Slovenia national under-21 football team

The Slovenia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Slovenia and is governed by the Football Association of Slovenia.

Slovenia Under-21
AssociationFootball Association of Slovenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMilenko Ačimovič
FIFA codeSVN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Cyprus 1–0 Slovenia
(Paralimni, Cyprus; 17 November 1992)
Biggest win
 Estonia 1–7 Slovenia
(Rakvere, Estonia; 8 September 2014)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia 0–6  Slovakia
(Sežana, Slovenia; 11 February 2003)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2021)
Best resultGroup stage (2021)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 22 March 2024.[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 22 March 2024, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Martin Turk (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 19 0 Parma
12 1GK Žan-Luk Leban (2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 4 0 Farsley Celtic
1GK Lovro Štubljar (2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 0 0 Domžale
2 2DF Mitja Ilenič (2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 11 0 New York City FC
3 2DF Nejc Ajhmajer (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 6 0 Celje
5 2DF Anel Zulić (2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 2 0 Viborg
14 2DF Marcel Ratnik (2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 11 0 Olimpija Ljubljana
16 2DF Jan Đapo (2002-09-17) 17 September 2002 3 0 Domžale
17 2DF Srđan Kuzmić (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 9 0 Viborg
23 2DF Nino Milić (2004-05-01) 1 May 2004 2 0 Celje
4 3MF Adrian Zeljković (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 10 2 Spartak Trnava
6 3MF Marcel Lorber (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 1 0 Maribor
9 3MF Tio Cipot (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 11 6 Grazer AK
10 3MF Svit Sešlar (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 15 1 Eyüpspor
18 3MF Enrik Ostrc (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 11 0 Helmond Sport
20 3MF Jošt Pišek (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 9 1 Domžale
3MF Žan Jevšenak (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 12 0 Benfica B
3MF Martin Pečar (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 7 0 Bravo
3MF Sandro Jovanović (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 1 0 Koper
7 4FW Tjaš Begić (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 14 2 Parma
11 4FW David Flakus Bosilj (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 22 4 De Graafschap
15 4FW Nick Perc (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 5 0 Domžale
19 4FW Nejc Gradišar (2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 7 0 Fehérvár
21 4FW Marko Brest (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 9 0 Olimpija Ljubljana

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L F A Pld W D L F A
1994 Did not enter Did not enter
1996 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 19 12
1998 8 3 0 5 9 13
2000 10 1 5 4 10 19
2002 8 2 2 4 10 10
2004 8 2 3 3 4 7
2006 12 4 4 4 13 15
2007 2 1 0 1 1 2
2009 8 1 2 5 4 13
2011 8 2 2 4 6 10
2013 10 6 2 2 15 8
2015 10 5 2 3 29 11
2017 10 5 0 5 18 11
2019 10 4 4 2 14 12
2021 Group stage301218 Qualified as host
2023 Did not qualify 10 4 4 2 11 7
Total Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 8 124 46 31 47 163 150

Managers
Dates Name
1993–1994 Zdenko Verdenik
1994–1997 Drago Kostanjšek
2004 Branko Oblak
2004–2007 Branko Zupan
2008–2014 Tomaž Kavčič[2]
2014 Robert Englaro[3]
2015–2020 Primož Gliha[4][5]
2020–present Milenko Ačimovič[6]

References
  1. "Aćimović predstavil seznam nogometašev za tekmo z BiH". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. Š. Ro. (22 July 2014). "Tomaž Kavčič zapušča reprezentanco do 21 let". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. "Englaro kot začasni selektor" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. "U-21: Nov selektor, nova zasedba". Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian). 26 March 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. R. P. (27 October 2020). "Primož Gliha potegnil krajšo, predsednik NZS kritičen tudi do igralcev" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. "URADNO: Slovenija gre na Euro z Milenkom Ačimovićem v vlogi selektorja" (in Slovenian). Nogomania. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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