Czechia vs South Africa Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026
by Trystan Pugh ·
Below you can find key stats for Czechia vs South Africa. From historical trends to player milestones, we have you covered for every match at FIFA World Cup 2026 in USA, Canada & Mexico!
- This is the first FIFA World Cup match between Czechia and South Africa. Their only previous encounter was a 2-2 draw in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage.
- Czechia’s only previous FIFA World Cup fixture against an African team was a 0-2 defeat against Ghana in the 2006 group stage.
- Czechia have lost their last three FIFA World Cup matches; defeat here would equal their longest ever sequence of successive losses in the competition — four in a row — a run they endured twice as Czechoslovakia.
- Ladislav Krejčí, Czechia's goalscorer in their opening match against Korea Republic, has now netted in all three of their competitive fixtures in 2026, having also found the net in the World Cup play-off encounters against the Republic of Ireland and Denmark in March.
- Czechia’s Hugo Sochůrek is the second‑youngest player at the 2026 finals, and at 18 years and 11 days on the day of this match, he could become the third‑youngest European player ever to appear in a FIFA World Cup. Only Norman Whiteside (17y 41d for Northern Ireland in 1982) and Youssoufa Moukoko (18y 3d for Germany in 2022) were younger.
- At 35 years and 314 days, Vladimír Darida could become the oldest player ever to appear in a FIFA World Cup for Czechia, surpassing the record held by Karel Poborský (34 years, 84 days v. Italy on 22 June 2006) — a mark that also includes the era of Czechoslovakia.
- South Africa’s FIFA World Cup record against European teams is P5 W2 D1 L2 with the two wins coming in their three most recent encounters.
- South Africa have found the net in their last four FIFA World Cup matches against European teams.
- South Africa have never lost successive FIFA World Cup matches.
- This encounter pits two of the three oldest coaches in FIFA World Cup history against one another. Czechia's Miroslav Koubek, aged 74 years and 290 days, and South Africa's Hugo Broos, aged 74 years and 69 days, are second and third on that list respectively — surpassed only by Curaçao's Dick Advocaat, who took charge of their match against Germany on 14 June 2026 at the age of 78 years and 260 days.
