Soccer World Cup 2010 / Slovenia

This article covers the Slovenian national football team at the 2010 World Cup .

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in South Africa through the qualifying matches of the European football association UEFA .

In the first round Slovenia met in the Group 3 to Slovakia , Czech Republic , Northern Ireland , Poland and San Marino . In the ten games that resulted, Slovenia won six games, reached two draws and lost in as many games. As runners-up in the group, Slovenia came into the second qualifying round, where it had to face Russia in a play-off match consisting of a return game . After a 2-1 defeat in the first leg in Russia, Slovenia managed a 1-0 win over the Russians at home and qualified for the World Cup finals using the away goals rule. In the second leg against Russia, two Russians were excluded during the game; Zlatko Dedič scored the winning goal .

First round

rank	country	Gates	Points
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 : Poland 1-1 Slovenia (1-1)

September 10, 2008 : Slovenia - Slovakia 2: 1 (1: 0)

October 11, 2008 : Slovenia - Northern Ireland 2-0 (0-0)

October 15, 2008 : Czech Republic - Slovenia 1-0 (0-0)

March 28, 2009 : Slovenia 0-0 Czech Republic

April 1, 2009 : Northern Ireland - Slovenia 1-0 (0-0)

August 12, 2009 : Slovenia 5-0 San Marino (2-0)

September 9, 2009 : Slovenia 3-0 Poland (2-0)

October 10, 2009 : Slovakia 0-2 Slovenia (0-0)

October 14, 2009 : San Marino - Slovenia 0: 3 (0: 1)

Second round

November 14, 2009 : Russia 2-1 Slovenia (1-0)

November 18, 2009 : Slovenia 1-0 Russia (1-0)

Slovenian contingent

On May 11, 2010, national coach Matjaž Kek announced his preliminary 30-man squad, which included 26 players under contract outside the country's borders. On May 21, he deleted the first four players from the provisional squad, so that the goalkeeper Jan Koprivec , defender Aleksandar Rajčević , midfielder Dare Vršič and striker Miran Burgić had to bury their hopes of participating in the finals. Shortly before the end of the submission period, he announced the final, 23-player roster on June 1; Mirnes Šišič , Darijan Matič and Dejan Kelhar were the three other deleted players. Thus, out of 21 “legionnaires”, there remained two players playing in Slovenia.

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Samir Handanovič	Udinese Calcio	07/14/1984	3	0	0	0	0
12	Jasmin Handanovič	AC Mantova	01/28/1978	0	0	0	0	0
16	Aleksander Šeliga	Sparta Rotterdam	02/01/1980	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Mišo Brečko	1. FC Cologne	05/01/1984	3	0	0	0	0
3	Elvedin Džinič	NK Maribor	08/25/1985	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Marko Šuler	KAA Gent	03/09/1983	3	0	1	0	0
5	Boštjan Cesar	Grenoble Foot	07/09/1982	3	0	1	0	0
6th	Branko Ilič	Moscow locomotive	02/06/1983	0	0	0	0	0
13	Bojan Jokic	Chievo Verona	05/17/1986	3	0	2	0	0
19th	Suad Filekovič	NK Maribor	09/16/1978	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Matej Mavrič	TuS Koblenz	01/29/1979	0	0	0	0	0
midfield player
7th	Nejc Pečnik	Nacional Funchal	03/01/1986	2	0	0	0	0
8th	Robert Koren	West Bromwich Albion	09/20/1980	3	1	0	0	0
10	Valter Birsa	AJ Auxerre	08/07/1986	3	1	1	0	0
15th	Rene Krhin	Inter Milan	May 21, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Andraž fair	Wisła Krakow	09/06/1984	3	0	1	0	0
18th	Aleksander Radosavljevič	AE Larisa	04/25/1979	3	0	1	0	0
20th	Andrej Komac	Maccabi Tel Aviv	December 04, 1979	2	0	1	0	0
21st	Dalibor Stevanović	Vitesse Arnhem	09/27/1984	0	0	0	0	0
striker
9	Zlatan Ljubijankič	KAA Gent	December 15, 1983	3	1	0	0	0
11	Milivoje Novakovič	1. FC Cologne	05/18/1979	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Zlatko Dedič	VfL Bochum	05/10/1984	3	0	1	0	0
23	Tim Matavž	FC Groningen	01/13/1989	1	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Matjaž Kek		09.09.1961

Preparation and World Cup quarters

In preparation for the World Cup finals, the Slovenian national team will be competing in a training camp in Bruneck in South Tyrol between May 21 and June 3 . She then returned to Slovenia, where she was stationed in Ptuj . After a test match against New Zealand's selection on June 4th in Maribor , the departure from Ljubljana Airport is planned for June 6th . The World Cup base of the Slovenian team is in Johannesburg in Hyde Park Southern Sun .

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	United States	4: 3	5
2	England	2: 1	5
3	Slovenia	3: 3	4th
4th	Algeria	0: 2	1

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Slovenian national football team met in Group C against England , the United States and Algeria . After two games, the team was still in first place in the table, but the Slovenes missed the necessary draw against group favorites England. Since in the parallel game the USA could also overtake the table with a win in stoppage time, the third place meant the end for Slovenia after the preliminary round.

• Sunday June 13, 2010; 1.30 p.m. in Polokwane Algeria - Slovenia 0: 1 (0: 0)
   

• Friday June 18, 2010; 16:00 in Johannesburg (Ellis Park Stadium) Slovenia - United States 2: 2 (2: 0)
   

• Wednesday June 23, 2010; 16:00 in Nelson Mandela Bay / Port Elizabeth Slovenia - England 0: 1 (0: 1)
   

Web links

• All matches in the preliminary round at a glance ( memento from September 29, 2010 on the Internet Archive ) on FIFA.com
• FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: Squad Slovenia ( Memento from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kekov širši seznam. In: NZS.si. May 11, 2010, accessed February 25, 2016 . 
2. ↑ znana per šestindvajseterica. In: NZS.si. May 21, 2010, accessed February 25, 2016 . 
3. ↑ znana slovenska triindvajseterica. In: NZS.si. June 1, 2010, accessed February 25, 2016 .