Slovakia national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Slovakia women's national football team.

The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenská futbalová reprezentácia) represents Slovakia in men's international football competition and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2019 is the reconstructed Tehelné pole in Bratislava. Historically, up to the split in 1993, the team participated mostly as Czechoslovakia,^{[4][5][6][7][8]} while it also competed as Slovakia during Second World War.

Slovakia

Nickname(s)	Sokoli (The Falcons)[1] Repre (The Representatives)[2]
Association	Slovak Football Association (SFZ)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Francesco Calzona
Captain	Milan Škriniar
Most caps	Marek Hamšík (138)
Top scorer	Marek Hamšík (26)
Home stadium	Tehelné pole Štadión Antona Malatinského Košická futbalová aréna
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	46 5 (3 April 2025)[3]
Highest	14 (August 2015)
Lowest	150 (December 1993)
First international
(1939–1945):  Slovakia 2–0 Germany  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) (1993–present): Unofficial:  Lithuania 0–1 Slovakia  (Vilnius, Lithuania; 14 October 1992) Official:  United Arab Emirates 0–1 Slovakia  (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 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)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1934 as Czechoslovakia 2010 as Slovakia)
Best result	As Czechoslovakia: Runners-up (1934, 1962) As Slovakia: Round of 16 (2010)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1960 as Czechoslovakia 2016 as Slovakia)
Best result	As Czechoslovakia: Champions (1976) As Slovakia: Round of 16 (2016, 2024)
Medal record FIFA World Cup 1934 Italy Team 1962 Chile Team UEFA European Championship 1976 Yugoslavia Team 1996 England Team 1960 France Team 1980 Italy Team Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team 1964 Tokyo Team

Since 1993, Slovakia has qualified for four major international tournaments: the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, UEFA Euro 2020, and UEFA Euro 2024. Slovakia qualified for the former tournament after winning their qualifying group, where they progressed beyond the group stage after a 3–2 victory against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament following a 2–1 defeat in the knockout stage against the eventual runners-up Netherlands. It was the first time the newly-independent national team had ever played in a major football competition, having played in every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign since 1996. Slovakia came close to secure a berth at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing with Spain in their qualification play-off, in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate (1–5, 1–1).

History

Slovak Republic and Czechoslovakia

The Slovakia national team in 1940

The first official match of the first Slovak Republic was played in Bratislava against Germany on 27 August 1939, and ended in a 2–0 victory for Slovakia. The Slovaks played numerous friendly matches during the Second World War, all against Axis-aligned nations.^[9]

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 (eight of the eleven players who defeated West Germany in the final were Slovak).^[10]

1994–present: Slovakia

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 first home match was a 4–1 victory 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 victories (7–0) have come against Liechtenstein in 2004 as well as San Marino (twice) in 2007 and 2009.

Slovakia attempted qualifying for 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, recording 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, one of them against their Czech neighbors, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date, 17th.

2010 FIFA World Cup

The Slovakia national team before the match against Italy at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time as an independent nation after finishing in first in Group 3 of 2010 World Cup qualification ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, and Poland. On 14 October 2009, they clinched qualification with a 1–0 away victory against Poland.^{[11][12][13][14]} 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, who finished last in the group.^[15] The result of this match meant that for the first time in World Cup history, both finalists from the previous tournament had been eliminated in the first round, champion Italy and runner-up France.^{[16][17][18][19]}

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.^[20] Despite elimination, Vittek's goal returned to the top of the goalscoring charts joint top with David Villa until Villa himself later scored against Portugal in Spain's 1–0 victory in the same stage of the tournament.

UEFA Euro 2012

In the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, Slovakia was drawn against Russia, the Republic of Ireland, Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra. The campaign in South Africa boosted team performance ahead of the qualifiers, which started in September with two 1–0 wins against Macedonia at Štadión Pasienky and Russia away. However, in October, they were easily beaten in Armenia (3–1) and drew 1–1 against the Republic of Ireland at home. In February 2011, the team was stunned in a 2–1 friendly defeat against Luxembourg and could only beat group minnows Andorra by one goal. Despite creating better chances, Slovakia earned a goalless draw with Ireland away. Four days later, after creating chances in a goalless first half, Slovakia conceded four goals to Armenia in a match that eliminated the team. 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. For the first time since the Euro 1996 qualifying process, 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 after the unsuccessful qualifying campaign with a victory in Bosnia and Herzegovina followed by two defeats to Bosnia and Greece.^[21]

UEFA Euro 2016

A celebration of Slovak players after the match against Russia at UEFA Euro 2016

In the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, Slovakia was drawn against Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Slovakia began the qualifying campaign with a 1–0 victory against Ukraine in Kyiv. On 9 October 2014, Slovakia beat Spain 2–1 in a shock victory and claimed the first place.^[22] 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, beat Luxembourg with a score of 3–0 in Žilina, and beat Macedonia 2–1 on 14 June 2015, also in Žilina. The next matches were a 2–0 defeat against Spain, a goalless draw against Ukraine, and a shocking 0–1 home defeat against Belarus. Slovakia finished qualification by defeating Luxembourg 4–2 and got the second place, qualifying to their fourth European Championship, first as an independent nation.^[23][24][25]

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 defeated Russia 2–1 with goals from Vladimír Weiss III and Marek Hamšík,^[26] then a goalless draw against England to advance to the round of 16 as one of the tournament's best third-placed teams.^{[27][28][29][30]} They were eliminated at this stage by 2014 FIFA World Cup champion Germany with a 3–0 defeat.^[31]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

During the qualification campaign for the 2018 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,^[32][33] but they missed out on a play-off place as the other second teams' results went against them, meaning Slovakia finished as the worst group runners-up.^[34][35]

UEFA Euro 2020

Slovakia qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020 after a difficult away victory against Northern Ireland.^[36] Being drawn with Spain, Sweden. and Poland in group E, Slovakia beat Poland 2–1.^[37] However, Slovakia subsequently lost to Sweden 0–1 before getting thrashed by Spain 5–0, thus finishing third with the worst goal difference due to scoring own goals as a result of their performance. Slovakia was eliminated in the group stage for the first time ever.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

The country finished third in 2022 World Cup qualifying behind Croatia and Russia, the latter of which would be banned from the final tournament due to the country's invasion of Ukraine. Despite the third-place finish in the group, the team dropped points to footballing minnows Cyprus and Malta.

UEFA Euro 2024

After numerous poor results^{[clarification needed]} in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, former Napoli coach Francesco Calzona was appointed as the manager on 30 August 2022.^[38] This meant Slovakia was placed as low as the fifth pot for the qualifying phase of the tournament, the worst position the country has ever been in and realistically must qualify directly for UEFA Euro 2024.^[39] Slovakia was drawn into a group with Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. After a poor goalless draw in the first match against Luxembourg, the team won seven and lost two matches in total, both being narrow losses against Portugal (0–1 at home and 3–2 away). As a result, Slovakia qualified automatically for Euro 2024 by finishing second in their qualifying group.^[40][41][42]

The team was drawn in Group E of Euro 2024, together with Belgium, Ukraine, and Romania. In Frankfurt on 17 June, Slovakia produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of the tournament by beating Belgium 1–0.^[43][44]

Slovakia eventually progressed to the knockout stage of the tournament. In the round of 16, they faced eventual runner-up England and lost 2-1 in extra time. Ivan Schranz became the joint-UEFA European Football Championship Top Goalscorer of Euro 2024.^[45]

Stadium

The Slovakia national football team plays its home matches at the Tehelné pole in Bratislava and the Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava.^[46] Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina was used from 2003 to 2015, but cannot be used because of artificial grass installation in 2016. In the past, home games have occasionally been played at other venues including Všešportový areál and Štadión Lokomotívy in Košice, Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra, Mestský štadión in Dubnica nad Váhom, and Tatran Stadion in Prešov.

Stadia which have hosted Slovakia international football matches:

Slovakia national football team home stadiums
Nr. of matches	Stadium	Capacity	Location	First match	Last match
63	Tehelné pole	22,500	Bratislava	v.  Germany (2–0) 27 August 1939	v.  Slovenia (0–0) 20 March 2025
38	Štadión Antona Malatinského	19,200	Trnava	v.  Bulgaria (0–0) 24 April 1996	v.  Estonia (1–0) 19 November 2024
21	Štadión pod Dubňom	11,258	Žilina	v.  Greece (2–2) 30 April 2003	v.  Iceland (3–1) 17 November 2015
9	Pasienky	11,591	Bratislava	v.  Israel (1–0) 18 August 1999	v.  Greece (0–1) 16 October 2012
4	Všešportový areál	30,312	Košice	v.  Russia (2–1) 8 March 1995	v.  Romania (0–2) 15 November 1995
2	Štadión pod Zoborom	7,480	Nitra	v.  Belarus (4–0) 27 March 1996	v.  Saudi Arabia (1–1) 24 May 2000
	Štadión Lokomotívy	9,000	Košice	v.  Finland (0–0) 19 August 1998	v.  Azerbaijan (3–0) 5 September 1998
	Mestský štadión	5,450	Dubnica nad Váhom	v.  Liechtenstein (2–0) 8 September 1999	v.  San Marino (7–0) 13 October 2007
1	MOL Aréna	12,700	Dunajská Streda	v.  Lithuania (2–2) 30 March 1993
	Futbalový štadión Prievidza	9,000	Prievidza	v.  Slovenia (2–0) 16 November 1993
	Štadión na Sihoti	6,366	Trenčín	v.  Moldova (4–2) 5 September 2001
	Štadión Tatranu	5,410	Prešov	v.  Uzbekistan (4–1) 14 May 2002
	ViOn Aréna	4,008	Zlaté Moravce	v.  Iceland (1–2) 26 March 2008
	NTC Senec	3,264	Senec	v.  Montenegro (2–0) 23 May 2014
	Košická futbalová aréna	12,555	Košice	v.  Azerbaijan (2–0) 8 Sep 2024

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  Tehelné Pole
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  Štadión Antona Malatinského
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  Pod Dubňom

Team image

Nickname

The team is typically referred to as the Repre (short for Reprezentácia, which translates into national team).^{[citation needed]} However, in 2016, during the buildup to Slovakia's first appearance at the European Championship, Slovak Football Association introduced a new nickname for the team. The national team was given the nickname Slovenskí sokoli (lit. 'Slovak Falcons'). The U15 to U21 national teams were given the nickname Slovenskí sokolíci (lit. 'Slovak Little Falcons'). Despite a lack of immediate identification with the nickname by the fans, it went into usage during the tournament and the subsequent qualification for the 2018 World Cup and is now often used, especially in the media, along with Repre, which still remains to be preferred in an informal conversation.^[47]

Kit

Slovakia kits from 1939 to 1945 era

Slovakia's home kit since 1993 has been blue, which was temporarily changed from blue to white from 2020. The players were 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. In 2016, Slovak Football Association announced that the contract with Puma been terminated and national team was supplied by Nike, which had previously did so from 1995 to 2005.^{[citation needed]}

Supplier	Period
Le Coq Sportif	1993–1995
Nike	1995–2005
Adidas	2006–2011
Puma	2012–2016
Nike	2016–2024
Macron	2024–

Results and fixtures

Main articles: Slovakia national football team results (2020–present) and Slovakia national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

Slovakia  v  San Marino

5 June 2024 Friendly	Slovakia	4–0	San Marino	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
18:00	Rigo 7' Suslov 10' Haraslín 36' Strelec 58'	Report		Stadium: Wiener Neustadt Arena Attendance: 452 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Slovakia  v  Wales

9 June 2024 Friendly	Slovakia	4–0	Wales	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45	Kucka 45' Boženík 56' Ampadu 60' (o.g.) Bénes 90'	Report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 6,348 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

Belgium  v  Slovakia

17 June 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Group E	Belgium	0–1	Slovakia	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00		Report	7' Schranz	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,181 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Slovakia  v  Ukraine

21 June 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Group E	Slovakia	1–2	Ukraine	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:00	Schranz 17'	Report	54' Shaparenko 80' Yaremchuk	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 43,910 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

Slovakia  v  Romania

26 June 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Group E	Slovakia	1–1	Romania	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00	Duda 24'	Report	37' (pen.) R. Marin	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,033 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

England  v  Slovakia

30 June 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16	England	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Slovakia	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bellingham 90+5' Kane 91'	Report	25' Schranz	Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 47,244 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

Estonia  v  Slovakia

5 September 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League	Estonia	0–1	Slovakia	Tallinn, Estonia
21:45 UTC+3		Report	70' Suslov	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Slovakia  v  Azerbaijan

8 September 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League	Slovakia	2–0	Azerbaijan	Košice, Slovakia
18:00 UTC+2	Duda 22' (pen.) Strelec 26'	Report		Stadium: Košická futbalová aréna Attendance: 11,435 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

Slovakia  v  Sweden

11 October 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League	Slovakia	2–2	Sweden	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45 UTC+2	Strelec 44', 72'	Report	25' Ayari 32' Sema	Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 15,381 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Azerbaijan  v  Slovakia

14 October 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League	Azerbaijan	1–3	Slovakia	Baku, Azerbaijan
20:00 UTC+4	Bayramov 38'	Report	15' (o.g.) Mammadov 75' Haraslín 87' Ďuriš	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 4,269 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Sweden  v  Slovakia

16 November 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League	Sweden	2–1	Slovakia	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+1	Gyökeres 3' Isak 48'	Report	19' Hancko	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 36,417 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Slovakia  v  Estonia

19 November 2024 2024–25 UEFA Nations League	Slovakia	1–0	Estonia	Trnava, Slovakia
20:45 UTC+1	Strelec 72'	Report		Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Mikkel Redder (Denmark)

2025

Slovakia  v  Slovenia

20 March 2025 2024–25 UEFA Nations League play-offs	Slovakia	0–0	Slovenia	Bratislava, Slovakia
20:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Tehelné pole Attendance: 12,545 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Slovenia  v  Slovakia

23 March 2025 2024–25 UEFA Nations League play-offs	Slovenia	1–0 (a.e.t.) (1–0 agg.)	Slovakia	Ljubljana, Slovenia
20:45 UTC+1	Gnezda Čerin 95'	Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 14,076 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Greece  v  Slovakia

7 June 2025 Friendly	Greece	v	Slovakia	Heraklion, Greece
--:-- UTC+3				Stadium: Pankritio Stadium

Israel  v  Slovakia

10 June 2025 Friendly	Israel	v	Slovakia	Debrecen, Hungary
20:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Nagyerdei Stadion

Slovakia  v  Germany

4 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Germany	Slovakia
20:45 UTC+2		Report

Luxembourg  v  Slovakia

7 September 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Luxembourg	v	Slovakia	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg

Northern Ireland  v  Slovakia

10 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Northern Ireland	v	Slovakia	Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Windsor Park

Slovakia  v  Luxembourg

13 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Luxembourg	Slovakia
20:45 UTC+1		Report

Slovakia  v  Northern Ireland

14 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Slovakia	v	Northern Ireland	Slovakia
20:45 UTC+2		Report

Germany  v  Slovakia

17 November 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Germany	v	Slovakia	Leipzig, Germany
20:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

Coaching staff

As of 9 June 2024^[48]

Position	Name
Head coach	Francesco Calzona
Assistant coaches	Simone Bonomi Gianluca Segarelli Marek Hamšík
Goalkeeping coach	Ján Novota
Team manager	Marek Hamšík
Technical director	Giovanni Paolo de Matteis
Fitness coaches	Alessandro Bulfoni Dávid Brünn
Translator	Pavol Farkaš
Doctors	Jozef Almási Zsolt Fegyveres
Masseur	Mário Prelovský
Physiotherapists	Marián Drinka Peter Hečko Martin Nozdrovický
Video analyst	Marco Brini
Custodians	Ján Beniak Marek Košáň

Coaching history

1939–1944

Name	Period	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
Total		16	3	2	11	23	44	−21	0.69

1993–present

Name	Period	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PG
Jozef Vengloš	6 April 1993 – 15 June 1995	16	5	4	7	21	30	−9	1.19
Jozef Jankech	4 July 1995 – 23 October 1998	34	18	6	10	51	33	+18	1.76
Dušan Radolský[note 1]	10 November 1998	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Dušan Galis	1 January 1999 – 23 February 1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jozef Adamec	26 February 1999 – 30 November 2001	34	13	11	10	38	31	+7	1.47
Anton Dragúň[note 2]	17 November 1999 – 25 November 2001	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	0.25
Stanislav Griga[note 3]	21 June 2001 – 25 June 2001	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	1.00
Ladislav Jurkemik	1 February 2002 – 31 December 2003	19	6	5	8	27	26	+1	1.21
Dušan Galis	1 January 2004 – 12 October 2006	31	12	12	7	53	36	+17	1.55
Ján Kocian	2 November 2006 – 30 June 2008	17	3	5	9	30	28	+2	0.82
Vladimír Weiss	7 July 2008 – 31 January 2012	40	16	8	16	56	53	+3	1.40
Michal Hipp[note 4]	1 January 2012 – 29 February 2012	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3.00
Stanislav Griga Michal Hipp	26 April 2012 – 13 June 2013	12	3	4	5	11	14	−3	0.92
Ján Kozák	2 July 2013 – 14 October 2018	56	29	10	17	81	57	+24	1.73
Štefan Tarkovič[note 5]	15 October 2018 – 21 October 2018	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.00
Pavel Hapal	22 October 2018 – 16 October 2020	16	6	4	6	25	20	+5	1.38
Oto Brunegraf[note 6]	14 October 2020	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	0.00
Štefan Tarkovič	20 October 2020 – 7 June 2022	22	8	7	7	26	24	+2	1.41
Samuel Slovák[note 7]	8 June 2022 – 13 June 2022	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	1.50
Francesco Calzona	30 August 2022 – ongoing	27	12	7	8	38	24	+14	1.60
Total		337	135	84	118	469	394	+75	1.45

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs fixtures against Slovenia on 20 and 23 March 2025.^[49] During the pre-fixtures camp, Dominik Greif was replaced by Dominik Takáč.^[50]

Caps and goals updated as of 23 March 2025, after the match against Slovenia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Martin Dúbravka	(1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 36)	52	0	Newcastle United
12	1GK	Marek Rodák	(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)	23	0	Al-Ettifaq
23	1GK	Dominik Takáč	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 26)	0	0	Slovan Bratislava
	2DF	Peter PekaríkINJ	(1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 38)	134	2	Dynamo České Budějovice
	2DF	Milan Škriniar	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 30)	79	3	Fenerbahçe
	2DF	Dávid Hancko	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 27)	50	5	Feyenoord
	2DF	Norbert Gyömbér	(1992-07-03) 3 July 1992 (age 32)	48	0	Al-Kholood
	2DF	Denis VavroINJ	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 29)	29	2	VfL Wolfsburg
	2DF	Adam ObertINJ	(2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 22)	12	0	Cagliari
	2DF	Ivan Mesík	(2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Heracles Almelo
	2DF	Dominik Javorček	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Holstein Kiel
	2DF	Peter Kováčik	(2001-12-01) 1 December 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová
	2DF	Marek Bartoš	(1996-10-13) 13 October 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Motor Lublin
	3MF	Ondrej Duda	(1994-12-05) 5 December 1994 (age 30)	83	15	Hellas Verona
	3MF	Stanislav Lobotka	(1994-11-25) 25 November 1994 (age 30)	67	4	Napoli
	3MF	Patrik Hrošovský	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 33)	57	0	Genk
	3MF	Tomáš Suslov	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22)	40	4	Hellas Verona
	3MF	Matúš Bero	(1995-09-06) 6 September 1995 (age 29)	38	1	VfL Bochum
	3MF	László Bénes	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 (age 27)	32	2	Union Berlin
	3MF	Tomáš Rigo	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22)	5	1	Baník Ostrava
	4FW	Róbert Boženík	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25)	50	7	Boavista
	4FW	Lukáš Haraslín	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28)	46	7	Sparta Prague
	4FW	Ivan Schranz	(1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 (age 31)	30	6	Slavia Prague
	4FW	David StrelecINJ	(2001-04-04) 4 April 2001 (age 24)	28	7	Slovan Bratislava
	4FW	Dávid Ďuriš	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 26)	19	2	Žilina
	4FW	Ľubomír Tupta	(1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 27)	12	0	Widzew Łódź
	4FW	Samuel Mráz	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 28)	7	1	Motor Lublin
	4FW	Leo Sauer	(2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 (age 19)	4	0	NAC Breda

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
GK	Dominik Greif	(1997-04-06) 6 April 1997 (age 28)	5	0	Mallorca	v.  Slovenia, 20 March 2025
GK	Henrich Ravas	(1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Cracovia	v.  Azerbaijan, 16 November 2024
GK	Ľubomír Belko	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 23)	0	0	Žilina	UEFA Euro 2024PRE
DF	Ľubomír Šatka	(1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 29)	34	1	Samsunspor	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2024
DF	Samuel Kozlovský	(1999-11-19) 19 November 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Widzew Łódź	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2024
DF	Michal Tomič	(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 26)	6	0	Slavia Prague	v.  Azerbaijan, 16 November 2024
DF	Timotej Hranica	(2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Žilina	v.  Azerbaijan, 16 November 2024
DF	Vernon De Marco	(1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 32)	10	1	Apollon Limassol	UEFA Euro 2024
DF	Sebastian Kóša	(2003-09-13) 13 September 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Real Zaragoza	UEFA Euro 2024
DF	Matúš Kmeť	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Górnik Zabrze	v.  San Marino, 9 June 2024
DF	Patrik Leitner	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 23)	0	0	Chrudim	UEFA Euro 2024PRE
MF	Christián Herc	(1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 26)	4	0	DAC Dunajská Streda	v.  Azerbaijan, 19 November 2024
MF	Juraj KuckaINJ, RET	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 38)	112	14	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Azerbaijan, 8 September 2024 RET
MF	Peter Pokorný	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v.  Azerbaijan, 8 September 2024
MF	Dominik Hollý	(2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Jablonec	v.  San Marino, 9 June 2024
MF	Jakub Kadák	(2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Luzern	v.  San Marino, 9 June 2024
MF	Artur Gajdoš	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	AS Trenčín	UEFA Euro 2024PRE
MF	Máté Szolgai	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Szentlőrinc	UEFA Euro 2024
FW	Róbert Polievka	(1996-06-09) 9 June 1996 (age 28)	10	0	MTK Budapest	v.  San Marino, 9 June 2024
Notes PRE Preliminary squad INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or an illness. RET Retired or resigned from international football

Player records

As of 20 March 2025^[51]

Players in bold are still active with Slovakia.

Most appearances

Marek Hamšík is Slovakia's top goalscorer and most capped footballer.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1.	Marek Hamšík	138	26	2007–2023
2.	Peter Pekarík	134	2	2006–present
3.	Juraj Kucka	112	14	2008–2024
4.	Miroslav Karhan	107	14	1995–2011
5.	Martin Škrtel	104	6	2004–2019
6.	Ján Ďurica	91	4	2004–2017
7.	Ondrej Duda	83	15	2014–present
8.	Róbert Vittek	82	23	2001–2016
9.	Róbert Mak	81	16	2013–present
10.	Milan Škriniar	78	3	2016–present

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1.	Marek Hamšík	26	138	0.19	2007–2023
2.	Róbert Vittek	23	82	0.28	2001–2016
3.	Szilárd Németh	22	59	0.37	1996–2006
4.	Róbert Mak	16	81	0.2	2013–present
5.	Ondrej Duda	15	83	0.18	2014–present
6.	Marek Mintál	14	45	0.31	2002–2009
	Miroslav Karhan	14	107	0.13	1995–2011
	Juraj Kucka	14	112	0.13	2008–2024
9.	Adam Nemec	13	43	0.3	2006–2019
	Stanislav Šesták	13	66	0.2	2004–2016

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	—
as  Czechoslovakia											as  Czechoslovakia
1930	Did not enter										Declined invitation
1934	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	9	6	Squad		1	1	0	0	2	1	1934
1938	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	5	3	Squad		2	1	1	0	7	1	1938
1950	Did not enter										Did not enter
1954	Group stage	14th	2	0	0	2	0	7	Squad		4	3	1	0	5	1	1954
1958	Group stage	9th	4	1	1	2	9	6	Squad		4	3	0	1	9	3	1958
1962	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	7	7	Squad		5	4	0	1	20	7	1962
1966	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	12	4	1966
1970	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	7	Squad		7	5	1	1	16	7	1970
1974	Did not qualify										4	2	1	1	9	3	1974
1978											4	2	0	2	4	6	1978
1982	Group stage	19th	3	0	2	1	2	4	Squad		8	4	2	2	15	6	1982
1986	Did not qualify										8	3	2	3	11	12	1986
1990	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	0	2	10	5	Squad		8	5	2	1	13	3	1990
1994	Did not qualify										10	4	5	1	21	9	1994
as  Slovakia											as  Slovakia
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	Squad		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											3rd	10	3	5	2	17	10
2026	To be determined										To be determined
2030
2034
Total	Runner-up	9/22	34	12	6	16	49	52	—		—	145	75	35	35	271	137

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2010	Group stage	New Zealand	1–1	Vittek
		Paraguay	0–2	—
		Italy	3–2	Vittek (2), Kopúnek
	Round of 16	Netherlands	1–2	Vittek

UEFA European Championship

Main article: Slovakia at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
as  Czechoslovakia											as  Czechoslovakia
1960	Third place	3rd	2	1	0	1	2	3	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	5	1960
1964	Did not qualify										2	0	1	1	2	3	1964
1968											6	3	1	2	8	4	1968
1972											6	4	1	1	11	4	1972
1976	Champions	1st	2	1	1	0	5	3	Squad		8	5	2	1	19	7	1976
1980	Third place	3rd	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad		6	5	0	1	17	4	1980
1984	Did not qualify										8	3	4	1	15	7	1984
1988											6	2	3	1	7	5	1988
1992											8	5	0	3	12	9	1992
as  Slovakia											as  Slovakia
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	Squad		2nd	10	7	1	2	17	8
2020	Group stage	18th	3	1	0	2	2	7	Squad		3rd	10	5	2	3	15	12
2024	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	4	5	Squad		2nd	10	7	1	2	17	8
2028	To be determined										To be determined
2032
Total	1 Title	6/17	19	6	5	8	21	28	—	—	136	71	26	39	233	145

List of UEFA European Championship matches
Year	Round	Opponent	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2016	Group stage	Wales	1–2	Duda
		Russia	2–1	Weiss, Hamšík
		England	0–0	—
	Round of 16	Germany	0–3	—
2020	Group stage	Poland	2–1	Szczęsny (o.g.), Škriniar
		Sweden	0–1	—
		Spain	0–5	—
2024	Group stage	Belgium	1–0	Schranz
		Ukraine	1–2	Schranz
		Romania	1–1	Duda
	Round of 16	England	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Schranz

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2018–19	B	1	4	1	0	3	5	5		21st
2020–21	B	2	6	1	1	4	5	10		30th
2022–23	C	3	6	2	1	3	5	6		43rd
2024–25	C	1	8	4	2	2	10	6		37th
Total			24	8	4	12	25	27	21st

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 23 March 2025 after a match against Slovenia.
Records with defunct teams are marked in italics.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	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	6	1	3	2	3	6	−3
Azerbaijan	12	10	0	2	26	8	+18
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Belarus	5	3	1	1	9	3	+6
Belgium	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
Bolivia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	3	0	3	8	7	+1
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Bulgaria	8	4	2	2	11	6	+5
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Chile	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
China	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	17	2	4	11	20	43	−23
Cyprus	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10
Czech Republic	14	3	2	9	12	29	−17
Denmark	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
England	7	0	1	6	4	13	−9
Estonia	4	4	0	0	5	1	+4
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Finland	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5
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	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5
Iceland	7	5	1	1	16	9	+7
Iran	2	1	0	1	6	6	0
Republic of Ireland	6	0	5	1	5	6	−1
Israel	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3
Italy	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Japan	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
Jordan	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
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	11	9	2	0	30	1	+29
Lithuania	6	3	3	0	11	5	+6
Luxembourg	7	5	1	1	16	5	+11
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Malta	10	8	2	0	29	5	+24
Mexico	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3
Moldova	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Montenegro	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Morocco	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Northern Ireland	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3
North Macedonia	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13
Norway	5	1	1	3	2	6	−4
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2
Peru	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Poland	9	5	1	3	14	14	0
Portugal	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8
Romania	12	1	6	5	13	21	−8
Russia	11	4	3	4	10	10	0
San Marino	5	5	0	0	26	1	+25
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Scotland	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2
Serbia and Montenegro[a]	3	0	1	3	1	5	−4
Slovenia	11	2	5	4	8	10	−2
South Korea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Spain	7	1	1	5	6	20	−14
Sweden	9	0	4	5	5	16	−11
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	9	2	3	4	11	11	0
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	6	2	1	3	13	10	+3
Total	369	147	86	136	514	468	+54

1. Includes matches against  FR Yugoslavia.

Honours

Major competitions

• UEFA European Championship
  • Champions (1): 1976^{[note 8]}
  • Third place (2): 1960, 1980

Friendly

• Kirin Cup
  • Champions (1): 2000^[53]
  • Third-place (2): 2002,^[54] 2004^[55]
• King's Cup
  • Champions (2): 2004, 2018
• Shanghai International Football Tournament
  • Runners-up (1): 1992^[56]
• Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso [es]
  • Runners-up (1): 2000^[57]
• Cyprus International Football Tournaments
  • Third place (2): 1998,^[58] 2003^[59]
• Friendship Tournament (UAE)
  • Third place (1): 1994^[60]

Awards

• FIFA Best Mover of the Year
  • Runners-up (1): 2014^[61]
• Slovak Sportsperson of the Year – Team Award
  • Winners (5): 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2020
  • Runners-up (1): 2016

See also

• Association football portal
• Slovakia portal

• 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

Notes

1. Managed the team against Poland at 10 November 1998 on a caretaker basis
2. As assistant coach, Dragúň managed the team during the tour of Central and South America
3. Led the team during 2001 Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
4. Managed the team against Turkey on 29 February 2012 on a caretaker basis
5. Managed the team against Sweden on 16 October 2018 on caretaker basis
6. Managed the team against Israel on 14 October 2020 on caretaker basis
7. Managed the team on caretaker basis on 10 and 13 June 2022 against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
8. Both the Czech Republic and Slovakia inherited Czechoslovakia's 1976 title.^[52]