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Czech Republic national football team

Nickname -
Association Football Association of
the Czech Republic
Coach Karel Brückner, 2002-
Most caps Karel Poborský (110)
Top scorer Jan Koller (40)
First international
Hungary 2 - 1 Bohemia
(Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903)
Turkey 1 - 4 Czech Republic
(Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994)
Largest win
Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra
(Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005)
Worst defeat
Switzerland 3 - 0 Czech Republic
(Zürich, Switzerland; 20 April 1994)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2006)
Best result -
European Championship
Appearances 3 (First in 1996)
Best result Runners-up, 1996

 

The Czech national football team is the national football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic.

Before World War I, Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic), while being part of Austria-Hungary, played seven matches between 1903 and 1908, six of them against Hungary and one against England. Bohemia also played a match against Germany in 1939 while being the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

When the Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovakia, the national team had runner-up finishes in World Cups (1934, 1962) and a European Championship win in 1976. After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the national team was reformed, and played its first match against Turkey in 1994.

Now, the Czech Republic is continuing its football tradition, finishing second in Euro 96 and making the semifinals of Euro 2004. They made their first World Cup as an independent country in 2006.

The Under-21 national team of Czech Republic won the European championship in 2002.

Stadiums

The most important matches of the Czech national team are held in Prague´s Toyota Arena, the home stadium of Sparta Prague. Other venues include the cities of Teplice, Olomouc and Liberec. The new leaders of the Czech Football Association have announced that they will be building a new state of art stadium for 50,000 people.

World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
  • 1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Did not qualify
  • 2006 - Qualified

European Championship record

  • 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
  • 1996 - Runners-up
  • 2000 - Round 1
  • 2004 - Semifinals

Famous past players

This lists players who have played most or all of their international careers in the Czech Republic era. For notable players from the Czechoslovakia era, see Czechoslovakia national football team.

  • Patrik Berger
  • Pavel Kuka
  • Tomáš Řepka
  • Pavel Srnicek

Current squad

Goalkeepers:

  • Jaromír Blažek
  • Petr Čech
  • Antonín Kinský

Defenders:

  • René Bolf
  • Zdeněk Grygera
  • Tomáš Hübschman
  • Marek Jankulovski
  • Martin Jiránek
  • Pavel Mareš
  • David Rozehnal
  • Rudolf Skácel
  • Tomáš Ujfaluši

Midfielders:

  • Tomás Galásek (captain)
  • David Jarolím
  • Jiří Jarošík
  • Pavel Nedvěd
  • Jaroslav Plašil
  • Karel Poborský
  • Jan Polák
  • Tomáš Rosický
  • Tomáš Sivok
  • Vladimír Šmicer
  • Roman Týce
  • Štěpán Vachoušek
  • Lukáš Zelenka

     

Forwards:

  • Milan Baroš
  • Marek Heinz
  • Tomáš Jun
  • Jan Koller
  • Vratislav Lokvenc

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