Slovakia national football team | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-19

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Slovakia national football team


00:03:04 1 History
00:10:40 2 Stadiums
00:11:35 3 Nickname
00:12:31 4 Kit
00:13:20 5 Tournament records
00:13:29 5.1 FIFA World Cup
00:13:38 5.2 European Championship record
00:13:47 5.3 Olympic Games
00:13:56 5.4 UEFA Nations League record
00:14:05 6 Results and schedule
00:14:48 7 2016 UEFA Euro qualifying
00:14:59 8 2016 UEFA Euro
00:15:09 8.1 Group stage
00:15:18 8.2 Knockout stage
00:15:27 8.2.1 Round of 16
00:15:35 9 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
00:15:46 10 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
00:15:57 11 2020 UEFA Euro qualifying
00:16:08 12 All-time team record
00:16:37 13 Players
00:16:46 13.1 Current squad
00:17:15 13.2 Recent call-ups
00:17:43 14 Coaching staff
00:17:55 15 Player statistics
00:18:11 15.1 Most capped players
00:18:20 15.2 Top goalscorers
00:18:29 16 Managers
00:18:38 16.1 1939–1944
00:18:49 16.2 1993–present
00:19:01 17 Honours
00:19:10 17.1 Major tournaments
00:19:34 17.2 Minor titles
00:20:22 17.3 Recognitions
00:20:47 18 See also



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The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2016 is reconstructed Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava and their head coach is Ján Kozák. Slovakia is one of the newest national football teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. Slovakia maintains its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments since.
Slovakia qualified for two major international tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. Slovakia qualified to the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group despite two defeats against Slovenia, and progressed beyond the championship group stage after a 3–2 win against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2–1 defeat in the second round against eventual runners-up the Netherlands. It was the first time the team have ever played in a major football competition, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaign since 1996, after a 50-year absence from international football due to representing part of the Czechoslovakia team. The nation did come close to securing a berth at the 2006 finals in Germany, after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing Spain in their qualification play-off, in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate (1–5, 1–1). The team have achieved some noteworthy results, however, such as the aforementioned win over the then title holders Italy at the 2010 World Cup and a 1–0 win against Russia in September 2010. Despite this success however, the team later dropped down the rankings and a considerable drop in form went with this, as the team failed to qualify for Euro 2012 finishing in their group in fourth place. They also only scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but secured a spot in France for Euro 2016 under head coach Ján Kozák which helped the team reach their best ever position of 14th in the FIFA World Rankings.
Slovakia's traditional rival is the Czech Republic which they played twice in the qualification for the 1998 World Cup in 1996 and 1997, winning 2–1 in Bratislava before losing 3–0 in Prague with both teams already eliminated, before playing each other again in 2008 and 2009 in the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup. In these two meetings, the teams drew 2–2 in Bratislava with the Slovaks winning 2–1 in Prague. But before that, they also playing each other in Euro 2008 qualifying, and they lost 3–1 in Prague and 0–3 in Bratislava.