Slovenian national football team / European championships
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| European Championship record scorer: | Zlatko Zahovič (3) |
| European Championship record players: | 11 players (3 games each) |
| Rank: | 31 |
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| 3 European Championship games 0 wins 2 draws 1 defeat 4: 5 goals |
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First European Championship game Slovenia 3: 3 BR Yugoslavia June 13, 2000 ; Charleroi ( BEL )
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Biggest European Championship defeat Slovenia 1: 2 Spain June 18, 2000 ; Amsterdam ( NED )
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The article contains a description of the Slovenian national football team at European championships and their qualifications.
Participation in European football championships
After the break-up of Yugoslavia, Slovenia took part in qualifying for the European Championship in 1996 for the first time and has so far qualified for a final round. Branko Oblak also took part in the European Championship in Yugoslavia in 1976 and Srečko Katanec in 1984 in the European Championship in France .
| year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Comments and special features |
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| 1996 | England | not qualified | In the qualification to Croatia and Italy failed. | ||
| 2000 | Netherlands and Belgium | Preliminary round | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Spain , Norway | - | After one defeat and two draws, eliminated as bottom of the group. |
| 2004 | Portugal | not qualified | Failed in the relegation games against neighboring Croatia . | ||
| 2008 | Austria and Switzerland | not qualified | In the qualification to the Netherlands and Romania failed. | ||
| 2012 | Poland and Ukraine | not qualified | In the qualification of Italy and Estonia failed, which also could not qualify. | ||
| 2016 | France | not qualified | In qualifying , Slovenia met England , Switzerland , Estonia , Lithuania and San Marino . As third in the group, Slovenia then failed in the playoff games of the third group against Ukraine. | ||
| 2021 | Europe | not qualified | In the qualifying failed to Poland and Austria. |
EM 1960-1992
Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia qualified for five of the nine European Championship finals tournaments, but only three Slovenian players were appointed to the European Championship squad. However, it was subsequently excluded from participation in 1992 due to the Yugoslav Wars. Yugoslavia was twice runner-up and once third.
EM 1996
Slovenia competed for the first time to qualify for the European Championship in 1996 and had to play in a group with Croatia , Italy and Lithuania , Ukraine and Estonia . Slovenia could only win the two games against Estonia and the home game against Ukraine under Zdenko Verdenik and was only penultimate. Croatia qualified for the European Championship finals for the first time as group winners, Italy also qualified directly as the best runners-up in the group. Verdenik initially stayed in office, but after the bad start in the 1998 World Cup qualification , he was dismissed on April 30, 1997.
EM 2000
Four years later, Norway , Greece , Latvia , Albania and Georgia were the group opponents, of which only Greece had previously qualified for the European Championship finals once (1980), but Norway at least won a game against world champions Brazil at the last World Cup . Norway was therefore considered the favorite and prevailed as group winners. Slovenia, which has been coached by the former Yugoslav national player Srečko Katanec since 1998 , kept up for a long time: Only with the last two defeats (0: 4 in Norway and 0: 3 at home against Greece) the direct qualification was missed, but at least it was the second Place still saved. In the playoffs of the group runners-up, the Slovenes faced Ukraine with the young Andrij Shevchenko . After a 2-1 win at home, a 1-1 draw in the second leg was enough and the Slovenes were qualified for their first major football tournament. At the finals, Slovenia met the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the preliminary round in the first group game and led 3-0 after 57 minutes, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring the first European Championship goal for Slovenia and the third. After Siniša Mihajlović had also received the yellow-red card on the opponent's side , everything looked like a first victory. But within six minutes the opponent was able to equalize. In the second game against Spain, the Slovenes lost 2-1 and against qualifying opponents Norway it was only enough to score 0-0, which meant that both were able to return home after the preliminary round. Slovenia could at least confirm the performances and Katanec then also led them to the following World Cup. After three defeats in the preliminary round and a dispute with the star of the team, Zlatko Zahovič, Katanec resigned.
EM 2004
For Euro 2004, Slovenia had against holders France , Israel , Cyprus and Malta qualify . Slovenia has now been coached by Bojan Prašnikar , who was the first coach in 1993 and held the post in 1998. The Slovenes only lost both games against France, which also won all the other games, and finished second in the group, but failed in the playoffs of the group runners-up to Croatia . As a result, Prašnikar was dismissed from the Slovenian Association. With Ermin Šiljak Slovenia provided the top scorer in the qualification, who scored a total of nine goals and thus, together with the Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy (5 goals in qualification, 4 in the final round), was the top scorer of the entire competition.
EM 2008
Four years later, Slovenia failed again in the qualification, this time only the penultimate place in a group with the Netherlands , Romania , Bulgaria , Belarus , Albania and Luxembourg . Only both games against Luxembourg and the home game against Belarus were won. The Slovenians had started the qualification under Branko Oblak , who had played two European Championship games in the 1976 finals in Yugoslavia. On January 3, 2007 he was replaced by Matjaž Kek . Kek stayed in office after missing the qualification and was given a new chance that he used to lead Slovenia to the World Cup in South Africa .
EM 2012
After Slovenia had qualified for the 2010 World Cup, they also went into qualifying for the Euro 2012 with high hopes. In a group with Italy , surprisingly strong Estonians , Serbia , Northern Ireland and the Faroe Islands , however, it was only enough for fourth place. Ultimately, the home defeat in the first game against Northern Ireland was decisive, because the three points were missing in the end for second place. Italy qualified directly as group winners, Estonia failed in the playoffs of group runners-up to Ireland. Kek then resigned on October 24, 2011 as coach of the Slovenian national team.
EM 2016
For the first time, 24 teams will take part in the European Championship. For the qualifying group draw , which took place on February 23, 2014, Slovenia was only placed in Pot 3. The Slovenes were drawn in Group E with the World Cup participants England and Switzerland . Estonia , Lithuania and San Marino were drawn as further opponents .
The first two in the group qualify directly for the European Championship finals. If the third-placed team is the best third in the group, it is also directly qualified. The remaining third in the group play four other participants in the playoffs.
Slovenia, which has been coached by Srečko Katanec again since 2013 , started the qualification with a 0-1 in Estonia, but then managed to win against Switzerland with the same result and 2-0 in Lithuania, but then lost in England with 1: 3 and won against San Marino 6-0. In the last game before the summer break, after a 1-0 lead, they lost 3-2 to England, so that the Slovenes are in third place before the final games in autumn 2015. With two wins in the last two games, the third place was secured, so that they still had the chance to qualify for the finals in the playoff games of the group third. Like 16 years earlier, the opponent was Ukraine . In the first leg they lost 2-0 in Ukraine. In the second leg, record international Boštjan Cesar scored the 1-0 in the 11th minute, but it stayed that way for the time being. In the third minute of stoppage time, Mišo Brečko received the red card for foul play and four minutes later the equalizer had to be accepted.
EM 2021
Slovenia did not apply to host games for the first pan-European European Championship finals. In the qualifying , had to take part in the final round, the organizers of games, it had the Slovenes with Poland , Austria , Northern Macedonia to do, Latvia and Israel. Shortly before the qualification, Matjaž Kek took over the position of national coach, who had already held it from 2007 to 2011. The Slovenians started with two 1-1 draws in Israel and against North Macedonia. After a 0-1 defeat in Austria, Latvia won 5-0 and then won home wins against Poland (2-0) and Israel (3-2). After a defeat in North Macedonia and a home defeat against Austria, despite the win on the penultimate matchday against Latvia, they had no chance to qualify before the last game against Poland and then lost in Poland.
Since they had no win in their league in the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League and only finished last, they cannot qualify through the playoffs.
Player with the most appearances in European championships
| Games | player | Year (games) |
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| 3 | Milenko Ačimovič | 2000 (3) |
| Aleš Čeh | 2000 (3) | |
| Mladen Dabanovič | 2000 (3) | |
| Marinko Galič | 2000 (3) | |
| Amir Karič | 2000 (3) | |
| Džoni Novak | 2000 (3) | |
| Milan Osterc | 2000 (3) | |
| Miran Pavlin | 2000 (3) | |
| Mladen Rudonja | 2000 (3) | |
| Zlatko Zahovič | 2000 (3) |
Status: 2015
Player with the most goals at European championships
| Gates | player | Year (goals) |
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| 3 | Zlatko Zahovič | 2000 |
| 1 | Miran Pavlin | 2000 |
Status: 2015
Players banned from European championships
- 2000: Darko Milanič received the second yellow card in the second group game and was suspended for the last group game. In this Miran Pavlin also received the second yellow card, but this had no effect since Slovenia was eliminated.
Share of players playing abroad in the EM squad
Legionnaires , especially players playing in neighboring countries, made up the majority in the squad in 2000.
| Year (games) | Number (countries) | Players (stakes) |
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| 2000 (3) | 17 (3 in Belgium, 3 in Germany, 1 in France, 1 in Greece, 1 in Israel, 1 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1 in Croatia, 5 in Austria, 1 in Switzerland) |
Mladen Dabanovič (3), Saša Gajser (0), Mladen Rudonja (3); Spasoje Bulajič (0), Rudi Istenič (1), Miran Pavlin (3); Džoni Novak (3); Zlatko Zahovič (3); Milan Osterc (3); Milenko Ačimovič (3); Zoran Pavlovič (1); Aleš Čeh (3), Aleksander Knavs (2), Darko Milanič (3), Željko Milinović (1), Sašo Udovič (2); Ermin Siljak (1)
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Status: 2015
Slovenian players in the Yugoslav team
- 1960: none
- 1968: none
- 1976: Branko Oblak (2)
- 1984: Marko Elsner (0), Srečko Katanec (3)
Games
Slovenia has played three finals so far, none of which have been won. Two games ended in a draw and one was lost. So far Slovenia has not played against hosts, defending champions or future European champions.
Venues (yellow = balanced balance, red = negative balance) |
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| No. | date | Result | opponent | occasion | venue |
| 1 | June 13, 2000 | 3: 3 |
Yugoslavia
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Group game | Charleroi ( BEL ) |
| 2 | June 18, 2000 | 1: 2 |
Spain
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Group game | Amsterdam ( NED ) |
| 3 | June 21, 2000 | 0-0 |
 Norway
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Group game | Arnhem ( NED ) |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Including one player for Yugoslavia
- ^ Slovenian players in Yugoslavia (1976) and France (1984) with the Yugoslav team.
- ↑ Draw for the EURO qualification: Pot 1 in focus. In: uefa.com. UEFA , February 20, 2014, accessed March 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Slovenia - Ukraine 1-1