1–2 LMalmöZ. Zikán1962Group stage1–0WViña del MarJ. Štibrányi0–0DViña del Mar1–3LViña del MarV. MašekQuarter-finals1–0WRancaguaA. SchererSemi-finals3–1WViña del MarA. Scherer (2), J. KadrabaFinal1–3LSantiagoJ. Masopust1970Group stage1–4LGuadalajaraL. Petráš1–2LGuadalajaraL. Petráš0–1LGuadalajara1982Group stage1–1DValladolidA. Panenka0–2LBilbao1–1DValladolidA. Panenka1990Group stage5–1WFlorenceT. Skuhravý (2), M. Bílek, I. Hašek, M. Luhový1–0WFlorenceM. Bílek0–2LRomeRound of 164–1WBariT. Skuhravý (3), L. KubíkQuarter-finals0–1LMilan2006Group stage3–0WGelsenkirchenT. Rosický (2), J. Koller0–2LCologne0–2LHamburg2026Group stage1–2L ZapopanL. Krejčí1–1D Atlanta M. Sadílek0–3LMexico City

Record by opponent FIFA World Cup matches (by team)OpponentWinsDrawsLossesTotalGoals forGoals against1001611012150235410100141002203010111111354001102100110003316010111002216100130002213101233100131010011001112100110100132200281001102

Player records Most appearances RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups1Ladislav Novák121954, 1958 and 19622Josef Masopust101958 and 19623Svatopluk Pluskal91954, 1958 and 1962Ján Popluhár91958 and 19625Andrej Kvašňák81962 and 19706Josef Košťálek71934 and 19387Oldřich Nejedlý61934 and 1938František Plánička61934 and 1938Adolf Scherer61962Viliam Schrojf61962Jozef Adamec61962 and 1970

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsWorld Cups1Oldřich Nejedlý71934 (5) and 1938 (2)2Tomáš Skuhravý519903Zdeněk Zikán31958Adolf Scherer319625Antonín Puč21934Milan Dvořák21958Václav Hovorka21958Ladislav Petráš21970Antonín Panenka21982Michal Bílek21990Tomáš Rosický22006

Awards Team awards Runners-up: 1934, 1962

Individual awards Silver Ball (unofficial): Josef Masopust (1962) Bronze Ball (unofficial): Oldřich Nejedlý (1934) Golden Boot: Oldřich Nejedlý (1934) Silver Boot: Tomáš Skuhravý (1990) Golden Glove (unofficial): František Plánička (1938), Viliam Schrojf (1962)

Czech Republic at the FIFA World Cup

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