Slovenia national under-21 football team

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

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

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
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 stage301218 Qualified as host
Total 1/15 3 0 1 2 1 8 114 42 27 45 152 143
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Kosovo in March 2022.[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 29 March 2022.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Martin Turk (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 9 0 Parma
22 1GK Domen Gril (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 2 0 Académico Viseu
1GK Žan-Luk Leban (2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 0 0 Everton
2 2DF Žan Trontelj (2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 5 0 Bravo
3 2DF Dušan Stojinović (captain) (2000-08-26) 26 August 2000 17 2 Celje
5 2DF Žiga Laci (2002-07-20) 20 July 2002 3 0 AEK Athens
6 2DF David Zec (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 14 1 Celje
13 2DF Almin Kurtović (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 1 0 Bravo
14 2DF Mitja Ilenič (2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 1 0 Domžale
15 2DF Mark Španring (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 8 1 Bravo
21 2DF Vid Koderman (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 6 0 Tabor Sežana
2DF Marcel Ratnik (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 0 0 Olimpija Ljubljana
4 3MF Benjamin Markuš (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 5 0 Domžale
8 3MF Luka Vešner Tičić (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 8 0 Koper
10 3MF Svit Sešlar (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 2 0 Olimpija Ljubljana
19 3MF Mark Zabukovnik (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 8 0 Radomlje
20 3MF Aljaž Antolin (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 1 0 Maribor
3MF Tio Cipot (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 0 0 Mura
7 4FW Tjaš Begić (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 4 0 Celje
9 4FW Nik Prelec (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001 8 2 Olimpija Ljubljana
11 4FW Nino Žugelj (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 6 0 Maribor
16 4FW Dario Kolobarić (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 4 0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
17 4FW Aljoša Matko (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 16 5 Olimpija Ljubljana
18 4FW David Flakus Bosilj (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 9 2 Hellas Verona

Managers
Dates Name
1993–1994 Zdenko Verdenik
1994–1997 Drago Kostanjšek
2004 Branko Oblak
2004–2007 Branko Zupan
2008–2014 Tomaž Kavčič
2014 Robert Englaro
2015–2020 Primož Gliha
2020–present Milenko Ačimovič

References
  1. "Znana mlada reprezentanca za tekmi s Kosovim" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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