page_title: List of Slovenia international footballers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Slovenia international footballers
caption_attribution_description: Robert Koren
context_page_description: The Slovenia national football team represents the nation of Slovenia in international association football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the nation's governing body for football, and is a member of both the European football federation, UEFA, and the world football association, FIFA.
  Prior to Slovenian independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in June 1991, the unofficial Slovenian national team played a total of five friendly matches. Shortly after independence, Slovenia was officially recognized by FIFA and played its first match on 3 June 1992, a friendly versus Estonia in Tallinn. In the game, ending in a 1–1 draw, Igor Benedejčič became the first goalscorer for Slovenia after equalizing in the second half. Their first competitive match was a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Italy in September 1994. The team has qualified for the UEFA European Championship once and the FIFA World Cup twice, and is one of the smallest countries by population to ever qualify for the World Cup. Slovenia was eliminated on all three occasions in the group stage of these competitions.
context_section_description: The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents the nation of Slovenia in international association football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia (NZS), the nation's governing body for football, and is a member of both the European football federation, UEFA, and the world football association, FIFA.
  Prior to Slovenian independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in June 1991, the unofficial Slovenian national team played a total of five friendly matches. Shortly after independence, Slovenia was officially recognized by FIFA and played its first match on 3 June 1992, a friendly versus Estonia in Tallinn. In the game, ending in a 1–1 draw, Igor Benedejčič became the first goalscorer for Slovenia after equalizing in the second half. Their first competitive match was a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Italy in September 1994. The team has qualified for the UEFA European Championship once (in 2000) and the FIFA World Cup twice (in 2002 and 2010), and is one of the smallest countries by population to ever qualify for the World Cup. Slovenia was eliminated on all three occasions in the group stage of these competitions. As of March 2019, Slovenia has played a total of 238 official matches, winning 81, drawing 60 and losing 97.
  Since 1992, 197 players have represented the national team in official matches. The most capped player is Boštjan Cesar, who has made 101 appearances between 2003 and 2018. The most capped goalkeeper is Samir Handanović with 81 appearances between 2004 and 2015. Zlatko Zahovič is the all-time top goalscorer with 35 goals in his international career, which spanned 13 years between 1992 and 2004. The player with the most appearances as the team captain is Boštjan Cesar, who captained Slovenia in 39 matches. Petar Stojanović is the youngest player to appear for the national team; he was 19 years, 1 month, and 11 days old at the time of his debut in November 2014.
caption: Robert Koren, captain of Slovenia at their most recent World Cup appearance in 2010.
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