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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 Soccer Team began play in 1920 with a convincing 7 to 0 victory over Yugoslavia – which was a harbinger of things to come. The European nation has had much success in the: With players the likes of Antonín Panenka on the squad, in 1976 Czechoslovakia once more defeated archrival Yugoslavia 5 to 3 on penalty shootout, this time to win their first European Championship! Now, the Czech Republic is continuing the tradition, finishing second in Euro 96, with Karel Poborský (all time leader in games played), Patrick Berger, and Captain Pavel Nedvěd leading the way. With a wild Euro 2004 romp through the group phase, which included dramatic come-from-behind wins over giants Germany and the Netherlands, Karel Brückner's Czechs proved themselves one of the most resourceful and positive sides of the finals. Tomáš Rosický, Petr Čech, and Milan Baroš (the tournament’s Golden Boot Winner with 5 goals) helped the Czechs finish runners up in Euro 2004. The Czech Republic has also shined in the world’s biggest soccer stage: The Czech side qualified to 8 World Cups: In 1934 they were Runners up in the World Cup with outstanding stars such as Antonín Puč, František Plánička, and Josef "Pepi" Bican. Josef Masopust (1962 European Footballer of the Year), helped his side gain the second place finish in the 1962 World Cup. On November 12th, 2005, Tomas Rosicky's goal gave the Czech Republic a 1-0 win over Norway in their playoff second leg on Wednesday and booked their place at next year's World Cup finals 2-0 on aggregate. The Czechs, who had not qualified for the World Cup since becoming an independent nation after their last appearance as Czechoslovakia in Italy in 1990, needed only a draw after winning the first leg in Oslo 1-0. With all time leading scorer Jan Koller with 40 shots, as well as some of the above-named stars, the Czechs hope for much success in Germany in the summer of ‘06. Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Turkey 1 - 4 Czech Republic (Istanbul, Turkey; 23 February 1994) 1960 - Third place 1964 to 1972 - Did not qualify 1976 - Champions 1980 - Third place 1984 to 1992 - Did not qualify 1930 - Did not enter 1934 - Runners-up 1938 - Quarterfinals 1950 - Did not enter 1954 - Round 1 1958 - Round 1 1962 - Runners-up 1966 - Did not qualify 1970 - Round 1 1974 - Did not qualify 1978 - Did not qualify 1982 - Round 1 1986 - Did not qualify 1990 - Quarterfinals 1994 - Did not qualify (finished as Representation of Czechs and Slovaks) 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia 1996 - Runners-up 2000 - Round 1 2004 - Semifinals 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia 1998 - Did not qualify 2002 - Did not qualify 2006 - Round 1 Josef Bican, Josef Masopust, Zdeněk Nehoda, Antonín Panenka, František Plánička Ján Popluhár, Antonín Puč, Ivo Viktor Goalkeepers 1 Petr Cech - 23 16 Jaromir Blazek - 33 23 Antonin Kinsky Defenders Rene Bolf 2 Zdenek Grygera - 25 13 Martin Jiranek 20 Jiri Jarosik 21 Tomas Ujfalusi - 27 22 David Rozehnal - 25 Midfielders Tomas Hubschman - 24 4 Tomas Galasek - 33 5 Radoslav Kovac - 6 6 Marek Jankulovski - 28 7 Vladimir Smicer - 32 8 Karel Poborsky - 33 10 Tomas Rosicky - 25 11 Pavel Nedved - 33 14 Jan Polak 17 Jaroslav Plasil - 24 Strikers Vratislav Lokvenc - 32 Jan Koller - 32 15 Milan Baros - 24 18 Marek Heinz - 28 Sep. '04/STATUS/HOME/SCORE/AWAY/ATT. Wed. 8 Netherlands 2 - 0 Czech Republic - 50,000 Oct. '04 Sat. 9 Czech Republic 1 - 0 Romania - 16,028 Wed. 13 Armenia 0 - 3 Czech Republic - 8,000 Nov. '04 Wed. 17 Macedonia 0 - 2 Czech Republic - 12,000 Mar. '05 Sat. 26 Czech Republic 4 - 3 Finland - 16,200 Wed. 30 Andorra 0 - 4 Czech Republic - 500 Jun. '05 Sat. 4 Czech Republic 8 - 1 Andorra - 9,529 Wed. 8 Czech Republic 6 - 1 Macedonia - 14,150 Sep. '05 Sat. 3 Romania 2 - 0 Czech Republic - 15,000 Wed. 7 Czech Republic 4 - 1 Armenia - 12,015 Oct. '05 Sat. 8 Czech Republic 0 - 2 Netherlands - 17,478 Wed. 12 Finland 0 - 3 Czech Republic - 11,234 Nov. '05 Sat. 12 Norway 0 - 1 Czech Republic - 24,264 Wed. 16 Czech Republic 1 - 0 Norway - 17,464 Jun. '06/TIME/HOME/AWAY/VENUE/COMPETITION Mon. 12 - 11:00 US CST - United States v Czech Republic Arena AufSchalke - World Cup Sat. 17 - 11:00 US CST - Ghana v Czech Republic - Cologne Stadium - World Cup Thu. 22 - 15:00 UK Czech Republic v Italy - AOL-Arena - World Cup http://www.fotbal.cz/ |
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