List of Slovenia international footballers

A dark-haired white man wearing a training bib, holding the ball and smiling.
Robert Koren, captain of Slovenia at their most recent World Cup appearance in 2010.

The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents the nation of Slovenia in international association football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body of football in Slovenia. Slovenia is a member of both the European football federation, UEFA, and the world football association, FIFA.

Prior the Slovenian independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in June 1991, the unofficial Slovenian national team played a total of five friendly matches.[1] Shortly after the independence, Slovenia was officially recognized by FIFA[2] and played its first official match on 3 June 1992, a friendly versus Estonia in Tallinn.[3][4] In the game, ending in a 1–1 draw, Igor Benedejčič became the first goalscorer for Slovenia after equalizing in the second half.[5] Their first competitive match was a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Italy in September 1994.[4] Despite the country's small size (Slovenia has a population of 2 million), the team has qualified for the UEFA European Championship once (in 2000) and the FIFA World Cup twice (in 2002 and 2010).[6] Slovenia was eliminated in the group stage of the competition on all three occasions.[7]

Since 1992, a total of 194 players have represented the national team in official matches.[8] The most capped player is Boštjan Cesar, who has made 101 appearances between 2003 and 2018.[9] The most capped goalkeeper is Samir Handanović with 81 appearances between 2004 and 2015.[9] Zlatko Zahovič is the all-time top goalscorer with 35 goals in his international career, which spanned 13 years between 1992 and 2004.[9] As of October 2018, the Slovenian national team has been led by 24 different captains. The player with the most appearances as the team captain is Boštjan Cesar, who captained Slovenia in 40 matches.[10] Petar Stojanović is the youngest player to appear for the national team; he was 19 years, 1 month, and 11 days old at the time of his debut in November 2014.[11]

As of October 2018, Slovenia has played a total of 233 official matches.[9][12]

Key

  • The list is initially ordered by alphabetical order of surname.
  • Only the players with at least ten appearances in official matches are listed.
  • Statistics are correct as of the match played on 13 October 2018.
Positions key[lower-alpha 1]
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the player profiles on the Football Association of Slovenia official website.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as official international friendlies.
Key
Symbol Meaning
double-dagger Still active for the national team[lower-alpha 2]
* National team record

List

A dark-haired white man, wearing an all white football kit with number 5 imprinted on it.
Boštjan Cesar is the all-time most capped player for Slovenia with 101 appearances between 2003 and 2018.
A white man, wearing the red and white football kit, kicking the ball.
Milivoje Novaković (80 appearances, 32 goals) is the most capped forward for Slovenia and the second best goalscorer behind Zlatko Zahovič.
A dark-haired white man, wearing an all red football kit and black goalkeeping gloves.
Samir Handanović is the most capped goalkeeper for Slovenia.
A white man in all-black suit, watching the football game and giving orders to the players.
Prior debuting for Slovenia in 1992, Darko Milanič earned five appearances for the Yugoslavia national team.
Two young players chasing the ball. The player in the front is white, while the one in the back is dark-skinned. One is wearing the all blue kit, while the other wears red and white football kit.
Petar Stojanović (in blue kit), the youngest player to appear for the national team.
Player Position Career Appearances[lower-alpha 3] Goals Notes
Milenko Ačimovič MF1998–20077413[lower-alpha 4]
Armin Bačinović MF2009–2013130
Vid Belecdouble-dagger GK2014–100
Robert Berićdouble-dagger FW2012–172
Roman Bezjakdouble-dagger FW2013–254
Peter Binkovski MF1994–1996161
Valter Birsa MF2006–2018907
Boško Boškovič GK1993–1998270
Mišo Brečko DF2004–2015770
Spasoje Bulajič DF1998–2004261
Aleš Čeh MF1992–2002741[lower-alpha 4]
Nastja Čeh MF2001–2007466[lower-alpha 4]
Boštjan Cesar DF2003–2018101*10[lower-alpha 4]
Sebastjan Cimirotič FW1998–2005336
Fabijan Cipot DF1999–2007260
Mladen Dabanovič GK1998–2003250
Zlatko Dedić FW2004–2013498
Robert Englaro DF1992–1999360
Suad Fileković DF2002–2010140
Matjaž Florijančič FW1992–1999201
Damjan Gajser MF1995–1997110
Saša Gajser MF1999–2003271
Marinko Galič DF1994–2002660
Primož Gliha FW1992–19982810
Samir Handanović GK2004–2015810[lower-alpha 4]
Branko Ilić DF2004–2015631
Josip Iličićdouble-dagger MF2010–535
Rudi Istenič MF1997–2000170
Alfred Jermaniš MF1992–1998291
Bojan Jokićdouble-dagger DF2006–931[lower-alpha 4]
Kevin Kampldouble-dagger MF2012–282
Amir Karić MF1996–2004641
Andraž Kirm MF2007–2016716
Aleksander Knavs DF1998–2006653[lower-alpha 4]
Vladimir Kokol MF1994–1997121
Aleš Kokot DF2004–2008100
Andrej Komac MF2004–2010430
Robert Koren MF2003–2011615[lower-alpha 4]
Rene Krhindouble-dagger MF2009–392
Aleš Križan DF1992–1998250
Jasmin Kurtićdouble-dagger MF2012–481
Klemen Lavrič FW2004–2008256[lower-alpha 4]
Dejan Lazarević MF2011–2015201
Zlatan Ljubijankić FW2006–2015486
Tim Matavždouble-dagger FW2010–3710
Darijan Matić MF2006–2012100
Borut Mavrič GK2004–2006180
Matej Mavrič DF2002–2011371
Aleš Mertelj MF2012–2015160
Miha Mevljadouble-dagger DF2016–141
Darko Milanič DF1992–2000420[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 4]
Željko Milinovič DF1997–2002383
Mitja Mörec DF2007–2009140
Džoni Novak MF1992–2002713[lower-alpha 5]
Milivoje Novaković FW2006–20178032
Jan Oblakdouble-dagger GK2012–180
Milan Osterc FW1997–2002448
Miran Pavlin MF1994–2004635[lower-alpha 4]
Zoran Pavlović MF1998–2002210
Nejc Pečnik MF2009–2015326
Jalen Pokorn MF2004–2005120
Andrej Poljšak DF1993–1998151
Aleksandar Radosavljević MF2002–2013391
Ermin Rakovič FW2001–2007151
Rajko Rotmandouble-dagger MF2014–130
Mladen Rudonja MF1994–2003651
Miral Samardžićdouble-dagger DF2013–150
Simon Sešlar MF1997–2005190
Marko Simeunovič GK1992–2004570
Nejc Skubicdouble-dagger DF2016–120
Dalibor Stevanović MF2006–2015221
Aljaž Strunadouble-dagger DF2016–110
Andraž Struna DF2012–2016251
Ermin Šiljak FW1994–20054814
Mirnes Šišić MF2008–2012152
Andraž Šporardouble-dagger FW2016–100
Goran Šukalo MF2002–2011342
Marko Šuler DF2008–2013393
Sašo Udovič FW1993–20004216
Benjamin Verbičdouble-dagger MF2015–192
Dare Vršič MF2007–2012133
Muamer Vugdalić DF1999–2004270
Zlatko Zahovič MF1992–20048035*[lower-alpha 4]
Gregor Židan MF1992–1996190[lower-alpha 6]
Anton Žlogar MF1998–2009371

Notes

  1. ↑ For more information, see Formation.
  2. ↑ Players considered active are the ones who have been capped for the national team in 2017 or 2018. Players, which have officially retired from the national team, are listed as inactive.
  3. ↑ Statistics are sourced from the general references listed below.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Captained Slovenia in at least five games.[10]
  5. 1 2 Represented Yugoslavia prior Slovenian independence.[13]
  6. ↑ Represented Croatia prior Slovenian independence.[14]

References

General
  • "All-time appearances for the national team". Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  • "Slovenia - Record International Players". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
Specific
  1. ↑ "Vsi izidi (1992-2017)" [All results] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Dunmore, Tom (May 2014). Encyclopedia of the FIFA World Cup. p. 316.
  3. ↑ "UEFA UERO 2004 – History – Slovenia". FIFA.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Vse tekme" [All Games]. Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Rok Plestenjak; Rok Viškovič (11 October 2010). "Estonija zgodovinska za Slovenijo in tudi Keka" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "FIFA President Infantino inaugurates national football centre in Slovenia". FIFA.com. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Zgodovina" [History]. Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Največ nastopov" [Most appearances]. Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Statistika" [Statistics]. Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Captains". eu-football.info. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Klemen Kos (19 November 2014). "Stojanović najmlajši debitant" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Slovenia national football team v all opponents in all times". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  13. ↑ Rok Plestenjak (7 June 2016). "Milanič in Novak brez Eura, Danci šokirali svet". Siol. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Gregor Židan". www.national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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