Slovenia national under-21 football team

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)

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.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Slovakia and Azerbaijan on 22 and 26 March 2023, respectively.[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 26 March 2023, after the match against Azerbaijan.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Martin Turk (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 15 0 Italy Sampdoria
12 1GK Žan Luk Leban (2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 1 0 England Everton
22 1GK Samo Pridgar (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 0 0 Slovenia Maribor
5 2DF Amir Feratovič (2002-06-08) 8 June 2002 6 0 Portugal Benfica B
14 2DF Marcel Ratnik (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 4 0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
15 2DF Mark Strajnar (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 4 0 Slovenia Domžale
16 2DF Rene Rantuša Lampreht (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 1 0 Slovenia Rogaška
21 2DF Vid Koderman (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 9 0 Slovenia Koper
23 2DF Nejc Ajhmajer (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 4 0 Slovenia Celje
4 3MF Adrian Zeljković (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 3 0 Slovenia Tabor Sežana
6 3MF Žan Jevšenak (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 6 0 Portugal Benfica B
7 3MF Marko Brest (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 2 0 Slovenia Aluminij
8 3MF Aljaž Antolin (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 8 1 Slovenia Maribor
9 3MF Enrik Ostrc (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 7 0 Belgium Lommel
10 3MF Svit Sešlar (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 8 0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
17 3MF Martin Pečar (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 6 0 Austria Austria Wien
18 3MF Tio Cipot (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 4 2 Italy Spezia
19 3MF Nejc Gradišar (2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 1 0 Slovenia Rogaška
20 3MF Jošt Pišek (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 5 0 Slovenia Domžale
3MF Nemanja Gavrić (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 0 0 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
11 4FW David Flakus Bosilj (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 16 2 Slovenia Bravo
13 4FW Emir Saitoski (2003-05-08) 8 May 2003 4 0 Slovenia Domžale
4FW Tjaš Begić (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 7 1 Italy Vicenza

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. "Izbral je tudi Mile Ačimović: Na čelu obetavne generacije sta dva velika upa Olimpije" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 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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