Czech Republic National Football Team
Czech Republic Soccer Team-General Information
Country - Czech Republic
Capital City - Prague
Continent - Europe
Manager - Karel Bruckner
Czech Republic Soccer Team-Team History
Founded 1901
Affiliated 1907
WC participations 8 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1990 as Czechoslovakia)
WC honours World Cup runners- up (1934, 1962 as Czechoslovakia)
Continental Titles European champions (1976 as Czechoslovakia)
World Cup Record:
Year Host Performance
1930 Uruguay -
1934 Italy Runners up
1938 France Quarter finals
1950 Brazil -
1954 Switzerland Third, Group Three
1958 Sweden Pool One Play Off
1962 Chile Runners up
1966 England -
1970 Mexico Fourth, Group Three
1974 West Germany -
1978 Argentina -
1982 Spain Third, Group Four
1986 Mexico -
1990 Italy Quarter finals
1994 U.S.A. -
1998 France -
2002 S.Korea/Japan
2006 Germany In Group E With Italy, Ghana, U.S.A.
CZECH REPUBLIC Football Team for 2006 FIFA World Cup
Coach:
Karel Bruckner
Goalkeepers:
Petr Cech, Milan Baros, Antonin Kinsky.
Defenders:
Zdenek Grygera, Pavel Mares, Radoslav Kovac, Marek Jankulovski, Martin Jiranek, Tomas Ujfalusi, David Rozehnal.
Midfielders:
Tomas Galasek , Vladimir Smicer, Tomas Rosicky Pavel Nedved, David Jarolim, Jan Polak, Jaroslav Plasil.
Forwards:
Jan Koller, Vratislav Lokvenc, Milan Baros, Jiri Stajner, Marek Heinz.
Czech Republic Statistics Participating for the First time in the World Cup Finals In Group E With Italy, Ghana, U.S.A.
Record in World Cup Finals as Czechoslovakia
Jersey No. Name of the Player
1 Petr Cech
2 Zdenek Grygera
3 Pavel Mares
4 Tomas Galasek
5 Radoslav Kovac
6 Marek Jankulovski
7 Vladimir Smicer
8 Karel Poborsky
9 Jan Koller
10 Tomas Rosicky
11 Pavel Nedved
12 Vratislav Lokvenc
13 Martin Jiranek
14 David Jarolim
15 Milan Baros
16 Jaromir Blazek
17 Jiri Stajner
18 Marek Heinz
19 Jan Polak
20 Jaroslav Plasil
21 Tomas Ujfalusi
22 David Rozehnal
23 Antonin Kinsky
Czech Republic Soccer Team is playing in team E along with Italy, Ghana and USA. It is the first World Cup finals for the Czech Republic.
As Chechoslovakia the country took part in eight world cups. The country finished as loosing finalists in 1934 and 1962.
A 1-0 play-off over Norway helped Czech Republic book a place at The FIFA World Cup, Germany 2006. In European Qualifying Group 1, their 27 points helped them secure a second place behind Netherlands. They were two points ahead of Romania.
Unfortunately in 2001, Czech Republic lost to Belgium and could not play in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan. This time they made no such mistake and defeated the Norwegians both home and away. Czech republic was the only team not to drop a point in the group stages. They scored wins against Germany and Netherlands. Their performance was considered one of the highlights of the tournament. It is hoped that they'll put forward a similar performance this 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In the qualifying group matches Jan Koller was the second highest scorer with a total of nine goals. Milan Baros, Tomas Rosicky and goalkeeping star Petr Cech put forth fine performances in the FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. Experienced players such as Koller, Nedved and Karel Poborsky are also there to back-up the team.
The Czech Republic is being narrowly favored to join Italy as two qualifiers from Group E. Czech republic will be facing Americans in Gelsenkirchen on June 12th.
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