Before that, top Slovenian teams competed in Yugoslav football league system for the national title of Yugoslavia.Only Ilirija, ASK Primorje and after a forced merger of the two teams in 1936, SK Ljubljana reached the country's highest division, Yugoslav First League, before the World War II. In 1999, Slovenia qualified for the Before Slovenian independence in 1991, the Slovenian national team existed only as a regional team not officially recognized by The first football clubs were formed at the beginning of the 20th century during the period when most of the territory of present-day Slovenia was still within the In 1991, Slovenia was the first of the republics, alongside Croatia, to gain independence from Yugoslavia. The stadium has a capacity of 16,038 seatsUp until 1992, when Slovenia was not affiliated to either FIFA or UEFA, the team played its matches in white, blue and red, which are the traditional colours of Slovenia.In 2009, a new board of the Football Association of Slovenia immediately opted for a change of the colours. All results (home and away) list Slovenia's goal tally first. Football statistics of the country Slovenia in the year 1999. Slovenia won the game 2–1 with the goals from Milenko Ačimovič in the first half and Through the whole qualifying campaign, Slovenia played a total of twelve games and was undefeated with a total of six wins and six draws. It had a similar status as the Catalonia national football team. Triple round-robin with twelve clubs and two direct relegations was then used between 1998 and 2003, when division of league into championship and relegation group was introduced for two seasons. Only Ilirija, ASK Primorje and after a forced merger of the two teams in 1936, SK Ljubljana reached the country's highest division, Yugoslav First League, before the World War II. Football statistics of the country Slovenia in the year 2002. The first leg of the playoffs was played in Slovenia.
Bežigrad Stadium is located in the capital city of Ljubljana and was the main stadium until 2004, when UEFA banned it due to insufficient infrastructure. This time, Slovenia had to play against its neighboring country as the draw set a duel against Croatia. The team had mostly played exhibition matches against teams from other republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and was represented by Slovenian players under the traditional colours of white, blue and red. Before that, Slovenian players played for the Yugoslav national team. Team news and previews ahead of Saturday's European Qualifiers, with Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland live on Sky Sports. The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in international football, and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia.In the period between 1920 and 1991, Slovenia was ineligible to field a separate team for competitive matches; local players instead played for the Yugoslavia national football team. Under heavy rain, Spain took the lead late in the first half with the goal from Raúl. They played their first match in 1993 after the split of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991. Slovenian national team has participated in three major football competitions. selected over 40 different players for the national team.Branko Oblak also coached the team at the beginning of the qualifications for the After the campaign for the Euro 2008 was finished, with Slovenia finishing in sixth place, it was speculated that Kek will be replaced by an Italian coach of Slovene origin, The top scorer for the national team during the qualifying campaign was Slovenia has played home matches in eight different cities at ten different stadiums since the first official home game against Estonia in 1993. At the time, he was also the head coach of the Slovenian top division club The first qualifications for the new coach were for the Second place in the group meant that the team was to play additional qualifications against Ukraine. SNL), second division (2. The following table show Slovenia's all-time international record, correct as of 19 November 2019 after the match against This article is about the men's team. Olimpija, Maribor and Nafta were the only Slovenian teams who participated in the top division between 1945 and the breakup … The first leg was played in Ljubljana, which Slovenia won 2–1. Ljubljana subassociation covered the territory of Slovenia and was responsible for organizing the football activities within its territory.