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Czech Republic
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)-
AssociationFootball Association of
the Czech Republic
Head coachKarel Brückner, 2002-
Most capsKarel Poborský (115)
Top scorerJan Koller (43)
First colours
Second 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)
Biggest defeat
Switzerland 3 - 0 Czech Republic
(Zürich, Switzerland; 20 April 1994)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2006)
Best result-
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best resultRunners-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 and they are currently the second-ranked country on Earth according to the FIFA World Rankings, behind Brazil.

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

European Championship record

Players

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.

Current players

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

(Source: The website of The Football Association of the Czech Republic, players in bold are members of the World Cup 2006 squad [1])

2006 World Cup squad

Head coach: Karel Brückner

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Petr Čech 20 May 1982 40 England Chelsea F.C.
2 2DF Zdeněk Grygera 14 May 1980 40 Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam
3 2DF Pavel Mareš 18 January 1976 9 Russia FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
4 3MF Tomáš Galásek 15 January 1973 49 Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam
5 3MF Radoslav Kováč 27 November 1979 6 Russia FC Spartak Moscow
6 2DF Marek Jankulovski 9 May 1977 47 Italy A.C. Milan
7 3MF Libor Sionko 1 February 1977 17 Scotland Rangers F.C.
8 3MF Karel Poborský 30 March 1972 114 Czech Republic SK Dynamo České Budějovice
9 4FW Jan Koller 30 March 1973 68 France AS Monaco FC
10 3MF Tomáš Rosický 4 October 1980 15 England Arsenal FC
11 3MF Pavel Nedvěd 30 August 1972 86 Italy Juventus F.C.
12 4FW Vratislav Lokvenc 27 September 1973 14 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
13 2DF Martin Jiránek 25 May 1979 23 Russia FC Spartak Moscow
14 3MF David Jarolím 17 May 1979 3 Germany Hamburger SV
15 4FW Milan Baroš 28 October 1981 48 England Aston Villa
16 1GK Jaromír Blažek 29 December 1972 11 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
17 3MF Jiří Štajner 27 May 1976 20 Germany Hannover 96
18 4FW Marek Heinz 4 August 1977 27 Turkey Galatasaray
19 3MF Jan Polák 14 March 1981 17 Germany 1. FC Nürnberg
20 3MF Jaroslav Plašil 5 January 1982 13 France AS Monaco FC
21 2DF Tomáš Ujfaluši 24 March 1978 47 Italy Fiorentina
22 2DF David Rozehnal 5 July 1980 21 France Paris Saint-Germain
23 1GK Antonín Kinský 31 May 1975 5 Russia FC Saturn Ramenskoe


Čech
Grygera
Rozehnal
Ujfaluši
Mareš
Poborský
Nedvěd
Rosický
Šmicer
Baroš
Koller

Past squads and campaigns

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