Slovakia national football team

Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Repre
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ján Kozák
Captain	Martin Škrtel
Most caps	Miroslav Karhan (107)
Top scorer	Róbert Vittek (23)
Home stadium	Štadión Antona Malatinského Štadión pod Dubňom
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	32 (5 May 2016)
Highest	14 (August 2015)
Lowest	150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking
Current	28 (9 September 2015)
Highest	25 (June 2015)
Lowest	71 (October 2011)
First international
Slovakia 2–0 Germany  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) Second Slovak Republic:  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)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2010)
Best result	Round of 16, 2010
European Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2016)
Best result	TBD

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 is Štadión Pasienky and their head coach is Ján Kozák. Slovakia are one of the newest national football teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national football team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. Slovakia maintains its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments.

Slovakia qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group despite two defeats against Slovenia, and progressed beyond the 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. They 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. The team have achieved some noteworthy results, however, such as the aforementioned win over the then title holders Italy at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and a 1–0 win against Russia in September 2010 which helped the team reach their best ever position of 16th in the FIFA World Rankings. 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 4th place. They also only scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify to Brazil for 2014 FIFA World Cup, but secured a spot in France for UEFA Euro 2016 under Ján Kozák.

Slovakia's traditional rival is the Czech Republic which they played twice in the qualification for the 1998 FIFA 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 FIFA 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 UEFA 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 fifty 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 1976 European Championships (eight of the eleven 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 defeat against 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 '96 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 No. 17.

Repre before match against Italy at 2010 FIFA World Cup

Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history as an independent nation after finishing in first place 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.^[1] On 24 June 2010, Slovakia finished second in the group stage after defeating World Cup titleholders Italy in a game which ESPN called "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.^[2] The result of this match meant that for the first time in World Cup history both finalists from the previous tournament have been eliminated from the first round, champion Italy and runner-up France.^[3][4] From here the Slovaks played the Netherlands in the round of 16, Slovakia were complete underdogs going into the game, but for most of the match until conceding their first goal were creating chances. From here Slovakia lost belief they could go back into the match and then fell 2–0 behind only to score a late goal from the penalty spot which turned out to be the last kick of the game.^[5] This returned Róbert Vittek to the top of the goalscoring charts joint top with David Villa until Villa himself scored against Portugal in a 1–0 win.

Captain of Slovakia national team Martin Škrtel

For UEFA Euro 2012 qualification, Slovakia was drawn against Russia, 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. However, October came and team form slipped steadily, as Repre was easily beaten in Armenia (3–1) and couldn't do better than a 1–1 home draw against Ireland. At that point, Russia topped the group charts with 9 points, with Slovakia, Armenia and Ireland all in 2-point-gap of the leaders.

However, 2011 got 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, Slovakia got a goalless draw, despite having better chances, which kept both teams two points behind Russia, and leading Armenia by three. Four days later, even though, Slovakia had its most disastrous performance in years, as, after creating chances in a goalless first half, went on to concede four goals to an effective and brave Armenian team, what definitely ended team confidence in the tournament spot. In the final two matches, Slovakia was beaten at home by Russia, 1–0, despite playing much better than against Armenia, and drew in Macedonia 1–1, to a mediocre fourth place, and scoring only seven goals in the whole process. For the first time since UEFA Euro 1996, Slovakia finished a qualifying campaign with a negative goal difference. Vladimír Weiss left his job after four full years, being replaced by his assistants Michal Hipp and Stanislav Griga. Both were later replaced due to poor results. By late June, former Czechoslovakia national football team footballer Ján Kozák became the head coach. Matters did not improve with a dreadful 0–0 draw against UEFA newcomers (and its lowest ranked team) Gibraltar in November 2013.

For UEFA 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. As of now, Slovakia is undefeated with 6 wins and remain as group leaders in Group C in this qualifying campaign.

Stadium

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

The Slovakia national football team is using three stadiums on the present: Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina, Štadión Pasienky in Bratislava and Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava. 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:

Number of matches	Stadium	First international	Last international
51	Tehelné pole, Bratislava	27 August 1939	14 November 2009
21	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina	30 April 2003	17 November 2015
12	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava	24 April 1996	25 March 2016
9	Pasienky, Bratislava	18 August 1999	16 October 2012
4	Všešportový areál, Košice	8 March 1995	15 November 1995
2	Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra	27 March 1996	24 May 2000
2	Lokomotíva Stadium, Košice	19 August 1998	5 September 1998
2	Mestský štadión, Dubnica	8 September 1999	13 October 2007
1	Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín	5 September 2001	5 September 2001
1	Štadión 1. FC Tatran Prešov, Prešov	14 May 2002	14 May 2002
1	Štadión FC ViOn, Zlaté Moravce	26 March 2008	26 March 2008
1	NTC Senec, Senec	23 May 2014	23 May 2014

Nickname

In Slovakia, the team is typically referred to as the Repre (Representation) or Národný tím (National team).

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. The official shirt supplier is Puma which has signed a long-term agreement with the Slovak Association until 2026.

Name	Duration
Le Coq Sportif	1993–1995
Nike	1995–2005
Adidas	2006–2011
Puma	2012 – at least 2026

Tournament records

World Cup record

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
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	16	4	1	1	2	5	7		1st	10	7	1	2	22	10
2014	Did not qualify									3rd	10	3	4	3	11	10
Total	Round of 16	1/5	4	1	1	2	5	7		54	26	14	14	93	57

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 Euro Qualification record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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	Qualified		0	0	0	0	0	0		2nd	10	7	1	2	17	8
Total		1/6									60	28	10	22	94	77

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
Total	1/4	3	1	0	2	3	6

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 nearest future.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Score*	Goalscorer(s)	Attendance
27 March 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Luxembourg	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	3–0 W	Nemec Weiss Pekarík	9,524
31 March 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Czech Republic	International Friendly	1–0 W	Duda	10,594
14 June 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Macedonia	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	2–1 W	Saláta Hamšík	10,765
5 September 2015	Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Spain	Spain	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	0–2 L		20,000
8 September 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Ukraine	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	0–0 D		10,648
9 October 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Belarus	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	0–1 L		9,859
12 October 2015	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	4–2 W	Hamšík Nemec Mak Hamšík	2,512
13 November 2015	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Switzerland	International Friendly	3–2 W	Ďuriš Mak	17,582
17 November 2015	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Iceland	International Friendly	3–1 W	Mak Ďuriš	5,568
25 March 2016	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	Latvia	International Friendly	0–0 D		12,405
29 March 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	International Friendly	2–2 D	Stoch McShane (o.g.)	30,217
27 May 2016	TBD, Linz, Austria	Georgia	International Friendly	–
29 May 2016	WWK ARENA, Augsburg, Germany	Germany	International Friendly	–
4 June 2016	TBD, TBD, Slovakia	Northern Ireland	International Friendly	–

* Slovakia score always listed first

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 8 1 1 30 6 +24 25  Greece 10 8 1 1 12 4 +8 25  Slovakia 10 3 4 3 11 10 +1 13  Lithuania 10 3 2 5 9 11 −2 11  Latvia 10 2 2 6 10 20 −10 8  Liechtenstein 10 0 2 8 4 25 −21 2

Bosnia and Herzegovina  — 3–1 4–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 Greece  0–0 — 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 Latvia  0–5 1–2 — 2–0 2–1 2–2 Liechtenstein  1–8 0–1 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 Lithuania  0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 — 1–1 Slovakia  1–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 —

2016 UEFA Euro qualifying

Pos	Team	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

All-time team record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 29 March 2016.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Andorra	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Armenia	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6
Australia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Austria	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Azerbaijan	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8
Belarus	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5
Belgium	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Bolivia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1
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
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	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
England	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6
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
Germany	9	2	0	7	9	21	−12
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
Latvia	5	2	3	0	9	5	+4
Liechtenstein	9	7	2	0	26	1	+25
Lithuania	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Luxembourg	5	4	0	1	15	5	+10
Macedonia	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13
Malta	6	5	1	0	15	2	+13
Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Morocco	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Northern Ireland	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Norway	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Peru	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
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	8	2	3	3	6	7	−1
San Marino	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Slovenia	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3
South Korea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Spain	6	1	1	4	6	15	−9
Sweden	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	4	0
Thailand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Turkey	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5
Ukraine	5	1	3	1	5	5	0
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
United States	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Wales	2	1	0	1	7	6	+1
Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Totals	252	99	61	92	356	328	+28

Players

Current squad

24 players were named in the squad for the Friendly matches against Latvia on 25 March and Republic of Ireland on 29 March 2016.^[6]
Caps and goals as of 29 March 2016, after the match against Republic of Ireland.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Ján Mucha	5 December 1982	45	0	Slovan Bratislava
	GK	Matúš Kozáčik	27 December 1983	15	0	Viktoria Plzeň
	GK	Ján Novota	29 November 1983	2	0	Rapid Wien
	GK	Martin Dúbravka	5 January 1989	1	0	Esbjerg
	DF	Martin Škrtel (Captain)	15 December 1984	79	5	Liverpool
	DF	Ján Ďurica	10 December 1981	77	4	Lokomotiv Moscow
	DF	Peter Pekarík	30 October 1986	65	2	Hertha Berlin
	DF	Tomáš Hubočan	17 September 1985	44	0	Dynamo Moscow
	DF	Kornel Saláta	24 January 1985	36	2	Slovan Bratislava
	DF	Dušan Švento	1 August 1985	36	1	1. FC Köln
	DF	Norbert Gyömbér	3 July 1992	12	0	Roma
	DF	Lukáš Tesák	8 March 1985	3	0	FC Kairat
	MF	Marek Hamšík (Vice-Captain)	27 July 1987	85	17	Napoli
	MF	Stanislav Šesták	16 December 1982	63	13	Ferencváros
	MF	Miroslav Stoch	19 October 1989	52	6	Bursaspor
	MF	Vladimír Weiss	30 November 1989	50	4	Al-Gharafa
	MF	Juraj Kucka	26 February 1987	45	4	Milan
	MF	Viktor Pečovský	24 May 1983	30	1	Žilina
	MF	Róbert Mak	8 March 1991	26	7	PAOK
	MF	Ondrej Duda	5 December 1994	9	1	Legia Warsaw
	MF	Patrik Hrošovský	22 April 1992	9	0	Viktoria Plzeň
	MF	Erik Sabo	22 November 1991	8	0	PAOK
	MF	Ján Greguš	29 January 1991	5	0	Baumit Jablonec
	FW	Róbert Vittek	1 April 1982	82	23	Slovan Bratislava
	FW	Michal Ďuriš	1 June 1988	23	3	Viktoria Plzeň
	FW	Adam Nemec	2 September 1985	20	4	Willem II

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Ľubomír Michalík	13 August 1983	8	2	Dunajská Streda	v.  Ukraine, 8 September 2015
DF	Peter Čögley	26 January 1988	0	0	Bohemians Praha	v. Spain, 5 September 2015 ^PRE
MF	Marek Sapara	31 July 1982	38	5	Ružomberok	v. Belarus, 9 October 2015 ^PRE
MF	Karim Guédé	7 January 1985	14	0	SC Freiburg	v.  Macedonia, 14 June 2015 ^PRE
MF	Filip Kiss	13 October 1990	8	0	Haugesund	v.  Macedonia, 14 June 2015 ^PRE
FW	Martin Jakubko	26 February 1980	41	9	Ružomberok	v.  Iceland, 17 November 2015
FW	Jakub Sylvestr	2 February 1989	5	0	SC Paderborn	v.  Macedonia, 14 June 2015 ^PRE

• ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
• ^RET Retired from international football.

Player statistics

Players in bold are still active.

As of 29 March 2016.

Most capped players Miroslav Karhan # Player Career Caps Goals 1. Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 107 14 2. Marek Hamšík 2007– 85 17 3. Róbert Vittek 2001– 82 23 4. Martin Škrtel 2004– 79 5 5. Ján Ďurica 2004– 77 4 6. Filip Hološko 2005– 65 8 7. Peter Pekarík 2006– 65 2 8. Stanislav Šesták 2004– 63 13 9. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 58 22 10. Radoslav Zabavník 2003–2012 57 1 Top goalscorers Róbert Vittek # Player Career Goals Caps Goals per match 1. Róbert Vittek 2001– 23 82 0.28 2. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 22 59 0.37 3. Marek Hamšík 2007– 17 85 0.20 4. Marek Mintál 2002–2009 14 45 0.31 Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 14 107 0.13 6. Stanislav Šesták 2004– 13 63 0.21 7. Peter Dubovský 1994–2000 12 33 0.36 8. Ľubomír Reiter 2001–2005 9 28 0.32 Tibor Jančula 1995–2001 9 29 0.31 Martin Jakubko 2004– 9 41 0.22 Managers 1939–1944 Name Years Pld W D L GF GA GD PG Vojtech Závodský 1939 1 1 0 0 2 0 +1 3.00 Rudolf Hanák 1939–1940 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 1.50 Štefan Priboj 1940–1941 4 0 1 3 5 10 −5 0.08 Štefan Čambal 1941–1942 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0.00 Ferdinand Daučík 1942–1944 7 1 1 5 10 24 −14 0.19 Totals 16 3 2 11 23 44 −21 0.69 1993–present Vladímír Weiss As of 29 March 2016 Name Dates Pld W D L GF GA GD PG Jozef Vengloš 6. 4. 1993 – 15. 6. 1995 16 5 4 7 21 30 −9 1.19 Jozef Jankech 4. 7. 1995 – 23. 10. 1998 34 18 6 10 51 33 +18 1.76 Dušan Radolský[7] 10. 11. 1998 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0.00 Dušan Galis 1. 1. 1999 – 23. 2. 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Jozef Adamec 26. 2. 1999 – 30. 11. 2001 34 13 11 10 38 31 +7 1.47 Anton Dragúň[8] 17. 11. 1999 – 25. 11. 2001 4 1 0 3 2 7 -5 0.00 Ladislav Jurkemik 1. 2. 2002 – 31. 12. 2003 19 6 5 8 27 26 +1 1.21 Dušan Galis 1. 1. 2004 – 12. 10. 2006 31 12 12 7 53 36 +17 1.55 Ján Kocian 2. 11. 2006 – 30. 6. 2008 17 3 5 9 30 28 +2 0.82 Vladimír Weiss 7. 7. 2008 – 31. 1. 2012 40 16 8 16 56 53 +3 1.40 Michal Hipp[9] 29. 2. 2012 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3.00 Stanislav Griga Michal Hipp 26. 4. 2012 – 13. 6. 2013 12 3 4 5 11 14 −3 0.92 Ján Kozák 2 July 2013– 27 16 6 5 41 22 +19 2.00 Totals 236 94 61 81 333 284 +49 1.45 See also Slovakia national under-21 football team Slovakia national under-19 football team Slovakia national under-18 football team Slovakia national under-17 football team Slovakia national under-16 football team Slovakia national under-15 football team References "Thrilling win in the snow". ESPN. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-15. "Champions dumped out". ESPN. 24 June 2010. "Italy eliminated from World Cup in 1st round". AP. 24 June 2010. "Italy and France make unwanted history". AFP. 24 June 2010. "Robben rocks Slovakia". ESPN Soccernet. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-18. managed the team against Poland at 10 November 1998 on a caretaker basis As Assistant coach he managed the team during the tour of Central and South America managed the team against Turkey at 29 February 2012 on a caretaker basis External links Slovak Football Association official website Profil at FIFA official website Profil at UEFA official website RSSSF archive of results 1939–2009 RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers