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Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Repre[1] Sokoli (The Falcons)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ján Kozák
Captain	Martin Škrtel
Most caps	Miroslav Karhan & Marek Hamšík (107)
Top scorer	Róbert Vittek (23)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	26 2 (16 August 2018)[A]
Highest	14 (August 2015)
Lowest	150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking
Current	27 1 (10 September 2018)[B]
Highest	23 (June 2017 & September 2018)
Lowest	71
First international
First Slovak Republic:  Slovakia 2–0 Germany  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) Second Slovak Republic: Unofficial:  Lithuania 0–1 Slovakia  (Vilnius, Lithuania; 14 October 1992) Official:  United Arab Emirates 0–1 Slovakia  (Dubai, UAE; 2 February 1994)
Biggest win
Slovakia 7–0 Liechtenstein  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004)  Slovakia 7–0 San Marino  (Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia; 13 October 2007)  Slovakia 7–0 San Marino  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 6 June 2009)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 6–0 Slovakia  (Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995)  Sweden 6–0 Slovakia  (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 12 January 2017)*unnoficial match
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2010)
Best result	Round of 16, 2010
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2016)
Best result	Round of 16, 2016 ^ Monthly change ^ Annual change

The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2016 is reconstructed Štadión Antona Malatinského^[3] in Trnava and their head coach is Ján Kozák. Slovakia is one of the newest national football teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. Slovakia maintains its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments since.

Slovakia qualified for two major international tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. Slovakia qualified to the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group despite two defeats against Slovenia, and progressed beyond the championship group stage after a 3–2 win against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2–1 defeat in the second round against eventual runners-up the Netherlands. It was the first time the team have ever played in a major football competition, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaign since 1996, after a 50-year absence from international football due to representing part of the Czechoslovakia team. The nation did come close to securing a berth at the 2006 finals in Germany, after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing Spain in their qualification play-off, in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate (1–5, 1–1). The team have achieved some noteworthy results, however, such as the aforementioned win over the then title holders Italy at the 2010 World Cup and a 1–0 win against Russia in September 2010. Despite this success however, the team later dropped down the rankings and a considerable drop in form went with this, as the team failed to qualify for Euro 2012 finishing in their group in fourth place. They also only scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but secured a spot in France for Euro 2016 under head coach Ján Kozák which helped the team reach their best ever position of 14th in the FIFA World Rankings.

Slovakia's traditional rival is the Czech Republic which they played twice in the qualification for the 1998 World Cup in 1996 and 1997, winning 2–1 in Bratislava before losing 3–0 in Prague with both teams already eliminated, before playing each other again in 2008 and 2009 in the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup. In these two meetings, the teams drew 2–2 in Bratislava with the Slovaks winning 2–1 in Prague. But before that, they also playing each other in Euro 2008 qualifying, and they lost 3–1 in Prague and 0–3 in Bratislava.

History

The first official match of the first Slovak Republic (1939–1945) was played in Bratislava against Germany on 27 August 1939, and ended in a 2–0 victory for Slovakia. After the Second World War, the national football team was subsumed into the team of Czechoslovakia, and for over 50 years Slovakia played no matches as an independent country. During this period, they contributed several key players to the Czechoslovak team, including the majority of the team that won the UEFA Euro 1976 (8 of the 11 players who defeated West Germany in the final were Slovak).

Former Slovakia national team before 1945

Slovakia's first official international after regaining independence was a 1–0 victory in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates on 2 February 1994. Their match back on Slovak soil was the 4–1 win over Croatia in Bratislava on 20 April 1994. Slovakia suffered their biggest defeat since independence (6–0) on 22 June 1995, in Mendoza, against Argentina. Their biggest wins (7–0) have come against Liechtenstein in 2004 and San Marino (twice) in 2007.

Slovakia played in a major championship as an independent team for the first time in Euro 1996 qualifying, but finished in third place in their qualifying group, behind Romania and France, having recorded wins against Poland, Israel and Azerbaijan, twice. In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Slovakia finished fourth in their six-team group with five wins, one draw and four defeats. Their first four games in this were all wins, with one of these against their Czech neighbors, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date of number 17.

Repre before match against Italy at 2010 FIFA World Cup

Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time as an independent nation after finishing in first in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland and Poland. On 14 October 2009, they clinched qualification with a 1–0 away win against Poland.^[4] On 24 June 2010, at the tournament proper, Slovakia finished second in the group stage after defeating reigning champions Italy in a game which ESPN dubbed "epic": the game saw three goals being scored after the 80th minute, two by Italy and one by Slovakia, as well as a disallowed goal by Italy flagged offside by "the tightest of decisions". The result led Slovakia to the knockout stage and eliminated Italy, which finished last in the group.^[5] The result of this match meant that for the first time in World Cup history, both finalists from the previous tournament had been eliminated from the first round, champion Italy and runner-up France.^[6][7]

In the round of 16, Slovakia played the Netherlands in the round of 16, falling behind 2–0 only to score a late goal from the penalty spot by striker Róbert Vittek, the last kick of the game in a 2–1 defeat.^[8] Despite elimination, the goal returned Vittek to the top of the goalscoring charts joint top with David Villa until Villa himself later scored against Portugal in Spain's 1–0 win in the same stage of the tournament.

For Euro 2012 qualification, Slovakia was drawn against Russia, the Republic of Ireland, Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra. The good campaign in South Africa boosted team performance ahead of the qualifiers, which started in September with two 1–0 wins against Macedonia in Stadion Pasienky and Russia away, this one in particular giving Slovakia the perfect start. In October, however, the nation's form slipped steadily, as Repre was easily beaten in Armenia (3–1) and could not do better than a 1–1 home draw against the Republic of Ireland. At that point, Russia topped the group charts with nine points, with Slovakia, Armenia and Ireland all within a two-point gap of the leaders.

2011 was terribly worse: in February, the team was stunned in a 2–1 friendly defeat against Luxembourg before needing to fight hard for two 1–0 wins against group minnows Andorra, who had conceded 11 goals in the previous four matches. Playing in Ireland in a six-point match, despite creating better chances, Slovakia earned a goalless draw which kept both teams two points behind Russia, and leading Armenia by three. Four days later, however, Slovakia had its most disastrous performance in years: after creating chances in a goalless first half, Slovakia conceded four goals to Armenia in what effectively destroyed the team's confidence in securing a tournament spot. In the final two group matches, Slovakia was beaten at home by Russia (1–0) and drew 1–1 in Macedonia, finishing in a mediocre fourth-place position and scoring only seven goals in the entire process. Also, for the first time since Euro 1996 qualifying, Slovakia finished a qualifying campaign with a negative goal differential. As a result of this outcome, coach Vladimír Weiss left his job after four full years, being replaced by his assistants Michal Hipp and Stanislav Griga, although both themselves were later replaced due to poor results. By late June, former Czechoslovakia national team footballer Ján Kozák became the head coach and followed-up the unsuccessful qualification campaign with a victory in Bosnia and Herzegovina following by two defeats against Bosnia and one against Greece.

Celebration of Slovak players after match against Russia at UEFA EURO 2016

For Euro 2016 qualification, Slovakia was drawn against Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Slovakia began the qualifying campaign with a 1–0 victory against Ukraine in Kiev. On 9 October 2014, Slovakia beat Spain 2–1 in a shock victory and claimed the first place. Slovakia's 3–1 victory over Belarus confirmed their status as group leaders. Later on, they won 2–0 against Macedonia in the Philip II Arena, Luxembourg with a score of 3–0 in Žilina, and Macedonia again with a score of 2–1 on 14 June 2015, also in Žilina. Till that day, Slovakia had six-straight wins in qualification. They were followed by expected defeat in Spain 0–2, goalless match against Ukraine and shocking home defeat 0–1 against Belarus. Repre finished qualification by defeating Luxembourg 4–2 and kept second place in qualification group and qualified to their first European Championship.

Slovakia was drawn in Group B of Euro 2016 alongside England, Russia and Wales. Slovakia began their tournament against Wales where Ondrej Duda scored Slovakia's first goal in the history of the European Championship in an eventual 2–1 defeat. Slovakia then defeated Russia 2–1 with goals from Vladimír Weiss III and Marek Hamšík, then drew 0–0 against England to advance to the round of 16 as one of the tournament's best third-placed teams. They were eliminated at this stage by world champions Germany with a 3–0 defeat.

During the qualification campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Slovakia was drawn in UEFA Group F. They were third in the group after the penultimate match ended in a 1–0 defeat to Scotland, who moved up to second place. Slovakia won their final group match 3–0 against Malta, and overtook Scotland after they failed to beat Slovenia, but missed out on a play-off place as results elsewhere meant Slovakia finished as the "worst" group runners-up.

Stadiums

City Arena, Trnava

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

The Slovakia national football team only uses one stadium at present: Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava. Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina was used in 2003–2015, but will not be used in the future because of the artificial grass (built in 2016). The national team recently played, last in 2009, at the biggest Slovak stadium, Tehelné pole in Bratislava, but the stadium is currently undergoing major renovation. In the past, home games have occasionally been played at other venues as Všešportový areál and Lokomotíva Stadium in Košice, Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra, Mestský štadión in Dubnica or Tatran Stadion in Prešov.

Stadiums which have hosted Slovakia international football matches:

Nickname

Traditionally in Slovakia the team is typically referred to as the Repre (short for Reprezentácia – translates into national team).
However, in 2016, during the buildup to Slovakia's first appearance at the European Championship, SFZ introduced a new nickname for the team. National team was given the nickname Slovenskí sokoli (Slovak falcons). U15 through to U21 national teams were given the nickname Slovenskí sokolíci (Slovak little falcons). Despite lack of immediate identification with the nickname by the fans, it went into usage during the tournament and the subsequent qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is now often used, especially in the media, along with Repre, which still remains to be preferred in an informal conversation.^[9]

Kit

Slovakia kits from 1939–45 era

Slovakia's home kit since the 1993 was blue, but currently Slovakia changed their home kit from blue to white. The team wears either a set of white jerseys, shorts and socks or a set of blue jerseys, shorts and socks. A combination of a blue jersey and white shorts has also been used in some matches. Until recently, the official shirt supplier was Puma, which had signed a long-term agreement with the Slovak Association until 2026, but in 2016 the Association announced the contract had been terminated and that the national team would be supplied by Nike, which had previously supplied the team from 1995–2005.^{[citation needed]}

Name	Duration
Le Coq Sportif	1993–1995
Nike	1995–2005
Adidas	2006–2011
Puma	2012–2016
Nike	2016–

Tournament records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1994	Part of  Czechoslovakia									Part of  Czechoslovakia
1998	Did not qualify									4th	10	5	1	4	18	14
2002										3rd	10	5	2	3	16	9
2006										2nd	14	6	6	2	26	14
2010	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	5	7		1st	10	7	1	2	22	10
2014	Did not qualify									3rd	10	3	4	3	11	10
2018										2nd	10	6	0	4	17	7
2022	To be determined
2026
Total	Round of 16	1/6	4	1	1	2	5	7		-	64	32	14	18	110	64

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2010	Round 1	New Zealand 1 – 1  Slovakia	Draw	Vittek
	Round 1	Slovakia 0 – 2  Paraguay	Loss
	Round 1	Slovakia 3 – 2  Italy	Win	Vittek (2), Kopúnek
	Round of 16	Netherlands 2 – 1 Slovakia	Loss	Vittek

European Championship record

UEFA Euro record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960 to 1992	Part of  Czechoslovakia									Part of  Czechoslovakia
1996	Did not qualify									3rd	10	4	2	4	14	18
2000										3rd	10	5	2	3	12	9
2004										3rd	8	3	1	4	11	9
2008										4th	12	5	1	6	33	23
2012										4th	10	4	3	3	7	10
2016	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	3	6		2nd	10	7	1	2	17	8
2020	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	1/6	4	1	1	2	3	6		-	60	28	10	22	94	77

List of UEFA Euro matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2016	Round 1	Wales 2 – 1  Slovakia	Loss	Duda
	Round 1	Russia 1 – 2  Slovakia	Win	Weiss, Hamšík
	Round 1	Slovakia 0 – 0  England	Draw
	Round of 16	Germany 3 – 0  Slovakia	Loss

Olympic Games

Host nation(s) / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020	To be determined
Total	1/4	3	1	0	2	3	6

UEFA Nations League record

Results and schedule

The box below, show the results of all A-level matches played within the last 12 months, and the scheduled matches for the upcoming 12 months.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Score*	Goalscorer(s)	Attendance
5 October 2017	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	0–1		46,800
8 October 2017	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Malta	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	3–0	Nemec  33', 62' Duda  69'	17,774
10 November 2017	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	Ukraine	International Friendly	1–2	Štetina  10'	27,000
14 November 2017	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Norway	International Friendly	1–0	Lobotka  90+3'	6,415
22 March 2018	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	United Arab Emirates	2018 King's Cup	2–1	Rusnák  42' Ďuriš  45+3'	8,630
25 March 2018	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	2018 King's Cup	3–2	Duda  10' Mak  34' Pačinda  67'	45,425
31 May 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Netherlands	International Friendly	1–1	Nemec  8'	15,432
4 June 2018	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Morocco	International Friendly	1–2	Greguš  59'	7,000
5 September 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Denmark	International Friendly	3–0	Nemec  11' Rusnák  37' Fogt  79' (o.g.)	6.432
9 September 2018	Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine	Ukraine	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	0–1		0[A]
13 October 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Czech Republic	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	–
16 October 2018	Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden	Sweden	International Friendly	–
16 November 2018	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Ukraine	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	–
19 November 2018	Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	–

* Slovakia score always listed first

2016 UEFA Euro qualifying

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	0	1	23	3	+20	27	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	5–1
2	Slovakia	10	7	1	2	17	8	+9	22			2–1	—	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1
3	Ukraine	10	6	1	3	14	4	+10	19	Advance to play-offs		0–1	0–1	—	3–1	3–0	1–0
4	Belarus	10	3	2	5	8	14	−6	11			0–1	1–3	0–2	—	2–0	0–0
5	Luxembourg	10	1	1	8	6	27	−21	4			0–4	2–4	0–3	1–1	—	1–0
6	Macedonia	10	1	1	8	6	18	−12	4			0–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–2	—

2016 UEFA Euro

Group stage

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	England	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)18:00

Wales	2–1	Slovakia
Bale  10' Robson-Kanu  81'	Report	Duda  61'

Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 37,831^[11]

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

15 June 2016 (2016-06-15)15:00

Russia	1–2	Slovakia
Glushakov  80'	Report	Weiss  32' Hamšík  45'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Attendance: 38,989^[12]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

20 June 2016 (2016-06-20)21:00

Slovakia	0–0	England
	Report

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 39,051^[13]

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)18:00

Germany	3–0	Slovakia
Boateng  8' Gómez  43' Draxler  63'	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France

Attendance: 44,312

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	18	3	+15	26	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
2	Slovakia	10	6	0	4	17	7	+10	18			0–1	—	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0
3	Scotland	10	5	3	2	17	12	+5	18			2–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0
4	Slovenia	10	4	3	3	12	7	+5	15			0–0	1–0	2–2	—	4–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	3	6	7	20	−13	6			0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	—	2–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	3	25	−22	1			0–4	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	—

All-time team record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 9 September 2018 after a match against Ukraine .
Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro are no longer active. At the time of the match against Gibraltar, it was a member of UEFA, but not FIFA.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Andorra	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Armenia	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6
Australia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Austria	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1
Azerbaijan	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Belarus	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5
Belgium	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Bolivia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	0	3	4	6	−2
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Bulgaria	7	4	1	2	10	5	+5
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Chile	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
China PR	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Colombia	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
Croatia	13	2	3	8	17	33	-16
Cyprus	4	3	0	1	14	6	+8
Czech Republic	10	3	2	5	10	21	−11
Denmark	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
England	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8
Estonia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Finland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
France	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4
Georgia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Germany	11	3	0	8	12	25	−13
Gibraltar*	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Greece	5	1	1	3	4	6	−2
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Hungary	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Iceland	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4
Iran	2	1	0	1	6	6	0
Republic of Ireland	5	0	4	1	5	6	−1
Israel	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Italy	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Latvia	6	3	3	0	12	6	+6
Lebanon	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Liechtenstein	9	7	2	0	26	1	+25
Lithuania	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6
Luxembourg	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10
Macedonia	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Malta	8	7	1	0	21	3	+18
Mexico	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3
Moldova	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Morocco	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Netherlands	2	0	1	2	2	5	−3
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Northern Ireland	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
Norway	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Peru	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Poland	8	4	1	3	12	13	−1
Portugal	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6
Romania	11	1	5	5	12	20	−8
Russia	9	3	3	3	8	8	0
San Marino	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Scotland	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Slovenia	7	2	2	3	5	6	−1
South Korea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Spain	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9
Sweden	5	0	2	3	1	10	−9
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Thailand	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Turkey	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5
Uganda	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Ukraine	7	1	3	3	6	8	-2
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3
United States	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Wales	3	1	0	2	8	8	0
Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Totals	296	118	66	112	413	389	+24

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for a friendly fixture against  Denmark (5 September) and the UEFA Nations League  Ukraine (9 September).

Caps and fixtures correct as of 9 September 2018, after a match against Ukraine.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Matúš Kozáčik	(1983-12-27)27 December 1983 (aged 34)	28	0	Viktoria Plzeň
23	1GK	Martin Dúbravka	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 29)	12	0	Newcastle United
12	1GK	Michal Šulla	(1991-07-15) 15 July 1991 (age 27)	3	0	Slovan Bratislava
3	2DF	Martin Škrtel (Captain)	(1984-12-15) 15 December 1984 (age 33)	99	6	Fenerbahçe
	2DF	Peter Pekarík	(1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 31)	82	2	Hertha Berlin
15	2DF	Tomáš Hubočan	(1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 32)	63	0	Olympique Marseille
5	2DF	Norbert Gyömbér	(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 26)	21	0	Perugia
14	2DF	Milan Škriniar	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 23)	19	0	Internazionale
16	2DF	Róbert Mazáň	(1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 24)	6	0	Celta Vigo
4	2DF	Ľubomír Šatka	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 22)	5	0	Dunajská Streda
2	2DF	Martin Valjent	(1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 22)	1	0	Mallorca
17	3MF	Marek Hamšík	(1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 31)	107	21	Napoli
7	3MF	Vladimír Weiss	(1989-11-30)30 November 1989 (aged 28)	66	7	Al-Gharafa
19	3MF	Juraj Kucka	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 31)	61	6	Trabzonspor
20	3MF	Róbert Mak	(1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 27)	47	10	Zenit St. Petersburg
8	3MF	Ondrej Duda	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 23)	26	4	Hertha Berlin
13	3MF	Patrik Hrošovský	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 26)	21	0	Viktoria Plzeň
6	3MF	Ján Greguš	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 27)	19	2	Copenhagen
18	3MF	Erik Sabo	(1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 26)	15	0	Beitar Jerusalem
10	3MF	Albert Rusnák	(1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 24)	14	2	Real Salt Lake
22	3MF	Stanislav Lobotka	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 23)	12	2	Celta Vigo
21	4FW	Michal Ďuriš	(1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 30)	40	5	Anorthosis Famagusta
11	4FW	Adam Nemec	(1985-09-02) 2 September 1985 (age 33)	39	13	Paphos
9	4FW	Erik Pačinda	(1989-05-09) 9 May 1989 (age 29)	4	1	Dunajská Streda

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Martin Polaček	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 28)	1	0	Levski Sofia	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
GK	Marek Rodák	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 21)	0	0	Rotherham United	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
GK	Adam Jakubech	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 21)	1	0	Lille	v.  England, 4 September 2017 ALT
DF	Lukáš Pauschek	(1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 25)	5	0	Mladá Boleslav	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
DF	Lukáš Štetina	(1991-07-28)28 July 1991 (aged 26)	2	1	Sparta Prague	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
DF	Denis Vavro	(1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 21)	2	1	Copenhagen	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
DF	Boris Sekulić	(1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 (age 26)	2	0	CSKA Sofia	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
DF	Tomáš Huk	(1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 23)	0	0	Dunajská Streda	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
DF	Matúš Čonka	(1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 27)	1	0	Spartak Trnava	v.  Morocco, 4 June 2018 ALT
DF	Jakub Holúbek	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 27)	4	0	Žilina	2018 King's Cup ALT
MF	Filip Kiss	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 27)	13	0	Al-Ettifaq	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
MF	Matúš Bero	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 23)	5	0	Vitesse	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
MF	Róbert Pich	(1988-11-12) 12 November 1988 (age 29)	0	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
MF	Jaroslav Mihalík	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 24)	4	0	Žilina	v.  Morocco, 4 June 2018
MF	Nikolas Špalek	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Brescia	v.  Morocco, 4 June 2018 ALT
MF	Ivan Schranz	(1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 24)	0	0	Dukla Prague	v.  Norway, 14 November 2017 ALT
FW	Adam Zreľák	(1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 24)	2	1	1. FC Nürnberg	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
FW	Samuel Mráz	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 21)	0	0	Empoli	v.  Ukraine, 9 September 2018 ALT
FW	Pavol Šafranko	(1994-11-16) 16 November 1994 (age 23)	2	0	Dundee United	2018 King's Cup ALT
FW	Marek Bakoš	(1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 35)	14	0	Spartak Trnava	v.  Norway, 14 November 2017 ALT

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  ^INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury


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  ^ALT Alternate - replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability


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  ^RET Retired from international football

Coaching staff

As of 4 June 2018

Player statistics

Players in bold are still active.

As of 9 September 2018.

Most capped players

Miroslav Karhan

Top goalscorers

Róbert Vittek # Player Career Goals Caps Goals per match 1. Róbert Vittek 2001–2016 23 82 0.28 2. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 22 59 0.37 3. Marek Hamšík 2007– 21 107 0.20 4. Marek Mintál 2002–2009 14 45 0.31 Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 14 107 0.13 5. Adam Nemec 2006– 13 39 0.33 Stanislav Šesták 2004–2016 13 66 0.20 6. Peter Dubovský 1994–2000 12 33 0.36 7. Róbert Mak 2013– 10 46 0.22 8. Ľubomír Reiter 2001–2005 9 28 0.32 Tibor Jančula 1995–2001 9 29 0.31 Martin Jakubko 2004–2015 9 41 0.22 9. Filip Hološko 2005– 8 65 0.12 10. Filip Šebo 2006–2012 7 15 0.47 Jaroslav Timko 1994–1997 7 18 0.39 Vladimír Weiss 2009– 7 66 0.11