# Czech Republic national under-21 football team

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, the 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Squad |
| 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2028 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2032 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |

### UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

* 1978 to 1994 - see Czechoslovakia
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| 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 7 |
| 2006 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 |
| 2015 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts |
| 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 |
| 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 2023 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | 12 | | | | | |
| Total | 9/15 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 44 | | 126 | 82 | 19 | 25 | 289 | 100 |
    *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 |

## UEFA European Under-21 Championship
### 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | England | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 25 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 22 | Play-offs | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 16 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Kosovo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 12 | | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Albania | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 10 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | Andorra | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 28 | −27 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — |

#### 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.
All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Croatia | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Denmark | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Slovakia | 3–5 | Ukraine | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 (1–3 p) | Israel | 1–1 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Iceland | 1–2 | Czech Republic | 1–2 | 0–0 |

### 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ENG | ISR | CZE | GER |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | | | |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage | | — | | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | | | | — | |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | | | | | — |

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2024
## Players
### Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Spain on 21 March 2025 and Norway on 24 March 2025.
Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2024 after the match against Belgium.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Jiří Borek | (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Slovácko |
| 1GK | Lukáš Horníček | (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 22) | 9 | 0 | Braga |
| 1GK | Tadeáš Stoppen | (2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Sigma Olomouc |
| 2DF | Štěpán Chaloupek | (2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 (age 22) | 10 | 0 | Slavia Prague |
| 2DF | Matěj Hadaš | (2003-11-25) 25 November 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Sigma Olomouc |
| 2DF | Denis Halinský | (2003-07-13) 13 July 2003 (age 21) | 4 | 1 | Slovan Liberec |
| 2DF | Jaroslav Harušťák | (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | Teplice |
| 2DF | Filip Prebsl | (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 22) | 11 | 0 | Górnik Zabrze |
| 2DF | Karel Spáčil | (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | Hradec Králové |
| 2DF | Adam Ševínský | (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Sparta Prague |
| 2DF | Martin Suchomel | (2002-09-11) 11 September 2002 (age 22) | 10 | 0 | Sparta Prague |
| 3MF | Petr Juliš | (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Hradec Králové |
| 3MF | Josef Koželuh | (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 23) | 6 | 0 | Slovan Liberec |
| 3MF | Ondřej Kričfaluši | (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Teplice |
| 3MF | Daniel Langhamer | (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Teplice |
| 3MF | Jáchym Šíp | (2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Sigma Olomouc |
| 3MF | Alexandr Sojka | (2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Viktoria Plzeň |
| 3MF | Vojtěch Stránský | (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Mladá Boleslav |
| 3MF | Denis Višinský | (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 0 | Slovan Liberec |
| 3MF | Patrik Vydra | (2003-06-20) 20 June 2003 (age 21) | 14 | 0 | Sparta Prague |
| 4FW | Daniel Fila | (2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 22) | 18 | 8 | Venezia |
| 4FW | Václav Sejk | (2002-05-18) 18 May 2002 (age 22) | 31 | 12 | Famalicão |
| 3MF | Matyáš Vojta | (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Mladá Boleslav |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the under-21 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Antonín Kinský | (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | v. Lithuania, 15 October 2024 |
| DF | Lukáš Endl | (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Karviná | v. Belgium, 19 November 2024 |
| DF | Adam Kadlec | (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Bohemians 1905 | v. Belgium, 19 November 2024 |
| DF | Matěj Mikulenka | (2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Sigma Olomouc | v. Belgium, 19 November 2024 |
| DF | Tomáš Král | (2004-10-26) 26 October 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Mladá Boleslav | v. Belgium, 15 November 2024$^{INJ}$ |
| DF | Albert Labík | (2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 20) | 4 | 0 | Teplice | v. Denmark, 10 September 2024 |
| MF | Kryštof Daněk | (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 22) | 21 | 3 | LASK | v. Spain, 21 March 2025$^{INJ}$ |
| MF | Adam Karabec | (2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 21) | 27 | 5 | Hamburger SV | v. Spain, 21 March 2025$^{INJ}$ |
| MF | Matěj Jurásek | (2003-08-30) 30 August 2003 (age 21) | 12 | 2 | Norwich City | v. Belgium, 19 November 2024 |
| MF | Marek Icha | (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 23) | 9 | 0 | Slovan Liberec | v. Belgium, 15 November 2024$^{INJ}$ |
| MF | Matěj Šín | (2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Baník Ostrava | v. Belgium, 15 November 2024$^{WD}$ |
| MF | Alexandr Bužek | (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Karviná | v. Lithuania, 15 October 2024 |
| MF | Michal Ševčík | (2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 (age 22) | 8 | 1 | Mladá Boleslav | v. Denmark, 10 September 2024 |
| MF | Tom Slončík | (2004-12-21) 21 December 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | Hradec Králové | v. Denmark, 10 September 2024 |
| MF | Lukáš Vorlický | (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Slavia Prague | v. Lithuania, 6 September 2024$^{INJ}$ |
| FW | David Látal | (2003-01-21) 21 January 2003 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Baník Ostrava | v. Belgium, 19 November 2024 |
| FW | Filip Vecheta | (2003-02-15) 15 February 2003 (age 22) | 9 | 0 | Karviná | v. Belgium, 19 November 2024 |
| FW | Denis Alijagić | (2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 2 | Pardubice | v. Denmark, 10 September 2024 |
* $^{INJ}$ = Withdrew due to an injury.
* $^{WD}$ = Withdrew due to non-injury related reasons.

### Previous squads

* 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
* 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
* 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

### Most appearances

    As of 19 November 2024.
| # | Player | Caps |
| 1 | Jan Polák | 45 |
| 2 | David Kobylík | 31 |
| 2 | Václav Sejk | 31 |
| 4 | Michal Trávník | 30 |
| 5 | Bořek Dočkal | 28 |
| 5 | Josef Kaufman | 28 |
| 7 | Jan Lecjaks | 27 |
| 7 | Michal Papadopulos | 27 |
| 7 | Adam Karabec | 27 |
| 10 | Lukáš Došek | 26 |
| 10 | Michal Kadlec | 26 |
| 10 | Ondřej Mazuch | 26 |
| 10 | Tomáš Pekhart | 26 |
| 10 | Roman Týce | 26 |
| 10 | Tomáš Ujfaluši | 26 |

### Top goalscorers

    As of 19 November 2024.
| # | Player | Goals | Club(s) |
| 1 | Tomáš Pekhart | 17 | Tottenham Hotspur, Jablonec |
| 2 | Jan Chramosta | 12 | Mladá Boleslav |
| 2 | Václav Sejk | 12 | Sparta Prague, Teplice, Jablonec, Roda Kerkrade, Zagłębie Lubin, Famalicão |
| 4 | Patrik Schick | 11 | Bohemians 1905, Sampdoria |
| 5 | Milan Baroš | 9 | Baník Ostrava, Liverpool |
| 5 | Tomáš Došek | 9 | Viktoria Plzeň, Slavia Prague |
| 5 | Václav Černý | 9 | Ajax |
| 8 | Bořek Dočkal | 8 | Slavia Prague, Kladno, Slovan Liberec, Konyaspor |
| 8 | Pavel Novotný | 8 | Slavia Prague |
| 8 | Václav Svěrkoš | 8 | Baník Ostrava, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha |
| 8 | Daniel Fila | 8 | Mladá Boleslav, Slavia Prague, Teplice, Venezia |
* ↑ The club(s) during the player's time in the Under-21s.