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Slovakia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Sokoli (The Falcons)
Repre (The Representatives)
Association Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Francesco Calzona
Captain Milan Škriniar
Most caps Marek Hamšík (138)
Top scorer Marek Hamšík (26)
Home stadium Tehelné Pole
Štadión Antona Malatinského
FIFA code SVK
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 29 Decrease 2 (7 February 2019)
Highest 14 (August 2015)
Lowest 150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking
Current 36 Decrease 8 (3 March 2019)
Highest 14 (August 1939)
Lowest 67 (October 2011)
First international
as Slovakia (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
 Argentina 6–0 Slovakia 
(Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995)
 Sweden 6–0 Slovakia 
(Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 12 January 2017)
World Cup
Appearances 9 (first in 1934 as Czechoslovakia
2010 as Slovakia)
Best result As Czechoslovakia: Runners-up (1934, 1962)
As Slovakia: Round of 16 (2010)
European Championship
Appearances 6 (first in 1960 as Czechoslovakia
2016 as Slovakia)
Best result As Czechoslovakia: Champions (1976)
As Slovakia: Round of 16 (2016)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Moscow Team
Silver 1964 Tokyo Team

The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenská futbalová reprezentácia) 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. Historically, up to the split in 1993, the team participated mostly as Czechoslovakia, while it also competed as Slovakia during the World War II.

Since 1993, Slovakia has qualified for four major international tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024. 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 newly, independent national team had ever played in a major football competition, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign since 1996. 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

Slovakia former national team
The Slovakia national team in 1940
Slovakia national team 2010
The Slovakia national team before the match against Italy at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

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).

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 first match on Slovak soil was a 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 attempted qualifying for 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, recording 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, one of them against their Czech neighbors, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date, 17th.

Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time as an independent nation after finishing in first in Group 3 of 2010 World Cup qualification ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, and Poland. On 14 October 2009, they clinched qualification with a 1–0 away win against Poland. 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. The result of this match meant that for the first time in World Cup history, both finalists from the previous tournament had been eliminated in the first round, champion Italy and runner-up France.

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. 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 campaign in South Africa boosted team performance ahead of the qualifiers, which started in September with two 1–0 wins against Macedonia at 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.

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A celebration of Slovak players after the 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 fourth European Championship, first independently.

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 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 they missed out on a play-off place as the other second teams' results went against them meant Slovakia finished as the worst group runners-up.

Slovakia struggled to qualify for Euro 2020, only reaching the tournament after a difficult away win over Northern Ireland. Being drawn with Spain, Sweden and Poland in group E, Slovakia beat Poland 2–1. Subsequently, however, Slovakia would lose to Sweden 0–1 before getting thrashed by Spain 5–0, thus finishing third, but with the worst goal difference due to scoring own goals as a result of their performance. Slovakia was eliminated in the group stage for the first time ever.

The country finished third in 2022 World Cup qualifying behind Croatia and Russia, who would be banned from the World Cup due to the country's invasion of Ukraine. Slovakia qualified automatically for Euro 2024 by finishing second in their qualifying group.

Stadiums

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 installation of 2016. In the past, home games have occasionally been played at other venues including 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
60 Tehelné pole 22,500 Bratislava v.  Germany (2–0)
27 August 1939		 v.  Iceland (4–2)
16 November 2023
36 Štadión Antona Malatinského 19,200 Trnava v.  Bulgaria (0–0)
24 April 1996		 v.  Luxembourg (0–0)
23 March 2023
21 Štadión pod Dubňom 11,258 Žilina v.  Greece (2–2)
30 April 2003		 v.  Iceland (3–1)
17 November 2015
9 Pasienky 11,591 Bratislava v.  Israel (1–0)
18 August 1999		 v.  Greece (0–1)
16 October 2012
4 Všešportový areál 30,312 Košice v.  Russia (2–1)
8 March 1995		 v.  Romania (0–2)
15 November 1995
2 Štadión pod Zoborom 7,480 Nitra v.  Belarus (4–0)
27 March 1996		 v.  Saudi Arabia (1–1)
24 May 2000
Štadión Lokomotívy 9,000 Košice v.  Finland (0–0)
19 August 1998		 v.  Azerbaijan (3–0)
5 September 1998
Mestský štadión 5,450 Dubnica nad Váhom v.  Liechtenstein (2–0)
8 September 1999		 v.  San Marino (7–0)
13 October 2007
1 MOL Aréna 12,700 Dunajská Streda v.  Lithuania (2–2)
30 March 1993
Futbalový štadión Prievidza 9,000 Prievidza v.  Slovenia (2–0)
16 November 1993
Štadión na Sihoti 4,500 Trenčín v.  Moldova (4–2)
5 September 2001
Štadión Tatranu 5,410 Prešov v.  Uzbekistan (4–1)
14 May 2002
ViOn Aréna 3,787 Zlaté Moravce v.  Iceland (1–2)
26 March 2008
NTC Senec 3,264 Senec v.  Montenegro (2–0)
23 May 2014
  • Tehelne pole

    Tehelné Pole

  • The City Arena in Trnava (2018)

    Štadión Antona Malatinského

  • MŠK Žilina - Stadium - panoramio

    Pod Dubňom

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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. The national team was given the nickname Slovenskí sokoli (Slovak Falcons). The U15 to U21 national teams were given the nickname Slovenskí sokolíci (Slovak Little Falcons). Despite a lack of immediate identification with the nickname by the fans, it went into usage during the tournament and the subsequent qualification for the 2018 World Cup and is now often used, especially in the media, along with Repre, which still remains to be preferred in an informal conversation.

Kit

Slovakia former kits
Slovakia kits from 1939 to 1945 era

Slovakia's home kit since 1993 is blue, but Slovakia changed their home kit from blue to white, which lasted until 2020, when Slovakia changed its home kit to blue once again. 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
France Le Coq Sportif 1993–1995
United States Nike 1995–2005
Germany Adidas 2006–2011
Germany Puma 2012–2016
United States Nike 2016–

Results and fixtures

Main articles: Slovakia national football team results (2020–present) and Slovakia national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixture

2023

2024

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Francesco Calzona
Assistant coach Gianluca Segarelli
Simone Bonomi
Goalkeeping coach Ján Novota
Team manager Marek Hamšík
Technical director Giovanni Paolo de Matteis
Fitness coach Alessandro Bulfoni
Dávid Brünn
Translator Pavol Farkaš
Doctors Zsolt Fegyveres
Jozef Almási
Masseur Mário Prelovský
Physiotherapists Marián Drinka
Peter Hečko
Martin Nozdrovický
Videoanalyst Marco Brini
Custodians Ján Beniak
Marek Košáň

Coaching history

1939–1944

1993–present

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 friendly matches.

Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2024, after the match against Norway.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Marek Rodák (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27) 21 0 England Fulham
1GK Henrich Ravas (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 27) 0 0 United States New England Revolution
1GK Dominik Takáč (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25) 0 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava
2DF Peter Pekarík (1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 38) 124 2 Germany Hertha BSC
2DF Norbert Gyömbér (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 32) 36 0 Italy Salernitana
2DF Dávid Hancko (1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 26) 35 4 Netherlands Feyenoord
2DF Ľubomír Šatka (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 28) 33 1 Turkey Samsunspor
2DF Denis Vavro (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28) 19 2 Denmark Copenhagen
2DF Vernon De Marco (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 32) 7 1 United Arab Emirates Hatta
2DF Michal Tomič (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25) 3 0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
2DF Matúš Kmeť (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín
2DF Adam Obert (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Italy Cagliari
3MF Juraj Kucka (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 37) 104 13 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
3MF Ondrej Duda (1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 29) 69 12 Italy Hellas Verona
3MF Patrik Hrošovský (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 32) 53 0 Belgium Genk
3MF Stanislav Lobotka (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 29) 52 4 Italy Napoli
3MF László Bénes (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 27) 18 1 Germany Hamburger SV
3MF Erik Jirka (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 27) 10 2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
3MF Jakub Kadák (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 23) 1 0 Switzerland Luzern
3MF Dominik Hollý (2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín
4FW Róbert Mak (1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 33) 80 16 Australia Sydney FC
4FW Róbert Boženík (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25) 37 6 Portugal Boavista
4FW Lukáš Haraslín (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28) 32 5 Czech Republic Sparta Prague
4FW Tomáš Suslov (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22) 25 2 Italy Hellas Verona
4FW Ivan Schranz (1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 31) 21 3 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
4FW David Strelec (2001-04-04) 4 April 2001 (age 23) 17 2 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
4FW Dávid Ďuriš (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25) 9 1 Italy Ascoli
4FW Róbert Polievka (1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 (age 28) 9 0 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica
4FW Ľubomír Tupta (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 26) 2 0 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec
4FW Leo Sauer (2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 (age 18) 1 0 Netherlands Feyenoord

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad within the last twelve months:


Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Martin Dúbravka (1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 35) 41 0 England Newcastle United v.  Austria, 26 March 2024
DF Milan Škriniar (captain) (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29) 66 3 France Paris Saint-Germain v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 19 November 2023
DF Martin Valjent (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 28) 13 0 Spain Mallorca v.  Liechtenstein, 11 September 2023
MF Matúš BeroINJ (1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29) 29 1 Germany VfL Bochum v.  Liechtenstein, 11 September 2023
MF Christián Herc (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26) 4 0 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda v.  Liechtenstein, 20 June 2023
MF Artur Gajdoš (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Liechtenstein, 20 June 2023
MF Marek HamšíkRET (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 37) 138 26 Retired v.  Liechtenstein, 20 June 2023
FW Adam ZreľákINJ (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30) 9 3 Poland Warta Poznań v.  Liechtenstein, 11 September 2023
Notes
  • INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or an illness.
  • RET Retired from international football

Player records

Players in bold are still active with Slovakia.

Most appearances

Marek Hamšík
Marek Hamšík is Slovakia's top goalscorer and their most capped player.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Marek Hamšík 138 26 2007–2023
2 Peter Pekarík 124 2 2006–present
3 Miroslav Karhan 107 14 1995–2011
4 Juraj Kucka 104 13 2008–present
Martin Škrtel 104 6 2004–2019
6 Ján Ďurica 91 4 2004–2017
7 Róbert Vittek 82 23 2001–2016
8 Róbert Mak 80 16 2013–present
9 Vladimír Weiss 77 8 2009–present
10 Tomáš Hubočan 73 0 2006–2021

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Marek Hamšík 26 138 0.19 2007–2023
2 Róbert Vittek 23 82 0.28 2001–2016
3 Szilárd Németh 22 59 0.37 1996–2006
4 Róbert Mak 16 79 0.2 2013–present
5 Marek Mintál 14 45 0.31 2002–2009
Miroslav Karhan 14 107 0.13 1995–2011
7 Adam Nemec 13 43 0.3 2006–2019
Stanislav Šesták 13 66 0.2 2004–2016
Juraj Kucka 13 104 0.13 2008–present
10 Peter Dubovský 12 33 0.36 1994–2000
Ondrej Duda 12 69 0.17 2014–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA —
as  Czechoslovakia as  Czechoslovakia
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Declined invitation
Italy 1934 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 9 6 Squad 1 1 0 0 2 1 1934
France 1938 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 1 1 5 3 Squad 2 1 1 0 7 1 1938
Brazil 1950 Did not enter Did not enter
Switzerland 1954 Group stage 14th 2 0 0 2 0 7 Squad 4 3 1 0 5 1 1954
Sweden 1958 Group stage 9th 4 1 1 2 9 6 Squad 4 3 0 1 9 3 1958
Chile 1962 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 7 7 Squad 5 4 0 1 20 7 1962
England 1966 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 12 4 1966
Mexico 1970 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 7 Squad 7 5 1 1 16 7 1970
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 9 3 1974
Argentina 1978 4 2 0 2 4 6 1978
Spain 1982 Group stage 19th 3 0 2 1 2 4 Squad 8 4 2 2 15 6 1982
Mexico 1986 Did not qualify 8 3 2 3 11 12 1986
Italy 1990 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 0 2 10 5 Squad 8 5 2 1 13 3 1990
United States 1994 Did not qualify 10 4 5 1 21 9 1994
as  Slovakia as  Slovakia
France 1998 Did not qualify 4th 10 5 1 4 18 14
South Korea Japan 2002 3rd 10 5 2 3 16 9
Germany 2006 2nd 14 6 6 2 26 14
South Africa 2010 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 5 7 Squad 1st 10 7 1 2 22 10
Brazil 2014 Did not qualify 3rd 10 3 4 3 11 10
Russia 2018 2nd 10 6 0 4 17 7
Qatar 2022 3rd 10 3 5 2 17 10
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Runner-up 9/22 34 12 6 16 49 52 — — 145 75 35 35 271 137

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Slovakia at the UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
as  Czechoslovakia as  Czechoslovakia
France 1960 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 2 3 Squad 6 4 1 1 16 5 1960
Spain 1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3 1964
Italy 1968 6 3 1 2 8 4 1968
Belgium 1972 6 4 1 1 11 4 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3 Squad 8 5 2 1 19 7 1976
Italy 1980 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 5 4 Squad 6 5 0 1 17 4 1980
France 1984 Did not qualify 8 3 4 1 15 7 1984
West Germany 1988 6 2 3 1 7 5 1988
Sweden 1992 8 5 0 3 12 9 1992
as  Slovakia as  Slovakia
England 1996 Did not qualify 3rd 10 4 2 4 14 18
Belgium Netherlands 2000 3rd 10 5 2 3 12 9
Portugal 2004 3rd 8 3 1 4 11 9
Austria Switzerland 2008 4th 12 5 1 6 33 23
Poland Ukraine 2012 4th 10 4 3 3 7 10
France 2016 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 3 6 Squad 2nd 10 7 1 2 17 8
Europe 2020 Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 2 7 Squad 3rd 10 5 2 3 15 12
Germany 2024 Qualified 2nd 10 7 1 2 17 8
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028 To be determined
Italy Turkey 2032
Total 1 Title 6/17 15 5 4 6 17 23 — — 136 71 26 39 233 145

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R Rank
2018–19 B 1 4 1 0 3 5 5 Steady 21st
2020–21 B 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 Decrease 30th
2022–23 C 3 6 2 1 3 5 6 Steady 43rd
2024–25 C 1 To be determined
Total 16 4 2 10 15 21 21st

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 19 November 2023 after a match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Records with defunct teams are marked in italics.

      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 5 1 3 1 3 4 −1
 Azerbaijan 10 8 0 2 21 7 +14
 Bahrain 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Belarus 5 3 1 1 9 3 +6
 Belgium 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1
 Bolivia 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5
 Bulgaria 8 4 2 2 11 6 +5
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Chile 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
 China 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 17 2 4 11 20 43 −23
 Cyprus 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10
 Czech Republic 14 3 2 9 12 29 −17
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4
 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 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5
 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 7 5 1 1 16 9 +7
 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
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
 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 11 9 2 0 30 1 +29
 Lithuania 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6
 Luxembourg 7 5 1 1 16 5 +11
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Malta 10 8 2 0 29 5 +24
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3
 Moldova 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
 Montenegro 2 1 1 0 4 2 +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
 Macedonia 8 6 2 0 16 3 +13
 Norway 4 1 0 3 1 5 −4
 Paraguay 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
 Peru 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
 Poland 9 5 1 3 14 14 0
 Portugal 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8
 Romania 11 1 5 5 12 20 −8
 Russia 11 4 3 4 10 10 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 and Montenegro 3 0 1 3 1 5 −4
 Slovenia 9 2 4 3 8 9 −1
 South Korea 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Spain 7 1 1 5 6 20 −14
 Sweden 7 0 3 4 2 12 −10
 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 353 140 82 131 491 454 +37

Honours

Major tournaments

Minor titles

  • King's Cup
    • Winners (2): 2004, 2018
  • Kirin Cup
    • Winners (1): 2000
    • Third-place (2): 2002, 2004
  • Shanghai International Football Tournament
    • Runner-up (1): 1992
  • Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso [es]
    • Runner up (1): 2000
  • Cyprus International Football Tournaments
    • Third place (2): 1998, 2003
  • Friendship Tournament (UAE)
    • Third place (1): 1994

Recognitions

  • FIFA Best Mover of the Year
    • Runner-up (1): 2014
  • 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 Czechoslovak 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.

Competition 1 2 3 Total
World Cup 0 2 0 2
European Championship 1 0 2 3
Total 1 2 2 5

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Eslovaquia para niños

  • 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
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