The Slovenia national football team represents Slovenia in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The national squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia's home matches are played at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana.
Miha Golob is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Golob is a surname which means "pigeon" or "dove" in Slovenian. Notable people with the surname include:
Miral Samardžić is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jesenice.
Hokejski klub Olimpija Ljubljana is a professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ICE Hockey League and the Slovenian Championship. Founded in 2004 as a farm team of HDD Olimpija, the club turned professional in 2017 after HDD Olimpija folded. Olimpija won the Slovenian Championship four times, in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024, and the Alps Hockey League twice, in 2019 and 2021. They play their home games at Tivoli Hall.
Sasa Golob is a Slovenian female artistic gymnast and part of the national team.
Lara Prašnikar is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a striker for the German Frauen Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Slovenia national team.
UEFA Group 5 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Germany, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and the Faroe Islands. The composition of the seven groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
Zala Meršnik is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish Primera División club Sporting de Huelva and the Slovenia women's national team.
Sara Agrež is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a defender for VfL Wolfsburg and has appeared for the Slovenia national team.
Adrijana Mori is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga and has appeared for the Slovenia women's national team.
Lana Gorgadze is a Georgian footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Georgia women's national team.
Ana Milović is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward for Slavia Prague and the Slovenia women's national team.
Kaja Korošec is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Paris FC and the Slovenia women's national team.
Sara Makovec is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mura and the Slovenia women's national team.
Sonja Čevnik is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and has appeared for the Slovenia women's national team.
Špela Kolbl is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a forward for ŽNK Mura and the Slovenia women's national team.
Špela Rozmarič is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a defender and has appeared for the Slovenia women's national team.
Zala Kuštrin is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Slovenia women's national team.
Robert Golob is a Slovenian businessman and politician, serving as Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Freedom Movement since 2022.
