Czech Republic announces extended squad for 2026 World Cup

The Czech Football Association's official website has published the extended squad for the national team for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held this summer in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

Idman.Biz reports that the preliminary squad includes 54 players.

Goalkeepers: Lukas Hornicek (Braga), Martin Jedlicka (Banik Ostrava), Antonin Kinski (Tottenham), Jan Kutny (Sigma Olomouc), Matej Kovar (PSV), Jakub Markovic (Slavia Prague), Indrjih Stanek (Slavia Prague).

Defenders: Vladimir Coufal (Hoffenheim), David Doudera (Slavia Prague), Matej Hadas (Sigma Olomouc), Tomas Holes (Slavia Prague), Robin Granac (Hoffenheim), Stepan Chaloupek (Slavia Prague), Vaclav Jemelka (Viktoria Plzen), David Jurasek (Slavia Prague), Ladislav Krejci (Wolverhampton), Karel Spacil (Viktoria Plzen), Adam Sevinsky (Sparta Prague), Martin Vitik (Bologna), Tomas Vlcek (Slavia Prague), Jaroslav Zeleny (Sparta Prague), David Zima (Slavia Prague).

Midfielders: Lukas Ambros (Gornik Zabrze), Michal Beran (Sigma Olomouc), Pavel Bucha (Cincinnati), Lukas Cerv (Viktoria Plzen), Kristof Danek (LASK), Vladimir Darida (Hradec Kralove), Patrik Hellebrand (Gornik Zabrze), Adam Karabec (Lyon), Ondrej Kricfalusi (Banik Ostrava), Tomas Ladra (Viktoria Plzen), David Planka (Banik Ostrava), Lukas Provod (Slavia Prague), Matej Ryneš (Sparta Prague), Lukas Sadilek (Sparta Prague), Alexander Sojka (Viktoria Plzen), Tomas Soucek (West Ham), Pavel Sulc (Lyon), Denis Visinsky (Viktoria Plzen).

Forwards: Adam Hlozek (Hoffenheim), Tomas Chory (Slavia Prague), Mojmir Chytil (Slavia Prague), Christoph Kabongo (Mlada Boleslav), Jan Kliment (Sigma Olomouc), Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague), Vasil Kusej (Slavia Prague), Ondrej Mihalik (Hradec Kralove), Vojtech Patrak (Pardubice), Vaclav Sejk (Sigma Olomouc), Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), Matej Vydra (Viktoria Plzen).

The Czech Republic national team will play in Group A with South Korea, South Africa and Mexico at the 2026 World Cup.