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Since 1993, Slovakia has qualified for four major international tournaments: the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, UEFA Euro 2020, and UEFA Euro 2024. Slovakia qualified for the former tournament after winning their qualifying group, where they progressed beyond the group stage after a 3–2 victory against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament following a 2–1 defeat in the knockout stage against the eventual runners-up Netherlands. It was the first time the newly-independent national team had ever played in a major football competition, having played in every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign since 1996. Slovakia came close to secure a berth at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing with Spain in their qualification play-off, in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate (1–5, 1–1).

History

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Slovak Republic and Czechoslovakia

The Slovakia national team in 1940

The first official match of the first Slovak Republic was played in Bratislava against Germany on 27 August 1939, and ended in a 2–0 victory for Slovakia. The Slovaks played numerous friendly matches during the Second World War, all against Axis-aligned nations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After the Second World War, the national football team was subsumed into the team of Czechoslovakia, and for over 50 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 UEFA Euro 1976 (eight of the eleven players who defeated West Germany in the final were Slovak).<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1994–present: Slovakia

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 first home match was a 4–1 victory 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 victories (7–0) have come against Liechtenstein in 2004 as well as San Marino (twice) in 2007 and 2009.

Slovakia attempted qualifying for a major championship as an independent team for the first time in Euro 1996 qualifying, but finished in third place in their qualifying group, behind Romania and France, recording 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. Their first four games in this were all wins, one of them against their Czech neighbors, helping the team reach their highest FIFA World Ranking to date, 17th.

2010 FIFA World Cup

The Slovakia national team before the match against Italy at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time as an independent nation after finishing in first in Group 3 of 2010 World Cup qualification ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, and Poland. On 14 October 2009, they clinched qualification with a 1–0 away victory against Poland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 24 June 2010, at the tournament proper, Slovakia finished second in the group stage after defeating reigning champions Italy in a game which ESPN dubbed "epic": the game saw three goals being scored after the 80th minute, two by Italy and one by Slovakia, as well as a disallowed goal by Italy flagged offside by "the tightest of decisions". The result led Slovakia to the knockout stage and eliminated Italy, who finished last in the group.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The result of this match meant that for the first time in World Cup history, both finalists from the previous tournament had been eliminated in the first round, champion Italy and runner-up France.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the round of 16, Slovakia played the Netherlands in the round of 16, falling behind 2–0 only to score a late goal from the penalty spot by striker Róbert Vittek, the last kick of the game in a 2–1 defeat.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite elimination, Vittek's goal returned to the top of the goalscoring charts joint top with David Villa until Villa himself later scored against Portugal in Spain's 1–0 victory in the same stage of the tournament.

UEFA Euro 2012

In the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, Slovakia was drawn against Russia, the Republic of Ireland, Armenia, Macedonia and Andorra. The campaign in South Africa boosted team performance ahead of the qualifiers, which started in September with two 1–0 wins against Macedonia at Štadión Pasienky and Russia away. However, in October, they were easily beaten in Armenia (3–1) and drew 1–1 against the Republic of Ireland at home. In February 2011, the team was stunned in a 2–1 friendly defeat against Luxembourg and could only beat group minnows Andorra by one goal. Despite creating better chances, Slovakia earned a goalless draw with Ireland away. Four days later, after creating chances in a goalless first half, Slovakia conceded four goals to Armenia in a match that eliminated the team. In the final two group matches, Slovakia was beaten at home by Russia (1–0) and drew 1–1 in Macedonia, finishing in a mediocre fourth-place position and scoring only seven goals in the entire process. For the first time since the Euro 1996 qualifying process, Slovakia finished a qualifying campaign with a negative goal differential. As a result of this outcome, coach Vladimír Weiss left his job after four full years, being replaced by his assistants Michal Hipp and Stanislav Griga, although both themselves were later replaced due to poor results.

By late June, former Czechoslovakia national team footballer Ján Kozák became the head coach after the unsuccessful qualifying campaign with a victory in Bosnia and Herzegovina followed by two defeats to Bosnia and Greece.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

UEFA Euro 2016

A celebration of Slovak players after the match against Russia at UEFA Euro 2016

In the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, Slovakia was drawn against Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Slovakia began the qualifying campaign with a 1–0 victory against Ukraine in Kyiv. On 9 October 2014, Slovakia beat Spain 2–1 in a shock victory and claimed the first place.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Slovakia's 3–1 victory over Belarus confirmed their status as group leaders. Later on, they won 2–0 against Macedonia in the Philip II Arena, beat Luxembourg with a score of 3–0 in Žilina, and beat Macedonia 2–1 on 14 June 2015, also in Žilina. The next matches were a 2–0 defeat against Spain, a goalless draw against Ukraine, and a shocking 0–1 home defeat against Belarus. Slovakia finished qualification by defeating Luxembourg 4–2 and got the second place, qualifying to their fourth European Championship, first as an independent nation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Slovakia was drawn in Group B of Euro 2016 alongside England, Russia, and Wales. Slovakia began their tournament against Wales where Ondrej Duda scored Slovakia's first goal in the history of the European Championship in an eventual 2–1 defeat. Slovakia defeated Russia 2–1 with goals from Vladimír Weiss III and Marek Hamšík,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> then a goalless draw against England to advance to the round of 16 as one of the tournament's best third-placed teams.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They were eliminated at this stage by 2014 FIFA World Cup champion Germany with a 3–0 defeat.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

During the qualification campaign for the 2018 World Cup, Slovakia was drawn in UEFA Group F. They were third in the group after the penultimate match ended in a 1–0 defeat to Scotland, who moved up to second place. Slovakia won their final group match 3–0 against Malta, and overtook Scotland after they failed to beat Slovenia,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but they missed out on a play-off place as the other second teams' results went against them, meaning Slovakia finished as the worst group runners-up.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

UEFA Euro 2020

Slovakia qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020 after a difficult away victory against Northern Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Being drawn with Spain, Sweden. and Poland in group E, Slovakia beat Poland 2–1.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, Slovakia subsequently lost to Sweden 0–1 before getting thrashed by Spain 5–0, thus finishing third with the worst goal difference due to scoring own goals as a result of their performance. Slovakia was eliminated in the group stage for the first time ever.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

The country finished third in 2022 World Cup qualifying behind Croatia and Russia, the latter of which would be banned from the final tournament due to the country's invasion of Ukraine. Despite the third-place finish in the group, the team dropped points to footballing minnows Cyprus and Malta.

UEFA Euro 2024

After numerous poor resultsTemplate:Clarification needed in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, former Napoli coach Francesco Calzona was appointed as the manager on 30 August 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This meant Slovakia was placed as low as the fifth pot for the qualifying phase of the tournament, the worst position the country has ever been in and realistically must qualify directly for UEFA Euro 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Slovakia was drawn into a group with Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. After a poor goalless draw in the first match against Luxembourg, the team won seven and lost two matches in total, both being narrow losses against Portugal (0–1 at home and 3–2 away). As a result, Slovakia qualified automatically for Euro 2024 by finishing second in their qualifying group.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The team was drawn in Group E of Euro 2024, together with Belgium, Ukraine, and Romania. In Frankfurt on 17 June, Slovakia produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of the tournament by beating Belgium 1–0.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Slovakia eventually progressed to the knockout stage of the tournament. In the round of 16, they faced eventual runner-up England and lost 2-1 in extra time. Ivan Schranz became the joint-UEFA European Football Championship Top Goalscorer of Euro 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Stadium

The Slovakia national football team plays its home matches at the Tehelné pole in Bratislava and the Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Štadión pod Dubňom in Žilina was used from 2003 to 2015, but cannot be used because of artificial grass installation in 2016. In the past, home games have occasionally been played at other venues including Všešportový areál and Štadión Lokomotívy in Košice, Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra, Mestský štadión in Dubnica nad Váhom, and Tatran Stadion in Prešov.

Stadia which have hosted Slovakia international football matches:

colspan=8 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Slovakia national football team home stadiums
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63 Tehelné pole 22,500 Bratislava v. Template:Fb (2–0)
27 August 1939 		v. Template:Fb (2–0)
4 September 2025
38 Štadión Antona Malatinského 19,200 Trnava v. Template:Fb (0–0)
24 April 1996 		v. Template:Fb (1–0)
19 November 2024
21 Štadión pod Dubňom 11,258 Žilina v. Template:Fb (2–2)
30 April 2003 		v. Template:Fb (3–1)
17 November 2015
9 Pasienky 11,591 Bratislava v. Template:Fb (1–0)
18 August 1999 		v. Template:Fb (0–1)
16 October 2012
4 Všešportový areál 30,312 Košice v. Template:Fb (2–1)
8 March 1995 		v. Template:Fb (0–2)
15 November 1995
2 Štadión pod Zoborom 7,480 Nitra v. Template:Fb (4–0)
27 March 1996 		v. Template:Fb (1–1)
24 May 2000
Štadión Lokomotívy 9,000 Košice v. Template:Fb (0–0)
19 August 1998 		v. Template:Fb (3–0)
5 September 1998
Košická futbalová aréna 12,555 Košice v. Template:Fb (2–0)
8 September 2024 		v. Template:Fb (1–0)
14 November 2025
Mestský štadión 5,450 Dubnica nad Váhom v. Template:Fb (2–0)
8 September 1999 		v. Template:Fb (7–0)
13 October 2007
1 MOL Aréna 12,700 Dunajská Streda v. Template:Fb (2–2)
30 March 1993
Futbalový štadión Prievidza 9,000 Prievidza v. Template:Fb (2–0)
16 November 1993
Štadión na Sihoti 6,366 Trenčín v. Template:Fb (4–2)
5 September 2001
Štadión Tatranu 5,410 Prešov v. Template:Fb (4–1)
14 May 2002
ViOn Aréna 4,008 Zlaté Moravce v. Template:Fb (1–2)
26 March 2008
NTC Senec 3,264 Senec v. Template:Fb (2–0)
23 May 2014
  • Tehelné Pole
    Tehelné Pole
  • Štadión Antona Malatinského
    Štadión Antona Malatinského
  • Pod Dubňom
    Pod Dubňom

Team image

Nickname

Template:Sister project The team is typically referred to as the Repre (short for Reprezentácia, which translates into national team).Template:Citation needed However, in 2016, during the buildup to Slovakia's first appearance at the European Championship, Slovak Football Association introduced a new nickname for the team. The national team was given the nickname Slovenskí sokoli (Template:Lit). The U15 to U21 national teams were given the nickname Slovenskí sokolíci (Template:Lit). Despite a lack of immediate identification with the nickname by the fans, it went into usage during the tournament and the subsequent qualification for the 2018 World Cup and is now often used, especially in the media, along with Repre, which still remains to be preferred in an informal conversation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Kit

Slovakia kits from 1939 to 1945 era

Slovakia's home kit since 1993 has been blue, which was temporarily changed from blue to white from 2020. The players were either a set of white jerseys, shorts, and socks – or a set of blue jerseys, shorts and socks. A combination of a blue jersey and white shorts has also been used in some matches. Puma supplied the kits from February 2012 until 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2016, Nike took over the supply of the national team, which it had previously done from 1995 to 2005.Template:Citation needed In 2024, Italian brand Macron became the kit supplier for Slovakia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Le Coq Sportif 1993–1995
Nike 1995–2005
Adidas 2006–2011
Puma 2012–2016
Nike 2016–2024
Macron 2024–

Results and fixtures

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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2024

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2025

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2026

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Coaching staff

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Head coach Template:Flagdeco Francesco Calzona
Assistant coaches Template:Flagdeco Simone Bonomi
Template:Flagdeco Gianluca Segarelli
Template:Flagdeco Marek Hamšík
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagdeco Ján Novota
Team manager Template:Flagdeco Marek Hamšík
Technical director Template:Flagdeco Giovanni Paolo de Matteis
Fitness coaches Template:Flagdeco Alessandro Bulfoni
Template:Flagdeco Dávid Brünn
Translator Template:Flagdeco Pavol Farkaš
Doctors Template:Flagdeco Jozef Almási
Template:Flagdeco Zsolt Fegyveres
Masseur Template:Flagdeco Mário Prelovský
Physiotherapists Template:Flagdeco Marián Drinka
Template:Flagdeco Peter Hečko
Template:Flagdeco Martin Nozdrovický
Video analyst Template:Flagdeco Marco Brini
Custodians Template:Flagdeco Ján Beniak
Template:Flagdeco Marek Košáň

Coaching history

1939–1944

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Template:Flagicon Vojtech Závodský 1939 1 1 0 0 2 0 +1 3.00
Template:Flagicon Rudolf Hanák Template:Nowrap 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 1.50
Template:Flagicon Štefan Priboj 1940–1941 4 0 1 3 5 10 −5 0.08
Template:Flagicon Štefan Čambal 1941–1942 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0.00
Template:Flagicon Ferdinand Daučík 1942–1944 7 1 1 5 10 24 −14 0.19
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1993–present

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Template:Flagicon Jozef Vengloš 6 April 1993 – 15 June 1995 16 5 4 7 21 30 −9 1.19
Template:Flagicon Jozef Jankech 4 July 1995 – 23 October 1998 34 18 6 10 51 33 +18 1.76
Template:Flagicon Dušan RadolskýTemplate:Refn 10 November 1998 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0.00
Template:Flagicon Dušan Galis 1 January 1999 – 23 February 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Template:Flagicon Jozef Adamec 26 February 1999 – 30 November 2001 34 13 11 10 38 31 +7 1.47
Template:Flagicon Anton DragúňTemplate:Refn 17 November 1999 – 25 November 2001 4 1 0 3 2 7 −5 0.25
Template:Flagicon Stanislav GrigaTemplate:Refn 21 June 2001 – 25 June 2001 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 1.00
Template:Flagicon Ladislav Jurkemik 1 February 2002 – 31 December 2003 19 6 5 8 27 26 +1 1.21
Template:Flagicon Dušan Galis 1 January 2004 – 12 October 2006 31 12 12 7 53 36 +17 1.55
Template:Flagicon Ján Kocian 2 November 2006 – 30 June 2008 17 3 5 9 30 28 +2 0.82
Template:Flagicon Vladimír Weiss 7 July 2008 – 31 January 2012 40 16 8 16 56 53 +3 1.40
Template:Flagicon Michal HippTemplate:Refn 1 January 2012 – 29 February 2012 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3.00
Template:Flagicon Stanislav Griga
Template:Flagicon Michal Hipp		 26 April 2012 – 13 June 2013 12 3 4 5 11 14 −3 0.92
Template:Flagicon Ján Kozák 2 July 2013 – 14 October 2018 56 29 10 17 81 57 +24 1.73
Template:Flagicon Štefan TarkovičTemplate:Refn 15 October 2018 – 21 October 2018 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1.00
Template:Flagicon Pavel Hapal 22 October 2018 – 16 October 2020 16 6 4 6 25 20 +5 1.38
Template:Flagicon Oto BrunegrafTemplate:Refn 14 October 2020 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0.00
Template:Flagicon Štefan Tarkovič 20 October 2020 – 7 June 2022 22 8 7 7 26 24 +2 1.41
Template:Flagicon Samuel SlovákTemplate:Refn 8 June 2022 – 13 June 2022 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1.50
Template:Flagicon Francesco Calzona 30 August 2022 – ongoing 27 12 7 8 38 24 +14 1.60
colspan="2" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Total style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|337 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|135 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|84 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|118 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|469 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|394 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|+75 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|1.45

Players

Current squad

The following 27 players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Northern Ireland and Germany on 14 and 17 November 2025, respectively.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2025, after the match against Germany.

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Recent call-ups

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Notes
  • PRE Preliminary squad
  • INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or an illness.
  • RET Retired or resigned from international football

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Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Slovakia.

Most appearances

Marek Hamšík is Slovakia's top goalscorer and most capped footballer.
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1 Marek Hamšík 138 26 2007–2023
2 Peter Pekarík 135 2 2006–present
3 Juraj Kucka 112 14 2008–2025
4 Miroslav Karhan 107 14 1995–2011
5 Martin Škrtel 104 6 2004–2019
6 Ján Ďurica 91 4 2004–2017
7 Ondrej Duda 89 15 2014–present
8 Milan Škriniar 85 3 2016–present
9 Róbert Vittek 82 23 2001–2016
10 Róbert Mak 81 16 2013–present

Top goalscorers

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1 Marek Hamšík 26 138 {{#expr:26/138 round 2}} 2007–2023
2 Róbert Vittek 23 82 {{#expr:23/82 round 2}} 2001–2016
3 Szilárd Németh 22 59 {{#expr:22/59 round 2}} 1996–2006
4 Róbert Mak 16 81 {{#expr:16/81 round 2}} 2013–present
5 Ondrej Duda 15 89 {{#expr:15/89 round 2}} 2014–present
6 Marek Mintál 14 45 {{#expr:14/45 round 2}} 2002–2009
Miroslav Karhan 14 107 {{#expr:14/107 round 2}} 1995–2011
Juraj Kucka 14 112 {{#expr:14/112 round 2}} 2008–2025
9 Adam Nemec 13 43 {{#expr:13/43 round 2}} 2006–2019
Stanislav Šesták 13 66 {{#expr:13/66 round 2}} 2004–2016

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip —
as Template:Flag as Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1930 Did not enter Declined invitation
Template:Flagicon 1934 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 9 6 Squad 1 1 0 0 2 1 1934
Template:Flagicon 1938 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 1 1 5 3 Squad 2 1 1 0 7 1 1938
Template:Flagicon 1950 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1954 Group stage 14th 2 0 0 2 0 7 Squad 4 3 1 0 5 1 1954
Template:Flagicon 1958 Group stage 9th 4 1 1 2 9 6 Squad 4 3 0 1 9 3 1958
Template:Flagicon 1962 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 7 7 Squad 5 4 0 1 20 7 1962
Template:Flagicon 1966 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 12 4 1966
Template:Flagicon 1970 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 7 Squad 7 5 1 1 16 7 1970
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 9 3 1974
Template:Flagicon 1978 4 2 0 2 4 6 1978
Template:Flagicon 1982 Group stage 19th 3 0 2 1 2 4 Squad 8 4 2 2 15 6 1982
Template:Flagicon 1986 Did not qualify 8 3 2 3 11 12 1986
Template:Flagicon 1990 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 0 2 10 5 Squad 8 5 2 1 13 3 1990
Template:Flagicon 1994 Did not qualify 10 4 5 1 21 9 1994
as Template:Flag as Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 4th 10 5 1 4 18 14
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 3rd 10 5 2 3 16 9
Template:Flagicon 2006 2nd 14 6 6 2 26 14
Template:Flagicon 2010 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 5 7 Squad 1st 10 7 1 2 22 10
Template:Flagicon 2014 Did not qualify 3rd 10 3 4 3 11 10
Template:Flagicon 2018 2nd 10 6 0 4 17 7
Template:Flagicon 2022 3rd 10 3 5 2 17 10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 To be determined TBD 2 2 0 0 3 0
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined
Template:Flagicon 2034
style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Total style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|34 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|12 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|6 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|16 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|49 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|52 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|— style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|— style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|145 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|75 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|35 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|35 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|271 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|137

UEFA European Championship

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UEFA European Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
as Template:Flag as Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1960 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 2 3 Squad 6 4 1 1 16 5 1960
Template:Flagicon 1964 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 2 3 1964
Template:Flagicon 1968 6 3 1 2 8 4 1968
Template:Flagicon 1972 6 4 1 1 11 4 1972
Template:Flagicon 1976 Champions 1st 2 1 1 0 5 3 Squad 8 5 2 1 19 7 1976
Template:Flagicon 1980 Third place 3rd 4 1 2 1 5 4 Squad 6 5 0 1 17 4 1980
Template:Flagicon 1984 Did not qualify 8 3 4 1 15 7 1984
Template:Flagicon 1988 6 2 3 1 7 5 1988
Template:Flagicon 1992 8 5 0 3 12 9 1992
as Template:Flag as Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not qualify 3rd 10 4 2 4 14 18
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2000 3rd 10 5 2 3 12 9
Template:Flagicon 2004 3rd 8 3 1 4 11 9
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2008 4th 12 5 1 6 33 23
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2012 4th 10 4 3 3 7 10
Template:Flagicon 2016 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 3 6 Squad 2nd 10 7 1 2 17 8
Template:Flagicon 2020 Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 2 7 Squad 3rd 10 5 2 3 15 12
Template:Flagicon 2024 Round of 16 12th 4 1 1 2 4 5 Squad 2nd 10 7 1 2 17 8
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2028 To be determined To be determined
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2032
style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Total style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|1 Title style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|6/17 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|19 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|6 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|5 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|8 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|21 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|28 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|— style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|— style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|136 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|71 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|26 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|39 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|233 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|145

UEFA Nations League

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style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Season style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Division style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Group width="28" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip width="28" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip width="28" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip width="28" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip width="28" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip width="28" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip width="35" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip width="28" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip
2018–19 B 1 4 1 0 3 5 5 Template:Steady 21st
2020–21 B 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 Template:Decrease 30th
2022–23 C 3 6 2 1 3 5 6 Template:Steady 43rd
2024–25 C 1 8 4 2 2 10 6 Template:Steady 37th
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Head-to-head record

The following table shows Slovakia's all-time international record, correct as of 17 November 2025 after a match against Germany.
Records with defunct teams are marked in italics.

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style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Opponents style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Template:Tooltip
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Template:Fb 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Template:Fb 6 1 3 2 3 6 −3
Template:Fb 12 10 0 2 26 8 +18
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
Template:Fb 5 3 1 1 9 3 +6
Template:Fb 4 1 2 1 4 4 0
Template:Fb 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
Template:Fb 6 3 0 3 8 7 +1
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5
Template:Fb 8 4 2 2 11 6 +5
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Template:Fb 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1
Template:Fb 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2
Template:Fb 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1
Template:Fb 17 2 4 11 20 43 −23
Template:Fb 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10
Template:Fb 14 3 2 9 12 29 −17
Template:Fb 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Template:Fb 7 0 1 6 4 13 −9
Template:Fb 4 4 0 0 5 1 +4
Template:Fb 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
Template:Fb 4 3 1 0 6 1 +5
Template:Fb 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4
Template:Fb 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
Template:Fb 13 4 0 9 14 31 −17
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Template:Fb 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
Template:Fb 6 4 2 0 7 2 +5
Template:Fb 7 5 1 1 16 9 +7
Template:Fb 2 1 0 1 6 6 0
Template:Fb 6 0 5 1 5 6 −1
Template:Fb 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2
Template:Fb 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2
Template:Fb 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Template:Fb 6 3 3 0 12 6 +6
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
Template:Fb 11 9 2 0 30 1 +29
Template:Fb 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6
Template:Fb 9 7 1 1 19 5 +14
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Template:Fb 10 8 2 0 29 5 +24
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3
Template:Fb 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
Template:Fb 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2
Template:Fb 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Template:Fb 7 4 1 2 7 5 +2
Template:Fb 8 6 2 0 16 3 +13
Template:Fb 5 1 1 3 2 6 −4
Template:Fb 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
Template:Fb 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
Template:Fb 9 5 1 3 14 14 0
Template:Fb 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8
Template:Fb 12 1 6 5 13 21 −8
Template:Fb 11 4 3 4 10 10 0
Template:Fb 5 5 0 0 26 1 +25
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Template:Fb 4 2 0 2 4 2 +2
Template:FbTemplate:Efn 3 0 1 3 1 5 −4
Template:Fb 11 2 5 4 8 10 −2
Template:Fb 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Template:Fb 7 1 1 5 6 20 −14
Template:Fb 9 0 4 5 5 16 −11
Template:Fb 3 2 0 1 4 4 0
Template:Fb 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
Template:Fb 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5
Template:Fb 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2
Template:Fb 9 2 3 4 11 11 0
Template:Fb 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
Template:Fb 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3
Template:Fb 6 2 1 3 13 10 +3
colspan="1" style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|Total style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|377 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|151 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|86 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|140 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|521 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|481 style="background:#003665; color:white; Template:Box-shadow border"|+40

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Honours

Global

Continental

Regional

Friendly

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Awards

Summary

Competition Template:Gold1 Template:Silver2 Template:Bronze3 Total
FIFA World Cup 0 2 0 2
Olympic Games 1 1 0 2
UEFA European Championship 1 0 2 3
Total 2 3 2 7
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See also

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Notes

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References

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