Czech Republic national football team

Czech Republic

Association	Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Tomáš Souček
Most caps	Petr Čech (124)
Top scorer	Jan Koller (55)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	CZE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	39 (21 December 2023)
Highest	2 (September 1999; January – May 2000; April – May 2005; January – May 2006)
Lowest	67 (March 1994)
First international
Hungary 2–1 Bohemia (Budapest, Hungary; 5 April 1903) as Czech Republic Turkey 1–4 Czech Republic (Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994)
Biggest win
Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) as Czech Republic Czech Republic 8–1 Andorra (Liberec, Czech Republic; 4 June 2005) Czech Republic 7–0 San Marino (Liberec, Czech Republic; 7 October 2006) Czech Republic 7–0 San Marino (Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 9 September 2009) Czech Republic 7–0 Kuwait (Olomouc, Czech Republic; 11 November 2021)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 8–3 Czechoslovakia (Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937) as Czech Republic England 5–0 Czech Republic (London, England; 22 March 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1934 as Czechoslovakia 2006 as Czech Republic)
Best result	As Czechoslovakia: Runners-up (1934, 1962) As Czech Republic: Group stage (2006)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1960 as Czechoslovakia 1996 as Czech Republic)
Best result	As Czechoslovakia: Champions (1976) As Czech Republic: Runners-up (1996)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1997)
Best result	Third place (1997)
Medal record Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team 1964 Tokyo Team

The Czech Republic national football team (Czech: Česká fotbalová reprezentace), recognised by FIFA as Czechia, represents the Czech Republic in men's international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR). Historically, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Bohemia and Czechoslovakia.

Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the first international competition of the Czech Republic was UEFA Euro 1996, where they finished runners-up and they have taken part at every European Championship since. Following the separation, they have featured at one FIFA World Cup, the 2006 tournament.

History

1990s

When Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Czech Republic team was formed. They played their first friendly match away to Turkey on 23 February 1994. The newly formed team played their first home game in Ostrava, against Lithuania, in which they registered their first home win.

Their first competitive match was part of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying campaign, in which they defeated Malta 6–1 in Ostrava. During the campaign, the Czech Republic registered six wins, three draws, and a defeat against Luxembourg, finishing their qualifying Group 5 in first place, ahead of group favourites the Netherlands. In the final tournament, hosted by England, the Czechs progressed from the group stage, despite a 2–0 opening game defeat to Germany. They progressed to the UEFA Euro 1996 Final, losing 2–1 to Germany at Wembley Stadium.

The Czechs finished third in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying group, behind Spain and Yugoslavia, and subsequently missed the tournament.

2000s

The Czech Republic qualified for Euro 2000, winning all of their group games and conceding five goals. In the finals the team were drawn in Group D, alongside France, the Netherlands and Denmark. The team lost to the Netherlands after last-minute penalty and lost the second match against France, which eliminated them from advancing to the knockout round. The Czech Republic managed a 2–0 win against Denmark in their final game courtesy of two goals from Vladimír Šmicer.

Once again, the Czech Republic failed to qualify for the World Cup, this time finishing second in their 2002 qualification group, behind Denmark, and then being beaten 1–0 in both legs by Belgium in the UEFA play-offs for a place in the finals.

A team settled with Pavel Nedvěd, Jan Koller, Tomáš Rosický, Milan Baroš, Marek Jankulovski, Tomáš Galásek together with the emergence of goalkeeper Petr Čech were unbeaten in 2002 and 2003, scoring 53 goals in 19 games and qualifying for Euro 2004 in the process. The Czech Republic went on a 20-game unbeaten streak, which finally ended in Dublin on 31 March 2004 in a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland. The Czechs entered the Euro finals in Group D, alongside the Netherlands, Germany and Latvia. The team trailed 2–0 to the Netherlands before winning the game 3–2 and beat Germany in the final group match. The Czech Republic beat Denmark in the quarter-final, went into the semi-final against Greece and Tomáš Rosický hit the bar after just two minutes, Jan Koller had shots saved by the Greek goalkeeper and Pavel Nedvěd left the pitch injured in the end of the first half. It was not to be as the 90 minutes finished goalless and Greece won the game in the last minute of the first half of extra-time with a silver goal.

The Czech Republic achieved their record win during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), thrashing Andorra 8–1 in a qualification match in Liberec. In the same match, Jan Koller became the all-time top scorer for the national team with his 35th international goal. At the end of the campaign, after finishing in second place in Group 1 then defeating Norway in a playoff, the Czechs qualified for their first FIFA World Cup. The team was boosted prior to the play-off matches by the return of Pavel Nedvěd, who had initially retired from international football after Euro 2004. The squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany included 18 of the Euro 2004 team which reached the semi-finals. With the team ranked second in the world, they started the tournament with a 3–0 win over the United States. During the game, however, Jan Koller was forced to leave with a hamstring injury, putting him out of the tournament. In the next game, with Koller absent and Milan Baroš still recovering from injury, the team suffered a 2–0 loss to Ghana. Baroš returned for the final game against Italy which the Czechs had to win to progress. The team were reduced to ten men as Jan Polák was dismissed before half-time for two bookable offences. Italy went on to win 2–0. Pavel Nedvěd, Karel Poborský and Vratislav Lokvenc retired from the national team after this tournament.

In the qualifying campaign for Euro 2008, they finished top of their group, above Germany on head-to-head records. The Czech Republic beat co-hosts Switzerland 1–0 in their opening game of the final tournament, before being beaten 3–1 by Portugal, meaning that they and Turkey carried identical records going into the final group game. Although the Czechs took a 2–0 lead just past the hour mark and looked set to qualify, Turkey scored three goals in the final 15 minutes of the game to win the game 3–2.

The Czechs faced World Cup qualification, being drawn in Group 3, under the guidance of coach Petr Rada. They started with a 0–0 away draw against Northern Ireland, before losing to Poland. A late goal from Libor Sionko won the next game 1–0 against Slovenia. This was followed by a win against San Marino, and a goalless draw in Slovenia. In their following match, against neighbours Slovakia, a 2–1 defeat at home left Czech Republic in a precarious qualifying position. Manager Petr Rada was dismissed and six players were suspended. Ivan Hašek took temporary charge as manager, gaining four points from his first two matches, as the team drew away to group leaders Slovakia and thrashed San Marino 7–0 in Uherské Hradiště. They subsequently beat Poland in Prague but followed this result with a goalless draw against Northern Ireland, finishing third in the group and failing to qualify for the World Cup. Hašek announced his immediate resignation.

2010s

A changed team under Michal Bílek entered the Euro 2012 qualifiers and began with a home loss to Lithuania. But a win at home to Scotland was followed by wins against Liechtenstein. Spain defeated Czech Republic in between the Liechtenstein games, but the play-off spot was still in their hands. In the next game, a last minute penalty from Michal Kadlec away to Scotland secured a 2–2 draw. Despite Scotland winning their next two games and the Czechs again being defeated by Spain, the team could finish second if they could beat Lithuania away from home in the final game, assuming Spain would beat Scotland at home. Spain won 3–1 and Czech Republic defeated Lithuania 4–1 to seal second spot and a place in the play-offs. Czech Republic were drawn to face Montenegro in the two-legged play-off. A goal from Václav Pilař and a last minute second from Tomáš Sivok helped the Czechs to a 2–0 first leg lead. In the second leg in Podgorica, a late goal from Petr Jiráček sealed a 1–0 win and the Czechs ran out 3–0 aggregate winners and qualified for Euro 2012.

At the tournament, the Czechs lost their opening game 4–1 to Russia, with their only goal coming from Václav Pilař. In their second match, against Greece, the Czech Republic went 2–0 up within the first six minutes thanks to goals from Petr Jiráček and a second from Pilař. Following the half-time substitution of captain Tomáš Rosický, Greece scored a second-half goal following a mistake from Czech goalkeeper Petr Čech, although there were no more goals and the Czech Republic recorded their first win of the tournament. Going into their third and final group match, the Czech Republic needed at least a draw against co-hosts Poland to advance to the knock-out stage of the tournament. A second-half strike by Jiráček proved the difference between the teams as the Czechs ran out 1–0 winners. Due to Greece beating Russia in the other group game, the Czech Republic subsequently finished top of Group A, becoming the first team to ever win a group at the European Championships with a negative goal difference. The Czech team faced Portugal in the quarter-finals. Portugal eventually made the breakthrough with 11 minutes remaining through a header from Cristiano Ronaldo to win the match 1–0 and eliminate Czech Republic.

Bílek stayed on as coach, despite unrest amongst fans, and was tasked with qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. The Czechs were drawn into UEFA Qualifying Group B along with Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria, Armenia and Malta. The beginning of the campaign was two goalless draws with Denmark and Bulgaria, paired with a narrow win against Malta, capping off their first three games. The team then lost 0–3 to Denmark at home. The team was able to win against Armenia and draw with group leaders Italy, but lost to both Armenia and Italy in the rematches. Bílek resigned after the loss and was replaced with assistant coach Josef Pešice. In their last two games with their new coach, the Czechs recorded wins over Malta and Bulgaria but lost to Italy, leaving them in third place and ending their qualification hopes. Pešice resigned as coach following the conclusion of qualifying.

Pavel Vrba was appointed as the team's new coach on the first day of 2014, ahead of Euro 2016 qualifying. The Czech team was drawn into Group A, along with Netherlands, Turkey, Iceland, Latvia and Kazakhstan. The Czech team began with a win, defeating Netherlands, and followed up with victories over Turkey, Kazakhstan and Iceland, leaving them as group leaders with maximum points after four matches. A draw at home against Latvia followed; nonetheless, Czech Republic remained group leader, and on 6 September 2015, qualified for their sixth European Championship. They only got one point from a draw with Croatia, losing to Spain and Turkey. During a friendly match against Australia on 1 June 2018, the Czechs recorded their biggest defeat losing 0–4 in Sankt Pölten, Austria. It was surpassed during their first qualifier for Euro 2020, as they were beaten 0–5 at Wembley Stadium by England.

Present in Group C during the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, the Czech Republic failed to qualify for the Russian World Cup as it finished in 3rd place with 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats, behind directly qualified Germany and Northern Ireland, then unfortunate play-off.

On the other hand, they qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2021, finishing 2nd in Group A during the qualifiers, with a record of 5 wins and 3 defeats in 8 games. The team won a prestigious home match against England, the group leader (2–1) and lost all three away matches, in England (0–5), Kosovo (1–2) and Bulgaria (0–1). It is placed in Group D for the first round of the finals, placed under the sign of reunion: with England played in the qualifiers, Croatia present in the same group 4 years earlier in France, as well as Scotland played in the framework of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.

2020s

On November 18, 2020, the Czech Republic, then placed in Group 2 of League B in the 2020–2021 edition of the Nations League, obtained promotion to League A for the next edition thanks to a win at home against Slovakia on the last day of the group stages (2–0), allowing the National team to overtake Scotland, which was defeated in Israel (0–1) at the same time. The team has a record of 4 wins and 2 losses (both in the first and second leg against Scotland, although the first leg in Prague was played by substitutes and U17-U19 players due to cases of COVID-19 affecting the regular starters).

The year 2021 starts on a positive note for the Czech Republic, which manages to catch Belgium at home (1–1) in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup. Above all, UEFA Euro 2021 saw the Národní tým realize a much better European campaign than the one in 2016 when they were quickly eliminated, finishing last in their group with only one point; as Jaroslav Šilhavý's men managed to get out of the group. Indeed, the Czech Republic won the first game against Scotland, who were playing at home, with a double from Patrik Schick (2–0), including a goal from more than 45 meters, lobbing the goalkeeper David Marshall who was too far forward on the second goal of the game, a technical gesture that made the world go round. It then gets a draw (1–1) against Croatia, finalist of the 2018 FIFA World Cup before losing on the last day against England at Wembley (0–1) with the assurance before the start of the game to be at worst among the 4 best 3rd of group and thus reach the last 16. The Czechs finished among the 4 best 3rd of the group with 4 points, ahead of Croatia, which has the same number of points and the same overall goal difference, but which inherited the 2nd place in the ranking at the expense of the Czechs since the Vatreni scored more goals (4 against 3). In the 1/8th finals, the Czech Republic faced the Netherlands, first of their group with 3 victories and mentioned among the favourites for the final victory. The Czech Republic made a great collective performance and created the surprise by winning 2–0 with goals from Tomáš Holeš (68th minute) and Patrik Schick (80th minute) while the Dutch team finished the game with 10 players, Matthijs de Ligt being sent off for a deliberate hand in the last defender's position, preventing a Czech goal opportunity just before the hour mark. The Národní tým, returning to the quarterfinal stage for the first time since 2012, challenged Denmark for a place in the last four of the competition. Unfortunately, they were beaten 1–2, having conceded the first Danish goal after 5 minutes of play due to a refereeing error caused by a non-existent corner, and stopped at the gates of the semi-finals after a successful run. Patrik Schick was the Czech Republic's top scorer with 5 goals, as many as Cristiano Ronaldo at the finals, and both strikers finished as joint top scorers in the competition.

However, the Czech Republic failed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar. The Czechs finished third in their group, behind Belgium and Wales, whom they failed to beat (home draw and away defeat in both cases), but they made it to the play-offs thanks to their position in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League. They were eliminated in the semi-finals of the B lane, following an away defeat against Sweden in extra time (0–1, goal of Robin Quaison in the 110th minute). They were then relegated to League B after finishing bottom of their group in the 2022–2023 Nations League, with one win (2–1 at home against Switzerland), one draw (2–2 at home against Spain) and 4 defeats.

The Czech Republic, without injured star striker Patrik Schick for the entire Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, had a difficult and chaotic campaign, but qualified for UEFA Euro 2024 by finishing 2nd in their qualifying group thanks to a 3–0 home win over Moldova on the final day. After qualifying, coach Jaroslav Šilhavý resigned in the face of criticism from fans and controversy surrounding some of the team's players.

Team image

Since 1994, the Czech Republic home kit has primarily been red shirts, with either blue or red shorts. While their away kit has been white shirts with white shorts. Although the team wore blue shorts for a short period between 2010 and 2011. In 2020 the team introduced a new alternate colour as the away kit for the first time.

Stadiums

14 different cities hosted national team matches of the Czech Republic between 1994 and 2023. The most commonly-used stadium was Stadion Letná, the home stadium of AC Sparta Prague, which was renovated in 1994. Another frequently used stadium was Na Stínadlech in Teplice. But since the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, matches against the strongest opponents are usually played at the newer Stadion Eden, the home stadium of SK Slavia Prague, which was built in 2008. Since 2012, competitive games have also been held Doosan Arena, Plzeň. Some matches are also played in Moravian regions at Andrův stadion in Olomouc and Městský stadion in Ostrava.

Stadiums which have hosted Czech Republic international football matches:

Number of matches	Stadium	W	D	L	First international	Latest international
46	Stadion Letná, Prague	27	7	12	26 April 1995	16 November 2021
20	Na Stínadlech, Teplice	18	1	1	18 September 1996	11 September 2012
19	Stadion Eden, Prague	7	7	5	27 May 2008	7 September 2023
14	Andrův stadion, Olomouc	10	0	4	25 March 1998	20 November 2023
9	Štruncovy sady Stadion, Plzeň	8	1	0	12 October 2012	15 October 2023
5	Bazaly, Ostrava	4	0	1	25 May 1994	16 August 2000
4	Stadion u Nisy, Liberec	4	0	0	4 June 2005	11 August 2010
4	Městský stadion, Ostrava	3	1	0	26 March 1996	2 September 2021
3	Stadion Střelnice, Jablonec	3	0	0	4 September 1996	5 June 2009
3	Městský stadion, Uherské Hradiště	1	0	2	16 August 2006	6 September 2018
2	Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague	1	1	0	24 April 1996	18 August 2004
2	Sportovní areál, Drnovice	2	0	0	18 August 1999	15 August 2001
2	Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav	1	1	0	31 August 2016	15 November 2016
1	Stadion FC Bohemia Poděbrady, Poděbrady	1	0	0	26 February 1997
1	Stadion Za Lužánkami, Brno	1	0	0	8 March 1995
1	Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice	1	0	0	29 March 2011
1	Městský stadion, Ústí nad Labem	1	0	0	22 March 2017

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

2024

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	TBA
Assistant Coach	TBA
Assistant Coach	TBA
Goalkeeping Coach	TBA

Coaching history

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying against Poland on 17 November 2023 and Moldova on 20 November 2023.

Caps and goals updated as of 20 November 2023, after the match against Moldova.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	GK	Matěj Kovář	17 May 2000	0	0	Bayer Leverkusen
1	GK	Aleš Mandous	21 April 1992	4	0	Slavia Prague
16	GK	Jindřich Staněk	27 April 1996	8	0	Viktoria Plzeň
18	DF	David Douděra	31 May 1998	6	1	Slavia Prague
3	DF	Tomáš Holeš	31 March 1993	26	2	Slavia Prague
15	DF	David Jurásek	7 August 2000	5	0	Benfica
2	DF	Patrizio Stronati	17 November 1994	4	1	Puskás Akadémia
6	DF	Martin Vitík	21 January 2003	1	0	Sparta Prague
4	DF	David Zima	8 November 2000	19	0	Torino
17	MF	Václav Černý	17 October 1997	15	5	VfL Wolfsburg
21	MF	Alex Král	19 May 1998	39	2	Union Berlin
20	MF	Ondřej Lingr	7 October 1998	11	0	Feyenoord
12	MF	Lukáš Masopust	12 February 1993	34	2	Slavia Prague
14	MF	Lukáš Provod	23 October 1996	16	2	Slavia Prague
8	MF	Michal Sadílek	31 May 1999	21	1	Twente
22	MF	Tomáš Souček (captain)	27 February 1995	66	12	West Ham United
9	FW	Adam Hložek	25 July 2002	29	2	Bayer Leverkusen
19	FW	Tomáš Chorý	26 January 1995	1	1	Viktoria Plzeň
10	FW	Mojmír Chytil	29 April 1999	11	4	Slavia Prague
13	FW	Tomáš Čvančara	13 August 2000	6	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
7	FW	Vasil Kušej	24 May 2000	1	0	Mladá Boleslav

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Czech Republic squad within the last twelve months:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Jiří Pavlenka	14 April 1992	21	0	Werder Bremen	v. Faroe Islands, 15 October 2023
GK	Tomáš Koubek	26 August 1992	12	0	FC Augsburg	v. Hungary, 10 September 2023
GK	Tomáš Vaclík	29 March 1989	54	0	New England Revolution	v. Montenegro, 20 June 2023
DF	Jakub Brabec	6 August 1992	41	2	Aris Thessaloniki	v. Moldova, 20 November 2023WD
DF	Vladimír Coufal	22 August 1992	40	1	West Ham United	v. Moldova, 20 November 2023WD
DF	Ladislav Krejčí	20 April 1999	7	2	Sparta Prague	v. Faroe Islands, 15 October 2023
DF	Jaroslav Zelený	20 August 1992	9	0	Sparta Prague	v. Hungary, 10 September 2023
DF	Jakub Jugas	5 May 1992	3	0	Cracovia	v. Montenegro, 20 June 2023
DF	Václav Jemelka	23 June 1995	8	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v. Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Lukáš Sadílek	23 May 1996	3	0	Sparta Prague	v. Poland, 17 November 2023INJ
MF	Jaromír Zmrhal	2 August 1993	23	1	Slovan Bratislava	v. Montenegro, 20 June 2023
MF	Antonín Barák	3 December 1994	37	8	Fiorentina	v. Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Petr Ševčík	4 May 1994	15	0	Slavia Prague	v. Moldova, 27 March 2023
MF	Matěj Jurásek	30 August 2003	0	0	Slavia Prague	v. Moldova, 27 March 2023
FW	Jan Kuchta	8 January 1997	20	2	Sparta Prague	v. Moldova, 20 November 2023WD
FW	Václav Jurečka	26 June 1994	9	1	Slavia Prague	v. Faroe Islands, 15 October 2023
FW	Jan Matoušek	9 May 1998	2	0	Bohemians 1905	v. Montenegro, 20 June 2023
FW	Patrik Schick	24 January 1996	35	18	Bayer Leverkusen	v. Moldova, 27 March 2023

• ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.
• ^WD = Withdrew due to non-injury related reasons.

Player statistics

As of 20 November 2023.

Players in bold are still active with the Czech Republic.

This list does not include players that won caps for Czechoslovakia.

Most appearances

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Petr Čech	124	0	2002–2016
2	Karel Poborský	118	8	1994–2006
3	Tomáš Rosický	105	23	2000–2016
4	Jaroslav Plašil	103	7	2004–2016
5	Milan Baroš	93	41	2001–2012
6	Jan Koller	91	55	1999–2009
	Pavel Nedvěd	91	18	1994–2006
8	Vladimír Šmicer	81	27	1993–2005
9	Tomáš Ujfaluši	78	2	2001–2009
	Marek Jankulovski	78	11	2000–2009

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Jan Koller (list)	55	91	0.6	1999–2009
2	Milan Baroš (list)	41	93	0.44	2001–2012
3	Vladimír Šmicer	27	81	0.33	1993–2005
4	Tomáš Rosický	23	105	0.22	2000–2016
5	Pavel Kuka	22	63	0.35	1994–2001
6	Patrik Schick	18	35	0.51	2016–present
	Patrik Berger	18	44	0.41	1994–2001
	Pavel Nedvěd	18	91	0.2	1994–2006
9	Vratislav Lokvenc	14	74	0.19	1995–2006
10	Tomáš Necid	12	44	0.27	2008–2016
	Tomáš Souček	12	66	0.18	2016–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	—
as Czechoslovakia											as Czechoslovakia
1930	Did not enter										Declined invitation
1934	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	9	6	Squad		1	1	0	0	2	1	1934
1938	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	5	3	Squad		2	1	1	0	7	1	1938
1950	Did not enter										Did not enter
1954	Group stage	14th	2	0	0	2	0	7	Squad		4	3	1	0	5	1	1954
1958	Group stage	9th	4	1	1	2	9	6	Squad		4	3	0	1	9	3	1958
1962	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	7	7	Squad		5	4	0	1	20	7	1962
1966	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	12	4	1966
1970	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	7	Squad		7	5	1	1	16	7	1970
1974	Did not qualify										4	2	1	1	9	3	1974
1978											4	2	0	2	4	6	1978
1982	Group stage	19th	3	0	2	1	2	4	Squad		8	4	2	2	15	6	1982
1986	Did not qualify										8	3	2	3	11	12	1986
1990	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	0	2	10	5	Squad		8	5	2	1	13	3	1990
1994	Did not qualify										10	4	5	1	21	9	1994
as Czech Republic											as Czech Republic
1998	Did not qualify										10	5	1	4	16	6	1998
2002											12	6	2	4	20	10	2002
2006	Group stage	20th	3	1	0	2	3	4	Squad		14	11	0	3	37	12	2006
2010	Did not qualify										10	4	4	2	17	6	2010
2014											10	4	3	3	13	9	2014
2018											10	4	3	3	17	10	2018
2022											9	4	2	3	14	10	2022
2026	To be determined										To be determined						2026
2030																	2030
2034																	2034
Total	Runners-up	9/22	33	12	5	16	47	49	—		146	78	31	37	278	126	—

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	—
as Czechoslovakia											as Czechoslovakia
1960	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	2	3	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	5	1960
1964	Did not qualify										2	0	1	1	2	3	1964
1968											6	3	1	2	8	4	1968
1972											6	4	1	1	11	4	1972
1976	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	5	3	Squad		8	5	2	1	19	7	1976
1980	Third place	3rd	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad		6	5	0	1	17	4	1980
1984	Did not qualify										8	3	4	1	15	7	1984
1988											6	2	3	1	7	5	1988
1992											8	5	0	3	12	9	1992
as Czech Republic											as Czech Republic
1996	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	8	Squad		10	6	3	1	21	6	1996
2000	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	3	3	Squad		10	10	0	0	26	5	2000
2004	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	0	1	10	5	Squad		8	7	1	0	23	5	2004
2008	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	6	Squad		12	9	2	1	27	5	2008
2012	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	4	6	Squad		10	6	1	3	15	8	2012
2016	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad		10	7	1	2	19	14	2016
2020	Quarter-finals	6th	5	2	1	2	6	4	Squad		8	5	0	3	13	11	2020
2024	Qualified										8	4	3	1	12	6	2024
2028	To be determined										To be determined						2028
2032																	2032
Total	1 Title	11/17	37	15	7	15	48	47	—		132	85	24	23	263	108	—

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	B	1	2nd	4	2	0	2	4	4		20th
2020–21	B	2	1st	6	4	0	2	9	5		19th
2022–23	A	2	4th	6	1	1	4	5	13		14th
2024–25	B	To be determined
Total				16	7	1	8	18	22	14th

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	10	7	Squad
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2009
2013
2017
Total	Third place	1/10	5	2	1	2	10	7	—

Head-to-head record (since 1994)

As of 20 November 2023 after the match against Moldova.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1
Andorra	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11
Armenia	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11
Australia	2	1	0	1	3	5	-2
Austria	5	2	1	2	9	6	+3
Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1
Belarus	7	7	0	0	18	4	+14
Belgium	9	3	2	4	9	10	-1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Brazil	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4
Bulgaria	7	5	1	1	13	3	+10
Canada	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
China	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Croatia	4	0	3	1	6	8	-2
Cyprus	4	4	0	0	9	4	+5
Denmark	12	3	6	3	11	10	+1
England	5	1	1	3	4	11	-7
Estonia	5	5	0	0	16	3	+13
Faroe Islands	7	7	0	0	16	0	+16
Finland	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6
France	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
Germany	9	2	0	7	10	16	-6
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Greece	4	1	2	1	2	2	0
Hungary	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1
Iceland	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4
Israel	4	4	0	0	9	3	+6
Italy	7	2	2	3	6	11	-5
Japan	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3
Kosovo	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Latvia	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Lithuania	7	6	0	1	20	5	+15
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Malta	10	8	2	0	30	5	+25
Mexico	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Moldova	4	3	1	0	10	0	+10
Montenegro	5	5	0	0	13	1	+12
Morocco	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	12	6	3	3	18	14	+4
Nigeria	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
North Macedonia	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7
Northern Ireland	7	2	3	2	6	6	0
Norway	8	4	3	1	10	8	+2
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Peru	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Poland	10	5	1	4	13	12	+1
Portugal	5	1	0	4	2	10	-8
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Republic of Ireland	8	4	2	2	13	9	+4
Romania	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1
Russia	4	1	1	2	7	13	-6
San Marino	6	6	0	0	31	0	+31
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Scotland	10	5	1	4	14	11	+3
Serbia	5	2	0	3	11	7	+4
Slovakia	14	9	2	3	29	12	+17
Slovenia	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5
South Africa	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
South Korea	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4
Spain	7	0	2	5	3	10	-7
Sweden	4	0	2	2	5	7	-2
Switzerland	6	4	0	2	9	7	+2
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Turkey	11	5	1	5	21	15	+6
Ukraine	5	1	2	2	6	4	+2
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5
United States	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2
Wales	6	1	4	1	5	5	0
Total (73)	334	177	65	92	591	337	+254

Honours

Competition				Total
FIFA World Cup	0	2	0	2
UEFA European Championship	1	1	3	5
FIFA Confederations Cup	0	0	1	1
Olympic Games	1	1	0	2
Total	2	4	4	10

• FIFA World Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1934, 1962
• FIFA Confederations Cup
  • Third place (1): 1997
• UEFA European Championship
  • Champions (1): 1976
  • Runners-up (1): 1996
  • Third place (3): 1960, 1980, 2004
• Olympic Games
  • Gold medal (1): 1980
  • Silver medal (1): 1964

See also

• Football in the Czech Republic
• Czech Republic national football team results (1994–2019)
• Czech Republic national under-21 football team
• Czech Republic national under-19 football team
• Czech Republic national under-18 football team
• Czech Republic national under-17 football team