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Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Nickname	-
Association	Football Association of the Czech Republic
Coach	Karel Brückner, 2002-
Most caps	Karel Poborský (110)
Top scorer	Jan Koller (40)
First international Hungary 2 - 1 Bohemia (Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903) Turkey 1 - 4 Czech Republic (Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994)
Largest win Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra (Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005)
Worst defeat Switzerland 3 - 0 Czech Republic (Zürich, Switzerland; 20 April 1994)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2006)
Best result	-
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1996)
Best result	Runners-up, 1996

The Czech national football team is the national football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic.

Before World War I, Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic), while being part of Austria-Hungary, played seven matches between 1903 and 1908, six of them against Hungary and one against England. Bohemia also played a match against Germany in 1939 while being the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

When the Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovakia, the national team had runner-up finishes in World Cups (1934, 1962) and a European Championship win in 1976. After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the national team was reformed, and played its first match against Turkey in 1994.

Now, the Czech Republic is continuing its football tradition, finishing second in Euro 96 and making the semifinals of Euro 2004. They made their first World Cup as an independent country in 2006.

The Under-21 national team of Czech Republic won the European championship in 2002.

Stadiums

The most important matches of the Czech national team are held in Prague´s Toyota Arena, the home stadium of Sparta Prague. Other venues include the cities of Teplice, Olomouc and Liberec. The new leaders of the Czech Football Association have announced that they will be building a new state of art stadium for 50,000 people.

World Cup record

1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Qualified

European Championship record

1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
1996 - Runners-up
2000 - Round 1
2004 - Semifinals

Famous past players

This lists players who have played most or all of their international careers in the Czech Republic era.

Patrik Berger
Pavel Kuka
Tomáš Řepka
Pavel Srnicek

Current squad

Goalkeepers:

Jaromír Blažek
Petr Čech
Antonín Kinský

Defenders:

René Bolf
Zdeněk Grygera
Tomáš Hübschman
Marek Jankulovski
Martin Jiránek
Pavel Mareš
David Rozehnal
Rudolf Skácel
Tomáš Ujfaluši

Midfielders:

Tomás Galásek
David Jarolím
Jiří Jarošík
Pavel Nedvěd (captain)
Jaroslav Plašil
Karel Poborský
Jan Polák
Tomáš Rosický
Tomáš Sivok
Vladimír Šmicer
Roman Týce
Štěpán Vachoušek
Lukáš Zelenka

Forwards:

Milan Baroš
Marek Heinz
Tomáš Jun
Jiří Štajner
Jan Koller
Vratislav Lokvenc

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