Slovenia national football team
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| Association | Nogometna zveza Slovenije (NZS) |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Srečko Katanec |
| Captain | Boštjan Cesar |
| Most caps | Boštjan Cesar (95) |
| Top scorer | Zlatko Zahovič (35) |
| Home stadium |
Arena Petrol (Celje) Bonifika (Koper) Ljudski vrt (Maribor) Stožice (Ljubljana) |
| FIFA code | SVN |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 52  1 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 15 (October–November 2010) |
| Lowest | 134 (December 1993) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 51 (23 January 2017) |
| Highest | 28 (November 2001) |
| Lowest | 87 (November 1993) |
| First international | |
Unofficial Slovenia 0–5 France  (Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia; 23 June 1921) Official  Estonia 1–1 Slovenia  (Tallinn, Estonia; 3 June 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Oman 0–7 Slovenia (Muscat, Oman; 8 February 1999) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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France 5–0 Slovenia (Saint-Denis, France; 12 October 2002) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2002) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2002 and 2010 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2000 |
The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The team played its first match in 1992 after the split of Yugoslavia in 1991.
Slovenia was a surprise qualifier for UEFA Euro 2000, when they beat Ukraine in a playoff. The team then drew with Yugoslavia and Norway, and lost to Spain 2–1. Slovenia achieved another major success two years later, qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. The team did not lose a match in its whole qualifying campaign, recording six wins and six draws, but not scoring any points in the group stage of the finals.
Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, it was the only team to beat eventual winner Italy with a 1–0 victory on home turf. In November 2009, Slovenia defeated Russia in a playoff to clinch a berth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Before Slovenian independence in 1991, the Slovenian national team existed only as a regional team not officially recognized by FIFA. It had a similar status as the Catalonia national football team. The team had mostly played exhibition matches against teams from other republics of SFR Yugoslavia and was represented by Slovenian players under the traditional colours of white, blue and red.
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