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Czech football engulfed in scandal

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March 25, 2026

CZECH football has been engulfed in a match-fixing scandal just days before the national team's World Cup playoff clash with the Republic of Ireland.

The Czech football association, the Fotbalova Asociace Ceske Republiky (FACR), revealed on Tuesday that it had initiated 47 disciplinary proceedings against players, club officials and referees largely on suspicion of bribery and match-fixing following a series of dawn raids.

In a statement on the association's official website, Martin Holub, chairman of the the governing body's ethics commission, said: "The FACR ethics commission has initiated 47 disciplinary proceedings, primarily on suspicion of committing disciplinary offences of bribery and match-fixing.

"The suspects are member clubs, officials, referees and players.

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