New Czech coach Ivan Hasek announced his 26-man squad for the European Championship starting in June, featuring eight Slavia Prague players, West Ham’s Tomas Soucek, and a fit Patrik Schick, who is expected to be key to the team’s attacking efforts.
Hasek also included West Ham defender Vladimir Coufal and Sparta Prague forward Jan Kuchta, whom he had omitted for his first match in charge after they were photographed outside a nightclub two nights before the last qualifier.
The squad contained no major surprises for the Czechs, who were quarter-finalists in the last European Championship. However, Hasek added 23-year-old newcomer Lukas Cerv from Viktoria Plzen. Slavia’s Jindrich Stanek is likely to be the first-choice goalkeeper, while Schick’s Bayern Leverkusen teammate Adam Hlozek may also play in attack alongside Kuchta and Slavia’s Mojmir Chytil.
The Czechs are in Group F at Euro 2024, where they will face Portugal, Turkey, and Georgia. They will need to regain their form after losing 3-0 to Albania and narrowly defeating the Faroe Islands 1-0 at home towards the end of their qualifying campaign.
Czech Squad:
- Goalkeepers: Vitezslav Jaros (Sturm Graz), Matej Kovar (Bayer Leverkusen), Jindrich Stanek (Slavia Prague)
- Defenders: Vladimir Coufal (West Ham), David Doudera (Slavia Prague), Tomas Holes (Slavia Prague), Robin Hranac (Viktoria Plzen), David Jurasek (TSG Hoffenheim), Ladislav Krejci (Sparta Prague), Martin Vitik (Sparta Prague), Tomas Vlcek (Slavia Prague), David Zima (Slavia Prague)
- Midfielders: Antonin Barak (Fiorentina), Vaclav Cerny (Wolfsburg), Lukas Cerv (Viktoria Plzen), Matej Jurasek (Slavia Prague), Ondrej Lingr (Feyenoord), Lukas Provod (Slavia Prague), Michal Sadilek (FC Twente), Tomas Soucek (West Ham), Pavel Sulc (Viktoria Plzen)
- Forwards: Adam Hlozek (Sparta Prague), Tomas Chory (Viktoria Plzen), Mojmir Chytil (Slavia Prague), Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague), Patrik Schick (Sparta Prague)
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