The '''Czech Republic national football team''' ({{lang-cs|Česká fotbalová reprezentace}}) represents the [[Czech Republic]] in [[association football]] and is controlled by the [[Football Association of the Czech Republic]], the governing body for [[football in the Czech Republic]]. Their current head coach is [[Michal Bílek]]. Before its separation in 1992, the team participated in [[FIFA]] and [[UEFA]] competitions as [[Bohemia]], [[Austria-Hungary]], and the majority as [[Czechoslovakia]].
The national team was founded in 1901, existing under the previously mentioned names before the separation of Czechoslovakia in 1992. Their first international competition as the Czech Republic was [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]] where they finished runners-up, their best finish in any international competition. Despite their early success, they have only featured in one [[FIFA World Cup]], the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 tournament]], where they were eliminated in the first round of the competition. They suffered the same fate at [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]], their most recent appearance in the final stages of a major tournament.
==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 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 (Austria)|Ostmark]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in 1939 while being the [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]].
[[Image:StadiumEden.jpg|thumb|left|Outside Synot Tip Arena]]
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 [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Championship]] win in [[1976 European Football Championship|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 national football team|Turkey]], winning 4–1, on 23 February 1994. The newly formed team played their first home game in [[Ostrava]], against [[Lithuania national football team|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|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying campaign]], in which they defeated [[Malta national football team|Malta]] 6–1 in Ostrava. During the campaign, the Czech Republic registered six wins, three draws, and an embarrassing defeat against [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]], finishing their qualifying Group 5 in first place, above favorites the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]. In the final tournament, hosted by [[England]], the Czechs progressed from the group stage, despite a 2–0 opening game defeat to [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. They continued their good form, and progressed to the [[UEFA Euro 1996]] [[UEFA Euro 1996 Final|final]], where they lost 2–1 to the Germans at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].
Given their success at Euro 1996, the Czechs were expected to qualify for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. However, they finished third in their group, behind [[Spain national football team|Spain]], and [[Serbia national football team|Yugoslavia]], and subsequently failed to qualify.
They did, however, qualify for [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]], winning all ten of their group games, conceding just five goals. In the finals the team were unlucky in the first match against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] as they hit the woodwork three times before losing 1-0 to a last minute penalty. The Czechs lost the next match against eventual champions [[France national football team|France]] meaning elimination despite a 2-0 win against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in their final game.
Once again, the Czech Republic failed to qualify for the World Cup, this time finishing second in their group, behind [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], and then being beaten 1–0 in both legs by [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in the UEFA play–offs for a place in the finals.
However after the disappointment of the play-off defeat to Belgium, the fortunes of the national team began to change significantly with a settled team of star players at top European clubs such as [[Pavel Nedvěd]], [[Jan Koller]], [[Tomáš Rosický]], [[Milan Baroš]], [[Marek Jankulovski]] and [[Tomáš Galásek]] together with the emergence of highly-rated young goalkeeper [[Petr Čech]]. The team were unbeaten in 2002 and 2003 scoring 53 goals in 19 games, easily qualifying for [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]] in the process. The Czechs entered the Euro finals as one of the dark horses for the title. Despite going behind in all three group games, the team won them all. This included trailing 2-0 to the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in a classic 3-2 win and beating [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in the final match with a much weakened team having already qualified. The Czechs convincingly beat [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in the quarter-finals meaning a semi–final against [[Greece national football team|Greece]] awaited them. Greece won the game in the last minute of the first half-half of extra-time with a [[silver goal]] after the Czechs missed several chances and hit the bar. Greece would go on to win the tournament.
The Czechs finally qualified for a FIFA World Cup, qualifying for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 edition]] in [[Germany]], via a play–off against Norway, winning both legs 1–0. The team was boosted prior to the play-off matches by the return of [[Pavel Nedvěd]] who had initially retired from international football after [[Euro 2004]]. The squad for the World Cup included 18 of the [[Euro 2004]] team which reached the semi-finals. As two years previously, the Czechs were tipped to do well. They started the tournament in fine form with a 3–0 win over the [[United States men's national soccer team|USA]]. However towards the end of the first half Jan Koller was stretchered off with a pulled hamstring, putting him out of the tournament. In the next game, with the absent Koller and Milan Baros still recovering from injury, the team struggled, losing 2–0 to [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] with [[Tomáš Ujfaluši]] being sent off with the team a goal behind. Baroš returned for the final game against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] which the Czechs had to win to progress. Once again the team were reduced to ten men a goal behind as [[Jan Polák]] was dismissed before half-time. Italy went on to win 2-0. [[Pavel Nedvěd]], [[Karel Poborský]] and [[Vratislav Lokvenc]] retired from the national team after this tournament.
The disappointing World Cup campaign was followed by a successful qualifying campaign for [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]], where they finished top of their group, above Germany on head–to–head records. The Czechs beat co–hosts [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] 1–0 in their opening game, before being beaten 3–1 by [[Portugal national football team|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 and looked set to qualify. However, the Turks staged a stunning comeback in the last 15 minutes of the game to win the game 2–3, and that signaled the end of another disappointing performance at a major tournament and the final match for coach [[Karel Brückner]].
After the failure to impress at the Euro, the Czechs faced [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup qualification]], being drawn in [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 3|Group 3]], under the guidance of coach [[Petr Rada]]. They started with a 0–0 away draw against [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]], which was followed by a poor performance against [[Poland national football team|Poland]], losing 2–1. A late goal from [Libor Sionko]] won the next game 1-0 against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]]. This was followed by an unconvincing win against [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]], and a goalless draw in Slovenia. In their following match, against neighbours [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]], a disastrous 2–1 defeat at home left the Czechs in a precarious qualifying position. It was also coach [[Petr Rada]]'s last match. [[Ivan Hašek]] took over as both Czech FA president and manager, slightly improving things, as the team drew away to group leaders Slovakia and thrashed San Marino 7–0 at [[Uherske Hradiste]]. They entered the penultimate matchday with a game against Poland to win, and hoping that Slovenia did not defeat [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]]. They succeeded but Slovakia losing 2–0 meant that minnows San Marino had to hold the Slovenians to a draw to give the Czechs a chance of reaching the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Second Round|play-offs]]. The miracle did not happen and the team failed to qualify for the first major tournament since [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]].
A much changed team under new manager [[Michal Bílek]] entered the [[Euro 2012]] qualifiers. The campaign began disastrously with a home loss to [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]]. But an important win at home to [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] was followed by wins against [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]]. World champions [[Spain national football team|Spain]] had defeated the Czechs in between the Liechtenstein games but the play-off spot was still in their hands. In the next game a vital last minute penalty from [[Michal Kadlec]] away to Scotland grabbed a 2-2 draw. Despite Scotland winning their next two games and again the Czechs being defeated by Spain the team could finish second if they could beat Lithuania away from home in the final game, assuming Spain would beat Scotland at home. Spain won 3-1 and the Czechs convincingly defeated Lithuania 4-1 to seal second spot and a place in the play-offs. The Czechs were drawn to face [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]] in the two-legged play-off. A memorable goal from [[Václav Pilař]] and a last minute second from [[Tomáš Sivok]] helped the Czechs to a 2-0 first leg lead. In the second leg in [[Podgorica]] a late goal from [[Petr Jiráček]] sealed a 1-0 win and the Czechs ran out 3-0 aggregate winners and qualified for [[Euro 2012]].
===World Cup===
''For [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] to [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] records, see: [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]''
Since independence from [[Slovakia]], the Czech Republic has only qualified for one [[FIFA World Cup]], in 2006. Coming into the [[2006 World Cup]] as the team ranked second best in the world after Brazil, due to Czech domination in the 2004 [[Euro Cup]], expectations were enormous. The Czechs defeated the [[United States]] 3-0 in their first game and people expected this to be a brilliant tournament for [[Czecho]], however in the second game against the [[Ghana national football team]] the Czechs were unable to rebound from an early Ghana goal, despite hitting the post many times. Though the Czech team outplayed the opponents throughout the game, it still ended horribly for the Czech Republic; 2-0 for Ghana after a late insurance goal by the strong [[African]] team. Experts would go on to consider this a significant moment of collapse for the Czech team, who was put in a position of having to defeat Italy to advance to the next round. In a relatively close game, the eventual world champions defeated the Czechs by the score of 2-0 eliminating a team that didn't even approach expectations. They went out in the first round following one victory and two defeats in what came to be thought of as a disastrous World Cup for the Czech national team.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|[[FIFA World Cup 1998|1998]] and [[FIFA World Cup 2002|2002]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||
|-
|
[[FIFA World Cup 2006|2006]]||Round 1||20||3||1||0||2||3||4
|-
|
[[FIFA World Cup 2010|2010]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
||'''Total'''||1/4||||3||1||0||2||3||4
|}
===Confederations Cup===
The Czechs qualified for the 1997 Confederations Cup following their second place in the UEFA Euro 1996 Competition and Germany's subsequent refusal to take part. Given that teams only qualify for the Confederations Cup if they win either the FIFA World Cup, or regional championship (UEFA Euro,) this is their only appearance.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|[[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992]] to [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|- bgcolor="#cc9966"
|
[[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]||Third place||5||2||1||2||10||7
|-
|[[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]] to [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|'''Total'''||1/8||5||2||1||2||10||7
|}
===European Championship===
[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]] to [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]] records, see: [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]
Since their independence, Czech Republic have never failed to qualify for the European Football Championships, with their best finish being second place in the [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] edition of the tournament (which was also their first), since then they have advanced from the first round on only one occasion, [[UEFA Euro 2004|in 2004]]. Qualifying for [[UEFA Euro 2012]] is now underway.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=4|[[UEFA European Football Championship|UEFA European Championship record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-bgcolor=Silver
|
[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]
|[[UEFA Euro 1996 Final|Runners-up]]
|2nd
|6
|2
|2
|2
|7
|8
|-
|
[[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]
|Group Stage
|10th
|3
|1
|0
|2
|3
|3
|-bgcolor=cc9966
|
[[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]
|Semi Final
|3rd
|5
|4
|0
|1
|10
|5
|-
|
[[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
|Group Stage
|11th
|3
|1
|0
|2
|4
|6
|-
|
[[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]
|Qualified
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|'''Total'''
|
|'''7/13'''
|'''25'''
|'''11'''
|'''5'''
|'''9'''
|'''36'''
|'''32'''
|-
|}
:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]].''
:''**Gold background colour indicates winning the tournamen. Red border colour indicates hosts.''
==Managers==
[[Václav Ježek]] (1993)
[[Dušan Uhrin]] (1994–1997)
[[Jozef Chovanec]] (1998–2001)
[[Karel Brückner]] (2001–2008)
[[Petr Rada]] (2008–2009)
[[František Straka]] (2009)
[[Ivan Hašek]] (2009)
[[Michal Bílek]] (2009–''present'')
==Recent results==
{{Main|Czech Republic national football team results}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Home Team
! Score
! Away Team
|-
| 9 February 2011
| {{fb|CRO}}
| 4–'''2'''
| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
| 25 March 2011
| {{fb|ESP}}
| 2–'''1'''
| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
| 29 March 2011
| {{fb|CZE}}
| 2–'''0'''
| {{fb|LIE}}
|-
| 4 June 2011
| {{fb|CZE}}
| 0–0
| {{fb|PER}}
|-
| 7 June 2011
| {{fb|JPN}}
| 0–0
| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
| 10 August 2011
| {{fb|NOR}}
| 3–'''0'''
| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
| 3 September 2011
| {{fb|SCO}}
| 2–'''2'''
| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
| 6 September 2011
| {{fb|CZE}}
| '''4'''–0
| {{fb|UKR}}
|-
| 7 October 2011
| {{fb|CZE}}
| '''0'''–2
| {{fb|ESP}}
|-
| 11 October 2011
| {{fb|LIT}}
| 1–'''4'''
| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
| 11 November 2011
| {{fb|CZE}}
| '''2'''–0
| {{fb|MNE}}
|-
| 15 November 2011
| {{fb|MNE}}
| 0–'''1'''
| {{fb|CZE}}
|-
|}
===EURO 2012 qualifiers===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Opponents
! Venue
! Date
|-
|{{fb|MNE}}
|[[Prague]]
|11 November 2011
|-
|{{fb|MNE}}
|[[Podgorica]]
|15 November 2011
|}
===UEFA Euro 2012 qualification – Group I===
{{main|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I}}
{{UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I|expanded=yes|fixtures=yes}}
{{footballbox
|date = 7 September 2010
|time = 20:15 [[UTC+2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002202/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|LTU}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Darvydas Šernas|Šernas]] {{goal|25}}
|stadium = [[Andrův stadion]], [[Olomouc]]
|attendance = 12,038
|referee = [[Alon Yefet]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 October 2010
|time = 20:15 [[UTC+2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002201/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
|goals1 = [[Roman Hubník|Hubník]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Synot Tip Arena]], [[Prague]]
|attendance = 14,922
|referee = [[Ivan Bebek]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]])}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 12 October 2010
|time = 20:00 [[UTC+2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LIE}}
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002213/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Tomáš Necid|Necid]] {{goal|12}}
[[Václav Kadlec|V. Kadlec]] {{goal|29}}
|stadium = [[Rheinpark Stadion]], [[Vaduz]]
|attendance =
|referee = [[Stanislav Sukhina]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 25 March 2011
|time = 21:00 [[UTC+2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002196/postmatch/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[David Villa|Villa]] {{goal|69||72|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Jaroslav Plasil|Plasil]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes]], [[Granada]]
|attendance =
|referee = [[Viktor Kassai]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 29 March 2011
|time = 17:30 [[UTC+2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score=2 – 0
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002203/postmatch/report/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|LIE}}
|goals1 = [[Milan Baroš|Baroš]] {{goal|3}}[[Michal Kadlec|M. Kadlec]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stadion Střelecký ostrov]], [[České Budějovice]]
|attendance = 6,700
|referee = [[Ovidiu Alin Hategan]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 3 September 2011
|time = 15:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score = 2 – 2
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002205/postmatch/report/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Kenny Miller|Miller]] {{goal|44}} [[Darren Fletcher|Fletcher]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Jaroslav Plašil|Plašil]] {{goal|78}} [[Michal Kadlec|M. Kadlec]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]]
|attendance =51,457
|referee =[[Kevin Blom]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 7 October 2011
|time = 20:45 [[UTC+2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CZE}}
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002200/postmatch/report/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Juan Manuel Mata|Mata]] {{goal|6}} [[Xabi Alonso|Alonso]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium = [[Generali Arena]], [[Prague]]
|attendance = 17,873
|referee = [[Paolo Tagliavento]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]]) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 11 October 2011
|time = 21:45 [[UTC+3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LTU}}
|score = 1 – 4
|report = [http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro2012/matches/season=2012/round=15171/match=2002209/postmatch/report/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Darvydas Šernas|Šernas]] {{goal|68|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Michal Kadlec|M. Kadlec]] {{goal|2|pen.|85|pen.}}
[[Jan Rezek|Rezek]] {{goal|16||45}}
|stadium = [[S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium]], [[Kaunas]]
|attendance = 2,000
|referee = [[David Fernández Borbalán]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]]) }}
==Stadia==
The most important matches of the Czech national team are held in [[Prague]]'s [[Generali Arena]], the home stadium of [[AC Sparta Prague]]. However, as of November 2011, the team has only played 34 of 83 home matches there. This is due to the policy of playing matches against teams with a lesser reputation outside the capital city, as is the case for [[Montenegro national football team|Montenegro]].
Stadia which have hosted Czech Republic international football matches:
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Number of
matches
!Stadium
!First international
!Last international
|-
|align=center|34
|[[Generali Arena]], [[Prague]]
|26 April 1995
|11 November 2011
|-
|align=center|19
|[[Na Stínadlech]], [[Teplice]]
|18 September 1996
|26 August 2009
|-
|align=center|5
|[[Bazaly]], [[Ostrava]]
|25 May 1994
|16 August 2000
|-
|align=center|5
|[[Andrův stadion]], [[Olomouc]]
|25 March 1998
|7 September 2010
|-
|align=center|4
|[[Stadion u Nisy]], [[Liberec]]
|4 June 2005
|11 August 2010
|-
|align=center|3
|[[Stadion Střelnice]], [[Jablonec nad Nisou|Jablonec]]
|4 September 1996
|5 June 2009
|-
|align=center|3
|[[Synot Tip Arena]], [[Prague]]
|27 May 2008
|8 October 2010
|-
|align=center|2
|Sportovní areál, [[Drnovice]]
|18 August 1999
|15 August 2001
|-
|align=center|2
|[[Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty|Městský stadion]], [[Uherské Hradiště]]
|16 August 2006
|9 September 2009
|-
|align=center|1
|[[Stadion SSK Vítkovice]], [[Ostrava]]
|26 March 1996
|26 March 1996
|-
|align=center|1
|[[Strahov Stadium]], [[Prague]]
|24 April 1996
|24 April 1996
|-
|align=center|1
|Stadion FC Bohemia Poděbrady, [[Poděbrady]]
|26 February 1997
|26 February 1997
|-
|align=center|1
|[[Stadion Evžena Rošického]], [[Prague]]
|18 August 2004
|18 August 2004
|-
|align=center|1
|[[Stadion Za Lužánkami]], [[Brno]]
|8 March 1995
|8 March 1995
|-
|align=center|1
|[[Stadion Střelecký ostrov]], [[České Budějovice]]
|29 March 2011
|29 March 2011
|-
|}
===Current squad===
Match date: 11 and 15 November 2011.
Opposition: {{fb|Montenegro}}
Caps and goals updated as 15 November 2011.
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Petr Čech]]|age={{Birth date and age|1982|5|20}}|caps=88|goals=0|club=[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]|clubnat=England}}
{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=[[Jaroslav Drobný (footballer)|Jaroslav Drobný]]|age={{Birth date and age|1979|10|18}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Hamburger SV]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Jan Laštůvka]]|age={{Birth date and age|1982|7|7}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]|clubnat=Ukraine}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Theodor Gebre Selassie]]|age={{Birth date and age|1986|12|24}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[FC Slovan Liberec|Slovan Liberec]]|clubnat=CZE}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Michal Kadlec]]|age={{Birth date and age|1984|12|13}}|caps=32|goals=7|club=[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]|clubnat=Germany}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Jan Rajnoch]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|9|30}}|caps=15|goals=0|club=[[MKE Ankaragücü|Ankaragücü]]|clubnat=Turkey}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=DF|name=[[Tomáš Sivok]]|age={{Birth date and age|1983|9|15}}|caps=23|goals=3|club=[[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]|clubnat=Turkey}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=DF|name=[[Daniel Pudil]]|age={{Birth date and age|1985|9|27}}|caps=22|goals=2|club=[[K.R.C. Genk|Racing Genk]]|clubnat=Belgium}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=DF|name=[[Zdeněk Pospěch]]|age={{Birth date and age|1978|12|14}}|caps=31|goals=2|club=[[1. FSV Mainz 05|Mainz 05]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Roman Hubník]]|age={{Birth date and age|1984|6|6}}|caps=20|goals=2|club=[[Hertha BSC|Hertha Berlin]]|clubnat=Germany}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#0000FF"
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=MF|name=[[Jan Rezek]]|age={{Birth date and age|1982|5|5}}|caps=11|goals=3|club=[[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]]|clubnat=CYP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Tomáš Rosický]]|age={{Birth date and age|1980|10|4}}|caps=85|goals=20|club=[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]|clubnat=England}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=MF|name=[[Jaroslav Plašil]]|age={{Birth date and age|1982|1|5}}|caps=69|goals=6|club=[[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]|clubnat=France}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Václav Pilař]]|age={{Birth date and age|1988|10|13}}|caps=6|goals=1|club=[[FC Viktoria Plzeň|Viktoria Plzeň]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Kolář]]|age={{Birth date and age|1985|10|27}}|caps=8|goals=1|club=[[FC Viktoria Plzeň|Viktoria Plzeň]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=[[Petr Jiráček]]|age={{Birth date and age|1986|3|2}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=[[FC Viktoria Plzeň|Viktoria Plzeň]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=[[Marek Matějovský]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|12|20}}|caps=15|goals=1|club=[[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Milan Petržela]]|age={{Birth date and age|1983|6|19}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[FC Viktoria Plzeň|Viktoria Plzeň]]|clubnat=Czech Republic}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#DFEDFD"
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=FW|name=[[Tomáš Pekhart]]|age={{Birth date and age|1989|5|26}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[1. FC Nuremberg|Nürnberg]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=FW|name=[[Milan Baroš]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|10|28}}|caps=86|goals=39|club=[[Galatasaray S.K. (football team)|Galatasaray]]|clubnat=TUR}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=FW|name=[[David Lafata]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|9|18}}|caps=15|goals=2|club=[[FK Baumit Jablonec|Baumit Jablonec]]|clubnat=CZE}}
{{nat fs g end}}
===Recent call-ups===
The following players have also been called up to the Czech Republic squad within the last twelve months:
{{National football squad start (recent)}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Aleš Hruška]]|age={{Birth date and age|1985|11|23}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[1. FK Příbram|Příbram]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|SCO}}, September 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Tomáš Grigar]]|age={{Birth date and age|1983|2|1}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[FK Teplice|Teplice]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Tomáš Vaclík]]|age={{Birth date and age|1989|2|29}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[FK Viktoria Žižkov|Viktoria Žižkov]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|LIE}}, March 2011}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#0000FF"
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Ondřej Kušnír]]|age={{Birth date and age|1984|4|5}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Sparta Prague]]|clubnat=CZE|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[David Limberský]]|age={{Birth date and age|1983|10|6}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[FC Viktoria Plzeň|Viktoria Plzeň]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Mario Holek]]|age={{Birth date and age|1986|10|28}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]|clubnat=Ukraine|latest= v. {{fb|CRO}}, February 2011}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#0000FF"
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Tomáš Hübschman]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|9|4}}|caps=40|goals=0|club=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]|clubnat=Ukraine|latest= v. {{fb|LIT}}, October 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Kamil Vacek]]|age={{Birth date and age|1987|5|18}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[Chievo]]|clubnat=ITA|latest= v. {{fb|LIT}}, October 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Marcel Gecov]]|age={{Birth date and age|1988|1|1}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]|clubnat=England|latest= v. {{fb|NOR}}, August 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jan Polák]]|age={{Birth date and age|1981|3|14}}|caps=57|goals=7|club=[[VfL Wolfsburg]]|clubnat=Germany|latest= v. {{fb|NOR}}, August 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Petr Janda]]|age={{Birth date and age|1987|1|5}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Petr Trapp]]|age={{Birth date and age|1985|12|6}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[FC Viktoria Plzeň|Viktoria Plzeň]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Adam Hloušek]]|age={{Birth date and age|1988|12|20}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Slavia Prague]]|clubnat=CZE|latest= v. {{fb|LIE}}, March 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jan Morávek]]|age={{Birth date and age|1989|1|1}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]|clubnat=Germany|latest= v. {{fb|LIE}}, March 2011}}
|-----
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#B0D3FB" align="left" |
|----- bgcolor="#0000FF"
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Martin Fenin]]|age={{Birth date and age|1987|4|16}}|caps=16|goals=3|club=[[FC Energie Cottbus|Energie Cottbus]]|clubnat=GER|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Michal Hubník]]|age={{Birth date and age|1983|6|1}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Legia Warsaw]]|clubnat=Poland|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Tomáš Necid]]|age={{Birth date and age|1989|8|13}}|caps=25|goals=7|club=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]|clubnat=Russia|latest= v. {{fb|JPN}}, June 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Václav Kadlec]]|age={{Birth date and age|1992|5|20}}|caps=1|goals=1|club=[[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|LIE}}, March 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Libor Kozák]]|age={{Birth date and age|1989|5|30}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]]|clubnat=Italy|latest= v. {{fb|LIE}}, March 2011}}
{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Jiří Štajner]]|age={{Birth date and age|1976|5|27}}|caps=36|goals=4|club=[[FC Slovan Liberec|Slovan Liberec]]|clubnat=Czech Republic|latest= v. {{fb|CRO}}, February 2011}}
|}
===Previous squads===
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FIFA World Cup squads:
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup squads#Czech Republic|2006 FIFA World Cup squad]]
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UEFA European Football Championship squads:
*[[UEFA Euro 1996 squads#Czech Republic|UEFA Euro 1996 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 2000 squads#Czech Republic|UEFA Euro 2000 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 2004 squads#Czech Republic|UEFA Euro 2004 squad]]
*[[UEFA Euro 2008 squads#Czech Republic|UEFA Euro 2008 squad]]
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{{col-end}}
==Player records==
{{See also|List of Czech Republic international footballers}}
Player records are accurate as November 15, 2011.
===Most capped Czech Republic players===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Career
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|[[Karel Poborský]]
|1994–2006
|118
|8
|-
|rowspan="2"|2
|align="left"|[[Jan Koller]]
|1999–2009
|91
|55
|-
|align="left"|[[Pavel Nedvěd]]
|1994–2006
|91
|18
|-
|4
|align="left"|'''[[Petr Čech]]'''
|2002–Present
|88
|0
|-
|5
|align="left"|'''[[Milan Baroš]]'''
|2001–Present
|86
|39
|-
|6
|align="left"|'''[[Tomáš Rosický]]'''
|2000–Present
|85
|20
|-
|7
|align="left"|[[Vladimír Šmicer]]
|1993–2005
|81
|27
|-
|8
|align="left"|[[Tomáš Ujfaluši]]
|2001–2009
|78
|2
|-
|9
|align="left"|[[Marek Jankulovski]]
|2000–2009
|77
|11
|-
|10
|align="left"|[[Vratislav Lokvenc]]
|1995–2006
|74
|14
|-
|}
===Top Czech Republic goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career
!Goals (Caps)
!Pct.
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jan Koller]]
|1999–2009
|55 (91)
|{{#expr: 55/91 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Milan Baroš]]'''
|2001–Present
|39 (85)
|{{#expr: 39/86 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Vladimír Šmicer]]
|1993–2005
|27 (81)
|{{#expr: 27/81 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pavel Kuka]]
|1994–2001
|22 (63)
|{{#expr: 22/63 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Tomáš Rosický]]'''
|2000–Present
|20 (84)
|{{#expr: 20/85 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrik Berger]]
|1994–2001
|18 (44)
|{{#expr: 18/44 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Pavel Nedvěd]]
|1994–2006
|18 (91)
|{{#expr: 18/91 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Vratislav Lokvenc]]
|1995–2006
|14 (74)
|{{#expr: 14/74 * 1 round 3}}
|-
|}
(Above Information in both tables taken from individual player pages, based on players from the Czech Republic international footballers page ([[List of Czech Republic international footballers]]))
==See also==
* [[Czech Republic national under-21 football team]]
* [[Czech Republic national football team results|Full results history for the Czech Republic]]
==External links==
*[http://nv.fotbal.cz/index.php 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.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/tsje-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
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