Czech Republic and Slovakia are in talks about creating a joint football league for the first time since the country was partitioned in 1993.

USA Today reports that the Slovak federation proposed the common league, with 12 Czech and six Slovak clubs, earlier this year. The Czech federation has now begun discussing it with their Slovak counterparts after Uefa said it would not rule out approving the project.

The federations hope the league could attract bigger attendances and greater interest from sponsors that the individual leagues currently do.

"Should things go our way, the Czech-Slovak soccer league could be launched as of the 2012-13 season," said Karol Belaník, chairman of the Slovak Union of Soccer Clubs, as reported by The Prague Post.

May 3, 2010