Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship

Slovenia qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2020), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they ended second in their group with Norway, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. This allowed the team to compete for qualification against Ukraine in the play-offs, which the Slovenians won 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament.

At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. Despite being an outsider, Slovenia held Serbia and Norway at a draw and only suffered a narrow loss against Spain. With two points, however, Slovenia ended last in their group. Zlatko Zahovič was the country's star player as he scored three out of four Slovenian goals.

Overview
UEFA European Championship record UEFA Euro Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1960 to 1992 Part of  Yugoslavia Part of  Yugoslavia
1996 Did not qualify 10 3 2 5 13 13 5/6
2000 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 4 5 12 6 3 3 15 16 2/6 Won Playoff
2004 Did not qualify 10 4 3 3 16 14 2/5 Lost Playoff
2008 12 3 2 7 9 16 6/7
2012 10 4 2 4 11 7 4/6
2016 10 5 1 4 18 11 3/6 Lost Playoff
2021 10 4 2 4 16 11 4/6
2024 To be determined
Total Group stage 1/7 3 0 2 1 4 5 74 29 15 30 98 88

Euro 2000

Manager: Srečko Katanec

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Marko Simeunovič (1967-12-06)6 December 1967 (aged 32) 26 Maribor
2 2DF Spasoje Bulajič (1975-11-24)24 November 1975 (aged 24) 8 1. FC Köln
3 2DF Željko Milinovič (1976-04-22)22 April 1976 (aged 24) 16 LASK Linz
4 2DF Darko Milanič (captain) (1967-12-18)18 December 1967 (aged 32) 40 Sturm Graz
5 2DF Marinko Galič (1970-04-22)22 April 1970 (aged 30) 50 Maribor
6 2DF Aleksander Knavs (1975-12-05)5 December 1975 (aged 24) 21 Tirol Innsbruck
7 3MF Džoni Novak (1969-09-04)4 September 1969 (aged 30) 47 Sedan
8 3MF Aleš Čeh (1968-04-07)7 April 1968 (aged 32) 51 Grazer AK
9 4FW Sašo Udovič (1968-12-13)13 December 1968 (aged 31) 37 LASK Linz
10 3MF Zlatko Zahovič (1971-02-01)1 February 1971 (aged 29) 46 Olympiacos
11 3MF Miran Pavlin (1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 28) 24 Karlsruher SC
12 1GK Mladen Dabanovič (1971-09-13)13 September 1971 (aged 28) 12 Lokeren
13 4FW Mladen Rudonja (1971-07-26)26 July 1971 (aged 28) 37 St. Truiden
14 3MF Saša Gajser (1974-02-11)11 February 1974 (aged 26) 5 Gent
15 3MF Rudi Istenič (1971-01-10)10 January 1971 (aged 29) 17 Uerdingen 05
16 3MF Anton Žlogar (1977-01-24)24 January 1977 (aged 23) 1 Gorica
17 4FW Ermin Šiljak (1973-05-11)11 May 1973 (aged 27) 19 Servette
18 3MF Milenko Ačimovič (1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 23) 20 Red Star Belgrade
19 2DF Amir Karič (1977-12-31)31 December 1977 (aged 22) 24 Maribor
20 4FW Milan Osterc (1975-07-04)4 July 1975 (aged 24) 20 Olimpija
21 3MF Zoran Pavlovič (1976-06-27)27 June 1976 (aged 23) 4 Dinamo Zagreb
22 1GK Dejan Nemec (1977-03-01)1 March 1977 (aged 23) 0 Mura

Group stage

In the first game of the group Slovenia stunned Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. After the red card of Siniša Mihajlović it looked like the team would have won its first game, but then Yugoslavia made a dream comeback as they scored three goals in only six minutes. In the second game, Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly as Raúl scored. Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zlatko Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Spain then took the lead again after only sixty seconds as Joseba Etxeberria scored a goal winner. 13,000 Slovenian fans gathered to see the match in Amsterdam Arena, which is still a record for the most Slovenian spectators on a football game outside Slovenia. In the last round of the group stage Slovenia played against Norway and still had theoretical chances to progress to the quarterfinals. At the end the game was a goalless draw and the team won its second point of the tournament, but did not advance to the second round.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 320165+16
 FR Yugoslavia 31117704
 Norway 31111104
 Slovenia 302145−12
FR Yugoslavia 3–3 Slovenia
Milošević  67', 73'
Drulović  70'		 Report Zahovič  23', 57'
Pavlin  52'
Attendance: 16,478
Slovenia 1–2 Spain
Zahovič  59' Report Raúl  4'
Etxeberria  60'
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Slovenia 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Goalscorers
Player Goals 2000
Zlatko Zahovič 3 3
Miran Pavlin 1 1
Total 4 4

See also

References
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