Czech Rep.

233 entrants predicted Czech Rep. to win the World Cup

201 entrants are supporting Czech Rep.

Top 10 Czech Rep. supporters

Pos	Name	Po
1	Berber   Madrid	99
2	omme thailand	98
2	Martin Kvapil  Canada	98
4	Paul Mitchell  Aberdeen	96
5	Ejaz  USA	94
6	Andrew Brownlie Glasgow	90
6	faya jhb	90
6	Richard Good  South Africa	90
9	Justin L  Cape Town	89
9	barabas Armagh	89

Group matches

Team profile

• Coach: Karel Brückner, 2002-
• World Cup appearances: 1
• First World Cup: 2006
• Best performance at World Cup: -

The Czech national football team is the national football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. Before World War I, Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic), while being part of Austria-Hungary, played seven matches between 1903 and 1908, six of them against Hungary and one against England. Bohemia also played a match against Germany in 1939 while being the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. When the Czech Republic was part of Czechoslovakia, the national team had runner-up finishes in World Cups (1934, 1962) and a European Championship win in 1976. After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the national team was reformed, and played its first match against Turkey in 1994. Now, the Czech Republic is continuing its football tradition, finishing second in Euro 96 and making the semifinals of Euro 2004. They made their first World Cup as an independent country in 2006. The Under-21 national team of Czech Republic won the European championship in 2002.

Stadiums

The most important matches of the Czech national team are held in Prague´s Toyota Arena, the home stadium of Sparta Prague. Other venues include the cities of Teplice, Olomouc and Liberec. The new leaders of the Czech Football Association have announced that they will be building a new state of art stadium for 50,000 people.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Qualified

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