Czech Republic national football team

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Czech Republic

Association

Českomoravský fotbalový svaz

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Karel Brückner (2002-)

Captain

Tomáš Rosický

Most caps

Karel Poborský (118)

Top scorer

Jan Koller (54)

Home stadium

AXA Arena
Na Stínadlech
Stadion Eden

FIFA code

CZE

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

2 (March 1994)

Lowest FIFA ranking

67 (September 1999)

Elo ranking

Highest Elo ranking

1 (Jun 2004, Jun 2005)

Lowest Elo ranking

22 (Jan 2002)





First kit





Second kit

First international

Hungary 2 - 1 Bohemia

(Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903)

Turkey 1 - 4 Czech Republic

(Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994)

Biggest win

Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra

(Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005)

Czech Republic 7 - 0 San Marino

(Liberec, Czech Republic; 7 October 2006)

Biggest defeat

Bohemia 0-4 England

(Prague, Bohemia; 13 June 1908)

Switzerland 3 - 0 Czech Republic

(Zürich, Switzerland; 20 April 1994)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 2006)

Best result

Round 1, 2006

European Championship

Appearances

3 (First in 1996)

Best result

Runners-up, 1996

Confederations Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 1997)

Best result

3rd, 1997

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

1 History
2 Stadia
3 World Cup record
4 European Championship record
5 Players
- 5.1 Notable former players
6 FIFA World Cup qualification
- 6.1 Current players
7 Czech Republic national team 2008
- 7.1 Current Squad
- 7.2 Recent call-up
8 2006 World Cup Information
9 Past squads and campaigns
10 See also
11 External links

[edit] History

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 Yugoslavia, Ostmark and 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 and they are currently the sixth-ranked country in the world according to the FIFA World Rankings.

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

[edit] Stadia

The most important matches of the Czech national team are held in Prague´s AXA Arena, the home stadium of Sparta Prague. After the construction of Stadion Eden is finished (opened May 2008), the team will play its home matches there. 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 the art stadium for 50,000 people.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1994 - See Czechoslovakia

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round 1	20	3	1	0	2	3	4
Total	1/3		3	1	0	2	3	4

[edit] European Championship record

1960 to 1992 - See Czechoslovakia

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	Runners-up	6	2	2*	2	7	8
2000	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	3
2004	Semi-Final	5	4	0	1	10	5
2008	Qualified
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/4	14	7	2	5	20	16

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] Players

[edit] Notable former 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 (1994-2001)
Petr Čech (2002-)
Marek Jankulovski (2000-)
Miroslav Kadlec (1987-1997)
Pavel Kuka (1990-2003)
Jan Koller (1999-)
Pavel Nedvěd (1994-2006)
Karel Poborský (1994-2006)
Tomáš Rosický (2000-)
Pavel Srníček (1994-2001)
Vladimír Šmicer (1994-2005)
Milan Baroš (2001-)

[edit] FIFA World Cup qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


–	14 Oct '09	10 Oct '09	9 Sep '09	1 Apr '09	15 Oct '08
10 Sep '08	–	28 Mar '09	15 Oct '08	9 Sep '09	1 Apr '09
11 Oct '08	5 Sep '09	–	1 Apr '09	14 Oct '09	6 Sep '08
19 Nov '08	11 Feb '09	10 Sep '08	–	11 Oct '08	14 Oct '09
5 Sep '09	6 Sep '08	15 Oct '08	6 Jun '09	–	10 Oct '09
28 Mar '09	11 Oct '08	9 Sep '09	19 Aug '09	10 Sep '08	–

[edit] Current players

Source: The website of The Football Association of the Czech Republic

[edit] Czech Republic national team 2008

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were included in the UEFA EURO 2008 squad announced by Karel Brückner 28/05/2008

Head coach: Karel Brückner

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Petr Čech	20 May 1982	61	0	Chelsea
16	GK	Jaromír Blažek	29 December 1972	14	0	1. FC Nuremberg
23	GK	Daniel Zítka	20 June 1975	1	0	R.S.C. Anderlecht
2	DF	Zdeněk Grygera	14 May 1980	55	2	Juventus
6	DF	Marek Jankulovski	9 May 1977	66	10	A.C. Milan
12	DF	Zdeněk Pospěch	14 December 1978	8	0	F.C. Copenhagen
13	DF	Michal Kadlec	13 December 1984	6	1	AC Sparta Praha
21	DF	Tomáš Ujfaluši	24 March 1978	70	2	Atletico Madrid
22	DF	David Rozehnal	5 July 1980	46	0	SS Lazio
3	MF	Jan Polák	14 March 1981	40	6	R.S.C. Anderlecht
4	MF	Tomáš Galásek	15 January 1973	68	1	1. FC Nuremberg
5	MF	Radoslav Kováč	27 November 1979	24	1	Spartak Moscow
14	MF	David Jarolím	17 May 1979	18	1	Hamburger SV
17	MF	Marek Matějovský	20 December 1981	11	1	Reading F.C.
18	MF	Tomáš Sivok	15 September 1983	6	0	Besiktas
19	MF	Rudolf Skácel	17 July 1979	5	1	Southampton
20	MF	Jaroslav Plašil	5 January 1982	39	2	CA Osasuna
7	FW	Libor Sionko	1 February 1977	32	7	F.C. Copenhagen
8	FW	Martin Fenin	16 April 1987	5	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
9	FW	Jan Koller	30 March 1973	89	54	1. FC Nuremberg
10	FW	Václav Svěrkoš	1 November 1983	3	1	FC Baník Ostrava
11	FW	Stanislav Vlček	26 February 1976	12	0	R.S.C. Anderlecht
15	FW	Milan Baroš	28 October 1981	65	31	Lyon

[edit] Recent call-up

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jan Laštůvka	7 July 1982	0	0	FC Shakhtar Donetsk
25	GK	Michal Daněk	6 July 1983	0	0	FC Viktoria Plzeň
	GK	Martin Vaniak	20 October 1970	7	0	SK Slavia Praha
	DF	Jan Rajnoch	30 September 1981	1	0	FK Mladá Boleslav
	DF	Jan Šimůnek	20 February 1987	0	0	VfL Wolfsburg
19	DF	Tomáš Zápotočný	13 September 1980	4	0	Udinese
	DF	Martin Jiránek	25 May 1979	31	0	FC Spartak Moscow
	MF	Mario Holek	28 October 1986	0	0	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
10	MF	Tomáš Rosický (Captain)]	4 October 1980	67	18	Arsenal FC Rosický is injured and will miss Euro 2008.
	MF	Jiří Kladrubský	19 November 1985	1	0	AC Sparta Praha
	MF	Luboš Kalouda	20 May 1987	0	0	CSKA Moscow
	MF	Daniel Pudil	27 September 1985	3	1	FC Slovan Liberec
	MF	Marek Střeštík	1 February 1987	0	0	1. FC Brno
	FW	Karel Piták	28 January 1980	3	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	FW	Marek Kulič	11 October 1975	9	2	AC Sparta Praha

[edit] 2006 World Cup Information

Czech Republic started the World Cup with an impressive victory. USA barely had a sniff of goal throughout, and the Czechs capitalized. Jan Koller opened the scoring in the 5th minute with a brilliant header after Grygera crossed in the ball. Arsenal's new signing for the summer, Tomáš Rosický hit a belter past US keeper, Kasey Keller before half time to put the Czech's 2-0 up, but it was not all good news. Jan Koller, scorer of the first goal, sustained a hamstring injury just before half time. He had to be stretchered off, and was out of the remainder of the tournament. Karel Bruckner's side emerged from the second half buoyant as before, despite losing Koller, who was replaced upfront by Lokvenc. Two thirds of the way through the second half, Rosický secured the three points with a brilliant solo effort.

Czech Republic next played Ghana on June 17th, losing 2-0 at Cologne. This match was full of excitement right from the start to the end, including a missed PK by Asamoah Gyan and a red card offense by Tomáš Ujfaluši. The game fell into Ghana's hands when Sulley Muntari scored in the 82nd minute making it 2-0.

The Czechs lost their third game as well, falling 2-0 to Italy. This loss ended their first World Cup run, with Italy and Ghana advancing to the Round of 16.