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Slovakia national under-21 football team

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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.

Slovakia U-21
Nickname(s)Repre[1]
Sokolíci (Little Falcons)[2]
AssociationSlovenský futbalový zväz
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachJaroslav Kentoš
Home stadiumŠtadión pod Zoborom
FIFA codeSVK
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Slovakia 0–3 France 
(Myjava, Slovakia; 6 September 1994)
Biggest win
 Malta 0–6 Slovakia 
(Valletta, Malta; 30 March 1997)
 Latvia 0–6 Slovakia 
(Riga, Latvia; 11 October 2011)
 Luxembourg 1–7 Slovakia 
(Ettelbruck, Luxembourg; 11 June 2013)
 Slovakia 6–0 Armenia 
(Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia; 6 June 2019)
 Slovakia 6–0 Liechtenstein 
(Nitra, Slovakia; 17 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
4–0 defeats on three occasions
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2000)
Best resultFourth place (2000)

European Under-21 Championship record edit

Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
  1996 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  1998 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2000 Fourth place 4th 4 2 1 1 5 3
  2002 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2004 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2006 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2007 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2009 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2011 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2013 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2015 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2017 Group Stage 5th 3 2 0 1 6 3
   2019 did not qualify – – – – – – –
   2021 did not qualify – – – – – – –
   2023 did not qualify – – – – – – –
  2025 Qualified as hosts to be determined
Total 3/16 4th 7 4 1 2 11 6

Key: GP: Games played, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against

UEFA European Under-21 Championship edit

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification edit

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Spain 8 8 0 0 37 5 +32 24 Final tournament — 3–2 3–0 8–0 7–1 4–1
2   Slovakia 8 5 0 3 18 10 +8 15 Play-offs 2–3 — 2–1 3–1 4–0 Canc.
3   Northern Ireland 8 2 1 5 8 18 −10 7 0–6 1–0 — 4–0 0–2 Canc.
4   Lithuania 8 2 1 5 7 22 −15 7 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 2–1 0–3
5   Malta 8 2 0 6 10 25 −15 6 0–5 1–3 4–1 1–3 — Canc.
6   Russia[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified 1–0 3–0 1–0 Canc. 6–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4] On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.[5][6]

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs edit

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).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia   3–3 (5–4 p)   Denmark 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Slovakia   3–5   Ukraine 3–2 0–3
Republic of Ireland   1–1 (1–3 p)   Israel 1–1 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Iceland   1–2   Czech Republic 1–2 0–0

Results and fixtures edit

2021 edit

3 September 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia   3–1   Lithuania Nitra, Slovakia
17:30 Kaprálik   24', 61'
Trusa   78' (pen.)		 Report Dolžnikov   56' (pen.) Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom
Attendance: 757
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)
7 September 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Northern Ireland   1–0   Slovakia Lurgan, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
20:30 Galbraith   78' (pen.) Report Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 397
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
8 October 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Spain   3–2   Slovakia Seville, Spain
20:45 Guillamón   78'
Gómez   80' (pen.)
Miranda   88' (pen.)		 Report Bernát   19'
Lichý   71'		 Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
12 October 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia   4–0   Malta Nitra, Slovakia
16:30 Trusa   23', 64', 81' (pen.)
Kadák   36'		 Report Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom
Attendance: 468
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
12 November 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Russia   3–0   Slovakia Khimki, Russia
Khlusevich   34'
Agalarov   45+1'
Suleymanov   82'		 Report Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 296
Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard (Denmark)
16 November 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Lithuania   0–2   Slovakia Alytus, Lithuania
17:30 Report Trusa   12'
Kaprálik   55'		 Stadium: SRC Alytus
Attendance: 172
Referee: Haris Kaljanac (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2022 edit

25 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia   2–1   Northern Ireland Žilina, Slovakia
16:00 Trusa   37'
Kadák   86' (pen.)		 Report Johnston   61' Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
29 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia   2–3   Spain Žilina, Slovakia
16:00 Bernát   38' (pen.)
Nebyla   90+1'		 Report Gil   4'
Gómez   66'
Navarro   81'		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)
3 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Malta   1–3   Slovakia Ta' Qali, Malta
18:30 Attard   4' Report Pokorný   45+3'
Iľko   90+2', 90+7'		 Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)
7 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia   Cancelled   Russia Senec, Slovakia
Report Stadium: NTC Senec
7 June 2022 International Friendly Slovakia   4–3   Romania Senec, Slovakia
17:30 Tučný   17'
Vojtko   53' (pen.)
Kelemen   80'
Kaprálik   83'		 Report Marković   24', 48'
Corbu   33'		 Stadium: NTC Senec
Attendance: 375
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
September 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifier – Play-off Slovakia   v   Ukraine Žilina, Slovakia
Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
September 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifier – Play-off Ukraine   v   Slovakia Ukraine

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were selected for the friendlies against Hungary and Austria on the 14 and 20 June 2023.[7]

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ľubomír Belko (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22) 8 0   Žilina
1GK Tomáš Frühwald (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 21) 1 0   Ružomberok
1GK Michal Kukučka (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Trenčín
2DF Adam Obert (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21) 9 0   Cagliari
2DF Dominik Javorček (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21) 5 0   Žilina
2DF Jakub Jakubko (2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 19) 3 0   Košice
2DF Johan Morel (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 21) 3 0   Nancy
2DF Alexander Selecký (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 21) 1 0   Ružomberok
2DF Damián Kachút (2004-06-09) 9 June 2004 (age 19) 0 0   DAC Dunajská Streda
2DF Jakub Luka (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20) 0 0   Dolný Kubín
2DF Marek Mičák (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Slovan Bratislava
3MF Sebastian Nebyla (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) 15 2   DAC Dunajská Streda
3MF Tomáš Rigo (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 21) 4 0   Sellier & Bellot Vlašim
3MF Dominik Veselovský (2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 21) 3 1   DAC Dunajská Streda
3MF Martin Gomola (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22) 3 0   Žilina
3MF Lukáš Jendrek (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21) 2 0   Tatran Prešov
3MF Šimon Faško (2006-04-09) 9 April 2006 (age 18) 0 0   Podbrezová
3MF Adam Hanes (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 21) 0 0   Dukla Banská Bystrica
3MF Adrián Mojžiš (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21) 0 0   Šamorín
4FW Adrián Kaprálik (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 21) 20 6   Žilina
4FW Adam Tučný (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 21) 4 1   Ružomberok
4FW Vladimír Trabalík (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21) 3 1   Žilina
4FW Roman Čerepkai (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22) 3 0   Zlaté Moravce

Recent call-ups edit

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.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Patrik Leitner (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Žilina v.   North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF Urban Mazanovský (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 20) 1 0   Púchov v.   North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF Sebastian Kóša (2003-09-13) 13 September 2003 (age 20) 6 0   Spartak Trnava v.   Ukraine, 27 September 2022
DF Samuel Ďatko (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 22) 1 0   Železiarne Podbrezová v.   Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF Martin Šviderský (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 21) 9 0   Almería v.   North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF Gabriel Hornyák (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Slovan Bratislava v.   North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF Fares Shudeiwa (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 21) 0 0   Vysočina Jihlava v.   North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF Peter Pokorný (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 22) 20 2   MOL Fehérvár v.   Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF Samuel Lavrinčík (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 22) 4 0   AS Trenčín v.   Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF Tomáš Suslov (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 21) 2 0   FC Groningen v.   Ukraine, 27 September 2022
FW Adam Horvát (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0   Železiarne Podbrezová v.   North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
FW Roland Galčík (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 22) 11 1   Žilina v.   Ukraine, 27 September 2022
  • 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 edit

Managerial history edit

Head Coach Assistant Years
  Milan Lešický   Jozef Štafura 1993–1997
  Jozef Barmoš   Bohumil Andrejko 1997–1998
  Dušan Radolský   Bohumil Andrejko 1998–2000
  Stanislav Griga   Vladimír Goffa 2000–2001
  Mikuláš Komanický   Ján Švehlík 2002–2003
  Ladislav Jurkemik   Ján Gabriel 2004
  Jozef Bubenko   Ján Gabriel 2004–2005
  Ladislav Petráš   Karol Brezík 2006
  Jozef Barmoš   Jozef Vukušič
  Viliam Hýravý
  Roland Praj 		2007–2008
  Boris Kitka   Jozef Daňko 2009–2010
  Ľubomír Nosický   Peter Nemečkay 2010
  Ivan Galád   Norbert Hrnčár 2011–2014
  Pavel Hapal   Oto Brunegraf 2015–2018
  Oto Brunegraf none 2018
  Adrián Guľa   Marián Zimen 2018–2019
  Jaroslav Kentoš   Tibor Goljan 2019–

Other youth record edit

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Prezývka slovenských reprezentantov? Suchá". aktualne.sk. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  2. ^ "SLOVENSKÍ SOKOLI". futbalsfz.sk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Russia suspended was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ UEFA.com (28 February 2022). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Russia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Tréner Kentoš nominoval na júnové zápasy 23 hráčov" (in Slovak). Slovenský futbalový zväz. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

External links edit

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