Football World Cup 2002 / Slovenia
The Slovenian national football team at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea :
qualification
Slovenia narrowly beat Yugoslavia in the battle for second place. In the play-offs, Romania was surprisingly defeated. This was the first time that Slovenia qualified for the World Cup finals.
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 | Russia | 18: 5 | 23 |
2 | Slovenia | 17: 9 | 20th |
3 | Yugoslavia | 22: 8 | 19th |
4th | Switzerland | 18:12 | 14th |
5 | Faroe Islands | 6:23 | 7th |
6th | Luxembourg | 4:28 | 0 |
Faroe Islands | - | Slovenia | 2: 2 |
Luxembourg | - | Slovenia | 1: 2 |
Slovenia | - | Switzerland | 2: 2 |
Russia | - | Slovenia | 1: 1 |
Slovenia | - | Yugoslavia | 1: 1 |
Slovenia | - | Luxembourg | 2-0 |
Switzerland | - | Slovenia | 0: 1 |
Slovenia | - | Russia | 2: 1 |
Yugoslavia | - | Slovenia | 1: 1 |
Slovenia | - | Faroe Islands | 3-0 |
Playoff:
Slovenia | - | Romania | 2: 1 |
Romania | - | Slovenia | 1: 1 |
Slovenian contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | ||||
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Marko Simeunovič | NK Maribor | December 06, 1967 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Mladen Dabanovič | SC Lokeren | 09/13/1971 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Dejan Nemec | Club Bruges | 03/01/1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Goran Sankovič | Slavia Prague | 06/18/1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Željko Milinović | JEF United Ichihara | 09/12/1969 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
4th | Muamer Vugdalič | NK Maribor | 08/25/1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Marinko Galič | FC Koper | 04/22/1970 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6th | Aleksander Knavs | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | December 05, 1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Amir Karič | NK Maribor | December 31, 1973 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Spasoje Bulajič | 1. FC Cologne | 11/24/1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||||
7th | Džoni Novak | SpVgg Unterhaching | 09/04/1969 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Aleš Čeh | Graz AK | 04/07/1968 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Zlatko Zahovič | Benfica Lisbon | 02/01/1971 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Miran Pavlin | FC Porto | 10/08/1971 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Saša Gajser | KAA Gent | 02/11/1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Rajko Tavčar | 1. FC Nuremberg | 07/21/1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Zoran Pavlovič | FK Austria Vienna | 06/27/1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Milenko Ačimovič | FK Red Star Belgrade | 02/15/1977 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20th | Nastja Čeh | Club Bruges | 01/26/1978 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||||
9 | Milan Osterc | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 07/04/1975 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Mladen Rudonja | Portsmouth FC | 07/26/1971 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Senad Tiganj | NK Olimpija Ljubljana | 08/28/1975 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | Sebastjan Cimirotič | US Lecce | 09/14/1974 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||||
Srečko Katanec | 07/16/1963 |
Preliminary round
Slovenia were gross underdogs in Group B. All three games were lost. Along with China and Saudi Arabia, Slovenia was the only team without a point win.
One reason for the poor performance of Slovenia was the suspension of playmaker and superstar Zahovic after the game against Spain because of differences of opinion with the coach.
Spain | - | Slovenia | 3: 1 |
South Africa | - | Slovenia | 1-0 |
Slovenia | - | Paraguay | 1: 3 |