Slovakia national under-21 football team

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Slovakia U21
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 Slovakia 0–3 France France
(Myjava, Slovakia; 6 September 1994)
Biggest win
Malta Malta 0–6 Slovakia Slovakia
(Valletta, Malta; 30 March 1997)
Latvia Latvia 0–6 Slovakia Slovakia
(Riga, Latvia; 11 October 2011)
Luxembourg Luxembourg 1–7 Slovakia Slovakia
(Ettelbruck, Luxembourg; 11 June 2013)
Slovakia Slovakia 6-0 Armenia Armenia
(Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia; 6 June 2019)
Slovakia Slovakia 6-0 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
(Nitra, Slovakia; 17 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
4–0 defeats on three occasions
Records for competitive
matches only
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 Semi-Final 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 – – – – – – –
Total 2/14 7 4 1 2 11 6

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

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C[]

Group C[]

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 Final tournament — 4–1 3–2 7 Jun 3–0 25 Mar
2  Russia 6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 15 Suspended[a] 1–0 — 3–0 6–0 1–0 3 Jun
3  Slovakia 6 3 0 3 11 8 +3 9 29 Mar 7 Jun — 4–0 25 Mar 3–1
4  Malta 6 2 0 4 7 18 −11 6 0–5 25 Mar 3 Jun — 4–1 29 Mar
5  Northern Ireland 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6 3 Jun 29 Mar 1–0 0–2 — 4–0
6  Lithuania 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3 0–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 7 Jun —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Fixtures and results[]

2021[]

25 March 2021 2021 Antalya Cup Uzbekistan  0–2  Slovakia Lara, Turkey
15:00 Report Trusa 56'
Goljan 80'		 Stadium: Asteria Kremlin Palace Spor Merkezi
Attendance: 0
27 March 2021 2021 Antalya Cup Slovakia  2–2  North Macedonia Lara, Turkey
15:00 Iľko 76'
89' (o.g.)		 Report 24' Churlinov
55' 		Stadium: Asteria Kremlin Palace Spor Merkezi
Attendance: 0
29 March 2021 2021 Antalya Cup Ukraine  2–3  Slovakia Belek, Turkey
17:00 Mudryk 49'
Viunnyk 55'		 Report 64' Bernát
70' Trusa
83' Kmeť		 Stadium: Asteria Kremlin Palace Spor Merkezi
Attendance: 0
4 June 2021 International Friendly Austria  2–1  Slovakia Ritzing, Austria
19:10 Auer 27'
Adamu 80'		 Report 56' Nebyla Stadium:
Attendance: 0
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
8 June 2021 International Friendly Slovakia  4–0  Finland Nitra, Slovakia
14:00 Galčík 10'
Kaprálik 23', 38'
Trusa 43'		 Report Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
3 September 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia  3–1  Lithuania Nitra, Slovakia
17:30 Kaprálik 24', 61'
Trusa 78' (pen.)		 Report 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.)
Jakub 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'
Timur 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 12' Trusa
55' Kaprálik		 Stadium: SRC Alytus
Attendance: 172
Referee: (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2022[]

25 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia  –  Northern Ireland Žilina, Slovakia
Report Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
29 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia  –  Spain Žilina, Slovakia
Report Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
3 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Malta  –  Slovakia Malta
Report
7 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Slovakia  –  Russia Slovakia
Report

Squad[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for friendly fixtures against  Northern Ireland (25 March 2022) and  Spain (29 March 2022).[3]
Caps and fixtures correct as of 16 November 2021 after the match against Lithuania.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ivan Krajčírik (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 21) 6 0 Slovakia Ružomberok
1GK Ľubomír Belko (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 20) 3 0 Slovakia Žilina
1GK Richard Ludha (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová
2DF Ivan Mesík (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 20) 12 1 Norway Odd
2DF Matúš Vojtko (2000-10-05) 5 October 2000 (age 21) 12 0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
2DF (2001-12-01) 1 December 2001 (age 20) 9 0 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová
2DF Tomáš Nemčík (2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 20) 8 0 Slovakia Žilina
2DF Adam Obert (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Italy Cagliari
2DF Samuel Suľa (2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Slovakia ViOn Zlaté Moravce
2DF Gergely Tumma (2000-02-10) 10 February 2000 (age 22) 3 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava
2DF (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová
3MF Ján Bernát (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 21) 17 4 Belgium Westerlo
4FW Jakub Kadák (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 21) 14 3 Slovakia AS Trenčín
3MF Miroslav Gono (2000-11-01) 1 November 2000 (age 21) 13 1 Slovakia Žilina
3MF Roland Galčík (2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 20) 9 0 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová
3MF Sebastian Nebyla (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 21) 8 1 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda
3MF Filip Lichý (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 21) 6 1 Slovakia Ružomberok
3MF (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 19) 6 0 England Manchester United
3MF Patrik Iľko (2001-02-16) 16 February 2001 (age 21) 3 1 Slovakia Žilina
3MF Adam Tučný (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín
4FW Matej Trusa (2000-11-29) 29 November 2000 (age 21) 11 8 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
4FW Adrián Kaprálik (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 19) 11 5 Slovakia Žilina
4FW Tomáš Bobček (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Ružomberok

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
GK Denis Chudý (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 22) 1 0 Slovakia Rohožník v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
GK Michal Kukučka (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
GK Martin Trnovský (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
GK (2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 22) 0 0 Slovakia Partizán Bardejov v.  Northern Ireland, 7 September 2021ALT
DF Sebastian Kóša (2003-09-13) 13 September 2003 (age 18) 6 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
DF (2000-06-16) 16 June 2000 (age 21) 5 0 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
DF Matúš Malý (2001-07-11) 11 July 2001 (age 20) 2 0 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
DF Kristián Mihálek (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 22) 2 0 Slovakia Skalica v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
DF (2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Petržalka v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
DF Patrik Leitner (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Žilina v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
DF Marcel Vasiľ (2001-02-09) 9 February 2001 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Košice v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
DF Dominik Javorček (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Slovakia Žilina v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
DF Kristián Mihálek (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 22) 2 0 Slovakia Skalica v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
DF (2000-04-08) 8 April 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Poland Stal Stalowa Wola v.  Finland, 8 June 2021ALT
DF Vladimír Barbora (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 (age 21) 2 0 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová v.  Ukraine, 29 March 2021
DF Alex Holub (2000-03-15) 15 March 2000 (age 22) 0 0 Slovakia Rohožník v.  Ukraine, 29 March 2021ALT
MF Adam Goljan (2001-04-15) 15 April 2001 (age 20) 11 1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague B v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Matúš Kmeť (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 21) 9 1 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Patrik Myslovič (2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 20) 5 0 Slovakia Žilina v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Jakub Švec (2000-07-23) 23 July 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Slovakia Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Tibor Slebodník (2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Slovakia Žilina v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Denis Potoma (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 22) 2 0 Slovakia Orion Tip Sereď v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Marko Totka (2000-09-12) 12 September 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Slovakia Senica v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Dominik Veselovský (2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Slovakia DAC Dunajská Streda v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Tomáš Rigo (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Czech Republic Sellier & Bellot Vlašim v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Oliver Luterán (2001-09-06) 6 September 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Ružomberok v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Samuel Ďatko (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Filip Mráz (2001-05-19) 19 May 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Žilina v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Matúš Begala (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Zemplín Michalovce v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
MF Peter Pokorný (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 20) 19 1 Spain Real Sociedad B v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021
MF Samuel Lavrinčík (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 20) 3 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021
MF Timotej Múdry (2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Slovakia Ružomberok v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
MF Adam Gaži (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 19) 0 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
MF Jakub Tancík (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 22) 0 0 Slovakia Ružomberok v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
MF (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Czech Republic Vysočina Jihlava v.  Malta, 12 October 2021ALT
MF Patrik Danek (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia Petržalka v.  Northern Ireland, 7 September 2021ALT
MF Lucas Demitra (2003-04-09) 9 April 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Ukraine, 29 March 2021ALT
FW Stanislav Olejník (2002-03-31) 31 March 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
FW Lukáš Letenay (2001-04-19) 19 April 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
FW Peter Voško (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš v.  Spain, 29 March 2022ALT
FW Timotej Jambor (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Slovakia Žilina v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
FW Marko Kelemen (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Petržalka v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
FW (2000-04-24) 24 April 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia ŠTK Šamorín v.  Lithuania, 16 November 2021ALT
FW Roland Gerebenits (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Cyprus Enosis Neon Paralimni v.  Finland, 8 June 2021ALT
FW Matej Franko (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 21) 0 0 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica v.  Finland, 8 June 2021ALT
  • 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[]

  • 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad
  • 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

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, Viliam Hýravý, 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 2018
Slovakia Adrián Guľa Slovakia Marián Zimen 2018–2019
Slovakia Jaroslav Kentoš Slovakia 2019–

Other youth record[]

  • Norway 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship – Third place
  • United Arab Emirates 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship – Round of 16

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. ^ Sarňák, Branislav (3 November 2021). "U21 – Tréner Kentoš nominoval na Rusko a Litvu 23 hráčov: Náročnosť, náročnosť, náročnosť, na náš výkon". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 8 November 2021.

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