Euro Cup 2012: Know the participating Team Team Profile of Czech Republic

There is less than 48 hours for the beginning of the world’s one of the most exciting sporting event Euro 2012.Here we are providing the details about participating team of the tournaments.

 One of the strongest team in the tournament Checz republic will be participating in the tournament on the leadership of its coach Michal Bilek. Michal Bilek’s side recovered from a poor start to qualifying to earn its spot at Euro 2012 through the playoffs. The Czech Republic has been a top class European team over the past 16 years. The Czech Republic, which has qualified for the European Championships on every occasion since becoming an independent nation in 1993, came close to causing a major upset at its first tournament in 1996, beating Italy, Portugal and France on the way to losing the final in extra time against Germany at Wembley. The Czech Republic is a relatively new nation on the football scene but as Czechoslovakia then they achieved great success. This included reaching two World Cup finals and also winning the 1976 European Championships.

Czech republic Team 

Czech Republic qualified for their first World Cup as an independent nation in 2006. Full of high hopes after their success at Euro 2004, the Czechs arrived in the group stages. However, unfortunately for them and their fans, they also departed in the group stages, and said good-bye to, the retiring, Nedved and Poborsky. Group stage elimination at the hands of Turkey was to follow at Euro 2008, and failure to make the World Cup Finals in South Africa 2010 was the first time the Czechs had failed to make the grade since 2002.

Jersy :

Czech Republic Home and Away Jersy

 Coach:

Michal Bilek Aged just 44 when given the difficult task of taking over a side which had failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, many questioned whether Bilek, whose only previous spell in international management had been with the Czech Republic Under-19s, had the experience to guide the national team to Euro 2012.
  But the former Sparta Prague boss, who was appointed following Ivan Hasek's resignation in Oct. 2009, helped his side bounce back from a disappointing start to guide it to Poland and Ukraine, proving he is not afraid to change things along the way, using no fewer than 32 players during qualification.

Czech Republic Coach Michal Bilek

Captain:

Tomas Rosicky ,The experienced midfielder has been a mainstay in the Czech Republic team since making his international debut, featuring in all but one of his side’s fixtures at major tournaments between 2000 and 2006, with injury ruling him out of Euro 2008 and the majority of the qualification campaign for the 2010 World Cup.

Captain Tomas Rosicky 

  Rosicky has been unable to recreate his best form for Arsenal since his lengthy absence through injury during the 2008-09 seasons, but he remains a key figure for the national team, having set up six of his side’s 15 goals during qualification for Euro 2012.

Player to watch: 

Petr Cech has earned the nickname “Mr. Perfect” from the Czech media but he will be seeking to leave a better impression at Euro 2012 than he did in the previous edition. Petr Cech has signed a new contract which will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2016.

Petr Cech 

Tomas Pekhart:

With CSKA Moscow’s Tomas Necid having now cemented his place in the national team setup under Bilek, former Tottenham striker Pekhart - the record goalscorer for the Under-21 side - is the next youngster to emerge as one to watch for the future in Czech football.

Despite failing to make the breakthrough in English football earlier in his career, the forward has thrived since leaving White Hart Lane in 2010. He earned himself a move to German club Nuremberg following the Czech Republic Under-21s’ impressive 2011 European Championship campaign, and started both crucial playoff ties against Montenegro after stepping up to the senior side.

Tomas Pekhart

 How they Qualify :

Czech Republic finished second in their Euro 2012 qualifying group behind Spain.

They then needed to negotiate a play-off against Montenegro to qualify for the finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Since the conclusion of qualifying they have drawn 1-1 away against Ireland.

Check our infographic below for the full list of Czech Republic's qualifiers and recent friendlies.

Records:

FIFA Ranking : 26

ODDS TO WIN 66-1

EURO BEST Runners-up 1996

 Czech Republic Team Squad for Euro 2012:

GOALKEEPERS: 

  Petr Cech (Chelsea) Jaroslav Drobny (Hamburg), Jan Lastuvka (Dnipro)

 DEFENDERS        

Tomas Sivok (Besiktas)  Theodor Gebre Selassie (Slovan Liberec) Roman Hubnik (Hertha Berlin) Michal Kadlec (Bayer Leverkusen)  David Limbersky (Viktoria Plzen)  Marek Suchy (Spartak Moscow

 MIDFIELDERS    

Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal)  Petr Jiracek (Wolfsburg)  Tomas Hubschman (Shakhtar Donetsk  Daniel Kolar (Viktoria Plzen)      Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux ) Vaclav Pilar (Viktoria Plzen)   Milan Petrzela (Viktoria Plzen)  Vladimir Darida (Viktoria Plzen)

 FORWARDS    

Milan Baros (Galatasaray) Tomas Pekhart (Nuremberg)  David Lafata (Jablonec)  Jan Rezek (Anorthosis Famagusta  Tomas Necid (CSKA Moscow

AFC U-22 Group D Qualifiers: Bangladesh U-22 Team to arrive Kathmandu on June 14

Bangladesh National U-22 team will arrive Kathmandu on June 14 to take part in AFC U-22 group D qualifiers starting from June 16 in kathmandu , Nepal. The tournament was first schedule from june 2 but due to the political unrest in country the tournament was rescheduled from June 16.AFC confirmed the date for group D qualifiers upon the request of ANFA
"We will arrive Kathmandu on 14th of June", BFF official was quoted saying by goalnepal. 

30 players have been training under him since May 9. Syed Golam Jilani is the head coach of the team.

Among 30 players   seven players have experience to play for the national team. The Bangladesh U-22 team started training quite late as the club didn’t release the player in time.

Stay with anantasports.com to get other exciting updates of the tournaments.
 Bangladesh U-22 preliminary Squad:

Shahidul Alam Sohel, Shahedul Alam Shahed-1, Shawkat Hossain Rony, Towhidul Alam (Abahani Ltd), Yeasin Khan, Ahsan Habib Dipu, Sohel Rana-3, Shariful Islam, Wahed Ahmed (Mohammedan SC), Mamun Mia, Jahirul Islam, Saidul Haque, Shawkat Russel (Farashganj SC), Raihan Hasan, Sohel Rana-2, Sohel Rana-1 (SheikhJamal Dhanmondi club), Sabuj Das Ragu, Nahid Islam, Sohel, Jamal Hossain (Brothers Union), Kesto Kumar Ghosh, Rafi Rahman (Arambagh KS), Yamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna, Uttam Kumar Banik, Emon Mahmud Babu (Sheikh Russel KC), Shahedul Alam Shahed-2, Sharhan Hawlader, Iqbal Hossain (Feni Soccer Club), Shahinul Islam Shahin (Team BJMC), Shafiqul Islam Bipul (Rahmatganj MFS).

AFC U-22 Group D Qualifiers: New date for the tournament Confirmed

All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in association with AFC has confirmed that AFC U-22 group D qualifiers will be held from June 16-24 in Kathmandu. 

The qualifiers - which was supposed to be held from June 2 in Kathmandu - was postponed due to unstable political situation in Nepal. Since the political situation in Kathmandu is okay, AFC agreed on the date provided by ANFA for the qualifiers. 

Two matches will be played daily at Dasrath Stadium. The first match will be played at 3:30 PM & the second match will be played under floodlights. (6:30 PM).

The AFC U-22 Championship Finals will be played from January 11-26, 2014. Fourteen Member Associations will qualify from the qualifying competition (the top two teams and the best third-placed team).

Detail schedule and fixture of the tournament will be given shortly.

NSJF Sports Awards on July 4 (20th of Asadh)

Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) is organizing annual NSJF sports awards on July 4 in Kathmandu. ASJF is the annual sports Award organized by the sports journalist of Nepal to grow sports culture in Nepal. NSJF held a press meet on Sunday informing that the awards function will be held two days after International Sports Journalists Day (July 2). 

this award will be awarded in eight different categories namely  Pulsar Player of the year, Pulsar Best Player (Male), Pulsar Best Player (Female), Best Coach, Best Young player, Best Para Athelete, Lifetime Achievement Award, Special award and Popular player of the year.

NSJF logo

 

The best player of the year male & female will get one Pulsar motorbike each while other winners in each category will receive Rs 30,000. 

The president of NSJF, Nirajan Rajbanshi revealed that the NSJF was thinking about providing one motorbike to the popular player of the year. 

Sekhar Golcha And Nirajan rajbanshi after signing the agreement 

The awards function is sponsored by Hansaraj Hulaschand & Company, the official distributor of Pulsar motorbike in Nepal. H&H provides Rs 1.2m to NSJF, which is an umbrella association for all sports journalists working in Nepal. 

"We are happy to continue our sponsorship for NSJF Sports Awards", H&H director, Shekhar Golcha said. 

"Every year NSJF sports awards is becoming popular. We have never sponsored any event for so long. But we feel proud to be associated with this event". 

Meanwhile, a-eight member selection committee headed by NSJF Secretary, Mahesh Acharya will declare the nomation of the players this week. Stay with us to know the nominated players and method to vote for popular player of the Year.
You can post your comments who deserve to be nominated this year.

Shah Rukh Khan to buy share of I-League champions Dempo

After tasting huge success in cricket, Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan has now switched his attention to soccer and is in talks with I-League champions Dempo to pick up stakes in the Goa-based sports club. Dempo secretary-general Armando Colaco told IANS Friday that Shah Rukh, who owns Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders, has shown interest in picking up stakes in the club and talks are at an initial stage.
 "Shah Rukh has shown interest in Dempo. Talks are still going on and it will take some time to finalise the deal. The modalities are yet to be worked out," said Colaco.
 Asked if Shah Rukh will also be the brand ambassador for the Goan club, Colaco said: "We are still working out how to use Shah Rukh's image to boost the club. Hopefully we will have a great deal."

dempo sports Club

Shah Rukh Khan

Dempo, India's most successful club in recent times, has an annual budget of around Rs.12 crore.Shah Rukh's involvement will surely be a boon for the club.  It will not only promote the goa bases football club but the involvedment of bollywoodstar may also uplift the development of soccer in India. Dempo have won the I-league thrice since it was launched in 2007-08. They have also won the erstwhile National Football League twice in 2004-05 and 2006-07.

Dempo are also the only Indian club to make the semi-finals of the AFC Cup, Asia's second tier club competition, in 2008.Over the past couple of years, a number of celebrities have shown interest in promoting Indian football. In 2009, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) roped in Salman Khan, Shah Rukh's arch-rival, as brand ambassador.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her industrialist husband Raj Kundra, who are co-owners of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, had also shown interest in playing an active role in Indian football.

Among other IPL owners, Vijay Mallya, who owns Royal Challengers Bangalore, is the chief sponsor of Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan.