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Football Association of the Czech Republic

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Football Association of the Czech Republic
UEFA
Founded19 October 1901
HeadquartersPrague
FIFA affiliation1907-1908 (as Bohemia), 1994-
UEFA affiliation1954
PresidentPetr Fousek [cs]
Websitefacr.fotbal.cz

The Football Association of the Czech Republic (Czech: Fotbalová asociace České republiky; FAČR), or colloquially the Czech Football Association, is the governing body of association football in the Czech Republic based in Prague. It organizes the lower-level league competitions in the country (the professional Czech First League and Czech Second League are organized independently) and the Czech Cup.

History

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First predecessor were established as Bohemian Football Union on 19 October 1901 in Austro-Hungarian constituency Kingdom of Bohemia. From 1922 to 1993, during the existence of Czechoslovakia, the association was known as the Czechoslovak Football Association (Czech: Československá asociace fotbalová; ČSAF) and controlled the Czechoslovakia national football team. After the partition of Czechoslovakia the association took the name Bohemian-Moravian Football Federation (Českomoravský fotbalový svaz; ČMFS) until June 2011.

Structure

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Presidents

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No. President Tenure
Bohemian–Moravian Football Federation
1. František Chvalovský 1993–2001
2. Jan Obst 2001–2005
3. Pavel Mokrý 2005–2009
4. Ivan Hašek 2009–2011
Football Association of the Czech Republic
5. Miroslav Pelta [cs] 2011–2017
6. Martin Malík [cs] 2017–2021
7. Petr Fousek [cs] 2021–present

Competitions

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Divisions

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See also

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