Slovenia national rugby union team

Slovenia

Nickname(s)	Encijani, Gentians
Union	Rugby zveza Slovenije
Head coach	Tihomir Jankovič
Captain	Enej Radelj Šemrov
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	70 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
Slovenia 21 - 19 Austria (1992-05-31)
Biggest win
Slovenia 91 - 5 Slovakia  (2019-05-18)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia 0 - 88 Switzerland (2012-05-17)

The Slovenia national rugby union team is governed by the , and has yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup.

The national side is ranked 70th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).^[1]

Current players[]

Name	Caps	Club/Province	Club rugby played
Radelj Šemrov Enej (Captain)	28	Blackburn R. U. F. C.
Mihelič Igor	12	RAK Olimpija
Mostar Simon	5	RAK Olimpija
Sajevic Jaka	18	RK Ljubljana
Puš Tadej	2	RK Ljubljana
Pilko Blaž	18	RK Ljubljana
Okič Igor	5	RK Ljubljana
Fogec Žan	1	RK Ljubljana
Hočevar Tit	46	RK Ljubljana
Gobec Peter	34	RK Ljubljana
Kovacic Michael	4	Rosslyn Park FC
Miljuš Grega	44	RK Ljubljana
Šercer Jernej	23	RK Ljubljana
Dobnikar Domen	10	RK Ljubljana
Skofic Max	9	Sedgley Park Tigers
Delmas Guillaume	5	USO Massif Central(France)
Lah Lev	3	RK Ljubljana
Javornik Iztok	13	RK Ljubljana
Skofic Jack	10	Tarleton Rugby Union Football Club
Burnik Žiga	26	RK Ljubljana
Sambol Lovro	19	RK Ljubljana
Kavčič Peter	34	RK Ljubljana
Skofic Frank Joseph	14	Blackburn R. U. F. C.
Skofic George	8	Blackburn R. U. F. C.
Troppan Anže	25	RK Ljubljana
Okič Gal	18	RK Ljubljana
Železnik Črt	10	RK Ljubljana

Record[]

Men's World Rugby Rankings v t Top 20 as of 21 February 2022[2]
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		South Africa	090.61
2		New Zealand	088.75
3		England	086.66
4		France	086.36
5		Ireland	086.00
6		Australia	083.92
7		Scotland	083.23
8		Wales	082.25
9		Argentina	080.58
10		Japan	078.26
11		Fiji	076.62
12		Samoa	073.59
13		Georgia	072.72
14		Italy	070.51
15		Romania	068.50
16		Tonga	067.72
17		Spain	066.74
18		United States	066.54
19		Uruguay	066.40
20		Portugal	066.24
21		Canada	061.80
23		Hong Kong	061.23
23		Chile	059.88
24		Namibia	059.72
25		Russia	058.06
26		Netherlands	056.82
27		Belgium	055.99
28		Poland	053.81
29		Brazil	053.31
30	1	South Korea	053.11
* Change from the previous week
Slovenia's historical rankings
See or edit source data.
Source: World Rugby[2] Graph updated to 7 February 2022

Below is a table of test matches played by Slovenia up to

Against	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win percentage
Andorra	7	3	4	0	43%
Armenia	1	0	1	0	0%
Austria	18	12	6	0	66%
Belgium	3	1	2	0	33%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	2	0	50%
Bulgaria	4	2	2	0	50%
Croatia	8	3	5	0	37%
Cyprus	3	0	3	0	0%
Denmark	6	4	2	0	66.67%
Finland	2	2	0	0	100%
Hungary	12	7	5	0	71%
Israel	4	2	1	1	50%
Lithuania	2	1	0	1	50%
Luxembourg	6	2	4	0	33%
Malta	2	1	1	0	50%
Moldova	2	2	0	0	100%
Monaco	4	3	1	0	75%
Norway	2	2	0	0	100%
Serbia	8	5	3	0	63%
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	100%
Spain	1	0	1	0	0%
Switzerland	5	1	3	1	20%
Ukraine	1	0	1	0	0%
Turkey	1	1	0	0	100%
Total	108	57	48	3	53%

Update : 13.11.2019

Table[]

Current divisions and standings 2017–18 Rugby Europe Conference 2 South

Champions and Promoted

Possible Relegation

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Try BP	Losing BP	Grand Slam BP	Table points
		played	won	drawn	lost	for	against	difference
1	Slovenia	4	3	0	1	191	67	+124	2	0	0	14
2	Bulgaria	4	3	0	1	125	98	+27	0	0	0	12
3	Serbia	4	2	0	2	101	105	-4	1	1	0	10
4	Andorra	4	2	0	2	94	103	−9	1	0	0	9
5	Slovakia	4	0	0	4	53	191	−138	0	0	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[3] Win – 4 points : Draw – 2 points  : Loss within 7 points – 1 point : Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points: At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point

Fixtures[]

	13 October 2018	(1 LBP) Serbia	29–35	Bulgaria	Stadion Kralj Petar Prvi, Beograd
	15:00 CEST (UTC+02)		Gamesheet		Attendance: n.a. Referee: Stepan Cekal

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Guinness world record[]

Slovenia had the most siblings competing in a Rugby Union international when Archie, Jack, Frank, George and Max Skofic played for Slovenia against Bulgaria in the European Nations Cup Division Two match at Park Siska, Ljubljana, Slovenia on 12 April 2014.^[4]

Yet another record has been set in a test match against Austria when father and son played at the same time. Igor Okič (prop) joined Gal Okič (wing) from the bench as Slovenia scored a late game try to steal the game.

See also[]

• Rugby union in Slovenia

Links of Important Slovenian Clubs[]

• RAK Olimpija
• RK Ljubljana
• Rugby Maribor
• RUGBY SLOVENIA

References[]

RZS related links[]

• official website
• Slovenian "Get into rugby portal