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Slovenia national football team

National Football Team
NameSlovenia
AssociationFootball Association of Slovenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMatjaž Kek
CaptainRobert Koren
Most capsZlatko Zahovič (80)
Top scorerZlatko Zahovič (35)
Home stadiumStadion Ljudski vrt
Stožice Stadium
FIFA codeSVN
FIFA ranking33
Highest FIFA ranking15 (October � November 2010)
Lowest FIFA ranking134 (December 1993)
Elo ranking55
Highest Elo ranking28 (November 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking87 (November 1993)
World Cup Statistics
First internationalEstonia Estonia 1 � 1 Slovenia Slovenia
(Tallinn, Estonia; 3 June 1992)
Biggest winOman Oman 0 � 7 Slovenia Slovenia
(Muscat, Oman; 8 February 1999)
Biggest defeatFrance France 5 � 0 Slovenia Slovenia
(Saint-Denis, France; 12 October 2002)
Appearances2
First World Cup2002
Best resultRound 1, 2002 and 2010
Regional cup statistics
European Championship
Appearances1
First apps.2000
Best resultRound 1, 2000

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The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The team played their first match in 1992 after the split of Yugoslavia in 1991.

Slovenia was a surprise qualifier for UEFA Euro 2000, when they beat Ukraine in a playoff. The team then drew with Yugoslavia and Norway, and lost to Spain 2 � 1. Slovenia achieved another major success two years later, qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. They did not lose a match in their whole qualifying campaign, recording six wins and six draws. However, they did not score any points in the group stage of the finals.

Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, they were the only team to beat eventual winners Italy with a 1 � 0 victory on home turf. In 1995 Slovenia played Italy to a 1 � 1 draw in the qualifying campaign for UEFA Euro 1996. In November 2009, Slovenia defeated Russia in a playoff to clinch a berth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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Serie A Weekly--But, such had been their fall from the summit of world -football- that started after their horrid display in South Africa, that the Italian National team found themselves in sixteenth position last November behind the likes of -Slovenia-, - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:30:36 GMT+00:00
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Sport.co.uk--Against -Slovenia- it showed that Northern Ireland need their marquee players; there are players like Aaron Hughes, Steven Davis, Chris Brunt, Kyle Lafferty - quality players that we really can't do without. We certainly have a big issue - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:14:24 GMT+00:00
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Srečko Katanec and Zlatko Zahovič period ('Golden' generation) : Euro 2000
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
FR Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2

: World Cup 2002
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9
Paraguay 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
Slovenia 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0

Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up to the Slovenia squad in 2010 and 2011.      >Previous squads       ;FIFA World Cup squads: *2002 FIFA World Cup squad *2010 FIFA World Cup squad   ;UEFA European Football Championship squads: *UEFA Euro 2000 squad    

Competition history

World Cup record

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Recent and upcoming games : Stadion Stožice
Date Location Opponent Score Competition Slovenia scorers
3 March 2010 Maribor, Slovenia Qatar 4 � 1 F Novakovič  , Cesar  , Kirm  , Jokič  
4 June 2010 Maribor, Slovenia New Zealand 3 � 1 F Novakovič  , Novakovič  , Kirm  
13 June 2010 Polokwane, South Africa Algeria 1 � 0 2010 FIFA World Cup Koren  
18 June 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa United States 2 � 2 2010 FIFA World Cup Birsa  , Ljubijankič  
23 June 2010 Port Elizabeth, South Africa England 0 � 1 2010 FIFA World Cup
11 August 2010 Ljubljana, Slovenia Australia 2 � 0 F Dedič  , Ljubijankič  
3 September 2010 Maribor, Slovenia Northern Ireland 0 � 1 UEFA Euro 2012 Q
7 September 2010 Belgrade, Serbia Serbia 1 � 1 UEFA Euro 2012 Q Novakovič  
8 October 2010 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faroe Islands 5 � 1 UEFA Euro 2012 Q Matavž  , Matavž  , Matavž  , Novakovič  , Dedič  
12 October 2010 Tallinn, Estonia Estonia 1 � 0 UEFA Euro 2012 Q Sidorenkov  
17 November 2010 Koper, Slovenia Georgia 1 � 2 F Cesar  
9 February 2011 Tirana, Albania Albania 2 � 1 F Novakovič  , Dedič  
25 March 2011 Ljubljana, Slovenia Italy 0 � 1 UEFA Euro 2012 Q
29 March 2011 Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 0 � 0 UEFA Euro 2012 Q
3 June 2011 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 2 � 0 UEFA Euro 2012 Q Matavž  , Baldvinsson  
10 August 2011 Ljubljana, Slovenia Belgium 0 � 0 F
2 September 2011 Ljubljana, Slovenia Estonia 1 � 2 UEFA Euro 2012 Q Matavž  
6 September 2011 Florence, Italy Italy 0 � 1 UEFA Euro 2012 Q
11 October 2011 Maribor, Slovenia Serbia UEFA Euro 2012 Q

World Cup record :
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1930 to 1994 Did not enter   -   -   -   -   -   - -
France 1998 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   -   - -
South KoreaJapan 2002 Round 1 30 3 0 0 3 2 7
Germany 2006 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   -   - -
South Africa 2010 Round 1 18 3 1 1 1 3 3
Total 2/19 6 1 1 4 5 10

World Cup record :
Year Round Score Result
2002 Round 1 Slovenia 1 � 3 Spain Loss
Round 1 Slovenia 0 � 1 South Africa Loss
Round 1 Slovenia 1 � 3 Paraguay Loss
2010 Round 1 Slovenia 1 � 0 Algeria Win
Round 1 Slovenia 2 � 2 United States Draw
Round 1 Slovenia 0 � 1 England Loss

European Championship record :
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1960 to 1992 Did not enter   -   -   -   -   - -
England 1996 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
BelgiumNetherlands 2000 Round 1 3 0 2 1 4 5
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
AustriaSwitzerland 2008 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
PolandUkraine 2012
France 2016
Total 1/15 3 0 2 1 4 5

European Championship record :
Year Round Score Result
2000 Round 1 Slovenia 3 � 3 FR Yugoslavia Draw
Round 1 Slovenia 1 � 2 Spain Loss
Round 1 Slovenia 0 � 0 Norway Draw

Most appearances :
# class="unsortable"Name class="unsortable"NT Career Caps Goals
1 Zlatko Zahovič 1992 � 2004 80 35
2 Aleš Čeh 1992 � 2002 74 1
2 Milenko Ačimovič 1998 � 2007 74 13
4 Džoni Novak 1992 � 2002 71 3
5 Marinko Galič 1994 � 2002 66 0
6 Aleksander Knavs 1998 � 2006 65 3
6 Mladen Rudonja 1994 � 2003 65 1
8 Amir Karič 1996 � 2004 64 1
9 Miran Pavlin 1994 � 2004 63 5
10 Robert Koren 2003 � 61 5

Top goalscorers :
# class="unsortable"Name class="unsortable"NT Career Caps Goals Average
1 Zlatko Zahovič 1992 � 2004 80 35 0.44
2 Milivoje Novakovič 2006 � 54 19 0.35
3 Sašo Udovič 1992 � 2000 42 16 0.38
4 Ermin Šiljak 1994 � 2005 48 14 0.29
5 Milenko Ačimovič 1998 � 2007 74 13 0.18
6 Primož Gliha 1992 � 1998 28 10 0.36
7 Milan Osterc 1997 � 2002 44 8 0.18
8 Zlatan Ljubijankič 2006 � 31 6 0.19
8 Sebastjan Cimirotič 1998 � 2005 33 6 0.18
8 Nastja Čeh 2001 � 2007 46 6 0.13
8 Klemen Lavrič 2004 � 2008 25 6 0.24
8 Zlatko Dedič 2004 � 38 6 0.16

Managers :
Name class="unsortable"NT Career Played Won Drawn Lost Win % Drawn % Lost % class="unsortable"Achievements
SI BojanPrašnikar 1991 � 1993 4 1 2 1 25.00 50.00 25.00
SI ZdenkoVerdenik 1994 � 1997 32 10 8 14 31.25 25.00 43.75
SI BojanPrašnikar 1998 5 1 1 3 20.00 20.00 60.00
SI SrečkoKatanec 1998 � 2002 47 18 16 13 38.30 34.00 27.70 2000 Euro; 2002 World Cup
SI BojanPrašnikar 2002 � 2004 16 6 3 7 37.50 18.75 43.75 2004 Euro Qualifying Play-offs
SI BrankoOblak 2004 � 2006 23 6 7 10 26.10 30.40 43.50
SI MatjažKek 2007 � 48 19 9 20 39.58 18.75 41.67 2010 World Cup

Home venues record :
Venue City Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Drawn % Lost %
Bežigrad Ljubljana 29 15 6 8 48 34 51.70 20.70 27.60
Ljudski vrt Maribor 17 10 2 5 34 17 58.82 11.77 29.41
Arena Petrol Celje 16 5 3 8 15 19 31.25 18.75 50.00
Stožice Ljubljana 5 2 1 2 8 4 40.00 20.00 40.00
Fazanerija Murska Sobota 2 1 0 1 3 4 50.00 0 50.00
Športni park Nova Gorica 2 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 100
Športni park Domžale 1 1 0 0 1 0 100 0 0
Bonifika Koper 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 100
ŠC Stanko Mlakar Kranj 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 100
Totals 75 34 12 29 114 93 45.33 16.00 38.67

Home venues record :
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
Albania 5 3 2 0 4 1 +3
Algeria 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
Australia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Austria 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Belarus 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1
Belgium 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 4 7 −3
Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5
China PR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Côte d'Ivoire 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3
Croatia 9 0 3 6 8 16 −8
Cyprus 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6
Czech Republic 5 1 1 3 2 6 −4
Denmark 4 0 0 4 1 11 −10
England 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
Estonia 7 5 1 1 9 4 +5
Faroe Islands 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6
Finland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
France 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8
Georgia 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1
Germany 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Ghana 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Greece 4 0 1 3 2 10 −8
Honduras 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4
Hungary 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2
Iceland 2 2 0 0 10 3 +7
Israel 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2
Italy 7 2 1 4 3 5 −2
Latvia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
Lithuania 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2
Luxembourg 4 4 0 0 9 1 +8
Malta 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6
Mexico 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
Moldova 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
Montenegro 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Netherlands 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
New Zealand 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
Northern Ireland 4 1 1 2 2 2 0
Norway 5 0 1 4 3 12 −9
Oman 2 2 0 0 11 0 +11
Poland 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1
Qatar 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3
Romania 7 1 3 3 6 10 −4
Russia 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1
San Marino 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8
Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Scotland 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3
Serbia 5 0 5 0 8 8 0
Slovakia 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3
South Africa 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Spain 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3
Sweden 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Switzerland 5 1 1 3 5 11 −6
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
Tunisia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Ukraine 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2
United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 3 3 0
Uruguay 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
United States 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
Wales 1 0 1 0 0 0 0


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Football in Slovenia

National teamsSlovenia (Slovenia Women), U-21, U-19
League systemFirst League, Second League, Third League (East & West)
Domestic cupsSlovenian Cup, Supercup

International association football

AsiaAFCAsian Cup
AfricaCAFAfrica Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAFGold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFCNations Cup
EuropeUEFAEuropean Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-BoardViva World Cup

National association football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales

2010 FIFA World Cup finalists

FinalsNetherlands, Spain
Runners-up
Third place
SemifinalsGermany, Uruguay
Eliminated in the quarterfinalsArgentina, Brazil, Ghana, Paraguay
Eliminated in the round of 16Chile, England, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia, United States
Eliminated in group stageAlgeria, Australia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, France, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Korea DPR, New Zealand, Nigeria, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland



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