Slovenia Under-21

Association	Football Association of Slovenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Milenko Ačimovič
FIFA code	SVN
First colours Second colours
First international
Cyprus 1–0 Slovenia (Paralimni, Cyprus; 17 November 1992)
Biggest win
Estonia 1–7 Slovenia (Rakvere, Estonia; 8 September 2014)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia 0–6  Slovakia (Sežana, Slovenia; 11 February 2003)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2021)
Best result	Group stage (2021)

The Slovenia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Turkey on 17 November 2023.^[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 17 November 2023, after the match against Turkey.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Žan-Luk Leban	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Farsley Celtic
	1GK	Luka Baš	(2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Radomlje
	1GK	Lovro Štubljar	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Domžale
	2DF	Mitja Ilenič	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19)	10	0	New York City FC
	2DF	Marcel Ratnik	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)	10	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
	2DF	Mark Strajnar	(2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 20)	10	0	Maribor
	2DF	Srđan Kuzmić	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)	8	0	Viborg
	2DF	Nejc Ajhmajer	(2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Celje
	2DF	Rene Rantuša Lampreht	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Rogaška
	2DF	Anel Zulić	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Viborg
	2DF	Nino Milić	(2004-05-01) 1 May 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Celje
	3MF	Svit Sešlar	(2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 22)	14	1	Eyüpspor
	3MF	Žan Jevšenak	(2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 20)	12	0	Benfica B
	3MF	Tio Cipot	(2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 20)	10	5	Spezia
	3MF	Enrik Ostrc	(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 21)	10	0	Helmond Sport
	3MF	Adrian Zeljković	(2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 21)	9	1	Spartak Trnava
	3MF	Marko Brest	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 21)	8	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
	3MF	Jošt Pišek	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 21)	8	0	Domžale
	3MF	Martin Pečar	(2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Bravo
	3MF	Sandro Jovanović	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Aluminij
	3MF	Marcel Lorber	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Maribor
	4FW	David Flakus Bosilj	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 21)	21	4	De Graafschap
	4FW	Tjaš Begić	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 20)	13	2	Parma
	4FW	Nejc Gradišar	(2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 (age 21)	6	0	Rogaška
	4FW	Nick Perc	(2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Domžale

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship									Qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	F	A		Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1994	Did not enter								Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify								10	6	1	3	19	12
1998									8	3	0	5	9	13
2000									10	1	5	4	10	19
2002									8	2	2	4	10	10
2004									8	2	3	3	4	7
2006									12	4	4	4	13	15
2007									2	1	0	1	1	2
2009									8	1	2	5	4	13
2011									8	2	2	4	6	10
2013									10	6	2	2	15	8
2015									10	5	2	3	29	11
2017									10	5	0	5	18	11
2019									10	4	4	2	14	12
2021	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	8		Qualified as host
2023	Did not qualify								10	4	4	2	11	7
Total	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	8		124	46	31	47	163	150

Managers

Dates	Name
1993–1994	Zdenko Verdenik
1994–1997	Drago Kostanjšek
2004	Branko Oblak
2004–2007	Branko Zupan
2008–2014	Tomaž Kavčič[2]
2014	Robert Englaro[3]
2015–2020	Primož Gliha[4][5]
2020–present	Milenko Ačimovič[6]