Slovakia national under-21 football team

Slovakia U-21
Nickname(s)	Repre; Sokolíci (Little Falcons)
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jaroslav Kentoš
Home stadium	Štadión pod Zoborom
FIFA code	SVK
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
Appearances	2 (first in 2000 )
Best result	Fourth place (2000)

Last updated May 06, 2024

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

1978 to 1994 - see Czechoslovakia

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

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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:

↑ 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

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

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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.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1 GK	Ľubomír Belko	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22)	8	0	Žilina
1 GK	Tomáš Frühwald	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Ružomberok
1 GK	Michal Kukučka	(2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Trenčín

2 DF	Adam Obert	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21)	9	0	Cagliari
2 DF	Dominik Javorček	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Žilina
2 DF	Jakub Jakubko	(2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 19)	3	0	Košice
2 DF	Johan Morel	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Nancy
2 DF	Alexander Selecký	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Ružomberok
2 DF	Damián Kachút	(2004-06-09) 9 June 2004 (age 19)	0	0	DAC Dunajská Streda
2 DF	Jakub Luka	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Dolný Kubín
2 DF	Marek Mičák	(2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Slovan Bratislava

3 MF	Sebastian Nebyla	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23)	15	2	DAC Dunajská Streda
3 MF	Tomáš Rigo	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Sellier & Bellot Vlašim
3 MF	Dominik Veselovský	(2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 21)	3	1	DAC Dunajská Streda
3 MF	Martin Gomola	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Žilina
3 MF	Lukáš Jendrek	(2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Tatran Prešov
3 MF	Šimon Faško	(2006-04-09) 9 April 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Podbrezová
3 MF	Adam Hanes	(2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Dukla Banská Bystrica
3 MF	Adrián Mojžiš	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Šamorín

4 FW	Adrián Kaprálik	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 21)	20	6	Žilina
4 FW	Adam Tučný	(2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 21)	4	1	Ružomberok
4 FW	Vladimír Trabalík	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21)	3	1	Žilina
4 FW	Roman Čerepkai	(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22)	3	0	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	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

Managerial history

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

2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship – Third place
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship – Round of 16

Notes

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References

↑ "Prezývka slovenských reprezentantov? Suchá". aktualne.sk. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
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↑ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA . 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
↑ UEFA.com (28 February 2022). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
↑ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
↑ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
↑ "Tréner Kentoš nominoval na júnové zápasy 23 hráčov" (in Slovak). Slovenský futbalový zväz. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

External links

Slovak Football Association (in Slovak)
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

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[table_note_RUS0.026013605308725-7] 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]

[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.

[Russia_suspended-3] "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA . 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[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.

[Russia-5] "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". uefa.com. UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[6] "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[8] "Tréner Kentoš nominoval na júnové zápasy 23 hráčov" (in Slovak). Slovenský futbalový zväz. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

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General	Slovak Football Association History Managers
Venues	Tehelné pole Tehelné pole (1939) Štadión pod Dubňom Štadión Antona Malatinského
Statistics	Records Results 2020–29
Players	Slovakia national football team players
World Cup Finals	Summary 1934 1938 1954 1958 1962 1970 1982 1990 2010
Euro Finals	Summary 1960 1976 1980 2016 2020 2024 2024
Culture	Rivalry with Czech Republic
Matches	Gibraltar 0–0 Slovakia (2013) Slovakia 3–0 Denmark (2018)
Other teams	Men Women Under-21 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-15