Association | Football Association of Slovenia | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Milenko Ačimovič | ||
FIFA code | SVN | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Paralimni, Cyprus; 17 November 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Rakvere, Estonia; 8 September 2014) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (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 governed by the Football Association of Slovenia.
The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 22 March 2024. [1]
Caps and goals are correct as of 22 March 2024, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Martin Turk | 21 August 2003 | 19 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Žan-Luk Leban | 15 December 2002 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
GK | Lovro Štubljar | 9 August 2004 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
2 | DF | Mitja Ilenič | 26 December 2004 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Nejc Ajhmajer | 22 April 2003 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Anel Zulić | 7 November 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | DF | Marcel Ratnik | 23 December 2003 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | DF | Jan Đapo | 17 September 2002 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Srđan Kuzmić | 16 January 2004 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | DF | Nino Milić | 1 May 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | MF | Adrian Zeljković | 19 August 2002 | 10 | 2 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Marcel Lorber | 26 April 2004 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | MF | Tio Cipot | 20 April 2003 | 11 | 6 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Svit Sešlar | 9 January 2002 | 15 | 1 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Enrik Ostrc | 21 June 2002 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Jošt Pišek | 10 March 2002 | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
MF | Žan Jevšenak | 15 May 2003 | 12 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Martin Pečar | 5 July 2002 | 7 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Sandro Jovanović | 23 April 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
7 | FW | Tjaš Begić | 30 June 2003 | 14 | 2 | ![]() |
11 | FW | David Flakus Bosilj | 1 February 2002 | 22 | 4 | ![]() |
15 | FW | Nick Perc | 27 May 2003 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Nejc Gradišar | 6 August 2002 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | FW | Marko Brest | 10 May 2002 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
UEFA European Under-21 Championship | Qualification | |||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | |
![]() | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | |||||||
![]() | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||
![]() | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | ||||||||
![]() | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
![]() | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
![]() | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
![]() | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||
![]() | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
![]() | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | ||||||||
![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | ||||||||
![]() | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 11 | ||||||||
![]() ![]() | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||
![]() ![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Qualified as host | ||||||
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | |||||||
Total | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 124 | 46 | 31 | 47 | 163 | 150 | |
Dates | Name |
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1993–1994 | ![]() |
1994–1997 | ![]() |
2004 | ![]() |
2004–2007 | ![]() |
2008–2014 | ![]() |
2014 | ![]() |
2015–2020 | ![]() |
2020–present | ![]() |
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.
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