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, 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	6 (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

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Quarter-Final	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									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
Total	6/11	22	7	5	10	27	29		96	63	15	18	223	71

*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 Football Championship

Friendly matches

Czech Republic  v  Norway

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

Slovakia  v  Czech Republic

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)

Czech Republic  v  Austria

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

Ukraine  v  Czech Republic

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

Czech Republic  v  Denmark

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

Czech Republic  v  Germany

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.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Lukáš Zima	9 January 1994	5	0	Perugia
	GK	Vojtěch Vorel	3 November 1994	3	0	Vlašim
	GK	Luděk Vejmola	27 April 1996	0	0	Jihlava
	DF	Michael Luftner	14 March 1994	9	0	Teplice
	DF	Milan Havel	7 August 1994	4	1	Bohemians
	DF	Ondřej Karafiát	1 December 1994	0	0	FC Slovan Liberec
	DF	Aleš Matějů	3 June 1996	4	0	Plzeň
	DF	Lukáš Vraštil	10 March 1994	5	0	Ostrava
	MF	Daniel Holzer	18 August 1995	7	0	Ostrava
	MF	Michal Hubínek	10 November 1994	2	0	Bohemians
	MF	Aleš Čermák	1 October 1994	8	4	Mladá Boleslav
	MF	Tomáš Souček	27 February 1995	6	1	Slavia Praha
	MF	Marek Havlík	8 July 1995	6	1	Slovácko
	MF	Václav Černý	17 October 1997	5	2	AFC Ajax
	MF	Antonín Barák	3 December 1994	4	1	Slavia Praha
	MF	Michal Trávník	17 May 1994	18	2	Jablonec
	MF	Petr Ševčík	4 May 1994	1	0	Olomouc
	FW	Lukáš Juliš	2 December 1994	1	0	Sparta Praha
	FW	Patrik Schick	24 January 1996	7	8	FC Bohemians 1905

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	25 July 1994	0	0	Slavia Praha	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Petr Chýla	5 May 1994	0	0	Slovácko	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Stefan Simič	20 January 1995	0	0	Milan	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Petr Rys	15 January 1996	0	0	Jablonec	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Antonín Křapka	22 January 1994	0	0	Ústí nad Labem	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Filip Kaša	1 January 1994	3	0	Ostrava	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Jan Štěrba	8 July 1994	0	0	Olomouc	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Robert Hrubý	27 April 1994	6	2	Ostrava	v. Red Bull Salzburg, 26 August 2014
MF	Petr Nerad	27 July 1994	1	0	Vysočina Jihlava	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Laco Takács	15 July 1996	6	1	Mladá Boleslav	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Otto Urma	17 August 1994	0	0	Sokolov	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Daniel Tetour	17 July 1994	3	0	Dukla Praha	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Jakub Fulnek	26 April 1994	3	0	Jihlava	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	David Breda	6 January 1996	0	0	Baumit Jablonec	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014
FW	Stanislav Klobása	29 January 1994	5	2	Mladá Boleslav	v. Red Bull Salzburg, 26 August 2014
FW	Jakub Jankto	2 December 1994	0	0	Udinese	v.  Slovakia, 14 May 2014

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

Previous squads

• 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic

Leading Appearances

Czech U21 in 2007

Rank	Player	U-21 Caps
1	Jan Polák	46
2	David Kobylík	32
3	Bořek Dočkal	28
	Josef Kaufman	28
5	Jan Lecjaks	27
	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
	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.

See also

• Czech Republic national football team
• Czech Republic national under-19 football team
• Czech Republic national under-18 football team
• Czech Republic national under-17 football team

References

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