Slovakia national football team

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Slovakia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Fighting Jondas (Bojovni Jondovci)
Association Slovak Football Association
(Slovenský futbalový zväz)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Flag of Slovakia Ján Kocian
Captain Róbert Vittek
Most caps Miroslav Karhan (84)
Top scorer Szilárd Németh (22)
Home stadium Tehelné pole (Bratislava)
FIFA code SVK
FIFA ranking 66
Highest FIFA ranking 17 (May 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking 150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking 54
Highest Elo ranking 28 (May 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking 58 (September, 2001)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
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First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Second kit
First international
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 2 - 0 Germany Flag of Germany
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939)
///Second Slovak Republic///:
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 4–1 Croatia Flag of Croatia
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 20 April 1994)
Biggest win
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 7 - 0 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 7 - 0 San Marino Flag of San Marino
(Dubnica nad Vahom, Slovakia; 13 October 2007)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Argentina Argentina 6 - 0 Slovakia Flag of Slovakia
(Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995)

The Slovakia national football team is the national football team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association.

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[edit] History

The team played 16 matches between 1939 and 1944, then it was disbanded after World War II, as the Czech and Slovak teams played together in the Czechoslovakia national football team. After Czechoslovakia broke up in 1992, the national team was reformed, playing its first match on October 14, 1992, a 1-0 victory against Lithuania at Vilnius.

Slovakia reached the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification playoff, where it lost to Spain.

[edit] European Championship record


Slovakia got off to a flying start in their Euro 2008 qualification campaign, recording emphatic 6-1 and 5-1 victories over Cyprus and Wales respectively. However, the side's qualification hopes began to peter out thereafter after damaging defeats at the hands of Germany and the Republic of Ireland. The Fighting Jondas' chances of qualification were mathematically ended by an embarrassing 5-2 reversal at home to Wales. They did however complete the qualifying session with 33 goals scored- the second highest scorers behind Germany, who scored 35.

Sep 02, 06 Slovakia 6-1 Cyprus

Sep 06, 06 Slovakia 0-3 Czech Rep.

Oct 07, 06 Wales 1-5 Slovakia

Oct 11, 06 Slovakia 1-4 Germany

Mar 24, 07 Cyprus 1-3 Slovakia

Mar 28, 07 Rep. Ireland 1-0 Slovakia

Jun 06, 07 Germany 2-1 Slovakia

Oct 13, 07 Slovakia 7-0 San Marino

Oct 17, 07 Czech Republic 3-1 Slovakia

Nov 17, 07 San Marino 0-5 Slovakia

[edit] Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 29 12 9 2 1 27 5 +22
Flag of Germany Germany 27 12 8 3 1 35 7 +28
Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland 17 12 4 5 3 17 14 +3
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 16 12 5 1 6 33 23 +10
Flag of Wales Wales 15 12 4 3 5 18 19 -1
Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 14 12 4 2 6 17 24 -7
Flag of San Marino San Marino 0 12 0 0 12 2 57 -55


[edit] World Cup record

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Poland Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of San Marino San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Flag of the Czech Republic Flag of Northern Ireland Flag of Poland Flag of San Marino Flag of Slovakia Flag of Slovenia
Flag of the Czech Republic 14 Oct '09 10 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 1 Apr '09 15 Oct '08
Flag of Northern Ireland 10 Sep '08 28 Mar '09 15 Oct '08 9 Sep '09 1 Apr '09
Flag of Poland 11 Oct '08 5 Sep '09 1 Apr '09 14 Oct '09 6 Sep '08
Flag of San Marino 19 Nov '08 11 Feb '09 10 Sep '08 11 Oct '08 14 Oct '09
Flag of Slovakia 5 Sep '09 6 Sep '08 15 Oct '08 6 Jun '09 10 Oct '09
Flag of Slovenia 28 Mar '09 11 Oct '08 9 Sep '09 19 Aug '09 10 Sep '08


[edit] Current squad

Squad called up for the friendly match against Switzerland on May 24, 2008.

caps and goals as of May 26, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Ján Mucha December 5, 1982 (1982-12-05) (age 25) 3 0 Flag of Poland Legia Warsaw
- GK Ľuboš Kamenár June 17, 1987 (1987-06-17) (age 20) 0 0 Flag of Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka
4 DF Miloš Brezinský April 2, 1984 (1984-04-02) (age 24) 3 0 Flag of Romania Poli Timişoara
5 DF Marek Čech January 26, 1983 (1983-01-26) (age 25) 27 2 Flag of Portugal FC Porto
8 DF Radoslav Zabavník September 16, 1980 (1980-09-16) (age 27) 29 1 Flag of Russia Terek Grozny
- DF Kornel Saláta January 24, 1985 (1985-01-24) (age 23) 1 0 Flag of Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka
- DF Peter Doležaj April 5, 1981 (1981-04-05) (age 27) 2 0 Flag of Slovakia Spartak Trnava
- DF Peter Pekarík October 30, 1986 (1986-10-30) (age 21) 2 0 Flag of Slovakia MŠK Žilina
17 MF Marek Hamšík July 27, 1987 (1987-07-27) (age 20) 12 2 Flag of Italy S.S.C. Napoli
9 MF Marek Mintál September 2, 1977 (1977-09-02) (age 30) 37 11 Flag of Germany 1. FC Nuremberg
2 MF Martin Petráš November 2, 1979 (1979-11-02) (age 28) 28 1 Flag of Italy U.S. Triestina
14 MF Jaroslav Kolbas January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) (age 23) 2 0 Flag of Slovakia MFK Košice
7 MF Branislav Obžera August 29, 1981 (1981-08-29) (age 26) 3 0 Flag of Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka
8 MF Blažej Vaščák November 21, 1983 (1983-11-21) (age 24) 4 0 Flag of Italy A.C. Cesena
13 FW Filip Hološko January 17, 1984 (1984-01-17) (age 24) 28 5 Flag of Turkey Beşiktaş J.K.
11 FW Róbert Vittek Captain April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01) (age 26) 51 15 Flag of Germany 1. FC Nuremberg
16 FW Martin Jakubko February 26, 1980 (1980-02-26) (age 28) 14 2 Flag of Russia Saturn Moscow Region


[edit] Recent call-up

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad in 2008.

Goalkeepers
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Štefan Senecký January 6, 1980 Flag of Turkey Ankaraspor 6 (0) v. Turkey, 20 May 2008
Defenders
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Martin Škrtel November 15, 1984 Flag of England Liverpool 25 (4) v. Turkey, 20 May 2008
Tomáš Hubočan September 11, 1985 Flag of Russia Zenit St. Petersburg 4 (0) v. Turkey, 20 May 2008
Matej Krajčík March 19, 1981 Flag of the Czech Republic SK Slavia Praha 16 (0) v. Turkey, 20 May 2008
Marián Čišovský November 2, 1979 Flag of Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 7 (0) v. Iceland, 26 March 2008
Ján Ďurica November 10, 1981 Flag of Russia Saturn Moscow Region 22 (1) v. Iceland, 26 March 2008
Ľubomír Michalík August 13, 1986 Flag of England Leeds United 4 (1) v. Hungary, 6 February 2008
Midfielders
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Stanislav Šesták November 16, 1982 Flag of Germany VfL Bochum 19 (3) v. Turkey, 20 May 2008
Igor Žofčák April 10, 1983 Flag of the Czech Republic FK Jablonec 97 12 (0) v. Turkey, 20 May 2008
Balázs Borbély October 2, 1979 Flag of Romania Poli Timişoara 10 (0) v. Iceland, 26 March 2008
Zdeno Štrba June 9, 1976 Flag of Slovakia MŠK Žilina 9 (0) v. Iceland, 26 March 2008
Marek Sapara July 31, 1982 Flag of Norway Rosenborg BK 14 (2) v. Iceland, 26 March 2008
Róbert Jež July 10, 1981 Flag of Slovakia MŠK Žilina 2 (0) v. Iceland, 26 March 2008
Strikers
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Ján Novák March 6, 1985 Flag of Slovakia MFK Košice 1 (0) v. Turkey, 20 May 2008
Juraj Halenár June 28, 1983 Flag of Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 3 (0) v. Hungary, 6 February 2008


No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Kamil Čontofalský June 3, 1978 (1978-06-03) (age 30) 34 0 Flag of Russia Zenit St. Petersburg (Euro 2008 qual. v. San Marino, 2007-11-21)
1 GK Dušan Kuciak May 21, 1985 (1985-05-21) (age 23) 2 0 Flag of Slovakia MŠK Žilina (friendly v. Croatia, 2007-10-16)
14 DF Otto Szabó March 1, 1981 (1981-03-01) (age 27) 3 0 Flag of Slovakia ŠK Slovan Bratislava (Euro 2008 qual. v. San Marino, 2007-11-21)
- MF Peter Petráš May 7, 1979 (1979-05-07) (age 29) 7 0 Flag of Russia Saturn Moscow Region (Euro 2008 qual. v. San Marino, 2007-11-21)
6 MF Ján Kozák April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 28) 8 0 Flag of Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka (Euro 2008 qual. v. San Marino, 2007-11-21)
19 MF Karol Kisel March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15) (age 31) 25 1 Flag of the Czech Republic AC Sparta Praha (Euro 2008 qual. v. San Marino, 2007-11-21)
15 MF Dušan Švento August 1, 1985 (1985-08-01) (age 22) 10 1 Flag of the Czech Republic SK Slavia Praha (Euro 2008 qual. v. Germany, 2007-06-06)
18 FW Filip Šebo February 24, 1984 (1984-02-24) (age 24) 7 5 Flag of France Valenciennes FC (friendly v. Croatia, 2007-10-16)






[edit] Notable players

This lists players who have played most or all of their international careers in the Slovak Republic era. For notable players from the Czechoslovakia era, see Czechoslovakia national football team.

[edit] Coaches

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