Slovak national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Repre Slovenskí sokoli (falcons) |
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| Association | Slovenský futbalový zväz (SFZ) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Ján Kozák |
| Captain | Martin Škrtel |
| Most caps | Miroslav Karhan (107) |
| Top scorer | Róbert Vittek (23) |
| Home stadium | Štadión Antona Malatinského |
| FIFA code | SVK |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 22  1 (10 August 2017)
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| Highest | 14 (August 2015) |
| Lowest | 150 (December 1993) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 27  (12 July 2017)
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| Highest | 23 (June 2017) |
| Lowest | 71 |
| First international | |
First Slovak Republic: Slovakia 2–0 Germany  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) Second Slovak Republic: Unofficial:  Lithuania 0–1  Slovakia(Vilnius, Lithuania; 14 October 1992) Official:  United Arab Emirates 0–1 Slovakia (Dubai, UAE; 2 February 1994) |
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| Biggest win | |
Slovakia 7–0 Liechtenstein  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004) Slovakia 7–0 San Marino  (Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia; 13 October 2007) Slovakia 7–0 San Marino (Bratislava, Slovakia; 6 June 2009) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
Official: Argentina 6–0 Slovakia (Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995) Unofficial:  Sweden 6–0 Slovakia (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 12 January 2017) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2010) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 2010 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 2016 |
The Slovakia national football team (Slovak: Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium from 2016 is reconstructed Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava and their head coach is Ján Kozák. Slovakia is one of the youngest national football teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. Slovakia maintains its own national side that competes in all major professional tournaments since.
Slovakia qualified for two major national tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016. Slovakia qualified to the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group despite two defeats against Slovenia, and progressed beyond the championship group stage after a 3–2 win against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2–1 defeat in the second round against eventual runners-up the Netherlands. It was the first time the team have ever played in a major football competition, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaign since 1996, after a 50-year absence from international football due to representing part of the Czechoslovakia team. The nation did come close to securing a berth at the 2006 finals in Germany, after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing Spain in their qualification play-off, in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate (1–5, 1–1). The team have achieved some noteworthy results, however, such as the aforementioned win over the then title holders Italy at the 2010 World Cup and a 1–0 win against Russia in September 2010. Despite this success however, the team later dropped down the rankings and a considerable drop in form went with this, as the team failed to qualify for Euro 2012 finishing in their group in fourth place. They also only scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but secured a spot in France for Euro 2016 under head coach Ján Kozák which helped the team reach their best ever position of 14th in the FIFA World Rankings.
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