Slovak national football team / European championships
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| European Championship record scorer: | Ondrej Duda , Marek Hamšík , Vladimír Weiss (1 each for Slovakia), 5 players (1 each for Czechoslovakia) |
| European Championship record players: | 3 players (6 each for Czechoslovakia), 7 players (4 each for Slovakia) |
| Rank: | 26th |
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| 4 European Championship games 1 win 1 draw 2 defeats 3: 6 goals |
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First European Championship game Slovakia 1: 2 Wales Bordeaux ( FRA ); June 11, 2016  |
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Biggest European Championship victory Slovakia 2: 1 Russia Lille ( FRA ); June 15, 2016  |
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Biggest European Championship defeat Slovakia 0: 3 Germany Lille ( FRA ); June 26, 2016  |
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| Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 2016 ) |
| Best results | Round of 16 ( 2016 ) |
| Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held | |
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| (As of July 10, 2016) | |
The article contains a detailed description of the Slovak national football team at European championships and their qualifications. The Slovakia was in October, 2015 for the 2016 took place in France European Championship finals qualify, while the Czech Republic since the split of Czechoslovakia still could qualify. Players born on the territory of what is now Slovakia made up a significant proportion of the Czechoslovak team from 1960 to 1976 and contributed significantly to its success. Ladislav Jurkemik scored the last goal for the Czechoslovak team at a European Championship in the game for third place at the 1980 European Championship.
Overview
| year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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| 1996 | England | not qualified | In the qualification of Romania and France failed. | |||
| 2000 | Netherlands and Belgium | not qualified | In the qualification of Romania and Portugal failed. | |||
| 2004 | Portugal | not qualified | In the qualification of England and Turkey failed, which also could not qualify. | |||
| 2008 | Austria and Switzerland | not qualified | In the qualification of Czech Republic and Germany failed. | |||
| 2012 | Poland and Ukraine | not qualified | In the qualification of Russia and Ireland failed. | |||
| 2016 | France | Round of 16 | Germany | - | Ján Kozák | After an opening defeat against Wales, a win against the Russians and a draw against England as the best third party to reach the round of 16. |
| 2021 | Europe | Initially, Slovakia and the Czech Republic expressed an interest in running for two people. After the decision was made to host the finals in several European cities, no application was made to host games. |
EM 1996
The first major football tournament in which the Slovak national team wanted to participate after the split-up of Czechoslovakia was the European Championship in England in 1996. They have been trained since 1993 by Jozef Vengloš , who had previously trained Czechoslovakia several times. In the qualification they met Romania , France , Poland , Israel and Azerbaijan , of which, like the Slovaks, the Azerbaijanis and Israelis also took part in the qualification for the first time. The Slovaks started with a 0-0 win against France and a 2-2 after a 2-0 lead in Israel, in which Stefan Rusnak scored the first qualifying goal for Slovakia. After a 2: 3 defeat against Romania, the first qualifying win was achieved with a 4: 1 against Azerbaijan. With two major defeats in France and Poland, the qualification was then gambled away, because in the end exactly six points were missing to reach second place. This ended the term of office of Vengloš, his successor was Jozef Jankech , who however no longer managed to turn things around. Romania, who were group winners with a 2-0 win in Slovakia on the last match day, and France, who were sixth-best group runner-up, made it to the European Championship finals.
EM 2000
In the qualification for the EM 2000 the Slovaks went with Jankech as national coach and again Romania was one of the qualifying opponents. They also met Portugal , Hungary , again Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein . The Slovaks started with two safe wins against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein, but then failed to score in four games, of which they lost two, including the first 3-0 against Portugal, whereupon Jankech's tenure ended. Dušan Radolský initially took over the post for a game , then Dušan Galis was to become national coach, who only wanted to keep the post if František Laurinec would not become association president. Since this was elected, he resigned and Jozef Adamec took over the post, but initially could not improve the team's performance. After the four games without a goal they won 1-0 in Hungary, but the subsequent home game against Romania was lost 5-1. With that the qualification was missed, which the last two victories against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein didn't change. Adamec initially stayed in office, but then also missed qualifying for the 2002 World Cup .
EM 2004
After failing to qualify for the soccer World Cup in 2002 , Ladislav Jurkemik took over the position of national coach. Group opponents in the qualification were England , Turkey , Macedonia and again Liechtenstein. The Slovaks started with defeats in Turkey and against England, followed by victories in Macedonia and against Liechtenstein. With narrow defeats against Turkey and England the qualification was awarded and again only the third place was taken. This ended the term of office of Jurkemik and Dušan Galis took over the office, although František Laurinec was still president of the association. However, he did not manage to lead the Slovaks to the 2006 World Cup , where they only failed in the playoffs of the group runners-up to Spain .
EM 2008
In qualifying for the 2008 European Championship , Slovakia, now trained by Ján Kocian , faced the Czech Republic , Germany , Ireland , Wales , Cyprus and San Marino . The Slovaks could only win both games against Cyprus and San Marino as well as in Wales and draw against Ireland. All other games were lost, so this time only fourth place jumped out. Group winners Czech Republic and Germany as runners-up reached the finals of the EM. Kocian initially stayed in office, but since three friendlies were lost in early 2008, the Slovak Association separated from him. His successor was Vladimír Weiss , who managed to lead the Slovaks to the 2010 World Cup , where they knocked out defending champions Italy in the group stage , but lost in the round of 16 to eventual runner-up Netherlands .
EM 2012
After the successful World Cup qualification , the Slovaks also hoped to qualify for the European Championship finals for the first time. In a group with Russia , Ireland, Armenia , Macedonia and Andorra only the fourth place was taken. The Slovaks had won 1-0 in Russia after a 1-0 win against Macedonia, but then lost 3-1 in Armenia. In the following games, more than one goal was never scored and even against Andorra it was only enough to narrow 1-0 wins. Weiss, who has also coached the Slovakian champion ŠK Slovan Bratislava since August 2011 , resigned as national coach on January 30, 2012 as of January 31. He was followed by Stanislav Griga , who however did not succeed in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup .
EM 2016
In 2016, the finals will be held for the first time with 16 teams. At the draw for the qualifying groups on February 23, 2014, the Slovaks were in pot 3. For the qualification , the Slovaks, who have been trained by Ján Kozák since July 2013 , were placed in the group with defending champions Spain , Ukraine , Belarus , Luxembourg and again Macedonia drawn. After a 1-0 opening win in Ukraine, the 2-1 win in the home game against the defending champion was the first exclamation mark. Since the following four games were also won, the Slovaks led the table after six games without losing points. But then they lost in Spain, only scored 0-0 in the home game against Ukraine and also lost the home game against Belarus, whereupon the qualification was threatened again. On the last day of the match, however, the second place was consolidated with a 4-2 win in Luxembourg after a 3-0 lead, especially since Ukraine lost their home game against Spain. This was the first time that Slovakia qualified for the finals. Since the Czech Republic qualified for the finals again, both successor states of Czechoslovakia are taking part in a major tournament for the first time. Previously, only one of the two or neither succeeded in qualifying.
For the draw for the final groups, Slovakia was placed in Pot 3. Since Ukraine prevailed against Slovenia in the third group playoffs, the Czech Republic also made it into pot 3, so that both cannot meet in the group stage. Slovakia was drawn into the group with England, Russia and Wales, against which the Slovaks lost their first European Championship game. The first victory in a European Championship finals then succeeded against Russia. With a 0-0 win against England, the Slovaks moved into the second round as the best third party in the group, where they meet world champions Germany, against whom they won 3-1 in a test match shortly before the European Championship, but which was affected by poor space after a storm was. The round of 16 then went differently than the test match: the German team dominated from the start and took the lead early, but could not use a penalty kick to extend the lead. The Slovaks only got their first chance to score shortly before half-time, which was not used and after which the 0-2 was promptly lost. In the second half, the Slovaks were able to make the game a little more open and got a few free kicks in a promising position, but they missed the goal. After the 0: 3, both teams were no longer trying hard to improve their results. As in their first World Cup participation in 2010, the Slovaks were eliminated in the round of 16, but this time they could not eliminate the reigning world champion.
EM 2021
Initially, Slovakia and the Czech Republic expressed an interest in running for two people. After the decision was made to host the final as a pan-European final, Slovakia had not applied to host games. In the qualification, the Slovaks, who have been trained by Pavel Hapal since November 2018, faced Croatia, Wales, Hungary and Azerbaijan. The Slovaks started with a 2-0 win over Hungary but then lost 1-0 in Wales. After a 5-1 win in Azerbaijan, they lost 4-0 at home against Croatia. They started the second half with a 2-1 win in Hungary. After a 1-1 draw against Wales and a 3-1 defeat in Croatia, they had to hope that Wales and Hungary would part in a draw in their own win against Azerbaijan. Then the Slovaks would be second in the group ahead of Hungary through the direct comparison. But since Wales won 2-0 against Hungary, the Welsh passed both of them and qualified for the European Championship finals as second behind Croatia. Although the Slovaks were only third in their group of the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League , they still have the chance to qualify via the playoffs. Because both group opponents - Ukraine and the Czech Republic - were able to qualify directly for the final round. In the playoffs they will meet Ireland at home in October 2020. If you can win against the Irish, they will face the winner of the game between Bosnia & Herzegovina and Northern Ireland away from home. If they win they would face Spain, Sweden and Poland in the finals.
Slovak players with the most appearances at European Championships
| Games | player | Year (games) |
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| 6th | Koloman Gögh | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) |
| Marián Masný | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) | |
| Anton Ondruš | 1976 (2), 1980 (4) | |
| 5 | Ladislav Jurkemik | 1976 (2), 1980 (3) |
| 4th | Jozef Barmoš | 1976 (0), 1980 (4) |
| Ján Kozák | 1980 (4) | |
| Peter Pekarík | 2016 (4) | |
| Martin Škrtel | 2016 (4) | |
| Marek Hamšík | 2016 (4) | |
| Juraj Kucka | 2016 (4) | |
| Vladimír Weiss | 2016 (4) | |
| Ján Ďurica | 2016 (4) | |
| Matúš Kozáčik | 2016 (4) |
Note: Players in italics were playing for Czechoslovakia
Player with the most goals at European championships
| Gates | player | Year (goals) |
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| 1 | Karol Dobiaš * | 1976 (1) |
| Ondrej Duda | 2016 (1) | |
| Marek Hamšík | 2016 (1) | |
| Ladislav Jurkemik * | 1976 (0), 1980 (1) | |
| Anton Ondruš * | 1976 (1), 1980 (0) | |
| Ladislav Pavlovič * | 1960 (1) | |
| Ján Švehlík * | 1976 (1) | |
| Vladimír Weiss | 2016 (1) |
Note: Players marked with "*" for Czechoslovakia
Share of players playing abroad in the EM squad
All Slovaks in the Czechoslovak squad played in Czechoslovakia.
| Year (games) | Number (countries) | Players (stakes) |
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| 2016 (3) | 20 (2 in Germany, 1 in England, 1 in Greece, 4 in Italy, 1 in Qatar, 1 in the Netherlands, 1 in Austria, 1 in Poland, 2 in Russia, 4 in the Czech Republic, 1 in Turkey, 1 in Hungary ) | Peter Pekarík (4), Dušan Švento (3); Martin Škrtel (4); Róbert Mak (3); Norbert Gyömbér (2), Marek Hamšík (4), Juraj Kucka (4), Milan Škriniar (2); Vladimír Weiss (4); Adam Nemec (2); Ján Novota ; Ondrej Duda (3); Ján Ďurica (4), Tomáš Hubočan (2); Michal Ďuriš (3), Ján Greguš (2), Patrik Hrošovský (2), Matúš Kozáčik (4); Miroslav Stoch (1), Stanislav Šesták (2) |
As of June 26, 2016
Games
Venues (red = negative balance, yellow = balanced balance, number in brackets = number of games if> 1) |
| All EM games | |||||||||
| No. | date | opponent | Result | occasion | venue | Remarks | |||
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| 1 | June 11, 2016 |
Wales
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1: 2 | Preliminary round | Bordeaux ( FRA ) | ||||
| 2 | June 15, 2016 |
Russia
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2: 1 | Preliminary round | Lille ( FRA ) | ||||
| 3 | 20th June 2016 |
 England
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0-0 | Preliminary round | Saint-Etienne ( FRA ) | ||||
| 4th | June 26, 2016 |
Germany
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0: 3 | Round of 16 | Lille ( FRA ) | ||||
The biggest victories at the European Championship tournament were against these countries:
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Russia : 2016 preliminary round 2: 1 (also a 1: 0 in the European Championship qualification 2012 and a 2: 1 in a friendly game)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Placements of the Slovak players in France (1960), Yugoslavia (1976) and Italy (1980) with Czechoslovakia
- ↑ dw.com: "Three countries for a European Football Championship"
- ↑ dw.com: "Three countries for a European Football Championship"