Nickname(s) | Lvíčata (Little Lions) |
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Association |
Fotbalová asociace České republiky (FAČR) |
Head coach | Vítězslav Lavička |
Most caps | Jan Polák (46) |
Top scorer | Tomáš Pekhart (17) |
First international | |
Czech Republic 1–0 Malta (Opava, 5 September 1994) |
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Biggest win | |
Czech Republic 8–0 Bulgaria Teplice, 5 October 2001 Czech Republic 8–0 Liechtenstein Prague, 11 September 2007 Czech Republic 8–0 San Marino Serravalle, 9 June 2009 Czech Republic 8–0 Andorra Mladá Boleslav, 10 August 2011 |
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Biggest defeat | |
Spain 4–0 Czech Republic matches only |
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UEFA U-21 Championship | |
Appearances | 6 (first in 1996) |
Best result | Winners in 2002 |
Spain 4–0 Czech Republic
Burgos, 7 June 1997
The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football 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.