var teamInfo={"09138E45C3AF9F63D172519924158A69":"<P><STRONG><U>Major tournaments<BR><BR><\/U>FIFA World Cup<\/STRONG><BR>Appearances (1): 2010<BR><BR><STRONG>UEFA European Championship<\/STRONG><BR>Champions (1): 1976<BR><BR><STRONG>Football at the Summer Olympics<\/STRONG><BR>Appearances (1): 2000<BR><BR><STRONG><U>Minor titles<BR><BR><\/U>King&#39;s Cup<\/STRONG><BR>Winners (2): 2004, 2018<BR><BR><STRONG>Kirin Cup<\/STRONG><BR>Winners (1): 2000<BR>Third-place (2): 2002, 2004<BR><BR><STRONG>Shanghai International Football Tournament<\/STRONG><BR>Runner-up (1): 1992<BR><BR><STRONG>Copa Ciudad de Valparaiso<\/STRONG><BR>Runner up (1): 2000<BR><BR><STRONG>Cyprus International Football Tournaments<\/STRONG><BR>Third place (2): 1998, 2003<BR><BR><STRONG>Friendship Tournament (UAE)<\/STRONG><BR>Third place (1): 1994<BR><BR><STRONG><U>Recognitions<BR><BR><\/U>FIFA Best Mover of the Year<\/STRONG><BR>Runner-up (1): 2014<BR><BR><STRONG>Slovak Sportsperson of the Year - Team Award<\/STRONG><BR>Winners (4): 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015<BR>Runner-up (1): 2016<\/P>","C606677BC35A1B73EF2C1314AB427615":"Slovakia","2C2DB8E0A27DDF86":"<P><STRONG>First international:<\/STRONG> <BR>Slovakia 2-0 Germany (Bratislava, Slovakia; 27 August 1939)<BR><BR><STRONG>Biggest win:<BR><\/STRONG>Slovakia 7&#8211;0 Liechtenstein (Bratislava, Slovakia; 8 September 2004)<BR>Slovakia 7&#8211;0 San Marino (Dubnica nad V&#225;hom, Slovakia; 13 October 2007)<BR>Slovakia 7&#8211;0 San Marino (Bratislava, Slovakia; 6 June 2009)<BR><BR><STRONG>Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG><BR>Hungary 8&#8211;3 Czechoslovakia (Budapest, Hungary; 19 September 1937)<BR>as Slovakia<BR>Argentina 6&#8211;0 Slovakia (Mendoza, Argentina; 22 June 1995)<BR>Sweden 6&#8211;0 Slovakia (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 12 January 2017)<BR><BR><STRONG>World Cup<\/STRONG><BR>Appearances: 9<BR>Best result: As Slovakia: Round of 16 (2010)<BR><BR><STRONG>European Championship<BR><\/STRONG>Appearances: 6<BR>Best result: As Czechoslovakia: Champions (1976)<BR><BR><STRONG>Most caps:<\/STRONG> <BR>Marek Hamsik (138)<BR><BR><STRONG>Top scorer:<\/STRONG> <BR>Marek Hamsik (26)<\/P>","E6554F2C3B7E97A2":"1","B53FD9094B6C7706A3358457A9AFAFFFED8DF2C618386067":"1","A529E53C559174F81441CD95517400BB":"1968-10-24","12CF5F874EE8072F":"Francesco Calzona","F2997F3FCAC3F1F36AFD1065D14BBF9E":"","AEA806C1427039FE44581DB525FB9B7BD0F0E6F183CA457B":"1938","A494ABC507986833":"Slovakia","4ECD1B5E2820C55A130549CA8EF1E5D7":"Italy","90579B4DEA63C3E4":"Slovakia","FD4444EF21B7675091CBC3D627A340D9":"Slovakia","F27550BB3729EA0167FE884B8ADBF4F0":"","B5C54F059EE3A9A4DCB95465432A8D14":"","A78F9074B5AF8132E0B45C9330387DBD":"106","63C820864FB855F7":"http:\/\/www.futbalsfz.sk","983F4D11FB6C2C3B732A80DC5C377379":"SSC Napoli","078F3C827B475FC4":"107","984347BABFCA12BE2593CF05C154190C":"Slovakia","55C75D25959437F15B2401A05EABB58A":"Francesco Calzona","1A770A41820EA8876555100F4F89BC57":"<P>The Slovakia national football team represents Slovakia in men&#39;s international football competition and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia&#39;s home stadium from 2019 is the reconstructed Tehelne pole in Bratislava. Historically, up to the split in 1993, the team participated mostly as Czechoslovakia, while it also competed as Slovakia during the World War II.<BR><BR>Since 1993, Slovakia has qualified for four major international tournaments, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, UEFA Euro 2020 and UEFA Euro 2024. Slovakia qualified to the FIFA World Cup in 2010 after winning their qualifying group, despite two defeats against Slovenia. At the World Cup, Slovakia progressed beyond the group stage after a 3&#8211;2 win against Italy, before bowing out of the tournament after a 2&#8211;1 defeat in the knockout stage against the eventual runners-up Netherlands. It was the first time the newly, independent national team had ever played in a major football competition, after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign since 1996. The nation did come close to securing a berth at the 2006 finals in Germany, after finishing second in their group ahead of Russia and behind Portugal, before drawing Spain in their qualification play-off, in which the Slovaks lost by a wide margin on aggregate (1&#8211;5, 1&#8211;1).<BR><BR>The national team have achieved some noteworthy results such as the aforementioned win over the then title holders Italy at the 2010 World Cup, and a 1&#8211;0 win against Russia in September 2010. Despite this success however, the team later dropped down the rankings and a considerable drop in form went with this, as the team failed to qualify for Euro 2012 finishing their group in fourth place. They also only scored seven goals in the group, only more than minnows Andorra. Slovakia then failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, but secured a spot in France for Euro 2016 under head coach Jan Kozak, which helped the team reach their best ever position of 14th in the FIFA World Rankings.<BR><BR>Slovakia&#39;s traditional rival is the Czech Republic which they played twice in the qualification for the 1998 World Cup in 1997, winning 2&#8211;1 in Bratislava before losing 3&#8211;0 in Prague with both teams already eliminated, before playing each other again in 2008 and 2009 in the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup. In these two meetings, the teams drew 2&#8211;2 in Bratislava with the Slovaks winning 2&#8211;1 in Prague. But before that, they also played each other in Euro 2008 qualifying, and they lost 3&#8211;1 in Prague and 3&#8211;0 in Bratislava.<\/P>","3B9127F7BC829326":"1","FAEF47752E34E7B4424428922BB6E983":"","891E8ED23A68FBCE79DAB5425E7817DA":"2022-7-9","6AA767C80F13E5B78D99D4E49AE0DBEF":"Junacka 6,BRATISLAVA - 832 80","BBF1A240ACF09477":"Bratislava","91FE8FA7C5C430DAAFC7BD28FB26F7CC":"","8F753504205D2106738DB725C9C678FB":"","B53FD9094B6C7706961F3AE3F07FA51E":"156000000.00","71917274BAF6F295":"","4ED7E9E8DBD22FFE":"2030957","187F8138BE7BCBEE":"26.96","41128DAD6401C79B":"international@futbalsfz.sk","e_index":2};