Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by S.A. Julio (talk | contribs) at 17:48, 22 November 2017 (removed Category:Slovenia national football team using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Slovenia qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2014), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they ended second in their group with Norway, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. This allowed the team to compete for qualification against Ukraine in the play-offs, which the Slovenians won 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament.

At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. Despite being an outsider, Slovenia held Serbia and Norway at a draw and only suffered a narrow loss against Spain. With two points, however, Slovenia ended last in their group. Zlatko Zahovič was the country's star player as he scored three out of four Slovenian goals.

Euro 2000

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
 Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
 Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2

Yugoslavia vs Slovenia

In the first game of the group Slovenia stunned Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. After the red card of Siniša Mihajlović it looked like the team would have won its first game, but then Yugoslavia made a dream comeback as they scored three goals in only six minutes.

Yugoslavia 3–3 Slovenia
Milošević 67', 73'
Drulović 70'		 Report Zahovič 23', 57'
Pavlin 52'
Attendance: 16,478
Yugoslavia
Slovenia
GK 22 Ivica Kralj
RB 2 Ivan Dudić
CB 5 Miroslav Đukić
CB 11 Siniša Mihajlović Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 60'
LB 21 Albert Nađ
RM 6 Dejan Stanković downward-facing red arrow 36'
CM 7 Vladimir Jugović
CM 4 Slaviša Jokanović
LM 17 Ljubinko Drulović
CF 8 Predrag Mijatović (c) downward-facing red arrow 82'
CF 18 Darko Kovačević downward-facing red arrow 52'
Substitutions:
MF 10 Dragan Stojković upward-facing green arrow 36'
FW 9 Savo Milošević upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 20 Mateja Kežman upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov
GK 12 Mladen Dabanovič
CB 3 Željko Milinovič
CB 5 Marinko Galič
CB 4 Darko Milanič (c) Yellow card 32'
RM 7 Džoni Novak
CM 8 Aleš Čeh
CM 11 Miran Pavlin downward-facing red arrow 74'
LM 19 Amir Karić downward-facing red arrow 78'
AM 10 Zlatko Zahovič
CF 13 Mladen Rudonja
CF 9 Sašo Udovič downward-facing red arrow 64'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Milenko Ačimovič upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 21 Zoran Pavlović upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 20 Milan Osterc upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec

Man of the Match:
Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia)[1]

Assistant referees:
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Dramane Dante (Malta)
Fourth official:
Graham Poll (England)

Slovenia vs Spain

In the second game, Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly as Raúl scored. Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zlatko Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Spain then took the lead again after only sixty seconds as Joseba Etxeberria scored a goal winner. 13,000 Slovenian fans gathered to see the match in Amsterdam Arena, which is still a record for the most Slovenian spectators on a football game outside Slovenia.

Slovenia 1–2 Spain
Zahovič 59' Report Raúl 4'
Etxeberria 60'
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Slovenia
Spain
GK 12 Mladen Dabanovič
CB 3 Željko Milinovič
CB 5 Marinko Galič
CB 4 Darko Milanič (c) Yellow card 24' downward-facing red arrow 68'
RM 7 Džoni Novak Yellow card 53'
CM 8 Aleš Čeh
CM 11 Miran Pavlin Yellow card 11' downward-facing red arrow 82'
LM 19 Amir Karić Yellow card 85'
AM 10 Zlatko Zahovič
CF 13 Mladen Rudonja
CF 9 Sašo Udovič downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 20 Milan Osterc upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 6 Aleksander Knavs upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 18 Milenko Ačimovič upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec
GK 1 Santiago Cañizares
RB 2 Míchel Salgado
CB 6 Fernando Hierro (c)
CB 5 Abelardo
LB 3 Agustín Aranzábal Yellow card 62'
RM 17 Joseba Etxeberria
CM 4 Pep Guardiola downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 21 Juan Carlos Valerón downward-facing red arrow 89'
LM 16 Gaizka Mendieta
CF 10 Raúl
CF 11 Alfonso downward-facing red arrow 71'
Substitutions:
FW 20 Ismael Urzaiz upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 7 Iván Helguera Yellow card 82' upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 15 Vicente Engonga upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)[2]

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Slovenia vs Norway

In the last round of the group stage Slovenia played against Norway and still had theoretical chances to progress to the quarterfinals. At the end the game was a goalless draw and the team won its second point of the tournament, but did not advance to the second round.

Slovenia 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Slovenia
Norway
GK 12 Mladen Dabanovič
CB 3 Željko Milinovič
CB 5 Marinko Galič downward-facing red arrow 83'
CB 6 Aleksander Knavs
RM 7 Džoni Novak
CM 8 Aleš Čeh (c)
CM 11 Miran Pavlin Yellow card 44'
LM 19 Amir Karić
AM 10 Zlatko Zahovič
CF 13 Mladen Rudonja
CF 17 Ermin Šiljak downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Milenko Ačimovič upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 20 Milan Osterc upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec
GK 1 Thomas Myhre
RB 2 André Bergdølmo
CB 16 Dan Eggen
CB 3 Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB 22 Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM 18 Steffen Iversen
CM 7 Erik Mykland Yellow card 24'
CM 8 Ståle Solbakken (c)
LM 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær Yellow card 59'
CF 17 John Carew downward-facing red arrow 61'
CF 9 Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF 19 Eirik Bakke upward-facing green arrow 61' downward-facing red arrow 82'
MF 6 Roar Strand upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)[3]

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Overview

UEFA European Championship UEFA Euro Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1960–1992 Part of  Yugoslavia
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 3 2 5 13 13 5/6
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 4 5 12 6 3 3 15 16 2/6 Won Playoff
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify 10 4 3 3 16 14 2/5 Lost Playoff
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 3 2 7 9 16 6/7
Poland Ukraine 2012 10 4 2 4 11 7 4/6
France 2016 10 5 1 4 18 11 3/6 Lost Playoff
Europe 2020 To Be Determined
Total Group stage 1/14 3 0 2 1 4 5 64 25 13 26 82 77

See also

References

  1. ^ "A typical derby match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 1 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Slovenia prove their quality". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 June 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. ^ "12 seconds from the quarter-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slovenia_at_the_UEFA_European_Championship&oldid=811598265"