Slovakia national under-21 football team

Slovakia U-21
Nickname(s)Repre[1]
Sokolíci (Little Falcons)[2]
AssociationSlovenský futbalový zväz
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachJaroslav Kentoš
Home stadiumŠtadión pod Zoborom
FIFA codeSVK
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Slovakia 0–3 France 
(Myjava, Slovakia; 6 September 1994)
Biggest win
 Malta 0–6 Slovakia 
(Valletta, Malta; 30 March 1997)
 Latvia 0–6 Slovakia 
(Riga, Latvia; 11 October 2011)
 Luxembourg 1–7 Slovakia 
(Ettelbruck, Luxembourg; 11 June 2013)
 Slovakia 6–0 Armenia 
(Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia; 6 June 2019)
 Slovakia 6–0 Liechtenstein 
(Nitra, Slovakia; 17 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
4–0 defeats on three occasions
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2000)
Best resultFourth place (2000)

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

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 Group stage – 3 1 0 2 4 5
Total 3/16 4th 10 5 1 4 15 11

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

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C
Pos Team 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[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified 1–0 3–0 1–0 Canc. 6–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4] On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.[5][6]

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 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

Results and fixtures

2025

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2025, after the match against Spain.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ľubomír Belko (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 10 0 Žilina
12 1GK Adam Danko (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 1 0 Podbrezová
21 1GK Tomáš Frühwald (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 4 0 Bohemians
2 2DF Jakub Jakubko (2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 6 0 Košice
3 2DF Filip Mielke (2005-04-09) 9 April 2005 3 0 Podbrezová
4 2DF Adam Obert (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 14 0 Cagliari
5 2DF Dominik Javorček (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 21 2 Holstein Kiel
13 2DF Nicolas Šikula (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 8 0 Dukla Banská Bystrica
16 2DF Marek Ujlaky (2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 2 0 Spartak Trnava
20 2DF Adam Gaži (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 0 0 Skalica
23 2DF Samuel Kopásek (2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 5 1 Žilina
8 3MF Martin Šviderský (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 16 0 Almería
10 3MF Sebastian Nebyla (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 25 3 Jablonec
11 3MF Artur Gajdoš (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 7 2 Trenčín
14 3MF Mário Sauer (2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 10 3 Toulouse
15 3MF Leo Sauer (2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 2 0 NAC Breda
22 3MF Tomáš Rigo (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 7 1 Baník Ostrava
6 4FW Dominik Hollý (2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 2 0 Jablonec
7 4FW Tomáš Suslov (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 5 2 Hellas Verona
9 4FW Roman Čerepkai (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 14 0 Košice
17 4FW Adrián Kaprálik (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 30 8 Žilina
18 4FW Nino Marcelli (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 8 3 Slovan Bratislava
19 4FW Timotej Jambor (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 7 2 Žilina

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 1 0 Žilina v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF Urban Mazanovský (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 1 0 Púchov v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF Samuel Ďatko (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 1 0 Železiarne Podbrezová v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF Gabriel Hornyák (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 1 0 Slovan Bratislava v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF Fares Shudeiwa (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 0 0 Pohronie v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF Peter Pokorný (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 22 2 Slovan Bratislava v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF Samuel Lavrinčík (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 4 0 AS Trenčín v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022
FW Adam Horvát (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 1 0 Pohronie v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
FW Roland Galčík (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 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

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

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Prezývka slovenských reprezentantov? Suchá". aktualne.sk. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  2. ^ "SLOVENSKÍ SOKOLI". futbalsfz.sk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ UEFA.com (28 February 2022). "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". UEFA. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  5. ^ "UEFA decisions for upcoming competitions relating to the ongoing suspension of Russian national teams and clubs". UEFA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Uefa announces further sanctions on Russian clubs and national teams amid Ukraine invasion". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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