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🇨🇿 Czech Republic — World Cup trajectory

Squad value, stage reached, and over/under vs the Elo baseline, tournament by tournament, then the full squad each year. Value figures carry a completeness flag where the squad is not fully matched.

World Cup record

Tournaments
2
2002–2026
Best finish
Group
2006
Record
1–1–4
6 matches (W–D–L)
Goals
5–10
for–against
YearStageSquad valueOutlastOver/under
2006Group €129M0.0-0.62
2026Group €188M0.0—

2006 squad — Group

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Petr ČechGK 24 Chelsea 1390 n/a 12,404 300 €22.0M
2 Zdeněk GrygeraDF 26 Ajax 00 n/a 0 250 €3.5M
3 Pavel MarešDF 30 Zenit Saint Petersburg 00 n/a 0 10 €2.0M
4 Tomáš GalásekMF 33 Ajax [ 46 ] 00 n/a 0 301 €2.5M
5 Radoslav KováčDF 26 Spartak Moscow 00 n/a 0 140 €4.0M
6 Marek JankulovskiDF 29 AC Milan 13319 n/a 9,267 20 €10.0M
7 Libor SionkoMF 29 Austria Wien [ 47 ] 00 n/a 0 335 €2.2M
8 Karel PoborskýMF 34 Dynamo České Budějovice 7810 n/a 4,986 312 €3.0M
9 Jan KollerFW 33 Borussia Dortmund [ 48 ] 13859 n/a 11,936 3013 €6.5M
10 Tomáš RosickýMF 25 Borussia Dortmund [ 49 ] 14920 n/a 12,415 317 €11.0M
11 Pavel NedvědMF 33 Juventus 28964 n/a 23,741 7115 €15.0M
12 Vratislav LokvencFW 32 Red Bull Salzburg 14846 n/a 12,199 174 €2.1M
13 Martin JiránekDF 27 Spartak Moscow 680 n/a 5,235 00 €3.2M
14 David JarolímMF 27 Hamburger SV 15010 n/a 12,591 10 €6.5M
15 Milan BarošFW 24 Aston Villa 9327 n/a 6,081 183 €9.0M
16 Jaromír BlažekGK 33 Sparta Prague 00 n/a 0 250 €0.8M
17 Jiří ŠtajnerFW 30 Hannover 96 11219 n/a 7,662 20 €3.8M
18 Marek HeinzFW 28 Galatasaray 906 n/a 4,783 30 €2.0M
19 Jan PolákMF 25 1. FC Nürnberg 321 n/a 2,666 00 €4.5M
20 Jaroslav PlašilMF 24 Monaco 864 n/a 5,092 151 €3.0M
21 Tomáš UjfalušiDF 28 Fiorentina 1693 n/a 14,991 00 €8.0M
22 David RozehnalDF 25 Paris Saint-Germain 380 n/a 3,401 50 €4.0M
23 Antonín KinskýGK 31 Saturn Ramenskoye 00 n/a 0 00 €0.6M
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Pavel Nedvěd
peak €28M (2004-10) → €15M at kickoff · −46%
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie32027,006
Primeira Liga886,703
Belgian Pro League21317,724
All competitions (50)
CompetitionAppsMin
TS12343191,398
Bundesliga92473,576
Serie A60047,247
UEFA Champions League38430,992
Eredivisie32027,006
UEFA Cup23418,770
Russian Premier League22519,796
Belgian Pro League21317,724
Ligue 119414,732
Premier League19413,895
TSP937,941
Primeira Liga886,703
Austrian Bundesliga836,300
CLQ796,764
CIT735,639
UI655,438
RS635,031
Serie B614,708
DFB574,366
RUP353,064
UEQ322,788
EPP251,622
FRC252,099
CCB221,836
Süper Lig18795
LPO171,368
NLP171,402
CGB151,047
Ligue 2141,192
2. Bundesliga13894
FRL10666
BLP18558
FA Cup8460
POPO7515
ofb6567
NLSC5291
SCI5438
PONL4360
TRP4275
BESC3180
GBCS3155
ITC3260
RUJL3151
RULP3270
ITPO2180
RN2173
ATRW162
OFBS1120
OL6145
USC166
Squad traits
Mean height
185 cm
19/23 measured
Defender height
188 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
0%
prospect share
Goal dependency
22%
Pavel Nedvěd of squad league goals
Value dependency
17%
Petr Čech of squad value
Precocity
3,150′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Petr Čech (3,150′), Tomáš Rosický (1,945′), Milan Baroš (344′).

2026 squad — Group

#Player PosAgeClubApps GlsAstMin CLCLGValue
1 Matěj KovářGK 26 PSV Eindhoven 60 0 540 140 €8.0M
2 David ZimaDF 25 Slavia Prague 340 0 1,799 80 €7.0M
3 Tomáš HolešDF 33 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 40 €1.0M
4 Robin HranáčDF 26 TSG Hoffenheim 331 0 2,470 00 €10.0M
5 Vladimír CoufalDF 33 TSG Hoffenheim 1811 28 14,623 60 €2.5M
6 Štěpán ChaloupekDF 23 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 81 €10.0M
7 Ladislav KrejčíDF 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers 584 2 4,980 70 €22.0M
8 Vladimír DaridaMF 35 Hradec Králové 22422 32 16,902 30 €0.4M
9 Adam HložekFW 23 TSG Hoffenheim 8415 10 3,651 60 €10.0M
10 Patrik SchickFW 30 Bayer Leverkusen 249106 22 14,757 365 €18.0M
11 Jan KuchtaFW 29 Sparta Prague 00 0 0 00 €2.7M
12 Lukáš ČervMF 25 Viktoria Plzeň 00 0 0 00 €6.0M
13 Mojmír ChytilFW 27 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 60 €4.0M
14 David JurásekDF 25 Slavia Prague 270 2 1,105 30 €5.0M
15 Pavel ŠulcFW 25 Lyon 2711 3 1,569 00 €20.0M
16 Jindřich StaněkGK 30 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 110 €2.0M
17 Lukáš ProvodMF 29 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 100 €8.0M
18 Michal SadílekMF 27 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 90 €8.0M
19 Tomáš ChorýFW 31 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 163 €2.7M
20 Jaroslav ZelenýDF 33 Sparta Prague 00 0 0 90 €0.6M
21 David DouděraDF 28 Slavia Prague 00 0 0 70 €3.5M
22 Tomáš SoučekMF 31 West Ham United 22941 9 17,986 62 €10.0M
23 Lukáš HorníčekGK 23 Braga 00 0 0 00 €18.0M
24 Alexandr SojkaMF 23 Viktoria Plzeň 00 0 0 00 €2.3M
25 Hugo SochůrekMF 18 Sparta Prague 00 0 0 00 €3.5M
26 Denis VišinskýFW 23 Viktoria Plzeň 00 0 0 00 €3.0M
Faded star — biggest value drop from peak
Tomáš Souček
peak €45M (2021-12) → €10M at kickoff · −78%
Selected pathway leagues — full list below
Selected pathway leagueAppsMin
Eredivisie15412,490
Primeira Liga584,856
Belgian Pro League16856
All competitions (77)
CompetitionAppsMin
TS13082223,035
Bundesliga57938,637
TS247034,384
UEFA Europa League42130,034
Premier League40431,952
TSP34624,958
CZ1933225,135
T1MR30422,238
CZ2121516,194
UEFA Champions League16911,348
Eredivisie15412,490
Serie A1125,605
CZ3C1088,135
UCOL1058,313
CLQ987,130
ECLQ826,253
ELQ806,240
DFB584,320
Primeira Liga584,856
Super League Greece574,074
GB21534,770
19YL433,277
CZ3M433,588
T1AR413,192
PT3A312,790
La Liga302,619
Ligue 1271,569
T1EL271,727
NLJV261,872
CZJ2251,928
GB3242,160
FA Cup231,840
NLAJ231,921
POGR201,679
CGB181,414
SLO1181,594
Belgian Pro League16856
CZJ312670
GRP12940
NL210626
NLP10771
PT2310900
Russian Premier League10744
Süper Lig10637
CIT9679
Danish Superliga9549
P2329810
GBFL7630
NLJB7602
POCP7544
POPO7500
FLAP6454
GRPL6404
P3Au6540
TDV6538
GB185450
PONL5443
PTPR5480
PLIC4360
CZSC3118
FRC3217
CSSP2170
DKP2101
NLBJ2160
NLSC2180
RLN42124
18GB190
CDR190
DFL117
L1PO11
L3131
P23C190
POSU145
RLSW145
RUP181
SKC122
TRP171
Squad traits
Mean height
186 cm
26/26 measured
Defender height
185 cm
set-piece proxy
U23 value share
2%
prospect share
Goal dependency
53%
Patrik Schick of squad league goals
Value dependency
12%
Ladislav Krejčí of squad value
Precocity
1,287′
top-5 min before 21

Earliest top-5 minutes before age 21: Adam Hložek (1,287′), Patrik Schick (567′), David Zima (190′).