Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship

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The Slovenia national football team have appeared at the UEFA European Championship once, in 2000, with an upcoming second appearance in 2024.

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During the 2000 qualifiers, Slovenia finished second in their group, behind Norway but ahead of Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. In the play-offs, they defeated Ukraine 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament. At the finals, held in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia were drawn into Group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. In their inaugural match, Slovenia were leading 3–0 against Yugoslavia, but the match ended in a 3–3 draw. In the second match, Slovenia narrowly lost to Spain. Their last game against Norway ended in a goalless draw, leaving Slovenia bottom of their group with two points. Zlatko Zahovič was one of the country's key players, scoring three of the team's four goals in the tournament.

Slovenia would not qualify for the tournament again for another 24 years, until finally doing so in 2024; during the qualifiers, they finished second in their group, behind Denmark but ahead of Finland, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland and San Marino. [1]

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
YearRoundPldWDLGFGASquadPos.PldWDLGFGA
1960 to 1992 Part of Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Part of Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of England.svg 1996 Did not qualify 5th 103251313
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2000 Group stage302145 Squad 2nd (PO)126331516
Flag of Portugal.svg 2004 Did not qualify 2nd (PO)104331614
Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2008 6th 12327916
Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg 2012 4th 10424117
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 2016 3rd (PO)125251914
Flag of Europe.svg 2020 4th 104241611
Flag of Germany.svg 2024 Qualified 2nd 10712209
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Ireland.svg 2028 To be determinedTo be determined
Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Turkey.svg 2032
TotalGroup stage3021452/886361733119100

Euro 2000

Group stage

In their first major tournament match, Slovenia stunned FR Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. After Siniša Mihajlović's red card, it seemed that the team would win the first match, but then, despite being down to ten players, Yugoslavia made a comeback as they scored three goals in the span of six minutes. [2] In the second game, Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly as Raúl scored in the fourth minute. Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Only one minute later, Spain again took the lead as Joseba Etxeberria scored a game-winning goal. About 10,000 Slovenian fans gathered at the Amsterdam Arena, which is still the record for the number of Slovenian spectators at a football match outside of Slovenia. [3] In the last round of the group stage, Slovenia played against Norway and still had a chance to advance to the quarter-finals. However, the match ended in a goalless draw and Slovenia won its second point of the tournament, but was still eliminated.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 320165+16Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 31117704 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31111104 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 30214512
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia.
FR Yugoslavia  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg 3–3 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg 1–2 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 51,300
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg 0–0 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
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GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Euro 2024

Group stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 00000000Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 00000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4Flag of England.svg  England 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 16 June 2024. Source: UEFA
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg Match 6 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
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Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg Match 18 Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
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England  Flag of England.svg Match 29 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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Player records

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsYears (goals)
1 Zlatko Zahovič 32000 (3)
2 Miran Pavlin 12000 (1)

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