This is a record of Slovakia's results at the FIFA World Cup, including those of Czechoslovakia which is considered as both theirs and the Czech Republic's predecessor by FIFA. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 48 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) for about a month. The World Cup final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
Czechoslovakia has been one of the better performing national teams in the history of the World Cup, having ended twice as runners-up, in 1934 and in 1962. Between 1930 and 1994 they qualified for 8 out of 13 World Cups they played qualifiers for, and did not enter in two other World Cups.
After the political and peaceful split-up into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the official successor football teams of the Czech Republic and Slovakia have been less successful at the World Cup than Czechoslovakia, qualifying only for one out of the seven tournaments held since (the 2010 FIFA World Cup) without surviving the group phase and got eliminated in the last 16 respectively.
Throughout the World Cup history, Brazil became the team's historical rival. The two countries have met each other five times but the Czechs and Slovaks (always Czechoslovakia) never won, with three victories for the Brazilian side and two draws. Two other historical opponents in the finals were (West) Germany and Italy with three encounters each: Czechoslovakia won, drew and lost once against the Germans and the matches against Italy all ended in a defeat.
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPositionSquad as as 1930Did not enterDeclined invitation 1934Runners-up2nd430196Squad1100211934 1938Quarter-finals5th311153Squad2110711938 1950Did not enterDid not enter 1954Group stage14th200207Squad4310511954 1958Group stage9th411296Squad4301931958 1962Runners-up2nd631277Squad54012071962 1966Did not qualify63121241966 1970Group stage15th300327Squad75111671970 1974Did not qualify4211931974 19784202461978 1982Group stage19th302124Squad84221561982 1986Did not qualify832311121986 1990Quarter-finals6th5302105Squad85211331990 1994Did not qualify104512191994 as as 1998Did not qualify 10 5 1 4 18 14 1998 2002 10 5 2 3 16 9 2002 2006 14 6 6 2 26 14 2006 2010Round of 1616th411257Squad 10 7 1 2 22 10 2010 2014Did not qualify 10 3 4 3 11 10 2014 2018 10 6 0 4 17 7 2018 2022 10 3 5 2 17 10 2022 2026 7 4 0 3 9 12 2026 2030 To be determined To be determined 2034TotalRound of 161/934126164952 – 152 79 35 38 280 149 –
List of FIFA World Cup matchesYearRoundScoreResultSlovakia goalscorers2010Round 1 1 – 1 DrawVittekRound 1 0 – 2 Loss Round 1 3 – 2 WinVittek (2), KopúnekRound of 16 2 – 1 LossVittek
Slovakia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Slovakia were drawn in group F of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Coach: Vladimír Weiss
New Zealand vs Slovakia
NEW ZEALAND: GK 1 Mark PastonRB 4 Winston Reid CB 6 Ryan Nelsen (c)CB 5 Ivan Vicelich LB 19Tommy SmithRM 11Leo BertosCM 7 Simon ElliottLM 3 Tony Lochhead RW 14Rory FallonLW 10Chris Killen CF 9 Shane SmeltzSubstitutions:FW 20Chris Wood MF 21Jeremy Christie Manager:Ricki HerbertSLOVAKIA: GK 1 Ján MuchaRB 5 Radoslav ZabavníkCB 16 Ján ĎuricaCB 3 Martin ŠkrtelLB 4 Marek ČechDM 6 Zdeno Štrba RM 7 Vladimír Weiss CM 9 Stanislav Šesták LM 17 Marek Hamšík (c)CF 11 Róbert Vittek CF 18 Erik JendrišekSubstitutions:FW 13 Filip Hološko MF 15 Miroslav Stoch MF 19 Juraj Kucka Manager:Vladimír Weiss Man of the Match: Róbert Vittek (Slovakia)
Assistant referees: Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) Enock Molefe (South Africa) Fourth official: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Fifth official: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
Slovakia vs Paraguay
SLOVAKIA: GK 1 Ján MuchaRB 2 Peter PekaríkCB 3 Martin ŠkrtelCB 21Kornel Saláta LB 16Ján Ďurica DM 6 Zdeno ŠtrbaCM 17Marek Hamšík (c)RW 9 Stanislav Šesták LW 7 Vladimír Weiss SS 8 Ján KozákCF 11Róbert VittekSubstitutions:FW 13Filip Hološko MF 15Miroslav Stoch Manager:Vladimír WeissPARAGUAY: GK 1 Justo Villar (c)RB 6 Carlos BonetCB 14Paulo da SilvaCB 21Antolín AlcarazLB 3 Claudio MorelDM 15Víctor CáceresCM 13Enrique Vera CM 16Cristian RiverosAM 18Nelson Valdez SS 9 Roque Santa CruzCF 19Lucas Barrios Substitutions:DF 17Aureliano Torres FW 7 Óscar Cardozo MF 8 Édgar Barreto Manager:Gerardo Martino Man of the Match: Enrique Vera (Paraguay)
Assistant referees: Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) Bechir Hassani (Tunisia) Fourth official: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Fifth official: Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Slovakia vs Italy
SLOVAKIA: GK 1 Ján Mucha RB 2 Peter Pekarík CB 3 Martin ŠkrtelCB 16Ján ĎuricaLB 5 Radoslav ZabavníkDM 6 Zdeno Štrba CM 19Juraj KuckaRM 17Marek Hamšík (c)LM 15Miroslav StochSS 11Róbert Vittek CF 18Erik Jendrišek Substitutions:MF 20Kamil Kopúnek MF 9 Stanislav Šesták DF 22Martin Petráš Manager:Vladimír WeissITALY: GK 12Federico MarchettiRB 19Gianluca ZambrottaCB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) CB 4 Giorgio Chiellini LB 3 Domenico Criscito DM 6 Daniele De RossiCM 8 Gennaro Gattuso CM 22Riccardo Montolivo RW 7 Simone Pepe LW 10Antonio Di NataleCF 9 Vincenzo IaquintaSubstitutions:DF 2 Christian Maggio FW 18Fabio Quagliarella MF 21Andrea Pirlo Manager:Marcello Lippi Man of the Match: Róbert Vittek (Slovakia)
Assistant referees: Darren Cann (England) Michael Mullarkey (England) Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (France) Fifth official: Eric Dansault (France)
Second Round - Netherlands vs Slovakia The Netherlands and Slovakia played on 28 June 2010 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. The Netherlands won 2–1. The Netherlands' first goal was an excellent individual effort from Arjen Robben in the 18th minute, taking on the Slovak defence with the ball before scoring from 25 yards. The Dutch had chances to extend their lead in the second half; Arjen Robben cut inside on his left foot just like he did when he scored the first goal, but this time the slovak goalkeeper Jan Mucha saved the shot going to his far post. The Slovaks also had 2 big opportunities to equalize but forced 2 great saves from Maarten Stekelenburg. The Dutch however in the 84th minute sealed their win, with Wesley Sneijder scoring off an assist from Dirk Kuyt into an unguarded net after Kuyt got the ball past the Slovak keeper. Róbert Vittek slotted a penalty kick late in stoppage time, but it was no more than a consolation goal for Slovakia. The penalty had been awarded for a trip on Vittek by the Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg. The Netherlands' win threatened to be overshadowed by Robin van Persie responding angrily to being substituted by coach Bert van Marwijk. Van Marwijk called a team meeting over the incident, and insisted later that there was no residual unrest in the squad.
GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg RB 2 Gregory van der WielCB 3 John HeitingaCB 4 Joris MathijsenLB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c)DM 6 Mark van BommelDM 8 Nigel de JongRW 7 Dirk Kuyt AM 10Wesley Sneijder LW 11Arjen Robben CF 9 Robin van Persie Substitutions:FW 17Eljero Elia FW 21Klaas-Jan Huntelaar MF 20Ibrahim Afellay Manager:Bert van Marwijk GK 1 Ján MuchaRB 2 Peter PekaríkCB 3 Martin Škrtel CB 16Ján ĎuricaLB 5 Radoslav Zabavník DM 19Juraj Kucka RM 7 Vladimír WeissLM 15Miroslav StochAM 17Marek Hamšík (c) CF 18Erik Jendrišek CF 11Róbert VittekSubstitutions:MF 20Kamil Kopúnek MF 10Marek Sapara FW 14Martin Jakubko Manager:Vladimír Weiss Man of the Match: Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
Assistant referees: Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (France) Fifth official: Laurent Ugo (France)
Player records Most appearances Excluding Czechoslovakia's records, six players played in all four of Slovakia's 2010 FIFA World Cup matches, making them record appearance holders at the tournament for the independent nation.
As Czechoslovakia RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups1Ladislav Novák121954, 1958 and 19622Josef Masopust101958 and 19623Svatopluk Pluskal91954, 1958 and 1962Ján Popluhár91958 and 19625Andrej Kvašňák81962 and 19706Josef Košťálek71934 and 19387Oldřich Nejedlý61934 and 1938František Plánička61934 and 1938Adolf Scherer61962Viliam Schrojf61962Jozef Adamec61962 and 1970
As Slovakia RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups1Ján Ďurica42010Marek Hamšík42010Ján Mucha42010Martin Škrtel42010Miroslav Stoch42010Róbert Vittek42010
Top goalscorers As Czechoslovakia RankPlayerGoalsWorld Cups1Oldřich Nejedlý71934 (5) and 1938 (2)2Tomáš Skuhravý519903Robert Vittek420104Zdeněk Zikán31958Adolf Scherer319625Antonín Puč21934Milan Dvořák21958Václav Hovorka21958Ladislav Petráš21970Antonín Panenka21982Michal Bílek21990
Head-to-head record OpponentWin %Total
See also Slovakia at the UEFA European Championship
External links Slovakia at FIFA
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