Slovenia national under-21 football team

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.

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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Cyprus and Austria on 13 and 17 October 2023, respectively.[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 17 October 2023, after the match against Austria.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Žan-Luk Leban (2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 3 0 England Farsley Celtic
12 1GK Luka Baš (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 0 0 Slovenia Radomlje
1GK Lovro Štubljar (2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 0 0 Italy Empoli

2 2DF Mitja Ilenič (2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 9 0 United States New York City FC
3 2DF Nejc Ajhmajer (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 5 0 Slovenia Celje
14 2DF Marcel Ratnik (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 9 0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
15 2DF Mark Strajnar (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 9 0 Slovenia Maribor
17 2DF Srđan Kuzmić (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 7 0 Denmark Viborg
18 2DF Rene Rantuša Lampreht (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 1 0 Slovenia Rogaška
23 2DF Nino Milić (2004-05-01) 1 May 2004 1 0 Slovenia Celje
2DF Anel Zulić (2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 1 0 Denmark Viborg

4 3MF Adrian Zeljković (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 8 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava
6 3MF Žan Jevšenak (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 11 0 Portugal Benfica B
8 3MF Martin Pečar (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 7 0 Slovenia Bravo
9 3MF Tio Cipot (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 9 5 Italy Spezia
10 3MF Svit Sešlar (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 13 1 Turkey Eyüpspor
16 3MF Enrik Ostrc (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 9 0 Netherlands Helmond Sport
20 3MF Jošt Pišek (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 7 0 Slovenia Domžale
21 3MF Marko Brest (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 7 0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
3MF Marcel Lorber (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 0 0 Slovenia Maribor

7 4FW Tjaš Begić (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 12 2 Italy Parma
11 4FW David Flakus Bosilj (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 21 4 Netherlands De Graafschap
19 4FW Nejc Gradišar (2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 5 0 Slovenia Rogaška

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L F A Pld W D L F A
France 1994 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1996 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 19 12
Romania 1998 8 3 0 5 9 13
Slovakia 2000 10 1 5 4 10 19
Switzerland 2002 8 2 2 4 10 10
Germany 2004 8 2 3 3 4 7
Portugal 2006 12 4 4 4 13 15
Netherlands 2007 2 1 0 1 1 2
Sweden 2009 8 1 2 5 4 13
Denmark 2011 8 2 2 4 6 10
Israel 2013 10 6 2 2 15 8
Czech Republic 2015 10 5 2 3 29 11
Poland 2017 10 5 0 5 18 11
ItalySan Marino 2019 10 4 4 2 14 12
HungarySlovenia 2021 Group stage301218 Qualified as host
RomaniaGeorgia (country) 2023 Did not qualify 10 4 4 2 11 7
Total Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 8 124 46 31 47 163 150

Managers

Dates Name
1993–1994 Slovenia Zdenko Verdenik
1994–1997 Slovenia Drago Kostanjšek
2004 Slovenia Branko Oblak
2004–2007 Slovenia Branko Zupan
2008–2014 Slovenia Tomaž Kavčič[2]
2014 Slovenia Robert Englaro[3]
2015–2020 Slovenia Primož Gliha[4][5]
2020–present Slovenia Milenko Ačimovič[6]

References

  1. "Oktobra s Ciprom in Avstrijo" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. Š. Ro. (22 July 2014). "Tomaž Kavčič zapušča reprezentanco do 21 let". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. "Englaro kot začasni selektor" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. "U-21: Nov selektor, nova zasedba". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. R. P. (27 October 2020). "Primož Gliha potegnil krajšo, predsednik NZS kritičen tudi do igralcev" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. "URADNO: Slovenija gre na Euro z Milenkom Ačimovićem v vlogi selektorja" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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