Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship
The Slovenia national football team have appeared at the UEFA European Championship once, in 2000, with an upcoming second appearance in 2024.
During the 2000 qualifiers, Slovenia finished second in their group, behind Norway but ahead of Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. In the play-offs, they defeated Ukraine 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament. At the finals, held in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia were drawn into Group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. In their inaugural match, Slovenia were leading 3–0 against Yugoslavia, but the match ended in a 3–3 draw. In the second match, Slovenia narrowly lost to Spain. Their last game against Norway ended in a goalless draw, leaving Slovenia bottom of their group with two points. Zlatko Zahovič was one of the country's key players, scoring three of the team's four goals in the tournament.
Slovenia would not qualify for the tournament again for another 24 years, until finally doing so in 2024; during the qualifiers, they finished second in their group, behind Denmark but ahead of Finland, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland and San Marino.[1]
Overall record
UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1960 to 1992 | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Did not qualify | 5th | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
2000 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Squad | 2nd (PO) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |
2004 | Did not qualify | 2nd (PO) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | ||||||||
2008 | 6th | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |||||||||
2012 | 4th | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | |||||||||
2016 | 3rd (PO) | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | |||||||||
2020 | 4th | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||
2024 | Qualified | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | ||||||||
2028 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
2032 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 2/8 | 86 | 36 | 17 | 33 | 119 | 100 |
Euro 2000
Group stage
In their first major tournament match, Slovenia stunned
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | FR Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4[a] | |
3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | |
4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
Euro 2024
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player records
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Goals | Years (goals) |
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1 | Zlatko Zahovič | 3 | 2000 (3) |
2 | Miran Pavlin | 1 | 2000 (1) |
See also
References
- RTV Slovenija. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Plestenjak, Rok (29 January 2017). "Najbolj infarktna tekma v zgodovini Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 21 June 2021.