Škorpil names final Czech squad

Ladislav Škorpil has named his 23-man squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, with FC Viktoria Plzeň forward Tomáš Krbeček making the final cut.

Success story
The striker has been a revelation this season, scoring nine league goals in his first full top-flight campaign. Meanwhile, left-back Michal Kadlec and forward Jan Blažek have received call-ups despite missing the end of the Czech domestic season with injuries. Midfielder and dead-ball specialist Ladislav Volešák is the most notable of the players dropped from the original 30-man squad. Bayer 04 Leverkusen forward Michal Papadopulos and FK Moskva central defender Roman Hubník are the only foreign-based players. The Czechs will meet England, Serbia and Italy in Group B in the Netherlands.

Czech Republic squad
Goalkeepers: Josef Kubásek (FC Baník Sokolov), Milan Švenger (FC Zenit Čáslav), Zdeněk Zlámal (FC Zlín).

Defenders: Roman Hubník (FC Moskva), Michal Kadlec (AC Sparta Praha), Josef Kaufman (FK Teplice), Jiří Kladrubský (SK Dynamo České Budějovice), Martin Klein (FK Teplice), Milan Kopic (FK Mladá Boleslav), Martin Latka (SK Slavia Praha).

Midfielders: Tomáš Jirsák (FK Teplice), František Rajtoral (FC Baník Ostrava), Mário Holek (1. FC Brno), Luboš Hušek (AC Sparta Praha), Daniel Pudil (FC Slovan Liberec), Michal Švec (SK Slavia Praha), Daniel Kolář (AC Sparta Praha).

Forwards: Jan Blažek (FC Slovan Liberec), Martin Fillo (FC Viktoria Plzeň), Jan Holenda (Dynamo České Budějovice), Michal Papadopulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Jan Kysela (FK Mladá Boleslav), Tomáš Krbeček (FC Viktoria Plzeň).