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Slovenia Under-21
Association	Football Association of Slovenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Milenko Ačimovič
FIFA code	SVN
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
Appearances	1 (first in 2021)
Best result	Group stage (2021)

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.

Players edit

Current squad edit

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 (age 20)	19	0	Parma
12	1GK	Žan-Luk Leban	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Farsley Celtic
	1GK	Lovro Štubljar	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Domžale

2	2DF	Mitja Ilenič	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004 (age 19)	11	0	New York City FC
3	2DF	Nejc Ajhmajer	(2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Celje
5	2DF	Anel Zulić	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Viborg
14	2DF	Marcel Ratnik	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003 (age 20)	11	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
16	2DF	Jan Đapo	(2002-09-17) 17 September 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Domžale
17	2DF	Srđan Kuzmić	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)	9	0	Viborg
23	2DF	Nino Milić	(2004-05-01) 1 May 2004 (age 19)	2	0	Celje

4	3MF	Adrian Zeljković	(2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 21)	10	2	Spartak Trnava
6	3MF	Marcel Lorber	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Maribor
9	3MF	Tio Cipot	(2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 21)	11	6	Spezia
10	3MF	Svit Sešlar	(2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 22)	15	1	Eyüpspor
18	3MF	Enrik Ostrc	(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 21)	11	0	Helmond Sport
20	3MF	Jošt Pišek	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 22)	9	1	Domžale
	3MF	Žan Jevšenak	(2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 20)	12	0	Benfica B
	3MF	Martin Pečar	(2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Bravo
	3MF	Sandro Jovanović	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Aluminij

7	4FW	Tjaš Begić	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003 (age 20)	14	2	Parma
11	4FW	David Flakus Bosilj	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22)	22	4	De Graafschap
15	4FW	Nick Perc	(2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 20)	5	0	Domžale
19	4FW	Nejc Gradišar	(2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Fehérvár
21	4FW	Marko Brest	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 21)	9	0	Olimpija Ljubljana

Competitive record edit

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record edit

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 stage	3	0	1	2	1	8	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 edit

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 edit

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