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Country | Slovakia |
Governing body | Slovakia Football Association |
National team | Slovakia |
First played | 1863 |
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Champions League
Europa League Super Cup FIFA Club World Cup FIFA World Cup(National Team) European Championship(National Team) |
Slovakia has participated in international football as an independent nation ever since 1993 when Czechoslovakia was divided into two new states. Slovakia qualified to the World Cup for the first time in 2010, where the side upset perennial power Italy and lost in the Round of 16. They qualified for the UEFA European Championships for the first time since independence in 2016.