Czech Republic national football team
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Association | Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR) | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Jaroslav Šilhavý | ||
Captain | Tomáš Souček | ||
Most caps | Petr Čech (124) | ||
Top scorer | Jan Koller (55) | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | CZE | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 33 ![]() | ||
Highest | 2 (September 1999; January – May 2000; April – May 2005; January – May 2006) | ||
Lowest | 67 (March 1994) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903) as Czech Republic: ![]() ![]() (Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) as Czech Republic: ![]() ![]() (Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937) as Czech Republic: ![]() ![]() (London, England; 22 March 2019) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1934) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (1934, 1962, as Czechoslovakia), Group stage (2006, as Czech Republic) | ||
UEFA European Championship | |||
Appearances | 10 (first in 1960) | ||
Best result | Champions (1976, as Czechoslovakia), Runners-up (1996, as Czech Republic) | ||
FIFA Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1997) | ||
Best result | Third place (1997) | ||
Medal record |
The Czech Republic national football team (Czech: Česká fotbalová reprezentace) represents the Czech Republic in international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR). Historically, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Bohemia and Czechoslovakia.
Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the first international competition of the Czech Republic was the UEFA Euro 1996, where they finished runners-up, and they have taken part in every European Championship since. Following the separation, they have featured in one FIFA World Cup, the 2006 tournament.
History[edit]
1990s[edit]
When Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Czech Republic team was formed. They played their first friendly match away to Turkey 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.
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 defeat against Luxembourg, finishing their qualifying Group 5 in first place, ahead of group favourites 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 progressed to the UEFA Euro 1996 Final, losing 2–1 to Germany at Wembley Stadium.
The Czechs finished third in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying group, behind Spain and Yugoslavia, and subsequently missed the tournament.
2000s[edit]
The Czech Republic qualified for Euro 2000, winning all of their group games and conceding five goals.[3] In the finals the team were drawn in Group D, alongside France, the Netherlands and Denmark.[4] The team lost to the Netherlands after last-minute penalty[5] and lost the second match against France, which eliminated them from advancing to the knockout round. The Czech Republic managed a 2–0 win against Denmark in their final game courtesy of two goals from Vladimír Šmicer.[5]
Once again, the Czech Republic failed to qualify for the World Cup, this time finishing second in their 2002 qualification group, behind Denmark, and then being beaten 1–0 in both legs by Belgium in the UEFA play-offs for a place in the finals.
A team settled with Pavel Nedvěd, Jan Koller, Tomáš Rosický, Milan Baroš, Marek Jankulovski, Tomáš Galásek together with the emergence of goalkeeper Petr Čech were unbeaten in 2002 and 2003, scoring 53 goals in 19 games and qualifying for Euro 2004 in the process. The Czech Republic went on a 20-game unbeaten streak, which finally ended in Dublin on 31 March 2004 in a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland.[6] The Czechs entered the Euro finals in Group D, alongside the Netherlands, Germany and Latvia.[7] The team trailed 2–0 to the Netherlands before winning the game 3–2 and beat Germany in the final group match.[8] The Czech Republic beat Denmark in the quarter-final, went into the semi-final against Greece and Tomáš Rosický hit the bar after just two minutes, Jan Koller had shots saved by the Greek goalkeeper and Pavel Nedvěd left the pitch injured in the end of the first half. It was not to be as the 90 minutes finished goalless and Greece won the game in the last minute of the first half of extra-time with a silver goal.[9]
The Czech Republic achieved their record win during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), thrashing Andorra 8–1 in a qualification match in Liberec. In the same match, Jan Koller became the all-time top scorer for the national team with his 35th international goal.[10] At the end of the campaign, after finishing in second place in Group 1 then defeating Norway in a playoff, the Czechs qualified for their first FIFA World Cup.[11] The team was boosted prior to the play-off matches by the return of Pavel Nedvěd,[12] who had initially retired from international football after Euro 2004. The squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany included 18 of the Euro 2004 team which reached the semi-finals. With the team ranked second in the world,[13] they started the tournament with a 3–0 win over the United States. During the game, however, Jan Koller was forced to leave with a hamstring injury,[14] putting him out of the tournament. In the next game, with Koller absent and Milan Baroš still recovering from injury, the team suffered a 2–0 loss to Ghana.[13] Baroš returned for the final game against Italy which the Czechs had to win to progress. The team were reduced to ten men as Jan Polák was dismissed before half-time for two bookable offences.[14] Italy went on to win 2–0. Pavel Nedvěd, Karel Poborský and Vratislav Lokvenc retired from the national team after this tournament.[15]
In the qualifying campaign for Euro 2008, they finished top of their group, above Germany on head-to-head records. The Czech Republic beat co-hosts Switzerland 1–0 in their opening game of the final tournament, before being beaten 3–1 by Portugal, meaning that they and Turkey carried identical records going into the final group game. Although the Czechs took a 2–0 lead just past the hour mark and looked set to qualify, Turkey scored three goals in the final 15 minutes of the game to win the game 3–2.[16]
The Czechs faced World Cup qualification, being drawn in Group 3, under the guidance of coach Petr Rada. They started with a 0–0 away draw against Northern Ireland, before losing to Poland. A late goal from Libor Sionko won the next game 1–0 against Slovenia. This was followed by a win against San Marino, and a goalless draw in Slovenia. In their following match, against neighbours Slovakia, a 2–1 defeat at home left Czech Republic in a precarious qualifying position. Manager Petr Rada was dismissed and six players were suspended.[17] Ivan Hašek took temporary charge as manager,[18] gaining four points from his first two matches, as the team drew away to group leaders Slovakia and thrashed San Marino 7–0 in Uherské Hradiště. They subsequently beat Poland in Prague but followed this result with a goalless draw against Northern Ireland, finishing third in the group and failing to qualify for the World Cup. Hašek announced his immediate resignation.[19]
2010s[edit]
A changed team under Michal Bílek entered the Euro 2012 qualifiers and began with a home loss to Lithuania. But a win at home to Scotland was followed by wins against Liechtenstein. Spain defeated Czech Republic in between the Liechtenstein games, but the play-off spot was still in their hands. In the next game, a last minute penalty from Michal Kadlec away to Scotland secured a 2–2 draw.[20] Despite Scotland winning their next two games and the Czechs again 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 Czech Republic defeated Lithuania 4–1 to seal second spot and a place in the play-offs. Czech Republic were drawn to face Montenegro in the two-legged play-off. A 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.
At the tournament, the Czechs lost their opening game 4–1 to Russia, with their only goal coming from Václav Pilař. In their second match, against Greece, the Czech Republic went 2–0 up within the first six minutes thanks to goals from Petr Jiráček and a second from Pilař. Following the half-time substitution of captain Tomáš Rosický, Greece scored a second-half goal following a mistake from Czech goalkeeper Petr Čech, although there were no more goals and the Czech Republic recorded their first win of the tournament.[21] Going into their third and final group match, the Czech Republic needed at least a draw against co-hosts Poland to advance to the knock-out stage of the tournament. A second-half strike by Jiráček proved the difference between the teams as the Czechs ran out 1–0 winners. Due to Greece beating Russia in the other group game, the Czech Republic subsequently finished top of Group A,[22] becoming the first team to ever win a group at the European Championships with a negative goal difference.[23] The Czech team faced Portugal in the quarter-finals. Portugal eventually made the breakthrough with 11 minutes remaining through a header from Cristiano Ronaldo to win the match 1–0 and eliminate Czech Republic.
Bílek stayed on as coach, despite unrest amongst fans, and was tasked with qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.[24] The Czechs were drawn into UEFA Qualifying Group B along with Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta. The beginning of the campaign was [24] two goalless draws with Denmark and Bulgaria, paired with a narrow win against Malta, capping off their first three games. The team then lost 0–3 to Denmark at home. The team was able to win against Armenia and draw with group leaders Italy, but lost to both Armenia and Italy in the rematches.[24] Bílek resigned[24] after the loss and was replaced with assistant coach Josef Pešice.[25] In their last two games with their new coach, the Czechs recorded wins over Malta and Bulgaria but lost to Italy, leaving them in third place and ending their qualification hopes. Pešice resigned as coach following the conclusion of qualifying.
Pavel Vrba was appointed as the team's new coach on the first day of 2014, ahead of Euro 2016 qualifying.[26] The Czech team was drawn into[27] Group A, along with Netherlands, Turkey, Iceland, Latvia and Kazakhstan. The Czech team began with a win, defeating Netherlands, and followed up with victories over Turkey, Kazakhstan and Iceland, leaving them as group leaders with maximum points after four matches. A draw at home against Latvia followed; nonetheless, Czech Republic remained group leader, and on 6 September 2015, qualified for their sixth European Championship. They only got one point from a draw with Croatia, losing to Spain and Turkey. During a friendly match against Australia on 1 June 2018, the Czechs recorded their biggest defeat losing 0–4 in Sankt Pölten, Austria.[28] It was surpassed during their first qualifier for Euro 2020, as they were beaten 0–5 at Wembley Stadium by England.[29]
Team image[edit]
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Since 1994, the Czech Republic home kit has primarily been red shirts, with either blue or red shorts. While their away kit has been white shirts with white shorts. Although the team wore blue shorts for a short period between 2010 and 2011. In 2020 the team introduced a new alternate colour as the away kit for the first time.[30]
Stadiums[edit]
Ten different cities hosted national team matches of the Czech Republic between 1994 and 2011.[31] The most commonly-used stadium is Generali Arena, the home stadium of AC Sparta Prague. As of 3 June 2014, the team has played 36 of 92 home matches there. Since 2012, competitive games have also been held Doosan Arena, Plzeň.
Stadiums which have hosted Czech Republic international football matches:
Number of matches |
Stadium | W | D | L | First international | Latest international |
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46 | Generali Arena, Prague | 27 | 7 | 12 | 26 April 1995 | 16 November 2021 |
20 | Na Stínadlech, Teplice | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 September 1996 | 11 September 2012 |
14 | Sinobo Stadium, Prague | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 May 2008 | 8 October 2021 |
12 | Andrův stadion, Olomouc | 8 | 0 | 4 | 25 March 1998 | 11 November 2021 |
8 | Doosan Arena, Plzeň | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 October 2012 | 8 September 2021 |
5 | Bazaly, Ostrava | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 May 1994 | 16 August 2000 |
4 | Stadion u Nisy, Liberec | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 June 2005 | 11 August 2010 |
4 | Městský stadion, Ostrava | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 March 1996 | 2 September 2021 |
3 | Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 September 1996 | 5 June 2009 |
3 | Městský stadion, Uherské Hradiště | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 August 2006 | 6 September 2018 |
2 | Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 April 1996 | 18 August 2004 |
2 | Sportovní areál, Drnovice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 August 1999 | 15 August 2001 |
2 | Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 August 2016 | 15 November 2016 |
1 | Stadion FC Bohemia Poděbrady, Poděbrady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 February 1997 | |
1 | Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 March 1995 | |
1 | Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 March 2011 | |
1 | Městský stadion, Ústí nad Labem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 March 2017 |
Results and fixtures[edit]
2021[edit]
4 June 2021 Friendly | Italy ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Bologna, Italy |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 0 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland) | ||
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 4 June 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. |
8 June 2021 Friendly | Czech Republic ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Prague, Czech Republic |
20:15 UTC+2 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Kralovic (Slovakia) |
14 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group D | Scotland ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Glasgow, Scotland |
14:00 UTC+1 | Report |
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Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 9,847 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany) |
18 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group D | Croatia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Glasgow, Scotland |
17:00 UTC+1 |
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Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 5,607 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) |
22 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group D | Czech Republic ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | London, England |
20:00 UTC+1 | Report |
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Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 19,104 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
27 June 2021 Euro 2020 R16 | Netherlands ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Budapest, Hungary |
18:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 52,834 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia) |
3 July 2021 Euro 2020 QF | Czech Republic ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Baku, Azerbaijan |
20:00 UTC+4 |
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Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 16,306 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
2 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification | Czech Republic ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
20:45 |
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Report | Stadium: Městský stadion v Ostravě-Vítkovicích Attendance: 7,218 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
5 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification | Belgium ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
20:45 |
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Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 21,416 Referee: Michael Oliver (England) |
8 September 2021 Friendly | Czech Republic ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
20:45 UTC+2 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 5,231 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia) |
8 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification | Czech Republic ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Prague, Czech Republic |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 16,856 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) |
11 October 2021 2022 World Cup qualification | Belarus ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Kazan, Russia |
21:45 | Report | Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier (France) |
11 November 2021 Friendly | Czech Republic ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 5,367 Referee: Peter Kráľovič (Slovakia) |
16 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification | Czech Republic ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Prague, Czech Republic |
20:45 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 10,076 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
2022[edit]
24 March 2022 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying | Sweden ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | Solna, Sweden |
20:45 UTC+1 |
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Report | Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 48,628 Referee: Michael Oliver (England) |
29 March 2022 Friendly | Wales ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Cardiff, Wales |
19:45 UTC+1 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Paul Tierney (England) |
2 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | Prague, Czech Republic |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Sinobo Stadium |
5 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | Prague, Czech Republic |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Sinobo Stadium |
9 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Portugal ![]() | v | ![]() | Lisbon, Portugal |
19:45 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade |
12 June 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Spain ![]() | v | ![]() | Málaga, Spain |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: La Rosaleda |
24 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report |
27 September 2022 2022–23 UEFA Nations League | Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | |
20:45 UTC+2 | Report |
Coaching staff[edit]
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | ![]() |
Assistant Coach | ![]() |
Assistant Coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping Coach | ![]() |
Coaching history[edit]
Dušan Uhrin (1994–1997)
Jozef Chovanec (1998–2001)
Karel Brückner (2001–2008)
Petr Rada (2008–2009)
František Straka (2009)
Ivan Hašek (2009)
Michal Bílek (2009–2013)
Josef Pešice (2013)
Pavel Vrba (2014–2016)
Karel Jarolím (2016–2018)
Jaroslav Šilhavý (2018–)
Players[edit]
Current squad[edit]
The following squad was called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification play-off match against Sweden on 24 March 2022.[32]
Caps and goals as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Wales.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Tomáš Vaclík | 29 March 1989 | 49 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | GK | Jindřich Staněk | 27 April 1996 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | GK | Milan Heča | 21 March 1991 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | David Zima | 8 November 2000 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Tomáš Holeš | 31 March 1993 | 17 | 2 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Jakub Brabec | 6 August 1992 | 26 | 2 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Tomáš Petrášek | 2 March 1992 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | DF | Aleš Matějů | 3 June 1996 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Milan Havel | 7 August 1994 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | DF | Jaroslav Zelený | 20 August 1992 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Ladislav Krejčí | 20 April 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Antonín Barák | 3 December 1994 | 31 | 8 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Jakub Pešek | 24 June 1993 | 10 | 4 | ![]() |
12 | MF | Lukáš Masopust | 12 February 1993 | 31 | 2 | ![]() |
14 | MF | Jakub Jankto | 19 January 1996 | 43 | 4 | ![]() |
15 | MF | Michal Sadílek | 31 May 1999 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Jan Sýkora | 29 December 1993 | 14 | 4 | ![]() |
19 | MF | Ondřej Lingr | 7 October 1998 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | MF | Tomáš Souček | 27 February 1995 | 48 | 9 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Adam Hložek | 25 July 2002 | 14 | 1 | ![]() |
10 | FW | Jan Kuchta | 8 January 1997 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Tomáš Pekhart | 26 May 1989 | 24 | 2 | ![]() |
20 | FW | Václav Jurečka | 26 June 1994 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
Recent call-ups[edit]
The following players have also been called up to the Czech Republic squad within the last twelve months:
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Aleš Mandous | 21 April 1992 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
GK | Matěj Kovář | 17 May 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
GK | Ondřej Kolář | 17 October 1994 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
GK | Tomáš Koubek | 14 April 1992 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
UEFA Euro 2020 |
GK | Jiří Pavlenka | 26 August 1992 | 14 | 0 | ![]() |
UEFA Euro 2020 INJ |
DF | Tomáš Kalas | 15 May 1993 | 31 | 2 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Filip Novák | 26 June 1990 | 28 | 2 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Vladimír Coufal | 22 August 1992 | 26 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Filip Panák | 2 November 1995 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Ondřej Čelůstka | 18 June 1989 | 33 | 3 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Tomáš Wiesner | 17 July 1997 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Václav Jemelka | 23 June 1995 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Filip Kaša | 1 January 1994 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Michal Sáček | 19 September 1996 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Ondřej Kúdela | 26 March 1987 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Pavel KadeřábekRET | 25 April 1992 | 48 | 3 | ![]() |
UEFA Euro 2020 |
DF | Jan Bořil | 11 January 1991 | 27 | 0 | ![]() |
UEFA Euro 2020 |
DF | Patrizio Stronati | 17 November 1994 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | David Pavelka | 18 May 1991 | 25 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Jan Kopic | 4 June 1990 | 27 | 3 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Alex Král | 19 May 1998 | 29 | 2 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Petr Ševčík | 4 May 1994 | 12 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Jaromír Zmrhal | 2 August 1993 | 20 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Pavel Bucha | 11 March 1998 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Vladimír DaridaRET | 8 August 1990 | 76 | 8 | ![]() |
UEFA Euro 2020 |
MF | Lukáš Provod | 23 October 1996 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Tomáš Malínský | 25 August 1991 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Patrik Schick | 24 January 1996 | 33 | 17 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Matěj Vydra | 1 May 1992 | 46 | 7 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Michael Krmenčík | 15 March 1993 | 35 | 9 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Stanislav Tecl | 1 September 1990 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Martin Doležal | 3 May 1990 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
- INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.
- PRE = Preliminary squad.
- RET = Retired from international football.
- WD = Withdrew due to non-injury related reasons.
Player statistics[edit]
- As of 3 July 2021[33]
- Players in bold are still active with Czech Republic.
- This list does not include players that won caps for Czechoslovakia.
Most capped players[edit]
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Petr Čech | 124 | 0 | 2002–2016 |
2 | Karel Poborský | 118 | 8 | 1994–2006 |
3 | Tomáš Rosický | 105 | 23 | 2000–2016 |
4 | Jaroslav Plašil | 103 | 7 | 2004–2016 |
5 | Milan Baroš | 93 | 41 | 2001–2012 |
6 | Jan Koller | 91 | 55 | 1999–2009 |
Pavel Nedvěd | 91 | 18 | 1994–2006 | |
8 | Vladimír Šmicer | 81 | 27 | 1993–2005 |
9 | Tomáš Ujfaluši | 78 | 2 | 2001–2009 |
10 | Marek Jankulovski | 77 | 11 | 2000–2009 |
Top goalscorers[edit]
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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1 | Jan Koller (list) | 55 | 91 | 0.6 | 1999–2009 |
2 | Milan Baroš (list) | 41 | 93 | 0.44 | 2001–2012 |
3 | Vladimír Šmicer | 27 | 81 | 0.33 | 1993–2005 |
4 | Tomáš Rosický | 23 | 105 | 0.22 | 2000–2016 |
5 | Pavel Kuka | 22 | 63 | 0.35 | 1994–2001 |
6 | Patrik Berger | 18 | 44 | 0.41 | 1994–2001 |
Pavel Nedvěd | 18 | 91 | 0.2 | 1994–2006 | |
8 | Patrik Schick | 17 | 33 | 0.52 | 2016–present |
9 | Vratislav Lokvenc | 14 | 74 | 0.19 | 1995–2006 |
10 | Tomáš Necid | 12 | 44 | 0.27 | 2008–2016 |
Competitive record[edit]
FIFA World Cup[edit]
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | — | ||
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Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | Squad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1934 | ||
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Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Squad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1938 | ||
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
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Group stage | 14th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1954 | ||
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Group stage | 9th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1958 | ||
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Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1962 | ||
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Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1966 | ||||||||||
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Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Squad | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1970 | ||
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Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1974 | ||||||||||
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1978 | |||||||||||
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Group stage | 19th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Squad | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1982 | ||
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Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1986 | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1990 | ||
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Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1994 | ||||||||||
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Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 1998 | ||||||||||
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12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 2002 | |||||||||||
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Group stage | 20th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 2006 | ||
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Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 2010 | ||||||||||
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2014 | |||||||||||
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2018 | |||||||||||
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9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2022 | |||||||||||
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Total | Runners-up | 9/22 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 49 | — | 146 | 78 | 31 | 37 | 278 | 126 | — |
UEFA European Championship[edit]
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | — | ||
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Third place | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1960 | ||
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Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1964 | ||||||||||
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1968 | |||||||||||
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1972 | |||||||||||
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Champions | 1st | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1976 | ||
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Third place | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1980 | ||
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Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1984 | ||||||||||
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1988 | |||||||||||
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1992 | |||||||||||
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Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1996 | ||
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Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Squad | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 2000 | ||
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Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | Squad | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 2004 | ||
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Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 2008 | ||
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Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 2012 | ||
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Group stage | 21st | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2016 | ||
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Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2020 | ||
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To be determined | To be determined | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 1 title | 10/16 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 47 | — | 124 | 81 | 21 | 22 | 251 | 102 | — |
UEFA Nations League[edit]
UEFA Nations League record | |||||||||||
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Season | Division | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK |
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B | 2 | 1st | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ![]() |
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A | 2 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 19th |
FIFA Confederations Cup[edit]
FIFA Confederations Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
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Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Squad |
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Total | Third place | 1/10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | — |
Head-to-head record (since 1994)[edit]
As of 29 March 2022 after the match against Wales.[34]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
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7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +16 |
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9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
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12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 |
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
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9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 5 | +25 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
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7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -1 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -6 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | +31 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 |
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14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 12 | +17 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
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10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Total (73) | 310 | 166 | 61 | 83 | 545 | 283 | +262 |
- ^ Includes matches against
Serbia and Montenegro.
Honours[edit]
Official[edit]
See also[edit]
- Football in Czech Republic
- Czech Republic national football team results (1994–2019)
- Czech Republic national under-21 football team
- Czech Republic national under-19 football team
- Czech Republic national under-18 football team
- Czech Republic national under-17 football team
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ Bensch, Bob (16 June 2012). "Czech Republic, Greece First to Reach Euro 2012 Quarterfinals". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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- ^ "Místo Bílka bude reprezentaci dočasně trénovat Pešice. Nebude to sranda, míní Cipro". Ihned.cz. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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- ^ UEFA.com
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- ^ "Jak reprezentace kočuje po republice. Na řadu přišel nejčistší stadion". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 28 March 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Nominaci reprezentace na baráž o MS doplnili Havel a Pekhart | Reprezentace | FOTBAL.CZ".
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- ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Czech Republic".
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