Slovenia national under-21 football team

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.

Competitive record[]

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record[]

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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
Total	1/14	3	0	1	2	1	8		114	42	27	45	152	143

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Albania and Czech Republic in November 2021.^[1][2]

Caps and goals are correct as of 16 November 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Martin Turk	(2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 (age 18)	7	0	Parma
12	1GK	Žan-Luk Leban	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Everton
	1GK	Samo Pridgar	(2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Maribor
2	2DF	Žan Trontelj	(2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 22)	5	0	Bravo
3	2DF	Dušan Stojinović (captain)	(2000-08-26) 26 August 2000 (age 21)	15	2	Celje
5	2DF	Žiga Laci	(2002-07-20) 20 July 2002 (age 19)	3	0	AEK Athens
6	2DF	David Zec	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 22)	12	1	Celje
15	2DF	Mark Španring	(2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 20)	6	1	Bravo
20	2DF	Vid Koderman	(2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 (age 18)	6	0	Maribor
23	2DF	Svit Sešlar	(2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
4	3MF	Žan Bešir	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Koper
8	3MF	Tamar Svetlin	(2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 20)	9	1	Celje
10	3MF	Aljaž Casar	(2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 (age 21)	6	0	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II
14	3MF	Luka Vešner Tičić	(2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 21)	6	0	Koper
19	3MF	Mark Zabukovnik	(2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 21)	6	0	Radomlje
21	3MF	Michael Pavlović	(2001-06-12) 12 June 2001 (age 20)	4	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
7	4FW	Tjaš Begić	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 18)	3	0	Celje
9	4FW	Dario Kolobarić	(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 22)	2	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
11	4FW	Nino Žugelj	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 21)	4	0	Maribor
16	4FW	Kai Cipot	(2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Mura
17	4FW	Aljoša Matko	(2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 21)	14	5	Olimpija Ljubljana
18	4FW	David Flakus Bosilj	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 20)	7	2	Hellas Verona
	4FW	Haris Kadrić	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 21)	1	1	Aluminij

Managers[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Under-21 team at NZS.si (in Slovene)