Czech Republic national football team
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{{Infobox National football team
| Name = Czech Republic
| Badge = Czech_Republic_FA.gif
| Badge_size = 150px
| FIFA Trigramme = CZE
| Nickname =
| Coach = vacant
| Captain = [[Tomáš Rosický]]
| FIFA Rank = [[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 8
| FIFA max = 2
| FIFA max date = March 1994
| FIFA min = 67
| FIFA min date = September 1999 From January 2000 to May 2000 from April 2005 to May 2005 From January 2006 to May 2006
| Elo Rank = 14
| Elo max = 1
| Elo max date = Jun 2004, Jun 2005
| Elo min = 22
| Elo min date = Jan 2002
| Association = [[Football Association of the Czech Republic|''Českomoravský fotbalový svaz'']]
| Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]])
| Most caps = [[Karel Poborský]] (118)
| Top scorer = [[Jan Koller]] (55)
| Home Stadium = [[AXA Arena]]<br />[[Na Stínadlech]]<br />[[Stadion Eden]]|
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| First game = [[Image:Hungary flag 1867.png|22px]] [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] 2 - 1 Bohemia {{Flagicon|Bohemia}}<br />([[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]; [[5 April]] [[1903]])<br /> {{Flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] 1 - 4 Czech Republic {{Flagicon|Czech Republic}}<br />([[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]; [[23 February]] [[1994]])
| Largest win = {{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic 8 - 1 [[Andorra national football team|Andorra]] {{Flagicon|Andorra}}<br />([[Liberec]], [[Czech Republic]]; [[4 June]] [[2005]])<br /> {{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic 7 - 0 [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]] {{Flagicon|San Marino}}<br />([[Liberec]], [[Czech Republic]]; [[7 October]] [[2006]])
| Largest loss = {{Flagicon|Bohemia}} Bohemia 0-4 [[England national football team|England]] {{Flagicon|England}}<br />([[Prague]], [[Bohemia]]; [[13 June]] [[1908]])<br />{{Flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] 3 - 0 Czech Republic {{Flagicon|Czech Republic}}<br />([[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]]; [[20 April]] [[1994]])
| World cup apps = 1 |
World cup first = 2006 |
World cup best = Round 1, 2006|
Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] |
Regional cup apps = 4 |
Regional cup first = [[1996 European Football Championship|1996]] |
Regional cup best = Runners-up, [[1996 European Football Championship|1996]]|
Confederations cup apps = 1 |
Confederations cup first = 1997|
Confederations cup best = 3rd, [[Confederations Cup 1997|1997]]
}}
The '''Czech national football team''' is the national [[football (soccer)|football]] team of the [[Czech Republic]] controlled by the [[Football Association of the Czech Republic]].
==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 national football team|Hungary]] and [[1907-08 in English football#National team|one]] against [[England national football team|England]]. Bohemia also played a match against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], Ostmark and [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in [[1939]] while being the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]].
When the Czech Republic was part of [[Czechoslovakia]], the [[Czechoslovakia national football team|national team]] had runner-up finishes in [[Football World Cup|World Cups]] ([[Football World Cup 1934|1934]], [[Football World Cup 1962|1962]]) and a [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] win in [[1976 European Football Championship|1976]]. After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and [[Slovakia]], the national team was reformed, and played its first match against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] in [[1994]].
Now, the Czech Republic is continuing its football tradition, finishing second in [[1996 European Football Championship|Euro 96]] and making the semifinals of [[2004 European Football Championship|Euro 2004]]. They made their first [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] as an independent country in [[2006]] and they are currently the eighth-ranked country in the world according to the [[FIFA World Rankings]].
The Under-21 national team of Czech Republic won the [[European Under-21 Football Championship|European championship]] in [[2002]].
==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 [[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech Football Association]] have announced that they will be building a new state of the art stadium for 50,000 people.
==World Cup record==
*[[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] to [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] - ''See [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[FIFA World Cup 1998|1998]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[FIFA World Cup 2002|2002]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[FIFA World Cup 2006|2006]]||Round 1||20||3||1||0||2||3||4
|-
|-
||'''Total'''||1/3||||3||1||0||2||3||4
|}
==European Championship record==
*[[1960 European Football Championship|1960]] to [[1992 European Football Championship|1992]] - ''See [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-bgcolor=C0C0C0
|{{flagicon|England}} [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]||Runners-up||6||2||2*||2||7||8
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]||Round 1||3||1||0||2||3||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]||Semi-Final||5||4||0||1||10||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Austria}}{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]||Round 1||3 ||1 ||0 || 2||4 ||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Poland}}{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]||||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
||'''Total'''||4/4||17||8||2||7||24||22
|}
:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]].''
:''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''
==Players==
===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]] (1999-2008)
*[[Pavel Nedvěd]] (1994-2006)
*[[Karel Poborský]] (1994-2006)
*[[Tomáš Rosický]] (2000-)
*[[Pavel Srníček]] (1994-2001)
*[[Vladimír Šmicer]] (1994-2005)
*[[Milan Baroš]] (2001-)
==Coaches==
* [[Václav Ježek]] (1993)
* [[Dušan Uhrin]] (1994-1997)
* [[Jozef Chovanec]] (1998-2001)
* [[Karel Brückner]] (2001-2008)
==[[FIFA World Cup qualification]]==
{{2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 3
| expanded = yes
| fixtures = yes
| tiebreakers = <!-- "yes", to display the tiebreaking notes -->
}}
===Current players===
:''Source: [http://www.fotbal.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=2161 The website of The Football Association of the Czech Republic]''
==Czech Republic national team 2008==
===Current Squad===
The following players were included in the [[UEFA EURO 2008]] squad announced by Karel Brückner 28/05/2008
'''Head coach: [[Karel Brückner]]'''
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Petr Čech]]|age=[[20 May]] [[1982]]|caps=62|goals=0|club=[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]|clubnat=England}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=GK|name=[[Jaromír Blažek]]|age=[[29 December]] [[1972]]|caps=14|goals=0|club=[[1. FC Nuremberg]]|clubnat=Germany}}
{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=[[Daniel Zítka]]|age=[[20 June]] [[1975]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[R.S.C. Anderlecht]]|clubnat=Belgium}}
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Zdeněk Grygera]]|age=[[14 May]] [[1980]]|caps=56|goals=2|club=[[Juventus]]|clubnat=Italy}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=DF|name=[[Marek Jankulovski]]|age=[[9 May]] [[1977]]|caps=67|goals=10|club=[[A.C. Milan]]|clubnat=Italy}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=DF|name=[[Zdeněk Pospěch]]|age=[[14 December]] [[1978]]|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=Denmark}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=[[Michal Kadlec]]|age=[[13 December]] [[1984]]|caps=7|goals=1|club=[[AC Sparta Praha]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=DF|name=[[Tomáš Ujfaluši]]|age=[[24 March]] [[1978]]|caps=71|goals=2|club=[[Atletico Madrid]]|clubnat=Spain}}
{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=DF|name=[[David Rozehnal]]|age=[[5 July]] [[1980]]|caps=48|goals=0|club=[[SS Lazio]]|clubnat=Italy}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=MF|name=[[Jan Polák]]|age=[[14 March]] [[1981]]|caps=41|goals=6|club=[[R.S.C. Anderlecht]]|clubnat=Belgium}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=MF|name=[[Tomáš Galásek]]|age=[[15 January]] [[1973]]|caps=69|goals=1|club=[[1. FC Nuremberg]]|clubnat=Germany}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=MF|name=[[Radoslav Kováč]]|age=[[27 November]] [[1979]]|caps=24|goals=1|club=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]|clubnat=Russia}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[David Jarolím]]|age=[[17 May]] [[1979]]|caps=19|goals=1|club=[[Hamburger SV]]|clubnat=Germany}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Marek Matějovský]]|age=[[20 December]] [[1981]]|caps=12|goals=1|club=[[Reading F.C.]]|clubnat=England}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=[[Tomáš Sivok]]|age=[[15 September]] [[1983]]|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Besiktas]]|clubnat=Turkey}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=[[Rudolf Skácel]]|age=[[17 July]] [[1979]]|caps=5|goals=1|club=[[Southampton]]|clubnat=England}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=[[Jaroslav Plašil]]|age=[[5 January]] [[1982]]|caps=40|goals=3|club=[[CA Osasuna]]|clubnat=Spain}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=FW|name=[[Libor Sionko]]|age=[[1 February]] [[1977]]|caps=33|goals=7|club=[[F.C. Copenhagen]]|clubnat=Denmark}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=FW|name=[[Martin Fenin]]|age=[[16 April]] [[1987]]|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]|clubnat=Germany}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Václav Svěrkoš]]|age=[[1 November]] [[1983]]|caps=3|goals=1|club=[[FC Baník Ostrava]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Stanislav Vlček]]|age=[[26 February]] [[1976]]|caps=13|goals=0|club=[[R.S.C. Anderlecht]]|clubnat=Belgium}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=FW|name=[[Milan Baroš]]|age=[[28 October]] [[1981]]|caps=65|goals=31|club=[[Olympique Lyonnais]]|clubnat=France}}
{{nat fs g end}}
===Recent call-up===
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Jan Laštůvka]]|age=[[7 July]] [[1982]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]]|clubnat=Ukraine}}
{{nat fs g player|no=25|pos=GK|name=[[Michal Daněk]]|age=[[6 July]] [[1983]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[FC Viktoria Plzeň]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Martin Vaniak]]|age=[[20 October]] [[1970]]|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[SK Slavia Praha]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Jan Rajnoch]]|age=[[30 September]] [[1981]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[FK Mladá Boleslav]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Jan Šimůnek]]|age=[[20 February]] [[1987]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[VfL Wolfsburg]]|clubnat=Germany}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=DF|name=[[Tomáš Zápotočný]]|age=[[13 September]] [[1980]]|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Udinese]]|clubnat=Italy}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Martin Jiránek]]|age=[[25 May]] [[1979]]|caps=31|goals=0|club=[[FC Spartak Moscow]]|clubnat=Russia}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Mario Holek]]|age=[[28 October]] [[1986]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]|clubnat=Ukraine}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Tomáš Rosický]] ''([[Captain (football)|Captain]])''] [[Image:Cruz_Roja.svg|15px]]| |age=[[4 October]] [[1980]]|caps=68|goals=19|club=[[Arsenal FC]]|clubnat=England}}
''Rosický is injured and missed [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]].''
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jiří Kladrubský]]|age=[[19 November]] [[1985]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[AC Sparta Praha]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Luboš Kalouda]]|age=[[20 May]] [[1987]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[CSKA Moscow]]|clubnat=Russia}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Pudil]]|age=[[27 September]] [[1985]]|caps=3|goals=1|club=[[FC Slovan Liberec]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Marek Střeštík]]|age=[[1 February]] [[1987]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[1. FC Brno]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Karel Piták]]|age=[[28 January]] [[1980]]|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Red Bull Salzburg]]|clubnat=Austria}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Marek Kulič]]|age=[[11 October]] [[1975]]|caps=9|goals=2|club=[[AC Sparta Praha]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g end}}
==2006 World Cup Information==
Czech Republic started the World Cup with an impressive victory. [[USA national football team|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 [[Zdeněk Grygera|Grygera]] crossed in the ball. [[Arsenal FC|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 Brückner|Karel Bruckner's]] side emerged from the second half buoyant as before, despite losing Koller, who was replaced upfront by [[Vratislav Lokvenc|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 national football team|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 national football team|Italy]]. This loss ended their first World Cup run, with Italy and Ghana advancing to the Round of 16.
==Past squads and campaigns==
*[[1996 European Football Championship (squads)#Czech Republic|Euro 1996 squad]]
*[[2000 European Football Championship (squads)#Czech Republic|Euro 2000 squad]]
*[[2004 European Football Championship (squads)#Czech Republic|Euro 2004 squad]]
*[[UEFA_Euro_2008_squads#.C2.A0Czech_Republic|Euro 2008 squad]]
==See also==
* [[Czech Republic national under-21 football team]]
==External links==
* [http://www.fotbal.cz/e/nat/AM/index.asp Official web]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/tsje-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1994-]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bohmor-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1903,1906-08,1939]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/teams/team=58837/index.html Team at Euro 2008]
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