Definite dark-horses for the tournament, the Czechs boast two of the best players on the planet in Pavel Nedved and Thomas Rosicky. Milan Baros and Jan Koller provide a strikeforce with power and pace, whilst former Manchester United winger Karel Poborsky is showing why he was one of the stars of Euro 96 with a great run of form. Though drawn in the ‘Group of Death’, they are a good bet to progress into the very latter stages.

Czech Republic 's Warm Up Games
Date Team Venue Score
15 Nov 2003 Canada Teplice 5-1
18 Feb 2004 Italy Palermo 2-2
31 Mar 2004 Republic of Ireland Dublin 1-2
28 Apr 2004 Japan Prague 0-1
29 May 2004 Liechtenstein Seefeld  
6 June 2004 Estonia tbc (home)  

Squad
Goalkeepers
Petr Cech Rennes
Jaromir Blazek Sparta Prague
Antonin Kinsky Ramenskoye
Defenders
Rene Bolf/TD> Banik Ostrava
Zdenek Grygera Ajax Amsterdam
Tomas Hubschmann Sparta Prague
Marek Jankulovski Udine
Martin Jiranek Reggina
Pavel Mares St. Petersburg
David Rozehnal Brugge
Tomas Ujfalusi Hamburger SV
Midfielders
Tomas Galasek Ajax Amsterdam
Pavel Nedved Juventus
Karel Poborsky Sparta Prague
Tomas Rosicky Borussia Dortmund
Jaroslav Plasil AS Monaco
Vladimir Smicer Liverpool
Roman Tyce Munich 1860
Stepan Vachousek Marseille
Strikers
Milan Baros Liverpool
Marek Heinz Banik Ostrava
Jan Koller Borussia Dormund
Vratislav Lokvenc Kaiserslautern
Miroslav Matusovic Banik Ostrava