Slovakia national football team

Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Repre[1] Slovenskí sokoli (falcons)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ján Kozák
Captain	Martin Škrtel
Most caps	Miroslav Karhan (107)
Top scorer	Róbert Vittek (23)
Home stadium	Štadión Antona Malatinského
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	25 1 (24 November 2016)
Highest	14 (August 2015)
Lowest	150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking
Current	31 (15 November 2016)
Highest	25 (June 2015)
Lowest	71 (October 2011)
First international
First Slovak Republic:  Slovakia 2–0 Germany  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) Second Slovak Republic: Unofficial:  Lithuania 0–1  Slovakia (Vilnius, Lithuania; 14 October 1992) Official:  United Arab Emirates 0–1 Slovakia  (Dubai, UAE; 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)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2010)
Best result	Round of 16, 2010
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Round of 16, 2016

The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2016 is reconstructed Štadión Antona Malatinského^[3] in Trnava and their head coach is Ján Kozák. Slovakia is one of the youngest national football teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national football team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. Slovakia maintains its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments since.

Slovakia qualified for two major national tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. Slovakia qualified to the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group despite two defeats against Slovenia, and progressed beyond the championship group stage after a 3–2 win against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2–1 defeat in the second round against eventual runners-up the Netherlands. It was the first time the team have ever played in a major football competition, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaign since 1996, after a 50-year absence from international football due to representing part of the Czechoslovakia team. They 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 team have achieved some noteworthy results, however, such as the aforementioned win over the then title holders Italy at the 2010 FIFA 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 in their group in 4th place. They also only scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify to Brazil for 2014 FIFA World Cup, but secured a spot in France for UEFA Euro 2016 under 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 FIFA World Cup in 1996 and 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 FIFA 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 playing each other in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, and they lost 3–1 in Prague and 0–3 in Bratislava.

History

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 fifty 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 1976 European Championships (eight of the eleven players who defeated West Germany in the final were Slovak).

Former Slovakia national team before 1945

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 match back on Slovak soil was the 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.

Slovakia played in a major championship as an independent team for the first time in Euro '96 qualifying, but finished in third place in their qualifying group, behind Romania and France, having recorded 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, with one of these against their Czech neighbors, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date of No. 17.

Repre before match against Italy at 2010 FIFA World Cup

Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history as an independent nation after finishing in first place in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, and Poland. On 14 October 2009, they clinched qualification with a 1–0 away win against Poland.^[4] On 24 June 2010, Slovakia finished second in the group stage after defeating World Cup titleholders Italy in a game which ESPN called "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, which finished last in the group.^[5] The result of this match meant that for the first time in World Cup history both finalists from the previous tournament have been eliminated from the first round, champion Italy and runner-up France.^[6][7] From here the Slovaks played the Netherlands in the round of 16, Slovakia were complete underdogs going into the game, but for most of the match until conceding their first goal were creating chances. From here Slovakia lost belief they could go back into the match and then fell 2–0 behind only to score a late goal from the penalty spot which turned out to be the last kick of the game.^[8] This returned Róbert Vittek to the top of the goalscoring charts joint top with David Villa until Villa himself scored against Portugal in a 1–0 win.

For UEFA Euro 2012 qualification, Slovakia was drawn against Russia, Ireland, Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra. The good campaign in South Africa boosted team performance ahead of the qualifiers, which started in September with two 1–0 wins against Macedonia in Stadion Pasienky and Russia away, this one in particular giving Slovakia the perfect start. However, October came and team form slipped steadily, as Repre was easily beaten in Armenia (3–1) and couldn't do better than a 1–1 home draw against Ireland. At that point, Russia topped the group charts with 9 points, with Slovakia, Armenia and Ireland all in 2-point-gap of the leaders.

However, 2011 got terribly worse. In February, the team was stunned in a 2–1 friendly defeat against Luxembourg, before needing to fight hard for two 1–0 wins against group minnows Andorra, who had conceded 11 goals in the previous four matches. Playing in Ireland in a six-point match, Slovakia got a goalless draw, despite having better chances, which kept both teams two points behind Russia, and leading Armenia by three. Four days later, even though, Slovakia had its most disastrous performance in years, as, after creating chances in a goalless first half, went on to concede four goals to an effective and brave Armenian team, what definitely ended team confidence in the tournament spot. In the final two matches, Slovakia was beaten at home by Russia, 1–0, despite playing much better than against Armenia, and drew in Macedonia 1–1, to a mediocre fourth place, and scoring only seven goals in the whole process. For the first time since UEFA Euro 1996, Slovakia finished a qualifying campaign with a negative goal difference. Vladimír Weiss left his job after four full years, being replaced by his assistants Michal Hipp and Stanislav Griga. Both were later replaced due to poor results. By late June, former Czechoslovakia national football team footballer Ján Kozák became the head coach and finished the already lost qualification with one victory in Bosnia and Herzegovina following with two defeats, one against Bosnia and Herzegovina and one against Greece.

Celebration of Slovak players after match against Russia at UEFA EURO 2016

For UEFA 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 Kiev. 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, Luxembourg with a score of 3–0 in Žilina, and Macedonia again with a score of 2–1 on 14 June 2015, also in Žilina. Till that day, Slovakia had 6 wins in row in qualification. They were followed by expected defeat in Spain 0–2, goalless match against Ukraine and shocking home defeat 0–1 against Belarus. 'Repre' finished qualification by defeating Luxembourg 4–2 and kept 2nd place in qualification group and qualified to their first UEFA European Championship.

Slovakia were 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 Euros in an eventual 2–1 defeat. Slovakia then beat Russia 2–1 with goals from Vladimir Weiss and Marek Hamsik and drew 0–0 against England to qualify for the round of 16 as one of the best third-placed teams.

Stadiums

City Arena, Trnava

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

The Slovakia national football team only uses one stadium at present: Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava. Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina was used in 2003–2015, but will not be used in the future because of the artificial grass (built in 2016). The national team recently played, last in 2009, at the biggest Slovak stadium, Tehelné pole in Bratislava, but the stadium is currently undergoing major renovation. In the past, home games have occasionally been played at other venues as Všešportový areál and Lokomotíva Stadium in Košice, Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra, Mestský štadión in Dubnica or Tatran Stadion in Prešov.

Stadiums which have hosted Slovakia international football matches:

Number of matches	Stadium	First international	Last international
51	Tehelné pole, Bratislava	27 August 1939	14 November 2009
21	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina	30 April 2003	17 November 2015
16	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava	24 April 1996	11 November 2016
9	Pasienky, Bratislava	18 August 1999	16 October 2012
4	Všešportový areál, Košice	8 March 1995	15 November 1995
2	Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra	27 March 1996	24 May 2000
2	Lokomotíva Stadium, Košice	19 August 1998	5 September 1998
2	Mestský štadión, Dubnica	8 September 1999	13 October 2007
1	Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín	5 September 2001	5 September 2001
1	Štadión 1. FC Tatran Prešov, Prešov	14 May 2002	14 May 2002
1	Štadión FC ViOn, Zlaté Moravce	26 March 2008	26 March 2008
1	NTC Senec, Senec	23 May 2014	23 May 2014

Nickname

In Slovakia, the team is typically referred to as the Repre (Representation) or Slovenskí sokoli (Slovak falcons).

Kit

Slovakia kits from 1939–45 era

Slovakia's home kit since the 1993 was blue, but currently Slovakia changed their home kit from blue to white. 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. The official shirt supplier is Puma which has signed a long-term agreement with the Slovak Association until 2026, but in 2016 announced that Association has been terminated with Puma and returned to Nike which was in the past for 10 years as supplier.

Name	Duration
Le Coq Sportif	1993–1995
Nike	1995–2005
Adidas	2006–2011
Puma	2012–2016
Nike	2016–

Tournament records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1998	Did not qualify									4th	10	5	1	4	18	14
2002										3rd	10	5	2	3	16	9
2006										2nd	14	6	6	2	26	14
2010	Round of 16	16	4	1	1	2	5	7		1st	10	7	1	2	22	10
2014	Did not qualify									3rd	10	3	4	3	11	10
2018	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	1/5	4	1	1	2	5	7		54	26	14	14	93	57

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2010	Round 1	New Zealand 1 – 1  Slovakia	Draw	Vittek
	Round 1	Slovakia 0 – 2  Paraguay	Loss
	Round 1	Slovakia 3 – 2  Italy	Win	Vittek (2), Kopúnek
	Round of 16	Netherlands 2 – 1 Slovakia	Loss	Vittek

European Championship record

UEFA Euro record										UEFA Euro Qualification record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify									3rd	10	4	2	4	14	18
2000										3rd	10	5	2	3	12	9
2004										3rd	8	3	1	4	11	9
2008										4th	12	5	1	6	33	23
2012										4th	10	4	3	3	7	10
2016	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	3	6		2nd	10	7	1	2	17	8
Total	Round of 16	1/6	4	1	1	2	3	6		60	28	10	22	94	77

List of UEFA Euro matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2016	Round 1	Wales 2 – 1  Slovakia	Loss	Duda
	Round 1	Russia 1 – 2  Slovakia	Win	Weiss, Hamšík
	Round 1	Slovakia 0 – 0  England	Draw
	Round of 16	Germany 3 – 0  Slovakia	Loss

Olympic Games

Host nation(s) / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
Total	1/4	3	1	0	2	3	6

Results and schedule

The box below, show the results of all A-level matches played within the last 12 months, and the scheduled matches for the nearest future.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Score*	Goalscorer(s)	Attendance
13 November 2015	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Switzerland	International Friendly	3–2	39' , 48' Ďuriš, 55' Mak	17,582
17 November 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Iceland	International Friendly	3–1	58', 61' Mak, 84' Ďuriš	5,568
25 March 2016	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Latvia	International Friendly	0–0		12,405
29 March 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	International Friendly	2–2	14' Stoch, 45' (o.g.) McShane	30,217
27 May 2016	Renner-Arena Wels, Linz, Austria	Georgia	International Friendly	3–1	5' , 57' Nemec, 70' Zreľák	800
29 May 2016	WWK ARENA, Augsburg, Germany	Germany	International Friendly	3–1	41' Hamšík, 44' Ďuriš, 52' Kucka	22,110
4 June 2016	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Northern Ireland	International Friendly	0–0		18,111
11 June 2016	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France	Wales	UEFA Euro 2016	1–2	61' Duda	37,831
15 June 2016	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France	Russia	UEFA Euro 2016	2–1	32' Weiss, 45' Hamšík	38,989
20 June 2016	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	England	UEFA Euro 2016	0–0		39,051
26 June 2016	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France	Germany	UEFA Euro 2016	0–3		44,312
4 September 2016	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	England	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	0–1		18,111
8 October 2016	Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Slovenia	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	0–1		10,492
11 October 2016	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Scotland	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	3-0	18' , 56' Mak, 68' Nemec	11,097
11 November 2016	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Lithuania	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	4–0	12' Nemec, 15' Kucka, 36' Škrtel, 86' Hamšík	9,653
15 November 2016	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	International Friendly	0–0		14,200

* Slovakia score always listed first

2016 UEFA Euro qualifying

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	0	1	23	3	+20	27	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	5–1
2	Slovakia	10	7	1	2	17	8	+9	22			2–1	—	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1
3	Ukraine	10	6	1	3	14	4	+10	19	Advance to play-offs		0–1	0–1	—	3–1	3–0	1–0
4	Belarus	10	3	2	5	8	14	−6	11			0–1	1–3	0–2	—	2–0	0–0
5	Luxembourg	10	1	1	8	6	27	−21	4			0–4	2–4	0–3	1–1	—	1–0
6	Macedonia	10	1	1	8	6	18	−12	4			0–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2016 UEFA Euro

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	England	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Wales  v  Slovakia

11 June 2016 18:00

Wales	2–1	Slovakia
Bale  10' Robson-Kanu  81'	Report	Duda  61'

Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Attendance: 37,831[9] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Russia  v  Slovakia

15 June 2016 15:00

Russia	1–2	Slovakia
Glushakov  80'	Report	Weiss  32' Hamšík  45'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq Attendance: 38,989[10] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Slovakia  v  England

20 June 2016 21:00

Slovakia	0–0	England
	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 39,051[11] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Knockout Phase

Round of 16

Germany  v  Slovakia

26 June 2016 18:00

Germany	3–0	Slovakia
Boateng  8' Gómez  43' Draxler  63'	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,312 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

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All-time team record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 11 October 2016 after a match against Lithuania. Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are no longer active. At the time of the match against Gibraltar, it was a member of UEFA, but not FIFA.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	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	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1
Azerbaijan	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8
Belarus	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5
Belgium	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Bolivia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Bulgaria	7	4	1	2	10	5	+5
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Chile	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Colombia	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
Croatia	13	2	3	8	17	33	-16
Cyprus	4	3	0	1	14	6	+8
Czech Republic	10	3	2	5	10	21	−11
Denmark	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
England	5	0	1	4	2	9	−7
Estonia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Finland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
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	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Iceland	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4
Iran	2	1	0	1	6	6	0
Republic of Ireland	5	0	4	1	5	6	−1
Israel	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Italy	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
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	9	7	2	0	26	1	+25
Lithuania	5	2	3	0	9	4	+5
Luxembourg	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10
Macedonia	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13
Malta	6	5	1	0	15	2	+13
Mexico	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3
Moldova	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Morocco	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Northern Ireland	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
Norway	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Peru	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Poland	8	4	1	3	12	13	−1
Portugal	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6
Romania	11	1	5	5	12	20	−8
Russia	9	3	3	3	8	8	0
San Marino	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Scotland	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Slovenia	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2
South Korea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Spain	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9
Sweden	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Thailand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Turkey	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	5	5	0
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
United States	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Wales	3	1	0	2	8	8	0
Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Totals	280	106	66	108	388	382	+6

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against  Lithuania and  Austria on 11 and 15 November 2016 respectively.

Caps and goals as of 16 November 2016, after the match against Austria.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Matúš Kozáčik	27 December 1983	25	0	Viktoria Plzeň
12	GK	Ján Novota	29 November 1983	4	0	Rapid Wien
23	GK	Martin Dúbravka	5 January 1989 (aged 27)	2	0	Slovan Liberec
3	DF	Martin Škrtel (captain)	15 December 1984 (aged 31)	88	6	Fenerbahçe
4	DF	Ján Ďurica	10 December 1981 (aged 34)	87	4	Trabzonspor
2	DF	Peter Pekarík	30 October 1986 (aged 29)	73	2	Hertha BSC
15	DF	Tomáš Hubočan	17 September 1985 (aged 31)	50	0	Marseille
16	DF	Kornel Saláta	24 January 1985 (aged 31)	40	2	Slovan Bratislava
5	DF	Erik Sabo	22 November 1991 (aged 24)	12	0	Beitar Jerusalem
14	DF	Milan Škriniar	11 February 1995 (aged 21)	7	0	Sampdoria
22	DF	Jakub Holúbek	12 January 1991 (aged 25)	3	0	MŠK Žilina
17	MF	Marek Hamšík (vice-captain)	27 July 1987 (aged 29)	95	20	Napoli
7	MF	Vladimír Weiss	30 November 1989 (aged 26)	58	5	Al-Gharafa
19	MF	Juraj Kucka	26 February 1987 (aged 29)	54	6	Milan
18	MF	Dušan Švento	1 August 1985 (aged 31)	47	1	Slavia Prague
20	MF	Róbert Mak	8 March 1991 (aged 25)	34	9	Zenit
13	MF	Patrik Hrošovský	22 April 1992 (aged 24)	16	0	Viktoria Plzeň
6	MF	Ján Greguš	29 January 1991 (aged 25)	11	0	Copenhagen
8	MF	Filip Kiss	13 October 1990 (aged 25)	11	0	Haugesund
9	MF	Matúš Bero	6 September 1995	3	0	Trabzonspor
10	MF	Stanislav Lobotka	25 November 1994	1	0	Nordsjælland
	MF	Albert Rusnák	7 July 1994	1	0	Groningen
21	FW	Michal Ďuriš	1 June 1988 (aged 28)	34	4	Viktoria Plzeň
11	FW	Adam Nemec	2 September 1985 (aged 31)	27	8	Dinamo București

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	Ján Mucha	5 December 1982 (aged 33)	46	0	Slovan Bratislava	UEFA Euro 2016
DF	Lukáš Pauschek	9 December 1992 (aged 23)	5	0	Mladá Boleslav	v.  Scotland, 11 October 2016
DF	Lukáš Štetina	28 July 1991 (aged 25)	1	0	Dukla Prague	v.  Scotland, 11 October 2016
DF	Norbert Gyömbér ^INJ	3 July 1992 (aged 24)	16	0	Pescara	v.  England, 4 September 2016
DF	Lukáš Tesák	8 March 1985	4	0	Arsenal Tula	v.  Germany, 29 May 2016
DF	Branislav Niňaj	17 May 1994	1	0	Lokeren	v.  Georgia, 27 May 2016 ^PRE
DF	Patrik Mráz	1 February 1987	0	0	Piast Gliwice	v.  Georgia, 27 May 2016 ^PRE
MF	Jakub Považanec	31 January 1991 (aged 25)	0	0	Dukla Prague	v.  Scotland, 11 October 2016
MF	Viktor Pečovský ^INJ	24 May 1983 (aged 33)	35	1	Žilina	v.  England, 4 September 2016
MF	Ondrej Duda	5 December 1994 (aged 21)	14	2	Hertha BSC	v.  England, 4 September 2016 ^INJ
MF	František Kubík	14 March 1989 (aged 27)	3	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  England, 4 September 2016
MF	Róbert Pich	12 November 1988 (aged 27)	0	0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	v.  England, 4 September 2016
MF	Miroslav Stoch	19 October 1989 (aged 26)	55	6	Fenerbahçe	UEFA Euro 2016
MF	Stanislav Šesták ^RET	16 December 1982 (aged 33)	66	13	Free agent	UEFA Euro 2016
MF	Jaroslav Mihalík	27 July 1994	0	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Georgia, 27 May 2016 ^PRE
FW	Marek Bakoš	15 April 1983 (aged 33)	14	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v.  Scotland, 11 October 2016
FW	Jakub Sylvestr	2 February 1989 (aged 27)	6	0	1. FC Nürnberg	v.  England, 4 September 2016
FW	Adam Zreľák	5 May 1994	2	1	FK Jablonec	v.  Germany, 29 May 2016
FW	Róbert Vittek	1 April 1982	82	23	Debrecen	v.  Georgia 27 May 2016 ^PRE / INJ

• ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^RET Retired from international football.

Player statistics

Players in bold are still active.

As of 15 November 2016.

Most capped players Miroslav Karhan # Player Career Caps Goals 1. Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 107 14 2. Marek Hamšík 2007– 95 20 3. Martin Škrtel 2004– 88 6 4. Ján Ďurica 2004– 87 4 5. Róbert Vittek 2001– 82 23 6. Peter Pekarík 2006– 73 2 7. Stanislav Šesták 2004–2016 66 13 8. Filip Hološko 2005– 65 8 9. Vladimír Weiss 2009– 58 5 10. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 58 22 Top goalscorers Róbert Vittek # Player Career Goals Caps Goals per match 1. Róbert Vittek 2001– 23 82 0.28 2. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 22 59 0.37 3. Marek Hamšík 2007– 20 95 0.21 4. Marek Mintál 2002–2009 14 45 0.31 Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 14 107 0.13 6. Stanislav Šesták 2004–2016 13 66 0.20 7. Peter Dubovský 1994–2000 12 33 0.36 8. Ľubomír Reiter 2001–2005 9 28 0.32 Tibor Jančula 1995–2001 9 29 0.31 Martin Jakubko 2004–2015 9 41 0.22 Róbert Mak 2013- 9 33 0.27 9. Adam Nemec 2006– 8 27 0.30 Filip Hološko 2005- 8 65 0.12 10. Filip Šebo 2006-2012 7 15 0.47 Jaroslav Timko 1994–1997 7 18 0.39 Dušan Tittel 1994-1998 7 44 0.16 Managers 1939–1944 Name Years Pld W D L GF GA GD PG Vojtech Závodský 1939 1 1 0 0 2 0 +1 3.00 Rudolf Hanák 1939–1940 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 1.50 Štefan Priboj 1940–1941 4 0 1 3 5 10 −5 0.08 Štefan Čambal 1941–1942 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0.00 Ferdinand Daučík 1942–1944 7 1 1 5 10 24 −14 0.19 Totals 16 3 2 11 23 44 −21 0.69 1993–present . As of 15 November 2016 Name Dates Pld W D L GF GA GD PG Jozef Vengloš 6. 4. 1993 – 15. 6. 1995 16 5 4 7 21 30 −9 1.19 Jozef Jankech 4. 7. 1995 – 23. 10. 1998 34 18 6 10 51 33 +18 1.76 Dušan Radolský[12] 10. 11. 1998 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0.00 Dušan Galis 1. 1. 1999 – 23. 2. 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Jozef Adamec 26. 2. 1999 – 30. 11. 2001 34 13 11 10 38 31 +7 1.47 Anton Dragúň[13] 17. 11. 1999 – 25. 11. 2001 4 1 0 3 2 7 −5 0.25 Ladislav Jurkemik 1. 2. 2002 – 31. 12. 2003 19 6 5 8 27 26 +1 1.21 Dušan Galis 1. 1. 2004 – 12. 10. 2006 31 12 12 7 53 36 +17 1.55 Ján Kocian 2. 11. 2006 – 30. 6. 2008 17 3 5 9 30 28 +2 0.82 Vladimír Weiss 7. 7. 2008 – 31. 1. 2012 40 16 8 16 56 53 +3 1.40 Michal Hipp[14] 29. 2. 2012 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3.00 Stanislav Griga Michal Hipp 26. 4. 2012 – 13. 6. 2013 12 3 4 5 11 14 −3 0.92 Ján Kozák 2 July 2013– 39 21 9 9 57 32 +25 1.85 Totals 248 99 64 85 349 294 +55 1.46 See also 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 References "Prezývka slovenských reprezentantov? Suchá". aktualne.sk. Retrieved 10 June 2010. "SLOVENSKÍ SOKOLI". futbalsfz.sk. Retrieved 1 June 2016. "Slovakia v Latvia, 25 March 2016". 11v11.com. Retrieved 23 May 2016. "Thrilling win in the snow". ESPN. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009. "Champions dumped out". ESPN. 24 June 2010. "Italy eliminated from World Cup in 1st round". AP. 24 June 2010. "Italy and France make unwanted history". AFP. 24 June 2010. "Robben rocks Slovakia". ESPN Soccernet. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010. "Full Time Summary – Wales v Slovakia" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016. "Full Time Summary – Russia v Slovakia" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016. "Full Time Summary – Slovakia v England" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016. managed the team against Poland at 10 November 1998 on a caretaker basis As Assistant coach he managed the team during the tour of Central and South America managed the team against Turkey on 29 February 2012 on a caretaker basis External links Slovak Football Association official website Profil at FIFA official website Profil at UEFA official website RSSSF archive of results 1939–2009 RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers