Slovak national football team (U-21 men)

Slovakia

Association

Slovenský futbalový zväz

confederacy

UEFA

Head coach

Ivan Galád

Assistant coach

Norbert Hrnčár

FIFA code

SVK

home

Away

statistics

First international match
Slovakia 0-3 France
( Valletta , Slovakia ; September 6, 1994)

Biggest win
Malta 0-6 Slovakia
( Valletta , Malta ; March 30, 1997)

Biggest defeat
0-4, three different ones

Successes in tournaments

European Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( first : 2000 )

Best results

4th place ( 2000 )

(Status: unknown)

The Slovak U-21 national soccer team is a selection team of Slovak soccer players . It belongs to the Slovak Football Association and represents it on the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championships of the continental federation UEFA and the Football World Cup of FIFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who have Slovak citizenship . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.

history

Although Czechoslovakia was dissolved on January 1, 1993, their U-21s played under the Czechoslovak flag until the end of the U-21 European Football Championship in 1994 . Only then did the two new countries Slovakia and the Czech Republic form their own U-21 national teams. The only participation in the U-21 European Championships was in 2000, when Slovakia hosted the tournament. In the group matches, Slovakia prevailed against strong footballing nations such as Portugal, Romania and Hungary. The team was very successful in the group games in the tournament, both Turkey and England were beaten and there was a draw with Italy. Strong Italy had the better goal difference in the end and Slovakia only played for third place. The game against Spain was lost, Slovakia took fourth place in the tournament and secured participation in the 2000 Summer Olympics .

Participation in U-21 European Championships

1996 in Spain	not qualified
1998 in Romania	not qualified
2000 in Slovakia	4th Place
2002 in Switzerland	not qualified
2004 in Germany	not qualified
2006 in Portugal	not qualified
2007 in the Netherlands	not qualified
2009 in Sweden	not qualified
2011 in Denmark	not qualified
2013 in Israel	not qualified
2015 in the Czech Republic	not qualified
2017 in Poland	qualified

Note: The first European championship was held in 1978. At that time, Slovakia was not yet an independent country. Only with the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on January 1, 1993 did the U-21 Slovaks develop.

Former and well-known players

(Selection)

Trainer

Milan Lešický (1993–1997)
Jozef Barmoš (1997-1998)
Dušan Radolský (1998-2000)
Stanislav Griga (2000-2001)
Mikuláš Komanický (2002-2003)
Ladislav Jurkemik (2004)
Jozef Bubenko (2004-2005)
Ladislav Petráš (2006)
Jozef Barmoš (2007-2008)
Boris Kitka (2009-2010)
Ľubomír Nosický (2010)
Ivan Galád (2011-2014)
Pavel Hapal (since 2015)

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