Slovenia national football team

Slovenia

Association	Football Association of Slovenia (NZS)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Matjaž Kek
Captain	Jan Oblak
Most caps	Boštjan Cesar (101)
Top scorer	Zlatko Zahovič (35)
Home stadium	Stožice Stadium
FIFA code	SVN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	52 1 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest	15 (October–November 2010)
Lowest	134 (December 1993)
First international
Unofficial Slovenia 0–5 France  (Ljubljana, Kingdom of SCS; 23 June 1921) Official  Estonia 1–1 Slovenia  (Tallinn, Estonia; 3 June 1992)
Biggest win
Oman 0–7 Slovenia  (Muscat, Oman; 8 February 1999)
Biggest defeat
France 5–0 Slovenia  (Saint-Denis, France; 12 October 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2002)
Best result	Group stage (2002, 2010)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2000)
Best result	Round of 16 (2024)
Website	nzs.si

The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The national squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia's home matches are played at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana.

Slovenia have qualified for a major tournament four times, twice for the FIFA World Cup and twice for the UEFA European Championship. They failed to progress from the group stage of these tournaments in their first three appearances, before finally doing so at UEFA Euro 2024, when Slovenia qualified for the knockout stages by drawing all three group stage matches and being one of the best third-place teams. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia achieved their first (and so far only) victory in a major tournament, defeating Algeria 1–0. Other noteworthy results include a 1–0 win over Italy in 2004, which was Italy's only defeat in the entire 2006 World Cup campaign (qualifiers and the final tournament).

Boštjan Cesar holds the record for most appearances for Slovenia, having played 101 times between 2003 and 2018. Zlatko Zahovič scored 35 goals for Slovenia and is the record holder for most goals scored.