Czechoslovakia carried out surprisingly effectively on the final European Championship, reaching the quarter-finals earlier than shedding to Denmark.
Their memorable marketing campaign included a bunch stage win over Scotland at Hampden Park, with Patrik Schick scoring one of the best objective of the event.
A draw towards Croatia and a slender defeat to England confirmed Czechs can’t be underestimated, as was confirmed by their 2-0 win over the Netherlands within the final 16.
The Czech squad has undergone vital modifications since then, with solely seven gamers – together with captain Tomas Soucek and his West Ham team-mate Vladimir Coufal – within the squad this time round.
There have been modifications within the dugout because the qualifying marketing campaign, with Ivan Hasek changing Jaroslav Silhavy.
Right here's all the things it’s good to learn about Group E's Czechia, together with how they certified for the event, their historical past within the competitors and who to be careful for.
Jaroslav Silhavy (left) led Czechia to Euro 2024 however stepped down after making certain qualification
Czechia will take part in its eighth consecutive European Championship this summer season
Who’s the supervisor?
Hasek was appointed Czech supervisor in January, after Silhavy resigned from his put up two months in the past, citing “anger and aggression” from followers over the staff's outcomes.
Silhavy stated his choice was confirmed after he was compelled to ship dwelling Coufal, Jakub Brabec and Jan Kuchta from his squad after photos emerged of the trio at a nightclub forward of the match with Moldova.
Hasek, who changed him, is captaining the nationwide staff for the second time. Earlier, he had captained the staff for 5 matches in 2009.
The 60-year-old has managed jobs all around the world, and has been to Europe, Asia and Africa throughout his 25-year managerial profession.
Hasek, who captained Czechoslovakia on the 1990 World Cup, additionally has stints answerable for Gabon and Lebanon on his teaching CV.
The fifth match underneath his management would be the Czech Republic's first match with Portugal, with the nation's soccer affiliation giving him the goal of taking the staff out of the group stage.
Ivan Hasek will lead Czechoslovakia within the event after being appointed supervisor in January
Who’s their star man?
Well-known for his midway line objective towards Scotland at Euro 2020, Schick is about to steer the road as soon as once more.
Schick was one of many stars of the event, with the ahead scoring 5 of the six targets.
He missed out on the Golden Boot to Cristiano Ronaldo because the Portuguese legend not solely equalled his objective tally but in addition assisted on one.
The Bayer Leverkusen ahead, who has scored 18 targets in 37 appearances for his nation, can be relied upon to attain targets in Germany as effectively.
Schick ought to go into the event on a great notice, having been a part of Leverkusen's stellar season, contributing 13 targets in 33 video games of their aspect's double-winning marketing campaign.
Patrik Schick scored 5 of Czechia's six targets at Euro 2020 and can be relied upon once more
How did they qualify?
Czechoslovakia completed runners-up of their qualifying group behind Albania, with each groups posting a report of 4 wins, three attracts and one loss.
The marketing campaign obtained off to a great begin with a formidable 3–1 dwelling win over Poland, however was adopted three days later by a goalless draw with Moldova.
The Faroe Islands had been simply crushed within the subsequent match, however a 1–1 draw with Albania at dwelling was adopted by a 3–0 away defeat to the identical opponent.
Tomas Soucek's penalty gave Czechoslovakia a 1-0 win at dwelling over the Faroe Islands and the captain scored a vital equaliser towards Poland in Warsaw to stage the match.
Czechia certified for his or her eighth consecutive European Championship after beating Moldova 3–0 at dwelling of their remaining match.
Captain Tomas Soucek scored a vital equaliser to stage the match towards Poland
18 June – Portugal vs Czechia (Leipzig, 8 pm)
22 June – Georgia vs Czechia (Hamburg, 2pm)
26 June – Czechia vs Turkey (Hamburg, 8 p.m.)
*All instances British Summer time Time*
Event historical past
As Czechoslovakia
1960 – third Place
1976 – Winner
1980 – third Place
Antonin Panenka scores his well-known penalty, serving to Czechoslovakia beat West Germany within the 1976 remaining
Czechoslovakia's marketing campaign at Euro 2020 ended within the final eight once they had been crushed by Denmark
Because the Czech Republic
1996 – Runner Up
2000 – Group stage
2004 – Semi-Finals
2008 – Group Stage
2012 – Quarter Finals
2016 – Group stage
2020 – Quarter Finals
Probabilities of successful the trophy
Czechia has a 100/1 win share in Germany. Sky Bet. Odds are appropriate on the time of publication.
Confirmed Groups
Goalkeeper: Jindrich Stanek (Slavia Prague), Matej Kovar (Bayer Leverkusen), Vitezslav Jaros (Sturm Graz)
guard: Ladislav Krejci (Sparta Prague), Martin Vitic (Sparta Prague), Robin Hranac (Victoria Plzen), Tomas Vlsek (Slavia Prague), Vladimir Coufal (West Ham), David Doudera (Slavia Prague), David Jurasek (Hoffenheim), Tomas Holes (Slavia Prague), David Zima (Slavia Prague)
Soucek will captain Czechia and add expertise to a largely new squad for the Euros
Midfielders: Tomas Soucek (West Ham), Antonin Barak (Fiorentina), Michal Sadilek (Twente), Lukas Provod (Slavia Prague), Pavel Salk (Victoria Plzen), Matej Jurasek (Slavia Prague), Vaclav Cerny (VfL Wolfsburg), Lukas Serva (Victoria Plzen), Ondrej Linger (Feyenoord)
Ahead: Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), Adam Hlozek (Bayer Leverkusen), Mojmir Chytil (Slavia Prague), Tomas Chori (Victoria Plzen), Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague)
