Czech Republic national under-21 football team

Czech Republic Under-21
Nickname(s)	Lvíčata (Little Lions)
Association	Fotbalová asociace; České republiky (FAČR)
Head coach	Karel Krejčí
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
2019	Did not qualify							10	5	1	4	14	15
2021	Qualified							7	4	3	0	17	2
Total	7/12	25	8	5	12	32	36	116	75	18	23	266	96

*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	Golden Boot
2002	Petr Čech
2015		Jan Kliment

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, Kyiv, 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 1998 are eligible for the next UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^[1]

The following players were named in the squad the game against San Marino U21 and Croatia U21 on 5 November 2019.^[2]

Caps and goals updated as of 4 June 2020.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hugo Jan Bačkovský	(1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Vlašim
16	1GK	Martin Jedlička	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)	6	0	Dunajská Streda
23	1GK	Matouš Trmal	(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Slovácko

18	2DF	Denis Granečný	(1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 26)	9	0	České Budějovice
4	2DF	Libor Holík	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 26)	10	0	Jablonec
19	2DF	Matěj Chaluš	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26)	13	0	Liberec
13	2DF	Jakub Klíma	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Mladá Boleslav
5	2DF	Dominik Plechatý	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Jablonec
15	2DF	Daniel Souček	(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26)	6	0	Dukla Prague

14	3MF	Pavel Bucha	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26)	7	1	Plzeň
8	3MF	Filip Havelka	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 26)	7	0	České Budějovice
13	3MF	Michal Hlavatý	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Pardubice
9	3MF	Dominik Janošek	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26)	8	2	Mladá Boleslav
12	3MF	Michal Kohút	(2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Slovácko
11	3MF	Ladislav Krejčí	(1999-04-20) 20 April 1999 (age 25)	6	3	Sparta Prague
17	3MF	Jan Matoušek	(1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 (age 26)	12	1	Jablonec
6	3MF	Michal Sadílek	(1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 26)	8	0	PSV
17	3MF	Pavel Šulc	(2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 23)	2	0	České Budějovice
22	3MF	Antonín Vaníček	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 26)	14	1	Bohemians 1905
7	3MF	Patrik Žitný	(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25)	8	2	Teplice

20	4FW	Adam Hložek	(2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 22)	8	3	Sparta Prague
10	4FW	Ondřej Šašinka	(1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 26)	9	6	Baník Ostrava

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 (age 30)	0	0	Slavia Prague	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014

DF	Petr Chýla	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Slovácko	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Stefan Simić	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Milan	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Petr Rys	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Jablonec	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Antonín Křapka	(1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Ústí nad Labem	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Filip Kaša	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Ostrava	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Jan Štěrba	(1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Olomouc	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014

MF	Robert Hrubý	(1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 (age 30)	6	2	Ostrava	v. Red Bull Salzburg, 26 August 2014
MF	Petr Nerad	(1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 30)	1	0	Vysočina Jihlava	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Laco Takács	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 28)	6	1	Mladá Boleslav	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Otto Urma	(1994-08-17) 17 August 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Sokolov	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
MF	Daniel Tetour	(1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Dukla Prague	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	Jakub Fulnek	(1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Jihlava	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014
DF	David Breda	(1996-01-06) 6 January 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Baumit Jablonec	v. Slovakia, 14 May 2014

FW	Stanislav Klobása	(1994-01-29) 29 January 1994 (age 30)	5	2	Mladá Boleslav	v. Red Bull Salzburg, 26 August 2014
FW	Jakub Jankto	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28)	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

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

^ "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.
^ "Nominace U21 na zápasy se San Marinem a Chorvatskem" (in Czech). Czech FA. 5 November 2019. 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.

[1] "2019-21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship regulations" (PDF). UEFA.

[2] "Nominace U21 na zápasy se San Marinem a Chorvatskem" (in Czech). Czech FA. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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