Slovakia national under-21 football team

The Slovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by the Slovak Football Association, is Slovakia's national under-21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Slovakia national football team.

Slovakia U-21

Nickname(s)	Repre[1] Sokolíci (Little Falcons)[2]
Association	Slovenský futbalový zväz
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jaroslav Kentoš
Home stadium	Štadión pod Zoborom
FIFA code	SVK
First colours Second colours
First international
Slovakia 0–3 France  (Myjava, Slovakia; 6 September 1994)
Biggest win
Malta 0–6 Slovakia  (Valletta, Malta; 30 March 1997)  Latvia 0–6 Slovakia  (Riga, Latvia; 11 October 2011)  Luxembourg 1–7 Slovakia  (Ettelbruck, Luxembourg; 11 June 2013)  Slovakia 6–0 Armenia  (Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia; 6 June 2019)  Slovakia 6–0 Liechtenstein  (Nitra, Slovakia; 17 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
4–0 defeats on three occasions
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2000)
Best result	Fourth place (2000)

European Under-21 Championship record

• 1978 to 1994 - see Czechoslovakia

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	Fourth place	4th	4	2	1	1	5	3
2002	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	6	3
2019	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2021	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2023	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2025	Group stage	–	3	1	0	2	4	5
Total	3/16	4th	10	5	1	4	15	11

Key: GP: Games played, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, GF: Goals for, GA: Goals against

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	8	8	0	0	37	5	+32	24	Final tournament		—	3–2	3–0	8–0	7–1	4–1
2	Slovakia	8	5	0	3	18	10	+8	15	Play-offs		2–3	—	2–1	3–1	4–0	Canc.
3	Northern Ireland	8	2	1	5	8	18	−10	7			0–6	1–0	—	4–0	0–2	Canc.
4	Lithuania	8	2	1	5	7	22	−15	7			0–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	0–3
5	Malta	8	2	0	6	10	25	−15	6			0–5	1–3	4–1	1–3	—	Canc.
6	Russia[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified		1–0	3–0	1–0	Canc.	6–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian national teams from all competitions due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3][4] On 2 May 2022, UEFA expelled Russia and declared all of their results to be null and void.^[5][6]

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Croatia	3–3 (5–4 p)	Denmark	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Slovakia	3–5	Ukraine	3–2	0–3
Republic of Ireland	1–1 (1–3 p)	Israel	1–1	0–0 (a.e.t.)
Iceland	1–2	Czech Republic	1–2	0–0

Results and fixtures

2021

Slovakia  v  Lithuania

3 September 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	3–1	Lithuania	Nitra, Slovakia
17:30	Kaprálik 24', 61' Trusa 78' (pen.)	Report	Dolžnikov 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 757 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

Northern Ireland  v  Slovakia

7 September 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Northern Ireland	1–0	Slovakia	Lurgan, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
20:30	Galbraith 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 397 Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

Spain  v  Slovakia

8 October 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Spain	3–2	Slovakia	Seville, Spain
20:45	Guillamón 78' Gómez 80' (pen.) Miranda 88' (pen.)	Report	Bernát 19' Lichý 71'	Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Slovakia  v  Malta

12 October 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	4–0	Malta	Nitra, Slovakia
16:30	Trusa 23', 64', 81' (pen.) Kadák 36'	Report		Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 468 Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

Russia  v  Slovakia

12 November 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Russia	3–0	Slovakia	Khimki, Russia
	Khlusevich 34' Agalarov 45+1' Suleymanov 82'	Report		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 296 Referee: Peter Kjaersgaard (Denmark)

Lithuania  v  Slovakia

16 November 2021 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Lithuania	0–2	Slovakia	Alytus, Lithuania
17:30		Report	Trusa 12' Kaprálik 55'	Stadium: SRC Alytus Attendance: 172 Referee: Haris Kaljanac (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2022

Slovakia  v  Northern Ireland

25 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	2–1	Northern Ireland	Žilina, Slovakia
16:00	Trusa 37' Kadák 86' (pen.)	Report	Johnston 61'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,377 Referee: Visar Kastrati (Kosovo)

Slovakia  v  Spain

29 March 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	2–3	Spain	Žilina, Slovakia
16:00	Bernát 38' (pen.) Nebyla 90+1'	Report	Gil 4' Gómez 66' Navarro 81'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 3,024 Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)

Malta  v  Slovakia

3 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Malta	1–3	Slovakia	Ta' Qali, Malta
18:30	Attard 4'	Report	Pokorný 45+3' Iľko 90+2', 90+7'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Snir Levy (Israel)

Slovakia  v  Russia

7 June 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifying	Slovakia	Cancelled	Russia	Senec, Slovakia
		Report		Stadium: NTC Senec

Slovakia  v  Romania

7 June 2022 International Friendly	Slovakia	4–3	Romania	Senec, Slovakia
17:30	Tučný 17' Vojtko 53' (pen.) Kelemen 80' Kaprálik 83'	Report	Marković 24', 48' Corbu 33'	Stadium: NTC Senec Attendance: 375 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

Slovakia  v  Ukraine

23 September 2022 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifier – Play-off	Slovakia	3–2	Ukraine	Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina
18:00	Suslov 10' Strelec 46', 53'	Report	Viunnyk 17' Kryskiv 49'	Attendance: 4,059 Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Ukraine  v  Slovakia

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) 2023 UEFA EURO U21 Qualifier – Play-off	Ukraine	3–0	Slovakia	Stadion Miejski, Bielsko-Biała (Poland)[7]
17:30	Sikan 48', 54', 66'	Report		Attendance: 2,535 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2025, after the match against Spain.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ľubomír Belko	(2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 23)	10	0	Žilina
12	1GK	Adam Danko	(2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Podbrezová
21	1GK	Tomáš Frühwald	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Bohemians
2	2DF	Jakub Jakubko	(2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 20)	6	0	Košice
3	2DF	Filip Mielke	(2005-04-09) 9 April 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Podbrezová
4	2DF	Adam Obert	(2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 22)	14	0	Cagliari
5	2DF	Dominik Javorček	(2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22)	21	2	Holstein Kiel
13	2DF	Nicolas Šikula	(2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 22)	8	0	Dukla Banská Bystrica
16	2DF	Marek Ujlaky	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Spartak Trnava
20	2DF	Adam Gaži	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 22)	0	0	Skalica
23	2DF	Samuel Kopásek	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 (age 22)	5	1	Žilina
8	3MF	Martin Šviderský	(2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 22)	16	0	Almería
10	3MF	Sebastian Nebyla	(2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 (age 23)	25	3	Jablonec
11	3MF	Artur Gajdoš	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 21)	7	2	Trenčín
14	3MF	Mário Sauer	(2004-05-15) 15 May 2004 (age 21)	10	3	Toulouse
15	3MF	Leo Sauer	(2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 (age 19)	2	0	NAC Breda
22	3MF	Tomáš Rigo	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22)	7	1	Baník Ostrava
6	4FW	Dominik Hollý	(2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Jablonec
7	4FW	Tomáš Suslov	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 23)	5	2	Hellas Verona
9	4FW	Roman Čerepkai	(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 23)	14	0	Košice
17	4FW	Adrián Kaprálik	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 23)	30	8	Žilina
18	4FW	Nino Marcelli	(2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 (age 20)	8	3	Slovan Bratislava
19	4FW	Timotej Jambor	(2003-04-04) 4 April 2003 (age 22)	7	2	Žilina

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Slovakia U21 squad in the past 12 months and remain eligible to play for the U21 team.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Patrik Leitner	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 23)	1	0	Žilina	v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF	Urban Mazanovský	(2003-12-17) 17 December 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Púchov	v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
DF	Samuel Ďatko	(2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF	Gabriel Hornyák	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 23)	1	0	Slovan Bratislava	v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF	Fares Shudeiwa	(2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 23)	0	0	Vysočina Jihlava	v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
MF	Peter Pokorný	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)	22	2	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022
MF	Samuel Lavrinčík	(2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 23)	4	0	AS Trenčín	v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022
FW	Adam Horvát	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Železiarne Podbrezová	v.  North Macedonia, 28 March 2023
FW	Roland Galčík	(2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 23)	11	1	Žilina	v.  Ukraine, 27 September 2022

• ^INJ Withdrew/Unavailable due to an injury or an illness.
• ^ALT Alternate – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability

Past squads

• 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad
• 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squad

Managerial history

Head Coach	Assistant	Years
Milan Lešický	Jozef Štafura	1993–1997
Jozef Barmoš	Bohumil Andrejko	1997–1998
Dušan Radolský	Bohumil Andrejko	1998–2000
Stanislav Griga	Vladimír Goffa	2000–2001
Mikuláš Komanický	Ján Švehlík	2002–2003
Ladislav Jurkemik	Ján Gabriel	2004
Jozef Bubenko	Ján Gabriel	2004–2005
Ladislav Petráš	Karol Brezík	2006
Jozef Barmoš	Jozef Vukušič Viliam Hýravý Roland Praj	2007–2008
Boris Kitka	Jozef Daňko	2009–2010
Ľubomír Nosický	Peter Nemečkay	2010
Ivan Galád	Norbert Hrnčár	2011–2014
Pavel Hapal	Oto Brunegraf	2015–2018
Oto Brunegraf	none	2018
Adrián Guľa	Marián Zimen	2018–2019
Jaroslav Kentoš	Tibor Goljan	2019–

Other youth record

• 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship – Third place
• 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship – Round of 16

See also

• Slovakia national football team
• Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team
• Slovakia national under-20 football team
• Slovakia national under-19 football team
• Slovakia national under-18 football team
• Slovakia national under-17 football team
• Slovakia national under-16 football team

Notes