Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky will captain the Czech Republic side at the European Championships after missing the 2008 finals due to injury.

Czech manager Michal Bilek named Rosicky and Chelsea's Petr Cech in his provisional 24-man squad.

Back in: Tomas Rosicky was forced to miss the 2008 Euros due to injury, but will captain his side in 2012

Rosicky, who missed the 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland,  will lead the team out at the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, and fellow Premier League star Cech will be the first-choice goalkeeper.

However Bilek was forced to include four goalkeepers in the squad, as Cech will only be available after Saturday's Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

Cech's understudy Hamburg's Jaroslav Drobny is struggling to overcome an illness, and Tomas Grigar of TK Teplice has been brought into the squad as back-up.

CSKA Moscow striker Tomas Necid has recovered from a long-term knee injury in time to join the Czech Republic preliminary squad for the finals.

The 22-year-old forward's recovery is good news for coach Michal Bilek who was short of options in attack.

The Czech's biggest goal threat, former Liverpool front man Milan Baros, has scored 40 international goals but a paltry one in the qualifying stages.

A small shock in Bilek's selection was the omission of attacking midfielder Jiri Stajner, who led Liberec to the Czech league title on Saturday.

He opted for Daniel Kolar of Viktoria Plzen instead. The Czechs will face Greece, Poland and Russia in Group A.