Czech Republic national football team

The Czech national football team (Czech Česká fotbalová reprezentace) is formally the successor of the Czechoslovak national football team which existed after the split of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993 until the unsuccessful completion of the already started qualifying round for the 1994 World Cup at the end of 1993.

The Czech team was formed in 1994 as the selection team of the Bohemian-Moravian Football Association. At the 1996 European Football Championship in England, they were defeated only in extra time in the final by the German team. At the 2000, 2008 and 2016 European Championships, the team was eliminated in the preliminary round, while at the 2004 European Championships it managed to reach the semi-finals, and in 2012 it reached the quarter-finals. For the 2006 World Cup, the Czech Republic qualified - after two relegation matches against Norway - to participate in a World Cup for the first time. In the tournament, the team was eliminated after the preliminary round.

As with Slovakia, FIFA also takes into account the Czechoslovak team's results, such as winning the 1976 European Football Championship and reaching the finals of the 1934 and 1962 World Cups.

Coach

The post of national coach was held until October 2009 by Ivan Hašek, who was also the chairman of the Czech Football Association ČMFS. The coaching advisors were former national team coach Karel Brückner and Michal Bílek, who coached Czech record champions Sparta Prague until 2008 and then went on to coach Slovak first division side MFK Ružomberok. Hašek took over from František Straka, who coached the team from mid-May 2009 until the end of June 2009 for a friendly against Malta (result 1-0). Hašek resigned after the team failed to qualify for the World Cup. He was succeeded by Michal Bílek in October 2009.

Trainer since 1994

• Czech Republic Dušan Uhrin (1994 - December 1997)
• Czech Republic Jozef Chovanec (January 1998 - December 2001)
• Czech Republic Karel Brückner (December 2001 - June 2008)
• Czech Republic Petr Rada (July 2008 - April 2009)
• Czech Republic František Straka (May 2009 - June 2009)
• Czech Republic Ivan Hašek (August 2009 - October 2009)
• Czech Republic Michal Bílek (October 2009 - September 2013)
• Czech Republic Josef Pešice (September 2013 - January 2014)
• Czech Republic Pavel Vrba (January 2014 - June 2016)
• Czech Republic Karel Jarolím (August 2016 - September 2018)
• Czech Republic Jaroslav Šilhavý (since September 2018)

Squad

The following 26 players are in the squad for Euro 2021 and the international matches preparing for it against Italy on 4 and Albania on 8 June 2021. Due to persistent back problems, goalkeeper Jiří Pavlenka had to leave the quarters after the start of the tournament and before the Czech Republic's first match and was replaced by Tomáš Koubek.