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Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Repre[1] Sokoli (The Falcons)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Pavel Hapal
Captain	Martin Škrtel
Most caps	Marek Hamšík (111)
Top scorer	Róbert Vittek (23)
Home stadium	Štadión Antona Malatinského
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	27 1 (29 November 2018)[3][A]
Highest	14 (August 2015)
Lowest	150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking
Current	33 5 (6 December 2018)[4][B]
Highest	14 (August 1939)
Lowest	67 (October 2011)
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
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	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Round of 16, 2016 ^ Monthly change ^ Annual change

The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2016 is reconstructed Štadión Antona Malatinského^[5] in Trnava and their head coach is Ján Kozák. 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 professional tournaments since.

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, and progressed beyond the championship group stage after a 3–2 win against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2–1 defeat in the second round against eventual runners-up the Netherlands. It was the first time the team have 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 team have achieved some noteworthy results, however, 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 in 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 playing 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).

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.

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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8][9]

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.^[10] 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 Stadion Pasienky and Russia away, this one in particular giving Slovakia the perfect start. In October, however, the nation's form slipped steadily, as Repre was easily beaten in Armenia (3–1) and could not do better than a 1–1 home draw against the Republic of Ireland. At that point, Russia topped the group charts with nine points, with Slovakia, Armenia and Ireland all within a two-point gap of the leaders.

2011 was terribly worse: in February, the team was stunned in a 2–1 friendly defeat against Luxembourg before needing to fight hard for two 1–0 wins against group minnows Andorra, who had conceded 11 goals in the previous four matches. Playing in Ireland in a six-point match, despite creating better chances, Slovakia earned a goalless draw which kept both teams two points behind Russia, and leading Armenia by three. Four days later, however, Slovakia had its most disastrous performance in years: after creating chances in a goalless first half, Slovakia conceded four goals to Armenia in what effectively destroyed the team's confidence in securing a tournament spot. 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 Euro 1996 qualifying, 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 against Bosnia and one against 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 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, Luxembourg with a score of 3–0 in Žilina, and Macedonia again with a score of 2–1 on 14 June 2015, also in Žilina. Till that day, Slovakia had six-straight wins in qualification. They were followed by expected defeat in Spain 0–2, goalless match against Ukraine and shocking home defeat 0–1 against Belarus. Repre finished qualification by defeating Luxembourg 4–2 and kept second place in qualification group and qualified 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 results elsewhere meant Slovakia finished as the "worst" group runners-up.

Stadiums

The Slovakia national football team only uses one stadium at present: Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava. Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina was used in 2003–2015, but will not be used in the future because of the artificial grass (built in 2016). The national team recently played, last in 2009, at the biggest Slovak stadium, Tehelné pole in Bratislava, but the stadium is currently undergoing major renovation. In the past, home games have occasionally been played at other venues as Všešportový areál and Lokomotíva Stadium in Košice, Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra, Mestský štadión in Dubnica or 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
51	Tehelné pole	22,500	Bratislava	v.  Germany, 27 August 1939 (2–0)	v.  United States, 14 November 2009 (1–0)
23	City Arena	19,200	Trnava	v.  Bulgaria, 24 April 1996 (0–0)	v.  Ukraine, 16 November 2018 (4–1)
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	10,352	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.^[11]

Kit

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

Tournament records

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
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

European Championship record

UEFA Euro 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
2024
Total	Round of 16	1/6	4	1	1	2	3	6		-	60	28	10	22	94	77

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

Olympic Games

Host nation(s) / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020	To be determined
Total	1/4	3	1	0	2	3	6

UEFA Nations League record

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

Results and schedule

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.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Score*	Goalscorer(s)	Attendance
22 March 2018	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	United Arab Emirates	2018 King's Cup	2–1	Rusnák  42' Ďuriš  45+3'	8,630
25 March 2018	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	2018 King's Cup	3–2	Duda  10' Mak  34' Pačinda  67'	45,425
31 May 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Netherlands	International Friendly	1–1	Nemec  8'	15,432
4 June 2018	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Morocco	International Friendly	1–2	Greguš  59'	7,000
5 September 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Denmark	International Friendly	3–0	Nemec  11' Rusnák  37' Fogt  79' (o.g.)	6,432
9 September 2018	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	Ukraine	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	0–1		121[A]
13 October 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Czech Republic	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	1–2	Hamšík  62'	17,251
16 October 2018	Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden	Sweden	International Friendly	1–1	Rusnák  84'	9,876
16 November 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Ukraine	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	4–1	Rusnák  6' Kucka  26' Zreľák  52' Mak  61'	9,764
19 November 2018	Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	0–1		16,623
21 March 2019	Slovakia	Hungary	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–
24 March 2019	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–
11 June 2019	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–
6 September 2019	Slovakia	Croatia	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–
9 September 2019	Hungary	Hungary	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–
10 October 2019	Slovakia	Wales	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–
16 November 2019	Croatia	Croatia	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–
19 November 2019	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	–

* Slovakia score always listed first

^ Football Federation of Ukraine was punished by the Disciplinary Commission of UEFA in November 2015, due to the use of racist expressions by Ukrainian fans, during the last qualifying game for the UEFA Euro 2016, against Spain. The punishment applies for this match as it is the first UEFA brokered game since the incident.^[12]

2016 UEFA Euro qualifying

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	0	1	23	3	+20	27	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	5–1
2	Slovakia	10	7	1	2	17	8	+9	22			2–1	—	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1
3	Ukraine	10	6	1	3	14	4	+10	19	Advance to play-offs		0–1	0–1	—	3–1	3–0	1–0
4	Belarus	10	3	2	5	8	14	−6	11			0–1	1–3	0–2	—	2–0	0–0
5	Luxembourg	10	1	1	8	6	27	−21	4			0–4	2–4	0–3	1–1	—	1–0
6	Macedonia	10	1	1	8	6	18	−12	4			0–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–2	—

2016 UEFA Euro

Group stage

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	England	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Knockout stage

Round of 16

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	18	3	+15	26	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
2	Slovakia	10	6	0	4	17	7	+10	18			0–1	—	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0
3	Scotland	10	5	3	2	17	12	+5	18			2–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0
4	Slovenia	10	4	3	3	12	7	+5	15			0–0	1–0	2–2	—	4–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	3	6	7	20	−13	6			0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	—	2–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	3	25	−22	1			0–4	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	—

2018–19 UEFA Nations League B

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ukraine (P)	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 (R)	4	1	0	3	5	5	0	3	Relegation to League C		4–1	1–2	—

2020 UEFA Euro qualifying

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualify for final tournament		—	8 Jun	16 Nov	10 Oct	21 Mar
2	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			13 Oct	—	24 Mar	19 Nov	6 Sep
3	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6 Sep	10 Oct	—	21 Mar	19 Nov
4	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24 Mar	11 Jun	9 Sep	—	13 Oct
5	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			9 Sep	16 Nov	11 Jun	8 Jun	—

All-time team record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 19 November 2018 after a match against Czech Republic.
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.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	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	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8
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	13	2	3	8	17	33	-16
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	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
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
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
Macedonia	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13
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
Norway	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−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	3	1	0	2	8	8	0
Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Totals	300	119	67	114	419	394	+25

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for a UEFA Nations League fixture against  Ukraine (16 November 2018) and a UEFA Nations League fixture against  Czech Republic (19 November 2018).

Caps and fixtures correct as of 19 November 2018, after a match against Czech Republic.
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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Matúš Kozáčik	(1983-12-27)27 December 1983 (aged 34)	28	0	Viktoria Plzeň
	1GK	Martin Dúbravka	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 29)	16	0	Newcastle United
	1GK	Marek Rodák	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 21)	0	0	Rotherham United
	2DF	Martin Škrtel (Captain)	(1984-12-15) 15 December 1984 (age 33)	103	6	Fenerbahçe
	2DF	Peter Pekarík	(1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 32)	85	2	Hertha Berlin
	2DF	Tomáš Hubočan	(1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 33)	64	0	Olympique Marseille
	2DF	Milan Škriniar	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 23)	23	0	Internazionale
	2DF	Erik Sabo	(1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 27)	17	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
	2DF	Dávid Hancko	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 20)	4	0	Fiorentina
	2DF	Denis Vavro	(1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 21)	2	1	Copenhagen
	3MF	Marek Hamšík	(1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 31)	111	22	Napoli
	3MF	Vladimír Weiss RET	(1989-11-30)30 November 1989 (aged 28)	66	7	Al-Gharafa
	3MF	Juraj Kucka	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 31)	63	7	Trabzonspor
	3MF	Miroslav Stoch	(1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 29)	57	6	Slavia Prague
	3MF	Róbert Mak	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 27)	51	11	Zenit St. Petersburg
	3MF	Ondrej Duda	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 24)	29	4	Hertha Berlin
	3MF	Patrik Hrošovský	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 26)	22	0	Viktoria Plzeň
	3MF	Ján Greguš	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 27)	21	2	Copenhagen
	3MF	Albert Rusnák	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 24)	17	4	Real Salt Lake
	3MF	Stanislav Lobotka	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 24)	14	2	Celta Vigo
	3MF	Matúš Bero	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 23)	8	0	Vitesse
	4FW	Adam Nemec	(1985-09-02) 2 September 1985 (age 33)	42	13	Paphos
	4FW	Michal Ďuriš	(1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 30)	41	5	Anorthosis Famagusta
	4FW	Adam Zreľák	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 24)	4	2	Nürnberg

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	Adam Jakubech	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 21)	1	0	Lille	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018ALT
GK	Dominik Greif	(1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018ALT
GK	Michal Šulla	(1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 27)	3	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018
GK	Martin Polaček	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 28)	1	0	Levski Sofia	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018 ALT
DF	Róbert Mazáň	(1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 24)	6	0	Celta Vigo	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
DF	Lukáš Štetina	(1991-07-28)28 July 1991 (aged 26)	2	1	Sparta Prague	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
DF	Boris Sekulić	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 27)	2	0	CSKA Sofia	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
DF	Branislav Niňaj	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Fortuna Sittard	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
DF	Tomáš Huk	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 23)	0	0	Dunajská Streda	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
DF	Norbert Gyömbér	(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 26)	21	0	Perugia	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018
DF	Ľubomír ŠatkaINJ	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 23)	6	0	Dunajská Streda	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018
DF	Lukáš Pauschek	(1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 26)	5	0	Mladá Boleslav	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018 ALT
DF	Martin Šulek	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 20)	2	0	Trenčín	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018 ALT
DF	Martin ValjentINJ	(1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 23)	1	0	Mallorca	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018 ALT
DF	Matúš Čonka	(1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 28)	1	0	Spartak Trnava	v.  Morocco, 4 June 2018 ALT
DF	Jakub Holúbek	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 27)	4	0	Žilina	2018 King's Cup ALT
MF	Filip Kiss	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 28)	13	0	Al-Ettifaq	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
MF	Jaroslav Mihalík	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 24)	4	0	Žilina	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
MF	Roman Procházka	(1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 (age 29)	3	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
MF	László Bénes	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 21)	1	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
MF	Róbert Pich	(1988-11-12) 12 November 1988 (age 30)	0	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
MF	Jakub Považanec	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 27)	0	0	Jablonec	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
MF	Lukáš Haraslín	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 22)	0	0	Lechia Gdańsk	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
MF	Nikolas Špalek	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Brescia	v.  Morocco, 4 June 2018 ALT
FW	Erik Jendrišek	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 (age 32)	37	4	Xanthi	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
FW	Pavol Šafranko	(1994-11-16) 16 November 1994 (age 24)	2	0	Dundee United	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
FW	Samuel Mráz	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 21)	1	0	Empoli	v.  Czech Republic, 19 November 2018 ALT
FW	Erik Pačinda	(1989-05-09) 9 May 1989 (age 29)	4	1	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018 ALT

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  ^INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury


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  ^ALT Alternate - replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability


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  ^RET Retired from international football

Coaching staff

As of 6 November 2018

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

Player statistics

Players in bold are still active.

As of 19 November 2018.

Most capped players

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Marek Hamšík	2007–	111	22
2.	Miroslav Karhan	1995–2011	107	14
3.	Martin Škrtel	2004–	103	6
3.	Ján Ďurica	2004–2017	91	4
4.	Peter Pekarík	2006–	85	2
5.	Róbert Vittek	2001–2016	82	23
6.	Stanislav Šesták	2004–2016	66	13
	Vladimír Weiss	2009–2018	66	7
7.	Filip Hološko	2005–2015	65	8
8.	Juraj Kucka	2008–	63	6
	Tomáš Hubočan	2006–	63	0
9.	Szilárd Németh	1997–2006	59	22
	Radoslav Zabavník	2003–2012	59	1
10.	Miroslav Stoch	2009–	57	6

Top goalscorers

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 2018

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[16]	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[17]	17 Nov 1999 – 25 Nov 2001	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	0.25
Stanislav Griga[18]	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[19]	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[20]	15 Oct 2018 – 21 Oct 2018	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.00
Pavel Hapal	22 Oct 2018 –	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	1.50
Totals		271	109	66	96	380	325	+55	1.45

Honours

Major tournaments

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  FIFA World Cup
  
  • Appearances (1): 2010
    
  
  


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  UEFA European Championship
  
  • Appearances (1): 2016
    
  
  


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  Football at the Summer Olympics
  
  • Appearances (1): 2000
    
  
  

Minor titles

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  King's Cup
  
  • 
    Winners (2): 2004, 2018
    
  
  


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  Kirin Cup
  
  
  
  • 
    Winners (1): 2000^[21]
    
  
  
  • Third-place (2): 2002,^[22] 2004^[23]
    
  
  
  
  


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  Shanghai International Football Tournament
  
  • Runner-up (1): 1992^[24]
    
  
  


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  Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso [es]
  
  • Runner up (1): 2000^[25]
    
  
  


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  Cyprus International Football Tournaments
  
  • Third place (2): 1998,^[26] 2003^[27]
    
  
  


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  Friendship Tournament (UAE)
  
  • Third place (1): 1994^[28]
    
  
  

Recognitions

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  FIFA Best Mover of the Year
  
  • Runner-up (1): 2014^[29]
    
  
  


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  Slovak Sportsperson of the Year - Team Award
  
  
  
  • 
    Winners (4): 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015
  
  
  • Runner-up (1): 2016
  
  
  
  

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Slovakia national football team.

• Slovak Football Association official website


• Profil at FIFA official website


• Profil at UEFA official website


• RSSSF archive of results 1939–2009


• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers