Global InformationSlovenia national football team information
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| Association | Football Association of Slovenia | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Matjaž Kek | ||
| Captain | Jan Oblak | ||
| Most caps | Boštjan Cesar (101) | ||
| Top scorer | Zlatko Zahovič (35) | ||
| Home stadium | Stožice Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | SVN | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 57  2 (4 April 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 15 (October–November 2010) | ||
| Lowest | 134 (December 1993) | ||
| First international | |||
Unofficial Slovenia 0–5 France  (Ljubljana, Kingdom of SCS; 23 June 1921) Official  Estonia 1–1 Slovenia  (Tallinn, Estonia; 3 June 1992) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Oman 0–7 Slovenia (Muscat, Oman; 8 February 1999) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 France 5–0 Slovenia (Saint-Denis, France; 12 October 2002) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2002, 2010) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2000) | ||
| Website | nzs.si | ||
The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The national squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia's home matches are played at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana.
Slovenia have qualified for a major tournament four times, twice for the FIFA World Cup and twice for the UEFA European Championship, but have never progressed beyond the group stage of a finals tournament. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia achieved their first (and so far only) victory in a major tournament, defeating Algeria 1–0. The team have achieved some noteworthy results, such as beating the 2006 FIFA World Cup winners Italy 1–0 in 2004, which was Italy's only defeat in the entire 2006 World Cup campaign. Their biggest defeat came in 2002 with a 5–0 loss to France, while their highest-scoring victory was a 7–0 win over Oman in 1999.
Boštjan Cesar holds the record for most appearances for Slovenia, having played 101 times between 2003 and 2018. Zlatko Zahovič scored 35 goals for Slovenia and is the record holder for most goals scored.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.