Profile of the Slovakia national football team history, top score, most caps / appearances. SFZ Slovensky Futbalovy Zvaz is the Slovakia football association was founded on 1938 and represents governing body for football in Slovakia in a the international competition and is controlled by SFZ. Became a member or UEFA Affiliation in 1993 and FIFA Affiliation in 1994.
The first official match of the first Slovak Republic (1939–1945) was played in Bratislava against Germany on 27 August 1939, and ended in a 2–0 victory for Slovakia. After the Second World War, the national football team was subsumed into the team of Czechoslovakia, and for over fifty years Slovakia played no matches as an independent country.
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| SFZ Slovensky Futbalovy Zvaz | ||||
| Nation: Slovakia | Founded: 1938 | |||
| UEFA Affiliation: 1993 | FIFA Affiliation: 1994 | |||
| Web: http://www.futbalsfz.sk | Phone: +421 2 4820 6000 | |||
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 match back on Slovak soil was the 4–1 defeat against Croatia in Bratislava on 20 April 1994. Slovakia played in a major championship as an independent team for the first time in Euro '96 qualifying, but finished in third place in their qualifying group, behind Romania and France, having recorded 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.
Slovakia suffered their biggest defeat since independence (6–0) on 22 June 1995, in Mendoza, against Argentina. Their biggest wins (7–0) have come against Liechtenstein in 2004 and San Marino (twice) in 2007.
Slovakia participated in the FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history as an independent nation after finishing in first place in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3 ahead of Slovenia, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, and Poland.
In UEFA European and FIFA qualifying tournaments, Slovakia had been unfortunate to find stronger rivals barring their path to a major finals. However, they finally made the breakthrough by reaching South Africa 2010. Coach Vladimir Weiss's team won their crucial last qualifier 1-0 in Poland to clinch pole position in a group also containing Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Their reward was a FIFA World Cup pool featuring Italy, Paraguay and New Zealand. The seeds for this success had arguably been planted with the intensive youth development programme that yielded fourth place at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship of 2000 and a ticket to the Sydney Olympics.
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- Data :
- Association: SFZ Slovensky Futbalovy Zvaz
- Home Stadium: Tehelne Pole, Stadion Pasienky, and more
- Address: Junacka 6 83280 BRATISLAVA
- Fax: +421 2 4820 6099
- FIFA Code: SVK
- UEFA European Championship Record
- FIFA World Cup Record
- Olympic Football Record
- Top Scores
| Top Scorers of The Slovakia Team | |||
| Players | Goals | Caps | Periods |
| Robert Vittek | 23 | 80 | 2001-? |
| Szilard Nemeth | 22 | 59 | 1996-2006 |
| Marek Mintal | 14 | 45 | 2002-2009 |
| Miroslav Karhan | 14 | 107 | 1995-2011 |
| Peter Dubovsky | 12 | 33 | 1994-2000 |
| Stanislav Sestak | 11 | 45 | 2004-? |
| Marek Hamsik | 10 | 63 | 2007-? |
| Tibor Jancula | 9 | 29 | 1995-2001 |
| Ľubomir Reiter | 9 | 28 | 2001-2005 |
| Filip Holosko | 7 | 60 | 2005-? |
- Most Appearances
| Most Caps of The Slovakia Team | ||
| Players | Caps | Periods |
| Miroslav Karhan | 107 | 1995-2011 |
| Robert Vittek | 80 | 2001-? |
| Marek Hamsik | 63 | 2007-? |
| Martin Skrtel | 61 | 2004-? |
| Filip Holosko | 60 | 2005-? |
| Szilard Nemeth | 59 | 1996-2006 |
| Radoslav Zabavnik | 57 | 2003-? |
| Jan Durica | 54 | 2004-? |
| Stanislav Varga | 54 | 1997-2006 |
| Marek Cech | 52 | 2004-? |
Slovakia National Football Team Profile.
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