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The Slovakia national football team is the national football team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (Slovenský futbalovy zväz). After the division of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Football Association was founded in 1993, and has been affiliated to both FIFA and UEFA since the same year. In this time Slovakia have never qualified for the Finals stages of any international football competition.
History
The first official match of the first Slovak Republic (1939-45) was played in Prague against Germany on 27 August 1939, and ended in a 2-0 victory for Slovakia.
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The Slovakia national football team is the national football team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (Slovenský futbalovy zväz). After the division of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Football Association was founded in 1993, and has been affiliated to both FIFA and UEFA since the same year. In this time Slovakia have never qualified for the Finals stages of any international football competition.
History
The first official match of the first Slovak Republic (1939-45) was played in Prague 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.
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 Slovakian 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 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.
Home Stadium
Tehelné pole is most popular name for a football stadium in Bratislava. Named after the surrounding of a neighbourhood in Bratislava. The stadium is the home field for Slovan and Slovakia national football team. Capacity of the stadium is 30,085 spectators. The construction of the stadium was began in 1939 and was finished in 1944 however the stadium was opened already in September 1940. The first official match was played at October 27, 1940 when Slovan hosted Hertha. The match ended 2-2. The stadium was also the home field for Czechoslovakia national football team in common era and it was second biggest stadium in Czechoslovakia after the Strahov. In 2005-06 season Artmedia used this stadium for a contests in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.
National team of Slovakia also use Stadium Pod Dubnom in Žilina and Stadium of Anton Malatinský in Trnava.
European Championship record
World Cup record
Results since 2008
2008
2009
Score bar: Green: Friendly match, Blue: WC 2010 Qualification
FIFA World Cup qualification
Current squad
Date: February 10 and February 11, 2009
Venue: Tsirion Stadium, Limassol and Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Opponent: and
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Recent call-up
The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad during the 2008-09 season.
Last updated: 22:19, 11 February 2009 (CET).
Coaching Staff
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| Slovakia line-up for match against Poland at October 15, 2008 |
| Coach | | | Assistant Coach | Michal Hipp | | Goalkeeping Coach | | | Technical Manager | Róbert Tomaschek | | Fitness Coach | | | Team Doctors | | | | | Backroom Staff | | | | | |
Most valuable victories
1. EURO 96 Qualifying
Head Coach: Jozef Jankech'2. World Cup 98 Qualification
Head Coach: Jozef Jankech'3. Friendly
Head Coach: Jozef Jankech'4. Friendly
Head Coach: Dušan Galis'5. Friendly
Head Coach: Dušan Galis'6. EURO 08 Qualifying
Head Coach: Dušan Galis'7. World Cup 2010 Qualification
Head Coach: Vladimír Weiss
Note: Matches are ordered by date.
Most Goals and Appearances
Top Goalscorers
As of 11 February 2009. Bold are active national players.
Most goals in Slovakia national team:
Most goals in Czechoslovakia national team:
Most Capped
Most appearances in Slovakia national team:
Most appearances in Czechoslovakia national team:
Notable players
This lists players who have played most or all of their international careers in the Slovak Republic era. For notable players from the Czechoslovakia era, see Czechoslovakia national football team.
1994
1995
1996
1997
2000
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2001
2002
2004
2007
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Note: Players are ordered by year of debut in national team.
Managers
As of 11 February 2009.
See also
Slovakia national under-21 football team
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