var teamInfo={"0EB6A015033C3CEC56DA30D47F1CA55E":"<P>Matjaz Kek (born 9 September 1961) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Slovenia national team.<BR><BR>In his managerial career, he has won the Slovenian league twice with Maribor. As coach of the Slovenia national team, he led the team to two major tournaments, qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.<BR><BR>On 27 November 2018, Kek was appointed as the manager of Slovenia for the second time in his career, replacing caretaker manager Igor Benedejcic. He managed the team in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers, where Slovenia finished in fourth place with four wins out of ten games. In 2020, Slovenia went undefeated for a record eight consecutive games, and also finished first in Group 3 of the 2020&#8211;21 UEFA Nations League C and was thus promoted to League B.<BR><BR>In the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers, Kek guided Slovenia to second place in the group after defeating Kazakhstan 2&#8211;1 on the final matchday, securing the country&#39;s first European Championship appearance in 24 years.<\/P>","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","03A7D9C89753B0D1D7F7ED990952C548":"0","7C314F98A46E5CCF80F8B8125BB0A065":"2018-11-27","F4582884020ECEA691D8D46CC172E947":"","9770E443802D7F63":"26.84","4215859A20E707AF2C0683BB3A054242":"67","4DC924206DB9E0EB3B8818DC2C371A93":"","2EC2CE09DA225C510B8476426035EFA9":"<STRONG><U>Minor tournaments<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Rothmans International Tournament<\/STRONG><BR><STRONG>Winners<\/STRONG>: 1994<BR>Runners-up: 1996<BR><BR><STRONG>Cyprus International Tournament<\/STRONG><BR>Runners-up: 1998, 2006<BR><BR><STRONG>Oman International Tournament<\/STRONG><BR>Runners-up: 1999, 2000<BR><BR><STRONG>Carlsberg Cup<\/STRONG><BR>Third place: 2002<BR><BR><STRONG><U>Other awards<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Best Mover of the Year:<\/STRONG> 1999","84FBAAA541406939DA36722337FBDFD18D691C310C47982D":"1920","A71E2A228B763CFB":"Ljubljana","341115063FD1CD8D":"92310","D769ED524110EC21":"Matjaz Kek","34A0AE9CBA0644B6":"http:\/\/www.nzs.si","87C021F1E71FC6CD6E05BF0B3DD05793":"","3FC9B61F2E659497C9CEBAE42D62ADEB":"Slovenia","EB91D699086F1F17846A1216AD2083C3":"16,038","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"106","8165D0EC38D769BD27A209A15276D0CF":"<P><STRONG>Player<BR><BR><U>CLUB<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Maribor<\/STRONG><BR>Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1996&#8211;97, 1997&#8211;98, 1998&#8211;99<BR>Slovenian Cup: 1996&#8211;97, 1998&#8211;99<BR><BR><STRONG>Manager<\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG><U>CLUB<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><STRONG><BR>Maribor<BR><\/STRONG>Slovenian PrvaLiga: 1999&#8211;2000, 2002&#8211;0<BR>Slovenian Cup: 2003&#8211;0<BR><BR><STRONG>Rijeka<\/STRONG><BR>Croatian First League: 2016&#8211;17<BR>Croatian Cup: 2013&#8211;14, 2016&#8211;17<BR>Croatian Super Cup: 2014<\/P>","4852A99C0B1E8B281F768BF6F7769914":"NK Rijeka,Al-Ahli Saudi FC,Slovenia,NK Maribor","F84B1B8AF3973AEE":"1","6B02481E401D41DD8A44F7EAE1BDE140":"NK Rijeka","37FE64B882E92ECB":"Slovenia","03A7D9C89753B0D1380A64764519199FB9772FF9B422CB1E":"1","41780118C08E58E3":"","23A207CDBA5674BBB1C9F6E64605564A":"Matjaz Kek","CC02AD5B3CF69E6DCAD0426C64DE8022":"Slovenia","56D1193A280251FE":"Slovenia","892B81E13FEE84C5":"nzs@nzs.si","90CF36599B563A1AA6EE0398DF07A98F":"Nogometna zveza Slovenije , Cerinova 4 P.O.Box 3986 LJUBLJANA - 1001","3D3B712BD7BB3346233C27994E5E2815":"1961-9-9","5232E2CC9B16F53977588D5F27A411B8":"<P>The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in men&#39;s international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The national squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia&#39;s home matches are played at Stozice Stadium in Ljubljana.<BR><BR>Slovenia have qualified for a major tournament four times, twice for the FIFA World Cup and twice for the UEFA European Championship, but have never progressed beyond the group stage of a finals tournament. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia achieved their first (and so far only) victory in a major tournament, defeating Algeria 1&#8211;0. The team have achieved some noteworthy results, such as beating the 2006 FIFA World Cup winners Italy 1&#8211;0 in 2004, which was Italy&#39;s only defeat in the entire 2006 World Cup campaign. Their biggest defeat came in 2002 with a 5&#8211;0 loss to France, while their highest-scoring victory was a 7&#8211;0 win over Oman in 1999.<BR><BR>Bostjan Cesar holds the record for most appearances for Slovenia, having played 101 times between 2003 and 2018. Zlatko Zahovic scored 35 goals for Slovenia and is the record holder for most goals scored.<\/P>","32EED5AE2B03C17AE9CE11F4F5F2936F":"Slovenia","A2993BAC4D9D88EC":"<P><STRONG>First international:<\/STRONG> Slovenia 0 - 1 Croatia (ng&#224;y 19\/6\/1991)<\/P><P><STRONG>Biggest win:<\/STRONG> Oman 0&#8211;7 Slovenia (8 February 1999)<\/P><P><STRONG>Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG> 5&#8211;0 Slovenia (12 October 2002)<\/P><P><STRONG>Top scorer:<\/STRONG>&nbsp;Zlatko Zahovi\u010d (35)<\/P><P><STRONG>Most caps:<\/STRONG>&nbsp;Zlatko Zahovi\u010d (80)<\/P>","e_index":3};