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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	49
Highest FIFA ranking	25 (December 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	134 (December 1993)
Elo ranking	69
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Slovenia 0 - 1 Croatia ; (Murska Sobota, Slovenia; June 19, 1991)
Biggest win
	Oman 0 - 7 Slovenia ; (Muscat, Oman; February 8, 1999)
Biggest defeat
	France 5 - 0 Slovenia ; (Saint-Denis, France; October 12, 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (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 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 6 wins and 6 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 Euro 96, and also took the lead.

[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	–

[edit] Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Samir Handanovič	14 July 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 25)	35	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)	27	0	Köln
13	DF	Bojan Jokić	17 May 1986 (1986-05-17) (age 23)	30	0	Sochaux
4	DF	Marko Šuler	9 March 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 26)	13	2	Gent
5	DF	Boštjan Cesar	9 July 1982 (1982-07-09) (age 27)	38	2	Grenoble Foot
6	DF	Matej Mavrič	29 January 1979 (1979-01-29) (age 30)	32	1	TuS Koblenz
20	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)	42	4	West Bromwich Albion
18	MF	Aleksander Radosavljevič	25 April 1979 (1979-04-25) (age 30)	11	1	Tom Tomsk
17	MF	Andraž Kirm	6 September 1984 (1984-09-06) (age 25)	22	1	Wisła Kraków
7	MF	Nejc Pečnik	January 3, 1986 (1986-01-03) (age 23)	5	1	Nacional
3	MF	Andrej Komac	4 December 1979 (1979-12-04) (age 29)	40	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
15	MF	Dalibor Stevanovič	September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27) (age 25)	12	1	Vitesse
16	MF	Anton Žlogar	24 November 1977 (1977-11-24) (age 31)	37	1	Omonia
19	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)	34	13	Köln
10	FW	Valter Birsa	7 August 1986 (1986-08-07) (age 23)	30	2	Auxerre
9	FW	Zlatan Ljubijankič	15 December 1983 (1983-12-15) (age 25)	14	4	Gent
14	FW	Zlatko Dedič	10 May 1984 (1984-05-10) (age 25)	19	2	VfL Bochum

Last updated: October 14, 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	October 23, 1979 (1979-10-23) (age 30)	10	0	Interblock (v. Denmark on February 6)
26	DF	Luka Elsner	2 August 1982 (1982-08-02) (age 27)	1	0	Domžale (v. Czech Republic on October 15)
25	DF	Mitja Mörec	21 February 1983 (1983-02-21) (age 26)	14	0	Panetolikos F.C. (v. Northern Ireland on April 1)
33	DF	Suad Filekovič	16 September 1978 (1978-09-16) (age 31)	14	0	Barnsley (v. Northern Ireland on April 1)
21	DF	Elvedin Džinič	25 August 1985 (1985-08-25) (age 24)	0	0	Maribor (v. Poland on September 9)

28	MF	Zoran Zeljkovič	May 9, 1980 (1980-05-09) (age 29)	1	0	APOP Kinyras Peyias FC (v. Sweden on May 26)
30	MF	Amer Jukan	November 28, 1978 (1978-11-28) (age 30)	2	0	Interblock (v. Hungary on March 26)
27	MF	Rene Mihelič	July 5, 1988 (1988-07-05) (age 21)	3	0	Maribor (v. Denmark on February 6)
29	MF	Goran Šukalo	August 24, 1981 (1981-08-24) (age 28)	32	2	FC Augsburg (v. Denmark on February 6)
31	MF	Luka Žinko	March 23, 1983 (1983-03-23) (age 26)	3	0	APOP Kinyras Peyias FC (v. Denmark on February 6)
32	MF	Darijan Matič	28 May 1983 (1983-05-28) (age 26)	7	0	Rapid (v. Czech Republic on October 15)
34	MF	Mirnes Šišić	8 August 1981 (1981-08-08) (age 28)	11	2	Unattached (v. Northern Ireland on April 1)
38	MF	Aleš Mejač	18 March 1983 (1983-03-18) (age 26)	5	0	Maribor (v. Northern Ireland on April 1)
42	MF	Dare Vršič	September 26, 1984 (1984-09-26) (age 25)	5	2	Timişoara (v. San Marino on August 12)
36	MF	Armin Bačinovič	October 24, 1989 (1989-10-24) (age 20)	1	0	Maribor (v. San Marino on August 12)

37	FW	Klemen Lavrič	June 12, 1981 (1981-06-12) (age 28)	25	6	SK Sturm Graz (v. Denmark on February 6)
39	FW	Dejan Rusič	December 5, 1982 (1982-12-05) (age 26)	4	0	Timişoara (v. Denmark on February 6)
40	FW	Miran Burgič	25 September 1984 (1984-09-25) (age 25)	5	0	AIK (v. Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 19)
41	FW	Tim Matavž	January 13, 1989 (1989-01-13) (age 20)	0	0	Groningen (v. San Marino on August 12)
35	FW	Etien Velikonja	December 26, 1988 (1988-12-26) (age 20)	1	0	Gorica (v. San Marino on August 12)

[edit] Competition history

[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	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/4	3	0	2	1	4	5

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1998	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1	3	0	0	3	2	7
2006	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/3	3	0	0	3	2	7

[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: September 14, 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 -	34	13	0.38
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: October 14, 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 -	29	11	5	13	37.93	17.24	44.82

Last updated: October 14, 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	13	7	2	4	26	14	53.80	15.40	30.80
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		65	29	11	25	97	84	44.60	16.90	38.50

Last updated: September 14, 2009. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] External links

Contents

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Current squad

[edit] Recent call-ups

[edit] Competition history

[edit] European Championship record

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Most Appearances

[edit] Top goalscorers

[edit] Managers

[edit] Home venues record

[edit] External links