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UEFA EURO 2016 FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW PRESS KIT Paris, France Saturday 12 December 2015 18.00CET Last updated 14/12/2015 08:04CET UEFA EURO 2016 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Team profiles: Pot 3 2 Legend 88 1 UEFA EURO 2016 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Saturday 12 December 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Press kit Paris, France Team profiles: Pot 3 Czech Republic Sweden Poland Romania Slovakia Hungary 2 UEFA EURO 2016 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Saturday 12 December 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Press kit Paris, France Czech Republic Czech Republic - Team profile Best result: winners 1976 (as Czechoslovakia) Coach: Pavel Vrba Leading scorers: all-time – Jan Koller (55); current – Tomáš Rosický (22) Most appearances: all-time – Karel Poborský, Petr Čech (118); current – Petr Čech (118) Association formed: 1901 Nickname: Národní tým (National side) Where they play: Various The Czech Republic have only been competing as an independent nation since 1994, yet in that time the country has qualified for every UEFA European Championship, finishing runners-up at EURO '96 – their first major tournament – and reaching the semi-finals of UEFA EURO 2004. In contrast their qualifying record for the FIFA World Cup has been disappointing, reaching only the 2006 tournament in Germany, where they were eliminated at the group stage. The former Czechoslovakia lifted the European title in 1976, defeating West Germany on penalties in the final, and were twice beaten finalists in the World Cup (1934, 1962). EURO pedigree Matches played Overall: P145 W89 D26 L30 F278 A129 Final tournament: P29 W13 D5 L11 F40 A38 Qualifying: P116 W76 D21 L19 F238 A91 The Czech Republic reached the quarter-finals at UEFA EURO 2012, their fifth EURO final tournament since the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia. They lost the EURO '96 final to Germany, Oliver Bierhoff's golden goal inflicting a 2-1 defeat, and suffered more extra-time disappointment in the last four against Greece eight years later. En route to UEFA EURO 2000 they became only the second side to negotiate qualifying with a 100% record, only to exit in the group stage, as they would do in 2008. Not so in 1976, when Prague-born Antonín Panenka's memorable spot kick earned Czechoslovakia the European title with a 5-3 shoot-out victory against West Germany following a 2-2 draw in Belgrade. The Czechs came third in their championship defence four years later. Memorable EURO matches 19/06/04: Netherlands 2-3 Czech Republic, UEFA EURO 2004 group stage The Czechs came from 2-0 down to reach the quarter-finals in dramatic fashion. 26/06/96: France 0-0 Czech Republic (5-6 on pens), EURO '96 semi-finals Petr Kouba was the hero at Old Trafford, denying Reynald Pedros in sudden death to take Dušan Uhrin's team into the showpiece. 20/06/76 Czechoslovakia 2-2 West Germany (5-3 on pens), 1976 UEFA European Championship final Panenka's decisive audacious chipped penalty sealed the title and stands time immemorial. Did you know? The Czech Republic won their group at UEFA EURO 2012 despite opening the finals with a 4-1 loss to Russia. *Last updated 18/11/2015 3 UEFA EURO 2016 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Saturday 12 December 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Press kit Paris, France Czech Republic - Coach profile Pavel Vrba Date of birth: 6 December 1963 Nationality: Czech Playing career: FC Baník Ostrava (twice), TJ Železárny Prostějov, RH Cheb, TJ Baník Havířov, FC Přerov Coaching career: FC Přerov, FC Baník Ostrava (youth, assistant), Czech Republic Under-20, FK Púchov, MŠK Žilina, Slovakia (assistant), FC Viktoria Plzeň, Czech Republic • The defender was part of the Czechoslovakia side that reached the final of the 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Championship and also appeared at the FIFA U-20 World Cup the following year; the Czechs lost in the quarter-finals to a Brazil team including Bebeto and Dunga. • His club career did not hit the same heights, Vrba making a handful of appearances for Cheb and Baník before finishing his playing days in the lower leagues with home-town side Přerov. • Returned to Baník as a youth coach and also went back to the U-20 World Cup, taking charge of the Czech Republic in the 2003 edition. Became assistant at Baník and – despite a 7-0 loss to SK Slavia Praha when he was in temporary control in May 2003 – ended the next season with the league title. • That summer crossed the border into Slovakia, winning a championship as head coach of Žilina in 2007, by which time he was also working as assistant to Ján Kocián with the Slovak national team. • Moved on to Plzeň in 2008, collecting the Czech Cup in his second season – when he was voted the country's coach of the year – and the league in 2011. Led Viktoria into the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in 2011/12 and repeated the trick two years later following another title in 2013. In November 2013, he agreed to take the Czech Republic helm at the close of Plzeň's group stage campaign and led the national team to UEFA EURO 2016. 4 UEFA EURO 2016 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Saturday 12 December 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Press kit Paris, France Czech Republic - Team facts EURO record Pld W D L GF GA Overall 145 89 26 30 278 129 Final tournament 29 13 5 11 40 38 Qualifying 116 76 21 19 238 91 UEFA European Championship records: Czech Republic History 2012 – quarter-finals 2008 – group stage 2004 – semi-finals 2000 – group stage 1996 – runners-up 1992 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1988 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1984 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1980 – third place (as Czechoslovakia) 1976 – winners (as Czechoslovakia) 1972 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1968 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1964 – did not qualify (as Czechoslovakia) 1960 – third place (as Czechoslovakia) Final tournament win 3-0: Czech Republic v Denmark, 27/06/04 Final tournament defeat 4-1: Russia v Czech Republic, 08/06/12 0-3: Czechoslovakia v USSR, 06/07/60 Qualifying win 7-0: Czech Republic v San Marino, 07/10/06 Qualifying defeat 3-0: England v Czechoslovakia, 30/10/74 3-0: Finland v Czechoslovakia, 09/09/87 Final tournament appearances 14: Karel Poborský 12: Pavel Nedvěd 11: Vladimír Šmicer 11: Petr Čech 10: Jan Koller 10: Milan Baroš Final tournament goals 5: Milan Baroš 4: Vladimír Šmicer 3: Jan Koller 3: Zdeněk Nehoda Overall appearances 47: Petr Čech 39: Tomáš Rosický 35: Jan Koller 34: Karel Poborský 34: Jaroslav Plašil 31: Milan Baroš 31: Pavel Nedvěd 31: Jiří Němec 30: Pavel Kuka 5 UEFA EURO 2016 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Saturday 12 December 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Press kit Paris, France Overall goals 21: Jan Koller 12: Patrik Berger 12: Milan Baroš 9: Vladimír Šmicer 9: Zdeněk Nehoda UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup campaigns Season Competition Result Pld W D L GF GA 2016 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 1st in group 10 7 1 2 19 14 2014 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 10 4 3 3 13 9 2012 EURO finals Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 4 6 2012 EURO qualifying Play-off for Final Tournament (qualified) 10 6 1 3 15 8 2010 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 10 4 4 2 17 6 2008 EURO finals Final tournament - Group stage, 3rd in group 3 1 0 2 4 6 2008 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 1st in group (qualified) 12 9 2 1 27 5 2006 World Cup finals Final tournament - Group stage, 3rd in group 3 1 0 2 3 4 2006 World Cup qualifying Play-off for Final Tournament (qualified) 14 11 0 3 37 12 2004 EURO finals Semi-finals 5 4 0 1 10 5 2004 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 1st in group (qualified) 8 7 1 0 23 5 2002 World Cup qualifying Play-off for Final Tournament 12 6 2 4 20 10 2000 EURO finals Final tournament - Group stage, 3rd in group 3 1 0 2 3 3 2000 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 1st in group (qualified) 10 10 0 0 26 5 1998 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 10 5 1 4 16 6 1996 EURO finals Final 6 2 2 2 7 8 1996 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 1st in group (qualified) 10 6 3 1 21 6 1994 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 10 4 5 1 21 9 1992 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 2nd in group 8 5 0 3 12 9 1990 World Cup finals Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 10 5 1990 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 2nd in group (qualified) 8 5 2 1 13 3 1988 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 2nd in group 6 2 3 1 7 5 1986 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 8 3 2 3 11 12 1984 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 3rd in group 8 3 4 1 15 7 1982 World Cup finals Final tournament - Group stage, 3rd in group 3 0 2 1 2 4 1982 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 2nd in group (qualified) 8 4 2 2 15 6 1980 EURO finals 3rd place 4 1 2 1 5 4 1980 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 1st in group (qualified) 6 5 0 1 17 4 1978 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 2nd in group 4 2 0 2 4 6 1976 EURO finals Winner 2 1 1 0 5 3 1976 EURO qualifying Quarter-finals (qualified) 8 5 2 1 19 7 1974 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 2nd in group 4 2 1 1 9 3 1972 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 2nd in group 6 4 1 1 11 4 1970 World Cup finals Final tournament - Group stage, 4th in group 3 0 0 3 2 7 1970 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 1st in group (qualified) 7 5 1 1 16 7 1968 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 2nd in group 6 3 1 2 8 4 1966 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 2nd in group 6 3 1 2 12 4 1964 EURO qualifying Preliminary round 2 0 1 1 2 3 1962 World Cup finals Final 6 3 1 2 7 7 6 UEFA EURO 2016 - FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW Saturday 12 December 2015 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Press kit Paris, France UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup campaigns 1962 World Cup qualifying