Czech Republic national under-21 football team

Czech Republic Under-21
Nickname(s)	Lvíčata (Little Lions)
Association	Fotbalová asociace; České republiky (FAČR)
Head coach	Vítězslav Lavička
Most caps	Jan Polák (46)
Top scorer	Tomáš Pekhart (17)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Czech Republic 1–0 Malta ; (Opava, Czech Republic; 5 September 1994)
Biggest win
	Czech Republic 8–0 Bulgaria ; (Teplice, Czech Republic; 5 October 2001); Czech Republic 8–0 Liechtenstein ; (Prague, Czech Republic; 11 September 2007); Czech Republic 8–0 San Marino ; (Serravalle, San Marino; 9 June 2009); Czech Republic 8–0 Andorra ; (Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic; 10 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Spain 4–0 Czech Republic ; (Burgos, Spain; 7 June 1997); Records are for competitive; matches only
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	Champions, 2002

The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 association football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 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 Championship, they placed fourth.

Competitive Record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record								UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Quarter-finals	2	0	0	2	2	4	10	7	2	1	33	9
1998	Did not qualify							8	3	0	5	13	13
2000	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	9	7	12	9	1	2	20	6
2002	Winners	5	2	2	1	5	5	12	9	2	1	29	6
2004	Did not qualify							10	7	0	3	20	7
2006	Did not qualify							12	6	3	3	26	11
2007	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	4	3	1	0	7	3
2009	Did not qualify							8	4	2	2	19	5
2011	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	4	6	10	9	1	0	30	4
2013	Did not qualify							10	6	3	1	26	7
2015	Group stage	3	1	1	1	6	3	Qualified as hosts
2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	7	10	7	2	1	29	10
Total	7/12	25	8	5	12	32	36	106	70	17	19	252	81

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

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

Results and fixtures 2013–2015

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Friendly matches

5 March 2014	Czech Republic	1 – 2	Norway	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague, Czech Republic
	Hanousek 42'	Report	Berget 51', 90'

14 May 2014	Slovakia	3 – 1	Czech Republic	Senica, Slovakia
17:00	Škvarka 5' Zreľák 48', 82'	Report	Trávník 52'	Attendance: 925 Referee: Markus Hameter (AUT)

3 June 2014	Czech Republic	0 – 1	Austria	Městský stadion, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
		Report	Vastić 27'

9 October 2014	Ukraine	0 – 1	Czech Republic	Bannikov Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine
		Report	Přikryl 88'	Attendance: 100

14 November 2014	Czech Republic	2 – 2	Denmark	Ďolíček, Prague, Czech Republic

18 November 2014	Czech Republic	1 – 1	Germany	Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic

Players

Current squad

Players born in on or after 1 January 1994 are eligible for the next UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

The following players were named in the squad the game against Latvia U21 and Malta U21 on 22 March 2016.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 29 March 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Luděk Vejmola	(1994-11-03) 3 November 1994	2	0	Mladá Boleslav
16	1GK	Lukáš Zima	(1994-01-09) 9 January 1994	12	0	Genoa
23	1GK	Patrik Macej	(1994-06-11) 11 June 1994	1	0	Dunajská Streda

2	2DF	Stefan Simić	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995	5	0	Royal Mouscron
6	2DF	Michael Lüftner	(1994-03-14) 14 March 1994	15	0	Copenhagen
15	2DF	Patrizio Stronati	(1994-11-17) 17 November 1994	3	0	Mladá Boleslav
19	2DF	Milan Havel	(1994-08-07) 7 August 1994	11	1	Bohemians
22	2DF	Filip Kaša	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	5	0	Žilina

3	3MF	Marek Havlík	(1995-07-08) 8 July 1995	9	2	Slovácko
4	3MF	Michal Sáček	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996	2	0	Sparta Prague
5	3MF	Tomáš Souček	(1995-02-27) 27 February 1995	10	2	Slavia Prague
8	3MF	Antonín Barák	(1994-12-03) 3 December 1994	8	1	Udinese
10	3MF	Michal Trávník	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994	26	2	Jablonec
11	3MF	Jakub Jankto	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996	4	3	Udinese
12	3MF	Michal Hubínek	(1994-11-10) 10 November 1994	8	0	Bohemians
13	3MF	Jakub Nečas	(1995-01-26) 26 January 1995	3	0	Mladá Boleslav
17	3MF	Václav Černý	(1997-10-17) 17 October 1997	10	7	AFC Ajax
18	3MF	Petr Ševčík	(1994-05-04) 4 May 1994	4	0	Slovan Liberec
20	3MF	Martin Hašek	(1995-10-03) 3 October 1995	2	1	Bohemians
21	3MF	Daniel Holzer	(1995-08-18) 18 August 1995	13	1	Sparta Prague

7	4FW	Lukáš Juliš	(1994-12-02) 2 December 1994	5	1	Sparta Prague
9	4FW	Tomáš Chorý	(1995-01-26) 26 January 1995	3	0	Sigma Olomouc
14	4FW	Patrik Schick	(1996-01-24) 24 January 1996	9	10	Sampdoria

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Czech Republic under-21 squad and remain eligible:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Josef Řehák	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994	0	0	Slavia Prague	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014

DF	Petr Chýla	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994	0	0	Slovácko	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Stefan Simić	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995	0	0	Milan	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Petr Rys	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996	0	0	Jablonec	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Antonín Křapka	(1994-01-22) 22 January 1994	0	0	Ústí nad Labem	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Filip Kaša	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	3	0	Ostrava	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Jan Štěrba	(1994-07-08) 8 July 1994	0	0	Olomouc	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014

MF	Robert Hrubý	(1994-04-27) 27 April 1994	6	2	Ostrava	v. Red Bull Salzburg, 26 August 2014
MF	Petr Nerad	(1994-07-27) 27 July 1994	1	0	Vysočina Jihlava	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Laco Takács	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996	6	1	Mladá Boleslav	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Otto Urma	(1994-08-17) 17 August 1994	0	0	Sokolov	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Daniel Tetour	(1994-07-17) 17 July 1994	3	0	Dukla Prague	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Jakub Fulnek	(1994-04-26) 26 April 1994	3	0	Jihlava	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	David Breda	(1996-01-06) 6 January 1996	0	0	Baumit Jablonec	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014

FW	Stanislav Klobása	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994	5	2	Mladá Boleslav	v. Red Bull Salzburg, 26 August 2014
FW	Jakub Jankto	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996	4	3	Udinese	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been capped for the Senior team.

Previous squads

Leading Appearances

The team standing together before a match.

Czech U21 in 2007

Rank	Player	U-21 Caps
1	Jan Polák	46
2	David Kobylík	32
3	Bořek Dočkal	28
3	Josef Kaufman	28
5	Jan Lecjaks	27
5	Michal Papadopulos	27
7	Lukáš Došek	26
	Michal Kadlec	26
	Ondřej Mazuch	26
	Tomáš Pekhart	26
	Roman Týce	26
	Tomáš Ujfaluši	26

Note: Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment. Statistics up to and including Czech Republic vs Germany, 18 November 2014.

Leading Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	U-21 Goals
1	Tomáš Pekhart	Tottenham Hotspur, Baumit Jablonec	17
2	Jan Chramosta	Mladá Boleslav	12
3	Milan Baroš	Baník Ostrava, Liverpool	9
3	Tomáš Došek	Viktoria Plzeň, Slavia Prague	9
5	Bořek Dočkal	Slavia Prague, Slovan Liberec	8
	Pavel Novotný	Slavia Prague	8
	Václav Svěrkoš	Baník Ostrava, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha BSC	8
8	David Kobylík	Sigma Olomouc, Strasbourg	7
	Vratislav Lokvenc	Hradec Králové, Sparta Prague	7
	Libor Sionko	Baník Ostrava, Sparta Prague	7
	Štěpán Vachoušek	SC Xaverov, Chmel Blšany, Teplice, Slavia Prague	7

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment. Statistics up to and including Czech Republic vs Andorra, 5 June 2012.

References

↑ "Reprezentace do 21 let: Nominace pro zápasy s Maltou a Lotyšskem" (in Czech). Czech FA. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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. (in Czech)
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21 Championships.

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[1] "Reprezentace do 21 let: Nominace pro zápasy s Maltou a Lotyšskem" (in Czech). Czech FA. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.