Soccer World Cup 2010 / Slovakia
qualification
The Slovak team qualified as group winners of Group 3 for the World Cup in South Africa through the qualifying matches of the European football association UEFA, and in 2010 they took part in a World Cup finals for the first time.
In the first round of qualification, Slovakia faced Slovenia , the Czech Republic , Northern Ireland , Poland and San Marino . Slovakia won seven of the ten games. One match ended in a draw, the team lost two more games.
Group opponents San Marino, who conceded 47 goals in ten games and finished last, scored their only goal of the entire qualification in their 3-1 defeat against Slovakia.
First round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 | Slovakia | 22:10 | 22nd |
2 | Slovenia | 18: 4 | 20th |
3 | Czech Republic | 17: 6 | 16 |
4th | Northern Ireland | 13: 9 | 15th |
5 | Poland | 19:14 | 11 |
6th | San Marino | 1:47 | 0 |
September 6, 2008 : Slovakia - Northern Ireland 2-1 (0-0)
September 10, 2008 : Slovenia - Slovakia 2: 1 (1: 0)
October 11, 2008 : San Marino - Slovakia 1: 3 (1: 2)
October 15, 2008 : Slovakia 2-1 Poland (0-0)
April 1, 2009 : Czech Republic - Slovakia 1: 2 (1: 1)
June 6, 2009 : Slovakia - San Marino 7-0 (5-0)
September 5, 2009 : Slovakia - Czech Republic 2: 2 (0: 0)
9 September 2009 : Northern Ireland - Slovakia 0: 2 (0: 1)
October 10, 2009 : Slovakia 0-2 Slovenia (0-0)
October 14, 2009 : Poland 0-1 Slovakia (0-1)
Slovak contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | ||||
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Ján Mucha | Legia Warsaw | 05.12.1982 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Dušan Perniš | Dundee United | 11/28/1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Dušan Kuciak | FC Vaslui | May 21, 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Peter Pekarík | VfL Wolfsburg | 10/30/1986 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Martin Škrtel | Liverpool FC | December 15, 1984 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
4th | Marek Čech | West Bromwich Albion | 01/26/1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Radoslav Zabavník | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 09/16/1980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Ján Ďurica | Hannover 96 | December 10, 1981 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21st | Kornel Saláta | ŠK Slovan Bratislava | January 24, 1985 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Martin Petráš | AC Cesena | 11/02/1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||||
6th | Zdeno Štrba | Skoda Xanthi | 06/09/1976 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
7th | Vladimír Weiss | Bolton Wanderers | 11/30/1989 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8th | Ján Kozák | FC Timișoara | 04/22/1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Marek Sapara | MKE Ankaragücü | 07/31/1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Miroslav Stoch | FC Twente Enschede | October 19, 1989 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Marek Hamšík | SSC Naples | 07/27/1987 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Juraj Kucka | Sparta Prague | 02/26/1987 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
20th | Kamil Kopúnek | FC Spartak Trnava | 05/18/1984 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||||
9 | Stanislav Šesták | VfL Bochum | December 16, 1982 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Róbert Vittek | MKE Ankaragücü | 04/01/1982 | 4th | 4th | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Filip Hološko | Beşiktaş Istanbul | January 17, 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Martin Jakubko | Saturn Ramenskoye | 02/26/1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Erik Jendrišek | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 10/26/1986 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||||
Vladimír Weiss | 09/22/1964 |
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 | Paraguay | 3: 1 | 5 |
2 | Slovakia | 4: 5 | 4th |
3 | New Zealand | 2: 2 | 3 |
4th | Italy | 4: 5 | 2 |
In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Slovak national soccer team met in Group F against Italy , Paraguay and New Zealand . After they had to accept the equalizer in stoppage time in the opening game against New Zealand and lost to Paraguay, the return flight home was already booked. With a sensational victory against defending champion and group favorite Italy, they made it to second place and thus to the round of 16.
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Tuesday June 15, 2010; 1.30 p.m. in Rustenburg New Zealand - Slovakia 1: 1 (0: 0)
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Sunday June 20, 2010; 1:30 p.m. in Mangaung / Bloemfontein Slovakia - Paraguay 0: 2 (0: 1)
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Thursday June 24, 2010; 4:00 p.m. in Johannesburg (Ellis Park Stadium) Slovakia - Italy 3: 2 (1: 0)
Final round
Round of 16
The Slovak team qualified second in Group F for the round of 16 and met the Netherlands , the winners of Group E. The game was lost 2-1.
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Monday June 28, 2010; 16:00 in Durban Netherlands - Slovakia 2: 1 (1: 0)
Web links
- All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com