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Czech Republic

Association	Českomoravský fotbalový svaz
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Petr Rada
Captain	Tomáš Rosický
Most caps	Karel Poborský (118)
Top scorer	Jan Koller (55)
Home stadium	AXA Arena Na Stínadlech Stadion Eden
FIFA code	CZE
FIFA ranking	9
Highest FIFA ranking	2 (March 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking	67 (September 1999 From January 2000 to May 2000 from April 2005 to May 2005 From January 2006 to May 2006)
Elo ranking	12
Highest Elo ranking	1 (Jun 2004, Jun 2005)
Lowest Elo ranking	22 (Jan 2002)
Home colours Away colours
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	4 (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.

History

See also: Czechoslovakia national football team

Before World War I, Bohemia (present–day Czech Republic), whilst 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.

When Czechoslovakia split and reformed into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Czech Republic national team was formed, and they played their first friendly match away to Turkey, winning 4–1, on 23 February 1994. The newly formed team played their first home game in Ostrava, against Lithuania, in which they registered their first home win, a 5–3 victory.

Their first competitive match was part of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying campaign, in which they defeated Malta 6–1 in Ostrava. During the campaign, the Czech Republic registered six wins, three draws, and a solitary defeat, finishing their qualifying group 5 in first place, above favorites The Netherlands. In the final tournament, hosted by England. The Czechs progressed from the group stage, despite a 2–0 opening game defeat to Germany. They continued their good form, and progressed to the UEFA Euro 1996 final where they lost 2–1 to the Germans at Wembley Stadium.

Given their success at Euro '96, the Czechs were expected to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, however, finished third in their group behind Spain, and Yugoslavia, and subsequently failed to qualify.

They did, however qualify for Euro 2000, winning all 10 of their group games, conceding just five goals. The team failed to perform well at the finals though, producing just one win, and being eliminated in the group stage.

Once again, the Czech Republic failed to qualify for the World Cup, this time finishing second in their group, behind Denmark, and then being beaten 1–0, and 0–1 by Belgium in the UEFA play–offs for a place in the finals.

They progressed to the finals of Euro 2004, qualifying through their group ahead of The Netherlands, and their only dropped points being in a 1–1 draw away to Holland. In the finals, the Czechs progressed to the semi–finals, where they were beaten 1–0 by the eventual champions Greece

The Czechs finally qualified for a FIFA World Cup, qualifying for the 2006 edition in Germany, via a play–off against Norway, winning both legs 1–0. They seemed set to progress to the last 16, with a 3–0 win over the USA, however, 2–0 defeats to Ghana, and Italy promptly ended their hopes of progression.

The disappointing World Cup campaign was followed by a successful qualifying campaign for Euro 2008, where they finished top of their group, above Germany on head–to–head records. The Czechs beat co–hosts Switzerland 1–0 in their opening game, before being beaten 3–1 by Portugal, this meant that they, and Turkey carried identical records going into the final group game, the Czechs took a 2–0 lead just past the hour mark, they looked set to qualify, before a stunning late Turkish comeback in the last 15 minutes of the game, and the Czechs lost 2–3, and that signaled the end of another disappointing performance at a major tournament and the final match for coach Karel Brückner.

Stadia

Outside Stadion Eden

The most important matches of the Czech national team are held in Prague´s AXA Arena, the home stadium of Sparta Prague. Other venues include Stadion Eden (the biggest and perhaps most modern in the country) and stadiums in the cities of Teplice, Olomouc and Liberec.

World Cup record

For 1930 to 1994 records, 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
2010	Qualifying1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/3		3	1	0	2	3	4

Notes

¹Qualifying in progress

European Championship record

For 1960 to 1992 records, 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	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	6
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/4	17	8	2	7	24	22

*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.

Notable former players

For a list of notable players from the Czechoslovakia era, see: Czechoslovakia national football team

• Patrik Berger (1994-2001)
• Miroslav Kadlec (1987-1997)
• Pavel Kuka (1990-2001)
• Jan Koller (1999-2008)
• Pavel Nedvěd (1994-2006)
• Karel Poborský (1994-2006)
• Pavel Srníček (1994-2001)
• Vladimír Šmicer (1994-2005)

Coaches

Václav Ježek (1993)
Dušan Uhrin (1994-1997)
Jozef Chovanec (1998-2001)
Karel Brückner (2001-2008)
Petr Rada (2008-)

FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Slovakia 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 9  Czech Republic 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 7  Poland 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7  Slovenia 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7  Northern Ireland 4 1 1 2 5 4 +1 4  San Marino 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0

Czech Republic  – 14 Oct 10 Oct 9 Sep 1 Apr 1 – 0 Northern Ireland  0 – 0 – 28 Mar 4 – 0 9 Sep 1 Apr Poland  2 – 1 5 Sep – 1 Apr 14 Oct 1 – 1 San Marino  0 – 3 11 Feb 0 – 2 – 1 – 3 14 Oct Slovakia  5 Sep 2 – 1 2 – 1 6 Jun – 10 Oct Slovenia  28 Mar 2 – 0 9 Sep 12 Aug 2 – 1 –

Results over the last 12 months

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
8 September 2007	San Marino	0-3	Czech Republic
12 September 2007	Czech Republic	1-0	Republic of Ireland
17 October 2007	Germany	0-3	Czech Republic
17 November 2007	Czech Republic	3-1	Slovakia
21 November 2007	Cyprus	0-2	Czech Republic
6 February 2008	Poland	2-0	Czech Republic
26 March 2008	Denmark	1-1	Czech Republic
27 May 2008	Czech Republic	2-0	Lithuania
30 May 2008	Czech Republic	3-1	Scotland
7 June 2008	Switzerland	0-1	Czech Republic
11 June 2008	Czech Republic	1-3	Portugal
15 June 2008	Czech Republic	2-3	Turkey
20 August 2008	England	2-2	Czech Republic

Most Recent Squad

^[1]
Match Date: October 11, 2008 and October 15, 2008
Venue: Silesian Stadium and Na Stínadlech
Opposition:  Poland and  Slovenia
Head coach: Petr Rada

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Petr Čech 20 May 1982 68 0 Chelsea 16 GK Daniel Zítka 20 June 1975 2 0 R.S.C. Anderlecht 2 DF Zdeněk Grygera 14 May 1980 59 2 Juventus 4 DF David Rozehnal 5 July 1980 52 0 SS Lazio 6 DF Marek Jankulovski 9 May 1977 71 11 A.C. Milan 12 DF Zdeněk Pospěch 14 December 1978 13 1 F.C. Copenhagen 13 DF Jan Rajnoch 30 September 1981 2 0 FK Mladá Boleslav 17 DF Tomáš Ujfaluši 24 March 1978 75 2 Atletico Madrid 3 MF Jan Polák 14 March 1981 43 6 R.S.C. Anderlecht 5 MF Radoslav Kováč 27 November 1979 27 1 Spartak Moscow 7 MF Libor Sionko 1 February 1977 36 8 F.C. Copenhagen 9 MF Jaroslav Plašil 5 January 1982 44 3 CA Osasuna 11 MF Radek Šírl 30 September 1981 5 0 Zenit St Petersburg 14 MF David Jarolím 17 May 1979 21 1 Hamburger SV 8 FW Martin Fenin 16 April 1987 7 1 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 FW Václav Svěrkoš 1 November 1983 6 1 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 15 FW Milan Baroš 28 October 1981 69 32 Galatasaray S.K. 18 FW Tomáš Necid 13 August 1989 1 1 PFC CSKA Moscow

Recent call-up

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Jaroslav Drobný 18 October 1979 2 0 Hertha BSC Berlin GK Jan Laštůvka 7 July 1982 0 0 West Ham United GK Martin Lejsal 16 September 1982 0 0 1. FC Brno GK Michal Daněk 6 July 1983 0 0 FC Viktoria Plzeň GK Jaromír Blažek 29 December 1972 14 0 AC Sparta Praha GK Martin Vaniak 20 October 1970 7 0 SK Slavia Praha DF Michal Kadlec 13 December 1984 8 1 Bayer Leverkusen DF Jan Šimůnek 20 February 1987 0 0 VfL Wolfsburg DF Tomáš Zápotočný 13 September 1980 4 0 Besiktas J.K. DF Martin Jiránek 25 May 1979 31 0 FC Spartak Moscow MF Mario Holek 28 October 1986 0 0 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk MF Luboš Kalouda 20 May 1987 0 0 CSKA Moscow MF Jiří Kladrubský 19 November 1985 1 0 AC Sparta Praha MF Marek Matějovský 20 December 1981 12 1 Reading F.C. MF Daniel Pudil 27 September 1985 3 1 KRC Genk MF Tomáš Rosický (Captain) 4 October 1980 68 19 Arsenal FC MF Rudolf Skácel 17 July 1979 5 1 Southampton F.C. MF Marek Střeštík 1 February 1987 0 0 1. FC Brno MF Tomáš Sivok 15 September 1983 6 0 Besiktas J.K. MF Stanislav Vlček 26 February 1976 14 0 R.S.C. Anderlecht FW Karel Piták 28 January 1980 3 0 Red Bull Salzburg FW Marek Kulič 11 October 1975 9 2 AC Sparta Praha FW Michal Papadopulos 30 September 1981 1 0 FK Mladá Boleslav FW Miroslav Slepička 10 November 1981 1 0 Dinamo Zagreb

Past squads and campaigns

European Championship Squads

• Euro 1996 squad
• Euro 2000 squad
• Euro 2004 squad
• Euro 2008 squad

World Cup Squads

• 2006 World Cup squad

See also

• Czech Republic national under-21 football team

References

External links

• Official web
• RSSSF archive of results 1994-
• RSSSF archive of results 1903,1906-08,1939
• Team at Euro 2008

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