Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship

Slovenia qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2014), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they ended second in their group with Norway, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. This allowed the team to compete for qualification against Ukraine in the play-offs, which the Slovenians won 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament.

At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. Despite being an outsider, Slovenia held Serbia and Norway at a draw and only suffered a narrow loss against Spain. With two points, however, Slovenia ended last in their group. Zlatko Zahovič was the country's star player as he scored three out of four Slovenian goals.

Euro 2000

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 320165+16
 Yugoslavia 31117704
 Norway 31111104
 Slovenia 302145−12

Yugoslavia vs Slovenia

In the first game of the group Slovenia stunned Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. After the red card of Siniša Mihajlović it looked like the team would have won its first game, but then Yugoslavia made a dream comeback as they scored three goals in only six minutes.

Yugoslavia 3–3 Slovenia
Milošević  67', 73'
Drulović  70'		 Report Zahovič  23', 57'
Pavlin  52'
Attendance: 16,478
Yugoslavia
Slovenia
GK22Ivica Kralj
RB2Ivan Dudić
CB5Miroslav Đukić
CB11Siniša MihajlovićYellow cardYellow cardRed card 56', 60'
LB21Albert Nađ
RM6Dejan Stanković 36'
CM7Vladimir Jugović
CM4Slaviša Jokanović
LM17Ljubinko Drulović
CF8Predrag Mijatović (c) 82'
CF18Darko Kovačević 52'
Substitutions:
MF10Dragan Stojković 36'
FW9Savo Milošević 60'
FW20Mateja Kežman 89'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov
GK12Mladen Dabanovič
CB3Željko Milinovič
CB5Marinko Galič
CB4Darko Milanič (c)Yellow card 32'
RM7Džoni Novak
CM8Aleš Čeh
CM11Miran Pavlin 74'
LM19Amir Karić 78'
AM10Zlatko Zahovič
CF13Mladen Rudonja
CF9Sašo Udovič 64'
Substitutions:
MF18Milenko Ačimovič 64'
MF21Zoran Pavlović 74'
FW20Milan Osterc 78'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec

Man of the Match:
Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia)[1]

Assistant referees:
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Dramane Dante (Malta)
Fourth official:
Graham Poll (England)

Slovenia vs Spain

In the second game, Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly as Raúl scored. Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zlatko Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Spain then took the lead again after only sixty seconds as Joseba Etxeberria scored a goal winner. 13,000 Slovenian fans gathered to see the match in Amsterdam Arena, which is still a record for the most Slovenian spectators on a football game outside Slovenia.

Slovenia 1–2 Spain
Zahovič  59' Report Raúl  4'
Etxeberria  60'
Attendance: 42,500
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Slovenia
Spain
GK12Mladen Dabanovič
CB3Željko Milinovič
CB5Marinko Galič
CB4Darko Milanič (c)Yellow card 24' 68'
RM7Džoni NovakYellow card 53'
CM8Aleš Čeh
CM11Miran PavlinYellow card 11' 82'
LM19Amir KarićYellow card 85'
AM10Zlatko Zahovič
CF13Mladen Rudonja
CF9Sašo Udovič 46'
Substitutions:
FW20Milan Osterc 46'
DF6Aleksander Knavs 68'
MF18Milenko Ačimovič 82'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec
GK1Santiago Cañizares
RB2Míchel Salgado
CB6Fernando Hierro (c)
CB5Abelardo
LB3Agustín AranzábalYellow card 62'
RM17Joseba Etxeberria
CM4Pep Guardiola 81'
CM21Juan Carlos Valerón 89'
LM16Gaizka Mendieta
CF10Raúl
CF11Alfonso 71'
Substitutions:
FW20Ismael Urzaiz 71'
MF7Iván HelgueraYellow card 82' 81'
MF15Vicente Engonga 89'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)[2]

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Slovenia vs Norway

In the last round of the group stage Slovenia played against Norway and still had theoretical chances to progress to the quarterfinals. At the end the game was a goalless draw and the team won its second point of the tournament, but did not advance to the second round.

Slovenia 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Slovenia
Norway
GK12Mladen Dabanovič
CB3Željko Milinovič
CB5Marinko Galič 83'
CB6Aleksander Knavs
RM7Džoni Novak
CM8Aleš Čeh (c)
CM11Miran PavlinYellow card 44'
LM19Amir Karić
AM10Zlatko Zahovič
CF13Mladen Rudonja
CF17Ermin Šiljak 86'
Substitutions:
MF18Milenko Ačimovič 83'
FW20Milan Osterc 86'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec
GK1Thomas Myhre
RB2André Bergdølmo
CB16Dan Eggen
CB3Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB22Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM18Steffen Iversen
CM7Erik MyklandYellow card 24'
CM8Ståle Solbakken (c)
LM20Ole Gunnar SolskjærYellow card 59'
CF17John Carew 61'
CF9Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF19Eirik Bakke 61' 82'
MF6Roar Strand 82'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)[3]

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Overview

UEFA European Championship UEFA Euro Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1960–1992 Part of  Yugoslavia
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 3 2 5 13 13 5/6
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 4 5 12 6 3 3 15 16 2/6 Won Playoff
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify 10 4 3 3 16 14 2/5 Lost Playoff
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 3 2 7 9 16 6/7
Poland Ukraine 2012 10 4 2 4 11 7 4/6
France 2016 10 5 1 4 18 11 3/6 Lost Playoff
Europe 2020 To Be Determined
Total Group stage 1/14 3 0 2 1 4 5 64 25 13 26 82 77

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A typical derby match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 1 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Slovenia prove their quality". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 June 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "12 seconds from the quarter-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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