Czech Republic at the UEFA European Championship

As the Czech Republic along with Slovakia are considered to be the successor team of Czechoslovakia by FIFA and UEFA, they have participated in eleven UEFA European Championships; three as Czechoslovakia and eight as the Czech Republic. As Czechoslovakia, they became European champions in 1976. As the Czech Republic, they have qualified for every European Championship that they have played qualifiers for and were runners-up at Euro 1996.

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
as  Czechoslovakia as  Czechoslovakia
1960 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 2 3 Squad 6 4 1 1 16 5
1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3
1968 6 3 1 2 8 4
1972 6 4 1 1 11 4
1976 Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3 Squad 8 5 2 1 19 7
1980 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 5 4 Squad 6 5 0 1 17 4
1984 Did not qualify 8 3 4 1 15 7
1988 6 2 3 1 7 5
1992 8 5 0 3 12 9
as  Czech Republic as  Czech Republic
1996 Runners-up 2nd 6 2 2 2 7 8 Squad 10 6 3 1 21 6
2000 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 3 3 Squad 10 10 0 0 26 5
2004 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 0 1 10 5 Squad 8 7 1 0 23 5
2008 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 6 Squad 12 9 2 1 27 5
2012 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 4 6 Squad 10 6 1 3 15 8
2016 Group stage 21st 3 0 1 2 2 5 Squad 10 7 1 2 19 14
2020 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 1 2 6 4 Squad 8 5 0 3 13 11
2024 Group stage 22nd 3 0 1 2 3 5 Squad 8 4 3 1 12 6
2028 To be determined To be determined
2032
Total 1 Title 11/17 40 15 8 17 51 52 132 85 24 23 263 108

Participations as Czechoslovakia

Euro 1996

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Russia 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Czech Republic 2–1 Italy.
Germany 2–0 Czech Republic
  • Ziege 26'
  • Möller 32'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 37,300
Referee: David Elleray (England)

Czech Republic 2–1 Italy
  • Nedvěd 5'
  • Bejbl 35'
Report
  • Chiesa 18'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 37,320
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Russia 3–3 Czech Republic
  • Mostovoi 49'
  • Tetradze 54'
  • Beschastnykh 85'
Report
  • Suchopárek 5'
  • Kuka 19'
  • Šmicer 88'
Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 21,128
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Czech Republic 1–0 Portugal
  • Poborský 53'
Report
Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 26,832
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
Semi-finals
France 0–0 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Report
Penalties
  • Zidane
  • Djorkaeff
  • Lizarazu
  • Guérin
  • Blanc
  • Pedros
5–6
  • Kubík
  • Nedvěd
  • Berger
  • Poborský
  • Rada
  • Kadlec
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 43,877
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
Final
Czech Republic 1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.) Germany
  • Berger 59' (pen.)
Report
  • Bierhoff 73', 95'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 73,611
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Euro 2000

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  France 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Netherlands 1–0 Czech Republic
  • F. de Boer 89' (pen.)
Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 50,800
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Czech Republic 1–2 France
  • Poborský 35' (pen.)
Report
  • Henry 7'
  • Djorkaeff 60'
Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
Attendance: 27,243
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Denmark 0–2 Czech Republic
Report
  • Šmicer 64', 67'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Euro 2004

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Germany 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Latvia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Czech Republic 2–1 Latvia
  • Baroš 73'
  • Heinz 85'
Report
  • Verpakovskis 45+1'
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
Attendance: 21,744
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Netherlands 2–3 Czech Republic
  • Bouma 4'
  • Van Nistelrooy 19'
Report
  • Koller 23'
  • Baroš 71'
  • Šmicer 88'
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro
Attendance: 29,935
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Germany 1–2 Czech Republic
  • Ballack 21'
Report
  • Heinz 30'
  • Baroš 77'
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 46,849
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Czech Republic 3–0 Denmark
  • Koller 49'
  • Baroš 63', 65'
Report
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 41,092
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Semi-finals
Greece 1–0 (a.e.t./s.g.) Czech Republic
  • Dellas 105+1'
Report
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 42,449
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Euro 2008

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4   Switzerland (H) 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Portugal 2–0 Turkey.
  2. Head-to-head result: Switzerland 0–1 Czech Republic.
Switzerland 0–1 Czech Republic
Report
  • Svěrkoš 71'
St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 39,730
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Czech Republic 1–3 Portugal
  • Sionko 17'
Report
  • Deco 8'
  • Ronaldo 63'
  • Quaresma 90+1'
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,016
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Turkey 3–2 Czech Republic
  • Turan 75'
  • Kahveci 87', 89'
Report
  • Koller 34'
  • Plašil 62'
Stade de Genève, Geneva
Attendance: 29,016
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Euro 2012

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Russia 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
4  Poland (H) 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Greece 1–0 Russia.
Russia 4–1 Czech Republic
  • Dzagoev 15', 79'
  • Shirokov 24'
  • Pavlyuchenko 82'
Report
  • Pilař 52'
Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 40,803
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Greece 1–2 Czech Republic
  • Gekas 53'
Report
  • Jiráček 3'
  • Pilař 6'
Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 41,105
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Czech Republic 1–0 Poland
  • Jiráček 72'
Report
Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 41,480
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Czech Republic 0–1 Portugal
Report
  • Ronaldo 79'
National Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,590
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Euro 2016

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Spain 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Spain 1–0 Czech Republic
  • Piqué 87'
Report
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
Attendance: 29,400
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Czech Republic 2–2 Croatia
  • Škoda 76'
  • Necid 89' (pen.)
Report
  • Perišić 37'
  • Rakitić 59'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 38,376
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Czech Republic 0–2 Turkey
Report
  • Yılmaz 10'
  • Tufan 65'
Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
Attendance: 32,836
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Euro 2020

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Croatia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4  Scotland (H) 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Croatia 1–1 Czech Republic) and overall goal difference (+1). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.
Scotland 0–2 Czech Republic
Report
  • Schick 42', 52'
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 9,847
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Croatia 1–1 Czech Republic
  • Perišić 47'
Report
  • Schick 37' (pen.)
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 5,607
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Czech Republic 0–1 England
Report
  • Sterling 12'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 19,104
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Portugal 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 D  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 A   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4 C  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
5 B  Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
6 E  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout stage

Round of 16
Netherlands 0–2 Czech Republic
Report
  • Holeš 68'
  • Schick 80'
Puskás Aréna, Budapest
Attendance: 52,834
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Quarter-finals

Czech Republic 1–2 Denmark
  • Schick 49'
Report
  • Delaney 5'
  • Dolberg 42'
Olympic Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 16,306
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Euro 2024

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3  Georgia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Turkey 0–3 Portugal.
Portugal 2–1 Czech Republic
  • Hranáč 69' (o.g.)
  • Conceição 90+2'
Report
  • Provod 62'
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Attendance: 38,421
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Georgia 1–1 Czech Republic
  • Mikautadze 45+4' (pen.)
Report
  • Schick 59'
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 46,524
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Czech Republic 1–2 Turkey
  • Souček 66'
Report
  • Çalhanoğlu 51'
  • Tosun 90+4'
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 47,683
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Goalscorers

Player Goals 1960 1976 1980 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Patrik Schick 6 5 1
Milan Baroš 5 5
Vladimír Šmicer 4 1 2 1
Jan Koller 3 2 1
Zdeněk Nehoda 3 1 2
Marek Heinz 2 2
Petr Jiráček 2 2
Václav Pilař 2 2
Karel Poborský 2 1 1
Radek Bejbl 1 1
Patrik Berger 1 1
Vlastimil Bubník 1 1
Karol Dobiáš 1 1
Tomáš Holeš 1 1
Ladislav Jurkemik 1 1
Pavel Kuka 1 1
Tomáš Necid 1 1
Pavel Nedvěd 1 1
Anton Ondruš 1 1
Antonín Panenka 1 1
Ladislav Pavlovič 1 1
Jaroslav Plašil 1 1
Lukáš Provod 1 1
Libor Sionko 1 1
Milan Škoda 1 1
Tomáš Souček 1 1
Jan Suchopárek 1 1
Ján Švehlík 1 1
Václav Svěrkoš 1 1
František Veselý 1 1
Ladislav Vízek 1 1
Total 51 2 5 5 7 3 10 4 4 2 6 3

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