The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 association football team of the

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. The team competes in the

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, held every two years. Although the breakup of

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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

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. The team reached the final in both the

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and

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tournaments, winning the latter on penalties. Subsequently, the team failed to qualify for the tournaments in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

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. 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

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

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Individual awards

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

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the

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), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Results and fixtures

2021

2022

Players

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the friendly matches. * Match dates: 18 and 22 November 2022 * Opposition: and * Caps and goals correct as of: 27 September 2022, after the match against .

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Czech Republic under-21 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible:

Previous squads

Leading Appearances

Note: Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment. ''Statistics up to and including Czech Republic vs Germany, 18 November 2014.''

Leading Goalscorers

Note: ''Club(s)'' represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s. Those players in bold are still eligible to play for the team at the moment. ''Statistics up to and including Czech Republic vs Andorra, 5 June 2012.''

Notes

References

External links

UEFA Under-21 website
Contains full results archive *

at uefa.com
Official ČMFS Czech Republic Under-21 website
Contains listings and statistics of current and past Czech Republic U-21 players.

Contains full record of U-21 Championships. {{UEFA under-21 teams under-21 European national under-21 association football teams Youth football in the Czech Republic