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
Spain 1996 did not qualify
Romania 1998 did not qualify
Slovakia 2000 Fourth place 4th 4 2 1 1 5 3
Switzerland 2002 did not qualify
Germany 2004 did not qualify
Portugal 2006 did not qualify
Netherlands 2007 did not qualify
Sweden 2009 did not qualify
Denmark 2011 did not qualify
Israel 2013 did not qualify
Czech Republic 2015 did not qualify
Poland 2017 Group stage 5th 3 2 0 1 6 3
ItalySan Marino 2019 did not qualify
HungarySlovenia 2021 did not qualify
RomaniaGeorgia (country) 2023 did not qualify
Slovakia 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

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

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 Slovak Football Association Žilina
12 1GK Adam Danko (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 1 0 Slovak Football Association Podbrezová
21 1GK Tomáš Frühwald (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 4 0 Football Association of the Czech Republic Bohemians

2 2DF Jakub Jakubko (2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 6 0 Slovak Football Association Košice
3 2DF Filip Mielke (2005-04-09) 9 April 2005 3 0 Slovak Football Association Podbrezová
4 2DF Adam Obert (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 14 0 Italian Football Federation Cagliari
5 2DF Dominik Javorček (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 21 2 German Football Association Holstein Kiel
13 2DF Nicolas Šikula (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 8 0 Slovak Football Association Dukla Banská Bystrica
16 2DF Marek Ujlaky (2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 2 0 Slovak Football Association Spartak Trnava
20 2DF Adam Gaži (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 0 0 Slovak Football Association Skalica
23 2DF Samuel Kopásek (2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 5 1 Slovak Football Association Žilina

8 3MF Martin Šviderský (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 16 0 Royal Spanish Football Federation Almería
10 3MF Sebastian Nebyla (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 25 3 Football Association of the Czech Republic Jablonec
11 3MF Artur Gajdoš (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 7 2 Slovak Football Association Trenčín
14 3MF Mário Sauer (2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 10 3 French Football Federation Toulouse
15 3MF Leo Sauer (2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 2 0 Royal Dutch Football Association NAC Breda
22 3MF Tomáš Rigo (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 7 1 Football Association of the Czech Republic Baník Ostrava

6 4FW Dominik Hollý (2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 2 0 Football Association of the Czech Republic Jablonec
7 4FW Tomáš Suslov (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 5 2 Italian Football Federation Hellas Verona
9 4FW Roman Čerepkai (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 14 0 Slovak Football Association Košice
17 4FW Adrián Kaprálik (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 30 8 Slovak Football Association Žilina
18 4FW Nino Marcelli (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 8 3 Slovak Football Association Slovan Bratislava
19 4FW Timotej Jambor (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 7 2 Slovak Football Association 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 Slovakia Žilina v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF Urban Mazanovský (2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 1 0 Slovakia Púchov v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF Samuel Ďatko (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 1 0 Slovakia Železiarne Podbrezová v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022

MF Gabriel Hornyák (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 1 0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF Fares Shudeiwa (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 0 0 Slovakia Pohronie v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF Peter Pokorný (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 22 2 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF Samuel Lavrinčík (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 4 0 Slovakia AS Trenčín v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022

FW Adam Horvát (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 1 0 Slovakia Pohronie v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
FW Roland Galčík (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 11 1 Slovakia 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
Slovakia Milan Lešický Slovakia Jozef Štafura 1993–1997
Slovakia Jozef Barmoš Slovakia Bohumil Andrejko 1997–1998
Slovakia Dušan Radolský Slovakia Bohumil Andrejko 1998–2000
Slovakia Stanislav Griga Slovakia Vladimír Goffa 2000–2001
Slovakia Mikuláš Komanický Slovakia Ján Švehlík 2002–2003
Slovakia Ladislav Jurkemik Slovakia Ján Gabriel 2004
Slovakia Jozef Bubenko Slovakia Ján Gabriel 2004–2005
Slovakia Ladislav Petráš Slovakia Karol Brezík 2006
Slovakia Jozef Barmoš Slovakia Jozef Vukušič
Slovakia Viliam Hýravý
Slovakia Roland Praj
2007–2008
Slovakia Boris Kitka Slovakia Jozef Daňko 2009–2010
Slovakia Ľubomír Nosický Slovakia Peter Nemečkay 2010
Slovakia Ivan Galád Slovakia Norbert Hrnčár 2011–2014
Czech Republic Pavel Hapal Slovakia Oto Brunegraf 2015–2018
Slovakia Oto Brunegraf none 2018
Slovakia Adrián Guľa Slovakia Marián Zimen 2018–2019
Slovakia Jaroslav Kentoš Slovakia 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.