International Head-to-Head –Part Eight, Italy and Czechoslovakia (..and Czech Republic and Slovakia)- part 6 (2000s)

2000s

The sides would meet just three times in this decade.

The Czech Republic would win a friendly in 2002 and another friendly in 2004 at Palermo would end up in a tie.

The sides met for the second time in a Neutral venue (Hamburg) during the 2006 World Cup and the eventual World Cup Champions Italy won (2-0).

International Head-to-Head match No. 29

Date: May 18, 2002

Competition: Friendly

Result: Czech Republic 1-Italy 0

Venue: Praha (Prague)-Letna Stadion (Sparta Praha)         

Attendance:  15,077

Referee: Michael-Lutz Frohlich (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(Czech Republic): Vladimir Smicer 25

(Italy): None

Lineups:

Czech Republic:

1-Antonin Kinsky (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec) (16-Martin Vaniak (Sportovni Klub Sigma Olomouc) 46^th)

4-Marek Jankulovski (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)

2-Milan Fukal (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / Germany) (15-Lukas Dosek (Fotbal Club Stavo Artikel Brno) 46^th) (12-Jiri Stajner (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec) 90^th)

5-Rene Bolf (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava)

10-Tomas Rosicky (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)  (18-Vaclav Kolousek (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec) 80^th)

8-Karel Poborsky (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy) (17-Adam Petrous (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 89^th)

7-Vladimir Smicer (Liverpool Football Club / England)  (14-Libor Sionko (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha) 46^th)

6-Tomas Galasek (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)

9-Jan Koller (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany) (13-Tomas Dosek (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 75^th)

3-Petr Johana (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec)

11-Jiri Jarosik (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha)

Coach: Karel Bruckner

Booked: Tomas Galasek 22

Other Substitutes:

Tomas Ujfalusi (Hamburger Sport Verein e.V. / Germany)

Rene Wagner (Sportklub Rapid Wien / Austria)

Team Captain: Karel Poborsky

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Italy:

1-Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (22-Francesco Toldo (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 46^th)

5-Fabio Cannavaro (Associazione Calcio Parma)   (15-Mark Iuliano (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

3-Paolo Maldini (Associazione Calcio Milan)   (23-Marco Materazzi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 46^th)

13-Alessandro Nesta (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

8-Gennaro Ivan Gattuso (Associazione Calcio Milan)

19-Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus Football Club-Torino) (16-Angelo Di Livio (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze) 69^th)

4- Francesco Coco (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) (2-Christian Panucci (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 46^th)

6- Christian Zanetti (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (17-Damiano Tommasi (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 46^th)

14-Luigi Di Biagio (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)  (18-Marco Delvecchio (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 69^th)

21-Christian Vieri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano)   (20-Vincenzo Montella (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 46^th)

9- Filippo Inzhagi (Associazione Calcio Milan)  (7-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino) 46^th)

Coach: Giovanni Trappatoni

Booked: Cristiano Zanetti 24, Damiano Tommasi 75

Other Substitutes:

12-Christian Abbiati (Associazione Calcio Milan)

11-Cristiano Doni (Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio-Bergamo)

10-Francesco Totti (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

Team Captain: Paolo Maldini

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Kappa

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

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(May 18, 2002, Czech Republic 1-Italy 0)

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(May 18, 2002, Czech Republic 1-Italy 0)

International Head-to-Head match No. 30

Date: February 18, 2004

Competition: Friendly

Result: Italy 2-Czech Republic 2

Venue: Palermo-Stadio Renzo Barbera       

Attendance:  20,935

Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Holland)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Christian Vieri 14, Antonio Di Natale 86

(Czech Republic): Jiri Stajner 42, Tomas Rosicky 89

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Gianluigi Buffon  (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  (12-Francesco Toldo (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 46^th)

2-Christian Panucci (Associazione Sportiva Roma) (15-Massimo Oddo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46^th)

5-Nicola Legrottaglie (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  (14-Matteo Ferrari (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

6-Alesandro Nesta (Associazione Calcio Milan) (13-Daniele Adani (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 46^th)

3-Stefano Bettarini (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova)  (16-Giuseppe Pancaro (Associazione Calcio Milan) 79^th)

11-Stefano Fiore (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) (22-Carlo Nervo (Bologna Football Club) 64^th)

8-Andrea Pirlo (Associazione Calcio Milan) (19-Simone Barone (Associazione Calcio Parma) 46^th)

4-Simone Perrotta (Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona) (18-Sergio Volpi (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova) 82^nd)

7-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)   (21-Antonio Di Natale (Empoli Football Club) 64^th)

10-Francesco Totti (Associazione Sportiva Roma)  (20-Bernardo Corradi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma) 46^th)

9-Christian Vieri (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) (23-Marco Delvecchio (Associazione Sportiva Roma) 46^th)

Coach: Giovanni Trappatoni

Other Substitutes:

None

Team Captain: Alessandro Del Piero

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Note:

On February 16^th, 2004, AS Roma striker Antonio Cassano has pulled out of the Italy squad and was replaced by team mate Marco Delvecchio.

Czech Republic:

16-Jaromir Blazek (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha) (20-Antonin Kinsky (Futbol'nyj Klub «Saturn-REN TV» Moskovskaya oblast-Saturn Ramenskoe / Russia)  46^th )

2-Zdenek Grygera (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)   (3-Martin Jiranek (Reggina Calcio / Italy) 46^th)

5-Rene Bolf (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava) (13-Petr Vorisek (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha) 88^th)

21-David Rozehnal (Club Brugge Koninklijke Vereniging / Belgium) (19-Vaclav Drobny (Racing Club de Strasbourg Football / France) 46^th)

6-Marek Jankulovski (Udinese Calcio / Italy)

8-Karel Poborsky (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha) (7-Roman Tyce (Turn-und Sportverein München von 1860 e.V. / Germany) 46^th)

4-Tomas Galasek (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax / Holland)   (17-Tomas Huebschman (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha) 56^th)

11-Pavel Nedved (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy) (14-Jiri Jarosik (Futbol'nyj Klub CSKA (Central'nyy Sportivnyy Klub Armii) Moskva / Russia) 80^th)

10-Tomas Rosicky (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)  

9-Jan Koller (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)  (12-Vratislav Lokvenc (1. Fußball- Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany) 46^th)

18-Jiri Stajner (Atleticky Club Sparta  Praha) (15-Marek Heinz (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava) 46^th)

Coach: Karel Bruckner

Booked: Vaclav Drobny 30

Other Substitutes:

None

Team Captain: Pavel Nedved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

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(February 18, 2004, Italy 2- Czech Republic 2)

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(February 18, 2004, Italy 2- Czech Republic 2)

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(Italy squad, February 18, 2004, Italy 2- Czech Republic 2)

International Head-to-Head match No. 31

Date: June 22, 2006

Competition: 2006 FIFA World Cup-Group E

Result: Italy 2-Czech Republic 0

Venue: Hamburg-AOL-Arena, Germany

Attendance:  50,000

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Goalscorers:

(Italy): Marco Materazzi 26, Filippo Inzaghi 87

(Czech Republic): None

Lineups:

Italy:

1-Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  

19-Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

13-Alessandro Nesta (Associazione Calcio Milan) (23-Marco Materazzi (Internazionale Football Club- Milano) 17^th)

5-Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

3- Fabio Grosso (Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo)   

20-Simone Perrotta (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

8-Gennaro Gattuso (Associazione Calcio Milan)

21-Andrea Pirlo (Associazione Calcio Milan)

16- Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus Football Club-Torino)  (17-Simone Barone (Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo) 74^th)

10-Francesco Totti (Associazione Sportiva Roma)

11-Alberto Gilardino (Associazione Calcio Milan) (18- Filippo Inzaghi (Associazione Calcio Milan) 61^st)

Coach: Marcelo Lippi

Booked: Gennaro Gattuso 31

Other Substitutes:

12-Angelo Peruzzi (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

6-Andrea Barzagli (Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo)     

14-Marco Amelia (Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio)

2-Cristian Zaccardo (Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo)   

4-Daniele De Rossi (Associazione Sportiva Roma) (suspended)

7-Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus Football Club-Torino)

9-Luca Toni (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze)

15 -Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese Calcio-Udine) 

22- Massimo Oddo (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma)

Team Captain: Fabio Cannavaro

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Blue Shirts, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks

Czech Republic:

1-Petr Cech (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

2- Zdenek Grygera (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam / Holland)

5-Radoslav Kovac (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva / Russia)  (18- Marek Heinz (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey) 78^th)

22-David Rozehnal (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France)

6-Marek Jankulovski (Associazione Calcio Milan-Milano / Italy)

8-Karel Poborsky (Sportovni Klub Dynamo České Budìjovice) (17- Jiri Stajner (Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 e.V. / Germany)  46^th)

10- Tomas Rosicky (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)  

19- Jan Polak (1.Fußball-Club Nürnberg - Verein für Leibesübungen e.V. . Germany)

11- Pavel Nedved (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)  

20- Jaroslav Plasil (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France) 

15-Milan Baros (Aston Villa Football Club -Birmingham / England) (14-David Jarolím (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany) 64^th)

Coach: Karel Bruckner

Booked: Jan Polak 35

Sent Of: Jan Polak 45+2

Other Substitutes:

16- Jaromir Blazek (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

23- Antonin Kinsky (Futbol'nyj Klub  Moskovskaya oblast-Saturn Ramenskoe / Russia)

3-Pavel Mares (Futbol'nyj Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg / Russia)

4-Tomas Galasek  (Amsterdamse Football Club Ajax-Amsterdam / Holland)

7-Libor Sionko (Rangers Football Club –Glasgow / Scotland)

9-Jan Koller (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)  

12- Vratislav Lokvenc (Red Bull Salzburg / Austria / Austria)  (suspended)

13- Martin Jiranek (Futbol'nyj Klub Spartak Moskva / Russia) 

21-Tomas Ujfalusi (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze  / Italy) (suspended)

Team Captain: Pavel Nedved

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White/Blue Socks

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 210, July 2006

(June 22, 2006, World Cup, Italy 2- Czech Republic 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, July 2006

(June 22, 2006, World Cup, Italy 2- Czech Republic 0)

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(Italy squad, June 22, 2006, World Cup, Italy 2- Czech Republic 0)