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The Slovakia national team of football (Slovak Slovenska futbalova representcia) is the representative of Slovakia in the international men's football competition. It is managed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ) which is the governing body of the sport of football within Slovakia. The Slovakian home stadium for 2019 will be the newly constructed Tehelne pole located in Bratislava. Slovakia is among the newest national teams of football around the globe, having been separated away from Czechoslovakia national team following the breakup of the unification state in 1993. Slovakia has its own national team, which participates in every major competition since.
Slovakia is a candidate for three international major competitions including for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020. Slovakia has qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group despite two losses against Slovenia. In the World Cup, Slovakia progressed past the group stage following winning 3-2 against Italy and then was eliminated of the tournament with an 2-1 loss in the knockout round against final runners-up Netherlands. This it was the first occasion that the Slovakia national team played in a major soccer tournament following their participation in all FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 , and each UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign from 1996 onwards, following the absence of over 50 years from international football because of playing in the Czechoslovakia team. The Czechoslovakian team did get close to getting a spot to the tournament in 2006 Germany having finished 2nd in the group, just ahead of Russia and a little behind Portugal after playing Spain in their qualifying play-off where the Slovaks were defeated by a large margin of the aggregate (1-5 1-1).
The national team has achieved notable results, such as the win against previous title holders Italy during the 2009 World Cup, and a victory of 1-0 against Russia in September of 2010. Even with this victory the team subsequently fell down the rankings . A significant drop in performance went along with it, as the team was not able to be able to qualify for Euro 2012 finishing their group in fourth position. The team also scored only seven goals in their group, just a little more than the minnows of Andorra. Slovakia was unable to be able to qualify for in 2014's World Cup, but secured the right to play in France at Euro 2016 under head coach Jan Kozak, which helped the team achieve their highest ever ranking of 14th on the FIFA World Rankings.
The traditional rival of Slovakia is the Czech Republic which they played twice in their qualifying matches of the 1998 World Cup in 1997 and 1998. They won 2-1 in Bratislava and then losing to 3-0 in Prague and both teams eliminated. The teams then faced against each other during 2008 as well as 2009 during the qualifying round of this year's 2010 World Cup. Both times they drew 2-3 in Bratislava and the Slovaks winning the game 2-1 in Prague. Prior to that both teams played during Euro 2008 qualifying, and they were defeated three-one in Prague and the final score was 3-0 in Bratislava.
The first match that was played in the official history of the founding Slovak Republic (1939-1945) was played in Bratislava against Germany on the 27th of August 1939. The match concluded in a 2-0 victory for Slovakia. Following after the Second World War, the national football team was absorbed to be part of the national team of Czechoslovakia and for more than fifty years Slovakia did not play any matches in its own country. Through this time they also contributed a number of important athletes for that Czechoslovak team, which included most of the team which took home in the UEFA Euro 1976 (8 of the 11 players who beat West Germany in the final were Slovak).
The Slovakia's first official match since returning to independence was a 1-0 win in Dubai against the United Arab Emirates on 2 February 1994. Their first game on Slovak turf was a 4-1 victory over Croatia on the 20th of April in Bratislava on April 20, 1994. Slovakia lost their most humiliating defeat since their independance (6-0) on the 22nd of June 1995 in Mendoza against Argentina. Their most significant wins (7-0) came with Liechtenstein the year 2004 in addition to San Marino (twice) in 2007 and 2009.
Slovakia tried to qualify for a major tournament as an independent side for the first time during Euro 1996 qualifying, but ended up in third place within their group of qualifying just behind Romania and France with wins against Poland, Israel and Azerbaijan twice. In 1998's World Cup qualifiers, Slovakia placed 4th in the six team team with five wins, one draw , and four losses. Their first four matches in this group were all victories and one of them was against their Czech neighbors, enabling the team to reach their most impressive FIFA World Ranking to date 17th.
Slovakia took part during it's first FIFA World Cup for the first time as an independent country after finishing the top spot in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 3 ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland and Poland. On the 14th of October, 2009, they secured their qualification with a 1-0 win away against Poland. On June 24, 2010, in the actual tournament, Slovakia finished second in the group stage, after beating the current champions Italy in a game that ESPN described as "epic" in the match. The game featured three goals scored in the final minute of the game and two goals scored from Italy and one from Slovakia and an unofficial goal scored by Italy that was ruled offside by "the most difficult of decisions". The result sent Slovakia into the knockout phase and eventually eliminated Italy which was at the bottom of their group. The result of this game resulted in the fact that, this was for the very first time during World Cup history, both winners of the previous tournament were eliminated from the initial round: champion Italy and second-placed France.
The round-of-16 Slovakia faced against the Netherlands in the round of 16 being 2-0 down, and then scoring a late strike from the penalty spot of forward Robert Vittek, the last goal of the game, in the 2-1 loss. In spite of being eliminated the goal re-introduced Vittek up to top position on the scoring charts at the top of the charts along with David Villa until Villa himself scored against Portugal during Spain's win 1-0 at the same stage in the competition.
To qualify for Euro 2012 qualification, Slovakia was selected against Russia as well as The Republic of Ireland, Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra. The positive season during the campaign in South Africa boosted team performance in the lead-up to qualifying games that began on September 1st with 1-0 victories against Macedonia at Stadion Pasienky and Russia away. In October, however they suffered a lopsided defeat by Armenia (3-1) while they played 1-1 with their home country of the Republic of Ireland at home. In February of 2011 Slovakia was awestruck by a 2-1 loss in a friendly match against Luxembourg and were able to only beat the group's minions Andorra only by one goal. Although they had more chances to score, Slovakia earned a goalless draw against Ireland away. After scoring chances in a scoreless initial halftime, Slovakia lost four times to Armenia in a game which ended the team. In the two final games of the group, Slovakia was beaten at home by Russia (1-0) and then drew 1-1 in Macedonia which ended up in a low fourth position and scoring just seven goals throughout the game. For only the second time in the Euro 1996 qualifying process, Slovakia completed a qualifying session having a negative goals difference. In the wake of this the manager Vladimir Weiss left his job after four years of service replacing two team members Michal Hipp as well as Stanislav Griga, though both were later fired due to their poor performance. In late June the an ex- Czechoslovakia national team player Jan Kozak became the head coach. He followed up the disappointing qualification campaign with a triumph at Bosnia and Herzegovina which was followed by two losses in Bosnia as well as Greece.
To qualify for Euro 2016 qualification, Slovakia was selected in a group with Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Slovakia began its qualifying campaign by winning 1-0 against Ukraine at Kyiv. On the 9th of October, 2014 Slovakia defeated Spain with a 2-1 surprise victory and secured the first spot. Slovakia's victory of 3-1 against Belarus established their position as the group's leaders. Then, they beat two-to-one against Macedonia at Zilina's Philip II Arena, beat Luxembourg by scoring 3-1 in Zilina the next day, and defeated Macedonia with a score of 2-1 on the 14th June 2015 in Zilina. The following matches included an 2-0 loss against Spain as well as a goalless draw against Ukraine and an incredibly 0-1 loss at home against Belarus. The team qualified by beating Luxembourg 4-2. They took second spot, qualifying for the very first European Championship.
Slovakia was selected in the group B in Euro 2016 alongside England, Russia and Wales. Slovakia started their tournament with a match against Wales with a 2-1 win. Ondrej Duda netted Slovakia's first ever goal at the European Championship in an eventual defeat of 2-1. Slovakia won the next match against Russia by 2-1, thanks to goals scored by Vladimir Weiss III and Marek Hamsik. Then they drew the game 0-0 with England to make it into in the 16th round as the finest third-placed teams. They were eliminated in the round of 16 by the world champions Germany after a 3-0 defeat.
In the course of qualifying in preparation for 2018's FIFA World Cup, Slovakia was placed into UEFA Group F. They were third in the group, after the final match ended in a loss of 1-0 to Scotland and they moved into second position. Slovakia took their group match , 3-0, against Malta and then surpassed Scotland in the process. They were unable to beat Slovenia however they were unable to secure an opportunity to play-off spot as other teams' performance resulted in Slovakia was ranked as the group's worst runners-up.
Slovakia was unable to make it to qualifying for UEFA Euro 2020, only being able to qualify with a tough win away against Northern Ireland. In being drawn alongside Spain, Sweden and Poland in the group E., the team expected that the Slovaks were going to be the breadbasket of the other teams, but they stunned the world with a triumphant opening match against Poland with a score of 2-1. Then, Slovakia would be broken down by Sweden after which they were defeated by Spain 5-5, and ended up third but with the lowest goal differential due to scoring goals by themselves due to their poor performance. Slovakia were eliminated for the very first time.
The Slovakia national team of football currently has games at home on the Tehelne pole in Bratislava and at the Stadion Antona Malatinskeho in Trnava. Stadion in Dubnom situated in Zilina was in use from 2003 until 2015 but it is not expected to be in use in the near future due to the artificial grass that was laid in the year 2016. In the past home games have sometimes been played in other venues such like Vsesportovy arena and Stadion Lokomotivy in Kosice, Stadion pod Zoborom in Nitra, Mestsky stadion in Dubnica nad Vahom, and Tatran Stadion in Presov.
Stadiums that have hosted Slovakia international soccer matches:
| Slovakia national football team home stadiums | |||||||
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Stadium | Capacity | Location | First match | Last match | ||
| 56 | Tehelné pole | 22,500 | Bratislava | v. Germany (2–0) 27 August 1939 |
v. Cyprus (2–0) 7 September 2021 |
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| 34 | City Arena – Štadión Antona Malatinského | 19,200 | Trnava | v. Bulgaria (0–0) 24 April 1996 |
v. Kazakhstan (0–1) 6 June 2022 |
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| 21 | Štadión pod Dubňom | 11,258 | Žilina | v. Greece (2–2) 30 April 2003 |
v. Iceland (3–1) 17 November 2015 |
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| 9 | Pasienky | 11,591 | Bratislava | v. Israel (1–0) 18 August 1999 |
v. Greece (0–1) 16 October 2012 |
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| 4 | Všešportový areál | 30,312 | Košice | v. Russia (2–1) 8 March 1995 |
v. Romania (0–2) 15 November 1995 |
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| 2 | Štadión pod Zoborom | 7,480 | Nitra | v. Belarus (4–0) 27 March 1996 |
v. Saudi Arabia (1–1) 24 May 2000 |
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| Štadión Lokomotívy | 9,000 | Košice | v. Finland (0–0) 19 August 1998 |
v. Azerbaijan (3–0) 5 September 1998 |
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| Mestský štadión | 5,450 | Dubnica nad Váhom | v. Liechtenstein (2–0) 8 September 1999 |
v. San Marino (7–0) 13 October 2007 |
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| 1 | MOL Aréna | 12,700 | Dunajská Streda | v. Lithuania (2–2) 30 March 1993 |
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| Futbalový štadión Prievidza | 9,000 | Prievidza | v. Slovenia (2–0) 16 November 1993 |
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| Štadión na Sihoti | 4,500 | TrenÄín | v. Moldova (4–2) 5 September 2001 |
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| Štadión Tatranu | 5,410 | Prešov | v. Uzbekistan (4–1) 14 May 2002 |
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| ViOn Aréna | 3,787 | Zlaté Moravce | v. Iceland (1–2) 26 March 2008 |
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| NTC Senec | 3,264 | Senec | v. Montenegro (2–0) 23 May 2014 |
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Traditionally , in Slovakia this team called Repre. Repre (short to Reprezentacia which translates to the national team). In 2016, as Slovakia prepared for its debut performance at the European Championship, SFZ introduced an alternative nickname to the squad. The national squad was given the name Slovenski sokoli (Slovak falcons). From U15 to U21, national team teams got the name Slovenski sokolici (Slovak little falcons). Despite the fact that there was no immediate recognition with the nickname among public, the nickname was adopted into use in the course of the tournament as well as the following qualification to qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is used now frequently especially when it comes to media as is Repre that continues popular in informal conversation.
The kit used by Slovakia's home team since 1993 was blue. However, in 1993, Slovakia changed their kits from blue to white up to 2020, in which Slovakia altered its national kit back to blue again. The team wears white shorts, white jerseys and socks or a combination of blue shorts, blue jerseys and socks. A blue shorts and white jersey is also used during some games. The main supplier of the shirt was Puma that had signed a contract for a long time to the Slovak Association until 2026, however in 2016 the Association announced that the agreement was terminated and their national squad would now be supplied by Nike who was previously the supplier from 1995 until 2005.
| Supplier | Period |
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| Le Coq Sportif | 1993–1995 |
| Nike | 1995–2005 |
| Adidas | 2006–2011 |
| Puma | 2012–2016 |
| Nike | 2016– |
| 1 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovenia | 1–1 | Slovakia | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 4 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovakia | 0–1 | Croatia | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 7 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovakia | 2–0 | Cyprus | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 8 October 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Russia | 1–0 | Slovakia | Kazan, Russia |
| 11 October 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Croatia | 2–2 | Slovakia | Osijek, Croatia |
| 11 November 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Slovakia | 2–2 | Slovenia | Trnava , Slovakia |
| 14 November 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification | Malta | 0–6 | Slovakia | Ta' Qali , Malta |
| 25 March 2022International friendly | Norway | 2–0 | Slovakia | Oslo, Norway |
| 29 March 2022International friendly | Finland | 0–2 | Slovakia | Murcia, Spain |
| 3 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Belarus | 0–1 | Slovakia | Novi Sad, Serbia |
| 6 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Slovakia | 0–1 | Kazakhstan | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 10 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Slovakia | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 13 June 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Kazakhstan | 2–1 | Slovakia | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |
| 22 September 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Slovakia | v | Azerbaijan | Trnava, Slovakia |
| 25 September 20222022–23 UEFA Nations League C | Slovakia | v | Belarus | Trnava, Slovakia |
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Caretaker manager | Samuel Slovák |
| Assistant coach | Marek Mintál |
| Goalkeeping coach | Miroslav Seman |
| Technical manager | Róbert Tomaschek |
| Fitness coach | Martin Rusňák |
| Doctor | Vladimír Pener Ján BaÅ¥alík |
| Masseur | Mário Prelovský |
| Physiotherapist | Marián Drinka Martin Nozdrovický Peter HeÄko |
| Videoanalyst | Michal Slyško |
| Custodians | Ján Beniak Marek Košáň |
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| Name | Period | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PG |
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| Vojtech Závodský | 1939 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Rudolf Hanák | 1939–1940 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1.50 |
| Štefan Priboj | 1940–1941 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0.08 |
| Štefan ÄŒambal | 1941–1942 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0.00 |
| Ferdinand DauÄík | 1942–1944 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 0.19 |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 0.69 | |
| hideName | Period | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PG |
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| Jozef Vengloš | 6 April 1993 – 15 June 1995 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 1.19 |
| Jozef Jankech | 4 July 1995 – 23 October 1998 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 33 | 18 | 1.76 |
| Dušan Radolský | 10 November 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Dušan Galis | 1 January 1999 – 23 February 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jozef Adamec | 26 February 1999 – 30 November 2001 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 1.47 |
| Anton Dragúň | 17 November 1999 – 25 November 2001 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0.25 |
| Stanislav Griga | 21 June 2001 – 25 June 2001 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1.00 |
| Ladislav Jurkemik | 1 February 2002 – 31 December 2003 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1.21 |
| Dušan Galis | 1 January 2004 – 12 October 2006 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 1.55 |
| Ján Kocian | 2 November 2006 – 30 June 2008 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 0.82 |
| Vladimír Weiss | 7 July 2008 – 31 January 2012 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 1.40 |
| Michal Hipp | 1 January 2012 – 29 February 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Stanislav Griga Michal Hipp |
26 April 2012 – 13 June 2013 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 0.92 |
| Ján Kozák | 2 July 2013 – 14 October 2018 | 56 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 81 | 57 | 24 | 1.73 |
| Štefan TarkoviÄ | 15 October 2018 – 21 October 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Pavel Hapal | 22 October 2018 – 16 October 2020 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 1.38 |
| Oto Brunegraf | 14 October 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Štefan TarkoviÄ | 20 October 2020 – 7 June 2022 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1.41 |
| Samuel Slovák | 8 June 2022 – ongoing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Total | 309 | 122 | 77 | 110 | 426 | 371 | 55 | 1.43 | |
The following players players were selected on the 2022-23 season for 4 UEFA Nations League C matches against Belarus, Azerbaijan and two matches with Kazakhstan between 3 to 13 June 2022.
David Hancko excused himself from his nomination after the birth of the son of his. At the time of the first game against Belarus the team was not yet substituted by an alternate. 19] Prior to the game against Kazakhstan on June 6, David Strelec joined the team after having played with the U21 players during the initial match against Belarus. In addition, Milan Skriniar suffered a injured thigh muscle in the third of the four matches and was replaced by debutant Ivan Mesik.
Caps and goals are correct as of June 13, 2022, following the game against Kazakhstan.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| GK | Marek Rodák (3rd captain) | 13 December 1996 (age 25) | 17 | 0 | Fulham | |
| GK | František Plach | 8 March 1992 (age 30) | 1 | 0 | Piast Gliwice | |
| GK | Dominik TakáÄ | 12 January 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Spartak Trnava | |
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| DF | Peter Pekarík (vice-captain) | 30 October 1986 (age 35) | 112 | 2 | Hertha BSC | |
| DF | Norbert Gyömbér | 3 July 1992 (age 30) | 30 | 0 | Salernitana | |
| DF | Ľubomír Šatka | 2 December 1995 (age 26) | 27 | 0 | Lech PoznaÅ„ | |
| DF | Martin Koscelník | 2 March 1995 (age 27) | 14 | 1 | Slovan Liberec | |
| DF | Martin Valjent | 11 December 1995 (age 26) | 13 | 0 | Mallorca | |
| DF | Vernon De Marco | 18 November 1992 (age 29) | 5 | 1 | Slovan Bratislava | |
| DF | Juraj Chvátal | 13 July 1996 (age 26) | 2 | 0 | Sigma Olomouc | |
| DF | Ivan Mesík | 1 June 2001 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Odd | |
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| MF | Juraj Kucka | 26 February 1987 (age 35) | 93 | 10 | Slovan Bratislava | |
| MF | Ondrej Duda | 5 December 1994 (age 27) | 59 | 10 | 1. FC Köln | |
| MF | Patrik Hrošovský | 22 April 1992 (age 30) | 45 | 0 | Genk | |
| MF | Stanislav Lobotka | 25 November 1994 (age 27) | 39 | 3 | Napoli | |
| MF | Albert Rusnák | 7 July 1994 (age 28) | 38 | 7 | Seattle Sounders | |
| MF | Matúš Bero | 6 September 1995 (age 26) | 21 | 1 | Vitesse | |
| MF | Tomáš Suslov | 7 June 2002 (age 20) | 14 | 1 | Groningen | |
| MF | Christián Herc | 30 September 1998 (age 23) | 3 | 0 | Grasshopper | |
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| FW | Vladimír Weiss | 30 November 1989 (age 32) | 77 | 8 | Slovan Bratislava | |
| FW | Lukáš Haraslín | 26 May 1996 (age 26) | 27 | 2 | Sparta Prague | |
| FW | Róbert Boženík | 18 November 1999 (age 22) | 25 | 5 | Boavista | |
| FW | Ivan Schranz | 13 September 1993 (age 28) | 16 | 3 | Slavia Prague | |
| FW | David Strelec | 4 April 2001 (age 21) | 15 | 2 | Spezia | |
| FW | Ladislav Almási | 6 March 1999 (age 23) | 9 | 0 | Baník Ostrava | |
| FW | Martin Regáli | 12 October 1993 (age 28) | 1 | 0 | Ružomberok | |
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Ľubomír Belko | 4 February 2002 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Žilina | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| GK | Ivan KrajÄírik | 15 June 2000 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Ružomberok | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| GK | Dominik Holec | 28 July 1994 (age 28) | 1 | 0 | Sparta Prague | v. Finland, 29 March 2022 |
| GK | Martin Dúbravka | 15 January 1989 (age 33) | 30 | 0 | Newcastle United | v. Finland, 29 March 2022 |
| GK | Dušan Kuciak | 21 May 1985 (age 37) | 14 | 0 | Lechia GdaÅ„sk | v. Malta, 14 November 2021 |
| GK | Dominik Greif | 6 April 1997 (age 25) | 4 | 0 | Mallorca | v. Malta, 14 November 2021ALT |
| GK | Samuel Petráš | 10 April 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | DAC Dunajská Streda | v. Croatia, 11 October 2021ALT |
| GK | Adam Jakubech | 2 January 1997 (age 25) | 1 | 0 | Lille | v. Cyprus, 7 September 2021ALT |
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| DF | Milan Škriniar (captain) | 11 February 1995 (age 27) | 54 | 3 | Internazionale | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022 |
| DF | Dávid Hancko | 13 December 1997 (age 24) | 22 | 1 | Sparta Prague | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022 |
| DF | Jakub Holúbek | 12 January 1991 (age 31) | 9 | 0 | Piast Gliwice | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| DF | Lukáš Pauschek | 9 December 1992 (age 29) | 6 | 0 | Slovan Bratislava | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| DF | Boris Sekulić | 21 October 1991 (age 30) | 4 | 0 | Chicago Fire | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| DF | Branislav Sluka | 23 January 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Žilina | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| DF | Alexander Mojžiš | 2 January 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Ružomberok | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| DF | Michal Sipľak | 2 February 1996 (age 26) | 0 | 0 | Cracovia | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| DF | Kristián Koštrna | 15 December 1993 (age 28) | 0 | 0 | Spartak Trnava | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| DF | Tomáš Huk | 22 December 1994 (age 27) | 2 | 0 | Piast Gliwice | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| DF | Adam Obert | 23 August 2002 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Cagliari | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| DF | Matúš Rusnák | 19 December 1999 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Žilina | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| DF | Adam Kopas | 16 August 1999 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Žilina | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| DF | Kristián Vallo | 2 June 1998 (age 24) | 0 | 0 | WisÅ‚a PÅ‚ock | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| DF | Róbert Mazáň | 9 February 1994 (age 28) | 11 | 0 | AEL Limassol | v. Malta, 14 November 2021ALT |
| DF | Lukáš Štetina | 28 July 1991 (age 31) | 4 | 1 | Spartak Trnava | v. Malta, 14 November 2021ALT |
| DF | Branislav Niňaj | 17 May 1994 (age 28) | 3 | 0 | Sepsi OSK | v. Malta, 14 November 2021ALT |
| DF | Lukáš Skovajsa | 27 March 1994 (age 28) | 0 | 0 | Dynamo ÄŒeské BudÄ›jovice | v. Malta, 14 November 2021ALT |
| DF | Tomáš HuboÄanRET | 17 September 1985 (age 36) | 73 | 0 | Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion | v. Croatia, 11 October 2021 |
| DF | Denis VavroINJ | 10 April 1996 (age 26) | 12 | 1 | Copenhagen | v. Cyprus, 7 September 2021ALT |
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| MF | Ján Greguš | 29 January 1991 (age 31) | 36 | 4 | San Jose Earthquakes | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | Erik Sabo | 22 November 1991 (age 30) | 18 | 0 | Çaykur Rizespor | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | László Bénes | 9 September 1997 (age 24) | 7 | 1 | Hamburger SV | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | Peter Pokorný | 8 August 2001 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | MOL Fehérvár | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | Ján Bernát | 10 January 2001 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Westerlo | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | Jakub Kadák | 14 December 2000 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Luzern | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | Jakub GriÄ | 5 July 1996 (age 26) | 0 | 0 | Dynamo ÄŒeské BudÄ›jovice | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | Róbert Pich | 12 November 1988 (age 33) | 0 | 0 | Legia Warsaw | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| MF | Jakub Hromada | 25 May 1996 (age 26) | 5 | 0 | Slavia Prague | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| MF | Július Szöke | 1 August 1995 (age 27) | 0 | 0 | Aris Limassol | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| MF | Jakub Považanec | 31 January 1991 (age 31) | 0 | 0 | Jablonec | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| MF | Marek HamšíkRET | 27 July 1987 (age 35) | 135 | 26 | Trabzonspor | v. Malta, 14 November 2021 |
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| FW | Róbert Mak | 8 March 1991 (age 31) | 73 | 14 | Free agent | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| FW | Erik Jirka | 19 September 1997 (age 24) | 7 | 1 | Real Oviedo | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| FW | Adrián Kaprálik | 10 June 2002 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Žilina | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| FW | David HrnÄár | 10 December 1997 (age 24) | 0 | 0 | Slovan Bratislava | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| FW | Matej Trusa | 29 November 2000 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Viktoria Plzeň | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| FW | Tomáš BobÄek | 8 September 2001 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Ružomberok | v. Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT |
| FW | Adam ZreľákINJ | 5 May 1994 (age 28) | 5 | 2 | Warta PoznaÅ„ | v. Finland, 29 March 2022 |
| FW | Samuel Mráz | 13 May 1997 (age 25) | 4 | 1 | Spezia | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| FW | Roland GalÄík | 13 July 2001 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Žilina | v. Finland, 29 March 2022ALT |
| FW | Dávid ÄŽuriš | 22 March 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Žilina | v. Malta, 14 November 2021ALT |
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| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marek Hamšík | 135 | 26 | 2007–2022 |
| 2. | Peter Pekarík | 112 | 2 | 2006–present |
| 3. | Miroslav Karhan | 107 | 14 | 1995–2011 |
| 4. | Martin Škrtel | 104 | 6 | 2004–2019 |
| 5. | Juraj Kucka | 93 | 10 | 2008–present |
| 6. | Ján ÄŽurica | 91 | 4 | 2004–2017 |
| 7. | Róbert Vittek | 82 | 23 | 2001–2016 |
| 8. | Vladimír Weiss | 77 | 8 | 2009–present |
| 9. | Róbert Mak | 73 | 14 | 2013–present |
| Tomáš HuboÄan | 73 | 0 | 2006–2021 |
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Marek Hamšík | 26 | 135 | 0.19 | 2007–2022 |
| 2. | Róbert Vittek | 23 | 82 | 0.28 | 2001–2016 |
| 3. | Szilárd Németh | 22 | 59 | 0.37 | 1996–2006 |
| 4. | Marek Mintál | 14 | 45 | 0.31 | 2002–2009 |
| Róbert Mak | 14 | 73 | 0.19 | 2013–present | |
| Miroslav Karhan | 14 | 107 | 0.13 | 1995–2011 | |
| 7. | Adam Nemec | 13 | 43 | 0.3 | 2006–2019 |
| Stanislav Šesták | 13 | 66 | 0.2 | 2004–2016 | |
| 9. | Peter Dubovský | 12 | 33 | 0.36 | 1994–2000 |
| 10. | Ondrej Duda | 10 | 59 | 0.17 | 2014–present |
| Juraj Kucka | 10 | 93 | 0.11 | 2008–present |
| List of FIFA World Cup matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result | Slovakia goalscorers |
| 2010 | Group stage | New Zealand | 1–1 | Vittek |
| Paraguay | 0–2 | — | ||
| Italy | 3–2 | Vittek (2), Kopúnek | ||
| Round of 16 | Netherlands | 1–2 | Vittek |
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| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1930 to 1994 | Part of Czechoslovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Did not qualify | 4th | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | |||||||||
| 2002 | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 2nd | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Squad | 1st | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | 3rd | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 3rd | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 1/6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | — | 74 | 35 | 19 | 20 | 127 | 74 | |
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1960 to 1992 | Part of Czechoslovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Did not qualify | 3rd | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||||||||
| 2000 | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 3rd | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 4th | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | 4th | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Squad | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |
| 2020 | Group stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Squad | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |
| 2024 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 2/7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | — | — | 70 | 33 | 12 | 25 | 109 | 89 | |
| List of UEFA European Championship matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result | Slovakia goalscorers |
| 2016 | Group stage | Wales | 1–2 | Duda |
| Russia | 2–1 | Weiss, Hamšík | ||
| England | 0–0 | — | ||
| Round of 16 | Germany | 0–3 | — | |
| 2020 | Group stage | Poland | 2–1 | SzczÄ™sny (o.g.), Škriniar |
| Sweden | 0–1 | — | ||
| Spain | 0–5 | — |
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| UEFA Nations League record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Division | Group | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rank |
| 2018–19 | B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 21st | |
| 2020–21 | B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 30th | |
| 2022–23 | C | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | To be determined | |
| Total | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 21st |
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| Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andorra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
| Armenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| Azerbaijan | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 15 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| Belarus | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
| Croatia | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 43 | −23 |
| Cyprus | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 29 | −17 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| England | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | −8 |
| Estonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Finland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| France | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Germany | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 25 | −13 |
| Gibraltar* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Iceland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Republic of Ireland | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
| Israel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 25 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Malta | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 24 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| Moldova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Morocco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| North Macedonia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| Norway | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
| Peru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
| Poland | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Portugal | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
| Romania | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 |
| Russia | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| San Marino | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scotland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Serbia and Montenegro[a] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| Slovenia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | −14 |
| Sweden | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
| Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Wales | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 |
| Total | 339 | 133 | 78 | 128 | 470 | 441 | 29 |
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In the period of Czechoslovakia (1918-1939 and 1945-1993), Slovak footballers achieved several major victories as part of as part of the Czechoslovakia nation's team. For instance 16 from the players of the Czechoslovak squad that participated in the final match during UEFA Euro 1976 in Yugoslavia were Slovak. In both the semi-final match against Netherlands in the semi-final and final game in the final against West Germany 9 of the 13 players on the field were Slovak.
The table below shows the most notable international achievements that have been achieved by the Czechoslovak national team, which includes the participation from Slovak footballers.
The following table shows the major international successes of the Czechoslovak national team, with participation of Slovak footballers.
| Competition | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| European Championship | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Martin Dúbravka
Marek Rodák
Dušan Kuciak
Dominik Greif
František Plach
Dominik Holec
Dominik Takáč
Milan Skriniar
Slovakia is a candidate to participate in three important international competitions including for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020. Slovakia was invited for the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after they won the qualifying round, even though they suffered two losses against Slovenia.
Bostjan Cesar has been the highest captained player of Slovenia who played in 101 games from 2003 and the year 2018. Milivoje Novakovic (80 appearances 32 goals) is the highest-capped forward of Slovenia and is the second-highest goalscorer , second only to Zlatko Zahovic. Samir Handanovic is the highest captained goalkeeper in Slovenia.
Slovak
Slovakia / Official language
Slovak is officially recognized as the language spoken in Slovak, which is the official language of Slovak Republic and is part of the West Slavic subgroup of the Indo-European language family. It is written in its Roman script. The majority of people in Slovak Republic (78.6%) speaks it. Slovak Republic (78.6%) is fluent in Slovak as their primary language.
