The Slovak Football Association ( sk, Slovenský futbalový zväz, SFZ) is the governing body of

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Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

based in

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. It has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of

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and is the body that runs the Slovakia national football teams. It was founded on 4 November 1938 and originally became a member of

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in 1939, but disbanded after

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because

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and Slovak football competitions combined, and so did the national teams. Following the breakup of

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, the organisation was reformed, joining the European governing body,

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, in 1993 and rejoining FIFA in 1994.

National teams

The Slovak Football Association runs the

Slovakia national football team The Slovakia national football team ( sk, Slovenská futbalová reprezentácia) represents Slovakia in men's international football competition and it is governed by the Slovak Football Association (SFZ), the governing body for football in Slo ...

, as well as male youth teams at under-21, under-19, under-18, under-17, under-16 and under-15 level. In addition to this, it also organises the

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. Slovakia have played in three major tournaments since the breakup of Czechoslovakia: the

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and

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, reaching round of sixteen in both the World Cup 2010 and Euro 2016, but did not advance out of the group stage at Euro 2020. Slovakia were also represented in the 2000 Summer Olympics football tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage, following a semi-final appearance by their under-21 team in the

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, which Slovakia hosted. They wouldn't feature at the Championships again until 2017.

References

External links

Official site
(in Slovak, Hungarian and English)

at FIFA site

at UEFA site

Football in Slovakia Futsal in Slovakia

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