Czech Republic national under-21 football team

The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 association football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

Czech Republic Under-21

Nickname(s)	Lvíčata (Little Lions)
Association	Fotbalová asociace České republiky (FAČR)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Michal Bílek
Most caps	Jan Polák (45)
Top scorer	Tomáš Pekhart (17)
First colours Second colours
First international
Czech Republic 1–0 Malta  (Opava, Czech Republic; 5 September 1994)
Biggest win
Czech Republic 8–0 Bulgaria  (Teplice, Czech Republic; 5 October 2001)  Czech Republic 8–0 Liechtenstein  (Prague, Czech Republic; 11 September 2007)  Czech Republic 8–0 San Marino  (Serravalle, San Marino; 9 June 2009)  Czech Republic 8–0 Andorra  (Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic; 10 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 5–0 Czech Republic  (Vejle, Denmark; 10 September 2024) Records are for competitive matches only
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1996)
Best result	Winners (2002)

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, the 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.

Subsequently, the team failed to qualify for the tournaments in 2004 and 2006. They qualified for the 2007 competition but finished last in the group stage. They once again failed to qualify for the 2009 competition. In the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, they placed fourth.

Competitive Record

Summer Olympics record

Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1992	did not qualify
1996
2000	Group stage	14th	3	0	2	1	5	6	Squad
2004	did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	to be determined
2032
Total	Group stage	14th	3	0	2	1	5	6

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

• 1978 to 1994 - see Czechoslovakia

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Quarter-finals	2	0	0	2	2	4		10	7	2	1	33	9
1998	did not qualify								8	3	0	5	13	13
2000	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	9	7		12	9	1	2	20	6
2002	Winners	5	2	2	1	5	5		12	9	2	1	29	6
2004	did not qualify								10	7	0	3	20	7
2006									12	6	3	3	26	11
2007	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4		4	3	1	0	7	3
2009	did not qualify								8	4	2	2	19	5
2011	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	4	6		10	9	1	0	30	4
2013	did not qualify								10	6	3	1	26	7
2015	Group stage	3	1	1	1	6	3		Qualified as hosts
2017		3	1	0	2	5	7		10	7	2	1	29	10
2019	did not qualify								10	5	1	4	14	15
2021	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	4		10	6	3	1	20	4
2023		3	1	0	2	2	4		10	7	1	2	23	6
2025		3	1	0	2	5	7		10	5	3	2	16	12
Total	10/16	33	9	7	17	39	51		146	93	25	28	325	118

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Czech players have won individual awards at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Year	Golden Player	Golden Boot
2002	Petr Čech
2015		Jan Kliment

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	5	2	1	18	8	+10	17	Final tournament		—	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–0
2	Czech Republic	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14[a]	Play-offs		0–0	—	1–1	4–1	3–0
3	Wales	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14[a]			1–2	1–2	—	1–0	2–1
4	Iceland	8	3	0	5	9	14	−5	9			4–2	2–1	1–2	—	0–2
5	Lithuania	8	1	0	7	7	16	−9	3			1–2	1–2	2–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Czech Republic 4, Wales 1

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The three play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Finland	6–3	Norway	5–1	1–2
Belgium	1–3	Czech Republic	0–2	1–1
Georgia	3–3 (7–6 p)	Croatia	1–0	2–3 (a.e.t.)

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) group stage

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship § Group_B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GER	ENG	CZE	SVN
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Knockout stage		—
2	England	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4				—
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3					—
4	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1						—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2024

Lithuania  v  Czech Republic

6 September 2024 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifying Group I	Lithuania	1–2	Czech Republic	Jonava, Lithuania
14:30 CEST (15:30 EEST)	Jansonas 19'	Report	Alijagić 58' Sejk 87'	Stadium: Central Stadium of Jonava Attendance: 328 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

Denmark  v  Czech Republic

10 September 2024 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifying Group I	Denmark	5–0	Czech Republic	Vejle, Denmark
18:00 CEST	Bøving 28' Biereth 48' Sørensen 54' (pen.) Kristensen 61' Kvistgaarden 87'	Report		Stadium: Vejle Stadium Attendance: 2,595 Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)

Wales  v  Czech Republic

11 October 2024 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifying Group I	Wales	1–2	Czech Republic	Newport, Wales
18:30 CEST (17:30 BST)	Hoole 90+4'	Report	Baker 27' (o.g.) Sejk 50'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,386 Referee: Walter Altmann (Austria)

Czech Republic  v  Lithuania

15 October 2024 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifying Group I	Czech Republic	3–0	Lithuania	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
18:00 CEST	Daněk 53' Jurásek 55' Sejk 72'	Report		Stadium: Malšovická aréna Attendance: 8,915 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Belgium  v  Czech Republic

15 November 2024 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualification play-offs	Belgium	0–2	Czech Republic	Leuven, Belgium
20:00 CEST		Report	Karabec 34' Fila 80'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Atilla Karaoğlan (Turkey)

Czech Republic  v  Belgium

19 November 2024 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualification play-offs	Czech Republic	1–1	Belgium	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
17:30 CEST	Van Den Bosch 79' (o.g.)	Report	Steuckers 51'	Stadium: Malšovická aréna Attendance: 9,019 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

2025

Spain  v  Czech Republic

21 March 2025 Friendly	Spain	2–2	Czech Republic	Lorca, Spain
19:30 CEST	Joseph 10' Tárrega 82'		Fila 20', 22'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco

Norway  v  Czech Republic

24 March 2025 Friendly	Norway	2–0	Czech Republic	Murcia, Spain
14:00 CEST	Skogvold 23', 85' (pen.)			Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Czech Republic  v  England

12 June 2025 (2025-06-12) 2025 UEFA U21 Euro group stage	Czech Republic	1−3	England	Dunajská Streda
21:00	Fila 51'	Report	Elliott 39' Rowe 48' Cresswell 76'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 8,087 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

Czech Republic  v  Germany

15 June 2025 (2025-06-15) 2025 UEFA U21 Euro group stage	Czech Republic	2–4	Germany	Dunajská Streda
21:00	Arrey-Mbi 61' (o.g.) Spáčil 66'	Report	Tresoldi 34' Nebel 41' Woltemade 54' Martel 59'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 7,870 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Slovenia  v  Czech Republic

18 June 2025 (2025-06-18) 2025 UEFA U21 Euro group stage	Slovenia	0–2	Czech Republic	Dunajská Streda
21:00		Report	Fila 48' Sejk 59'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 4,028 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Players

Current squad

The following players are in the nomination for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Scotland and Gibraltar on 5 and 9 September 2025.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 29 August 2025 before the match against Scotland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Viktor Baier	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Blau-Weiß Linz
	1GK	Colin Andrew	(2004-02-25) 25 February 2004 (age 21)	0	0	České Budějovice
	1GK	Jan Koutný	(2004-10-14) 14 October 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Sigma Olomouc
	2DF	Jan Chytrý	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Karviná
	2DF	Ondřej Čoudek	(2004-10-25) 25 October 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Artis Brno
	2DF	Eric Hunal	(2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Dukla Prague
	2DF	Mikuláš Konečný	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Pardubice
	2DF	Daniel Kutík	(2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Zbrojovka Brno
	2DF	Albert Labík	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Karviná
	2DF	Jan Paluska	(2005-06-23) 23 June 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Viktoria Plzeň
	2DF	Jan Trédl	(2004-07-06) 6 July 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Pardubice
	3MF	Lukáš Ambros	(2004-06-05) 5 June 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Górnik Zabrze
	3MF	Alexandr Bužek	(2004-08-02) 2 August 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Karviná
	3MF	Tomáš Jelínek	(2005-12-27) 27 December 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Slavia Prague
	3MF	Ondřej Kričfaluši	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 21)	11	0	Slavia Prague
	3MF	David Planka	(2005-07-28) 28 July 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Karviná
	3MF	Matěj Šín	(2004-06-02) 2 June 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Baník Ostrava
	3MF	Tom Slončík	(2004-12-21) 21 December 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Hradec Králové
	3MF	Matěj Žitný	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Dukla Prague
	4FW	Lukáš Mašek	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Slovan Liberec
	4FW	Matěj Mikulenka	(2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Sigma Olomouc
	4FW	Matyáš Vojta	(2004-02-26) 26 February 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Mladá Boleslav
	4FW	Yannick Eduardo	(2006-01-23) 23 January 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Dordrecht

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the under-21 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Tadeáš Stoppen	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Sigma Olomouc	2025 UEFA Euro U21PRE
DF	Matěj Hadaš	(2003-11-25) 25 November 2003 (age 21)	5	0	Sigma Olomouc	2025 UEFA Euro U21
DF	Adam Ševínský	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Sparta Prague	v.  Norway, 24 March 2025
DF	Tomáš Král	(2004-10-26) 26 October 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Mladá Boleslav	v.  Belgium, 15 November 2024INJ

• ^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.
• ^PRE = Preliminary squad.

Previous squads

• 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic
• 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Czech Republic

Most appearances

As of 19 June 2025.^[2]

Czech U21 in 2007

#	Player	Caps
1	Jan Polák	45
2	Václav Sejk	36
3	David Kobylík	31
4	Michal Trávník	30
	Adam Karabec
6	Bořek Dočkal	28
	Josef Kaufman
8	Jan Lecjaks	27
	Michal Papadopulos
10	Lukáš Došek	26
	Michal Kadlec
	Ondřej Mazuch
	Tomáš Pekhart
	Roman Týce
	Tomáš Ujfaluši

Top goalscorers

As of 19 June 2025.^[3]

#	Player	Goals	Clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s.
1	Tomáš Pekhart	17	Tottenham Hotspur, Jablonec
2	Václav Sejk	13	Sparta Prague, Teplice, Jablonec, Roda Kerkrade, Zagłębie Lubin, Famalicão
3	Jan Chramosta	12	Mladá Boleslav
	Daniel Fila		Mladá Boleslav, Slavia Prague, Teplice, Venezia
5	Patrik Schick	11	Bohemians 1905, Sampdoria
6	Milan Baroš	9	Baník Ostrava, Liverpool
	Tomáš Došek		Viktoria Plzeň, Slavia Prague
	Václav Černý		Ajax
9	Bořek Dočkal	8	Slavia Prague, Kladno, Slovan Liberec, Konyaspor
	Pavel Novotný		Slavia Prague
	Václav Svěrkoš		Baník Ostrava, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha

See also

• Czech Republic national football team
• Czech Republic national under-19 football team
• Czech Republic national under-18 football team
• Czech Republic national under-17 football team

Notes