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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.
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 Football Championship, they placed fourth.
In addition to team victories, Czech players have won individual awards at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Players born in on or after 1 January 1992 are eligible for the next UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
The following players were named in the squad for friendly games against FC Red Bull Salzburg and SpVgg Unterhaching on 26 August 2014.[1]
Caps and goals updated as of 26 August 2014.
The following players have also been called up to the Czech Republic under-21 squad and remain eligible:
Note: Names in italics denote players that have been capped for the Senior team.
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.
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