Czechia
Coach
Miroslav Koubek
World Cup Appearances
9
Best Finish
Runners-up (1934, 1962)
Training Base
Mansfield, Texas
Mansfield Multipurpose Stadium
Complete Team Guide
Czech Republic are back at the World Cup for the first time since Germany 2006, and the story of how they got there deserves its own telling. A 2 to 1 defeat to the Faroe Islands in October 2025 cost Ivan Hasek his job. A 74-year-old coach was appointed with three months to the playoffs. He beat Ireland and Denmark on penalties. Meanwhile Pavel Šulc went from Viktoria Plzeň to Lyon to being valued at €50 million in nine months. Patrik Schick scored 16 goals in 28 Leverkusen appearances. Tomáš Souček became the highest-scoring Czech in Premier League history. And Antonín Kinský chose surgery over the World Cup rather than risk his Tottenham contract. Group A: Korea Republic, South Africa, and Mexico at the Azteca.
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Czechia World Cup 2026 Group
What group is Czechia in for World Cup 2026? Czechia is in Group A at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Follow the group fixtures, standings, and knockout path from the Group A page.
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Road to 2026
Czechia are back at the World Cup for the first time since 2006. FIFA's official qualification report says they booked their place by beating Denmark on penalties in Prague after also surviving a shoot-out against the Republic of Ireland in the semi-final. That route tells you a lot about this team already: resilient, organised and comfortable in tense matches.
Key Players
Tomáš Souček
Midfielder
West Ham United
Soucek is still the midfield reference point and the player who gives Czechia their edge in aerial duels, set pieces and late box entries.
Patrik Schick
Forward
Bayer Leverkusen
Schick remains the side's most recognisable scorer and the forward best equipped to finish the limited chances tournament matches often offer.
Vladimír Coufal
Defender
West Ham United
Coufal gives Czechia leadership and crossing quality from wide areas, particularly important in direct phases of play.
Adam Hložek
Forward
Hoffenheim
Hlozek adds mobility and unpredictability around Schick, giving the attack a different dimension when the game opens up.
Matěj Kovář
Goalkeeper
Bayer Leverkusen
Kovar gives Czechia a younger modern goalkeeper profile, useful in a side that expects to spend stretches under pressure.
Goalkeepers
Lukáš Horníček
Braga
Matej Kovar
PSV Eindhoven
Jindrich Stanek
Slavia Prague
Defenders
Vladimir Coufal
Hoffenheim
David Douděra
Slavia Prague
Tomas Holes
Slavia Prague
Robin Hranáč
Hoffenheim
Stepan Chaloupek
Slavia Prague
David Jurasek
Slavia Prague
Ladislav Krejci
Wolverhampton
Jaroslav Zeleny
Sparta Prague
David Zima
Slavia Prague
Midfielders
Lukas Cerv
Viktoria Plzeň
Vladimir Darida
Hradec Králové
Lukas Provod
Slavia Prague
Michal Sadílek
Slavia Prague
Hugo Sochůrek
Sparta Prague
Alexandr Sojka
Viktoria Plzeň
Tomáš Souček
West Ham
Pavel Šulc
Lyon
Denis Visinsky
Viktoria Plzeň
Attackers
Tomáš Chorý
Slavia Prague
Adam Hložek
Hoffenheim
Mojmir Chytil
Slavia Prague
Jan Kuchta
Sparta Prague
Patrik Schick
Bayer Leverkusen
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