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)

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

Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
Spain 1996 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Romania 1998 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Slovakia 2000 Fourth place 4th 4 2 1 1 5 3
Switzerland 2002 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Germany 2004 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Portugal 2006 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Netherlands 2007 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Sweden 2009 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Denmark 2011 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Israel 2013 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Czech Republic 2015 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Poland 2017 Group Stage 5th 3 2 0 1 6 3
ItalySan Marino 2019 did not qualify – – – – – – –
HungarySlovenia 2021 did not qualify – – – – – – –
RomaniaGeorgia (country) 2023 did not qualify – – – – – – –
Slovakia 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

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

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

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

2021

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

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

Current squad

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 Slovakia Žilina
1GK Tomáš Frühwald (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Slovakia Ružomberok
1GK Michal Kukučka (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Slovakia Trenčín
2DF Adam Obert (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21) 9 0 Italy Cagliari
2DF Dominik Javorček (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21) 5 0 Slovakia Žilina
2DF Jakub Jakubko (2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 19) 3 0 Slovakia Košice
2DF Johan Morel (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 21) 3 0 France Nancy
2DF Alexander Selecký (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Slovakia Ružomberok
2DF Damián Kachút (2004-06-09) 9 June 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda
2DF Jakub Luka (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Dolný Kubín
2DF Marek Mičák (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
3MF Sebastian Nebyla (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) 15 2 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda
3MF Tomáš Rigo (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Czech Republic Sellier & Bellot Vlašim
3MF Dominik Veselovský (2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 21) 3 1 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda
3MF Martin Gomola (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22) 3 0 Slovakia Žilina
3MF Lukáš Jendrek (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Slovakia Tatran Prešov
3MF Šimon Faško (2006-04-09) 9 April 2006 (age 18) 0 0 Slovakia Podbrezová
3MF Adam Hanes (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica
3MF Adrián Mojžiš (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Šamorín
4FW Adrián Kaprálik (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 21) 20 6 Slovakia Žilina
4FW Adam Tučný (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 21) 4 1 Slovakia Ružomberok
4FW Vladimír Trabalík (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21) 3 1 Slovakia Žilina
4FW Roman Čerepkai (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22) 3 0 Slovakia Zlaté Moravce

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.

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

Past squads

Managerial history

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

Other youth record

See also

Notes

References

  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.

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