Slovakia national football team

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Slovakia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Repre
Association Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Stanislav Griga
Michal Hipp
Captain Martin Škrtel
Most caps Miroslav Karhan (107)
Top scorer Róbert Vittek (23)
FIFA code SVK
FIFA ranking 54
Highest FIFA ranking 16 (September 2010)
Lowest FIFA ranking 150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking 63
Highest Elo ranking 28 (May 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking 71 (October 2011)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Slovakia Slovakia 2–0 Germany 
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939)
Second Slovak Republic:
 United Arab Emirates 0–1 Slovakia Slovakia
(Dubai, UAE; 2 February 1994)
Biggest win
Slovakia Slovakia 7–0 Liechtenstein 
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004)
Slovakia Slovakia 7–0 San Marino 
(Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia; 13 October 2007)
Slovakia Slovakia 7–0 San Marino 
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 6 June 2009)
Biggest defeat
Independent State of Croatia Croatia 6–1 Slovakia Slovakia
(Zagreb, Croatia; 8 September 1942)
 Brazil 5–0 Slovakia Slovakia
(Fortaleza, Brazil; 22 February 1995)
 Poland 5–0 Slovakia Slovakia
(Zabrze, Poland; 7 June 1995)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2010)
Best result Round of 16, 2010

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 coaches are Stanislav Griga and Michal Hipp. They replaced Vladimir Weiss after Euro 2012 qualifications. Slovakia are one of the newest national football teams in the world, alongside their neighbours the Czech Republic, whom they originally both formed the Czechoslovakia national football team, until 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's team are collectively known as the Repre. Repre is an abbreviation for Representation, while the origins of The Fighting Jondas is currently heavily disputed. 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 loss 3–1 in Prague and 0–3 in Bratislava.

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History [edit]

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 neighbours, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date of #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.

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 came in things 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 the best 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. Actually it was the first time since UEFA Euro 1996 that Slovakia finished a qualifying campaign with a negative goal difference. Vladimír Weiss left his job after four full years, being replaced by his assistant Michal Hipp and Stanislav Griga, who will form a coaching duo starting from the next campaign.

Stadium [edit]

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 does not meet UEFA criteria for international games today. 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
44 Tehelné pole, Bratislava 20 April 1994 14 November 2009
11 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina 30 April 2004 26 March 2013
10 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava 24 April 1996 29 March 2011
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

Nickname [edit]

In Slovakia, the team is typically referred to as the Repre (Representation) or Národný tím (National team), whereas in foreign media, they are incorrectly described as Bojovní Jondovci ( The Fighting Jondas).

Kit [edit]

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 2016.

Tournament records [edit]

World Cup record [edit]

Year Results Position GP W D L GF GA
France 1998 Did not qualify
South KoreaJapan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010 Round of 16 16 4 1 1 2 5 7
Brazil 2014 Qualifying begins in 2012 - - - - - - -
Total 1/4 16 4 1 1 2 5 7

European Championship record [edit]

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
England 1996 Did not qualify
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
Total 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Olympic Games [edit]

Host nation(s) / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
United States 1996 Did not Qualify
Australia 2000 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 6
Greece 2004 Did not Qualify
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Total 1/4 3 1 0 2 3 6

Results and schedule [edit]

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
February 29, 2012 Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa, Turkey  Turkey International Friendly 2-1 W Weiss Goal Stoch Goal 20,000
May 26, 2012 Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria  Poland International Friendly 0-1 L 2,100
May 30, 2012 De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands International Friendly 0-2 L 51,000
August 15, 2012 TRE-FOR Park, Odense, Denmark  Denmark International Friendly 3-1 W Jakubko Goal Hamšík Goal Guldan Goal 9,209
September 7, 2012 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 2014 World Cup qualification 1-1 D Sapara Goal 4,200
September 11, 2012 Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Liechtenstein 2014 World Cup qualification 2-0 W Sapara Goal Jakubko Goal 4,200
October 12, 2012 Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Latvia 2014 World Cup qualification 2-1 W Hamšík Goal Sapara Goal 4,012
October 16, 2012 Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia  Greece 2014 World Cup qualification 0-1 L 7,694
November 14, 2012 Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic  Czech Republic International Friendly 0-3 L 11,464
February 6, 2013 Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium  Belgium International Friendly 1-2 L Lásik Goal 20,000
March 22, 2013 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Lithuania 2014 World Cup qualification 1-1 D Jakubko Goal 4,560
March 26, 2013 Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia  Sweden International Friendly 0-0 D
June 7, 2013 Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 2014 World Cup qualification
August 14, 2013 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania  Romania International Friendly
September 6, 2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 World Cup qualification
September 10, 2013 Slovakia  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014 World Cup qualification
October 11, 2013 Greece  Greece 2014 World Cup qualification
October 15, 2013 Latvia  Latvia 2014 World Cup qualification

* Slovakia score always listed first

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying [edit]

Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 4 1 0 18 3 +15 13
 Greece 5 3 1 1 6 4 +2 10
 Slovakia 5 2 2 1 6 4 +2 8
 Lithuania 5 1 2 2 4 7 −3 5
 Latvia 5 1 1 3 6 9 −3 4
 Liechtenstein 5 0 1 4 2 15 −13 1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–1 4–1 11 Oct 3–0 6 Sep
Greece  0–0 10 Sep 15 Oct 2–0 11 Oct
Latvia  7 Jun 1–2 2–0 6 Sep 15 Oct
Liechtenstein  1–8 6 Sep 1–1 0–2 7 Jun
Lithuania  15 Oct 7 Jun 11 Oct 10 Sep 1–1
Slovakia  10 Sep 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1


All-time team record [edit]

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 26 March 2013.

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 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Belgium 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1
 Bolivia 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 2 4 −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
 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 9 2 2 5 9 21 −12
 Denmark 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1
 Egypt 1 1 0 0 1 0 +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 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
 France 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4
 Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Germany 10 2 0 8 9 22 −13
 Greece 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1
 Guatemala 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Hungary 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2
 Indonesia 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2
 Iran 2 1 0 1 6 6 0
 Republic of Ireland 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1
 Israel 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
 Italy 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2
 Japan 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3
 Latvia 4 3 1 0 10 4 +6
 Liechtenstein 8 7 1 0 25 0 +25
 Lithuania 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
 Luxembourg 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5
 Macedonia 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10
 Malta 5 4 1 0 14 2 +12
 Moldova 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
 Norway 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3
 New Zealand 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Northern Ireland 3 2 0 1 4 3 +2
 Paraguay 1 0 0 2 0 2 −2
 Poland 7 3 1 3 10 13 −3
 Portugal 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6
 Romania 10 1 4 5 11 19 −8
 Peru 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
 Russia 7 2 3 2 6 6 0
 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 4 0 1 3 4 12 −8
 Sweden 4 0 2 2 1 4 −3
 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1
 Thailand 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Turkey 5 1 1 3 3 7 −4
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2
 Ukraine 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1
 United States 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
 Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3
 Wales 2 1 0 1 7 6 +1
 Yugoslavia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2

Players [edit]

Current squad [edit]

The following 22 players were named in the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Lithuania on 26 March 2013 and for the friendly match against Sweden on 26 March 2013.

Caps and goals as of 22 March 2013.
0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Dušan Kuciak (1985-05-21) 21 May 1985 (age 28) 9 0 Poland Legia Warsaw
12 1GK Dušan Perniš (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 (age 28) 6 0 Poland Pogoń Szczecin
21 1GK Matúš Putnocký (1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 28) 0 0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
3 2DF Martin Škrtel (captain) (1984-12-15) 15 December 1984 (age 28) 61 5 England Liverpool
4 2DF Ján Ďurica (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 31) 55 2 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
18 2DF Marek Čech (1983-01-26) 26 January 1983 (age 30) 52 5 Turkey Trabzonspor
13 2DF Kornel Saláta (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985 (age 28) 24 0 Russia Rostov
6 2DF Tomáš Hubočan (1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 27) 23 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
14 2DF Marián Čišovský (1979-11-02) 2 November 1979 (age 33) 10 0 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
20 2DF Ľubomír Guldan (1983-01-30) 30 January 1983 (age 30) 5 1 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad
2 2DF Lukáš Pauschek (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 20) 3 0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
17 3MF Marek Hamšík (1987-07-27) 27 July 1987 (age 25) 63 10 Italy Napoli
19 3MF Marek Sapara (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 30) 37 5 Turkey Trabzonspor
8 3MF Juraj Kucka (1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 26) 29 1 Italy Genoa
5 3MF Dušan Švento (1985-08-01) 1 August 1985 (age 27) 25 1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
7 3MF Viktor Pečovský (1983-05-24) 24 May 1983 (age 30) 7 0 Slovakia Žilina
15 3MF Róbert Mak (1991-03-08) 8 March 1991 (age 22) 3 0 Germany 1. FC Nuremberg
16 3MF Richard Lásik (1992-08-18) 18 August 1992 (age 20) 2 1 Italy Brescia
9 4FW Marek Bakoš (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 30) 10 0 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
10 4FW Martin Jakubko (1980-02-26) 26 February 1980 (age 33) 30 7 Russia Amkar Perm
11 4FW Michal Ďuriš (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 24) 8 0 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
22 4FW Filip Hološko (1984-01-17) 17 January 1984 (age 29) 60 7 Turkey Beşiktaş

Recent call-ups [edit]

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 Marián Kello (1982-09-05) 5 September 1982 (age 30) 3 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers v.  Netherlands, 30 May 2012
DF Radoslav Zabavník (1980-09-16) 16 September 1980 (age 32) 57 1 Germany Mainz 05 v.  Belgium, 6 February 2013
DF Peter Pekarík (1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 26) 44 1 Germany Hertha BSC v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
DF Ľubomír Michalík (1983-08-13) 13 August 1983 (age 29) 7 2 Kazakhstan Almaty v.  Netherlands, 30 May 2012
MF Vladimír Weiss (1989-11-30) 30 November 1989 (age 23) 27 2 Italy Pescara v.  Belgium, 6 February 2013
MF Miroslav Stoch (1989-10-19) 19 October 1989 (age 23) 36 4 Turkey Fenerbahçe v.  Belgium, 6 February 2013
MF Michal Breznaník (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985 (age 27) 8 0 Russia Amkar Perm v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
MF Karim Guédé (1985-01-07) 7 January 1985 (age 28) 8 0 Germany SC Freiburg v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
MF Róbert Jež (1981-07-10) 10 July 1981 (age 31) 9 3 Poland Zagłębie Lubin v.  Greece, 16 October 2012
MF Kamil Kopúnek (1984-05-18) 18 May 1984 (age 29) 17 2 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava v.  Netherlands, 30 May 2012
MF Roman Procházka (1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 (age 24) 3 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia v.  Netherlands, 30 May 2012
MF Tomáš Kóňa (1984-03-01) 1 March 1984 (age 29) 3 0 Slovakia Senica v.  Netherlands, 30 May 2012
FW Róbert Vittek (1982-04-01) 1 April 1982 (age 31) 80 23 Turkey İstanbul BBSK v.  Belgium, 6 February 2013
FW Jakub Sylvestr (1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 24) 2 0 Germany Erzgebirge Aue v.  Czech Republic, 14 November 2012
FW Stanislav Šesták (1982-12-16) 16 December 1982 (age 30) 45 11 Turkey Bursaspor v.  Netherlands, 30 May 2012
FW Erik Jendrišek (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986 (age 26) 32 3 Germany SC Freiburg v.  Netherlands, 30 May 2012

Player statistics [edit]

Players in bold are still active.

As of 26 March 2013.

Most capped players [edit]

# Player Career Caps Goals
1. Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 107 14
2. Róbert Vittek 2001– 80 23
3. Marek Hamšík 2007– 63 10
4. Martin Škrtel 2004– 61 5
5. Filip Hološko 2005– 60 7
6. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 59 22
7. Radoslav Zabavník 2003– 57 1
8. Ján Ďurica 2004– 54 2
9. Stanislav Varga 1997–2006 54 2
10. Róbert Tomaschek 1994–2001 52 4
Marek Čech 2004- 52 5

Top goalscorers [edit]

# Player Career Goals Caps
1. Róbert Vittek 2001– 23 80
2. Szilárd Németh 1996–2006 22 59
3. Marek Mintál 2002–2009 14 45
Miroslav Karhan 1995–2011 14 107
5. Peter Dubovský 1994–2000 12 33
6. Stanislav Šesták 2004– 11 45
7. Marek Hamšík 2007– 10 63
8. Tibor Jančula 1995–2001 9 29
Ľubomír Reiter 2001–2005 9 28
10. Filip Hološko 2005– 7 60
Filip Šebo 2006– 7 15
Jaroslav Timko 1994–1997 7 18
Martin Jakubko 2004- 7 30
Dušan Tittel 1994-1998 7 44

Managers [edit]

1939–1944 [edit]

Name Years Pld W D L GF GA GD PG
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Vojtech Závodský 1939 1 1 0 0 2 0 +1 3.00
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Rudolf Hanák 1939–1940 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 1.50
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Štefan Priboj 1940–1941 4 0 1 3 5 10 −5 0.08
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Štefan Čambal 1941–1942 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0.00
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) 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 [edit]

As of 26 March 2013
Name Years Pld W D L GF GA GD PG
Slovakia Jozef Vengloš 1993–1995 16 5 4 7 21 30 −9 1.19
Slovakia Jozef Jankech 1995–1998 34 18 6 10 51 33 +18 1.76
Slovakia Dušan Radolský[6] 1998 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0.00
Slovakia Jozef Adamec 1999–2001 34 13 11 10 38 31 +7 1.47
Slovakia Ladislav Jurkemik 2002–2003 19 6 5 8 27 26 +1 1.21
Slovakia Dušan Galis 2004–2006 31 12 12 7 53 36 +17 1.55
Slovakia Ján Kocian 2006–2008 17 3 5 9 30 28 +2 0.82
Slovakia Vladimír Weiss 2008–2012 40 16 8 16 56 53 +3 1.40
Slovakia Michal Hipp[7] 2012 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3.00
Slovakia Stanislav Griga
Slovakia Michal Hipp
2012– 11 3 3 5 10 13 -3 1.1
Totals 204 77 54 73 289 253 +36 1.40

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Thrilling win in the snow". ESPN. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  2. ^ "Champions dumped out". ESPN. 2010-06-24. 
  3. ^ "Italy eliminated from World Cup in 1st round". AP. 2010-06-24. 
  4. ^ "Italy and France make unwanted history". AFP. 2010-06-24. 
  5. ^ "Robben rocks Slovakia". ESPN Soccernet. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-08-18. 
  6. ^ managed the team against Poland at November 10, 1998 on a caretaker basis
  7. ^ managed the team against Turkey at February 29, 2012 on a caretaker basis

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