# Slovakia national under-21 football team

The Slovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by the Slovak Football Association, is Slovakia's national under-21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Slovakia national football team.

## European Under-21 Championship record

* 1978 to 1994 - see Czechoslovakia
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1996 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2002 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | Group Stage | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2023 | did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2025 | Qualified as hosts | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 3/16 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
Key: GP: Games played, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against

## UEFA European Under-21 Championship
### 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Spain | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 7–1 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 15 | Play-offs | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | Canc. |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 7 | | 0–6 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 0–2 | Canc. |
| 4 | Lithuania | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 7 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| 5 | Malta | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 6 | | 0–5 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–3 | — | Canc. |
| 6 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | Canc. | 6–0 | — |
* ↑ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.

#### 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.
All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Croatia | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Denmark | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Slovakia | 3–5 | Ukraine | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 (1–3 p) | Israel | 1–1 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Iceland | 1–2 | Czech Republic | 1–2 | 0–0 |

## Players
### Current squad

The following players were selected for the friendlies against Hungary and Austria on the 14 and 20 June 2023.
Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Macedonia.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Ľubomír Belko | (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22) | 9 | 0 | Žilina |
| 1GK | Tomáš Frühwald | (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Bohemians |
| 1GK | Michal Kukučka | (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22) | 2 | 0 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 2DF | Adam Obert | (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 22) | 11 | 0 | Cagliari |
| 2DF | Dominik Javorček | (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22) | 15 | 1 | Holstein Kiel |
| 2DF | Sebastian Kóša | (2003-09-13) 13 September 2003 (age 21) | 8 | 0 | Real Zaragoza |
| 2DF | Jakub Jakubko | (2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 20) | 5 | 0 | Košice |
| 2DF | Johan Morel | (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22) | 3 | 0 | Nancy |
| 2DF | Alexander Selecký | (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 22) | 11 | 0 | Ružomberok |
| 2DF | Damián Kachút | (2004-06-09) 9 June 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | DAC Dunajská Streda |
| 2DF | Jakub Luka | (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Nõmme |
| 2DF | Marek Mičák | (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 3MF | Sebastian Nebyla | (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) | 15 | 2 | Jablonec |
| 3MF | Martin Šviderský | (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 22) | 15 | 0 | Almería |
| 3MF | Mário Sauer | (2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 (age 20) | 9 | 3 | Žilina |
| 3MF | Tomáš Rigo | (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 1 | Baník Ostrava |
| 3MF | Dominik Veselovský | (2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 22) | 11 | 2 | Banská Bystrica |
| 3MF | Martin Gomola | (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22) | 5 | 0 | Žilina |
| 3MF | Artur Gajdoš | (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20) | 5 | 2 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 3MF | Lukáš Jendrek | (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Tatran Prešov |
| 3MF | Nino Marcelli | (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | Slovan Bratislava |
| 3MF | Šimon Faško | (2006-04-09) 9 April 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Podbrezová |
| 3MF | Adam Hanes | (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 22) | 2 | 0 | Dukla Banská Bystrica |
| 3MF | Adrián Mojžiš | (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 22) | 2 | 0 | Púchov |
| 4FW | Adrián Kaprálik | (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22) | 29 | 8 | Žilina |
| 4FW | Adam Tučný | (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 22) | 14 | 2 | Ružomberok |
| 4FW | Timotej Jambor | (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 (age 21) | 6 | 2 | Rapid București |
| 4FW | Vladimír Trabalík | (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22) | 5 | 1 | Liptovský Mikuláš |
| 4FW | Roman Čerepkai | (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22) | 13 | 0 | FK Teplice |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia U21 squad in the past 12 months and remain eligible to play for the U21 team.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| DF | Patrik Leitner | (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Žilina | v. North Macedonia, 28 March 2023 |
| DF | Urban Mazanovský | (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Púchov | v. North Macedonia, 28 March 2023 |
| DF | Samuel Ďatko | (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Železiarne Podbrezová | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Gabriel Hornyák | (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Slovan Bratislava | v. North Macedonia, 28 March 2023 |
| MF | Fares Shudeiwa | (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Vysočina Jihlava | v. North Macedonia, 28 March 2023 |
| MF | Peter Pokorný | (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23) | 22 | 2 | Śląsk Wrocław | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Samuel Lavrinčík | (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | AS Trenčín | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Tomáš Suslov | (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 22) | 2 | 0 | FC Groningen | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
| FW | Adam Horvát | (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Železiarne Podbrezová | v. North Macedonia, 28 March 2023 |
| FW | Roland Galčík | (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 23) | 11 | 1 | Žilina | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
* $^{INJ}$ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or an illness.
* $^{ALT}$ Alternate – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability

### Past squads

* 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad
* 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

## Managerial history

| Head Coach | Assistant | Years |
| Milan Lešický | Jozef Štafura | 1993–1997 |
| Jozef Barmoš | Bohumil Andrejko | 1997–1998 |
| Dušan Radolský | Bohumil Andrejko | 1998–2000 |
| Stanislav Griga | Vladimír Goffa | 2000–2001 |
| Mikuláš Komanický | Ján Švehlík | 2002–2003 |
| Ladislav Jurkemik | Ján Gabriel | 2004 |
| Jozef Bubenko | Ján Gabriel | 2004–2005 |
| Ladislav Petráš | Karol Brezík | 2006 |
| Jozef Barmoš | Jozef Vukušič Viliam Hýravý Roland Praj | 2007–2008 |
| Boris Kitka | Jozef Daňko | 2009–2010 |
| Ľubomír Nosický | Peter Nemečkay | 2010 |
| Ivan Galád | Norbert Hrnčár | 2011–2014 |
| Pavel Hapal | Oto Brunegraf | 2015–2018 |
| Oto Brunegraf | none | 2018 |
| Adrián Guľa | Marián Zimen | 2018–2019 |
| Jaroslav Kentoš | Tibor Goljan | 2019– |

## Other youth record

* 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship – Third place
* 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship – Round of 16