| Germany 2006: |
| CZECH REPUBLIC |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 3rd |
| CZECH REPUBLIC NEWS |
| Despite being ranked so highly in world football, the Czech Republic will make their debut at the World Cup in Germany after they defeated Norway 2-0 on aggrigate in their two-legged playoff. The Czechs were relegated to the playoff position thanks to an impressive Dutch side that topped a group featuring the top two ranked European nations in the world (as at November '05) Jan Koller produced some fine finishing, scoring nine times for the Czech's and taking second place in Europe's top goalscorers list during qualification. Despite having to go through a play-off, the Czech's will be a force come Germany '06. |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 2nd |
| Round 1 |
| Top Scorers |
| 9 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 3-0 |
| Armenia |
| Dft |
| 13-Oct-04 |
| 4-3 |
| Finland |
| Dft |
| 26-Mar-05 |
| 4-0 |
| Andorra |
| Dft |
| 30-Mar-05 |
| 8-1 |
| Andorra |
| Dft |
| 04-Jun-05 |
| 6-1 |
| Macedonia FYR |
| Dft |
| 08-Jun-05 |
| 1-0 |
| Norway |
| Dft |
| 12-Nov-05 |
| 1-0 |
| Norway |
| Dft |
| 16-Nov-05 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| Jan Koller |
| Win 2-0 on aggrigate |
| Playoff V Norway |
| 2-0 |
| Lost To |
| 08-Sep-04 |
| 1-0 |
| Romania |
| Dft |
| 09-Oct-04 |
| 0-2 |
| Romania |
| Lost To |
| 03-Sep-05 |
| 0-2 |
| Lost To |
| 08-Oct-05 |
| 3-0 |
| Finland |
| Dft |
| 12-Oct-05 |
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| 2-0 |
| Macedonia FYR |
| Dft |
| 17-Nov-04 |
| 4-1 |
| Armenia |
| Dft |
| 07-Sep-05 |
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| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1990, 2006 |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague, Czech Republic) |
| Petr Cech (Chelsea, England) |
| Defenders |
| Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam, Holland) |
| Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan, Italy) |
| Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscow, Russia) |
| Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow, Russia) |
| Pavel Mares (St. Petersburg, Russia) |
| David Rozehnal (Paris St. Germain, France) |
| Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina, Italy) |
| Midfielders |
| Tomas Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam, Holland) |
| David Jarolim (Hamburg, Germany) |
| Pavel Nedved (Juventus, Italy) |
| Jaroslav Plasil (AS Monaco, France) |
| Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Rep.) |
| Jan Polak (Nuremberg, Germany) |
| Forwards |
| Milan Baros (Aston Villa, England) |
| Marek Heinz (Galatasaray, Turkey) |
| Jan Koller (Dortmund, Germany) |
| Vratislav Lokvenc (Salzbourg, Austria) |
| Antonin Kinsky (Ramenskoye, Russia) |
| Jiri Stanjner (Hanover, Germany) |
| Tomas Rosicky (Dortmund, Germany) |
| Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux, France) |