Rstykt

Czech Republic

Association	Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jaroslav Šilhavý
Captain	Bořek Dočkal
Most caps	Petr Čech (124)
Top scorer	Jan Koller (55)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	CZE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	42 (20 December 2018)[1]
Highest	2 (September 1999; January – May 2000; April – May 2005; January – May 2006)
Lowest	67 (March 1994)
Elo ranking
Current	37 1 (9 January 2019)[2]
Highest	1 (June 2004, June 2005)
Lowest	47 (4 September 2017)
First international
Hungary 2–1 Bohemia (Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903) As the Czech Republic  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
Australia 4–0 Czech Republic  (Sankt Pölten, Austria; 1 June 2018)  Russia 5–1 Czech Republic  (Rostov-on-don, Russia; 10 September 2018)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1934 and 1962 (as Czechoslovakia)[3]
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1960)
Best result	Champions, 1976 (as Czechoslovakia)[4]
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1997)
Best result	Third Place, 1997 ^ Annual change

The Czech national football team (Czech: 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. Historically, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Bohemia, Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia, finishing second at the 1934 and 1962 World Cups and winning the European Championship in 1976.^[3][4]

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 the UEFA Euro 1996, where they finished runners-up, and they have taken part in every European Championship since. Following the separation, however, they have only featured in one FIFA World Cup, the 2006 tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round of the competition.

History

Before World War I, Kingdom of Bohemia, predecessor of the Czech Republic, was part of Austria–Hungary. Bohemia 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.

The 1990s

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 an embarrassing defeat against Luxembourg, finishing their qualifying Group 5 in first place, above 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 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 1996, the Czechs were expected to qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. They finished third in their qualifying group, however, behind Spain and Yugoslavia, and subsequently missed the tournament.

The 2000s

The Czech Republic qualified for Euro 2000, winning all ten of their group games and conceding just five goals.^[5] In the finals the team were drawn in Group D, alongside 1998 FIFA World Cup winners France, co-hosts the Netherlands and UEFA Euro 1992 winners Denmark. This was considered to be the most difficult group to advance from in the tournament.^[6] The team were unlucky in the first match against the Netherlands as they hit the woodwork multiple times before losing 1–0 to a last-minute penalty.^[7] The Czechs lost their second match against eventual champions France 2–1 which eliminated them from advancing to the knockout round. Czech Republic managed a 2–0 win against Denmark in their final game courtesy of two goals from Vladimír Šmicer.^[7]

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 in both legs by Belgium in the UEFA play-offs for a place in the finals.

After the disappointment of the play-off defeat to Belgium, however, 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 and easily qualifying for Euro 2004 in the process. The Czech Republic went on a 20-game unbeaten streak, finally ended in Dublin on 31 March 2004 in a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland.^[8] The Czechs entered the Euro finals in Group D, dubbed the tournament's Group of Death alongside the Netherlands, Germany and Latvia.^[9] Despite going behind in all three group games, the team won them all. This included trailing 2–0 to the Netherlands in a classic 3–2 win and beating Germany in the final match with a much weakened team having already qualified.^[10] The Czechs convincingly beat Denmark in the quarter-finals meaning a semi-final against Greece awaited them. The Czech Republic went into the semi-final against Greece as favourites 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.^[11] Greece would go on to win the tournament.

Czech Republic (red) v Ghana (white) at the 2006 World Cup.

The Czech Republic recorded 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.^[12] 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.^[13] The team was boosted prior to the play-off matches by the return of Pavel Nedvěd,^[14] 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,^[15] the Czechs were expected to do well. They started the tournament in fine form with a 3–0 win over the United States. During the game, however, Jan Koller was forced to leave with a hamstring injury,^[16] putting him out of the tournament. In the next game, with the absent Koller and Milan Baroš still recovering from injury, the team suffered a shock loss, having Tomáš Ujfaluši sent off and ultimately losing 2–0 to Ghana.^[15] Baroš returned for the final game against Italy which the Czechs had to win to progress. Once again, however, the team were reduced to ten men as Jan Polák was dismissed before half-time for two bookable offences.^[16] Italy went on to win 2–0. Pavel Nedvěd, Karel Poborský and Vratislav Lokvenc retired from the national team after this tournament.^[17]

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 and looked set to qualify. The Turks, however, scored three goals in the final 15 minutes of the game to win the game 2–3,^[18] and that signalled 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 European Championship, 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, which was followed by a poor performance against Poland, losing 2–1. A late goal from Libor Sionko won the next game 1–0 against Slovenia. This was followed by an unconvincing win against San Marino, and a goalless draw in Slovenia. In their following match, against neighbours Slovakia, a disastrous 2–1 defeat at home left the Czechs in a precarious qualifying position. Manager Petr Rada was dismissed and six players were suspended.^[19]Ivan Hašek took temporary charge as manager,^[20] 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.^[21]

The 2010s

Czech Republic in 2014

A much changed team under new manager Michal Bílek entered the Euro 2012 qualifiers. The campaign began disastrously with a home loss to Lithuania. But an important win at home to Scotland was followed by wins against Liechtenstein. World champions Spain defeated the Czechs in between the Liechtenstein games, but the play-off spot was still in their hands. In the next game, a controversial last minute penalty from Michal Kadlec away to Scotland secured a 2–2 draw.^[22] 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 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 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.

At the tournament, the Czechs lost their opening game 4–1 to Russia, with their only goal coming from midfielder 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.^[23] 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,^[24] becoming the first team to ever win a group at the European Championships with a negative goal difference.^[25] The Czech team faced Portugal in the quarter-finals. In a tense and cagey game of few chances, Portugal eventually made the breakthrough with 11 minutes remaining through a header from Cristiano Ronaldo to win the match 1–0 and eliminate the Czechs.

Due to the improved performance over Euro 2008 (as well as their previous World Cup qualification campaign), Bílek stayed on as coach, despite unrest amongst fans, and was tasked with qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.^[26] The Czechs were drawn into UEFA Qualifying Group B along with Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta. The beginning of the campaign was stuttering,^[26] with two goalless draws with Denmark and Bulgaria, paired with a narrow win against Malta, capping off their first three games. The team then had a setback in their fourth game, losing 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, greatly dimming their qualification hopes.^[26] Bílek resigned^[26] after the loss and was replaced with assistant coach Josef Pešice.^[27] 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, the well known coach of Viktoria Plzeň, was appointed as the team's new coach on the first day of 2014, ahead of Euro 2016 qualifying.^[28] The Czech team, which was much changed from their disappointing World Cup campaign, was drawn into a tough^[29] group for qualifying, namely Group A, along with 2014 World Cup semi-finalists the Netherlands, Turkey, Iceland, Latvia and Kazakhstan. The Czech team began with a win, defeating group favourites Netherlands 2–1, 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, the Czechs remained group leaders, and on 6 September 2015, the Czech Republic qualified for their sixth European Championship. However, they only managed to get one point from a draw with Croatia, losing to Spain and Turkey and suffering their worst performance in the European Championship. During a friendly match against Australia on 1 June 2018, the Czechs recorded their biggest defeat losing 0-4 in Sankt Pölten, Austria.^[30]

Head-to-head records (since 1994)

As of 19 November 2018, after a match against Slovakia.

  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record

Opponents	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Andorra	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11
Armenia	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11
Australia	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2
Austria	5	2	1	2	9	5	+4
Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1
Belarus	5	5	0	0	15	4	+11
Belgium	7	3	1	3	8	6	+2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Bulgaria	5	4	1	0	11	1	+10
Canada	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
China PR	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Croatia	3	0	2	1	5	7	-2
Cyprus	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4
Denmark	11	3	6	2	9	7	+2
England	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2
Estonia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
Faroe Islands	6	6	0	0	7	0	+7
Finland	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6
France	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
Germany	8	2	0	6	10	15	-5
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Greece	4	1	2	1	2	2	0
Hungary	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Iceland	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4
Israel	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Italy	6	2	2	2	6	7	-1
Japan	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Latvia	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Lithuania	7	6	0	1	20	5	+15
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Macedonia	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7
Malta	10	8	2	0	29	5	+24
Mexico	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Moldova	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Montenegro	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Morocco	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	11	5	3	3	16	14	+2
Nigeria	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Northern Ireland	6	2	3	1	4	3	+1
Norway	8	4	3	1	10	6	+4
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Peru	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Poland	8	4	0	4	9	10	-1
Portugal	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Republic of Ireland	8	4	2	2	13	9	+4
Romania	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1
Russia	4	1	1	2	7	13	-6
San Marino	6	6	0	0	31	0	+31
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Scotland	7	4	1	2	11	8	+3
Serbia[a]	5	2	0	3	11	7	+4
Slovakia	12	7	2	3	24	11	+13
Slovenia	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5
South Africa	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
South Korea	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4
Spain	5	0	1	4	1	6	-5
Sweden	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1
Switzerland	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Turkey	10	5	1	4	20	13	+7
Ukraine	4	1	1	2	5	3	+2
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5
United States	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2
Wales	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
Total	?	?	?	?	?	?	+?

Record in major tournaments

FIFA World Cup record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squads		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930–1994	As  Czechoslovakia										As  Czechoslovakia
1998	Did not qualify										10	5	1	4	16	6
2002											12	6	2	4	20	10
2006	Group stage	20th	3	1	0	2	3	4	Squad		14	11	0	3	37	12
2010	Did not qualify										10	4	4	2	17	6
2014											10	4	3	3	13	9
2018											10	4	3	3	17	10
2022	To be determined
2026
Total	0 Title	1/6	3	1	0	2	3	4	–		66	34	13	19	120	53

UEFA European Championship record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

UEFA European Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squads		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960–1992	As  Czechoslovakia										As  Czechoslovakia
1996	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	8	Squad		10	6	3	1	21	6
2000	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	3	Squad		10	10	0	0	26	5
2004	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	10	5	Squad		8	7	1	0	23	5
2008	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	6	Squad		12	9	2	1	27	5
2012	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	4	6	Squad		10	6	1	3	15	8
2016	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad		10	7	1	2	19	14
2020	To be determined
2024
Total	1 Title	6/6	24	10	3	11	30	33	–		60	45	8	7	131	43

FIFA Confederations Cup record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squads
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	10	7	Squad
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021	To be determined
Total	Third place	1/11	5	2	1	2	10	7	–

Major competitions
1996 European Championship – Final
1998 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2000 European Championship – Group stage
2002 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2004 European Championship – Semi-Final
2006 World Cup – Group Stage
2008 European Championship – Group Stage
2010 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2012 European Championship – Quarter-Final
2014 World Cup – Failed to qualify
2016 European Championship – Group Stage
2018 World Cup – Failed to qualify
7 out of 12

Honours

• 
  FIFA World Cup:
  
  • 
    Runners-up (2): 1934, 1962^[3]
    
  
  


• 
  UEFA European Championship:
  
  
  
  • 
    Winners (1): 1976^[3]
    
  
  
  • 
    Runners-up (1): 1996
    
  
  
  • Third place (3): 1960, 1980, 2004
    
  
  
  
  


• 
  FIFA Confederations Cup:
  
  • Third Place (1): 1997
    
  
  

Competition				Total
World Cup	0	2	0	2
European Championship	1	1	3	5
Confederations Cup	0	0	1	1
Total	1	3	4	8

Managers

• 
  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–present)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Jaroslav Šilhavý
Assistant Coach	Tomáš Galásek
Assistant Coach	Jiří Chytrý
Goalkeeping Coach	Milan Veselý

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2018

Uruguay  v  Czech Republic

23 March 2018 2018 China Cup	Uruguay	2–0	Czech Republic	Nanning, China
19:35 CST (UTC+8)	Suárez  10' (pen.) Cavani  37'	Report		Stadium: Guangxi Sports Center Attendance: 22,757 Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)

China PR  v  Czech Republic

26 March 2018 2018 China Cup	China PR	1–4	Czech Republic	Nanning, China
19:35 CST (UTC+8)	Fan Xiaodong  5'	Report	Kalas  58' Schick  59' Krmenčík  62' Kadeřábek  78'	Stadium: Guangxi Sports Center Attendance: 15,815 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Australia  v  Czech Republic

1 June 2018 Friendly	Australia	4–0	Czech Republic	Sankt Pölten, Austria
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leckie  32', 72' Nabbout  54' Jugas  80' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: St. Pölten NV Arena Attendance: 656 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Nigeria  v  Czech Republic

6 June 2018 Friendly	Nigeria	0–1	Czech Republic	Schwechat, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Kalas  25'	Stadium: Rudolf-Tonn-Stadion Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Czech Republic  v  Ukraine

6 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B	Czech Republic	1–2	Ukraine	Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
20:45 CEST (20:45 UTC+2)	Schick  4'	Report	Konoplyanka  45+1' Zinchenko  90+3'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 7,974 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Russia  v  Czech Republic

10 September 2018 Friendly	Russia	5–1	Czech Republic	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
19:00 MSK (19:00 UTC+3)	Ionov  8', 29' (pen.) Zabolotny  24' Yerokhin  78' Poloz  83'	Report	Souček  74'	Stadium: Rostov Arena Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Äliyar Ağhayev (Azerbaijan)

Slovakia  v  Czech Republic

13 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B	Slovakia	1–2	Czech Republic	Trnava, Slovakia
15:00 CEST (15:00 UTC+2)	Hamšík  62'	Report	Krmenčík  52' Schick  76'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Ukraine  v  Czech Republic

16 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B	Ukraine	1–0	Czech Republic	Kharkiv, Ukraine
20:45 EEST (21:45 UTC+3)	Malinovskyi  43'	Report		Stadium: Metalist Stadium Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Poland  v  Czech Republic

15 November 2018 Friendly	Poland	0–1	Czech Republic	Gdańsk, Poland
21:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jankto  52'	Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 34,783 Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Czech Republic  v  Slovakia

19 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B	Czech Republic	1–0	Slovakia	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 CET (20:45 UTC+1)	Schick  32'	Report		Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

2019

England  v  Czech Republic

22 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	England	v	Czech Republic	London, England
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Czech Republic  v  Montenegro

10 June 2019 (2019-06-10) UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	Czech Republic	v	Montenegro	Czech Republic
20:45

Montenegro  v  Czech Republic

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A	Montenegro	v	Czech Republic	Montenegro
20:45

Stadiums

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:

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Poland on 15 November and the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League match against Slovakia on 19 November.

All caps and goals as of 19 November after match against  Slovakia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Tomáš Vaclík	(1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 29)	23	0	Sevilla
16	1GK	Tomáš Koubek	(1992-08-26) 26 August 1992 (age 26)	9	0	Rennes
23	1GK	Jiří Pavlenka	(1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 26)	8	0	Werder Bremen
4	2DF	Theodor Gebre Selassie	(1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 (age 32)	52	3	Werder Bremen
2	2DF	Pavel Kadeřábek	(1992-04-25) 25 April 1992 (age 26)	36	3	1899 Hoffenheim
11	2DF	Daniel Pudil	(1985-09-27) 27 September 1985 (age 33)	35	2	Sheffield Wednesday
22	2DF	Filip Novák	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 28)	19	1	Trabzonspor
6	2DF	Tomáš Kalas	(1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 25)	18	2	Bristol City
5	2DF	Jakub Brabec	(1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 (age 26)	14	0	Çaykur Rizespor
3	2DF	Ondřej Čelůstka	(1989-06-18) 18 June 1989 (age 29)	8	1	Antalyaspor
12	2DF	Patrizio Stronati	(1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Baník Ostrava
8	3MF	Vladimír Darida	(1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 28)	53	4	Hertha BSC
9	3MF	Bořek Dočkal (Captain)	(1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 (age 30)	39	6	Philadelphia Union
7	3MF	Ladislav Krejčí	(1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 26)	38	5	Bologna
21	3MF	David Pavelka	(1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 (age 27)	18	0	Kasımpaşa
10	3MF	Jiří Skalák	(1992-03-12) 12 March 1992 (age 26)	17	0	Millwall
14	3MF	Jakub Jankto	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 22)	17	2	Sampdoria
15	3MF	Tomáš Souček	(1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 (age 23)	16	2	Slavia Prague
17	3MF	Martin Frýdek	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 26)	6	0	Sparta Prague
18	3MF	Michal Trávník	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994 (age 24)	5	0	Jablonec
20	4FW	Matěj Vydra	(1992-05-01) 1 May 1992 (age 26)	24	5	Burnley
19	4FW	Patrik Schick	(1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 (age 22)	14	5	Roma
13	4FW	Martin Doležal	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 28)	2	0	Jablonec

Recent call-ups

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
DF	Vladimír Coufal	(1992-08-22) 22 August 1992 (age 26)	3	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Ukraine, 16 October 2018
DF	Ondřej Kúdela	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 31)	0	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Ukraine, 16 October 2018
DF	Lukáš Hejda	(1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 28)	1	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Ukraine, 16 October 2018 INJ
DF	Radim Řezník	(1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 29)	2	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Slovakia, 13 October 2018 INJ
DF	Jan Bořil	(1991-01-11) 11 January 1991 (age 27)	9	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
DF	Marek Suchý	(1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 (age 30)	39	1	Basel	v.  Nigeria, 6 June 2018
DF	Jakub Jugas	(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 26)	2	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Nigeria, 6 June 2018
DF	Michael Lüftner	(1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Copenhagen	2018 China Cup, March 2018
MF	Jan Kopic	(1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 (age 28)	14	3	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Poland, 15 November 2018 INJ
MF	Jaromír Zmrhal	(1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 25)	12	1	Slavia Prague	v.  Poland, 15 November 2018 INJ
MF	Josef Šural	(1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 28)	20	1	Sparta Prague	v.  Ukraine, 16 October 2018
MF	Antonín Barák	(1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 24)	12	5	Udinese	v.  Ukraine, 16 October 2018
MF	Lukáš Masopust	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 25)	1	0	Jablonec	v.  Ukraine, 16 October 2018
MF	Josef Hušbauer	(1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 28)	18	1	Slavia Prague	v.  Slovakia, 13 October 2018 INJ
MF	Tomáš Hořava	(1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 30)	14	3	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
MF	Jan Sýkora	(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 25)	10	1	Slavia Prague	v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
MF	Ondřej Petrák	(1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 26)	0	0	1. FC Nürnberg	v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
FW	Michael Krmenčík	(1993-03-15) 15 March 1993 (age 25)	19	8	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Ukraine, 16 October 2018
FW	Stanislav Tecl	(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 28)	5	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
FW	Milan Škoda	(1986-01-16) 16 January 1986 (age 32)	18	4	Slavia Prague	2018 China Cup, March 2018 INJ

• 
  ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.


• 
  ^PRE = Preliminary squad.


• 
  ^RET = Retired from international football.

Previous squads

Player records

Player records are accurate as of 23 March 2018.

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

Petr Cech is the most capped player in the history of Czech Republic with 124 caps

Top goalscorers

Jan Koller is the top scorer in the history of Czech Republic with 55 goals

(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


• Full results history for the Czech Republic

References

External links

• Official website


• RSSSF archive of results 1994–


• RSSSF archive of results 1903,1906–08,1939


• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers