Slovakia national football team

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Slovakia

Association	Slovak Football Association (Slovenský futbalový zväz)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vladimír Weiss
Asst coach	Michal Hipp
Captain	Miroslav Karhan
Most caps	Miroslav Karhan (91)
Top scorer	Szilárd Németh (22)
Home stadium	Tehelné pole (Bratislava)
FIFA code	SVK
FIFA ranking	43
Highest FIFA ranking	17 (May 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking	52
Highest Elo ranking	28 (May 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking	58 (September, 2001)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Slovakia 2 - 0 Germany (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) Second Slovak Republic: UAE 0–1 Slovakia (Dubai, UAE; 2 February 1994)
Biggest win
Slovakia 7 - 0 Liechtenstein (Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004) Slovakia 7 - 0 San Marino (Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia; 13 October 2007) Slovakia 7 - 0 San Marino (Bratislava, Slovakia; 6 June 2009)
Biggest defeat
Argentina 6 - 0 Slovakia (Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995)

The Slovakia national football team is the national football team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (Slovenský futbalovy zväz). After the division of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Football Association was founded in 1993, and has been affiliated to both FIFA and UEFA since the same year. In this time Slovakia have never qualified for the final stages of any international football competition.

Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 European Championship record 4 World Cup record 5 Results since 2008 5.1 2008 5.2 2009 6 FIFA World Cup qualification 7 Current squad 7.1 Recent call-up 8 Coaching Staff 9 Most valuable victories 10 Most goals and appearances 10.1 Top goalscorers 10.2 Most capped 11 Managers 12 See also 13 References 14 External links

[edit] History

The first official match of the first Slovak Republic (1939-45) was played in Prague against Germany on 27 August 1939, and ended in a 2-0 victory for Slovakia. After the Second World War, the national football team was subsumed into the team of Czechoslovakia, and for over fifty years Slovakia played no matches as an independent country. During this period they contributed several key players to the Czechoslovak team, including the majority of the team that won the 1976 European Championships.

Slovakia's first official international after regaining independence was a 1-0 victory in Dubai over the United Arab Emirates on 2 February 1994. Their match back on Slovakian soil was the 4-1 defeat against Croatia in Bratislava on 20 April 1994. Slovakia suffered their biggest defeat since independence (6-0) on 22 June 1995, in Mendoza, against Argentina. Their biggest wins (7-0) have come against Liechtenstein in 2004 and San Marino in 2007.

Slovakia played in a major championship as an independent team for the first time in Euro '96 qualifying, but finished in third place in their qualifying group, behind Romania and France, having recorded wins against Poland, Israel and Azerbaijan, twice. In the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Slovakia finished fourth in their six-team group with five wins, one draw and four defeats.

[edit] Stadium

Tehelné pole is most popular name for a football stadium in Bratislava. Named after the surrounding neighbourhood in Bratislava. The stadium is the home field for Slovan and Slovakia national football team. Capacity of the stadium is 30,085 spectators. The construction of the stadium was begun in 1939 and was finished in 1944 however the stadium was opened already in September 1940. The first official match was played at October 27, 1940 when Slovan hosted Hertha. The match ended 2-2. The stadium was also the home field for Czechoslovakia national football team in common era and it was second biggest stadium in Czechoslovakia after the Strahov. In 2005-06 season Artmedia used this stadium for a contests in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.

National team of Slovakia also use Stadium Pod Dubňom in Žilina and Stadium of Anton Malatinský in Trnava.

[edit] European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - see Czechoslovakia
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 - See Czechoslovakia
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Results since 2008

[edit] 2008

Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Goals
6 February 2008	Limassol	Hungary	1-1	Slovakia	54. Gera - 64. Šesták
26 March 2008	Štadión FC ViOn	Slovakia	1-2	Iceland	87. Mintál - 71. Thorvaldsson, 82. Gudjohnsen
20 May 2008	SchücoArena	Turkey	1-0	Slovakia	63. Hakan Balta
24 May 2008	Stadio Cornaredo	Switzerland	2-0	Slovakia	56. Behrami, 63. Frei
20 August 2008	Tehelné Pole	Slovakia	0-2	Greece	62. and 82. Gekas
6 September 2008	Tehelné Pole	Slovakia	2-1	Northern Ireland	46. Škrtel, 70. Hamšík - 81. Ďurica (o.g.)
10 September 2008	Ljudski vrt	Slovenia	2-1	Slovakia	22. and 81. Novakovič - 83. Jakubko
11 October 2008	Stadio Olimpico	San Marino	1-3	Slovakia	45. Selva - 33. Šesták, 39. Kozák, 51. Karhan
15 October 2008	Tehelné Pole	Slovakia	2-1	Poland	84. and 86. Šesták - 70. Smolarek
19 November 2008	Pod Dubňom	Slovakia	4-0	Liechtenstein	43. and 72. Hamšík, 75. Vittek, 90. Jež

[edit] 2009

Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Goals
10 February 2009	Tsirion Stadium	Slovakia	2-3	Ukraine	42. Vittek, 69. Hamšík - 10. Valyayev, 47. Seleznyov, 83. Milevsky (pen.)
11 February 2009	Makario Stadium	Cyprus	3-2	Slovakia	32. Marangos (pen.), 74. Nicolaou, 82. Okkas - 88. Jež, 90.+3 Jendrišek
28 March 2009	Wembley	England	4-0	Slovakia	7. Heskey, 70. and 90. Rooney, 82. Lampard
1 April 2009	AXA Arena	Czech Republic	1-2	Slovakia	30. Škrtel (o.g.) - 23. Šesták, 83. Jendrišek
6 June 2009	Tehelné Pole	Slovakia	7-0	San Marino	3. and 32. Čech, 12. Pekarík, 35. Stoch, 42. Kozák, 63. Jakubko, 68. Hanzel

Score bar: Green - Friendly match, Blue - WC 2010 Qualification

[edit] FIFA World Cup qualification

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Slovakia 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 15  Northern Ireland 7 4 1 2 12 6 +6 13  Poland 6 3 1 2 18 7 +11 10  Czech Republic 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8  Slovenia 6 2 2 2 5 4 +1 8  San Marino 7 0 0 7 1 32 −31 0

Czech Republic  – 14 Oct 10 Oct 9 Sep 1 – 2 1 – 0 Northern Ireland  0 – 0 – 3 – 2 4 – 0 9 Sep 1 – 0 Poland  2 – 1 5 Sep – 10 – 0 14 Oct 1 – 1 San Marino  0 – 3 0 – 3 0 – 2 – 1 – 3 14 Oct Slovakia  5 Sep 2 – 1 2 – 1 7 – 0 – 10 Oct Slovenia  0 – 0 2 – 0 9 Sep 12 Aug 2 – 1 –

[edit] Current squad

Date: June 6, 2009
Venue: Tehelné Pole, Bratislava
Opponent:  San Marino

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ján Mucha December 5, 1982 (1982-12-05) (age 26) 7 0 Legia Warszawa 12 GK Ľuboš Kamenár June 17, 1987 (1987-06-17) (age 22) 1 0 Nantes 4 DF Marek Čech January 26, 1983 (1983-01-26) (age 26) 35 5 West Bromwich Albion 10 DF Radoslav Zabavník September 16, 1980 (1980-09-16) (age 28) 35 1 Terek Grozny 16 DF Ján Ďurica December 10, 1981 (1981-12-10) (age 27) 29 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 18 DF Peter Pekarík October 30, 1986 (1986-10-30) (age 22) 11 1 Wolfsburg 2 DF Marián Čišovský November 2, 1979 (1979-11-02) (age 29) 8 0 Timişoara 3 DF Ľuboš Hanzel May 7, 1987 (1987-05-07) (age 22) 1 1 Spartak Trnava 6 MF Miroslav Karhan June 21, 1976 (1976-06-21) (age 33) 91 13 Mainz 05 17 MF Marek Hamšík July 27, 1987 (1987-07-27) (age 21) 23 6 Napoli 8 MF Ján Kozák April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 29) 17 2 Slovan Bratislava 5 MF Balázs Borbély October 2, 1979 (1979-10-02) (age 29) 13 0 Timişoara 7 MF Kornel Saláta January 24, 1985 (1985-01-24) (age 24) 2 0 Slovan Bratislava 11 FW Róbert Vittek April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01) (age 27) 62 17 Lille FW Filip Hološko January 17, 1984 (1984-01-17) (age 25) 33 4 Beşiktaş 14 FW Martin Jakubko February 26, 1980 (1980-02-26) (age 29) 19 4 FC Moscow 9 FW Miroslav Stoch October 19, 1989 (1989-10-19) (age 19) 4 1 Chelsea 15 FW Ján Novák March 6, 1985 (1985-03-06) (age 24) 2 0 MFK Košice

^{Last updated: 22:56, 7 June 2009 (CEST).}

[edit] Recent call-up

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad during the 2008-09 season.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Štefan Senecký January 6, 1980 (1980-01-06) (age 29) 12 0 Ankaraspor (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) DF Roman Kratochvíl June 24, 1974 (1974-06-24) (age 35) 35 0 Konyaspor (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) DF Martin Petráš November 2, 1979 (1979-11-02) (age 29) 34 1 Triestina (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) DF Jozef Valachovič July 12, 1975 (1975-07-12) (age 33) 33 1 Slovan Bratislava (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) DF Martin Škrtel December 15, 1984 (1984-12-15) (age 24) 32 5 Liverpool (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) DF Matej Krajčík March 19, 1981 (1981-03-19) (age 28) 18 0 Reggina (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) DF Peter Petráš May 7, 1979 (1979-05-07) (age 30) 9 0 Slovan Bratislava (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) DF Peter Doležaj April 5, 1981 (1981-04-05) (age 28) 3 0 Spartak Trnava (friendly v. Liechtenstein, 2008-11-19) DF Martin Dobrotka January 22, 1985 (1985-01-22) (age 24) 1 0 Slovan Bratislava (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) MF Stanislav Šesták December 16, 1982 (1982-12-16) (age 26) 23 7 Bochum (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) MF Marek Sapara July 31, 1982 (1982-07-31) (age 26) 20 2 Rosenborg (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) MF Dušan Švento August 1, 1985 (1985-08-01) (age 23) 15 1 Red Bull Salzburg (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) MF Zdeno Štrba June 9, 1976 (1976-06-09) (age 33) 13 0 Xanthi (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) MF Branislav Obžera August 29, 1981 (1981-08-29) (age 27) 6 0 Slovan Bratislava (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) MF Róbert Jež July 10, 1981 (1981-07-10) (age 27) 4 2 MŠK Žilina (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) MF Juraj Kucka February 26, 1987 (1987-02-26) (age 22) 3 0 Sparta Praha (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) MF Mário Pečalka December 28, 1980 (1980-12-28) (age 28) 1 0 MŠK Žilina (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) FW Marek Mintál September 2, 1977 (1977-09-02) (age 31) 45 14 Nuremberg (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) FW Filip Šebo February 24, 1984 (1984-02-24) (age 25) 8 5 Valenciennes (Fifa WC 2010 qual. v. Slovenia, 2008-09-10) FW Erik Jendrišek October 26, 1986 (1986-10-26) (age 22) 5 2 Kaiserslautern (friendly v. England, 2009-03-28) FW Peter Štyvar August 13, 1980 (1980-08-13) (age 28) 2 0 Xanthi (friendly v. Ukraine, 2009-02-10) FW Pavol Masaryk February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11) (age 29) 0 0 Slovan Bratislava (Fifa WC 2010 qual. v. Poland, 2008-10-15)

[edit] Coaching Staff

12.Mucha 2.Pekarík 3.Škrtel 16.Ďurica 5.Zabavník 18.Jendrišek 6.Karhan(C) 7.Štrba 9.Šesták 17.Hamšík 13.Hološko

Slovakia line-up for match against Czech Republic at April 1, 2009

Coach	Vladimir Weiss
Assistant Coach	Michal Hipp
Goalkeeping Coach	Miroslav Mentel
Technical Manager	Róbert Tomaschek
Fitness Coach	Martin Rusňák
Team Doctors	MUDr. Vladimír Pener
	MUDr. Ladislav Pavlovič
	MUDr. Peter Malinovský
Backroom Staff	Jiří Jurza
	Viliam Kalman
	Marián Drinka
	Ján Beniak

[edit] Most valuable victories

1. EURO 96 Qualifying

1995-10-11	Slovakia	4 – 1	Poland	Tehelné Pole, Bratislava Attendance: 11,653 Referee: Coroado (Portugal)
	Dubovský  32' (pen.) Jančula  68' Ujlaky  77' Šimon  82'	(Report)	Juskowiak  19'

Head Coach: Jozef Jankech

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2. World Cup 98 Qualification

1997-08-24	Slovakia	2 – 1	Czech Republic	Tehelné Pole, Bratislava Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
	Jančula  44' Majoroš  55'	(Report)	Šmicer  14'

Head Coach: Jozef Jankech

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3. Friendly

1998-05-29	Croatia	1 – 2	Slovakia	Aldo Drosina, Pula Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Milan Mitrovič (Slovenia)
	Vlaović  43'	(Report)	Jančula  4' Majoroš  58'

Head Coach: Jozef Jankech

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4. Friendly

2005-09-03	Slovakia	2 – 0	Germany	Tehelné Pole, Bratislava Attendance: 9,276 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
	Karhan  20' (pen.),  38'	(Report)

Head Coach: Dušan Galis

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5. Friendly

2006-03-01	France	1 – 2	Slovakia	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
	Wiltord  75' (pen.)	(Report)	Németh  62' Valachovič  81'

Head Coach: Dušan Galis

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6. EURO 08 Qualifying

2006-10-07	Wales	1 – 5	Slovakia	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 28,493 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)
	Bale  37'	(Report)	Švento  14' Mintál  32',  38' Karhan  51' Vittek  59'

Head Coach: Dušan Galis

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7. World Cup 2010 Qualification

2008-10-15	Slovakia	2 – 1	Poland	Tehelné Pole, Bratislava Attendance: 17,650 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)
	Šesták  84',  86'	(Report)	Smolarek  70'

Head Coach: Vladimír Weiss

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8. World Cup 2010 Qualification

2009-04-01	Czech Republic	1 – 2	Slovakia	AXA Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,956 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Spain)
	Škrtel  30' (o.g.)	(Report)	Šesták  22' Jendrišek  82'

Head Coach: Vladimír Weiss

Note: Matches are ordered by date.

[edit] Most goals and appearances

[edit] Top goalscorers

As of 8 June 2009. Bold are still availaible for selection.

Most goals in Slovakia national team: # Player Career Goals Caps 1. Szilárd Németh 1996– 22 59 2. Róbert Vittek 2001– 17 62 3. Marek Mintál 2002–2009 14 45 4. Miroslav Karhan 1995– 13 91 5. Peter Dubovský 1994–2000 12 33 6. Ľubomír Reiter 2001–2005 9 28 Tibor Jančula 1995–2001 9 29 8. Jaroslav Timko 1994–1997 7 18 Stanislav Šesták 2004– 7 23 Dušan Tittel 1994–1998 7 44

Most goals in Czechoslovakia national team:[1] # Player Career Goals Caps 1. Adolf Scherer 1958–1964 22 36 2. Marián Masný 1974–1982 18 75 3. Jozef Adamec 1960–1971 14 44 4. Andrej Kvašňák 1960–1970 13 47 5. Karol Jokl 1963–1972 11 27 6. Anton Moravčík 1952–1960 10 25 7. Ladislav Kuna 1966–1974 9 47 Ján Kozák 1976–1984 9 55 Anton Ondruš 1974–1980 9 58 10. Stanislav Griga 1983–1990 8 34

[edit] Most capped

Most appearances in Slovakia national team: # Player Career Caps Goals 1. Miroslav Karhan 1995– 91 13 2. Róbert Vittek 2001– 62 17 3. Szilárd Németh 1996– 59 22 4. Stanislav Varga 1997–2006 55 2 5. Róbert Tomaschek 1994–2001 52 4 6. Marek Mintál 2002–2009 45 14 Peter Dzúrik 1997–2003 45 2 7. Dušan Tittel 1994–1998 44 7 9. Miroslav König 1997–2004 43 0 10. Vladimír Janočko 1999–2006 42 3

Most appearances in Czechoslovakia national team:[2] # Player Career Caps Goals 1. Marián Masný 1974–1982 75 18 2. Karol Dobiaš 1967–1980 67 6 3. Ján Popluhár 1958–1967 62 1 4. Anton Ondruš 1974–1980 58 9 5. Ladislav Jurkemik 1974–1983 57 3 6. Ján Kozák 1974–1984 55 9 Koloman Gögh 1974–1980 55 1 8. Jozef Barmoš 1977–1982 52 0 9. Jaroslav Pollák 1968–1980 49 1 10. Ladislav Kuna 1966–1974 47 9

[edit] Managers

Name	Years	MC	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PG
Jozef Vengloš	1993–1995	16	5	4	7	21	30	-9	1.19
Jozef Jankech	1995–1998	34	18	6	10	51	33	+18	1.76
Dušan Radolský[3]	1998	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0.00
Jozef Adamec	1999–2001	34	13	11	10	38	31	+7	1.47
Ladislav Jurkemik	2002–2003	19	6	5	8	27	26	+1	1.21
Dušan Galis	2004–2006	31	12	12	7	53	36	+17	1.55
Ján Kocian	2006–2008	17	3	5	9	30	28	+2	0.82
Vladimír Weiss	2008–	11	6	0	5	25	18	7	1.64
Totals		163	63	43	57	246	205	+41	1.42

[edit] See also

• Slovakia national under-21 football team
• Czechoslovakia national football team

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1939-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• www.futarena.sk
• Slovak Football Association official website

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