Slovakia national under-21 football team

Slovakia U-21

Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Pavel Hapal[1]
Home stadium	Stadium Myjava NTC Senec
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
First international
Slovakia 0–3 France Myjava, September 6, 1994
Biggest win
Malta 0–6 Slovakia Valletta, March 30, 1997 Latvia 0–6 Slovakia Riga, October 11, 2011 Luxembourg 1–7 Slovakia Ettelbruck, June 11, 2013
Biggest defeat
4–0 defeats on three occasions Records for competitive matches only
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	2
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	Fourth	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	Qualified	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	2/12		4	2	1	1	5	3

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

2017 UEFA Under-21 Championship qualification

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	8	6	1	1	21	6	+15	19	Final tournament		—	4–2	5–0	3–1	2–0
2	Netherlands	8	4	2	2	15	10	+5	14			1–3	—	0–0	1–0	4–0
3	Turkey	8	3	2	3	7	8	−1	11			1–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–1
4	Belarus	8	2	2	4	7	11	−4	8			1–0	2–2	0–2	—	2–2
5	Cyprus	8	1	1	6	4	19	−15	4			0–3	1–4	0–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Recent results

Germany  v  Slovakia

2 September 2016 Friendly	Germany	3–0	Slovakia	Kassel
18:15	Prömel  4' Stark  40' Öztunalı  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Auestadion Attendance: 6,890 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Cyprus  v  Slovakia

5 September 2016 2017 UEFA Q	Cyprus	0–3	Slovakia	Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca
15:30		Report	Chrien  1' Bero  58' Rusnák  72'	Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia)

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad friendly match against Germany U-21 and Cyprus U-21 on 2 (Kassel) and 5. September (Larnaca).

Caps and goals as of 11 November 2016

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	GK	Marek Rodák	December 13, 1996	1	0	Fulham F.C.
1	GK	Adrián Chovan	October 8, 1995	8	0	Trenčín
––	GK	Matúš Hruška	September 17, 1994	3	0	Myjava
14	DF	Róbert Mazáň	February 9, 1994	13	0	Žilina
2	DF	Denis Vavro	April 10, 1996	2	0	Žilina
19	DF	Juraj Chvátal	July 13, 1996	1	0	Slovácko
––	DF	Milan Škriniar	February 11, 1995	7	1	Sampdoria
--	DF	Branislav Niňaj	May 17, 1994	14	1	Lokeren
––	DF	Dominik Kružliak	July 10, 1996	0	0	Ružomberok
--	DF	Juraj Kotula	September 30, 1995	0	0	Slovan Bratislava
4	DF	Martin Valjent	December 11, 1995	8	0	Ternana Calcio
––	DF	Ľubo Šatka	December 2, 1995	2	0	Newcastle United
--	DF	Martin Králik	April 3, 1995	2	0	Žilina
--	DF	Andrej Kadlec	February 2, 1996	0	0	Trnava
6	MF	Stanislav Lobotka	November 25, 1994	15	2	FC Nordsjælland
--	MF	Filip Lesniak	May 14, 1996	0	0	Liberec
--	MF	Jaroslav Mihálik	July 27, 1994	13	3	Slavia Praha
	MF	Miroslav Káčer	February 2, 1996	3	0	Žilina
	MF	Nikolas Špalek	February 12, 1997	1	0	Žilina
11	MF	Albert Rusnák	July 7, 1994	10	4	FC Groningen
8	MF	Martin Chrien	September 8, 1995	8	4	Ružomberok
10	MF	Tomáš Brigant	October 11, 1994	5	0	Myjava
––	MF	Lukáš Haraslín	May 26, 1996	0	0	Lechia Gdańsk
--	MF	Denis Duga	September 5, 1994	0	0	Myjava
--	MF	Michal Faško	August 24, 1994	1	0	Ružomberok
23	MF	Matúš Bero	September 6, 1995	7	2	Trabzonspor
––	MF	Tomáš Huk	December 22, 1994	1	0	Dunajská Streda
––	MF	Dávid Ivan	February 26, 1995	8	0	Bari
––	MF	Jakub Hromada	May 21, 1996	3	0	Plzeň
––	MF	Erik Jirka	September 19, 1997	0	0	Trnava
––	MF	László Bénes	September 9, 1997	2	0	Mönchengladbach
––	FW	Tomáš Vestenický	April 6, 1996	2	0	KS Cracovia
16	FW	Róbert Polievka	June 9, 1996	0	0	Dunajská Streda
7	FW	Pavol Šafranko	November 16, 1994	6	2	Podbrezová

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad in 2016.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
21	GK	Adam Jakubech	January 2, 1997	0	0	Spartak Trnava
––	GK	Matúš Kira	October 10, 1994	0	0	Michalovce
––	GK	Patrik Lukáč	December 21, 1993	0	0	Podbrezová
––	DF	Lukáš Skovajsa	March 27, 1994	3	0	Trenčín
––	DF	Timotej Záhumenský	July 17, 1995	0	0	Skalica
––	DF	Michal Pintér	February 4, 1994	0	0	Zlaté Moravce
––	DF	Mário Tóth	April 6, 1995	0	0	Zvolen
––	MF	Július Szöke	August 1, 1995	0	0	Karagandy
––	MF	Peter Lupčo	April 21, 1995	0	0	FK Poprad
9	MF	Lukáš Čmelík	April 13, 1996	1	0	FC Sion
15	FW	Adam Zreľák	May 5, 1994	12	10	FK Jablonec
––	FW	Matúš Marcin	April 6, 1994	1	0	Jihlava
18	FW	Filip Ďuriš	March 28, 1995	0	0	Slovan Bratislava
––	FW	Filip Balaj	August 22, 1997	1	1	FC Nitra

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[1]	Oto Brunegraf	2015–

Other youth record

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

See also

• Slovakia national football team
• Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team
• Slovakia national under-20 football team
• Slovakia national under-19 football team
• Slovakia national under-18 football team
• Slovakia national under-17 football team
• Slovakia national under-16 football team
• Slovakia national under-15 football team

References

1. Novým trénerom "dvadsaťjednotky" definitívne Pavel Hapal, Profutbal.sk, Retrieved 23. 12. 2014 (Slovak)

External links

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