Czech Republic national under-17 football team

Czech Republic Under-17
AssociationFotbalová asociace
České republiky
(FAČR)
Head coachPavel Drsek
Most capsMichal Sadílek (30)
Top scorerVáclav Kadlec (18)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Italy 2–0  Czech Republic
(Savignone, Italy; 19 January 1994)
Biggest win
 Czech Republic 13–0  Gibraltar
(Strumica, North Macedonia; 8 October 2025)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 4–0  Czech Republic
(Cádiz, Spain; 27 March 2004)
Records are for competitive
matches only
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage (2011)
European Championship
Appearances9 (first in 1995)
Best resultRunners-up (2000, 2006)

The Czech Republic national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of the Czech Republic and is governed by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, held every year. As of June 2011, their biggest achievement is second place in the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Championship and the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[1]

Competitive record

Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
1995 did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 5
2013 did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025 Round of 32 4 1 0 3 7 6
Total 2/15 7 2 0 5 9 11
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Under-16 era

Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
1995 Quarter-final 4 3 0 1 7 4
1996 did not qualify
1997
1998
1999 Fourth place 6 3 0 3 7 6
2000 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 17 9
2001 did not qualify
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Under-17 era

Edition Round MP W D* L GF GA
2002 Group stage 3 1 0 2 5 9
2003 did not qualify
2004
2005
2006 Runners-up 5 3 2 0 9 4
2007 did not qualify
2008
2009
2010 Group stage 3 0 2 1 2 4
2011 Group stage 3 0 3 0 2 2
2012 did not qualify
2013
2014
2015 Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 7
2016 did not qualify
2017
2018
2019 Group stage 3 0 3 0 3 3
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2][3]
2021
2022 did not qualify
2023
2024 Quarter-final 4 3 0 1 14 7
2025 Group stage 3 0 0 3 4 9
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification, played on 8–14 October 2025.[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2025, after the match against Hungary

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ondřej Suchý (2009-03-16) 16 March 2009 2 0 Slavia Prague
1GK Jakub Veselý (2009-01-31) 31 January 2009 3 0 Dukla Prague

2DF David Barčot (2009-04-10) 10 April 2009 2 0 Slavia Prague
2DF Jakub Chvilíček (2009-04-03) 3 April 2009 4 1 Sigma Olomouc
2DF Dominik Cvejn (2009-08-26) 26 August 2009 3 1 Hradec Králové
2DF Jakub Kratochvíl (2009-01-25) 25 January 2009 1 0 Slavia Prague
2DF Sebastian Pech (2009-01-05) 5 January 2009 16 0 Sparta Prague
2DF Thomas André Sivok (2009-06-30) 30 June 2009 4 1 Sparta Prague
2DF Aleš Sukdolák (2009-03-03) 3 March 2009 5 0 Sparta Prague

3MF Jakub Cahlík (2009-01-16) 16 January 2009 5 1 Baník Ostrava
3MF Tomáš Dočekal (2010-07-01) 1 July 2010 0 0 Zbrojovka Brno
3MF Jan Kuneš (2009-04-16) 16 April 2009 5 0 Slavia Prague
3MF Mikuláš Lužný (2009-05-25) 25 May 2009 5 1 Zbrojovka Brno
3MF Matouš Srb (2009-09-01) 1 September 2009 13 7 Slavia Prague

4FW Lewis Azaka (2009-02-12) 12 February 2009 8 3 Sparta Prague
4FW Nicolas Chumlen (2009-03-30) 30 March 2009 5 1 Viktoria Plzeň
4FW Jan Fiľo (2009-03-05) 5 March 2009 3 1 Sigma Olomouc
4FW Jakub Marek (2009-01-16) 16 January 2009 5 1 Sigma Olomouc
4FW Viktor Švec (2009-03-17) 17 March 2009 4 3 Sparta Prague
4FW Filip Zahálka (2009-12-18) 18 December 2009 3 4 Dynamo Dresden

Recent call-ups

The following list of players have also been called up to the Czech U17 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Leading appearances

As of 15 October 2025.[5]
# Player Caps
1 Michal Sadílek 30
2 Jáchym Šíp 29
3 Václav Černý 27
4 Václav Kadlec 26
Dominik Mašek
6 Kryštof Čížek 24
7 Pavel Malchárek 20
Jan Polák
Josef Koželuh
Lukáš Hroník

Leading goalscorers

As of 15 October 2025.[6]
# Player Goals
1 Václav Kadlec 18
2 Tomáš Necid 11
3 Pavel Malchárek 10
Jan Blažek
Lukáš Moudrý
6 Jakub Štourač 9
Michal Sadílek
8 Václav Černý 8
9 Tomáš Jun 7
Michal Papadopulos
Tomáš Pekhart
Dominik Mašek
Patrik Schick
Jiří Klíma
Petr Potměšil
Kryštof Čížek
Matouš Srb

See also

References

  1. ^ NEJVĚTŠÍ ÚSPĚCHY at ČMFS website (in Czech)
  2. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Nominace reprezentace do 17 let na úvodní fázi kvalifikace o postup na ME 2026" (in Sardinian). Football Association of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Česko U17 – Historické statistiky – Nejvíce startů". Football Association of the Czech Republic.
  6. ^ "Česko U17 – Historické statistiky – Nejvíce branek". Football Association of the Czech Republic.