The Slovenia national football team have appeared at the UEFA European Championship once, in 2000, with an upcoming second appearance in 2024.

During the 2000 qualifiers, Slovenia finished second in their group, behind Norway but ahead of Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. In the play-offs, they defeated Ukraine 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament. At the finals, held in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia were drawn into Group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. In their inaugural match, Slovenia were leading 3–0 against Yugoslavia, but the match ended in a 3–3 draw. In the second match, Slovenia narrowly lost to Spain. Their last game against Norway ended in a goalless draw, leaving Slovenia bottom of their group with two points. Zlatko Zahovič was one of the country's key players, scoring three of the team's four goals in the tournament.

Slovenia would not qualify for the tournament again for another 24 years, until finally doing so in 2024; during the qualifiers, they finished second in their group, behind Denmark but ahead of Finland, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland and San Marino.[1]

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos. Pld W D L GF GA
1960 to 1992Part of  YugoslaviaPart of  Yugoslavia
England 1996Did not qualify5th103251313
Belgium Netherlands 2000Group stage302145Squad2nd (PO)126331516
Portugal 2004Did not qualify2nd (PO)104331614
Austria Switzerland 20086th12327916
Poland Ukraine 20124th10424117
France 20163rd (PO)125251914
Europe 20204th104241611
Germany 2024Qualified2nd10712209
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028To be determinedTo be determined
Italy Turkey 2032
Total Group stage 302145 — 2/17 86361733119100

Euro 2000

Group stage

In their first major tournament match, Slovenia stunned FR Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. After Siniša Mihajlović's red card, it seemed that the team would win the first match, but then, despite being down to ten players, Yugoslavia made a comeback as they scored three goals in the span of six minutes.[2] In the second game, Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly as Raúl scored in the fourth minute. Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Only one minute later, Spain again took the lead as Joseba Etxeberria scored a game-winning goal. Around 10,000 Slovenian fans gathered to see the match at Amsterdam Arena, which is still a record for the most Slovenian spectators on a football game outside Slovenia.[3] In the last round of the group stage, Slovenia played against Norway and still had a chance to advance to the quarter-finals. However, the match ended in a goalless draw and Slovenia won its second point of the tournament, but was still eliminated.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  FR Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia.
FR Yugoslavia 3–3 Slovenia
  • Milošević 67', 73'
  • Drulović 70'
 Report
Attendance: 18,500
Slovenia 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 51,300
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Slovenia 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Euro 2024

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 16 June 2024. Source: UEFA
Slovenia Match 6 Denmark
Report
Slovenia Match 18 Serbia
Report
England Match 29 Slovenia
Report

Player records

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Years (goals)
1Zlatko Zahovič32000 (3)
2Miran Pavlin12000 (1)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Slovenija po 24 letih znova na evropskem prvenstvu!" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Plestenjak, Rok (29 January 2017). "Najbolj infarktna tekma v zgodovini Slovenije" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Golob, Aleš (18 June 2020). "Video: 20 let od nepozabnega rajanja slovenskih navijačev v Amsterdamu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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