The Czech Shirt: The New Czech Republic Shirt for the Euro 2012

The New Home Czech Shirt is certainly one of the more striking jerseys featured in the Euro 2012. Not only is it one of only two tournament kits produced by Puma, but it features a unique checkered pattern sectioned off at an angle in the upper chest, suggestive of garments of another time. The Czech Home Kit is paired with red shorts and red socks. The Czech Republic Away Shirt is a bit more understated in its design, with subtle monochromatic vertical stripes adding variety to the white, along with blue sleeve cuffs, which are a bold contrast to the red collar.

Arsenal midfielder Tomáš Rosický and Chelsea Goalkeeper Petr Čech will take to the pitch in Poland and the Ukraine as they attempt to win the Czech Republic their first European Championship Title since the separation of Czechoslovakia.^* The Czech's were the runners-up in the Euro 1996, and finished 3rd in 2004. For Czech fans, the memory of the Euro 2008 still stings, when a resilient Turkey side came back from a 2-0 halftime deficit to win 3-2, eliminating the Czechs at the group stage. But with an experienced squad and one of the game's best goalkeepers, new memories are on the horizon.

^*FIFA has allocated Czechoslovakia's record to both the Czech Republic and to Slovakia, so both nations have a claim to the Euro 1976 Title.