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Czech Republic Under-21s
Nickname(s)	Lvíčata (Little lions)
Association	Českomoravský; fotbalový svaz
Head coach	Jakub Dovalil
Most caps	? (?)
Top scorer	? (?)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Czech Republic 1–0 Malta ; Opava, 5 September 1994
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
Biggest defeat
	Spain 4–0 Czech Republic ; Burgos, 7 June 1997; Records are for competitive; matches only
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1996)
Best result	Winners in 2002

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.

The team failed to qualify for the tournaments in 2004 and 2006, but are still considered to be one of the top 14 seeds in UEFA under-21 competition. They won qualifying group 9 ahead of Belarus and Cyprus in the 2007 competition, and now face Bosnia and Herzegovina for a place in the last 8 of the tournament as it switches to odd-numbered years.

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship record

1996: Losing quarter-finalists.
1998: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
2000: Runners-up.
2002: Winners.
2004: Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost play-off.
2006: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group. Lost play-off.

[edit] Czech Republic U-21 team

[edit] Current squad

Squad called up for the friendly match against Northern Ireland on 17 November 2009.
Head coach: Jakub Dovalil

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Jan Hanuš	28 April 1988	0	0	Slavia Prague
GK	Tomáš Vaclík	29 March 1989	9	0	Vítkovice
DF	Ondřej Čelůstka	18 June 1989	8	2	Slavia Prague
DF	Radim Řezník	20 January 1989	5	0	Baník Ostrava
DF	Jan Lecjaks	8 August 1990	4	0	Viktoria Plzeň
DF	Ondřej Mazuch	15 March 1989	16	1	Anderlecht
DF	Marek Suchý	29 March 1988	17	0	Slavia Prague
DF	Jakub Heidenreich	27 April 1989	1	0	Bohemians Praha
DF	Jan Hošek	1April 1989	2	0	Slavia Prague
MF	Tomáš Hořava	29 May 1988	7	1	Sigma Olomouc
MF	Bořek Dočkal	30 September 1988	12	6	Slovan Liberec
MF	Marcel Gecov	1 January 1988	3	1	Slovan Liberec
MF	Tomáš Mičola	26 September 1988	1	0	Baník Ostrava
MF	Jan Morávek	1 November 1989	0	0	Bohemians 1905
MF	Martin Zeman	28 March 1989	3	1	Sparta Prague
MF	Tomáš Fabián	10 November 1989	0	0	Mladá Boleslav
MF	Lukáš Vácha	13 March 1989	4	0	Slovan Liberec
MF	Lukáš Mareček	17 April 1990	3	0	Brno
MF	Jiří Valenta	14 February 1988	2	1	Jablonec
MF	Jan Vošahlík	8 March 1989	3	0	Jablonec
MF	Petr Wojnar	12 January 1989	0	0	Baník Ostrava
FW	Jan Blažek	20 March 1988	4	0	Slovan Liberec
FW	Tomáš Pekhart	26 May 1989	9	9	Tottenham Hotspur
FW	Milan Černý	13 March 1988	2	0	Slavia Prague
FW	Jan Chramosta	12 October 1990	1	1	Mladá Boleslav
FW	Radek Dejmek	2 February 1988	0	0	Slovan Liberec
FW	Adam Hloušek	20 December 1988	2	0	Slavia Prague
FW	Michael Rabušic	17 September 1989	5	3	Brno
FW	Libor Kozák	30 May 1989	2	1	Lazio
FW	Jakub Řezníček	26 May 1988	3	1	Mladá Boleslav