This is the first World Cup finals for the Czech Republic. As Chechoslovakia, the country participated in 8 world cups. The country finished as loosing finalists in 1934 against Italy and in 1962 against Brazil.
In the preliminaries, the Czech Republic narrowly missed out on instant entry to the world cup by few points, beaten to the top spot by the Netherlands. The team then faced Norway in the play-offs to decide who takes a place in the finals. After a nail biting game, Czech managed to win their play-off 1-0 and gained entry into the finals.
Their largest win was against Andorra in 2005 by 8-1 and the worst defeat against Switzerland (3-0).
List of Czecz Republic Team Players Participating In FIFA World Cup 2006
Petr Cech
Zdenek Grygera
Pavel Mares
Tomas Galasek
Radoslav Kovac
Marek Jankulovski
Vladimir Smicer
Karel Poborsky
Jan Koller
Tomas Rosicky
Pavel Nedved
Vratislav Lokvenc
Martin Jiranek
David Jarolim
Milan Baros
Jaromir Blazek
Jiri Stajner
Marek Heinz
Jan Polak
Jaroslav Plasil
Tomas Ujfalusi
David Rozehnal
Antonin Kinsky
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