Establishment of joint Czech-Slovak soccer league under discussion

The football associations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia are holding discussions over the possibility of setting up a joint league, which would recreate the situation before the two countries split in 1993. The idea was first put forward by the Slovak FA, the newspaper Sport reported. The deputy chairman of the Czech FA Miroslav Kříž said after talks in Bratislava that the matter was in its early stages and its very feasibility was currently being examined. European football’s governing body UEFA has never agreed to the establishment of a joint league in two countries, and there have been suggestions in the Czech media that it would be unlikely to make an exception in this case.