Slovakia national under-21 football team

Slovakia U21
Nickname(s)	Repre[1]; Sokolíci (Little Falcons)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jaroslav Kentoš
Home stadium	Štadión pod Zoborom
FIFA code	SVK
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Slovakia 0–3 France ; (Myjava, Slovakia; September 6, 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 Records for competitive; matches only
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2000)
Best result	Fourth 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

1978 to 1994 - see Czechoslovakia

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Did not Qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	Semi-Final	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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2/12		7	4	1	2	11	6

Key: GP: Games played, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against

2021 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	10	9	1	32	10	+22	27	Final tournament	—	3–1	3–2	1–0	5–0	5–0
2	Switzerland	10	9	1	26	8	+18	27	Final tournament	3–1	—	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–0
3	Georgia	10	5	5	17	14	+3	15		0–2	0–3	—	2–1	1–0	4–0
4	Slovakia	10	4	6	22	21	+1	12		3–5	1–2	3–2	—	2–1	6–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	2	8	6	18	−12	6		1–2	0–1	0–3	2–1	—	1–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	1	9	3	35	−32	3		0–5	0–5	0–2	2–4	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Fixtures and results

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) 2021 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Switzerland	4–1	Slovakia	Schaffhausen, Switzerland
19:00	Zeqiri 10' (pen.), 77' Okafor 37' Ndoye 71'	Report	43' Tupta	Stadium: LIPO Park Schaffhausen Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Mads Kristoffersen (Denmark)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 2021 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	1–2	Switzerland	Nitra, Slovakia
20:15	Strelec 65'	Report	87' (pen.) Zeqiri 90+2' Ndoye	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

8 October 2020 2021 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	2–1	Azerbaijan	Nitra, Slovakia
16:30	Tupta 61' Mesík 90+3'	Report	66' Çelik	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes Norway

12 October 2020 2021 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	France	1–0	Slovakia	Strasbourg, France
21:00	Koundé 22'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Milan Djordjić (Serbia))

12 November 2020 2021 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Georgia	2–1	Slovakia	Tbilisi, Georgia
11:00	Fabiš 61' (o.g.) Mekvabishvili 78'	Report	66' Gono	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary))

17 November 2020 2021 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	6–0	Liechtenstein	Nitra, Slovakia
17:00	Kadák 5' Unterrainer 9' (o.g.) Almási 33' Grünenfelder 67' (o.g.) Bernát 70' Vallo 77'	Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

Current squad

The following players were called up for a preparatory camp in Senec and two unofficial fixtures against Železiarne Podbrezová (12 January 2021) and DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda (16 January 2021). These appearances and results will not be considered towards players' international statistics.[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2020 after the match against Liechtenstein.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Ivan Krajčírik	(2000-06-15) June 15, 2000	0	0	Ružomberok
1GK	Richard Ludha	(2000-11-08) November 8, 2000	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová
1GK	Ľubomír Belko	(2002-02-04) February 4, 2002	0	0	Žilina

2DF	Matúš Vojtko	(2000-10-05) October 5, 2000	4	0	Zemplín Michalovce
2DF	Peter Kováčik	(2001-12-01) December 1, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová
2DF	Kristián Mihálek	(2000-03-10) March 10, 2000	0	0	Petržalka
2DF	Matúš Malý	(2001-07-11) July 11, 2001	0	0	DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
2DF	Alex Holub	(2000-03-15) March 15, 2000	0	0	Ružomberok
2DF	Tomáš Nemčík	(2001-04-19) April 19, 2001	0	0	Žilina
2DF	Ondrej Elexa	(2000-10-07) October 7, 2000	0	0	Košice
2DF	Aurel Dávidík	(2000-04-08) April 8, 2000	0	0	Dubnica nad Váhom

3MF	Jakub Švec	(2000-07-23) July 23, 2000	3	0	ŠTK Šamorín
3MF	Patrik Myslovič	(2001-05-28) May 28, 2001	3	0	Žilina
3MF	Timotej Múdry	(2000-04-04) April 4, 2000	2	0	Ružomberok
3MF	Marko Totka	(2000-09-12) September 12, 2000	1	0	Senica
3MF	Filip Tatranský	(2001-01-06) January 6, 2001	0	0	iClinic Sereď
3MF	Matúš Begala	(2001-04-07) April 7, 2001	0	0	Zemplín Michalovce
3MF	Denis Potoma	(2000-02-15) February 15, 2000	0	0	iClinic Sereď
3MF	Matúš Kmeť	(2000-06-27) June 27, 2000	0	0	AS Trenčín
3MF	Patrik Iľko	(2001-02-16) February 16, 2001	0	0	Žilina
3MF	Roland Galčík	(2001-07-13) July 13, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová

4FW	Matej Trusa	(2000-11-29) November 29, 2000	2	0	Zemplín Michalovce
4FW	Lukáš Letenay	(2001-04-19) April 19, 2001	0	0	AS Trenčín

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia 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
GK	Denis Chudý	(2000-02-01) February 1, 2000	0	0	AS Trenčín	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
GK	Ivan Rehák	(2001-06-01) June 1, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021

DF	Samuel Suľa	(2000-04-12) April 12, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Ján Krkoška	(2000-10-03) October 3, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Richard Nagy	(2000-10-03) October 3, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Alexander Tóth	(2001-08-04) August 4, 2001	0	0	Slovan Bratislava	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Ivan Mesík	(2001-06-01) June 1, 2001	6	1	Nordsjælland	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
DF	Gergely Tumma	(2000-02-10) February 10, 2000	2	0	Spartak Trnava	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020

MF	Matúš Katunský	(2001-03-20) March 20, 2001	0	0	Slavoj Trebišov	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Mikuláš Bakaľa	(2001-01-04) January 4, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Samuel Ďatko	(2001-06-24) June 24, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Patrik Danek	(2001-10-02) October 2, 2001	0	0	Nitra	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Peter Pokorný	(2001-08-08) August 8, 2001	11	1	St. Pölten	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Ján Bernát	(2001-01-10) January 10, 2001	8	2	Žilina	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Jakub Kadák	(2000-12-14) December 14, 2000	4	1	AS Trenčín	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Miroslav Gono	(2000-11-01) November 1, 2000	4	1	Žilina	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Matúš Kmeť	(2000-06-27) June 27, 2000	2	0	Ružomberok	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Tomáš Suslov	(2002-06-07) June 7, 2002	2	0	Groningen	v. France, 12 October 2020

FW	Kristián Bari	(2001-02-06) February 6, 2001	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Tibor Slebodník	(2000-09-21) September 21, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Adam Goljan	(2001-04-15) April 15, 2001	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Matej Franko	(2001-02-14) February 14, 2001	0	0	Nitra	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Dávid Strelec	(2001-04-04) April 4, 2001	10	5	Slovan Bratislava	v. Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020

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 (carateker)		2018-2019
Adrián Guľa[4]	Marián Zimen	2018-2019
Jaroslav Kentoš	Tibor Goljan	2019-

Other youth record

2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship – Third place
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship – Round of 16

Notes

References

"Prezývka slovenských reprezentantov? Suchá". aktualne.sk. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
"SLOVENSKÍ SOKOLI". futbalsfz.sk. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
"SR 21 – Sokolíci odštartujú nový kalendárny rok prípravným kempom, tréner Kentoš: Spoznať a budovať". www.futbalsfz.sk. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
https://profutbal.sk/clanok/226258-dvadsatjednotka-ma-noveho-trenera-vypocujte-si-jeho-prve-slova

External links

Slovak Football Association (in Slovak)
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

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[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] "SR 21 – Sokolíci odštartujú nový kalendárny rok prípravným kempom, tréner Kentoš: Spoznať a budovať". www.futbalsfz.sk. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[4] ttps://profutbal.sk/clanok/226258-dvadsatjednotka-ma-noveho-trenera-vypocujte-si-jeho-prve-slova

Slovakia national football team
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Players	Slovakia national football team players
World Cup Finals	2010
Euro Finals	2016 2020
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