- Czech Republic national under-21 football team
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Czech Republic Under-21s Nickname(s) Lvíčata (Little lions) Association Českomoravský
fotbalový svazHead coach Jakub Dovalil Most caps Jan Polák (46) Top scorer Tomáš Pekhart (13) Home coloursAway coloursFirst international Czech Republic 1–0 Malta
Opava, 5 September 1994Biggest win Czech Republic 8–0 Bulgaria
Teplice, 5 October 2001
Czech Republic 8–0 Liechtenstein
Prague, 11 September 2007
Czech Republic 8–0 San Marino
Serravalle, 9 June 2009
Czech Republic 8–0 Andorra
Mladá Boleslav, 10 August 2011Biggest defeat Spain 4–0 Czech Republic
Burgos, 7 June 1997Records are for competitive
matches onlyUEFA U-21 Championship Appearances 5 (First in 1996) Best result Winners in 2002 The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.
Although the breakup of Czechoslovakia occurred officially on 1 January 1993, the under-21 team continued until the end of the 1994 championship. After that, the Czech Republic and the Slovakia under-21s became separate footballing entities.
For both nations, first matches were played in September 1994 in qualification for the 1996 championship.
The Czech Republic under-21 team reached the quarter-finals in 1996, but failed to qualify for 1998. The team reached the final in both the 2000 and 2002 tournaments, winning the latter on penalties.
Subsequently the team failed to qualify for the tournaments in 2004 and 2006. They qualified for the 2007 competition but finished last in the group stage. They once again failed to qualify for the 2009 competition. In the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, they placed fourth.
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Competitive Record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1996 Quarter-finals 12 7 2 3 35 13 1998 Did not qualify 8 3 0 5 13 13 2000 Runners-Up 16 11 2 3 29 13 2002 Winners 17 11 4 2 34 11 2004 Did not qualify 10 7 0 3 20 7 2006 Did not qualify 12 6 3 3 26 11 2007 Group stage 7 3 2 2 8 7 2009 Did not qualify 8 4 2 2 19 5 2011 Fourth 13 9 1 3 29 10 Total 5/9 103 61 16 26 213 90 - *Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Individual awards
In addition to team victories, Czech players have won individual awards at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Year Golden Player 2002 Petr Čech Players
Leading Appearances
Rank Player U-21 Caps 1 Jan Polák 46 2 David Kobylík 32 =3 Bořek Dočkal 28 =3 Josef Kaufman 28 5 Michal Papadopulos 27 =6 Lukáš Došek 26 =6 Michal Kadlec 26 =6 Ondřej Mazuch 26 =6 Tomáš Pekhart 26 =6 Roman Týce 26 =6 Tomáš Ujfaluši 26 Note: Players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment.
Statistics up to and including Czech Republic vs Belarus, 25 June 2011.
Leading Goalscorers
Rank Player U-21 Goals 1 Tomáš Pekhart 17 =2 Milan Baroš 9 =2 Tomáš Došek 9 =4 Bořek Dočkal 8 =4 Pavel Novotný 8 =4 Václav Svěrkoš 8 =7 David Kobylík 7 =7 Vratislav Lokvenc 7 =7 Libor Sionko 7 =7 Štěpán Vachoušek 7 Note: Players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment.
Statistics up to and including Czech Republic vs Belarus, 25 June 2011.
Current squad
Players born in or after 1990 are eligible for the next UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Squad called up on 8 August 2011 for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Andorra.[1]
Head coach: Jakub DovalilName DOB Club Caps (goals) Vladimír Darida 8 August 1990 (aged 21) Viktoria Plzeň 0 (0) Lukáš Hejda 9 March 1990 (aged 21) Příbram 1 (0) Josef Hušbauer 16 March 1990 (aged 21) Baník Ostrava 0 (0) Václav Kadlec 20 May 1992 (aged 19) Sparta Prague 4 (1) Jan Kopic 4 June 1990 (aged 21) Jablonec 0 (0) Václav Koutný 4 October 1991 (aged 19) Sigma Olomouc 0 (0) Lukáš Mareček 17 April 1990 (aged 21) Anderlecht 17 (1) Jan Navrátil 13 April 1990 (aged 21) Sigma Olomouc 0 (0) Milan Nitrianský 13 December 1990 (aged 20) Č. Budějovice 0 (0) Filip Novák 26 June 1990 (aged 21) Jablonec 0 (0) Jakub Petr 10 April 1990 (aged 21) Sigma Olomouc 0 (0) Tomáš Pospíšil 30 January 1991 (aged 20) Dukla Prague 0 (0) Roman Valeš 6 March 1990 (aged 21) Jablonec 1 (0) Ondřej Vaněk 5 July 1990 (aged 21) Jablonec 0 (0) Matěj Vydra 1 May 1992 (aged 19) Udinese 0 (0) Tomáš Wágner 6 March 1990 (aged 21) Příbram 0 (0) Marek Štěch 28 January 1990 (aged 21) West Ham 9 (0) Pavel Čmovš 29 June 1990 (aged 21) N.E.C. 1 (0)
Age, team and caps correct at 8 August 2011See also
References
- ^ "Nominance: Mistrovství Evropy U-21". The Football Association of the Czech Republic. 8 August 2011. http://nv.fotbal.cz/reprezentace/reprezentace-u-21/nominace/view_nomination.php?cdruz=21&crok=11&cporn=05. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
External links
- UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
- Czech Republic Under-21s at uefa.com
- Official ČMFS Czech Republic Under-21 website Contains listings and statistics of current and past Czech Republic U-21 players. (Czech)
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21 Championships.
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