2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

After winning the 3rd European qualification group for 2010 FIFA World Cup (against Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic and San Marino), Slovakia is playing in the F group of the World Cup against:

  • Italy
  • Paraguay
  • New Zealand

Schedule & Standings

  • 15th June – New Zealand (1) vs. Slovakia (1)
  • 20th June – Slovakia (0) vs. Paraguay (2)
  • 24th June – Slovakia (3) vs. Italy (2)
Rank Team Matches Wins Draws Losses Score Points
1. Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 : 1 5
2. Slovakia 3 1 1 1 4 : 5 4
3. New Zealand 3 0 3 0 2 : 2 3
4. Italy 3 0 2 1 4 : 5 2

Slovakia qualified in the best 16 of the world!

In the match against Netherlands (as it turned out, the second best team at this worldcup, they only lost again Spain in the finals match), Slovakia lost 2:1.

Representation team

Goal-keepers: Ján Mucha, Dušan Pernis, Dušan Kuciak

Defenders: Marek Čech, Ján Ďurica, Peter Pekarík, Martin Petráš, Martin Škrteľ, Radoslav Zabavník, Kornél Šalata

Midfielders: Marek Hamšík, Ján Kozák, Marek Sapara, Kamil Kopúnek, Miroslav Stoch, Vladimír Weiss jr., Juraj Kucka, Zdenko Štrba

Forwards: Stanislav Šesták, Filip Hološko, Martin Jakubko, Erik Jendřišek, Róbert Vittek

Coach: Vladimír Weiss
Assistant Coach: Michal Hipp
Goalkeeping Coach: Miroslav Mentel

Slovak Football

The first official match played the Slovak national team against Germany in August 1939. Team was subsumed into the team of Czechoslovakia after the World War II. Several key players from Slovakia played in Czechoslovak team also in 1976 and participated in winning the European Championship.

After Slovakia became an independent country in 1993, the Slovak team won its first match over United Arab Emirates in February 1994. The team played in Euro ’96 qualifying and finished in third place behind Romania and France, but still won against Israel, Poland and Azerbaijan.

Most goals in the Slovak national football team:

  • Szilárd Németh – 22
  • Róbert Vittek – 18
  • Marek Mintál – 14
  • Miroslav Karhan – 13
  • Peter Dubovský – 12
  • Stanislav Šesták – 10
  • Tibor Jančula – 9
  • Ľubomír Reiter – 9
  • Marek Hamšík – 8
  • Jaroslav Timko – 7
  • Dušan Tittel – 7