Vladimír Šmicer is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his senior career at Slavia Prague, the only Czech club he ever played for. In 1999, Šmicer moved to England where he played for Liverpool, winning multiple honours. He is perhaps best remembered at Liverpool for his long-range goal in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final victory against Milan. At Liverpool he also won an UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup treble in 2001 as well as the 2003 League Cup.
Pavel Nedvěd is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely considered as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation and as one of the most successful players to emerge from the Czech Republic, winning domestic and European accolades with Italian clubs Lazio, including the last Cup Winners' Cup, and Juventus, whom he led to the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final.
Karel Poborský is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He was most noted for his technical ability and pace.
Patrik Berger is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career in his own country with Slavia Prague and spent a season in Germany playing for Borussia Dortmund. He moved to England in 1996, where he spent seven years with Liverpool, winning four trophies in his time there. This was followed by spells at Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Stoke City. He spent the last two years of his career back in his native Czech Republic playing for Sparta Prague.
Andreas "Andy" Brehme is a German football coach and former football defender. At international level, he is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina from an 85th-minute penalty kick. At club level, he played for several teams in Germany, and also had spells in Italy and Spain.
Vratislav Lokvenc is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. After playing youth football for Náchod and Hradec Králové, he began his senior club career with the latter team. After moving to Sparta Prague he won five league titles and one cup, as well as the 1999–2000 league top scorer award. He subsequently played abroad, playing club football in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Bochum, Red Bull Salzburg, FC Basel and FC Ingolstadt 04. He retired in 2009.
Andreas Möller is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head of the youth department at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Carsten Jancker is a German football coach and former player who is the manager of Austrian club DSV Leoben. He played as a striker for various teams between 1993 and 2009, including FC Köln, Rapid Wien, FC Bayern Munich, Udinese Calcio, FC Kaiserslautern, Shanghai Shenhua F.C., and SV Mattersburg, as well as the Germany national team.
Stefan Kuntz is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the head coach of the Turkey national team.
Aleksander Knavs is a Slovenian former football defender.
Ciriaco Sforza is a Swiss football manager and former professional player who last managed Swiss Super League club Basel. After beginning his career with Swiss clubs FC Aarau and Grasshopper Club Zürich, he most notably played for Internazionale in Italy, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and FC Bayern Munich in Germany. Sforza represented the Switzerland national team 79 times, and represented his country at the international 1994 World Cup and Euro 96 tournaments.
Olaf Marschall is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Horst Siegl is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic, for both he played total 23 matches and scored 7 goals. He played two matches for the Czech Republic in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Jiří Němec is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic.
Miroslav Kadlec is a Czech former professional football defender.
Jan Suchopárek is a Czech football coach and former defender, who is head coach of the Czech Republic U21 national team.
Pavel Horváth is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, and a football manager. He was in charge of Příbram.
Michael Schjønberg Christensen is a Danish football manager, club official, and former player. He was last in charge of Faroese club 07 Vestur.
The UEFA Euro 1996 Final was the final match of Euro 1996, the tenth European Football Championship, UEFA's top football competition for national teams. The match was played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 30 June 1996 and was contested by the Czech Republic and Germany. Both sides were drawn in UEFA Euro 1996 Group C alongside Italy and Russia. Germany won the group and defeated Croatia in the quarter-finals before progressing to the final with a victory over England in the semi-final after a penalty shoot-out. The Czech Republic finished the group stage as runners-up to Germany. They beat Portugal in the quarter-finals before overcoming France in the semi-finals following a penalty shoot-out.
Pavel Kadeřábek is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim and played eight years for the Czech Republic national team. He previously represented his country at under-19 level and was in the Czech squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played all five of his country's matches.
