| Czech Republic Under-21 | |
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| Nickname: | Lvíčata (Little Lions) |
| Association: | Fotbalová asociace České republiky (FAČR) |
| Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
| Coach: | Jan Suchopárek |
| Most Caps: | Jan Polák (45) |
| Top Scorer: | Tomáš Pekhart (17) |
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| First Game: | 1–0 (Opava, Czech Republic; 5 September 1994) |
| Largest Win: | 8–0 (Teplice, Czech Republic; 5 October 2001) 8–0 (Prague, Czech Republic; 11 September 2007) 8–0 (Serravalle, San Marino; 9 June 2009) 8–0 (Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic; 10 August 2011) |
| Largest Loss: | 4–0 (Burgos, Spain; 7 June 1997) |
| Uefau21champ Apps: | 9 |
| Uefau21champ First: | 1996 |
| Uefau21champ Best: | Winners (2002) |
The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 association football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.
Although the breakup of Czechoslovakia occurred officially on 1 January 1993, the under-21 team continued until the end of the 1994 championship. After that, the Czech Republic and the Slovakia under-21s became separate footballing entities.
For both nations, the first matches were played in September 1994 in qualification for the 1996 championship.
The Czech Republic under-21 team reached the quarter-finals in 1996, but failed to qualify for 1998. The team reached the final in both the 2000 and 2002 tournaments, winning the latter on penalties.
Subsequently, the team failed to qualify for the tournaments in 2004 and 2006. They qualified for the 2007 competition but finished last in the group stage. They once again failed to qualify for the 2009 competition. In the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, they placed fourth.
| Summer Olympic record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Squad | |
 1992 | did not qualify | |||||||||
 1996 | ||||||||||
 2000 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Squad | |
 2004 | did not qualify | |||||||||
 2008 | ||||||||||
 2012 | ||||||||||
 2016 | ||||||||||
 2020 | ||||||||||
 2024 | ||||||||||
| 2028 | to be determined | |||||||||
| 2032 | ||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | width=1% rowspan=23 | UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | ||
 1998 | did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
 2000 | Runners-up | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | ||
 2002 | Winners | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | ||
 2004 | did not qualify | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 7 | ||||||||
 2006 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | |||||||||
 2007 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
 2009 | did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||
 2011 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4 | ||
 2013 | did not qualify | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 7 | ||||||||
 2015 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 10 | ||
  2019 | did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||
  2021 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
 2023 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | ||
| Total | 9/15 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 44 | 126 | 82 | 19 | 25 | 289 | 100 | ||
In addition to team victories, Czech players have won individual awards at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group G.
See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs. The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.
All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).|}
The following players have previously been called up to the under-21 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.
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| Player | Caps | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | |
| 2 | 31 | |
| 3 | 30 | |
| 4 | 28 | |
| Josef Kaufman | ||
| 6 | 27 | |
| Michal Papadopulos | ||
| 8 | 26 | |
| Michal Kadlec | ||
| Ondřej Mazuch | ||
| Tomáš Pekhart | ||
| Roman Týce | ||
| Tomáš Ujfaluši |
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| Player | Club(s) | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 9 | ||
| Viktoria Plzeň, Slavia Prague | |||
| Ajax | |||
| Václav Sejk | Sparta Prague, Teplice, Jablonec, Roda Kerkrade | ||
| 8 | 8 | ||
| Slavia Prague | |||
| Baník Ostrava, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha |