Czech Republic national under-21 football team

Czech Republic Under-21s

Nickname(s)	Lvíčata (Little lions)
Association	Českomoravský fotbalový svaz
Head coach	Jakub Dovalil
Most caps	Jan Polák (46)
Top scorer	Tomáš Pekhart (13)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Czech Republic 1–0 Malta Opava, 5 September 1994
Biggest 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 2011
Biggest defeat
Spain 4–0 Czech Republic Burgos, 7 June 1997 Records are for competitive matches only
UEFA 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.

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 Dovalil

Name	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 2011

See also

• Czech Republic national football team
• Czech Republic national under-17 football team

References

1. ^ "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.