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
  0–3 France 
(Myjava, Slovakia; 6 September 1994)
Biggest win
 Malta 0–6  
(Valletta, Malta; 30 March 1997)
 Latvia 0–6  
(Riga, Latvia; 11 October 2011)
 Luxembourg 1–7  
(Ettelbruck, Luxembourg; 11 June 2013)
  6–0 Armenia 
(Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia; 6 June 2019)
  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

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   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.)
  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

2021

3 September 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying   3–1  Lithuania Nitra, Slovakia
17:30 Kaprálik 24', 61'
Trusa 78' (pen.)		 Report Dolžnikov 56' (pen.) Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom
Attendance: 757
Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)
7 September 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Northern Ireland  1–0   Lurgan, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
20:30 Galbraith 78' (pen.) Report Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 397
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
8 October 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Spain  3–2   Seville, Spain
20:45 Guillamón 78'
Gómez 80' (pen.)
Miranda 88' (pen.)		 Report Bernát 19'
Lichý 71'		 Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)
12 October 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying   4–0  Malta Nitra, Slovakia
16:30 Trusa 23', 64', 81' (pen.)
Kadák 36'		 Report Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom
Attendance: 468
Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)
12 November 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Russia  3–0   Khimki, Russia
Khlusevich 34'
Agalarov 45+1'
Suleymanov 82'		 Report Stadium: Arena Khimki
Attendance: 296
Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard (Denmark)
16 November 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Lithuania  0–2   Alytus, Lithuania
17:30 Report Trusa 12'
Kaprálik 55'		 Stadium: SRC Alytus
Attendance: 172
Referee: Haris Kaljanac (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2022

25 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying   2–1  Northern Ireland Žilina, Slovakia
16:00 Trusa 37'
Kadák 86' (pen.)		 Report Johnston 61' Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)
29 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying   2–3  Spain Žilina, Slovakia
16:00 Bernát 38' (pen.)
Nebyla 90+1'		 Report Gil 4'
Gómez 66'
Navarro 81'		 Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)
3 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying Malta  1–3   Ta' Qali, Malta
18:30 Attard 4' Report Pokorný 45+3'
Iľko 90+2', 90+7'		 Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)
7 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying   Cancelled  Russia Senec, Slovakia
Report Stadium: NTC Senec
7 June 2022 International Friendly   4–3  Romania Senec, Slovakia
17:30 Tučný 17'
Vojtko 53' (pen.)
Kelemen 80'
Kaprálik 83'		 Report Marković 24', 48'
Corbu 33'		 Stadium: NTC Senec
Attendance: 375
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
23 September 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifier – Play-off   3–2  Ukraine Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
18:00
Report
Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifier – Play-off Ukraine  3–0   Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała (Poland)[7]
17:30
Report Attendance: 2,535
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

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 Slovakia Žilina
12 1GK Adam Danko (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 1 0 Slovakia Podbrezová
21 1GK Tomáš Frühwald (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 4 0 Czech Republic Bohemians
2 2DF Jakub Jakubko (2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 6 0 Slovakia Košice
3 2DF Filip Mielke (2005-04-09) 9 April 2005 3 0 Slovakia Podbrezová
4 2DF Adam Obert (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 14 0 Italy Cagliari
5 2DF Dominik Javorček (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 21 2 Germany Holstein Kiel
13 2DF Nicolas Šikula (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 8 0 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica
16 2DF Marek Ujlaky (2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 2 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava
20 2DF Adam Gaži (2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 0 0 Slovakia Skalica
23 2DF Samuel Kopásek (2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 5 1 Slovakia Žilina
8 3MF Martin Šviderský (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 16 0 Spain Almería
10 3MF Sebastian Nebyla (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 25 3 Czech Republic Jablonec
11 3MF Artur Gajdoš (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 7 2 Slovakia Trenčín
14 3MF Mário Sauer (2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 10 3 France Toulouse
15 3MF Leo Sauer (2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 2 0 Netherlands NAC Breda
22 3MF Tomáš Rigo (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 7 1 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
6 4FW Dominik Hollý (2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 2 0 Czech Republic Jablonec
7 4FW Tomáš Suslov (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 5 2 Italy Hellas Verona
9 4FW Roman Čerepkai (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 14 0 Slovakia Košice
17 4FW Adrián Kaprálik (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 30 8 Slovakia Žilina
18 4FW Nino Marcelli (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 8 3 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
19 4FW Timotej Jambor (2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 7 2 Slovakia 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.
  7. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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