I think your big chance is exactly connecting the league with Czech Rep or simply still improving the level of football academies to selling the best players for better money.

Kajoo, any news about the merger?

 

I posted latest update here

http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showpost.php?p=7964525&postcount=668

however I forgott to translate it. To sum it up - UEFA (specifically Platini showed his support) agrees with the project and 2 experts will take a closer look into the project and they will give their report together with final project this October or November. Expectations in Czech and Slovak FA are that joint league should begin in 2012/2013 season with 12 clubs from Czech republic and 6 clubs from Slovakia.

 

Thanks kalerab! I'm really looking forward to this merger

 

Can´t wait, too

 

http://www.pluska.sk/sport/futbal/corgon-liga/na-spolocnu-ligu-si-posvietia-platiniho-ludia.html

Česko-Slovenská spoločná futbalová liga sa zrejme stane skutočnosťou. Jej vznik podporila aj Európska futbalová únia (UEFA). Práve ona však napokon v hodine dvanástej môže odvážnemu projektu vystaviť stopku.

Európska futbalová únia v týchto dňoch začne mapovať najvyššie súťaže oboch krajín. „Bude tak robiť do konca tohto roka. Dvaja experti vypracujú štúdiu, ktorá povie našim klubom, za akých podmienok budú môcť súťaž rozbehnúť,“ vysvetľoval poverený vyjednávač československej ligy, sekretár Českomoravského futbalového zväzu Rudol Řepka.

Podľa neho sa až potom začne lámať chlieb. „Momentálne nebráni nič tomu, aby spoločná liga odštartovala. UEFA i kluby oboch krajín sú za. Uvidíme však, čo ich zástupcovia povedia, keď im predostrú na stôl podmienky, za akých sa bude môcť spoločná liga hrať,“ dodal Řepka.

 

thanks for the link kalerab. I´m quite curious what conditions UEFA talks about.

 

Kajoo, how about splitting the Czecho-Slovak league posts in a new thread?

 

ok

 

Czecho-Slovak league Project

let´s discuss the future of this Project here

 

I think Czecho-Slovakia league is a great idea. Players would get tougher games and it would help them to development. Also, Slovan Bratislava - Sparta Praha could be a great derby game

 

I remember games like this in 1992. Sparta Praha captain Jozef Chovanec (Slovakian born Sparta legend) was full of shit how Sparta rolls over Slovan and goes for 3-0 win. He was booed before the game, during the game, althoug with coming minutes boo birds were silenced by Sparta performance.

Sparta really won the game on Tehelne Pole 3-0. They completely owned us and after the game they got standing ovations of 43t heartbroken Slovan fans.

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Will it be allowed by the UEFA ? I know they wanted to do that in the baltic states too.

 

Platini already approved the idea and UEFA is positive about the project.

 

I was on this game in 1992, Round 30, Slovan vs Vítkovice 3-0 and title celebrations till the morning.

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Is this going to be an official UEFA league replacing the Czech and Slovak first division with qualification spots for the European competitions?

If so, can anyone give me some more details? It's interesting?

Also, for example, how will the 2nd and 3rd level look like?

 

Yes, there will be 6 teams from Slovak league and 12 from Czech, 2nd, 3rd etc. levels won´t be czechoslovak, instead every country will have it´s own 2nd league. From the 18 teams in joint league, 2 will be relegated and they will be replaced by first teams from both Slovak and Czech 2nd division. As for the qualification spots, it´s not decided yet but most probably it will be merged as well with both coefficients counted together and devided by two. That´s still beeing discussed with UEFA anyway. Proposed date for beginning of project is 2012/13 season and all 4 parties (Slovak FA, Czech FA, Union of league clubs - the rulling organization of Slovak 1st and 2nd league and UEFA) seems to share common goal. And at least but not last it shouldn´t be forgotten taht František Laurinec, current president of Slovak FA, is also chairman of UEFA Marketing Advisory Committee, member of Executive comittee and deputy chairman of HatTrick Committee therefore he has a lot of connections in UEFA which are now beeing used.

 

no clue about European spots yet

lower tiers should remain same, just undergo re-organisation. Corgonliga & Gambrinusliga becomes 2nd tier, 3rd tier = nowadays 2nd tier (2x in Czech rep. 2x in Slovakia)

 

uh, they discuss this with ex-YU leagues as well

I am against this, though my opinion means little as I'm neither Slovak or Czech. I think a joint league is a bad idea, only thing I would support is maybe a spring-time cup, as by then most of the clubs are out of Europe, but there are arguements against this too

 

So how possible is this whole project?

 

"Platini already approved the idea and UEFA is positive about the project."

- kalerab

 

Thanks mate. :smileani:

 

Are most of the Czech and Slovakian fans happy with this idea?

 

there is a lot of polls on various websites link1, link2, link3

Support of this Project is between 60-77% voters, see above links 1,2,3

It´s hard to distinguish difference in support between Czech rep. and Slovakia because many Slovak voters influenced results in Czech internet polls and vice versa.

 

However it should be said that in every single poll I´ve saw people supported the project. And also people around me, on forums, everywhere approves. So it´s probably safe to say that majority wants it.

 

right but we have no clue where the Project enjoys more support, whether in Czech rep or in Slovakia. Maybe in Czech rep. its 45-55 but the Slovak internet voters supporting project made it 60-40.

 

It's definitely an interesting idea, I'm all for it.

 

majority of czech top division clubs refused the idea.

http://www.hattrick.cz/?p=27609

 

Oh, well... Too bad. I was really looking forward to this and to the All Ireland League. Both didn't happen in the end.

 

no specific reason were told, it was just a statement that clubs aren´t interested. We can only speculate what is behind:

Some clubs can be worried they don´t survive the cut (bottom 6-10 czech clubs)
Some can be worried about higher travel costs
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The are surely positives AND negatives and it´s necessary to discuss both, but problem is noone specified them yet. At least I would expect some kind of analysis why Czech League > Czecho/Slovak League, risks assesment, comparisons etc. Looks like some club´s bosses pulled an opinion out of their arses and told NO for no apparent reason.