During the 2000 qualifiers, Slovenia finished second in their group, behind Norway but ahead of Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. In the play-offs, they defeated Ukraine 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament. At the finals, held in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia were drawn into Group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. In their inaugural match, Slovenia were leading 3–0 against Yugoslavia, but the match ended in a 3–3 draw. In the second match, Slovenia narrowly lost to Spain. Their last game against Norway ended in a goalless draw, leaving Slovenia bottom of their group with two points. Zlatko Zahovič was one of the country's key players, scoring three of the team's four goals in the tournament.
In their first major tournament match, Slovenia stunned FR Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. After Siniša Mihajlović's red card, it seemed that the team would win the first match, but then, despite being down to ten players, Yugoslavia made a comeback as they scored three goals in the span of six minutes.[2] In the second game, Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly as Raúl scored in the fourth minute. Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Only one minute later, Spain again took the lead as Joseba Etxeberria scored a game-winning goal. About 10,000 Slovenian fans gathered at the Amsterdam Arena, which is still the record for the number of Slovenian spectators at a football match outside of Slovenia.[3] In the last round of the group stage, Slovenia played against Norway and still had a chance to advance to the quarter-finals. However, the match ended in a goalless draw and Slovenia won its second point of the tournament, but was still eliminated.
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The Slovenia national football team have appeared at the UEFA European Championship once in 2000 with an upcoming second appearance in 2024 During the 2000 qualifiers Slovenia finished second in their group behind Norway but ahead of Greece Latvia Albania and Georgia In the play offs they defeated Ukraine 3 2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament At the finals held in Belgium and the Netherlands Slovenia were drawn into Group C together with Spain Yugoslavia and Norway In their inaugural match Slovenia were leading 3 0 against Yugoslavia but the match ended in a 3 3 draw In the second match Slovenia narrowly lost to Spain Their last game against Norway ended in a goalless draw leaving Slovenia bottom of their group with two points Zlatko Zahovic was one of the country s key players scoring three of the team s four goals in the tournament Slovenia would not qualify for the tournament again for another 24 years until finally doing so in 2024 during the qualifiers they finished second in their group behind Denmark but ahead of Finland Kazakhstan Northern Ireland and San Marino 1 Contents 1 Overall record 2 Euro 2000 2 1 Group stage 3 Euro 2024 3 1 Group stage 4 Player records 4 1 Top goalscorers 5 See also 6 ReferencesOverall record editUEFA European Championship record Qualification record Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pos Pld W D L GF GA 1960 to 1992 Part of nbsp Yugoslavia Part of nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp 1996 Did not qualify 5th 10 3 2 5 13 13 nbsp nbsp 2000 Group stage 3 0 2 1 4 5 Squad 2nd PO 12 6 3 3 15 16 nbsp 2004 Did not qualify 2nd PO 10 4 3 3 16 14 nbsp nbsp 2008 6th 12 3 2 7 9 16 nbsp nbsp 2012 4th 10 4 2 4 11 7 nbsp 2016 3rd PO 12 5 2 5 19 14 nbsp 2020 4th 10 4 2 4 16 11 nbsp 2024 Qualified 2nd 10 7 1 2 20 9 nbsp nbsp 2028 To be determined To be determined nbsp nbsp 2032 Total Group stage 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 8 86 36 17 33 119 100Euro 2000 editMain article UEFA Euro 2000 Group stage edit Main article UEFA Euro 2000 Group C In their first major tournament match Slovenia stunned FR Yugoslavia and took a 3 0 lead after one hour of play with Zlatko Zahovic scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once After Sinisa Mihajlovic s red card it seemed that the team would win the first match but then despite being down to ten players Yugoslavia made a comeback as they scored three goals in the span of six minutes 2 In the second game Spain took the 1 0 lead quickly as Raul scored in the fourth minute Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zahovic scored his third goal of the tournament Only one minute later Spain again took the lead as Joseba Etxeberria scored a game winning goal About 10 000 Slovenian fans gathered at the Amsterdam Arena which is still the record for the number of Slovenian spectators at a football match outside of Slovenia 3 In the last round of the group stage Slovenia played against Norway and still had a chance to advance to the quarter finals However the match ended in a goalless draw and Slovenia won its second point of the tournament but was still eliminated Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Spain 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 6 Advance to knockout stage 2 nbsp FR Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4 a 3 nbsp Norway 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 a 4 nbsp Slovenia 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 2Source UEFARules for classification Group stage tiebreakersNotes a b Head to head result Norway 0 1 FR Yugoslavia 13 June 2000 2000 06 13 20 45FR Yugoslavia nbsp 3 3 nbsp SloveniaMilosevic nbsp 67 73 Drulovic nbsp 70 Report Zahovic nbsp 23 57 Pavlin nbsp 52 Stade du Pays de Charleroi CharleroiAttendance 18 500Referee Vitor Melo Pereira Portugal 18 June 2000 2000 06 18 18 00Slovenia nbsp 1 2 nbsp SpainZahovic nbsp 59 Report Raul nbsp 4 Etxeberria nbsp 60 Amsterdam Arena AmsterdamAttendance 51 300Referee Markus Merk Germany 21 June 2000 2000 06 21 18 00Slovenia nbsp 0 0 nbsp NorwayReportGelreDome ArnhemAttendance 21 000Referee Graham Poll England Euro 2024 editMain article UEFA Euro 2024 Group stage edit Main article UEFA Euro 2024 Group C Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 2 nbsp Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 nbsp Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking 4 nbsp England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0First match es will be played 16 June 2024 Source UEFA 16 June 2024 2024 06 16 18 00Slovenia nbsp Match 6 nbsp DenmarkReportStuttgart Arena Stuttgart 20 June 2024 2024 06 20 15 00Slovenia nbsp Match 18 nbsp SerbiaReportMunich Football Arena Munich 25 June 2024 2024 06 25 21 00England nbsp Match 29 nbsp SloveniaReportCologne Stadium ColognePlayer records editTop goalscorers edit Rank Player Goals Years goals 1 Zlatko Zahovic 3 2000 3 2 Miran Pavlin 1 2000 1 See also editSlovenia at the FIFA World CupReferences edit Slovenija po 24 letih znova na evropskem prvenstvu in Slovenian RTV Slovenija 20 November 2023 Retrieved 21 November 2023 Plestenjak Rok 29 January 2017 Najbolj infarktna tekma v zgodovini Slovenije in Slovenian Siol Retrieved 22 November 2023 Golob Ales 18 June 2020 Video 20 let od nepozabnega rajanja slovenskih navijacev v Amsterdamu in Slovenian RTV Slovenija Retrieved 21 June 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship amp oldid 1213206764, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
