| 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 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Slovakia 0–3France  (Myjava,Slovakia; 6 September 1994) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Malta 0–6Slovakia (Valletta,Malta; 30 March 1997)  Latvia 0–6Slovakia (Riga,Latvia; 11 October 2011)  Luxembourg 1–7Slovakia (Ettelbruck,Luxembourg; 11 June 2013) Slovakia 6–0Armenia  (Žiar nad Hronom,Slovakia; 6 June 2019) Slovakia 6–0Liechtenstein  (Nitra,Slovakia; 17 November 2020) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| 4–0 defeats on three occasions | |||
| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in2000) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2000) | ||
TheSlovakia national under-21 football team, controlled by theSlovak Football Association, isSlovakia's national under-21 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for theSlovakia national football team.
| 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
| Pos | Team | 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | Canc. | — |
The four play-off winners qualify for thefinal tournament.
All times areCEST (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(5–4p) | Denmark | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Slovakia | 3–5 |  Ukraine | 3–2 | 0–3 |
Republic of Ireland  | 1–1(1–3p) | Israel | 1–1 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
Iceland  | 1–2 | Czech Republic | 1–2 | 0–0 |
The following players were selected for the2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.Caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2025, after the match againstSpain.
| 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 22) | 1 | 0 | Podbrezová |
| 21 | 1GK | Tomáš Frühwald | (2002-09-23)23 September 2002 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | Bohemians |
| 2 | 2DF | Jakub Jakubko | (2004-08-24)24 August 2004 (age 21) | 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 23) | 14 | 0 | Cagliari |
| 5 | 2DF | Dominik Javorček | (2002-11-02)2 November 2002 (age 23) | 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 23) | 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 23) | 7 | 1 | Baník Ostrava |
| 6 | 4FW | Dominik Hollý | (2003-11-11)11 November 2003 (age 22) | 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 |
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 24) | 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 | Pohronie | v. North Macedonia, 28 March 2023 |
| MF | Peter Pokorný | (2001-08-08)8 August 2001 (age 24) | 22 | 2 | Slovan Bratislava | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
| MF | Samuel Lavrinčík | (2001-07-10)10 July 2001 (age 24) | 4 | 0 | AS Trenčín | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
| FW | Adam Horvát | (2004-02-18)18 February 2004 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Pohronie | v. North Macedonia, 28 March 2023 |
| FW | Roland Galčík | (2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (age 24) | 11 | 1 | Žilina | v. Ukraine, 27 September 2022 |
| 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 VukušičViliam 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– |
2002 UEFA European Under-19 Championship – Third place
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship – Round of 16
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