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Slovenia national under-21 football team

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Slovenia Under-21
AssociationFootball Association of Slovenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAndrej Razdrh
FIFA codeSVN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Cyprus 1–0 Slovenia
(Paralimni, Cyprus; 17 November 1992)
Biggest win
 Estonia 1–7 Slovenia
(Rakvere, Estonia; 8 September 2014)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia 0–6 Slovakia 
(Sežana, Slovenia; 11 February 2003)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2021)
Best resultGroup stage (2021, 2025)

The Slovenia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Slovenia, under the control of the Football Association of Slovenia. This team is intended for Slovenian players who are 21 years of age or younger at the start of the calendar year in which the biennial UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign begins, so some players may remain in the team until they are 23.

The under-21 national team was formed in 1992, a year after Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia. Their first competitive campaign was the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers, where Slovenia failed to qualify after finishing third in their qualifying group, two points behind group winners Italy.[1] Slovenia made its first appearance at the European Under-21 Championship in 2021, automatically qualifying as co-hosts.

Manager history

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Dates Name
1993–1994 Slovenia Zdenko Verdenik
1994–1997 Slovenia Drago Kostanjšek
2004 Slovenia Branko Oblak
2004–2007 Slovenia Branko Zupan
2008–2014 Slovenia Tomaž Kavčič[2]
2014 Slovenia Robert Englaro[3]
2015–2020 Slovenia Primož Gliha[4][5]
2020–2025 Slovenia Milenko Ačimovič[6]
2025–present Slovenia Andrej Razdrh[7]

Competitive record

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UEFA European Under-21 Championship record

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UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L F A Pld W D L F A
France 1994 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1996 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 19 12
Romania 1998 8 3 0 5 9 13
Slovakia 2000 10 1 5 4 10 19
Switzerland 2002 8 2 2 4 10 10
Germany 2004 8 2 3 3 4 7
Portugal 2006 12 4 4 4 13 15
Netherlands 2007 2 1 0 1 1 2
Sweden 2009 8 1 2 5 4 13
Denmark 2011 8 2 2 4 6 10
Israel 2013 10 6 2 2 15 8
Czech Republic 2015 10 5 2 3 29 11
Poland 2017 10 5 0 5 18 11
Italy San Marino 2019 10 4 4 2 14 12
Hungary Slovenia 2021 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 8 Qualified as host
Romania Georgia (country) 2023 Did not qualify 10 4 4 2 11 7
Slovakia 2025 Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 5 8 5 2 1 13 7
Albania Serbia 2027 To be decided
Total Group stage 6 0 2 4 1 13 132 51 33 48 176 157

References

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  1. ^ "Season 1996 – Qualifying – Group 4: CRO / EST / ITA / LTU / SLO / UKR". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. ^ Š. Ro. (22 July 2014). "Tomaž Kavčič zapušča reprezentanco do 21 let". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Englaro kot začasni selektor" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ "U-21: Nov selektor, nova zasedba". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ R. P. (27 October 2020). "Primož Gliha potegnil krajšo, predsednik NZS kritičen tudi do igralcev" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. ^ "URADNO: Slovenija gre na Euro z Milenkom Ačimovićem v vlogi selektorja" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Slovenska reprezentanca do 21 let ima novega selektorja: Mladeniče bo na Euru U21 na Slovaškem vodil Andrej Razdrh". Planet Nogomet (in Slovenian). 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
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