Slovenia

Association	Football Association of Slovenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Matjaž Kek
Captain	Robert Koren
Most caps	Zlatko Zahovič (80)
Top scorer	Zlatko Zahovič (35)
Home stadium	Stadion Ljudski vrt
FIFA code	SVN
FIFA ranking	31
Highest FIFA ranking	25 (December 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	134 (December 1993)
Elo ranking	47
Highest Elo ranking	28 (November 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking	87 (November 1993)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Slovenia 0–1 Croatia (Murska Sobota, Slovenia; 19 June 1991)
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	Round 1, 2002
European Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2000)
Best result	Round 1, 2000

The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia [1] and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. They played their first match in 1992 after the split of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991. Before that, Slovenian players played for the Yugoslavia national football team.

Slovenia were surprise qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2000, when they beat Ukraine in a playoff. They turned some heads during the tournament, drawing with Yugoslavia and Norway, and only losing to Spain 2–1. Slovenia achieved another major success two years later, qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. They did not lose a match in their whole qualifying campaign, recording six wins and six draws. However, they did not do as well in the finals, as they went home pointless.

Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, they were the only team to beat Italy on their way to winning the tournament with a shock 1–0 victory on home turf. It wasn't the only time they avoided defeat against the team – in 1995 they held them to 1–1 draw in the qualifying campaign for UEFA Euro 1996, and also took the lead. In November 2009, Slovenia defeated Russia in a playoff to clinch a berth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Contents 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 Current squad 2.1 Recent call-ups 3 Competition history 3.1 World Cup record 3.2 European Championship record 4 Statistics 4.1 Most appearances 4.2 Top goalscorers 4.3 Managers 4.4 Home venues record 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Slovakia 10 7 1 2 22 10 +12 22  Slovenia 10 6 2 2 18 4 +14 20  Czech Republic 10 4 4 2 17 6 +11 16  Northern Ireland 10 4 3 3 13 9 +4 15  Poland 10 3 2 5 19 14 +5 11  San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 47 −46 0

Czech Republic  – 0 – 0 2 – 0 7 – 0 1 – 2 1 – 0 Northern Ireland  0 – 0 – 3 – 2 4 – 0 0 – 2 1 – 0 Poland  2 – 1 1 – 1 – 10 – 0 0 – 1 1 – 1 San Marino  0 – 3 0 – 3 0 – 2 – 1 – 3 0 – 3 Slovakia  2 – 2 2 – 1 2 – 1 7 – 0 – 0 – 2 Slovenia  0 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 0 2 – 1 –

Slovenia qualified after defeating Russia on away goals following a 2-2 aggregate tie.

[edit] Current squad

The following players were named for World Cup 2010 play-off qualifying matches against Russia on 14 and 18 November 2009. Caps and goals as of 19 November 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Samir Handanovič 14 July 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 25) 37 0 Udinese 22 GK Jasmin Handanovič 28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) (age 31) 3 0 Mantova 12 GK Aleksander Šeliga 1 February 1980 (1980-02-01) (age 29) 0 0 Sparta Rotterdam 2 DF Mišo Brečko 1 May 1984 (1984-05-01) (age 25) 29 0 Köln 13 DF Bojan Jokić 17 May 1986 (1986-05-17) (age 23) 32 0 Sochaux 4 DF Marko Šuler 9 March 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 26) 15 2 Gent 5 DF Boštjan Cesar 9 July 1982 (1982-07-09) (age 27) 40 2 Grenoble 3 DF Matej Mavrič 29 January 1979 (1979-01-29) (age 30) 32 1 TuS Koblenz 6 DF Branko Ilič 6 February 1983 (1983-02-06) (age 26) 35 0 FC Moscow 8 MF Robert Koren 20 September 1980 (1980-09-20) (age 29) 44 4 West Bromwich Albion 18 MF Aleksander Radosavljevič 25 April 1979 (1979-04-25) (age 30) 13 1 Tom Tomsk 17 MF Andraž Kirm 6 September 1984 (1984-09-06) (age 25) 24 1 Wisła Kraków 7 MF Nejc Pečnik January 3, 1986 (1986-01-03) (age 23) 7 2 Nacional 20 MF Andrej Komac 4 December 1979 (1979-12-04) (age 30) 40 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 16 MF Dalibor Stevanovič September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27) (age 25) 15 1 Vitesse 21 MF Anton Žlogar 24 November 1977 (1977-11-24) (age 32) 37 1 Omonia 15 MF Rene Krhin 21 May 1990 (1990-05-21) (age 19) 2 0 Internazionale 11 FW Milivoje Novakovič 18 May 1979 (1979-05-18) (age 30) 36 13 Köln 10 FW Valter Birsa 7 August 1986 (1986-08-07) (age 23) 32 2 Auxerre 9 FW Zlatan Ljubijankič 15 December 1983 (1983-12-15) (age 26) 15 4 Gent 14 FW Zlatko Dedič 10 May 1984 (1984-05-10) (age 25) 22 3 Bochum

Last updated: 19 November 2009. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovenia squad in 2008 and 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 24 DF Aleš Kokot (v. Denmark on February 6) October 23, 1979 (1979-10-23) (age 30) 10 0 Interblock 26 DF Luka Elsner (v. Czech Republic on October 15) 2 August 1982 (1982-08-02) (age 27) 1 0 Domžale 25 DF Mitja Mörec (v. Northern Ireland on April 1) 21 February 1983 (1983-02-21) (age 26) 14 0 Panetolikos 33 DF Suad Filekovič (v. Northern Ireland on April 1) 16 September 1978 (1978-09-16) (age 31) 14 0 Barnsley 23 DF Elvedin Džinič (v. Poland on September 9) 25 August 1985 (1985-08-25) (age 24) 0 0 Maribor 28 MF Zoran Zeljkovič (v. Sweden on May 26) May 9, 1980 (1980-05-09) (age 29) 1 0 APOP Kinyras Peyias 30 MF Amer Jukan (v. Hungary on March 26) November 28, 1978 (1978-11-28) (age 31) 2 0 Interblock 27 MF Rene Mihelič (v. Denmark on February 6) July 5, 1988 (1988-07-05) (age 21) 3 0 Maribor 29 MF Goran Šukalo (v. Denmark on February 6) August 24, 1981 (1981-08-24) (age 28) 32 2 Augsburg 31 MF Luka Žinko (v. Denmark on February 6) March 23, 1983 (1983-03-23) (age 26) 3 0 APOP Kinyras Peyias 32 MF Darijan Matič (v. Czech Republic on October 15) 28 May 1983 (1983-05-28) (age 26) 7 0 Rapid Bucureşti 34 MF Mirnes Šišić (v. Northern Ireland on April 1) 8 August 1981 (1981-08-08) (age 28) 11 2 Red Star Belgrade 38 MF Aleš Mejač (v. Northern Ireland on April 1) 18 March 1983 (1983-03-18) (age 26) 5 0 Maribor 42 MF Dare Vršič (v. San Marino on August 12) September 26, 1984 (1984-09-26) (age 25) 5 2 Timişoara 36 MF Armin Bačinovič (v. San Marino on August 12) October 24, 1989 (1989-10-24) (age 20) 1 0 Maribor 37 FW Klemen Lavrič (v. Denmark on February 6) June 12, 1981 (1981-06-12) (age 28) 25 6 Sturm Graz 39 FW Dejan Rusič (v. Denmark on February 6) December 5, 1982 (1982-12-05) (age 27) 4 0 Timişoara 40 FW Miran Burgič (v. Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 19) 25 September 1984 (1984-09-25) (age 25) 5 0 AIK 41 FW Tim Matavž (v. San Marino on August 12) January 13, 1989 (1989-01-13) (age 20) 0 0 Groningen 35 FW Etien Velikonja (v. San Marino on August 12) December 26, 1988 (1988-12-26) (age 21) 1 0 Gorica

[edit] Competition history

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1	30	3	0	0	3	2	7
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Qualified
Total	2/4		3	0	0	3	2	7

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Round 1	3	0	2	1	4	5
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/4	3	0	2	1	4	5

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Most appearances

#	Name	NT Career	Caps	Goals
1	Zlatko Zahovič	1992–2004	80	35
2	Aleš Čeh	1992–2002	74	1
2	Milenko Ačimovič	1998–2007	74	13
4	Džoni Novak	1992–2002	71	3
5	Marinko Galič	1994–2002	65	0
5	Aleksander Knavs	1998–2006	65	3
5	Mladen Rudonja	1994–2003	65	1
8	Amir Karič	1996–2004	64	1
9	Miran Pavlin	1994–2004	63	5
10	Marko Simeunovič	1992–2004	57	0

Last updated: 18 November, 2009. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] Top goalscorers

#	Name	NT Career	Caps	Goals	Goals per game
1	Zlatko Zahovič	1992–2004	80	35	0.44
2	Sašo Udovič	1992–2000	42	16	0.38
3	Ermin Šiljak	1994–2005	48	14	0.29
4	Milivoje Novakovič	2006–	36	13	0.36
5	Milenko Ačimovič	1998–2007	74	13	0.18
6	Primož Gliha	1992–1998	28	10	0.36
7	Milan Osterc	1997–2002	44	8	0.18
8	Sebastjan Cimirotič	1998–2005	33	6	0.18
8	Nastja Čeh	2001–2007	46	6	0.13
8	Klemen Lavrič	2004–2008	25	6	0.24

Last updated: 18 November, 2009. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] Managers

Name	NT Career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	Drawn %	Lost %	Achievements
Prašnikar, BojanBojan Prašnikar	1991–1993	4	1	2	1	25.00	50.00	25.00
Verdenik, ZdenkoZdenko Verdenik	1994–1997	32	10	8	14	31.25	25.00	43.75
Prašnikar, BojanBojan Prašnikar	1998	5	1	1	3	20.00	20.00	60.00
Katanec, SrečkoSrečko Katanec	1998–2002	47	18	16	13	38.30	34.00	27.70	2000 Euro; 2002 World Cup
Prašnikar, BojanBojan Prašnikar	2002–2004	16	6	3	7	37.50	18.75	43.75	2004 Euro Qualifying Play-offs
Oblak, BrankoBranko Oblak	2004–2006	23	6	7	10	26.10	30.40	43.50
Kek, MatjažMatjaž Kek	2007–	30	11	5	14	36.67	16.67	46.67	2010 World Cup

Last updated: 18 November 2009. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] Home venues record

Venue	City	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Drawn %	Lost %
Bežigrad	Ljubljana	29	15	6	8	48	34	51.70	20.70	27.60
Ljudski vrt	Maribor	14	8	2	4	27	14	57.14	14.29	28.57
Arena Petrol	Celje	16	5	3	8	15	19	31.25	18.75	50.00
Fazanerija	Murska Sobota	2	1	0	1	3	4	50.00	0	50.00
Športni park	Nova Gorica	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	100
Bonifika	Koper	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	100
Športni park	Domžale	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
Športni center	Kranj	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	100
Totals		66	30	11	25	98	84	45.45	16.66	37.89

Last updated: 18 November 2009. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• RSSSF archive of results
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers

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