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National manager, Karel Bruckner, just announced his 23-man squad for the 2008 European Championships this summer.

Most notably, the Czechs will be without two of their biggest stars, Paul Nedved (Juventus) and Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal). Nedved, has chosen to stay retired from international football, and Rosicky had to withdraw due to long-time injury that forced him to miss most of the latter part of the season with Arsenal.

GOALKEEPERS
Jaromir Blazek (FC Nurnberg, Germany)
Petr Cech (Chelsea, England)
Daniel Zitka (Anderlecht, Belgium)

DEFENDERS
Zdenek Grygera (Juventus, Italy)
Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan, Italy)
Michal Kadlec (Sparta Praha)
Radoslav Kovac (Sparta Moskva, Russia)
Zdenek Pospech (Kobenhavn, Denmark)
David Rozehnal (Lazio, Italy)
Tomas Sivok (Sparta Praha)
Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)

MIDFIELDERS
Tomas Galasek (FC Nurnberg, Germany)
David Jarolim (Hamburg, Germany)
Marek Matejovsky (Reading, England)
Jaroslav Plasil (Osasuna, Spain)
Jan Polak (Anderlecht, Belgium)
Daniel Pudil (Slavia Praha)
Libor Sionko (Kobenhavn, Denmark)
Stanislav Vlcek (Anderlecht, Belgium)

FORWARDS
Milan Baros (Portsmouth, England)
Jan Koller (1. FC Nurnberg, Germany)
Martin Fenin (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany)
Vaclav Sverkos (Banik Ostrava)

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