European Football Championship 2016 / Czech Republic

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This article covers the Czech national team at the 2016 European Football Championship in France . It was the sixth participation in the European Championship finals for the Czech Republic, making the Czech Republic one of the six teams that have always been there since the increase to 16 finals.

qualification

Bořek Dočkal , top Czech scorer in qualification

Czech Republic completed the qualification for the European Championship in Group A . The Czechs, who were drawn from the second-best pot in the group draw, began qualifying with a 2-1 win over third-placed Netherlands. The next three games were won before the first point was given in the home game against Latvia. Before the summer break they lost in Iceland. Narrow wins against Kazakhstan and Latvia followed, making the Czechs the third team (after hosts France and England) to qualify ahead of schedule. With a 2-0 home defeat against Turkey, in which some regular players were not used, the group win was jeopardized. A 3-2 win in Amsterdam against the Netherlands made the group win perfect and at the same time relegated the Dutch to fourth place, because at the same time the leading but also already qualified Icelanders lost in Turkey, who thus became the best group third and thus qualified directly. However, Marek Suchý received the red card because of an emergency brake and is therefore banned for at least the first group game of the final round.

The Czechs conceded a total of 14 goals and thus the most of all qualified teams.

In total, coach Pavel Vrba , who took over the team after missing qualification for the 2014 World Cup , used 31 players, but only Vladimír Darida was used in all ten games. Eleven players were able to enter the goalscorer list, of which Bořek Dočkal was the most accurate with four goals. At the game in Iceland, captain Tomáš Rosický made his 100th international match and Milan Škoda came to his first international appearance. In the next game against Kazakhstan, David Pavelka and Jiří Skalák made their first international appearances.

In the course of qualifying, the Czechs improved from 35th to 15th in the FIFA world rankings , but then fell back to 17th place.

Games

All results from a Czech perspective.

date Venue opponent Result Goal scorers
09/09/2014 Generali Arena , Prague NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2: 1 (1: 0) 1: 0 Bořek Dočkal (22nd), 1: 1 Stefan de Vrij (55th), 2: 1 Václav Pilař (90th + 1 ′)
10/10/2014 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium , Istanbul ( TUR ) TurkeyTurkey Turkey 2: 1 (1: 1) 0: 1 Umut Bulut (8th), 1: 1 Tomáš Sivok (16th), 2: 1 Bořek Dočkal (58th)
October 13, 2014 Astana Arena , Astana ( KAZ ) KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 4: 2 (2: 0) 1: 0 Bořek Dočkal (13th), 2: 0 David Lafata (44th), 3: 0 Ladislav Krejčí (56th), 3: 1 Juri Logwinenko (84th), 4: 1 Tomáš Necid (88th), 4: 2 Juri Logwinenko (90. + 1 ′)
11/16/2014 Doosan Arena , Pilsen IcelandIceland Iceland 2: 1 (1: 1) 0: 1 Ragnar Sigurðsson (9th), 1: 1 Pavel Kadeřábek (45th + 1 ′), 2: 1 Jón Daði Böðvarsson (61st / own goal)
03/28/2015 Eden Aréna , Prague LatviaLatvia Latvia 1: 1 (0: 1) 0: 1 Aleksejs Višņakovs (30th), 1: 1 Václav Pilař (90th)
06/12/2015 Laugardalsvöllur , Reykjavík ( ISL ) IcelandIceland Iceland 1: 2 (0: 0) 1: 0 Bořek Dočkal (55th), 1: 1 Aron Gunnarsson (60th), 1: 2 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (76th)
09/03/2015 Doosan Arena , Pilsen KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 2: 1 (0: 1) 0: 1 Juri Logwinenko (21st), 1: 1, 2: 1 Milan Škoda (74th, 86th)
09/06/2015 Skonto Stadium , Riga ( LVA ) LatviaLatvia Latvia 2: 1 (2: 0) 1: 0 David Limberský (13th), 2: 0 Vladimír Darida (25th), 2: 1 Artūrs Zjuzins (73.)
10/10/2015 Generali Arena , Prague TurkeyTurkey Turkey 0: 2 (0: 0) 0: 1 Selçuk İnan (62nd / penalty), 0: 2 Hakan Çalhanoğlu (80th)
13/10/2015 Amsterdam Arena , Amsterdam ( NLD ) NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3: 2 (2: 0) 1-0 Pavel Kadeřábek (24th), 2-0 Josef Šural (35th), 3-0 Robin van Persie (66th / own goal), 1: 3 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (70th), 2: 3 Robin van Persia (83.)

table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  10  7th  1  2 019:140  +5 22nd
 2. IcelandIceland Iceland  10  6th  2  2 017: 600 +11 20th
 3. TurkeyTurkey Turkey  10  5  3  2 014: 900  +5 18th
 4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  10  4th  1  5 017:140  +3 13
 5. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan  10  1  2  7th 007:180 −11 05
 6th LatviaLatvia Latvia  10  0  4th  6th 006:190 −13 04th

preparation

After the end of the qualification the Czechs won a test match in Ostrava against Serbia 4-1 on November 13, but lost four days later in Wroclaw with 1: 3 against EM participants Poland . Here came Ondřej Zahustel in the first and Lukas Bartošák -international duty A in the second game to hers. On March 24, 2016, the Scots who did not qualify for the finals lost 1-0 in Prague. With goalkeeper Tomáš Koubek and Martin Frýdek , Lukáš Mareček and Jakub Rada, four newcomers were used. Five days later they met in Solna on European Championship participants Sweden and parted with a 1-1 draw. From May 21 to June 2, the immediate EM preparations took place with a training camp in Seefeld , with test matches on May 26 in Kufstein against Malta (6: 0) and on June 1 in Innsbruck against Russia (2: 1) . At the end of the test matches on June 5, they lost 2-1 to South Korea in Prague , which had lost 6-1 to defending champions Spain a few days earlier. Marek Suchý scored the goal for the Czechs with his first international goal and Jaroslav Plašil made his 100th international match as the fourth Czech .

Squad

On May 19, the preliminary roster with 28 players was announced. The final roster was named on May 31. Most of the players (4) were nominated by runner-up Sparta Prague , while champion Viktoria Plzen provided three players.

No. position Surname society birth
date

International matches
Länderspiel-
gates
debut Number of games goal Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
01 goalkeeper Petr Čech EnglandEngland Arsenal FC May 20, 1982 000000000000121.0000000000121 000000000000000.00000000000 2002 3
16 goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Basel 29 Mar 1989 000000000000006.00000000006th 000000000000000.00000000000 2012
23 goalkeeper Tomáš Koubek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Slovan Liberec Aug 26, 1992 000000000000002.00000000002 000000000000000.00000000000 2016
03 Defense Michal Kadlec TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul Dec 13, 1984 000000000000065.000000000065 000000000000008.00000000008th 2007
06th Defense Tomáš Sivok TurkeyTurkey Bursaspor Sep 15 1983 000000000000055.000000000055 000000000000005.00000000005 2005 3 1
08th Defense David Limberský Czech RepublicCzech Republic Viktoria Plzen 0Oct 6, 1983 000000000000038.000000000038 000000000000001.00000000001 2009 3 1
04th Defense Theodor Gebre Selassie GermanyGermany Werder Bremen Dec. 24, 1986 000000000000036.000000000036 000000000000001.00000000001 2011 1
11 Defense Daniel Pudil EnglandEngland Sheffield Wednesday 27 Sep 1985 000000000000032.000000000032 000000000000002.00000000002 2007 1
17th Defense Marek Suchý SwitzerlandSwitzerland FC Basel 29 Mar 1988 000000000000027.000000000027 000000000000001.00000000001 2010
05 Defense Roman Hubník Czech RepublicCzech Republic Viktoria Plzen 0June 6, 1984 000000000000026.000000000026th 000000000000003.00000000003 2009 3
02 Defense Pavel Kadeřábek GermanyGermany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Apr 25, 1992 000000000000018.000000000018th 000000000000002.00000000002 2014 3
10 midfield Tomáš Rosický EnglandEngland Arsenal FC 0Oct. 4, 1980 000000000000103.0000000000103 000000000000023.000000000023 2000 2
13 midfield Jaroslav Plašil FranceFrance Girondins Bordeaux 0Jan 5, 1982 000000000000100.0000000000100 000000000000007.00000000007th 2004 3 1
22nd midfield Vladimír Darida GermanyGermany Hertha BSC 0Aug 8, 1990 000000000000036.000000000036 000000000000001.00000000001 2012 3
14th midfield Daniel Kolář Czech RepublicCzech Republic Viktoria Plzen Oct. 27, 1985 000000000000028.000000000028 000000000000002.00000000002 2009 1
09 midfield Bořek Dočkal Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague Sep 30 1988 000000000000024.000000000024 000000000000006.00000000006th 2012 1
19th midfield Ladislav Krejčí Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague 05th July 1992 000000000000023.000000000023 000000000000004.00000000004th 2012 2
18th midfield Josef Šural Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague May 30, 1990 000000000000011.000000000011 000000000000001.00000000001 2013 3 1
20th midfield Jiří Skalák EnglandEngland Brighton & Hove Albion March 12 1992 000000000000010.000000000010 000000000000000.00000000000 2015 1
15th midfield David Pavelka TurkeyTurkey Kasımpaşa Istanbul May 18, 1991 000000000000008.00000000008th 000000000000000.00000000000 2015 2 1
21st attack David Lafata Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague Sep 18 1981 000000000000039.000000000039 000000000000009.00000000009 2006 2
07th attack Tomáš Necid TurkeyTurkey Bursaspor Aug 13, 1989 000000000000039.000000000039 000000000000011.000000000011 2008 3 1
12 attack Milan Škoda Czech RepublicCzech Republic Slavia Prague Jan. 16, 1986 000000000000009.00000000009 000000000000003.00000000003 2015 2 1

Coach: Pavel Vrba

  1. a b as of June 5, 2016 ( source )

Players who were only in the first preliminary roster

On May 20, Matěj Vydra , Ondřej Zahustel and Jan Kovařík were deleted from the originally 28-man squad. Lukáš Mareček and Patrik Schick were deleted on May 31st.

position Surname society birth
date

International matches
Länderspiel-
gates
debut
Defense Jakub Brabec Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague 0Aug 6, 1992 000000000000000.00000000000 000000000000000.00000000000
Defense Ondřej Zahustel Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague June 18, 1991 000000000000002.00000000002 000000000000001.00000000001 2015
midfield Václav Černý NetherlandsNetherlands Ajax Amsterdam Oct 17, 1997 000000000000000.00000000000 000000000000000.00000000000
midfield Jan Kovařík Czech RepublicCzech Republic Viktoria Plzeň June 19, 1988 000000000000000.00000000000 000000000000000.00000000000
midfield Lukáš Mareček Czech RepublicCzech Republic Sparta Prague Apr 17, 1996 000000000000003.00000000003 000000000000000.00000000000 2016
midfield Kamil Vacek PolandPoland Piast Gliwice May 10, 1987 000000000000009.00000000009 000000000000000.00000000000 2011
attack Patrik Schick Czech RepublicCzech Republic Bohemians Prague 1905 Jan. 24, 1996 000000000000001.00000000001 000000000000001.00000000001 2016
attack Matěj Vydra EnglandEngland Reading FC 0May 1, 1992 000000000000017.000000000017th 000000000000005.00000000005 2012
  1. a b Status: March 29, 2016 ( source )

Finals

Venues (yellow = draw, red = lost), quarters (blue)

At the draw for the six final groups on December 12, 2015, the Czechs were placed in Pot 3. The Czechs were drawn into Group D with defending champions Spain, Croatia and qualifying opponents Turkey. Before that, there had been a draw and three defeats against Spain in four games, in the qualifications for the 1998 World Cup and the Euro 2012 . Turkey had previously opposed the Czechs nine times, with the Czechs having five wins and one draw - with three defeats. At the European Championship preliminary round in 2008 , both teams met in the last group game. The Czechs lost a 2-0 lead in the final minutes and lost 3-2, which meant they missed the quarter-finals. Both were already group opponents in the qualification, whereby the Turks won the last comparison and thus for the first time in the Czech Republic and thus paved the way to the final round. Before that, there were only friendlies against Croatia, one of which ended in a draw and one was lost.

The Czechs lost the opening game 0: 1, which does not express the superiority of the Spaniards. In the second game against Croatia they were initially the weaker team and were down 2-0 by the 75th minute. Then Milan Škoda , who had been substituted eight minutes earlier, scored the first goal and after the Croatian spectators had interrupted the game due to riots in the stands in the final minutes, they took advantage of the confusion of the Croatian players and pushed for an equalizer, which they did with a hand penalty in the Added time got the chance. Tomáš Necid , who was only substituted during the riots , was able to take advantage of this opportunity and bring the Czechs a happy balance. In the last group game against the Turks, who started with two defeats, they had to win in order to reach the knockout round, but lost 2-0. The Czechs were eliminated as the bottom of the group.

As a result of the European Championship games, the Czech Republic lost 47 points and three places in the FIFA world rankings .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  2  1  0 005: 300  +2 07th
 2. SpainSpain Spain  3  2  0  1 005: 200  +3 06th
 3. TurkeyTurkey Turkey  3  1  0  2 002: 400  −2 03
 4th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic  3  0  1  2 002: 500  −3 01
Mon., June 13, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in Toulouse
Spain - Czech Republic 1: 0 (0: 0)
Friday 17th June 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Saint-Étienne
Czech Republic - Croatia 2: 2 (0: 1)
Tue., June 21, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Lens
Czech Republic - Turkey 0: 2 (0: 1)

Individual evidence

  1. “Holland is out” , uefa.com
  2. Iceland - Czech Republic 2: 1
  3. ^ Czech Republic - Kazakhstan 2: 1
  4. FIFA World Ranking (August 14, 2014)
  5. FIFA World Ranking (October 1, 2015)
  6. FIFA World Ranking (5th November 2015)
  7. 50th international goal by Robin van Persie
  8. Czech Republic - Scotland 0: 1
  9. "Jaroslav Plašil čtvrtým stovkařem" , fotbal.cz
  10. "Czech Republic's preliminary EURO squad" , uefa.com
  11. ^ Czechs without Mareček and Schick , uefa.com
  12. "Vydra, Zahustel and Kovařík deleted" , uefa.com
  13. “UEFA EURO 2016 final draw” , uefa.com