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FAČR — Football Association of the Czech Republic

Czechia’s national football association, listed by FIFA and UEFA as their Czech member; UEFA traces it to a Czech association of 1901 and records its admission to UEFA in 1994.
✓ Last reviewed: October 2026
HeadquartersPrague, according to UEFA’s profile of the association[1]
International federationFIFA, which lists the Czech Football Association as its member for Czechia[2]
Continental bodyUEFA, which records the association’s admission in 1994[1][3]
PresidentDavid Trunda, president since 2025, as listed by UEFA and FIFA (October 2026)[1][2]
General secretaryStanislav Rýznar, since 2025, as listed by UEFA (October 2026)[1]

What is the FAČR?

The Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR) is the national football association of Czechia.[1] FIFA lists it as the Czech Football Association, its member for Czechia in the UEFA confederation, with its website at fotbal.cz.[2] UEFA’s profile uses the abbreviation FAČR.[1]

What does the FAČR govern or do?

UEFA’s profile describes the association’s work in coach education, youth national teams and social projects. It describes a new building at the association’s headquarters, funded in part by UEFA’s HatTrick programme, that houses an educational centre for coaches and youth coaches, training facilities for the national youth teams, a press centre and the Czech Football Hall of Fame.[1]

UEFA also reports that HatTrick funded a social projects manager post, created in 2016, supporting projects for people with disabilities.[1]

When was the FAČR founded and where is it based?

UEFA’s profile traces the association to the “Czech Football Association”, formed in 1901 when thirteen clubs united, and states that after the peaceful division of Czechoslovakia in 1993 the FAČR “began writing its own footballing history”.[1] Wikipedia’s background article also dates the original body to 1901.[4]

UEFA places the association’s headquarters in Prague, where the new building is meant to centralise its administrative offices “in one location in Prague”.[1]

How is the FAČR recognised?

FIFA. FIFA’s member-association page lists the Czech Football Association as its member for Czechia, in the UEFA confederation, with David Trunda as president.[2] UEFA’s profile states that the association joined FIFA in 1907.[1]

UEFA. UEFA’s directory of national associations lists Czechia among its member associations.[3] UEFA records that the earlier association was a founder member of UEFA in 1954, and that the post-independence FAČR was admitted to UEFA in 1994.[1]

What does the FAČR organise?

Events hosted. UEFA lists the tournaments held in the country, among them the European Under-16 finals in 1999, the men’s European Under-19 finals in 2008, the UEFA Super Cup in Prague in 2013, the UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals in 2015, the European Women’s Under-17 Championship finals in 2017, the Women’s Under-19 finals in 2022 and the UEFA Europa Conference League final in Prague in 2023.[1]

National teams. UEFA’s profile states that “the Czechs have reached every final tournament since independence in 1993”.[1]

Who are its members?

UEFA reports the targets the association set for 2024: a total membership of 360,000, including 170,000 under the age of 19; 25,000 registered female members, up from almost 17,500; and 6,000 referees.[1] Its oldest clubs, as UEFA records them, include SK Slavia Praha, founded in 1892, and AC Sparta Praha, founded in 1893 as Královské Vinohrady.[1]

References

  1. UEFA — National associations: Czechia (Football Association of the Czech Republic profile). Accessed 2026-10-12.
  2. FIFA — Member associations: Czech Football Association. Accessed 2026-10-12.
  3. UEFA — National associations (directory of member associations). Accessed 2026-10-12.
  4. Wikipedia — Football Association of the Czech Republic (background only). Accessed 2026-10-12.