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The Slovakia national football team ( Slovak : Slovenská futbalová reprezentácia ) represents Slovakia in men ‘s external football contest and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association ( SFZ ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia ‘s dwelling stadium from 2019 is the reconstruct Tehelné pole in Bratislava. Their point coach is Štefan Tarkovič. Slovakia is one of the newest national football teams in the populace, having separate from the Czechoslovakia home team after the profligacy of the unify express in 1993. Slovakia maintains its own national side that competes in all major tournaments since.
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Slovakia has qualified for three major international tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, and UEFA Euro 2020. Slovakia qualified to the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their stipulate group, despite two defeats against Slovenia. At the World Cup, Slovakia progressed beyond the group stage after a 3–2 winnings against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2–1 frustration in the smasher stage against the eventual runner-up Netherlands. It was the beginning time the national team ever played in a major football contest, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying crusade since 1998 and every UEFA european Championship qualifying campaign since 1996, after a 50-year absence from international football due to representing function of the Czechoslovakia team. The nation did come airless to securing a moor at the 2006 finals in Germany, after finishing irregular in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing Spain in their reservation play-off, in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate ( 1–5, 1–1 ). The national team have achieved some noteworthy results such as the aforesaid win over the then championship holders Italy at the 2010 World Cup, and a 1–0 gain against Russia in September 2010. Despite this success however, the team late dropped down the rankings and a considerable neglect in human body went with this, as the team failed to qualify for Euro 2012 finishing their group in fourthly place. They besides entirely scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but secured a position in France for Euro 2016 under head coach Ján Kozák, which helped the team reach their best always put of 14th in the FIFA World Rankings. Slovakia ‘s traditional equal is the Czech Republic which they played doubly in the reservation for the 1998 World Cup in 1997, winning 2–1 in Bratislava before losing 3–0 in prague with both teams already eliminated, before playing each early again in 2008 and 2009 in the qualify round for the 2010 World Cup. In these two meetings, the teams drew 2–2 in Bratislava with the Slovaks winning 2–1 in Prague. But before that, they besides played each other in Euro 2008 qualify, and they lost 3–1 in Prague and 3–0 in Bratislava .
history [edit ]
The first gear official match of the first Slovak Republic ( 1939–1945 ) was played in Bratislava against Germany on 27 August 1939, and ended in a 2–0 victory for Slovakia. After the second World War, the national football team was subsumed into the team of Czechoslovakia, and for over 50 years Slovakia played no matches as an freelancer area. During this period, they contributed several key players to the Czechoslovak team, including the majority of the team that won the UEFA Euro 1976 ( 8 of the 11 players who defeated West Germany in the final were Slovak ) .
Former Slovakia national team before 1945 Slovakia ‘s foremost official international after regaining independence was a 1–0 victory in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates on 2 February 1994. Their match back on Slovak soil was the 4–1 winnings over Croatia in Bratislava on 20 April 1994. Slovakia suffered their biggest get the better of since independence ( 6–0 ) on 22 June 1995, in Mendoza, against Argentina. Their biggest wins ( 7–0 ) have come against Liechtenstein in 2004 and San Marino ( twice ) in 2007 and 2009. Slovakia attempted qualifying for a major backing as an independent team for the first gear meter in Euro 1996 modify, but finished in third place in their passing group, behind Romania and France, recording wins against Poland, Israel and Azerbaijan, doubly. In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Slovakia finished fourth in their six-team group with five wins, one pull and four defeats. Their beginning four games in this were all wins, with one of these against their czech neighbors, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date of number 17 .
Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first fourth dimension as an independent nation after finishing in first in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland and Poland. On 14 October 2009, they clinched reservation with a 1–0 away acquire against Poland. [ 5 ] On 24 June 2010, at the tournament proper, Slovakia finished second in the group phase after defeating reigning champions Italy in a game which ESPN dubbed “ epic poem ” : the game saw three goals being scored after the eightieth minute, two by Italy and one by Slovakia, angstrom well as a forbid goal by Italy flagged offside by “ the rigorous of decisions ”. The consequence led Slovakia to the smasher stagecoach and eliminated Italy, who finished last in the group. [ 6 ] The leave of this match meant that for the foremost clock in World Cup history, both finalists from the previous tournament had been eliminated from the inaugural round, champion Italy and runner-up France. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In the round of 16, Slovakia played the Netherlands in the rung of 16, falling behind 2–0 merely to score a late goal from the penalty spot by striker Róbert Vittek, the death kick of the bet on in a 2–1 kill. [ 9 ] Despite elimination, the goal returned Vittek to the top of the goalscoring charts joint top with David Villa until Villa himself late scored against Portugal in Spain ‘s 1–0 gain in the same stage of the tournament. For Euro 2012 reservation, Slovakia was drawn against Russia, the Republic of Ireland, Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra. The good campaign in South Africa boosted team performance ahead of the qualifiers, which started in September with two 1–0 wins against Macedonia in Štadión Pasienky and Russia away. In October, however, they were well beaten in Armenia ( 3–1 ) and drew 1–1 against the Republic of Ireland at home. In February 2011, the team was stunned in a 2–1 friendly frustration against Luxembourg and could only beat group minnows Andorra by one goal. Despite creating better chances, Slovakia earned a scoreless pull with Ireland away. Four days late, after creating chances in a scoreless first half, Slovakia conceded four goals to Armenia in a match that eliminated the team. In the final two group matches, Slovakia was beaten at home by Russia ( 1–0 ) and drew 1–1 in Macedonia, finishing in a mediocre fourth-place position and scoring only seven goals in the stallion serve. besides, for the first time since the Euro 1996 qualifying process, Slovakia finished a qualifying political campaign with a negative goal differential. As a result of this consequence, passenger car Vladimír Weiss left his job after four broad years, being replaced by his assistants Michal Hipp and Stanislav Griga, although both themselves were belated replaced due to poor results. By late June, former Czechoslovakia home team football player Ján Kozák became the head coach and followed-up the abortive reservation campaign with a victory in Bosnia and Herzegovina followed by two defeats to Bosnia and Greece .
For Euro 2016 qualification, Slovakia was drawn against Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Slovakia began the qualifying campaign with a 1–0 victory against Ukraine in Kyiv. On 9 October 2014, Slovakia beat Spain 2–1 in a shock victory and claimed the foremost home. Slovakia ‘s 3–1 victory over Belarus confirmed their condition as group leaders. late on, they won 2–0 against Macedonia in the Philip II Arena, beat Luxembourg with a score of 3–0 in Žilina, and beat Macedonia 2–1 on 14 June 2015, besides in Žilina. The next matches were a 2–0 frustration against Spain, a scoreless draw against Ukraine and a shocking 0–1 base defeat against Belarus. The team finished qualification by defeating Luxembourg 4–2 and got the second seat, qualifying to their first european Championship. Slovakia was drawn in Group B of Euro 2016 aboard England, Russia and Wales. Slovakia began their tournament against Wales where Ondrej Duda scored Slovakia ‘s foremost goal in the history of the European Championship in an eventual 2–1 frustration. Slovakia then defeated Russia 2–1 with goals from Vladimír Weiss III and Marek Hamšík, then drew 0–0 against England to advance to the round of 16 as one of the tournament ‘s best third-placed teams. They were eliminated at this stagecoach by world champions Germany with a 3–0 get the better of. During the qualification campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Slovakia was drawn in UEFA Group F. They were third in the group after the penultimate pit ended in a 1–0 get the better of to Scotland, who moved up to second station. Slovakia won their final group match 3–0 against Malta, and pass Scotland after they failed to beat Slovenia, but missed out on a play-off rate as the other second teams ‘ results meant Slovakia finished as the worst group runner-up. Slovakia struggled to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020, entirely reached the tournament after a unmanageable away win over Northern Ireland. Being drawn with Spain, Sweden and Poland in group E, it was thought the Slovaks would be the breadbasket for the remaining teams, but they surprised by a triumphant opening against Poland 2–1. subsequently, however, Slovakia would be broken down by Sweden 0–1 before getting wholly thrashed by Spain 0–5, therefore finished one-third, but with the worst finish difference due to scoring own goals as a result of their black performance, Slovakia was eliminated from the group stage for the first clock always .
Stadiums [edit ]
The Slovakia national football team presently plays its home matches at the Tehelné perch in Bratislava and the Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava. Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina was used from 2003 to 2015, but will not be used in the future because of the artificial eatage installed in 2016. In the past, home games have occasionally been played at other venues as Všešportový areál and Štadión Lokomotívy in Košice, Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra, Mestský štadión in Dubnica nad Váhom, and Tatran Stadion in Prešov. Stadiums which have hosted Slovakia external football matches :
Tehelné Pole
Anton Malatinsky Stadium
Pod Dubňom
team image [edit ]
dub [edit ]
traditionally in Slovakia the team is typically referred to as the Repre ( shortstop for Reprezentácia – translates into national team ). however, in 2016, during the buildup to Slovakia ‘s beginning appearance at the European Championship, SFZ introduced a raw nickname for the team. National team was given the dub Slovenskí sokoli ( Slovak falcons ). U15 through to U21 national teams were given the nickname Slovenskí sokolíci ( Slovak little falcons ). Despite miss of contiguous identification with the dub by the fans, it went into usage during the tournament and the subsequent qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is now much used, particularly in the media, along with Repre, which inactive remains to be preferred in an informal conversation. [ 10 ]
Kit [edit ]
Slovakia kits from 1939 to 1945 era Slovakia ‘s home kit since 1993 was blue, but Slovakia changed their home kit from blue to white, which lasted until 2020, when Slovakia changed its home plate kit out to blue once again. The team wears either a fix of white jerseys, shorts and socks or a set of blue jerseys, shorts and socks. A combination of a blue new jersey and white shorts has besides been used in some matches. Until recently, the official shirt supplier was Puma, which had signed a long-run agreement with the Slovak Association until 2026, but in 2016 the Association announced the contract had been terminated and that the national team would be supplied by Nike, which had previously supplied the team from 1995 to 2005. [ citation needed ]
competitive criminal record [edit ]
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
FIFA World Cup record
qualification record
Year
Result
Position
Squad
Position
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
Total
Round of 16
1/6
4
1
1
2
5
7
–
–
74
35
19
20
127
74
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
stream edition [edit ]
UEFA
Rules for classification: reference : FIFA Rules for classification : Tiebreakers
UEFA european championship [edit ]
UEFA european Championship
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record
qualification record
Year
Result
Position
Squad
Position
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
Szczęsny (o.g.), Škriniar
Sweden
0–1
–
Spain
0–5
–
previous version [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
SWE
ESP
SVK
POL
1
Sweden
3
2
1
0
4
2
+2
7
Advance to knockout phase
—
2
Spain ( H )
3
1
2
0
6
1
+5
5
—
3
Slovakia
3
1
0
2
2
7
−5
3
—
4
Poland
3
0
1
2
4
6
−2
1
—
( H ) Host reservoir : UEFA host
UEFA Nations League [edit ]
UEFA Nations League record
Season
Division
Group
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
To be determined
Total
10
2
1
7
10
15
21st
current edition [edit ]
Results and schedule [edit ]
Below shows the results of all A-level external matches played within the last 12 months, adenine well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Win Draw Loss
2021 [edit ]
tete-a-tete record [edit ]
The following table shows Slovakia ‘s all-time international read, correct as of 14 November 2021 after a match against Malta. At the time of the pit against Gibraltar, it was a member of UEFA, but not FIFA. record with defunct teams is marked in italics. cocksure Record Neutral Record Negative Record
- ^
FR Yugoslavia Includes matches against
Players [edit ]
current squad [edit ]
The keep up players were called up for two World Cup qualifying fixtures against 
Slovenia ( 11 November 2021 ), 
Malta ( 14 November 2021 ). [ 11 ] Caps and fixtures correct as of 14 November 2021, after the match against Malta.
recent call-ups [edit ]
The following players have besides been recognised in national team nominations within the final twelve months .
- INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or an illness.
- ALT Alternate – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability
- RET Retired from international football
musician records [edit ]
- As of 14 November 2021
- Players in bold are still active with Slovakia.
Most appearances [edit ]
crown goalscorers [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
- As of 23 June 2020
Coaching history [edit ]
1939–1944
Name
Period
Vojtech Závodský
1939
1
1
0
0
2
0
+1
3.00
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 Čambal
1941–1942
2
0
0
2
1
6
−5
0.00
Ferdinand Daučík
1942–1944
7
1
1
5
10
24
−14
0.19
Total
16
3
2
11
23
44
−21
0.69
1993–present
Honours [edit ]
major tournaments [edit ]
minor titles [edit ]
Recognitions [edit ]
Czechoslovakia [edit ]
As a part of Czechoslovakia ( 1918–1939 and 1945–1993 ), Slovak footballers achieved multiple major successful campaigns with the Czechoslovakia national team. notably, for example, 16 of the 22 players on the Czechoslovak team play in the final tournament of UEFA Euro 1976 in Yugoslavia were Slovak. In both the semi-final against Netherlands and the final match against West Germany 9 of the 13 fielded players were Slovak. The following board shows the major external successes of the Czechoslovak national team, with participation of Slovak footballers .
Competition
Total
World Cup
0
2
0
2
European Championship
1
0
2
3
Total
1
2
2
5
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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