Slovakia national under-21 football team

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.

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)

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

Source: UEFA

Fixtures and results

4 September 2020 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 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.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Ivan Krajčírik	June 15, 2000	0	0	Ružomberok
	GK	Richard Ludha	November 8, 2000	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová
	GK	Ľubomír Belko	February 4, 2002	0	0	Žilina
	DF	Matúš Vojtko	October 5, 2000	4	0	Zemplín Michalovce
	DF	Peter Kováčik	December 1, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová
	DF	Kristián Mihálek	March 10, 2000	0	0	Petržalka
	DF	Matúš Malý	July 11, 2001	0	0	DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
	DF	Alex Holub	March 15, 2000	0	0	Ružomberok
	DF	Tomáš Nemčík	April 19, 2001	0	0	Žilina
	DF	Ondrej Elexa	October 7, 2000	0	0	Košice
	DF	Aurel Dávidík	April 8, 2000	0	0	Dubnica nad Váhom
	MF	Jakub Švec	July 23, 2000	3	0	ŠTK Šamorín
	MF	Patrik Myslovič	May 28, 2001	3	0	Žilina
	MF	Timotej Múdry	April 4, 2000	2	0	Ružomberok
	MF	Marko Totka	September 12, 2000	1	0	Senica
	MF	Filip Tatranský	January 6, 2001	0	0	iClinic Sereď
	MF	Matúš Begala	April 7, 2001	0	0	Zemplín Michalovce
	MF	Denis Potoma	February 15, 2000	0	0	iClinic Sereď
	MF	Matúš Kmeť	June 27, 2000	0	0	AS Trenčín
	MF	Patrik Iľko	February 16, 2001	0	0	Žilina
	MF	Roland Galčík	July 13, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová
	FW	Matej Trusa	November 29, 2000	2	0	Zemplín Michalovce
	FW	Lukáš Letenay	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	February 1, 2000	0	0	AS Trenčín	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
GK	Ivan Rehák	June 1, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Samuel Suľa	April 12, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Ján Krkoška	October 3, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Richard Nagy	October 3, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Alexander Tóth	August 4, 2001	0	0	Slovan Bratislava	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
DF	Ivan Mesík	June 1, 2001	6	1	Nordsjælland	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
DF	Gergely Tumma	February 10, 2000	2	0	Spartak Trnava	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Matúš Katunský	March 20, 2001	0	0	Slavoj Trebišov	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Mikuláš Bakaľa	January 4, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Samuel Ďatko	June 24, 2001	0	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Patrik Danek	October 2, 2001	0	0	Nitra	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
MF	Peter Pokorný	August 8, 2001	11	1	St. Pölten	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Ján Bernát	January 10, 2001	8	2	Žilina	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Jakub Kadák	December 14, 2000	4	1	AS Trenčín	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Miroslav Gono	November 1, 2000	4	1	Žilina	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Matúš Kmeť	June 27, 2000	2	0	Ružomberok	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020
MF	Tomáš Suslov	June 7, 2002	2	0	Groningen	v.  France, 12 October 2020
FW	Kristián Bari	February 6, 2001	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Tibor Slebodník	September 21, 2000	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Adam Goljan	April 15, 2001	0	0	Žilina	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Matej Franko	February 14, 2001	0	0	Nitra	Preparatory camp, 16 January 2021
FW	Dávid Strelec	April 4, 2001	10	5	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Liechtenstein, 17 November 2020

Past squads

• 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad
• 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

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

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

Notes

References

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. 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.