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unusual facts about Czech Republic national football team



2006 FIFA World Cup seeding

Significant differences between this ranking of the teams and the official FIFA rankings at the time of the draw can be seen for Czech Republic, Germany and the Korean Republic (ρ=0.87).

Danko Lazović

When Serbia and Montenegro split, Lazović represented Serbia, and scored the first goal ever in international football for the new team; an equaliser in their friendly against the Czech Republic on 16 August 2006 in Uherské Hradiště, which they went on to win 3–1.

Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes

They are still undefeated in the city, with seven victories, the last against Czech Republic winning 2–1 with two Villa goals in a qualifying match for UEFA Euro 2012.

Gediminas Vičius

On 11 October 2011, he made his debut for the Lithuania national football team in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I match against the Czech Republic.

Ghana–Israel relations

In a match against the Czech Republich, Ghana's John Paintsil pulled out an Israeli flag and waived it after scoring a goal.

Karl Ouimette

On November 8, 2013, Ouimette received his first call up to the Canadian national team by manager Benito Floro for two friendlies against Czech Republic on November 15 and Slovenia on November 19, 2013.

Luboš Kubík

Luboš Kubík (born 20 January 1964 in Vysoké Mýto) is a Czech former professional footballer and former manager of Torquay United, who played sweeper for the Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic national teams, winning 56 caps in total, and a number of notable clubs.

Martin Hansson

He was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the match between Argentina and the Czech Republic on June 30, 2007.

Milenko Ačimovič

He debuted for the Slovenia national team on 22 April 1998 in Murska Sobota against the Czech Republic.

Pierluigi Pairetto

Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena.

Svein Oddvar Moen

On 7 June 2013, he sent off Mario Balotelli in a World Cup qualifying game between Czech Republic and Italy.

Zsolt Bárányos

Bárányos making his debut on 12 February 2002, in Larnaca against Czech Republic.


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