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
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 1/14 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 Albania and Czech Republic in November 2021.[1][2]

Caps and goals are correct as of 16 November 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Martin Turk (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 7 0 Parma
12 1GK Žan-Luk Leban (2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 0 0 Everton
1GK Samo Pridgar (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 0 0 Dravograd
2 2DF Žan Trontelj (2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 5 0 Bravo
3 2DF Dušan Stojinović (captain) (2000-08-26) 26 August 2000 15 2 Khimki
5 2DF Žiga Laci (2002-07-20) 20 July 2002 3 0 AEK Athens
6 2DF David Zec (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 12 1 Celje
15 2DF Mark Španring (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 6 1 Bravo
20 2DF Vid Koderman (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 6 0 Maribor
23 2DF Svit Sešlar (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 1 0 Olimpija Ljubljana
4 3MF Žan Bešir (2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 1 0 Koper
8 3MF Tamar Svetlin (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 9 1 Celje
10 3MF Aljaž Casar (2000-09-17) 17 September 2000 6 0 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II
14 3MF Luka Vešner Tičić (2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 6 0 Koper
19 3MF Mark Zabukovnik (2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 6 0 Radomlje
21 3MF Michael Pavlović (2001-06-12) 12 June 2001 4 0 Olimpija Ljubljana
7 4FW Tjaš Begić (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 3 0 Celje
9 4FW Dario Kolobarić (2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 2 0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
11 4FW Nino Žugelj (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 4 0 Maribor
16 4FW Kai Cipot (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 6 0 Mura
17 4FW Aljoša Matko (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 14 5 Hammarby IF
18 4FW David Flakus Bosilj (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 7 2 Hellas Verona
4FW Haris Kadrić (2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 1 1 Aluminij

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 reprezentanca za domači tekmi z Albanijo in Češko" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. "Dve spremembi v mladi reprezentanci" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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