Slovenia national football team
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| Nickname | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Football Association of Slovenia |
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| Head coach | vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Zlatko Zahovič (80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Zlatko Zahovič (35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | SVN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 25 (December 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 134 (December 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Slovenia 0 - 1 Croatia  (Murska Sobota, Slovenia; June 19, 1991) |
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Largest win Oman 0 - 7 Slovenia (Muscat, Oman; February 8, 1999) |
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Worst defeat France 5 - 0 Slovenia (Saint-Denis, France; October 12, 2002) |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 2002) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. They played their first match in 1991 after the split of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Before that, Slovenian players played for the Yugoslavia national football team.
Slovenia were surprise qualifiers for the Euro 2000 when they beat Ukraine in a playoff. They turned some heads during the tournament, drawing with Norway and Yugoslavia, and only losing to Spain 2-1. Slovenia repeated their success two years later, qualifying for the World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. However, their luck ran out and they went home pointless from the finals.
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter, was part of Yugoslavia
- 1994 - Did not enter
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] European Championship record
- 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Yugoslavia
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 2000 - Round 1
- 2004 - Did not qualify
[edit] Famous players
[edit] Current players
- Goalkeepers
- Defenders
- Boštjan Cesar
- Fabijan Cipot
- Branko Ilič
- Bojan Jokič
- Aleksander Knavs
- Igor Lazič
- Matej Mavrič
- Midfielders
- Milenko Ačimovič
- Nastja Čeh
- Andrej Komac
- Robert Koren
- Goran Šukalo
- Anton Žlogar
- Strikers
[edit] External links
- RSSSF archive of results
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- JadranSport.org - South-Eastern European football news coverage (English language)
