Slovenia national under-21 football team

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 controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia.

Players

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Cyprus and Austria on 13 and 17 October 2023, respectively.[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 17 October 2023, after the match against Austria.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Žan-Luk Leban	(2002-12-15) 15 December 2002	3	0	Farsley Celtic
12	1GK	Luka Baš	(2002-04-30) 30 April 2002	0	0	Radomlje
	1GK	Lovro Štubljar	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004	0	0	Empoli

2	2DF	Mitja Ilenič	(2004-12-26) 26 December 2004	9	0	New York City FC
3	2DF	Nejc Ajhmajer	(2003-04-22) 22 April 2003	5	0	Celje
14	2DF	Marcel Ratnik	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003	9	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
15	2DF	Mark Strajnar	(2003-12-19) 19 December 2003	9	0	Maribor
17	2DF	Srđan Kuzmić	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004	7	0	Viborg
18	2DF	Rene Rantuša Lampreht	(2002-02-22) 22 February 2002	1	0	Rogaška
23	2DF	Nino Milić	(2004-05-01) 1 May 2004	1	0	Celje
	2DF	Anel Zulić	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004	1	0	Viborg

4	3MF	Adrian Zeljković	(2002-08-19) 19 August 2002	8	0	Spartak Trnava
6	3MF	Žan Jevšenak	(2003-05-15) 15 May 2003	11	0	Benfica B
8	3MF	Martin Pečar	(2002-07-05) 5 July 2002	7	0	Bravo
9	3MF	Tio Cipot	(2003-04-20) 20 April 2003	9	5	Spezia
10	3MF	Svit Sešlar	(2002-01-09) 9 January 2002	13	1	Eyüpspor
16	3MF	Enrik Ostrc	(2002-06-21) 21 June 2002	9	0	Helmond Sport
20	3MF	Jošt Pišek	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002	7	0	Domžale
21	3MF	Marko Brest	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002	7	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
	3MF	Marcel Lorber	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004	0	0	Maribor

7	4FW	Tjaš Begić	(2003-06-30) 30 June 2003	12	2	Parma
11	4FW	David Flakus Bosilj	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002	21	4	De Graafschap
19	4FW	Nejc Gradišar	(2002-08-06) 6 August 2002	5	0	Rogaška

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

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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.
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