Slovakia national football team

The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in men's international football competition and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2019 is the reconstructed Tehelné pole in Bratislava. Their head coach is Pavel Hapal. Slovakia is one of the newest national football teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. Slovakia maintains its own national side that competes in all major tournaments since.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Slovakia women's national football team.

Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Sokoli (The Falcons)[1] Repre (The Representatives)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Pavel Hapal
Captain	Marek Hamšík
Most caps	Marek Hamšík (120)
Top scorer	Marek Hamšík (25)
Home stadium	Tehelné pole Štadión Antona Malatinského
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	32 (16 July 2020)[3]
Highest	14 (August 2015)
Lowest	150 (December 1993)
First international
First Slovak Republic (1939–1945):  Slovakia 2–0 Germany  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) Second Slovak Republic (1993–present): Unofficial:  Lithuania 0–1 Slovakia  (Vilnius, Lithuania; 14 October 1992) Official:  United Arab Emirates 0–1 Slovakia  (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 2 February 1994)
Biggest win
Slovakia 7–0 Liechtenstein  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004)  Slovakia 7–0 San Marino  (Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia; 13 October 2007)  Slovakia 7–0 San Marino  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 6 June 2009)
Biggest defeat
Official:  Argentina 6–0 Slovakia  (Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995) Unofficial:  Sweden 6–0 Slovakia  (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 12 January 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2010)
Best result	Round of 16 (2010)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Round of 16 (2016)

Slovakia qualified for two major international tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. Slovakia qualified to the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group, despite two defeats against Slovenia. At the World Cup, Slovakia progressed beyond the group stage after a 3–2 win against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2–1 defeat in the knockout stage against the eventual runners-up Netherlands. It was the first time the national team ever played in a major football competition, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaign since 1996, after a 50-year absence from international football due to representing part of the Czechoslovakia team. The nation did come close to securing a berth at the 2006 finals in Germany, after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing Spain in their qualification 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 aforementioned win over the then title holders Italy at the 2010 World Cup, and a 1–0 win against Russia in September 2010. Despite this success however, the team later dropped down the rankings and a considerable drop in form went with this, as the team failed to qualify for Euro 2012 finishing their group in fourth place. They also only scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but secured a spot in France for Euro 2016 under head coach Ján Kozák which helped the team reach their best ever position of 14th in the FIFA World Rankings.

Slovakia's traditional rival is the Czech Republic which they played twice in the qualification for the 1998 World Cup in 1996 and 1997, winning 2–1 in Bratislava before losing 3–0 in Prague with both teams already eliminated, before playing each other again in 2008 and 2009 in the qualifying 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 also played each other in Euro 2008 qualifying, and they lost 3–1 in Prague and 0–3 in Bratislava.

History

The first 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 independent country. 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 first 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 win over Croatia in Bratislava on 20 April 1994. Slovakia suffered their biggest defeat 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.

Slovakia played in a major championship as an independent team for the first time in Euro 1996 qualifying, but finished in third place in their qualifying group, behind Romania and France, having recorded wins against Poland, Israel and Azerbaijan, twice. In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Slovakia finished fourth in their six-team group with five wins, one draw and four defeats. Their first 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.

Repre before match against Italy at 2010 FIFA World Cup

Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time 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 qualification with a 1–0 away win against Poland.[4] On 24 June 2010, at the tournament proper, Slovakia finished second in the group stage after defeating reigning champions Italy in a game which ESPN dubbed "epic": the game saw three goals being scored after the 80th minute, two by Italy and one by Slovakia, as well as a disallowed goal by Italy flagged offside by "the tightest of decisions". The result led Slovakia to the knockout stage and eliminated Italy, who finished last in the group.[5] The result of this match meant that for the first time in World Cup history, both finalists from the previous tournament had been eliminated from the first round, champion Italy and runner-up France.[6][7]

In the round of 16, Slovakia played the Netherlands in the round of 16, falling behind 2–0 only to score a late goal from the penalty spot by striker Róbert Vittek, the last kick of the game in a 2–1 defeat.[8] Despite elimination, the goal returned Vittek to the top of the goalscoring charts joint top with David Villa until Villa himself later scored against Portugal in Spain's 1–0 win in the same stage of the tournament.

For Euro 2012 qualification, 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 easily 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 defeat against Luxembourg and could only beat group minnows Andorra by one goal. Despite creating better chances, Slovakia earned a goalless draw with Ireland away. Four days later, after creating chances in a goalless 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 entire process. Also, for the first time since the Euro 1996 qualifying process, Slovakia finished a qualifying campaign with a negative goal differential. As a result of this outcome, coach Vladimír Weiss left his job after four full years, being replaced by his assistants Michal Hipp and Stanislav Griga, although both themselves were later replaced due to poor results. By late June, former Czechoslovakia national team footballer Ján Kozák became the head coach and followed-up the unsuccessful qualification campaign with a victory in Bosnia and Herzegovina following by two defeats to Bosnia and Greece.

Celebration of Slovak players after match against Russia at UEFA EURO 2016

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 Kiev. On 9 October 2014, Slovakia beat Spain 2–1 in a shock victory and claimed the first place. Slovakia's 3–1 victory over Belarus confirmed their status as group leaders. Later 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, also in Žilina. The next matches were a 2–0 defeat against Spain, a goalless draw against Ukraine and a shocking 0–1 home defeat against Belarus. The team finished qualification by defeating Luxembourg 4–2 and got the second place, qualifying to their first European Championship.

Slovakia was drawn in Group B of Euro 2016 alongside England, Russia and Wales. Slovakia began their tournament against Wales where Ondrej Duda scored Slovakia's first goal in the history of the European Championship in an eventual 2–1 defeat. 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 stage by world champions Germany with a 3–0 defeat.

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 match ended in a 1–0 defeat to Scotland, who moved up to second place. Slovakia won their final group match 3–0 against Malta, and overtook Scotland after they failed to beat Slovenia, but missed out on a play-off place as the other second teams' results meant Slovakia finished as the worst group runners-up.

Stadiums

City Arena, Trnava

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

The Slovakia national football team currently plays its home matches at the Tehelné pole 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 grass 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, and Tatran Stadion in Prešov.

Stadiums which have hosted Slovakia international football matches:

Slovakia national football team home stadiums
Nr. of matches	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
52	Tehelné pole	22,500	Bratislava	v.  Germany, 27 August 1939 (2–0)	v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2019 (1–1)
28	City Arena	19,200	Trnava	v.  Bulgaria, 24 April 1996 (0–0)	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 (2–0)
21	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,258	Žilina	v.  Greece, 30 April 2003 (2–2)	v.  Iceland, 17 November 2015 (3–1)
9	Pasienky	11,591	Bratislava	v.  Israel, 18 August 1999 (1–0)	v.  Greece, 16 October 2012 (0–1)
4	Všešportový areál	30,312	Košice	v.  Russia, 8 March 1995 (2–1)	v.  Romania, 15 November 1995 (0–2)
2	Štadión pod Zoborom	7,480	Nitra	v.  Belarus, 27 March 1996 (4–0)	v.  Saudi Arabia, 24 May 2000 (1–1)
	Štadión Lokomotívy	9,000	Košice	v.  Finland, 19 August 1998 (0–0)	v.  Azerbaijan, 5 September 1998 (3–0)
	Mestský štadión	5,450	Dubnica nad Váhom	v.  Liechtenstein, 8 September 1999 (2–0)	v.  San Marino, 13 October 2007 (7–0)
1	MOL Aréna	12,700	Dunajská Streda	v.  Lithuania, 30 March 1993 (2–2)
	Futbalový štadión Prievidza	9,000	Prievidza	v.  Slovenia, 16 November 1993 (2–0)
	Štadión na Sihoti	4,500	Trenčín	v.  Moldova, 5 September 2001 (4–2)
	Štadión Tatranu	5,410	Prešov	v.  Uzbekistan, 14 May 2002 (4–1)
	Štadión FC ViOn	3,787	Zlaté Moravce	v.  Iceland, 26 March 2008 (1–2)
	NTC Senec	3,264	Senec	v.  Montenegro, 23 May 2014 (2–0)

Nickname

Traditionally in Slovakia the team is typically referred to as the Repre (short for Reprezentácia – translates into national team). However, in 2016, during the buildup to Slovakia's first appearance at the European Championship, SFZ introduced a new nickname for the team. National team was given the nickname Slovenskí sokoli (Slovak falcons). U15 through to U21 national teams were given the nickname Slovenskí sokolíci (Slovak little falcons). Despite lack of immediate identification with the nickname by the fans, it went into usage during the tournament and the subsequent qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is now often used, especially in the media, along with Repre, which still remains to be preferred in an informal conversation.[9]

Kit

Slovakia kits from 1939 to 1945 era

Slovakia's home kit since the 1993 was blue, but currently Slovakia changed their home kit from blue to white. The team wears either a set of white jerseys, shorts and socks or a set of blue jerseys, shorts and socks. A combination of a blue jersey and white shorts has also been used in some matches. Until recently, the official shirt supplier was Puma, which had signed a long-term 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.

Name	Duration
Le Coq Sportif	1993–1995
Nike	1995–2005
Adidas	2006–2011
Puma	2012–2016
Nike	2016–

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	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		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	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total	Round of 16	1/6	4	1	1	2	5	7		–	64	32	14	18	110	64

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2010	Round 1	New Zealand 1 – 1  Slovakia	Draw	Vittek
	Round 1	Slovakia 0 – 2  Paraguay	Loss
	Round 1	Slovakia 3 – 2  Italy	Win	Vittek (2), Kopúnek
	Round of 16	Netherlands 2 – 1 Slovakia	Loss	Vittek

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Slovakia at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	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		2nd	10	7	1	2	17	8
2020	To be determined									3rd	8	4	1	3	13	11
2024										To be determined
Total	Round of 16	1/6	4	1	1	2	3	6	–	68	32	11	25	107	88

List of UEFA Euro matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2016	Round 1	Wales 2 – 1  Slovakia	Loss	Duda
	Round 1	Russia 1 – 2  Slovakia	Win	Weiss, Hamšík
	Round 1	Slovakia 0 – 0  England	Draw
	Round of 16	Germany 3 – 0  Slovakia	Loss

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018–19	B	1	3rd	4	1	0	3	5	5
2020–21	B	2	To be determined
Total		–	–	4	1	0	3	5	5

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Results	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total	1/7	3	1	0	2	3	6

All-time team record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 19 November 2019 after a match against Azerbaijan.
Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are no longer active. At the time of the match against Gibraltar, it was a member of UEFA, but not FIFA.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	P	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	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1
Azerbaijan	8	7	0	1	19	5	+14
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Belarus	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5
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	7	4	1	2	10	5	+5
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Chile	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
China PR	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	15	2	3	10	18	40	-22
Cyprus	4	3	0	1	14	6	+8
Czech Republic	12	3	2	7	11	24	−13
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	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
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	5	0	4	1	5	6	−1
Israel	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Italy	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
Jordan	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
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	8	7	1	0	21	3	+18
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	2	0	1	2	2	5	−3
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Northern Ireland	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
North Macedonia	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13
Norway	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Peru	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Poland	8	4	1	3	12	13	−1
Portugal	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6
Romania	11	1	5	5	12	20	−8
Russia	9	3	3	3	8	8	0
San Marino	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Scotland	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Slovenia	7	2	2	3	5	6	−1
South Korea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Spain	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9
Sweden	6	0	3	3	2	11	−9
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
Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Total	310	124	69	117	438	407	+31

Results and schedule

Main articles: Slovakia national football team results (2020–present) and Slovakia national football team results

The box below, show the results of all A-level matches played within the last 12 months, and the scheduled matches for the upcoming 12 months.

2019

Slovakia  v  Croatia

6 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Slovakia	0–4	Croatia	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45		Report	Nikola Vlašić  45' Ivan Perišić  47' Bruno Petković  72' Dejan Lovren  89'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,098 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Hungary  v  Slovakia

9 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Hungary	1–2	Slovakia	Budapest, Hungary
20:45	Dominik Szoboszlai  50'	Report	Róbert Mak  40' Róbert Boženík  56'	Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 21,700 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Slovakia  v  Wales

10 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Slovakia	1–1	Wales	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45	Juraj Kucka  53'	Report	Kieffer Moore  25'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 18,071 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Slovakia  v  Paraguay

13 October 2019 International Friendly	Slovakia	1–1	Paraguay	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45	Róbert Boženík  59'	Report	Kaku  85'	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 6,669 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Croatia  v  Slovakia

16 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Croatia	3–1	Slovakia	Rijeka, Croatia
20:45	Nikola Vlašić  56' Bruno Petković  60' Ivan Perišić  74'	Report	Róbert Boženík  32'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 8,212 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Slovakia  v  Azerbaijan

19 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Slovakia	2–0	Azerbaijan	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45	Róbert Boženík  19' Marek Hamšík  86'	Report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 7,825 Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

2020

Slovakia  v  Czech Republic

4 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Slovakia	v	Czech Republic	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45		Report		Stadium: Tehelné pole

Israel  v  Slovakia

7 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Israel	v	Slovakia	Israel
20:45		Report

Slovakia  v  Republic of Ireland

8 October 2020 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Slovakia	v	Republic of Ireland	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45		Report		Stadium: Tehelné pole

Scotland  v  Slovakia

11 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Scotland	v	Slovakia	Scotland
20:45		Report

Slovakia  v  Israel

14 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Slovakia	v	Israel	Slovakia
20:45		Report

Slovakia  v  Scotland

15 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Slovakia	v	Scotland	Slovakia
18:00		Report

Czech Republic  v  Slovakia

18 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Czech Republic	v	Slovakia	Czech Republic
20:45		Report

Performance in recent major competitions

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

{{2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F table|show_matches=yes}}

2018–19 UEFA Nations League B

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion[lower-alpha 1]
1	Ukraine	4	3	0	1	5	5	0	9	Promotion to League A		—	1–0	1–0
2	Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6			1–2	—	1–0
3	Slovakia	4	1	0	3	5	5	0	3			4–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.

2020 UEFA Euro qualifying

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	8	5	2	1	17	7	+10	17	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–1
2	Wales	8	4	2	2	10	6	+4	14			1–1	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
3	Slovakia	8	4	1	3	13	11	+2	13			0–4	1–1	—	2–0	2–0
4	Hungary	8	4	0	4	8	11	−3	12			2–1	1–0	1–2	—	1–0
5	Azerbaijan	8	0	1	7	5	18	−13	1			1–1	0–2	1–5	1–3	—

Source: UEFA

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for a double qualifying fixture against  Croatia (16 November 2019) and  Azerbaijan (19 November 2019).[10]

Although László Bénes was initially called-up, he did not travel to the pre-match camp, due to an injury and was replaced by Nikolas Špalek, who got the chance to achieve his premier cap.[11] After a match against Croatia, Dominik Holec was called up to join the squad, as Dominik Greif was not in ideal health condition, preventing him from partaking in full-on training sessions.[12]

Caps and fixtures correct as of 19 November 2019, after a match against Azerbaijan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Martin Dúbravka ^INJ	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989	24	0	Newcastle United
	1GK	Dominik Greif	(1997-04-06) 6 April 1997	2	0	Slovan Bratislava
	1GK	Dominik Holec	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994	0	0	Sparta Prague
	1GK	Marek Rodák	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996	0	0	Fulham
	2DF	Peter Pekarík	(1986-10-30) 30 October 1986	91	2	Hertha Berlin
	2DF	Milan Škriniar	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995	31	0	Internazionale
	2DF	Norbert Gyömbér	(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992	23	0	Perugia
	2DF	Dávid Hancko	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997	12	1	Sparta Prague
	2DF	Denis Vavro	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996	9	1	Lazio
	2DF	Ľubomír Šatka	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995	9	0	Lech Poznań
	2DF	Martin Valjent	(1995-12-11) 11 December 1995	3	0	Mallorca
	3MF	Marek Hamšík (captain)	(1987-07-27) 27 July 1987	120	25	Dalian Professional
	3MF	Juraj Kucka	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987	72	9	Parma
	3MF	Róbert Mak	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991	58	12	Unattached
	3MF	Ondrej Duda	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994	35	5	Hertha Berlin
	3MF	Ján Greguš	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991	26	3	Minnesota United
	3MF	Patrik Hrošovský	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992	25	0	Genk
	3MF	Albert Rusnák	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994	24	5	Real Salt Lake
	3MF	Stanislav Lobotka	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994	22	3	Napoli
	3MF	Matúš Bero	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995	11	0	Vitesse
	3MF	Lukáš Haraslín	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996	8	1	Sassuolo
	3MF	Nikolas Špalek	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997	0	0	Brescia
	4FW	Michal Ďuriš	(1988-06-01) 1 June 1988	47	5	Omonia Nicosia
	4FW	Róbert Boženík	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999	8	4	Feyenoord
	4FW	Samuel Mráz	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997	3	1	Zagłębie Lubin

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Dušan Kuciak	(1985-05-21) 21 May 1985	10	0	Lechia Gdańsk	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
GK	Matúš Putnocký	(1984-11-01) 1 November 1984	0	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
GK	Matúš Kozáčik ^RET	(1983-12-27) 27 December 1983	29	0	Retired	v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2019
DF	Róbert Mazáň	(1994-02-09) 9 February 1994	8	0	Unattached	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
DF	Branislav Niňaj	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994	2	0	Fortuna Sittard	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
DF	Boris Sekulić	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991	2	0	Chicago Fire	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
DF	Michal Sipľak	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996	0	0	Cracovia	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
DF	Martin Škrtel ^RET	(1984-12-15) 15 December 1984	104	6	Unattached	v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2019
DF	Tomáš Hubočan ^RET	(1985-09-17) 17 September 1985	65	0	Omonia Nicosia	v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2019
DF	Lukáš Štetina	(1991-07-28) 28 July 1991	3	1	Sparta Prague	v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2019 ^ALT
DF	Kristián Koštrna	(1993-12-15) 15 December 1993	0	0	Unattached	v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2019 ^ALT
MF	László Bénes ^INJ	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997	3	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019
MF	Miroslav Stoch	(1989-10-19) 19 October 1989	60	6	PAOK	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
MF	Roman Procházka	(1989-03-14) 14 March 1989	3	0	Górnik Zabrze	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
MF	Jakub Považanec	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991	0	0	Jablonec	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
MF	Jaroslav Mihalík	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994	6	1	Lechia Gdańsk	v.  Hungary, 9 September 2019 ^ALT
MF	Róbert Pich	(1988-11-12) 12 November 1988	0	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v.  Hungary, 9 September 2019 ^ALT
FW	Pavol Šafranko	(1994-11-16) 16 November 1994	6	0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
FW	Erik Pačinda	(1989-05-09) 9 May 1989	4	1	Spartak Trnava	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2019 ^ALT
FW	Adam Nemec ^RET	(1985-09-02) 2 September 1985	43	13	Pafos	v.  Paraguay, 13 October 2019

• ^INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or illness.
• ^ALT Alternate - replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability
• ^RET Retired from international football

Coaching staff

As of 6 November 2018

Head coach	Pavel Hapal
Assistant Coach	Oto Brunegraf
Goalkeeping Coach	Miroslav König, Miroslav Seman
Fitness Coach	Peter Boďo
Doctor	Zsolt Fegyveres, Ivan Štefanov
Masseur	Juraj Ludik
Physiotherapist	Marián Drinka, Martin Nozdrovický
Videoanalyst	Michal Slyško
Custodians	Marek Košáň, Patrik Fedor
Technical manager	Jakub Kojnok

Records

Players in bold are still active.

As of 19 November 2019

Most capped players

Miroslav Karhan

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Marek Hamšík	2007–	120	25
2.	Miroslav Karhan	1995–2011	107	14
3.	Martin Škrtel	2004–2019	104	6
4.	Ján Ďurica	2004–2017	91	4
	Peter Pekarík	2006–	91	2
5.	Róbert Vittek	2001–2016	82	23
6.	Juraj Kucka	2008–	72	9
7.	Stanislav Šesták	2004–2016	66	13
	Vladimír Weiss	2009–2018	66	7
8.	Filip Hološko	2005–2015	65	8
	Tomáš Hubočan	2006–2019	65	0
9.	Miroslav Stoch	2005–	60	6
10.	Radoslav Zabavník	2003–2012	59	1

Top goalscorers

Marek Hamšík # Player Career Goals Caps Goals per match 1. Marek Hamšík 2007– 25 120 0.21 2. Róbert Vittek 2001–2016 23 82 0.28 3. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 22 59 0.37 4. Marek Mintál 2002–2009 14 45 0.31 Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 14 107 0.13 5. Adam Nemec 2006–2019 13 43 0.30 Stanislav Šesták 2004–2016 13 66 0.20 6. Peter Dubovský 1994–2000 12 33 0.36 Róbert Mak 2013– 12 58 0.21 7. Ľubomír Reiter 2001–2005 9 28 0.32 Tibor Jančula 1995–2001 9 29 0.31 Martin Jakubko 2004–2015 9 41 0.22 Juraj Kucka 2008– 9 72 0.13 8. Filip Hološko 2005–2015 8 65 0.12 9. Filip Šebo 2006–2012 7 15 0.47 Jaroslav Timko 1994–1997 7 18 0.39 Ľubomír Moravčík 1994–2000 7 38 0.18 Dušan Tittel 1994–2000 7 44 0.16 Vladimír Weiss 2009–2018 7 66 0.11 10. Július Šimon 1995–1997 6 23 0.26 Miroslav Stoch 2009– 6 60 0.10 Martin Škrtel 2004–2019 6 104 0.06

Managers

1939–1944

Name	Years	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PG
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 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
Totals		16	3	2	11	23	44	−21	0.69

1993–present

As of 19 November 2019

Name	Dates	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PG
Jozef Vengloš	6 Apr 1993 – 15 Jun 1995	16	5	4	7	21	30	−9	1.19
Jozef Jankech	4 Jul 1995 – 23 Oct 1998	34	18	6	10	51	33	+18	1.76
Dušan Radolský[13]	10 Nov 1998	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Dušan Galis	1. 1. 1999 – 23. 2. 1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jozef Adamec	26 Feb 1999 – 30 Nov 2001	34	13	11	10	38	31	+7	1.47
Anton Dragúň[14]	17 Nov 1999 – 25 Nov 2001	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	0.25
Stanislav Griga[15]	21 Jun 2001 – 25 Jun 2001	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	1.00
Ladislav Jurkemik	1 Feb 2002 – 31 Dec 2003	19	6	5	8	27	26	+1	1.21
Dušan Galis	1 Jan 2004 – 12 Oct 2006	31	12	12	7	53	36	+17	1.55
Ján Kocian	2 Nov 2006 – 30 Jun 2008	17	3	5	9	30	28	+2	0.82
Vladimír Weiss	7 Jul 2008 – 31 Jan 2012	40	16	8	16	56	53	+3	1.40
Michal Hipp[16]	1 Jan 2012 – 29 Feb 2012	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3.00
Stanislav Griga Michal Hipp	26 Apr 2012 – 13 Jun 2013	12	3	4	5	11	14	−3	0.92
Ján Kozák	2 Jul 2013 – 14 Oct 2018	56	29	10	17	81	57	+24	1.73
Štefan Tarkovič[17]	15 Oct 2018 – 21 Oct 2018	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.00
Pavel Hapal	22 Oct 2018 –	12	6	2	4	23	15	+8	1.67
Totals		280	113	68	99	394	337	+57	1.45

Honours

Major tournaments

• FIFA World Cup
  • Appearances (1): 2010
• UEFA European Championship
  • Appearances (1): 2016
• Football at the Summer Olympics
  • Appearances (1): 2000

Minor titles

• King's Cup
  • Winners (2): 2004, 2018
• Kirin Cup
  • Winners (1): 2000[18]
  • Third-place (2): 2002,[19] 2004[20]
• Shanghai International Football Tournament
  • Runner-up (1): 1992[21]
• Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso
  • Runner up (1): 2000[22]
• Cyprus International Football Tournaments
  • Third place (2): 1998,[23] 2003[24]
• Friendship Tournament (UAE)
  • Third place (1): 1994[25]

Recognitions

• FIFA Best Mover of the Year
  • Runner-up (1): 2014[26]
• Slovak Sportsperson of the Year - Team Award
  • Winners (4): 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015
  • Runner-up (1): 2016

Czechoslovakia

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 squad playing 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 table shows the major international successes of the Czechoslovak national team, with participation of Slovak footballers.

• FIFA World Cup:
  • Runners-up (2): 1934, 1962[27]
• UEFA European Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1976[27]
  • Third place (2): 1960, 1980

Competition				Total
World Cup	0	2	0	2
European Championship	1	0	2	3
Total	1	2	2	5

See also

• Slovakia national under-21 football team
• Slovakia national under-19 football team
• Slovakia national under-18 football team
• Slovakia national under-17 football team
• Slovakia national under-16 football team
• Slovakia national under-15 football team

References

1. "SLOVENSKÍ SOKOLI". futbalsfz.sk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
2. "Prezývka slovenských reprezentantov? Suchá". aktualne.sk. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
3. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. "Thrilling win in the snow". ESPN. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
5. "Champions dumped out". ESPN. 24 June 2010.
6. "Italy eliminated from World Cup in 1st round". AP. 24 June 2010.
7. "Italy and France make unwanted history". AFP. 24 June 2010.
8. "Robben rocks Slovakia". ESPN Soccernet. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
9. "Fanúšikov pobúril symbol reprezentantov: Sokoli? Skôr lacná napodobenina a plagiát!".
10. a.s, Petit Press. "Hapal nominoval na Chorvátsko a Azerbajdžan až 24 hráčov". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
11. "Hapal proti Chorvátom s vynútenou zmenou: Môžeme prekvapiť". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
12. "Hapal po príchode z Chorvátska povolal do reprezentácie nového hráča | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
13. managed the team against Poland at 10 November 1998 on a caretaker basis
14. As Assistant coach he managed the team during the tour of Central and South America
15. Led the team during 2001 Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
16. managed the team against Turkey on 29 February 2012 on a caretaker basis
17. managed the team against Sweden on 16 October 2018 on a caretaker basis
18. "Kirin Cup 2000". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
19. "Kirin Cup 2002". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
20. "Kirin Cup 2004". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
21. "Shanghai - International Tournaments". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
22. "Chile - Ciudad de Valparaíso Tournament 2000". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
23. "Cyprus International Tournament 1998". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
24. "Cyprus International Tournament 2003". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
25. "Friendly Tournaments (UAE) 1994-2004". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
26. "Belgium and Turkey claim awards, Hungary return". fifa.com. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
27. "Czech Republic – Association Information". FIFA.com. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

External links

• Slovak Football Association official website
• Profile at FIFA official website
• Profile at UEFA official website
• RSSSF archive of results 1939–2009
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers