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Slovakia
Nickname	The Fighting Jondas
Association	Slovak Football Association (Slovenský futbalový zväz)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ján Kocian
Captain	Róbert Vittek
Most caps	Miroslav Karhan (83)
Top scorer	Szilárd Németh (22)
Home stadium	Tehelné pole
FIFA code	SVK
FIFA ranking	37
Highest FIFA ranking	17 (May 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	150 (December 1993)
Elo ranking	45
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Czechoslovakia 2 - 0 Germany (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939) First International as Slovakia Slovakia 4–1 Croatia (Bratislava, Slovakia; 20 April 1994)
Biggest win Slovakia 7 - 0 Liechtenstein (Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004)
Biggest defeat Argentina 6 - 0 Slovakia (Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995)
World Cup
Appearances	None (First in -)
Best result	-
European Championship
Appearances	None (First in -)
Best result	-

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

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.

Despite never reaching the finals of a major tournament to date, the team's highest FIFA World Ranking position is that of #17 which is higher than most teams who have, and is in the top tier of the table. Their current ranking of #37 is in the second tier.

Interestingly, their peak ranking was achieved during qualification for the 1998 World Cup, in which they did not qualify and finished 4th in their group. Their climb to #17 was influenced by winning their first four of five matches mainly against the weakest oppositions in the group. When they made the play-offs for the 2006 World Cup, they were ranked in the low 50's despite getting most of their points from the groups stronger teams.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 European Championship record 3 Current squad 4 Notable players 5 External links

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of Czechoslovakia
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify

squad against Cyprus and Republic of Ireland, March 2007.

Goalkeepers

• Kamil Čontofalský ( FC Zenit St. Petersburg)
• Ľuboš Hajdúch (MFK Ružomberok)

Defenders

• Martin Škrtel ( FC Zenit St. Petersburg)
• Maroš Klimpl ( FC Baník Ostrava)
• Ján Ďurica ( FC Saturn Moscow Oblast)
• Peter Šinglár ( FC Slovan Liberec)
• Marek Čech ( FC Porto)
• Vratislav Greško ( 1. FC Nürnberg)

Midfielders

• Igor Žofčák (MFK Ružomberok)
• Dušan Švento ( SK Slavia Praha)
• Matej Krajčík ( SK Slavia Praha)
• Zdenko Štrba (MŠK Žilina)
• Marek Sapara ( Rosenborg BK)
• Balázs Borbély ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern)
• Ján Kozák (FC Artmedia Bratislava)
• Marek Hamšík ( Brescia Calcio)

Forwards

• Filip Hološko ( Vestel Manisaspor)
• Róbert Vittek ( 1. FC Nürnberg)
• Martin Jakubko ( FC Saturn Moscow Oblast)
• Stanislav Šesták (MŠK Žilina).

• Peter Dubovský (1994-2000, 33 caps, 12 goals)
• Miroslav Karhan (1995-, 83 caps, 11 goals) currently playing for Wolfsburg
• Ľubomír Moravčík (1994-2001, 38 caps, 6 goals)
• Szilárd Németh (1996-, 57 caps, 22 goals) currently playing for Aachen
• Róbert Tomaschek (1994-2001, 53 caps, 4 goals)
• Stanislav Varga (1997-, 54 caps, 2 goal) currently playing for Sunderland
• Róbert Vittek (2001-, 42 caps, 14 goals) currently playing for Nurnberg
• Marek Mintál (2002-, 32 caps, 10 goals) currently playing for Nurnberg
• Marek Čech (2002- ) currently playing for FC Porto
• Marek Sapara (2006- ) currently playing for Rosenborg B.K.
• Filip Šebo (2006-, 3 caps, 5 goals) currently playing for Rangers
• Lubomir Michalik (2006- ) currently playing for Bolton Wanderers

• RSSSF archive of results 1939-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers

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