The origin of the game of
football in Czech dates back to the 19th Century and it was in the year 1887 that the first football match in the country took place. Soon in the year 1893, AC Sparta Praha, the most famous football club was established. Two years later the famous football Club of Slavia was established. Finally in the year 1901 the Czech Football Association was created which, till date, is the supreme most body that supervises football in Czech. The Czech Football Association became a member if the Fédération Internationale de Football Association or FIFA in the year 1907.
The Football Association of the Czech Republic organizes all the major tournaments of
football in Czech. The football leagues of Gambrinus liga and 2. liga are major events that are organized by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The National football team of the Czech Republic ranks among the first ten in the world and the present members of the National football team of Czech include:
- Tomáš Rosický (Captain)
- Karel Piták
- Martin Jiránek
- David Jarolím
- Jaroslav Plašil
- Tomáš Ujfaluši
- David Rozehnal
- Tomáš Zápotocný
- Jaromír Blažek
- Martin Fenin
- Jan Polák
- Petr Cech
- Zdenek Grygera
- Tomáš Galásek
- Radoslav Kovác
- Marek Jankulovski
- Tomáš Sivok
- Marek Matejovský
- Jan Koller
- Milan Baroš
