Czech Republic national under-21 football team

Czech Republic Under-21

Nickname(s)	Lvíčata (Little Lions)
Association	Fotbalová asociace České republiky (FAČR)
Head coach	TBA
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[]

Summer Olympics record[]

Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996
2000	14th	Group stage	3	0	2	1	5	6	Squad
2004	Did Not Qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024	To be determined
2028
Total	14th	Group stage	3	0	2	1	5	6	-

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									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[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship matches against Italy, Slovenia and Spain on 24, 27 and 30 March 2021 respectively.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 22 March 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Martin Jedlička	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 24)	8	0	Dunajská Streda
	1GK	Matěj Kovář	(2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Manchester United
	1GK	Matouš Trmal	(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 23)	2	0	Vitória
	1GK		(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 20)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic
	2DF	Matěj Chaluš	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Liberec
	2DF	Michal Fukala	(2000-10-22) 22 October 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Liberec
	2DF	Denis Granečný	(1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 23)	9	0	Emmen
	2DF	Libor Holík	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 23)	8	1	Jablonec
	2DF	Ladislav Krejčí	(1999-04-20) 20 April 1999 (age 22)	7	5	Sparta Prague
	2DF	Dominik Plechatý	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 23)	7	0	Sparta Prague
	2DF	Martin Vitík	(2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Sparta Prague
	3MF	Pavel Bucha	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 23)	9	2	Plzeň
	3MF	Filip Havelka	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 24)	8	0	České Budějovice
	3MF	Dominik Janošek	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 23)	9	2	Fastav Zlín
	3MF	Adam Karabec	(2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Sparta Prague
	3MF	Michal Kohút	(2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Slovácko
	3MF	Tomáš Ostrák	(2000-02-05) 5 February 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Karviná
	3MF	Michal Sadílek	(1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 (age 23)	9	0	Liberec
	3MF	Pavel Šulc	(2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 21)	3	1	Plzeň
	3MF	Antonín Vaníček	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 23)	12	1	Bohemians 1905
	3MF	Patrik Žitný	(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 23)	5	0	Teplice
	4FW	Václav Drchal	(1999-07-25) 25 July 1999 (age 22)	5	3	Mladá Boleslav
	4FW	Ondřej Lingr	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 23)	3	0	Slavia Prague
	4FW	Ondřej Šašinka	(1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 23)	7	2	Baník Ostrava

Recent call-ups[]

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK		(1999-10-10) 10 October 1999 (age 22)	0	0	Vlašim
	4FW	Adam Hložek	(2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 19)	8	3	Sparta Prague

Previous squads[]

• 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 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[]

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[]

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.