Slovenia national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Slovenia women's national football team.

Slovenia

Association	Football Association of Slovenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Matjaž Kek
Captain	Bojan Jokić
Most caps	Boštjan Cesar (101)[1]
Top scorer	Zlatko Zahovič (35)[1]
Home stadium	Stožice Stadium
FIFA code	SVN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	63 1 (7 February 2019)[2]
Highest	15 (October–November 2010)
Lowest	134 (December 1993)
Elo ranking
Current	66 14 (3 March 2019)[3]
Highest	28 (November 2001)
Lowest	87 (November 1993)
First international
Unofficial  Slovenia 0–5 France  (Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia; 23 June 1921) Official  Estonia 1–1 Slovenia  (Tallinn, Estonia; 3 June 1992)
Biggest win
Oman 0–7 Slovenia  (Muscat, Oman; 8 February 1999)
Biggest defeat
France 5–0 Slovenia  (Saint-Denis, France; 12 October 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2002)
Best result	Group stage, 2002 and 2010
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2000)
Best result	Group stage, 2000

The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. In the period between 1920 and 1991, Slovenia was ineligible to field a separate team for competitive matches; local players instead played for the Yugoslavia national football team. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia.

Slovenian national team has participated in three major football competitions. In 1999, Slovenia qualified for the UEFA Euro 2000 after eliminating Ukraine in a playoff. Slovenia achieved another success two years later, qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. The team did not lose a match in its whole qualifying campaign, finished in second place with six wins and six draws, but did not obtain any points in the group stage of the finals. Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia was the only team to defeat the eventual World Cup winners Italy during the campaign. Slovenia qualified for its last major tournament in 2009 after defeating Russia in a playoff to clinch a berth for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 Origins
    
  
  
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    1.2 Independence (1991–1998)
    
  
  
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    1.3 Srečko Katanec and Zlatko Zahovič period ("Golden generation")
    
    
    
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      1.3.1 Euro 2000 qualifying campaign
      
    
    
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      1.3.2 Euro 2000
      
    
    
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      1.3.3 2002 World Cup qualifying campaign
      
    
    
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      1.3.4 2002 World Cup
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1.4 Bojan Prašnikar period
    
    
    
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      1.4.1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying campaign
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1.5 Branko Oblak period (decline)
    
  
  
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    1.6 Matjaž Kek period
    
    
    
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      1.6.1 World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign
      
    
    
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      1.6.2 World Cup 2010
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Stadiums
  
  
  
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    2.1 Bežigrad Stadium
    
  
  
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    2.2 Ljudski vrt
    
  
  
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    2.3 Stadion Z'dežele
    
  
  
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    2.4 Stožice Stadium
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Kit
  
  
  
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    3.1 Kit provider
    
  
  
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    3.2 Colours and kit evolution
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Schedule and results
  
  
  
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    5.1 Recent and upcoming games
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Players
  
  
  
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    6.1 Current squad
    
  
  
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    6.2 Recent call-ups
    
  
  
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    6.3 Previous squads
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 Competition history
  
  
  
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    7.1 World Cup
    
  
  
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    7.2 European Championship
    
  
  
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    7.3 Nations League
    
  
  
  
  


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  8 Statistics
  
  
  
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    8.1 Most appearances
    
  
  
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    8.2 Top goalscorers
    
  
  
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  9 All-time team record
  
  
  
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    9.1 Pre-independence team (1921–1991)
    
  
  
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    9.2 Modern Slovenian team (1992–present)
    
  
  
  
  


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  10 Honours
  
  
  
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    10.1 Minor tournaments
    
  
  
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    10.2 Other awards
    
  
  
  
  


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  11 See also
  


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  12 Notes
  


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  13 References
  


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  14 External links
  

History

Origins

Before Slovenian independence in 1991, the Slovenian national team existed only as a regional team not officially recognized by FIFA. It had a similar status as the Catalonia national football team. The team had mostly played exhibition matches against teams from other republics of SFR Yugoslavia and was represented by Slovenian players under the traditional colours of white, blue and red.

The first football clubs were formed at the beginning of the 20th century during the period when most of the territory of present-day Slovenia was still within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the end of the World War I, Slovenia, along with Croatia, joined the Kingdom of Serbia forming the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which would be renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. On 24 April 1920, the Ljubljana Football Subassociation was formed as the Slovenian branch of the Yugoslav Football Association and organised the first football leagues. The winner of the Ljubljana Subassociation League had access to the Yugoslav Championship. On 23 June 1921, the Slovenian capital Ljubljana hosted a match between the French national team and selection of players from Slovenian clubs. The Chef de Mission of the guests was the acting FIFA President, Jules Rimet, who later initiated the first World Cup tournament. France won 5–0 and, although the match was not official by international standards, it was, at least in Slovenia, widely accepted as the first appearance of a Slovenian national team.^[4][5]

Independence (1991–1998)

In 1991, Slovenia was the first of the republics, alongside Croatia, to gain independence from Yugoslavia. With the recognition of the new country by the international community, the team was also recognized by FIFA and UEFA. The new Slovenian national football team played its first FIFA-recognized game on 3 June 1992 in Tallinn against Estonia.^[6] The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Igor Benedejčič scoring the first goal for the new team.^[7] The first coach of the team was Bojan Prašnikar.

It was not until its third game on 7 April 1993 that the team achieved its first international victory by defeating Estonia 2–0 at the ŽŠD Stadium in Ljubljana, with goals scored by Samir Zulič and Sašo Udovič.^[6]

From 1994–1997, the team was managed by Zdenko Verdenik, who was the first to lead the team through qualifications for a major tournament. In a group with Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Estonia, the team won three games and took eleven points in ten matches of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifications.^[8]

Verdenik also coached the team through qualifications for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In a group with Croatia, Denmark, Greece, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the team finished in last place with only one point in eight matches and a goal differential of −15.

Afterwards, Verdenik was sacked and Bojan Prašnikar was named as the Slovenian coach for the second time. At the time, he was also the head coach of the Slovenian top division club Maribor and was given an ultimatum from the Football Association of Slovenia that he could only manage one team. He decided in favor of Maribor, and the Football Association of Slovenia appointed Srečko Katanec as the head coach.^[9]

Srečko Katanec and Zlatko Zahovič period ("Golden generation")

Euro 2000 qualifying campaign

The first qualifications for the new coach were for UEFA Euro 2000. Slovenia was drawn into a group with Norway, Greece, Latvia, Albania, and Georgia. Slovenia finished in second place, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring eight out of twelve team goals.

Second place in the group meant that the team was to play additional qualifications against Ukraine. The first leg was played in Ljubljana, which Slovenia won 2–1. Zlatko Zahovič scored the first goal, bringing his total in the qualifying campaign to nine,^[10] while Milenko Ačimovič scored from the halfway line late in the game for the final score of 2–1.^[11] The second leg was played in snowy conditions in Kiev. Sergei Rebrov scored in the 68th minute, while Slovenia equalised eight minutes later with a goal scored by Miran Pavlin.^[12] The 1–1 draw meant that Slovenia has won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified on its first major tournament.

Euro 2000

For its first major tournament, Slovenia was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia, and Norway.

In the first game of the group, Slovenia played against Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. Yugoslavia made a comeback as they scored three goals in only six minutes for the final score 3–3.

The second game was played in Amsterdam against Spain. Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly with a goal by Raúl. 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 with a goal by Joseba Etxeberria. About 10,000 Slovenian fans gathered to see the match at Amsterdam Arena, which is still a record for the most Slovenian spectators on a football game outside Slovenia.^[13]

In the last round of the group stage, Slovenia played against Norway and still had chances to progress to the quarterfinals. The match finished 0–0 and the team won its second point of the tournament.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	FR Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

2002 World Cup qualifying campaign

For the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia was drawn into a group together with Russia, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, and Luxembourg. Zlatko Zahovič scored four goals during the campaign, in which Slovenia finished in second place and thus qualifying to the playoffs. In the playoffs, Slovenia was drawn against Romania.

The first leg of the playoffs was played in Slovenia. Slovenia won the game 2–1 with the goals from Milenko Ačimovič in the first half and Milan Osterc in the second half. In the second leg in Bucharest, Slovenia took the lead with a goal scored by Mladen Rudonja, which was his first and only goal for the national team in 65 appearances.^[14] Romania equalised with a goal scored by Cosmin Contra with 25 minutes remaining. The final result was 1–1 with Slovenia qualifying to its second consecutive major tournament and the first-ever World Cup.^[15]

Through the whole qualifying campaign, Slovenia played a total of twelve games and was undefeated with a total of six wins and six draws.

2002 World Cup

Slovenia played in the group B with Spain, Paraguay, and South Africa. All matches in the group were played in South Korea.

In the first game, Slovenia played against Spain for the second time in a row at a major tournament. Under heavy rain, Spain took the lead late in the first half with the goal from Raúl. Valerón added a second 15 minutes before full-time for a 2–0 lead. Seven minutes later, Sebastjan Cimirotič managed to score the first World Cup goal for Slovenia to reduce the score to 2–1. Fernando Hierro scored a penalty goal in 87th minute for the final score of 3–1. This match is infamous in Slovenia due to the conflict between coach Srečko Katanec and player Zlatko Zahovič in the dressing room after the game, which resulted in Zlatko Zahovič being sent home and Srečko Katanec's resignation after the tournament.^[16] Slovenia lost the two remaining matches against South Africa (1–0) and Paraguay (3–1). Milenko Ačimovič scored the second goal for Slovenia at the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Bojan Prašnikar period

After the resignation of Srečko Katanec, Bojan Prašnikar was named as head coach for the third time.

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying campaign

In the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying campaign, Slovenia played against France, Israel, Cyprus, and Malta. The team finished in second place and managed to qualify for its third consecutive playoffs.

This time, Slovenia had to play against its neighboring country as the draw set a duel against Croatia. The first leg was played in Zagreb and Croatia managed to get in the lead as Dado Pršo scored a goal in the fifth minute, while Slovenia equalized 15 minutes later with a goal scored by Ermin Šiljak, for the final score of 1–1.^[17] In the second leg, Dado Pršo scored the only goal of the game 15 minutes into the second half. That meant that Croatia has qualified for the UEFA Euro 2004 with the aggregate score of 2–1. Bojan Prašnikar was later criticised by the media and the fans for his defensive tactics as Slovenia only managed to take one shot on target during the two playoff games.^[17] Prašnikar was later replaced by Branko Oblak.^[18]

Ermin Šiljak scored a total of nine goals in the whole campaign, thus becoming the best goalscorer of the whole UEFA zone qualifications.^[19]

Branko Oblak period (decline)

When Branko Oblak took charge of the Slovenian national team, there were almost no players from the era of Srečko Katanec remaining as most of them retired from football. During his two-year period as a manager, Branko Oblak
selected over 40 different players for the national team.^[20]

He led the team through the qualifications for 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. In a group with Italy, Norway, Scotland, Belarus, and Moldova, the team achieved a victory over Moldova and Italy and a draw against Scotland, thus winning seven points in the first three games. Later, however, the team has won only five points in the remaining matches and finished in fourth place.

Branko Oblak also coached the team at the beginning of the qualifications for UEFA Euro 2008. In a group with Netherlands, Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Albania, and Luxembourg, the team quickly lost its qualification chances with two defeats to Bulgaria (3–0) and Belarus (4–2). In November 2006, Oblak was sacked by the Football Association of Slovenia.^[21] In January 2007, Matjaž Kek was appointed as the new manager of the national team.^[22]

Matjaž Kek period

After the campaign for the Euro 2008 was finished, with Slovenia finishing in sixth place, it was speculated that Kek will be replaced by an Italian coach of Slovene origin, Edoardo Reja.^[23] However, that did not happen and Kek was given a chance to prove himself in a qualifications for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Slovenia was drawn into a group with Czech Republic, Poland, Northern Ireland, Slovakia, and San Marino.^[24] Slovenia held Poland to a 1–1 draw in Wrocław^[25] and then won its first two home games against Slovakia (2–1) and Northern Ireland (2–0).^[26] Slovenia then won only one point^[27] in the two games with the Czech Republic and lost away against Northern Ireland,^[28] when they got back on track with the home 5–0 victory over San Marino.^[29] After that, the team defeated Poland at home (3–0)^[30] and defeated Slovakia in Bratislava (2–0) who were at the time the main contenders for the first place.^[31] In the last round, Slovenia needed a win over San Marino (3–0) and a draw/loss of Slovakia in Poland to clinch the first position. Slovakia, however, won an away game in Poland 1–0 and therefore Slovenia finished in second place and was headed to the playoffs for the fourth time in history.^[32]

Slovenia was drawn against Russia in the playoffs.^[33] Other possible opponents were France, Portugal, and Greece. The first leg was played in Moscow. The match ended 2–1 for the home side, with Nejc Pečnik scoring an away goal for Slovenia late in the game.^[34] In the second leg, played in Maribor, Slovenia defeated Russia 1–0 with a goal by Zlatko Dedić. Slovenia has qualified for the main tournament with an aggregate score of 2–2 due to the away goals rule.^[35][36] Slovenia was the only unseeded team that managed to qualify from the playoffs.

The top scorer for the national team during the qualifying campaign was Milivoje Novaković with five goals.^[37] Slovenia was undefeated at home during the campaign as the team managed to achieve five victories and a draw with a total goal difference 13–1.

World Cup 2010

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C

Slovenia vs. United States at the 2010 World Cup

Slovenia was drawn into Group C alongside England, Algeria, and the United States. Slovenia won their first ever match at the major tournaments in the opening game against Algeria at the Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, with Robert Koren scoring the only goal of the game.^[38] In their second game against the United States, Slovenia was leading 2–0 at half time with Valter Birsa and Zlatan Ljubijankić scoring for Slovenia, however, Landon Donovan and Michael Bradley scored for the United States for the final score of 2–2. In their last match in the preliminary round, Slovenia lost to England 0–1 by a goal from Jermain Defoe. Because the United States defeated Algeria with the goal scored in the last moments of the match, the Slovenian team was eliminated.^[39]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Stadiums

Slovenia has played home matches in eight different cities at ten different stadiums since the first official home game against Estonia in 1993. Below are the stadiums, where Slovenia played at least ten international matches.

Bežigrad Stadium

Main article: Bežigrad Stadium

Bežigrad Stadium is located in the capital city of Ljubljana and was the main stadium until 2004, when UEFA banned it due to insufficient infrastructure. The stadium was built in 1935 and has hosted a total of 27 matches of the national team, which is more than any other stadium in the country. It has a total capacity of 8,211 and was the main venue of the national team in the qualifications for the UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in which Slovenia qualified, and the qualifications for the UEFA Euro 2004, when the team secured second position in the group and then lost in playoffs. The stadium has been closed since 2008.

Ljudski vrt

Main article: Ljudski vrt

Ljudski vrt is situated in Maribor, Slovenia's second largest city and is known of being the home ground of the most successful club in the country NK Maribor. After the renovation of the stadium in 2008, the ground became the main venue of the national team, and in the same year, Ljudski vrt hosted the first national team match since 1999. The stadium current capacity is 12,702 covered seats.^[40][41] Ljudski vrt was the main home venue in the qualifications for 2010 FIFA World Cup, where Slovenia did particularly well as the team was undefeated in all six home games, winning five and drawing one match with a goal difference 13–1.

Stadion Z'dežele

Main article: Stadion Z'dežele

Stadion Z'dežele is a stadium located in Celje, the third largest city of Slovenia. It was built in 2003 onwards in separate phases and was the main venue for the national team in the qualifications for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008. The capacity of the stadium is 13,059 seats from which only around 50% are covered.^[42] Slovenia played 17 matches on this stadium, with the last one played in 2013.

Stožice Stadium

Main article: Stožice Stadium

Stožice Stadium is located in the capital city of Ljubljana. The stadium has a capacity of 16,038 seats^[43][44] and is the main venue for the national team. The opening match was played in August 2010 against Australia, which Slovenia won 2–0.^[45]

Kit

Kit provider

Since 1 January 2007, the kit provider of the national team is Nike.^[46] Previously, the kit providers were Puma, Adidas, Uhlsport, and Kappa.

Kit provider	Period
Adidas	1992–1993
Puma	1993–1997
Adidas	1997–2000
Uhlsport	2001–2003
Kappa	2003–2006
Nike	2007–present

Colours and kit evolution

Up until 1992, when Slovenia was not affiliated to either FIFA or UEFA, the team played its matches in white, blue and red, which are the traditional colours of Slovenia.^[47][48] After independence and recognition by FIFA and UEFA, the team continued to play in the same colours up until 1994, when the board of the Football Association of Slovenia decided to change the colours to white and green,^[47] which are the traditional colours of the capital city of Ljubljana and also the colours of the most successful club at the time, NK Olimpija, which was based in the same city.

In 2009, a new board of the Football Association of Slovenia immediately opted for a change of the colours. In December 2009, the board voted for the change of the jersey colours and from 2012 onwards the main colours of the team were white for home and blue for away matches.^[49]

In February 2011 it was again confirmed, by the Football Association of Slovenia, that the jersey colours will change in 2012 and that the kit provider, Nike, has already started to design the national team jerseys in white, blue and red.^[50]

In April 2012, Nike revealed the redesigned Slovenia kits. The strip was all-white with a blue and green trim.^[51] The new away kit was all-baby blue with a green and white trim.

In March 2016, the new kits were revealed with all-green kit returning as an away kit.^[52]

First home kit after the independence in 1991.

Green home kit variation in the mid-1990s.

All-white home kit variation in the 2000s.

Light blue home kit, used between 2016 and 2017.

Nickname

Slovenia does not have a nickname and was according to media the only team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup without one.^[53] During the 2010 World Cup qualification there were attempts from the home journalists to pick the nickname for the team, but that was not well-taken among the fans as most of them feel that a process to obtain a nickname should occur naturally.^[54]

Recently, there were some articles abroad that suggested that the team is called The Dragons,^[55][56] however that is not the case in Slovenia as that is the sign only of the capital city of Ljubljana and a nickname of NK Olimpija Ljubljana from the same city and has nothing to do with the country itself. The idea of The Dragons is not well-taken among the fans and is not used either by home media or the fans nor is it used by the fans of Olimpija themselves. However, due to the long tradition of Olimpija playing in Yugoslav football league, some football fans from former Yugoslav republics (Serbia)^[57] use this nickname to describe the Slovenian national team. However, things change just across the border as The Dragons is one of the nicknames that is used by Bosnian media and fans to describe their own national football team.^[58] The 1998–2002 generation behind coach Srečko Katanec is still referred to as the golden generation.^[59][60]

Schedule and results

Main article: Slovenia national football team results

Recent and upcoming games

All results (home and away) list Slovenia's goal tally first.

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Competition	Slovenia scorers
23 March 2018	Klagenfurt, Austria	Austria	0–3	Friendly
27 March 2018	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Belarus	0–2	Friendly
2 June 2018	Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro	2–0	Friendly	Bezjak  39' (pen.), Zajc  79'
6 September 2018	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Bulgaria	1–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Zajc  40'
9 September 2018	Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Berić  54'
13 October 2018	Oslo, Norway	Norway	0–1	2018–19 UEFA Nations League
16 October 2018	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Cyprus	1–1	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Skubic  83'
16 November 2018	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Norway	1–1	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Verbič  9'
19 November 2018	Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1–1	2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Zajc  75'
21 March 2019	Haifa, Israel	Israel		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
24 March 2019	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Macedonia		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
7 June 2019	Austria	Austria		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
10 June 2019	Latvia	Latvia		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
6 September 2019	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Poland		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
9 September 2019	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Israel		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
10 October 2019	Macedonia	Macedonia		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
13 October 2019	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Austria		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
16 November 2019	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Latvia		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
19 November 2019	Poland	Poland		UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Players

Current squad

Squad for the matches against Norway on 16 November and Bulgaria on 19 November 2018.
Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2018, after the match against Bulgaria.
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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Vid Belec	(1990-06-06) 6 June 1990 (age 28)	13	0	Sampdoria
12	1GK	Matic Kotnik	(1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 28)	0	0	Panionios
16	1GK	Grega Sorčan	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 23)	0	0	Gorica
14	2DF	Andraž Struna	(1989-04-23) 23 April 1989 (age 29)	27	1	Anorthosis Famagusta
17	2DF	Miha Mevlja	(1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 28)	17	1	Rostov
2	2DF	Nejc Skubic	(1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 (age 29)	15	1	Konyaspor
4	2DF	Petar Stojanović	(1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 (age 23)	6	0	Dinamo Zagreb
23	2DF	Luka Krajnc	(1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 (age 24)	4	0	Frosinone
13	2DF	Miha Blažič	(1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 25)	3	0	Ferencváros
3	2DF	Jure Balkovec	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Hellas Verona
7	3MF	Josip Iličić (Captain)	(1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 (age 31)	55	5	Atalanta
21	3MF	Benjamin Verbič	(1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 25)	21	3	Dynamo Kyiv
6	3MF	Rajko Rotman	(1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 29)	15	0	Akhisar Belediyespor
10	3MF	Miha Zajc	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 24)	11	3	Fenerbahçe
8	3MF	Amir Dervišević	(1992-07-04) 4 July 1992 (age 26)	6	0	Maribor
22	3MF	Leo Štulac	(1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 24)	3	0	Parma
9	3MF	Jaka Bijol	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 20)	3	0	CSKA Moscow
20	3MF	Rudi Požeg Vancaš	(1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Celje
11	4FW	Roman Bezjak	(1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 30)	28	4	APOEL
19	4FW	Robert Berić	(1991-06-17) 17 June 1991 (age 27)	19	2	Saint-Étienne
18	4FW	Luka Zahović	(1995-11-15) 15 November 1995 (age 23)	1	0	Maribor

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovenia squad in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Aljaž Ivačič INJ	(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 25)	0	0	Portland Timbers	v.  Bulgaria, 19 November 2018
GK	Jan Koprivec	(1988-07-15) 15 July 1988 (age 30)	1	0	Free agent	v.  Montenegro, 2 June 2018
GK	Jan Oblak	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 (age 26)	18	0	Atlético Madrid	v.  Austria, 23 March 2018
DF	Aljaž Struna INJ	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 28)	12	0	Houston Dynamo	v.  Bulgaria, 19 November 2018
DF	Bojan Jokić INJ	(1986-05-17) 17 May 1986 (age 32)	94	1	Ufa	v.  Norway, 16 November 2018
DF	Nemanja Mitrović INJ	(1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 26)	3	0	Jagiellonia Białystok	v.  Norway, 16 November 2018
DF	Antonio Delamea Mlinar	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 27)	2	0	New England Revolution	v.  Cyprus, 16 October 2018
DF	Martin Milec	(1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 27)	7	0	Maribor	v.  Montenegro, 2 June 2018
DF	Erik Janža	(1993-06-21) 21 June 1993 (age 25)	1	0	Osijek	v.  Montenegro, 2 June 2018
DF	Matija Boben	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 25)	1	0	Livorno	v.  Montenegro, 2 June 2018
DF	Gaber Dobrovoljc	(1993-01-27) 27 January 1993 (age 26)	0	0	Domžale	v.  Montenegro, 2 June 2018
DF	Boštjan Cesar RET	(1982-07-09) 9 July 1982 (age 36)	101	10	Chievo	v.  Belarus, 27 March 2018
DF	Kenan Bajrić	(1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 24)	0	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Austria, 23 March 2018 PRE
MF	Domen Črnigoj INJ	(1995-11-18) 18 November 1995 (age 23)	7	0	Lugano	v.  Bulgaria, 19 November 2018
MF	Rene Krhin INJ	(1990-05-21) 21 May 1990 (age 28)	40	2	Nantes	v.  Norway, 16 November 2018
MF	Kevin Kampl RET	(1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 28)	28	2	RB Leipzig	v.  Norway, 13 October 2018
MF	Jasmin Kurtić	(1989-01-10) 10 January 1989 (age 30)	48	1	SPAL	v.  Cyprus, 9 September 2018
MF	Žan Majer	(1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 26)	1	0	Lecce	v.  Montenegro, 2 June 2018
MF	Valter Birsa RET	(1986-08-07) 7 August 1986 (age 32)	90	7	Cagliari	v.  Belarus, 27 March 2018
FW	Andraž Šporar INJ	(1994-02-27) 27 February 1994 (age 25)	11	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Bulgaria, 19 November 2018
FW	Tim Matavž	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 30)	37	10	Vitesse	v.  Cyprus, 9 September 2018

Notes:

• 
  ^INJ Injured


• 
  ^PRE Preliminary squad


• 
  ^RET Retired from the national team

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads 2002 FIFA World Cup squad 2010 FIFA World Cup squad

UEFA European Football Championship squads UEFA Euro 2000 squad

Competition history

World Cup

Main article: Slovenia at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1930–1990	Part of  Yugoslavia
1994	Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify									8	0	1	7	5	20	5/5
2002	Group stage	30th	3	0	0	3	2	7		12	6	6	0	20	11	2/6 Won Playoff
2006	Did not qualify									10	3	3	4	10	13	4/6
2010	Group stage	18th	3	1	1	1	3	3		12	7	2	3	20	6	2/6 Won Playoff
2014	Did not qualify									10	5	0	5	14	11	3/6
2018										10	4	3	3	12	7	4/6
Total	Group stage	2/7	6	1	1	4	5	10		62	25	15	22	81	68

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovenia goalscorers
2002	Group stage	Slovenia 1–3  Spain	Loss	Cimirotič
		Slovenia 0–1  South Africa	Loss
		Slovenia 1–3  Paraguay	Loss	Ačimovič
2010		Slovenia 1–0  Algeria	Win	Koren
		Slovenia 2–2  United States	Draw	Birsa, Ljubijankić
		Slovenia 0–1  England	Loss

European Championship

Main article: Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1960–1992	Part of  Yugoslavia
1996	Did not qualify									10	3	2	5	13	13	5/6
2000	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	4	5		12	6	3	3	15	16	2/6 Won Playoff
2004	Did not qualify									10	4	3	3	16	14	2/5 Lost Playoff
2008										12	3	2	7	9	16	6/7
2012										10	4	2	4	11	7	4/6
2016										12	5	2	5	19	14	3/6 Lost Playoff
2020	To be determined									To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/6	3	0	2	1	4	5		66	25	14	27	83	80

List of UEFA Euro Championship matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovenia goalscorers
2000	Group stage	Slovenia 3–3  Yugoslavia	Draw	Zahovič (2), Pavlin
		Slovenia 1–2  Spain	Loss	Zahovič
		Slovenia 0–0  Norway	Draw

Nations League

UEFA Nations League
Year	Division	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2018–19	C	Group stage Relegated	4th	6	0	3	3	5	8
2020–21	D	To be determined
Total		Group stage League C	1/1	6	0	3	3	5	8

Statistics

Most appearances Players in bold are still active at international level for the national team. # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Boštjan Cesar 2003–2018 101 10 2 Bojan Jokić 2006– 94 1 3 Valter Birsa 2006–2018 90 7 4 Samir Handanović 2004–2015 81 0 5 Zlatko Zahovič 1992–2004 80 35 Milivoje Novaković 2006–2017 80 32 7 Mišo Brečko 2004–2015 77 0 8 Aleš Čeh 1992–2002 74 1 Milenko Ačimovič 1998–2007 13 10 Andraž Kirm 2007–2016 71 6 Džoni Novak 1992–2002 3 Last updated: 19 November 2018[1]

Top goalscorers Players in bold are still active at international level for the national team. # Name Career Caps Goals Average 1 Zlatko Zahovič 1992–2004 80 35 0.43 2 Milivoje Novaković 2006–2017 80 32 0.40 3 Sašo Udovič 1993–2000 42 16 0.38 4 Ermin Šiljak 1994–2005 48 14 0.29 5 Milenko Ačimovič 1998–2007 74 13 0.18 6 Primož Gliha 1992–1998 28 10 0.36 Tim Matavž 2010– 37 0.27 Boštjan Cesar 2003–2018 101 0.10 9 Zlatko Dedić 2004–2013 49 8 0.16 Milan Osterc 1997–2002 44 0.18 11 Valter Birsa 2006–2018 90 7 0.08 Last updated: 19 November 2018[1]

Managers

Name	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	Drawn %	Lost %	Achievements
Bojan Prašnikar	1991–1993	4	1	2	1	25.00	50.00	25.00
Zdenko Verdenik	1994–1997	32	10	8	14	31.25	25.00	43.75
Bojan Prašnikar	1998	5	1	1	3	20.00	20.00	60.00
Srečko Katanec	1998–2002	47	18	16	13	38.30	34.00	27.70	2000 Euro; 2002 World Cup
Bojan Prašnikar	2002–2004	16	6	3	7	37.50	18.75	43.75	2004 Euro Qualifying Play-offs
Branko Oblak	2004–2006	23	6	7	10	26.10	30.40	43.50
Matjaž Kek	2007–2011	49	20	9	20	40.82	18.37	40.82	2010 World Cup
Slaviša Stojanovič	2011–2012	9	2	2	5	22.22	22.22	55.56
Srečko Katanec	2013–2017	42	16	7	19	38.10	16.66	45.23	2016 Euro Qualifying Play-offs
Tomaž Kavčič	2017–2018	7	1	1	5	14.29	14.29	71.43
Igor Benedejčič	2018	2	0	2	0	00.00	100.0	00.00
Matjaž Kek	2018–	0	0	0	0	00.00	00.00	00.00

Last updated: 19 November 2018^[61]

All-time team record

The following tables show Slovenia's all-time international record, correct as of 19 November 2018 after the match against Bulgaria.^[62][63][64]

Key

	Positive balance (more wins)
	Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative balance (more losses)

Pre-independence team (1921–1991)

Slovenia all-time record (1921–1991)
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Austria	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
China PR	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	100%
Croatia	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	0%
France	1	0	0	1	0	5	–5	0%
Total	5	2	1	2	9	10	−1	40%

Modern Slovenian team (1992–present)

Slovenia all-time record (1992–present)
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Albania	7	4	2	1	6	2	+4	57.14%
Algeria	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	50%
Argentina	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0%
Australia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Austria	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1	50%
Belarus	5	1	2	2	5	8	−3	20%
Belgium	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0	0	4	4	10	−6	0%
Bulgaria	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6	0%
Canada	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
China PR	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Colombia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Croatia	8	0	3	5	8	15	−7	0%
Cyprus	10	5	3	2	17	9	+8	50%
Czech Republic	5	1	1	3	2	7	−5	20%
Denmark	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10	0%
England	6	0	1	5	4	10	−6	0%
Estonia	9	6	1	2	13	5	+8	66.66%
Faroe Islands	4	3	1	0	12	3	+9	75%
Finland	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	0%
France	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0%
Georgia	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	50%
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Ghana	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Greece	5	0	2	3	3	11	−8	0%
Honduras	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	0%
Hungary	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	75%
Iceland	4	3	0	1	15	7	+8	75%
Israel	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	33.33%
Italy	7	2	1	4	3	5	−2	28.57%
Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0%
Latvia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	66.66%
Lithuania	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	33.33%
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	100%
Macedonia	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	25%
Malta	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	83.33%
Mexico	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Moldova	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100%
Montenegro	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	50%
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0%
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Northern Ireland	5	1	1	3	2	3	−1	0%
Norway	9	1	2	6	8	16	−8	11.11%
Oman	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	100%
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%
Poland	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	16.66%
Qatar	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	50%
Romania	8	2	3	3	10	13	−3	25%
Russia	5	2	1	2	6	7	−1	40%
San Marino	4	4	0	0	16	0	+16	100%
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Scotland	5	0	3	2	3	7	−4	0%
Serbia[N 1]	6	1	5	0	8	7	+1	16.66%
Slovakia	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	50%
South Africa	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Spain	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0%
Sweden	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	0%
Switzerland	9	2	1	6	8	17	−9	22.22%
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	50%
Turkey	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50%
Ukraine	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	33.33%
United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	0%
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0%
United States	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	0%
Wales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Total	236	81	58	97	285	293	−8	34.32%

Honours

Minor tournaments

• 
  Carlsberg Cup^[65]
  • Third place (1): 2002
    
  
  


• 
  Cyprus International Tournament^[66]
  • Runners-up (2): 1998, 2006
  
  


• 
  Oman International Tournament^[67][68]
  • Runners-up (2): 1999, 2000
  
  


• 
  Rothmans International Tournament^[69][70]
  
  
  • 
    Winners (1): 1994
  
  
  • Runners-up (1): 1996
    
  
  
  
  

Other awards

• 
  Best Mover of the Year
  
  • 1999
  
  

See also

• List of Slovenia international footballers

Notes

1. 
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v t e Slovenia national football team
General	Football Association of Slovenia History Results Managers Players
Venues	10+ matches Bežigrad Stadium Ljudski vrt Stožice Stadium Stadion Z'dežele 1–9 matches Bonifika Stadium Fazanerija City Stadium Nova Gorica Sports Park ŽŠD Ljubljana Stadium Domžale Sports Park Stanko Mlakar Stadium
World Finals	Summary 2002 2010
European Finals	Summary 2000
Other tournaments	Malta International Tournament 1994 1996 Cyprus International Football Tournament 1998 2006 Oman International Tournament 2000 Lunar New Year Cup 2002
Other teams	Men Slovenia B Under-17 Under-19 Under-21 Futsal Women

v t e Football in Slovenia
Football Association of Slovenia (NZS)
National teams	Slovenia Slovenia B U21 U19 U17 Women's national team
National league system	1. SNL 2. SNL 3. SNL Women's League
Youth league	1. SML (under-19)
Domestic cup	Slovenian Cup
Women's domestic cup	Slovenian Women's Cup
Defunct competitions	Republic League (1920–1991) Republic Cup (1953–1991) Supercup (1995–1996, 2007–2015)
List of clubs List of competitions List of venues

v t e National football teams of Europe (UEFA)
Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia Germany DR Ireland (1882–1950) Saarland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union (CIS) Yugoslavia

v t e National sports teams of Slovenia
Men's	Baseball Basketball Cricket Football U-21 U-19 U-17 Futsal Handball Ice hockey U-20 U-18 Inline hockey Rugby union Speedway U-21 Tennis Volleyball Water polo
Women's	Basketball Football Handball Ice hockey Tennis Volleyball
Olympic Games Paralympic Games Deaflympic Games European Games Mediterranean Games

Squads

v t e Slovenia squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Simeunovič 2 Bulajič 3 Milinovič 4 Milanič (c) 5 Galič 6 Knavs 7 Novak 8 A. Čeh 9 Udovič 10 Zahovič 11 Pavlin 12 Dabanovič 13 Rudonja 14 Gajser 15 Istenič 16 Žlogar 17 Šiljak 18 Ačimovič 19 Karič 20 Osterc 21 Pavlović 22 Nemec Coach: Katanec v t e Slovenia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Simeunovič 2 Sankovič 3 Milinovič 4 Vugdalić 5 Galič 6 Knavs 7 Novak 8 A. Čeh (c) 9 Osterc 10 Zahovič 11 Pavlin 12 Dabanovič 13 Rudonja 14 Gajser 15 Tavčar 16 Tiganj 17 Pavlović 18 Ačimovič 19 Karič 20 N. Čeh 21 Cimirotič 22 Nemec 23 Bulajič Coach: Katanec v t e Slovenia squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 S. Handanović 2 Brečko 3 Džinić 4 Šuler 5 Cesar 6 Ilić 7 Pečnik 8 Koren (c) 9 Ljubijankić 10 Birsa 11 Novakovič 12 J. Handanović 13 Jokić 14 Dedić 15 Krhin 16 Šeliga 17 Kirm 18 Radosavljević 19 Fileković 20 Komac 21 Stevanović 22 Mavrič 23 Matavž Coach: Kek

Finalists

v t e UEFA Euro 2000 finalists Champions France Runners-up Italy Eliminated in the semi-finals Netherlands Portugal Eliminated in the quarter-finals FR Yugoslavia Romania Spain Turkey Eliminated in the group stage Group A England Germany Group B Belgium Sweden Group C Norway Slovenia Group D Czech Republic Denmark v t e 2002 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions  Brazil Runners-up  Germany Third place  Turkey Fourth place  South Korea Quarter-finals  England  Senegal  Spain  United States Round of 16  Belgium  Denmark  Italy  Japan  Mexico  Paraguay  Republic of Ireland  Sweden Group stage  Argentina  Cameroon  China PR  Costa Rica  Croatia  Ecuador  France  Nigeria  Poland  Portugal  Russia  Saudi Arabia  Slovenia  South Africa  Tunisia  Uruguay v t e 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions  Spain Runners-up  Netherlands Third place  Germany Fourth place  Uruguay Quarter-finals  Argentina  Brazil  Ghana  Paraguay Round of 16  Chile  England  Japan  Mexico  Portugal  Slovakia  South Korea  United States Group stage  Algeria  Austria  Cameroon  Denmark  France  Greece  Honduras  Italy  Ivory Coast  New Zealand  Nigeria  North Korea  Serbia  Slovenia  South Africa   Switzerland

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