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Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Sokoli (The Falcons)[1] Repre (The Representatives)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Francesco Calzona
Captain	Milan Škriniar
Most caps	Marek Hamšík (136)
Top scorer	Marek Hamšík (26)
Home stadium	Tehelné pole Štadión Antona Malatinského
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	55 4 (6 October 2022)[3]
Highest	14 (August 2015)
Lowest	150 (December 1993)
First international
(1939–1945):  Slovakia 2–0 Germany  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) (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
Argentina 6–0 Slovakia  (Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995)  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	2 (first in 2016)
Best result	Round of 16 (2016)

The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenská futbalová reprezentácia) 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. 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.

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 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 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 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 3–0 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).

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 first match on Slovak soil was a 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 and 2009.

Slovakia attempted qualifying for 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, recording 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, one of them against their Czech neighbors, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date, 17th.

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 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 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.

Slovakia struggled to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020, only reached the tournament after a difficult 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 victorious opening against Poland 2–1. Subsequently, however, Slovakia would be broken down by Sweden 0–1 before getting totally thrashed by Spain 0–5, thus finished third, but with the worst goal difference due to scoring own goals as a result of their disastrous performance. Slovakia was eliminated from the group stage for the first time ever.

Stadiums

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 nad Váhom, 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
56	Tehelné pole	22,500	Bratislava	v.  Germany (2–0) 27 August 1939	v.  Chile (0–0) 20 November 2022
36	City Arena – Štadión Antona Malatinského	19,200	Trnava	v.  Bulgaria (0–0) 24 April 1996	v.  Azerbaijan (1–2) 22 September 2022
21	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,258	Žilina	v.  Greece (2–2) 30 April 2003	v.  Iceland (3–1) 17 November 2015
9	Pasienky	11,591	Bratislava	v.  Israel (1–0) 18 August 1999	v.  Greece (0–1) 16 October 2012
4	Všešportový areál	30,312	Košice	v.  Russia (2–1) 8 March 1995	v.  Romania (0–2) 15 November 1995
2	Štadión pod Zoborom	7,480	Nitra	v.  Belarus (4–0) 27 March 1996	v.  Saudi Arabia (1–1) 24 May 2000
	Štadión Lokomotívy	9,000	Košice	v.  Finland (0–0) 19 August 1998	v.  Azerbaijan (3–0) 5 September 1998
	Mestský štadión	5,450	Dubnica nad Váhom	v.  Liechtenstein (2–0) 8 September 1999	v.  San Marino (7–0) 13 October 2007
1	MOL Aréna	12,700	Dunajská Streda	v.  Lithuania (2–2) 30 March 1993
	Futbalový štadión Prievidza	9,000	Prievidza	v.  Slovenia (2–0) 16 November 1993
	Štadión na Sihoti	4,500	Trenčín	v.  Moldova (4–2) 5 September 2001
	Štadión Tatranu	5,410	Prešov	v.  Uzbekistan (4–1) 14 May 2002
	ViOn Aréna	3,787	Zlaté Moravce	v.  Iceland (1–2) 26 March 2008
	NTC Senec	3,264	Senec	v.  Montenegro (2–0) 23 May 2014

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  Tehelné Pole
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  Štadión Antona Malatinského
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  Pod Dubňom

Team image

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'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 kit to blue once again. 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.^{[citation needed]}

Supplier	Period
Le Coq Sportif	1993–1995
Nike	1995–2005
Adidas	2006–2011
Puma	2012–2016
Nike	2016–

Results and fixtures

Below shows the results of all A-level international matches played within the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022

2023

Coaching staff

As of 12 September 2022[11]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Francesco Calzona
Assistant coach	Gianluca Segarelli
Goalkeeping coach	Matúš Kozáčik
Technical director	Giovanni Paolo de Matteis
Team director	Róbert Tomaschek
Fitness coach	Alessandro Bulfoni Martin Rusňák
Translator	Pavol Farkaš
Doctors	Ján Baťalík Vladimír Pener
Masseur	Mário Prelovský
Physiotherapists	Marián Drinka Peter Hečko Martin Nozdrovický
Videoanalyst	Marco Brini
Custodians	Ján Beniak Marek Košáň

Coaching history

1939–1944

Name	Period	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
Total		16	3	2	11	23	44	−21	0.69

1993–present

Name	Period	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PG
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[12]	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[13]	17 November 1999 – 25 November 2001	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	0.25
Stanislav Griga[14]	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[15]	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 Tarkovič[16]	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[17]	14 October 2020	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0.00
Štefan Tarkovič	20 October 2020 – 7 June 2022	22	8	7	7	26	24	+2	1.41
Samuel Slovák[18]	8 June 2022 – 13 June 2022	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	1.50
Francesco Calzona	30 August 2022 – ongoing	4	0	3	1	4	5	-1	0.75
Total		313	122	80	111	430	376	+54	1.42

Players

Current squad

The following players 27 players were called up for two friendly fixtures against Montenegro (17 November 2022) and Chile (20 November 2022).[19] Shortly after the announcement Francesco Calzona had to replace Michal Tomič with Matúš Rusnák as club's were not required to release the players for international duties during this November international session.[20]
Caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2022, after the match against Chile.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Martin Dúbravka (vice-captain)	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 33)	32	0	Manchester United
	1GK	Marek Rodák	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 25)	19	0	Fulham
	1GK	Henrich Ravas	(1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Widzew Łódź
	2DF	Peter Pekarík (3rd captain)	(1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 36)	115	2	Hertha BSC
	2DF	Milan Škriniar (captain)	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 27)	58	3	Internazionale
	2DF	Ľubomír Šatka	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 26)	31	0	Lech Poznań
	2DF	Dávid Hancko	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 24)	26	2	Feyenoord
	2DF	Vernon De Marco	(1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 30)	6	1	Slovan Bratislava
	2DF	Kristián Vallo	(1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Wisła Płock
	2DF	Adam Obert	(2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Cagliari
	2DF	Tomáš Nemčík	(2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Žilina
	2DF	Matúš Rusnák	(1999-12-19) 19 December 1999 (age 22)	0	0	Žilina
	3MF	Marek HamšíkRET	(1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 35)	136	26	Trabzonspor
	3MF	Juraj Kucka	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 35)	95	11	Slovan Bratislava
	3MF	Ondrej Duda	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 27)	61	10	1. FC Köln
	3MF	Patrik Hrošovský	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 30)	47	0	Genk
	3MF	Stanislav Lobotka	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 27)	43	3	Napoli
	3MF	Matúš Bero	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 27)	25	1	Vitesse
	3MF	László Bénes	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 25)	11	1	Hamburger SV
	3MF	Peter Pokorný	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 21)	0	0	MOL Fehérvár
	4FW	Róbert Boženík	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 23)	29	5	Boavista Porto
	4FW	David Strelec	(2001-04-04) 4 April 2001 (age 21)	16	2	Spezia
	4FW	Tomáš Suslov	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 20)	16	1	Groningen
	4FW	Adam Zreľák	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 28)	8	3	Warta Poznań
	4FW	Martin Regáli	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 29)	4	0	Ružomberok
	4FW	Dávid Ďuriš	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Žilina
	4FW	Adrián Kaprálik	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Žilina

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been recognised in national team nominations within the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	František Plach	(1992-03-08) 8 March 1992 (age 30)	1	0	Piast Gliwice	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
GK	Dominik Takáč	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Spartak Trnava	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
GK	Dominik Holec	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Sparta Prague	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
GK	Richard Ludha	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
GK	Dávid Šípoš	(1998-08-14) 14 August 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
GK	Ľubomír Belko	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Žilina	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
GK	Ivan Krajčírik	(2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Ružomberok	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
DF	Michal Tomič	(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Slovácko	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022
DF	Denis Vavro	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 26)	12	1	Copenhagen	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
DF	Šimon Mičuda	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 18)	0	0	AS Trenčín	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
DF	Adam Kopas	(1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Žilina	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
DF	Matej Madleňák	(1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Ružomberok	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
DF	Branislav Sluka	(1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Dynamo České Budějovice	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
DF	Alexander Mojžiš	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Ružomberok	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
DF	David Hrnčár	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 24)	0	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
DF	Norbert Gyömbér	(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 30)	30	0	Salernitana	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
DF	Martin Valjent	(1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 26)	13	0	Mallorca	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
DF	Martin Koscelník	(1995-03-02) 2 March 1995 (age 27)	14	1	Rapid Vienna	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022
DF	Juraj Chvátal	(1996-07-13) 13 July 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Sigma Olomouc	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022
DF	Ivan Mesík	(2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Odd	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022
DF	Jakub Holúbek	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 31)	9	0	Piast Gliwice	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
DF	Lukáš Pauschek	(1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 29)	6	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
DF	Boris Sekulić	(1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 31)	4	0	unattached	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
DF	Michal Sipľak	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Cracovia	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
DF	Kristián Koštrna	(1993-12-15) 15 December 1993 (age 28)	0	0	Spartak Trnava	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
DF	Tomáš Huk	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 27)	2	0	Piast Gliwice	v.  Finland, 29 March 2022ALT
MF	Vladimír Weiss	(1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 32)	77	8	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Jakub Hromada	(1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 26)	5	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Christián Herc	(1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Grasshoppers Zürich	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Artur Gajdoš	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 18)	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Mikuláš Bakaľa	(2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 18)	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Samuel Lavrinčík	(2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 21)	0	0	AS Trenčín	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Samuel Ďatko	(2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Patrik Myslovič	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Žilina	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Martin Bukata	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Spartak Trnava	v.  Chile, 20 November 2022ALT
MF	Miroslav KáčerINJ	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 26)	2	0	DAC Dunajská Streda	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
MF	Jakub Kadák	(2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Luzern	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
MF	Ján Greguš	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 31)	36	4	San Jose Earthquakes	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
MF	Erik Sabo	(1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 30)	18	0	Anorthosis Famagusta	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
MF	Ján Bernát	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Westerlo	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
MF	Jakub Grič	(1996-07-05) 5 July 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Dynamo České Budějovice	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
MF	Róbert Pich	(1988-11-12) 12 November 1988 (age 34)	0	0	Legia Warsaw	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
MF	Július Szöke	(1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Aris Limassol	v.  Finland, 29 March 2022ALT
MF	Jakub Považanec	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 31)	0	0	Jablonec	v.  Finland, 29 March 2022ALT
FW	Albert Rusnák	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 28)	38	7	Seattle Sounders	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
FW	Dominik Veselovský	(2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 20)	0	0	DAC Dunajská Streda	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022ALT
FW	Lukáš Haraslín	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 26)	27	2	Sparta Prague	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022
FW	Erik Jirka	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 25)	9	2	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022
FW	Samuel Mráz	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 25)	5	1	Mirandés	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022
FW	Ivan SchranzINJ	(1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 29)	16	3	Slavia Prague	v.  Belarus, 25 September 2022
FW	Ladislav AlmásiINJ	(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 (age 23)	9	0	Baník Ostrava	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022
FW	Róbert Mak	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 31)	73	14	Sydney	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
FW	Matej Trusa	(2000-11-29) 29 November 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
FW	Tomáš Bobček	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Ružomberok	v.  Kazakhstan, 13 June 2022ALT
FW	Roland Galčík	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Žilina	v.  Finland, 29 March 2022ALT
Notes 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

Player records

As of 20 November 2022

Players in bold are still active in the national team.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1.	Marek Hamšík	136	26	2007–2022
2.	Peter Pekarík	115	2	2006–present
3.	Miroslav Karhan	107	14	1995–2011
4.	Martin Škrtel	104	6	2004–2019
5.	Juraj Kucka	95	11	2008–present
6.	Ján Ďurica	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 Hubočan	73	0	2006–2021

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1.	Marek Hamšík	26	136	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.	Juraj Kucka	11	95	0.12	2008–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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

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

UEFA European Championship

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	Szczęsny (o.g.), Škriniar
		Sweden	0–1	—
		Spain	0–5	—

UEFA Nations League

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	6	2	1	3	5	6		43rd
2024–25	C	To be determined
Total			16	4	2	10	15	21	21st

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 20 November 2022 after a match against Chile.
At the time of the match against Gibraltar, it was a member of UEFA, but not FIFA. Record with defunct teams is marked in italics.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

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	10	8	0	2	21	7	+14
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Belarus	5	3	1	1	9	3	+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	3	1	1	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	2	1	1	0	4	2	+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[lower-alpha 1]	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	343	133	81	129	474	446	+28

Honours

Major tournaments

• FIFA World Cup
  • Appearances (1): 2010
• UEFA European Championship
  • Appearances (2): 2016, 2020
• Football at the Summer Olympics
  • Appearances (1): 2000

Minor titles

• King's Cup
  • Winners (2): 2004, 2018
• Kirin Cup
  • Winners (1): 2000[21]
  • Third-place (2): 2002,[22] 2004[23]
• Shanghai International Football Tournament
  • Runner-up (1): 1992[24]
• Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso [es]
  • Runner up (1): 2000[25]
• Cyprus International Football Tournaments
  • Third place (2): 1998,[26] 2003[27]
• Friendship Tournament (UAE)
  • Third place (1): 1994[28]

Recognitions

• FIFA Best Mover of the Year
  • Runner-up (1): 2014[29]
• 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 Czechoslovak 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[30]
• UEFA European Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1976[30]
  • 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

Notes

References

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

На других языках

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