Czech Republic national under-17 football team

Summary

The Czech Republic national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of the Czech Republic and is governed by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. As of June 2011, their biggest achievement is second place in the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship and the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[1]

Czech Republic Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFotbalová asociace
České republiky
(FAČR)
Head coachPavel Drsek
Most capsMichal Sadílek (30)
Top scorerVáclav Kadlec (18)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Italy Italy 2–0 Czech Republic Czech Republic
(Savignone, Italy; 19 January 1994)
Biggest win
United States United States 0–9 Czech Republic Czech Republic
(Turkey; 20 January 2012)
Biggest defeat
Spain Spain 4–0 Czech Republic Czech Republic
(Cádiz, Spain; 27 March 2004)
Records are for competitive
matches only
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage: 2011
European Championship
Appearances8 (first in 1995)
Best resultRunners-Up: 2000, 2006

Competitive record edit

FIFA U-17 World Cup edit

Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
  1995 did not qualify
  1997
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007
  2009
  2011 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 5
  2013 did not qualify
  2015
  2017
  2019
  2023
  2025 to be determined
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

UEFA European Under-16 and Under-17 Football Championship edit

Under-16 era edit

Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
  1995 Quarter-final 4 3 0 1 7 4
  1996 did not qualify
  1997
  1998
  1999 Fourth place 6 3 0 3 7 6
  2000 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 17 9
  2001 did not qualify
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Under-17 era edit

Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
  2002 Group stage 3 1 0 2 5 9
  2003 did not qualify
  2004
  2005
  2006 Runners-up 5 3 2 0 9 4
  2007 did not qualify
  2008
  2009
  2010 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 4
  2011 Group stage 3 0 3 0 2 2
  2012 did not qualify
  2013
  2014
  2015 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 7
  2016 did not qualify
  2017
  2018
  2019 Group stage 3 0 3 0 3 3
  2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2][3]
  2021
  2022 did not qualify
  2023
  2024 to be determined
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players edit

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Joeri Jesse Heerkens (2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 17) 7 0   Sparta Prague
1GK Iason Drobný (2006-05-29) 29 May 2006 (age 17) 0 0   1860 Munich

2DF František Herák (2006-10-03) 3 October 2006 (age 17) 11 0   Slavia Prague
2DF Bohuslav Musil (2006-04-25) 25 April 2006 (age 17) 9 0   Baník Ostrava
2DF Mikuláš Konečný (2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 17) 8 1   Slavia Prague
2DF Petr Kubín (2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18) 4 0   Viktoria Plzeň
2DF Jakub Šetka (2006-07-16) 16 July 2006 (age 17) 0 0   Sparta Prague

3MF Lukáš Saal (2006-02-17) 17 February 2006 (age 18) 10 0   Sparta Prague
3MF Šimon Tesař (2006-06-09) 9 June 2006 (age 17) 10 0   Sparta Prague
3MF Dominik Pech (2006-09-04) 4 September 2006 (age 17) 9 1   Slavia Prague
3MF Jan Feit (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 18) 7 0   Sparta Prague
3MF Daniel Kubát (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 18) 7 0   Sigma Olomouc
3MF Roman Mokrovics (2006-06-04) 4 June 2006 (age 17) 2 0   Sparta Prague
3MF Alex Honajzer (2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 18) 1 0   1899 Hoffenheim

4FW Daniel Rus (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 (age 18) 13 3   Sparta Prague
4FW David Hájek (2006-06-05) 5 June 2006 (age 17) 12 2   Slavia Prague
4FW Samuel Pikolon (2006-03-05) 5 March 2006 (age 18) 11 4   Slavia Prague
4FW Daniel Bouchner (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18) 9 2   Slavia Prague
4FW Vojtĕch Hranoš (2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 17) 7 4   Opava
4FW Ondřej Penxa (2007-03-23) 23 March 2007 (age 17) 0 0   Sparta Prague

Recent call-ups edit

The following list of players have also been called up to the Czech U17 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Stefan Jovanoski (2006-02-17) 17 February 2006 (age 18) 1 0   Slavia Prague v.   Scotland, 25 October 2022

MF Adam Binar (2006-03-22) 22 March 2006 (age 18) 2 0   Hradec Králové v.   Scotland, 25 October 2022
MF Petr Zíka (2006-07-01) 1 July 2006 (age 17) 2 0   Dynamo České Budějovice v.   Scotland, 25 October 2022

FW Lukáš Branecký (2006-04-12) 12 April 2006 (age 18) 0 0   Trinity Zlín v.   Scotland, 25 October 2022

Leading appearances edit

As of 13 September 2023.[5]
# Player Caps
1 Michal Sadílek 30
2 Jáchym Šíp 29
3 Václav Černý 27
4 Václav Kadlec 26
Dominik Mašek
6 Pavel Malchárek 20
Jan Polák
Josef Koželuh
Lukáš Hroník
10 Michal Parys 19
Jakub Heidenreich
Martin Holek
Lukáš Vácha
David Pech

Leading goalscorers edit

As of 13 September 2023.[6]
# Player Goals
1 Václav Kadlec 18
2 Tomáš Necid 11
3 Pavel Malchárek 10
Jan Blažek
5 Jakub Štourač 9
Michal Sadílek
7 Václav Černý 8
8 Tomáš Jun 7
Michal Papadopulos
Tomáš Pekhart
Dominik Mašek
Patrik Schick
Jiří Klíma

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ NEJVĚTŠÍ ÚSPĚCHY at ČMFS website (in Czech)
  2. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Nominace U17 na elitní fázi kvalifikace ME" (in Czech). Fotbalová asociace České republiky. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Česko U17 – Historické statistiky – Nejvíce startů". Football Association of the Czech Republic.
  6. ^ "Česko U17 – Historické statistiky – Nejvíce branek". Football Association of the Czech Republic.