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Slovenia national under-21 football team

The Slovenia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Slovenia and is governed by the Football Association of Slovenia.

Slovenia Under-21
AssociationFootball Association of Slovenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMilenko Ačimovič
FIFA codeSVN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Cyprus 1–0 Slovenia Slovenia
(Paralimni, Cyprus; 17 November 1992)
Biggest win
 Estonia 1–7 Slovenia Slovenia
(Rakvere, Estonia; 8 September 2014)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia Slovenia 0–6  Slovakia
(Sežana, Slovenia; 11 February 2003)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2021)
Best resultGroup stage (2021)

Players

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Current squad

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The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against France and Cyprus on 6 and 10 September 2024, respectively.[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 22 March 2024, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Martin Turk (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 (age 21) 19 0   Ruch Chorzów
1GK Žan-Luk Leban (2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 21) 4 0   Everton
1GK Lovro Štubljar (2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Celje

2DF Mitja Ilenič (2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19) 11 0   New York City FC
2DF Marcel Ratnik (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20) 11 0   Olimpija Ljubljana
2DF Mark Strajnar (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 20) 10 0   Mura
2DF Srđan Kuzmić (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20) 9 0   Viborg
2DF Nino Milić (2004-05-01) 1 May 2004 (age 20) 2 0   Domžale
2DF Anel Zulić (2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 19) 2 0   Mura
2DF Marko Ristić (2004-11-01) 1 November 2004 (age 19) 0 0   Olimpija Ljubljana

3MF Svit Sešlar (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 22) 15 1   Celje
3MF Žan Jevšenak (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 21) 12 0   Pisa
3MF Tio Cipot (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 21) 11 6   Grazer AK
3MF Enrik Ostrc (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 22) 11 0   Helmond Sport
3MF Adrian Zeljković (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 22) 10 2   Spartak Trnava
3MF Marko Brest (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22) 9 0   Olimpija Ljubljana
3MF Jošt Pišek (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 22) 9 1   Celje
3MF Martin Pečar (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 22) 7 0   Bravo
3MF Marcel Lorber (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 20) 1 0   Maribor
3MF Dino Kojić (2005-04-04) 4 April 2005 (age 19) 0 0   Olimpija Ljubljana

4FW David Flakus Bosilj (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22) 22 4   Castellón
4FW Nejc Gradišar (2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 (age 22) 7 0   Fehérvár
4FW Nick Perc (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 21) 5 0   Domžale

Competitive record

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UEFA European Under-21 Championship record

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UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L F A Pld W D L F A
  1994 Did not enter Did not enter
  1996 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 19 12
  1998 8 3 0 5 9 13
  2000 10 1 5 4 10 19
  2002 8 2 2 4 10 10
  2004 8 2 3 3 4 7
  2006 12 4 4 4 13 15
  2007 2 1 0 1 1 2
  2009 8 1 2 5 4 13
  2011 8 2 2 4 6 10
  2013 10 6 2 2 15 8
  2015 10 5 2 3 29 11
  2017 10 5 0 5 18 11
   2019 10 4 4 2 14 12
   2021 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 8 Qualified as host
   2023 Did not qualify 10 4 4 2 11 7
Total Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 8 124 46 31 47 163 150

Managers

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Dates Name
1993–1994   Zdenko Verdenik
1994–1997   Drago Kostanjšek
2004   Branko Oblak
2004–2007   Branko Zupan
2008–2014   Tomaž Kavčič[2]
2014   Robert Englaro[3]
2015–2020   Primož Gliha[4][5]
2020–present   Milenko Ačimovič[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Aćimović izbral za Francijo in Ciper" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ Š. Ro. (22 July 2014). "Tomaž Kavčič zapušča reprezentanco do 21 let". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Englaro kot začasni selektor" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ "U-21: Nov selektor, nova zasedba". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ R. P. (27 October 2020). "Primož Gliha potegnil krajšo, predsednik NZS kritičen tudi do igralcev" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. ^ "URADNO: Slovenija gre na Euro z Milenkom Ačimovićem v vlogi selektorja" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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