Slovenia national football team - Definition and Overview

Slovenia

Slovenia_national_team.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	-
Association	Football Association of Slovenia
Coach	Branko Oblak, 2004-
Most caps	Zlatko Zahovic (80)
Top scorer	Zlatko Zahovic (35)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Slovenia 0 - 1 Croatia (Murska Sobota, Slovenia; June 19, 1991)
Largest win Oman 0 - 7 Slovenia (Muscat, Oman; February 8, 1999)
Worst 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 team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. They played their first match in 1991 after the split of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Before that, Slovenian players played for the Yugoslavia national football team.

Slovenia were surprise qualifiers for the Euro 2000 when they beat favorites Ukraine in a playoff. They turned some heads during the tournament, drawing with Norway and Yugoslavia, and only losing to Spain 2-1. Slovenia repeated their success two years later, qualifying for the World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. However, their luck ran out and they went home pointless from the finals.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter, was part of Yugoslavia
• 1994 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Round 1

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Yugoslavia
• 1996 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2004 - Did not qualify

Famous players

• Srečko Katanec
• Branko Oblak
• Aleksander Rodic
• Zlatko Zahovič

External links

• RSSSF archive of results (http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/slov-intres.html)
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/slov-recintlp.html)