Slovenia women's national football team

Slovenia

Association	Football Association of Slovenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Saša Kolman
Captain	Mateja Zver
FIFA code	SVN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	44 4 (15 December 2023)
Highest	39 (June 2023)
Lowest	77 (June 2005)
First international
Slovenia 0–10 England (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 25 September 1993)
Biggest win
Macedonia 0–9 Slovenia (Skopje, Macedonia; 3 June 2016) Estonia 0–9 Slovenia (Tallinn, Estonia; 23 February 2021)
Biggest defeat
Spain 17–0 Slovenia (Palamós, Spain; 20 March 1994)

The Slovenia women's national football team (Slovene: Slovenska ženska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in international women's football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The team played its first official match in 1993, two years after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. Before that, Slovenian players played for the Yugoslavia national team.

History

Slovenia made its official debut on 25 September 1993 against England in the qualifying for the 1995 European Championship. They lost all six qualifiers with a 0–60 goal average, including a record 17–0 loss against Spain. After this Slovenia didn't take part in official competitions for more than a decade.

They returned in 2005 for the 2007 World Cup qualification, where they didn't have options to qualify since back then a two-division format with promotions and relegations was held and they started in the lower category. For the 2009 European Championship the two divisions were merged into one, and Slovenia made it to the play-offs as one of the four best 3rd-ranked teams, their biggest success to date. There they were knocked out by Ukraine by a 0–5 aggregate.

In the 2011 World Cup and 2013 European Championship qualifiers Slovenia ended fourth out of five teams, with 6 and 4 points respectively.

All-time results

Competition	Stage	Opponent	Result	Scorers
1995 UEFA Euro qualification	First stage	England Belgium Spain	0–10; 0–10 0–7; 0–8 0–17; 0–8
2007 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification	Regular stage (Class B)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Malta	2–0; 6–1 5–3; 3–0 4–1; 3–1	Nikl 3, Milenkovič 2, Vais 2, Petrovič Vais 5, Milenkovič, Nikl, Zver Maleševič 2, Nikl 2, Vais 2, Grad
2009 UEFA Euro qualification	First stage	Serbia France Iceland Greece	0–5; 3–0 0–6; 0–2 2–1; 0–5 3–1; 6–4	Zver 3 0 Benak, Milenkovič Zver 4, Milkovič 2, Benak, Maleševič, Petrovič
	Play-offs	Ukraine	0–3; 0–2
2011 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification	First stage	Italy Finland Armenia Portugal	0–8; 0–6 0–3; 1–4 5–1; 1–0 0–4; 0–1	0 Zver Milenkovič 2, Zver 2, Tibaut, Vrabel 0
2013 UEFA Euro qualification	First stage	England Serbia Croatia Netherlands	0–4; 0–4 1–2; 0–3 3–3; 1–0 0–2; 1–3	0 o.g. Eržen, Vrabel, Žganec Zver
2015 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification	First stage	Slovakia Germany Republic of Ireland Russia	3–1 0–13; 0–4 0–3 1–4	Nikl, Zver, + 1 o.g. 0 0 Jerina

Results and fixtures

• The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Saša Kolman

Manager history

As of December 2020

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
Saša Kolman	20?? –	0	0	0	0	00.0%
Borut Jarc	2018–20??	0	0	0	0	00.0%

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia on 1 and 5 December 2023.
• Caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2021, after the Croatia match.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Zala Meršnik	6 July 2001	41	0	Sporting Huelva
	GK	Iva Kocijan	10 May 2004	0	0	Mura
16	DF	Kaja Eržen	21 August 1994	66	4	Fiorentina
	DF	Sara Gradišek	16 July 2003	1	0	Bologna
2	DF	Lana Golob	26 October 1999	8	1	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
	DF	Evelina Kos	21 October 1991			ŽNK Mura
3	DF	Sara Agrež	9 December 2000	33	2	VfL Wolfsburg
13	DF	Izabela Križaj	11 May 2000	4	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
	DF	Anja Eferl	28 November 2000			Real Oviedo
6	MF	Zara Kramžar	10 January 2006	3	2	Roma
	MF	Korina Janež	25 February 2004	3	0	RB Leipzig
10	MF	Dominika Čonč	1 January 1993	56	2	Levante Las Planas
18	MF	Manja Rogan	22 October 1995	19	1	Panathinaikos
6	MF	Kaja Korošec	17 November 2001	35	2	Paris
6	MF	Luana Zajmi	29 January 2002	1	0	Split
15	MF	Sara Makovec	31 March 2000	17	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
	MF	Mirjam Kastelec	3 October 2000			ŽNK Ljubljana
17	FW	Zala Kuštrin	18 June 1998	19	1	Bologna
11	FW	Lara Prašnikar	8 August 1998	38	24	Eintracht Frankfurt
8	FW	Mateja Zver (captain)	15 March 1988	84	45	St. Pölten
14	FW	Špela Kolbl	13 March 1998	35	4	Mura
19	FW	Ana Milovič	31 July 2001	13	2	Olimpija Ljubljana

Recent call-ups

• The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Caps and goals may be incorrect.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Zala Vindišar	31 May 2000	4	2	Olimpija Ljubljana	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 September 2023
MF	Nika Babnik	17 September 1998	7	1	Clube de Albergaria	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 September 2023
FW	Lara Ivanuša	9 January 1997	26	2	Fenerbahçe	v. Belarus, 31 October 2023
FW	Nina Kajzba	4 April 2004	2	0	Napoli	v. Belarus, 31 October 2023

Notes:

• Position legend: GK=goalkeeper; DF=Defender; MF=Midfielder; FW=Forward.

Captains

• Mateja Zver (????–)

Records

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Part of Yugoslavia									Part of Yugoslavia
1995	did not qualify									UEFA Euro 1995
1999	did not enter									did not enter
2003
2007	did not qualify									6	6	0	0	23	6	+17
2011										8	2	0	6	7	27	−20
2015										10	2	0	8	7	34	−27
2019										8	2	0	6	9	20	−11
2023										10	5	3	2	21	6	+15
2027	to be determined									to be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		42	17	3	22	67	93	−26

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualifying record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1984 to 1991	Part of Yugoslavia								Part of Yugoslavia
1993	did not enter								did not enter
1995	did not qualify								6	0	0	6	0	60
1997	did not enter								did not enter
2001
2005
2009	did not qualify								10	4	0	6	14	29
2013									8	1	1	6	6	21
2017									8	3	0	5	21	19
2022									10	6	0	4	31	12
2025	to be determined								to be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		42	14	1	27	72	141

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

• Sport in Slovenia
  • Football in Slovenia
    • Women's football in Slovenia
• Slovenia men's national football team