Slovakia national football team

Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Sokoli (The Falcons)[1] Repre (The Representatives)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Štefan Tarkovič
Captain	Marek Hamšík
Most caps	Marek Hamšík (126)
Top scorer	Marek Hamšík (26)
Home stadium	Tehelné pole Štadión Antona Malatinského
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	33 (10 December 2020)[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
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	2 (first in 2016)
Best result	Round of 16 (2016)

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 Štefan Tarkovič. 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 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 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 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).

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 and 2009.

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7][8]

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.^[9] 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.

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 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.

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 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
54	Tehelné pole	22,500	Bratislava	v. Germany, 27 August 1939 (2–0)	v. Republic of Ireland, 8 October 2020 (0–0 [4-2 pens])
30	City Arena	19,200	Trnava	v. Bulgaria, 24 April 1996 (0–0)	v. Scotland, 15 November 2020 (1–0)
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)

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.^[10]

Kit

Slovakia kits from 1939 to 1945 era

Slovakia's home kit since 1993 was blue, but recently 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.

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

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		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	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	To be determined										TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0
2026											To be determined
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	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		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	Squad		2nd	10	7	1	2	17	8
2020	Qualified										3rd	10	5	2	3	15	12
2024	To be determined										To be determined
Total	Round of 16	2/7	4	1	1	2	3	6	–		–	70	33	12	25	109	89

List of UEFA Euro 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
		Sweden
		Spain

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	B	1	4	1	0	3	5	5		21st
2020–21	B	2	6	1	1	4	5	10		30th
2022–23	C	To be determined
Total			10	2	1	7	10	15	21st

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6	Squad
2004 to 2020	Did not qualify
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 18 November 2020 after a match against Czech Republic.
At the time of the match against Gibraltar, it was a member of UEFA, but not FIFA.

 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	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	14	3	2	9	12	29	−17
Denmark	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
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	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
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	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	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	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2
Serbia[a]	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4
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
Total (82)	318	126	71	121	445	418	+27

Results and schedule

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

2020

6 June 2020 International Friendly	Norway	Cancelled	Slovakia	Oslo, Norway
				Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

4 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Slovakia	1–3	Czech Republic	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45	Ivan Schranz 88'	Report	48' Vladimír Coufal 53' (pen.) Bořek Dočkal 86' Michal Krmenčík	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

7 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Israel	1–1	Slovakia	Netanya, Israel
20:45	Ilay Elmkies 90+1'	Report	14' Michal Ďuriš	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

8 October 2020 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Slovakia	0–0 (4–2 p)	Republic of Ireland	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45		Report		Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 0[13] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Penalties
	Marek Hamšík Patrik Hrošovský Lukáš Haraslín Ján Greguš		Conor Hourihane Robbie Brady Alan Browne Matt Doherty

11 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Scotland	1–0	Slovakia	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
20:45	Lyndon Dykes 14'	Report		Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa, Italy

14 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Slovakia	2–3	Israel	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45	Marek Hamšík 16' Róbert Mak 38'	Report	68', 76', 89' Eran Zahavi	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0[14] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

12 November 2020 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Northern Ireland	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Slovakia	Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
20:45	Milan Škriniar 87' (o.g.)	Report	17' Juraj Kucka 110' Michal Ďuriš	Stadium: Windsor Park Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

15 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Slovakia	1–0	Scotland	Trnava, Slovakia
15:00	Ján Greguš 31'	Report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

18 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B	Czech Republic	2–0	Slovakia	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20:45	Tomáš Souček 17' Zdeněk Ondrášek 55'	Report		Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2021

24 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Cyprus	v	Slovakia	Cyprus
20:45		Report

27 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Malta	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45		Report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského

30 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Russia	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45		Report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského

6 June 2021 International Friendly	Austria	v	Slovakia	Austria
20:45

14 June 2021 UEFA Euro 2020	Poland	v	Slovakia	Dublin, Ireland
18:00		Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium

18 June 2021 UEFA Euro 2020	Sweden	v	Slovakia	Dublin, Ireland
15:00		Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium

23 June 2021 UEFA Euro 2020	Slovakia	v	Spain	Bilbao, Spain
18:00		Report		Stadium: San Mamés

1 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovenia	v	Slovakia	Slovenia
20:45		Report

4 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Croatia	Slovakia
20:45		Report

7 September 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Cyprus	Slovakia
20:45		Report

8 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Russia	v	Slovakia	Russia
20:45		Report

11 October 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Croatia	v	Slovakia	Croatia
20:45		Report

11 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Slovenia	Slovakia
20:45		Report

14 November 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	v	Slovakia	Malta
20:45		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-off fixture against Northern Ireland (12 November 2020) and two UEFA Nations League matches against Scotland (15 November 2020) and Czech Republic (18 November 2020). In his first nomination as the manager, on 3 November 2020, Štefan Tarkovič had confirmed the nomination of 19 players with further 6 to be confirmed during the upcoming days, from a list of 28 alternates.^[15]

Caps and fixtures correct as of 18 November 2020, after a match against Czech Republic.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Marek Rodák	13 December 1996	5	0	Fulham
	GK	Dominik Greif	6 April 1997	4	0	Slovan Bratislava
	GK	Adam Jakubech	2 January 1997	1	0	Kortrijk
	DF	Peter Pekarík	30 October 1986	97	2	Hertha BSC
	DF	Tomáš Hubočan	17 September 1985	67	0	Omonia
	DF	Milan Škriniar	11 February 1995	36	0	Internazionale
	DF	Norbert Gyömbér	3 July 1992	28	0	Salernitana
	DF	Róbert Mazáň	9 February 1994	11	0	Karviná
	DF	Ľubomír Šatka	2 December 1995	10	0	Lech Poznań
	DF	Martin Valjent	11 December 1995	8	0	Mallorca
	DF	Lukáš Pauschek	9 December 1992	5	0	Slovan Bratislava
	MF	Marek Hamšík (captain)	27 July 1987	126	26	Dalian Professional
	MF	Juraj Kucka	26 February 1987	79	10	Parma
	MF	Róbert Mak	8 March 1991	63	13	Ferencváros
	MF	Ondrej Duda	5 December 1994	42	5	1. FC Köln
	MF	Ján Greguš	29 January 1991	32	4	Minnesota United
	MF	Patrik Hrošovský	22 April 1992	31	0	Genk
	MF	Albert Rusnák	7 July 1994	30	5	Real Salt Lake
	MF	Stanislav Lobotka	25 November 1994	27	3	Napoli
	MF	Tomáš Suslov	7 June 2002	1	0	Groningen
	FW	Michal Ďuriš	1 June 1988	51	7	Omonia
	FW	Pavol Šafranko	16 November 1994	10	0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
	FW	Samuel Mráz	13 May 1997	4	1	Zagłębie Lubin
	FW	Ivan Schranz	13 September 1993	4	1	Jablonec

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been recognised in national team nominations within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Dušan Kuciak	21 May 1985	11	0	Lechia Gdańsk	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
GK	Dominik Holec	28 July 1994	0	0	Sparta Prague	v. Israel, 14 October 2020 ALT
GK	František Plach	8 March 1992	0	0	Piast Gliwice	v. Israel, 14 October 2020 ALT
DF	Dávid Hancko	13 December 1997	12	1	Sparta Prague	v. Northern Ireland, 12 November 2020
DF	Martin Škrtel INJ	15 December 1984	104	6	Free agent	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
DF	Denis Vavro	10 April 1996	11	1	Huesca	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
DF	Jakub Holúbek	12 January 1991	5	0	Piast Gliwice	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
DF	Branislav Niňaj	17 May 1994	3	0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
DF	Martin Koscelník INJ	2 March 1995	2	0	Slovan Liberec	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
DF	Boris Sekulić	21 October 1991	2	0	Chicago Fire	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
DF	Lukáš Skovajsa	27 March 1994	0	0	Dynamo České Budějovice	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
DF	Dominik Kružliak	10 July 1996	1	0	Dunajská Streda	v. Israel, 14 October 2020 ALT
DF	Lukáš Štetina INJ	28 July 1991	4	1	Sparta Prague	v. Israel, 7 September 2020
DF	Michal Sipľak	2 February 1996	0	0	Cracovia	v. Israel, 7 September 2020 ALT
MF	Vladimír Weiss	30 November 1989	67	7	Slovan Bratislava	v. Northern Ireland, 12 November 2020
MF	Erik Sabo	22 November 1991	18	0	Çaykur Rizespor	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Lukáš Haraslín	26 May 1996	13	1	Sassuolo	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Jaroslav Mihalík	2 July 1994	8	1	Sigma Olomouc	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	László Bénes	9 September 1997	3	0	Augsburg	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Miroslav Káčer	2 February 1996	2	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Jakub Hromada	25 May 1996	0	0	Slovan Liberec	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Erik Jirka	19 September 1997	0	0	Mirandés	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Jakub Považanec	31 January 1991	0	0	Jablonec	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Nikolas Špalek	12 February 1997	0	0	Brescia	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
MF	Matúš Bero	6 September 1995	13	0	Vitesse	v. Israel, 14 October 2020
FW	Adam Zreľák	5 May 1994	5	2	Warta Poznań	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
FW	Dávid Strelec	4 April 2001	0	0	Slovan Bratislava	v. Czech Republic, 18 November 2020 ALT
FW	Róbert Boženík	18 November 1999	13	4	Feyenoord	v. Israel, 14 October 2020
FW	Erik Pačinda	9 May 1989	4	1	Košice	v. Israel, 7 September 2020 ALT

• ^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

Coaching staff

As of 26 October 2020

Position	Name
Head coach	Štefan Tarkovič
Assistant Coaches	Marek Mintál Samuel Slovák
Technical manager	Róbert Tomaschek
Goalkeeping Coach	Miroslav Seman
Fitness Coach	Martin Rusňák
Doctor	Vladimír Pener Ján Baťalík
Masseur	Mário Prelovský
Physiotherapist	Marián Drinka Martin Nozdrovický Peter Hečko
Videoanalyst	Michal Slyško
Custodians	Ján Beniak Marek Košáň

Records

As of 18 November 2020^[16]

Players in bold are still active.

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

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[17]	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[18]	17 Nov 1999 – 25 Nov 2001	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	0.25
Stanislav Griga[19]	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[20]	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[21]	15 Oct 2018 – 21 Oct 2018	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.00
Pavel Hapal	22 Oct 2018 – 16 Oct 2020	16	6	4	6	25	20	+5	1.38
Oto Brunegraf[22]	14 Oct 2020	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0.00
Štefan Tarkovič	20 Oct 2020 –	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	2.00
Totals		288	115	70	103	401	348	+53	1.44

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^[23]
  • Third-place (2): 2002,^[24] 2004^[25]
• Shanghai International Football Tournament
  • Runner-up (1): 1992^[26]
• Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso
  • Runner up (1): 2000^[27]
• Cyprus International Football Tournaments
  • Third place (2): 1998,^[28] 2003^[29]
• Friendship Tournament (UAE)
  • Third place (1): 1994^[30]

Recognitions

• FIFA Best Mover of the Year
  • Runner-up (1): 2014^[31]
• 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^[32]
• UEFA European Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1976^[32]
  • 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