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The Slovakia national football team is the national football team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association.

History

The team played 16 matches between 1939 and 1944, then it was disbanded after World War II, as the Czech and Slovak teams played together in the Czechoslovakia national football team. After Czechoslovakia broke up in 1992, the national team was reformed, playing its first match on October 14, 1992, a 1-0 victory against Lithuania at Vilnius.
Slovakia reached the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification playoff, where it lost to Spain.

European Championship record

1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

Slovakia got off to a flying start in their Euro 2008 qualification campaign, recording emphatic 6-1 and 5-1 victories over Cyprus and Wales respectively. However, the side's qualification hopes began to peter out thereafter after damaging defeats at the hands of Germany and the Republic of Ireland. The Fighting Jondas' chances of qualification were mathematically ended by an embarrassing 5-2 reversal at home to Wales. They did however complete the qualifying session with 33 goals scored- the second highest scorers behind Germany, who scored 35.
   Sep 02, 06 Slovakia 6-1 Cyprus
   Sep 06, 06 Slovakia 0-3 Czech Rep.
   Oct 07, 06 Wales 1-5 Slovakia Oct 11, 06 Slovakia 1-4 Germany
   Mar 24, 07 Cyprus 1-3 Slovakia
   Mar 28, 07 Rep. Ireland 1-0 Slovakia
   Jun 06, 07 Germany 2-1 Slovakia
   Oct 13, 07 Slovakia 7-0 San Marino
   Oct 17, 07 Czech Republic 3-1 Slovakia Nov 17, 07 San Marino 0-5 Slovakia

Standings

World Cup record

1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia

1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Current squad

Squad called up for the friendly match against Switzerland on May 24, 2008.
caps and goals as of May 26, 2008.
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Recent call-up

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia squad in 2008.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Štefan Senecký	January 6 1980	Ankaraspor	6 (0)	v. Turkey, 20 May, 2008

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Martin Škrtel	November 15, 1984	Liverpool	25 (4)	v. Turkey, 20 May, 2008
Tomáš Hubočan	September 11, 1985	Zenit St. Petersburg	4 (0)	v. Turkey, 20 May, 2008
Matej Krajčík	March 19, 1981	SK Slavia Praha	16 (0)	v. Turkey, 20 May, 2008
Marián Čišovský	November 2, 1979	Artmedia Petržalka	7 (0)	v. Iceland, 26 March, 2008
Ján Ďurica	November 10, 1981	Saturn Moscow Region	22 (1)	v. Iceland, 26 March, 2008
Ľubomír Michalík	August 13, 1986	Leeds United	4 (1)	v. Hungary, 6 February, 2008

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Stanislav Šesták	November 16, 1982	VfL Bochum	19 (3)	v. Turkey, 20 May, 2008
Igor Žofčák	April 10 1983	FK Jablonec 97	12 (0)	v. Turkey, 20 May, 2008
Balázs Borbély	October 2, 1979	Poli Timişoara	10 (0)	v. Iceland, 26 March, 2008
Zdeno Štrba	June 9, 1976	MŠK Žilina	9 (0)	v. Iceland, 26 March, 2008
Marek Sapara	July 31, 1982	Rosenborg BK	14 (2)	v. Iceland, 26 March, 2008
Róbert Jež	July 10, 1981	MŠK Žilina	2 (0)	v. Iceland, 26 March, 2008

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Ján Novák	March 6, 1985	MFK Košice	1 (0)	v. Turkey, 20 May, 2008
Juraj Halenár	June 28, 1983	Artmedia Petržalka	3 (0)	v. Hungary, 6 February, 2008

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Notable players

This lists players who have played most or all of their international careers in the Slovak Republic era. For notable players from the Czechoslovakia era, see Czechoslovakia national football team.

Peter Dubovský (1994-2000, 33 caps, 12 goals)

Miroslav Karhan (1994-, 84 caps, 12 goals) currently playing for Mainz

Ľubomír Moravčík (1994-2001, 38 caps, 6 goals)

Szilárd Németh (1994-, 59 caps, 22 goals) currently playing for Aachen

Róbert Tomaschek (1994-2001, 53 caps, 4 goals)

Róbert Vittek (1999-, 31 caps, 14 goals) currently playing for Nuremberg

Marek Mintál (1996-, 37 caps, 13 goals) currently playing for Nuremberg

Marek Čech (2001-, 24 caps, 3 goals) currently playing for FC Porto

Coaches

Jozef Vengloš (6.4.1993 - 15.6.1995)

Jozef Jankech (4.7.1995 - 23.10.1998)

Dušan Radolský (23.10.1998 - 10.11.1998), just for friendly match against Poland

Jozef Adamec (26.2.1999 - 30.11.2000)

Ladislav Jurkemik (1.1.2002 - 31.12.2003)

Dušan Galis (1.1.1999 - 23.2.1999, 1.1.2004 - 2006)

Ján Kocian (2006 - present)Further Information

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