Czech Republic national under-21 football team

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Czech Republic Under-21s

Nickname(s)

Lvíčata (little lions)

Association

Českomoravský
fotbalový svaz

Head coach

Jiří Kotrba

Captain

Martin Fillo

Most caps

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Top scorer

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First kit





Second kit

First International

Czech Republic 1-0 Malta

Opava, September 5, 1994

Biggest win

Czech Republic 8-0 Bulgaria

Teplice, October 5, 2001

Czech Republic 8-0 Liechtenstein

Prague, September 11, 2007

Biggest defeat

Spain 4-0 Czech Republic

Burgos, June 7, 1997
Records are for competitive
matches only

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

3 (First in 1996)

Best result

Winners in 2002

The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

Although the breakup of Czechoslovakia occurred officially on January 1, 1993, the under-21 team continued until the end of the 1994 championship. After that, the Czech Republic and the Slovakia under-21s became separate footballing entities.

For both nations, first matches were played in September 1994 in qualification for the 1996 championship.

The Czech Republic under-21 team reached the quarter-finals in 1996, but failed to qualify for 1998. The team reached the final in both the 2000 and 2002 tournaments, winning the latter on penalties.

The team failed to qualify for the tournaments in 2004 and 2006, but are still considered to be one of the top 14 seeds in UEFA under-21 competition. They won qualifying group 9 ahead of Belarus and Cyprus in the 2007 competition, and now face Bosnia and Herzegovina for a place in the last 8 of the tournament as it switches to odd-numbered years.

1 UEFA U-21 Championship Record
2 Czech RepubliC U-21 Team
- 2.1 Current Squad
- 2.2 Recent callup
3 Sources/External links

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

1996: Losing quarter-finalists.
1998: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
2000: Runners-up.
2002: Winners.
2004: Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost play-off.
2006: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group. Lost play-off.

[edit] Czech RepubliC U-21 Team

[edit] Current Squad

Squad called up for the friendly match against France on 26 March 2008.
Head coach: Vítězslav Lavička

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Milan Švenger	6 July 1986	6	0	SK Sparta Krč
16	GK	Radek Petr	24 February 1987	1	0	Parma F.C.
	GK	Jakub Diviš	27 July 1986	1	0	SK Slavia Praha
2	DF	Radim Řezník	20 January 1989	4	0	FC Baník Ostrava
6	DF	Ondřej Kúdela	26 March 1987	7	0	AC Sparta Praha
7	DF	Marek Suchý	29 March 1988	6	0	SK Slavia Praha
	DF	Jan Šimůnek (Captain)	20 February 1987	3	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	DF	Antonín Rosa	11 December 1986	0	0	FK Teplice
3	MF	Michal Švec	19 March 1987	10	0	SC Heerenveen
5	MF	Mario Holek	28 October 1986	15	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
8	MF	František Rajtoral	12 March 1986	14	1	FC Baník Ostrava
	MF	Kamil Vacek	18 May 1987	0	0	Sparta Prague
13	MF	Luboš Kalouda	20 May 1987	7	0	CSKA Moscow
17	MF	Bořek Dočkal	30 September 1988	6	3	Slovan Liberec
	MF	Adam Hloušek	1988	1	0	FK Jablonec 97
10	FW	Martin Fillo	7 February 1986	18	2	Viking F.K.
15	FW	Jiří Jeslínek	30 September 1987	4	2	Sparta Prague
18	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	26 May 1989	6	5	Tottenham Hotspur
	FW	Jakub Mareš	January 26, 1987	1	1	FK Teplice

[edit] Recent callup

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jiří Lindr	7 August 1986	0	0	FC Hradec Králové
4	DF	Ondřej Mazuch	15 March 1989	2	1	ACF Fiorentina
	DF	Petr Cigánek	3 September 1986	3	0	FC Baník Ostrava
12	DF	Jan Polák	26 March 1989	0	0	Slovan Liberec
	DF	Lukáš Kubáň	22 June 1987	4	0	1.FC Brno
	MF	Petr Janda	5 January 1987	3	0	SK Slavia Praha
9	MF	Michal Smejkal	21 February 1986	3	4	FC Viktoria Plzeň
	MF	Marek Jungr	11 April 1987	0	0	SK Dynamo České Budějovice
14	MF	Theodor Gebre Selassie	24 December 1986	4	0	SK Slavia Praha
	MF	Vladimír Mišinský	8 July 1986	0	0	FC Baník Ostrava
	MF	Jan Hable	14 February 1989	0	0	ACF Fiorentina
	FW	Tomáš Necid	13 August 1989	0	0	FK Jablonec 97
11	FW	Marek Střeštík	1 February 1987	4	1	1.FC Brno
	FW	Jan Blažek	20 March 1988	4	0	SK Slavia Praha