Slovenia national football team

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Slovenia

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Nickname

Association

Football Association
of Slovenia

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Matjaž Kek

Most caps

Zlatko Zahovič (80)

Top scorer

Zlatko Zahovič (35)

Home stadium

Arena Petrol

FIFA code

SVN

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

25 (December 2001)

Lowest FIFA ranking

134 (December 1993)

Elo ranking





First kit





Second kit

First international

Slovenia 0 - 1 Croatia

(Murska Sobota, Slovenia; June 19, 1991)

Biggest win

Oman 0 - 7 Slovenia

(Muscat, Oman; February 8, 1999)

Biggest defeat

France 5 - 0 Slovenia

(Saint-Denis, France; October 12, 2002)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 2002)

Best result

Round 1, 2002

European Championship

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 Euro 2000 when they beat Ukraine in a playoff. They turned some heads during the tournament, drawing with Yugoslavia and Norway, and only losing 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 7 wins and 7 draws. However, they did not do as well in the finals, as they went home pointless.

Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, they were the only team to beat Italy on their way to winning the tournament with a shocking 1-0 victory on home turf. It wasn't the only time they avoided defeat against the team- in 1995 they held them to 1-1 draw in the qualifying campaign for Euro 96, and also took the lead.

1 World Cup record
2 European Championship record
3 Famous players
4 Current squad
5 Most Appearances
6 Most Goals
7 Manager history
8 External links

[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 squad

The following players named for Euro 2008 qualify match against Albania and Netherlands on March, 2007.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Samir Handanovič	14 July 1984	9	0	Rimini
2	DF	Fabijan Cipot	25 August 1976	20	0	NK Maribor
3	DF	Suad Filekovič	16 September 1978	10	0	Krylya Sovetov
4	DF	Matej Mavrič	29 January 1979	22	1	TuS Koblenz
5	DF	Boštjan Cesar	9 July 1982	19	2	Marseille
6	DF	Mitja Mörec	21 February 1983	0	0	SK Sturm
7	MF	Goran Šukalo	24 August 1981	27	2	TuS Koblenz
8	MF	Robert Koren	20 September 1980	21	1	West Bromwich Albion
9	FW	Milivoje Novakovič	18 May 1979	8	4	FC Koln
10	MF	Nastja Čeh	26 January 1978	41	6	FC Khimki
11	MF	Andrej Komac	4 December 1979	22	0	Djurgardens
12	GK	Jasmin Handanovič	28 January 1978	0	0	FC Koper
13	MF	Dare Vršič	26 September 1984	0	0	MŠK Žilina
14	FW	Ermin Rakovič	7 September 1977			NK Domžale
15	DF	Bojan Jokič	17 May 1986	7	0	ND Gorica
16	MF	Anton Žlogar	24 November 1977	21	1	Anorthosis
17	FW	Klemen Lavrič	12 June 1981	13	2	MSV Duisburg
18	MF	Milenko Ačimovič				FK Austria Wien
19	FW	Valter Birsa	7 August 1986	7	0	FC Sochaux
20	DF	Branko Ilič	6 February 1983	15	0	Real Betis
	MF	Luka Žinko	23 March 1983			NK Domžale

[edit] Most Appearances

List of ten players with the most appearances for Slovenia.

Appearances	Player name
80	Zlatko Zahovič
74	Aleš Čeh
72	Milenko Ačimovič
71	Đoni Novak
66	Marinko Galič
65	Aleksander Knavs
65	Mladen Rudonja
64	Amir Karič
63	Miran Pavlin
57	Marko Simeunovič

[edit] Most Goals

List of ten players with the most goals for Slovenia.

Goal scored	Player name
35	Zlatko Zahovič
16	Sašo Udovič
14	Ermin Šiljak
13	Milenko Ačimovič
10	Primož Gliha
8	Milan Osterc
6	Nastja Čeh
6	Sebastjan Cimirotič
5	Miran Pavlin
4	Milivoje Novakovič

[edit] Manager history

Team managers of Slovenia and the dates they took over.

Date appointed	Manager name
2007 - present	Matjaž Kek
2004 - 2006	Branko Oblak
2002 - 2004	Bojan Prašnikar
1998 - 2002	Srečko Katanec
1998	Bojan Prašnikar
1994 - 1997	Zdenko Verdenik
1991 - 1993	Bojan Prašnikar