Slovakia national under-21 football team explained

Slovakia U-21
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Nickname:Repre[1]
Sokolíci (Little Falcons)[2]
Association:Slovak: [[Slovak Football Association|Slovenský futbalový zväz]]
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Jaroslav Kentoš
Home Stadium:Štadión pod Zoborom
Fifa Trigramme:SVK
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First Game: 0–3
(Myjava, Slovakia; 6 September 1994)
Largest Win: 0–6
(Valletta, Malta; 30 March 1997)
0–6
(Riga, Latvia; 11 October 2011)
1–7
(Ettelbruck, Luxembourg; 11 June 2013)
6–0
(Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia; 6 June 2019)
6–0
(Nitra, Slovakia; 17 November 2020)
Largest Loss:4–0 defeats on three occasions
Uefau21champ Apps:2
Uefau21champ First:2000
Uefau21champ Best:Fourth place (2000)

The Slovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by the Slovak Football Association, is Slovakia's national under-21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Slovakia national football team.

European Under-21 Championship record

YearRoundPositionGPWDLGFGA
1996did not qualify
1998did not qualify
2000Fourth place4th421153
2002did not qualify
2004did not qualify
2006did not qualify
2007did not qualify
2009did not qualify
2011did not qualify
2013did not qualify
2015did not qualify
2017Group Stage5th320163
2019did not qualify
2021did not qualify
2023did not qualify
2025Qualified as hoststo be determined
Total3/164th7412116
Key:GP: Games played, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C.

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

See main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs.

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).|}

Results and fixtures

2022

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendlies against Hungary and Austria on the 14 and 20 June 2023.[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Macedonia.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia U21 squad in the past 12 months and remain eligible to play for the U21 team.

  • INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or an illness.
  • ALT Alternate – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability

Past squads

  • 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad
  • 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

Managerial history

Head CoachAssistantYears
Milan Lešický Jozef Štafura1993–1997
Jozef Barmoš Bohumil Andrejko1997–1998
Dušan Radolský Bohumil Andrejko1998–2000
Stanislav Griga Vladimír Goffa2000–2001
Mikuláš Komanický Ján Švehlík2002–2003
Ladislav Jurkemik Ján Gabriel2004
Jozef Bubenko Ján Gabriel2004–2005
Ladislav Petráš Karol Brezík2006
Jozef Barmoš Jozef Vukušič
Viliam Hýravý
Roland Praj
2007–2008
Boris Kitka Jozef Daňko2009–2010
Ľubomír Nosický Peter Nemečkay2010
Ivan Galád Norbert Hrnčár2011–2014
Pavel Hapal Oto Brunegraf2015–2018
none2018
Adrián Guľa Marián Zimen2018–2019
Jaroslav Kentoš Tibor Goljan2019–

Other youth record

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prezývka slovenských reprezentantov? Suchá. aktualne.sk. 10 June 2010.
  2. Web site: SLOVENSKÍ SOKOLI. futbalsfz.sk. 1 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809124740/https://www.futbalsfz.sk/fanzona/slovenski-sokoli.html. 9 August 2016. dead. dmy-all.
  3. News: Tréner Kentoš nominoval na júnové zápasy 23 hráčov . 14 June 2023 . Slovenský futbalový zväz . 6 June 2023 . Slovak.