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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 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) for about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.^[1]

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.^[2] 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^[3] and the matches against Italy all ended in a defeat.^[4]^[5]

FIFA World Cup record

1930 to 1994 – See Czechoslovakia

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
as Czechoslovakia
1930	Did not enter
1934	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	9	6
1938	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	5	3
1950	Did not qualify
1954	Group stage	14th	2	0	0	2	0	7
1958	Group stage	9th	4	1	1	2	9	6
1962	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	7	7
1966	Did not qualify
1970	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	7
1974	Did not qualify
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Group stage	19th	3	0	2	1	2	4
1986	Did not qualify
1990	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	0	2	10	5
1994	Did not qualify
as Slovakia
1998	Did not qualify
2002
2006
2010	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	5	7
2014	Did not qualify
2018
2022
2026	To be determined
2030
2034
Total	Round of 16	1/9	4	1	1	2	5	7

List of FIFA World Cup matches
Year	Round	Score	Result	Slovakia goalscorers
2010	Round 1	New Zealand 1 – 1 Slovakia	Draw	Vittek
	Round 1	Slovakia 0 – 2 Paraguay	Loss
	Round 1	Slovakia 3 – 2 Italy	Win	Vittek (2), Kopúnek
	Round of 16	Netherlands 2 – 1 Slovakia	Loss	Vittek

Slovakia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Slovakia were drawn in group F of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Italy	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Coach: Vladimír Weiss

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ján Mucha	(1982-12-05)5 December 1982 (aged 27)	14	Legia Warszawa
2	2DF	Peter Pekarík	(1986-10-30)30 October 1986 (aged 23)	21	VfL Wolfsburg
3	2DF	Martin Škrtel	(1984-12-15)15 December 1984 (aged 25)	37	Liverpool
4	2DF	Marek Čech	(1983-01-26)26 January 1983 (aged 27)	38	West Bromwich Albion
5	2DF	Radoslav Zabavník	(1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 29)	42	Mainz 05
6	3MF	Zdeno Štrba	(1976-06-09)9 June 1976 (aged 34)	20	Skoda Xanthi
7	3MF	Vladimír Weiss	(1989-11-30)30 November 1989 (aged 20)	7	Bolton Wanderers
8	3MF	Ján Kozák	(1980-04-22)22 April 1980 (aged 30)	22	Timişoara
9	3MF	Stanislav Šesták	(1982-12-16)16 December 1982 (aged 27)	29	VfL Bochum
10	3MF	Marek Sapara	(1982-07-31)31 July 1982 (aged 27)	24	Ankaragücü
11	4FW	Róbert Vittek	(1982-04-01)1 April 1982 (aged 28)	69	Ankaragücü
12	1GK	Dušan Perniš	(1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 25)	1	Dundee United
13	4FW	Filip Hološko	(1984-01-17)17 January 1984 (aged 26)	37	Beşiktaş
14	4FW	Martin Jakubko	(1980-02-26)26 February 1980 (aged 30)	21	Saturn Moscow Oblast
15	3MF	Miroslav Stoch	(1989-10-19)19 October 1989 (aged 20)	10	Twente
16	2DF	Ján Ďurica	(1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 28)	35	Hannover 96
17	3MF	Marek Hamšík (c)	(1987-07-27)27 July 1987 (aged 22)	30	Napoli
18	4FW	Erik Jendrišek	(1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (aged 23)	13	1. FC Kaiserslautern
19	3MF	Juraj Kucka	(1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 23)	5	Sparta Prague
20	3MF	Kamil Kopúnek	(1984-05-18)18 May 1984 (aged 26)	7	Spartak Trnava
21	2DF	Kornel Saláta	(1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 25)	3	Slovan Bratislava
22	2DF	Martin Petráš	(1979-11-02)2 November 1979 (aged 30)	38	Cesena
23	1GK	Dušan Kuciak	(1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 25)	2	FC Vaslui

New Zealand vs Slovakia

15 June 2010

13:30

New Zealand	1–1	Slovakia
Reid 90+3'	Report	Vittek 50'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 23,871

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)^[6]

New Zealand^[7]

Slovakia^[7]


NEW ZEALAND:
GK	1	Mark Paston
RB	4	Winston Reid	90+3'
CB	6	Ryan Nelsen (c)
CB	5	Ivan Vicelich		78'
LB	19	Tommy Smith
RM	11	Leo Bertos
CM	7	Simon Elliott
LM	3	Tony Lochhead	42'
RW	14	Rory Fallon
LW	10	Chris Killen		72'
CF	9	Shane Smeltz
Substitutions:
FW	20	Chris Wood		72'
MF	21	Jeremy Christie		78'
Manager:
Ricki Herbert


SLOVAKIA:
GK	1	Ján Mucha
RB	5	Radoslav Zabavník
CB	16	Ján Ďurica
CB	3	Martin Škrtel
LB	4	Marek Čech
DM	6	Zdeno Štrba	55'
RM	7	Vladimír Weiss		90+1'
CM	9	Stanislav Šesták		81'
LM	17	Marek Hamšík (c)
CF	11	Róbert Vittek		84'
CF	18	Erik Jendrišek
Substitutions:
FW	13	Filip Hološko		81'
MF	15	Miroslav Stoch		84'
MF	19	Juraj Kucka		90+1'
Manager:
Vladimír Weiss

Man of the Match:
Róbert Vittek (Slovakia)

Assistant referees:
Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)^[6]
Enock Molefe (South Africa)^[6]
Fourth official:
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)^[6]
Fifth official:
Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)^[6]

Slovakia vs Paraguay

20 June 2010

13:30

Slovakia	0–2	Paraguay
	Report	Vera 27' Riveros 86'

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 26,643

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)^[6]

Slovakia^[8]

Paraguay^[8]


SLOVAKIA:
GK	1	Ján Mucha
RB	2	Peter Pekarík
CB	3	Martin Škrtel
CB	21	Kornel Saláta		83'
LB	16	Ján Ďurica	42'
DM	6	Zdeno Štrba
CM	17	Marek Hamšík (c)
RW	9	Stanislav Šesták	47'	70'
LW	7	Vladimír Weiss	84'
SS	8	Ján Kozák
CF	11	Róbert Vittek
Substitutions:
FW	13	Filip Hološko		70'
MF	15	Miroslav Stoch		83'
Manager:
Vladimír Weiss


PARAGUAY:
GK	1	Justo Villar (c)
RB	6	Carlos Bonet
CB	14	Paulo da Silva
CB	21	Antolín Alcaraz
LB	3	Claudio Morel
DM	15	Víctor Cáceres
CM	13	Enrique Vera	45'	88'
CM	16	Cristian Riveros
AM	18	Nelson Valdez		68'
SS	9	Roque Santa Cruz
CF	19	Lucas Barrios		82'
Substitutions:
DF	17	Aureliano Torres		68'
FW	7	Óscar Cardozo		82'
MF	8	Édgar Barreto		88'
Manager:
Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match:
Enrique Vera (Paraguay)

Assistant referees:
Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)^[6]
Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)^[6]
Fourth official:
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)^[6]
Fifth official:
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)^[6]

Slovakia vs Italy

24 June 2010

16:00

Slovakia	3–2	Italy
Vittek 25', 73' Kopúnek 89'	Report	Di Natale 81' Quagliarella 90+2'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 53,412

Referee: Howard Webb (England)^[6]

Slovakia^[9]

Italy^[9]


SLOVAKIA:
GK	1	Ján Mucha	82'
RB	2	Peter Pekarík	50'
CB	3	Martin Škrtel
CB	16	Ján Ďurica
LB	5	Radoslav Zabavník
DM	6	Zdeno Štrba	16'	87'
CM	19	Juraj Kucka
RM	17	Marek Hamšík (c)
LM	15	Miroslav Stoch
SS	11	Róbert Vittek	40'	90+2'
CF	18	Erik Jendrišek		90+4'
Substitutions:
MF	20	Kamil Kopúnek		87'
MF	9	Stanislav Šesták		90+2'
DF	22	Martin Petráš		90+4'
Manager:
Vladimír Weiss


ITALY:
GK	12	Federico Marchetti
RB	19	Gianluca Zambrotta
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro (c)	31'
CB	4	Giorgio Chiellini	67'
LB	3	Domenico Criscito		46'
DM	6	Daniele De Rossi
CM	8	Gennaro Gattuso		46'
CM	22	Riccardo Montolivo		56'
RW	7	Simone Pepe	76'
LW	10	Antonio Di Natale
CF	9	Vincenzo Iaquinta
Substitutions:
DF	2	Christian Maggio		46'
FW	18	Fabio Quagliarella	83'	46'
MF	21	Andrea Pirlo		56'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi

Man of the Match:
Róbert Vittek (Slovakia)

Assistant referees:
Darren Cann (England)^[6]
Michael Mullarkey (England)^[6]
Fourth official:
Stéphane Lannoy (France)^[6]
Fifth official:
Eric Dansault (France)^[6]

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 Slovakian 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.^[10] 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.^[11]^[12]

28 June 2010

16:00

Netherlands	2–1	Slovakia
Robben 18' Sneijder 84'	Report	Vittek 90' (pen.)

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 61,962

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Netherlands^[13]

Slovakia^[13]


GK	1	Maarten Stekelenburg	90+3'
RB	2	Gregory van der Wiel
CB	3	John Heitinga
CB	4	Joris Mathijsen
LB	5	Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c)
DM	6	Mark van Bommel
DM	8	Nigel de Jong
RW	7	Dirk Kuyt	31'
AM	10	Wesley Sneijder		90+2'
LW	11	Arjen Robben		71'
CF	9	Robin van Persie		80'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Eljero Elia		71'
FW	21	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		80'
MF	20	Ibrahim Afellay		90+2'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk


GK	1	Ján Mucha
RB	2	Peter Pekarík
CB	3	Martin Škrtel	84'
CB	16	Ján Ďurica
LB	5	Radoslav Zabavník		88'
DM	19	Juraj Kucka	40'
RM	7	Vladimír Weiss
LM	15	Miroslav Stoch
AM	17	Marek Hamšík (c)		87'
CF	18	Erik Jendrišek		71'
CF	11	Róbert Vittek
Substitutions:
MF	20	Kamil Kopúnek	72'	71'
MF	10	Marek Sapara		87'
FW	14	Martin Jakubko		88'
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)

Record players

Excluding Czechoslovakia's records, six players played in all four matches Slovakia played in 2010, making them record players for their country.

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Ladislav Novák	12	1954, 1958 and 1962
2	Josef Masopust	10	1958 and 1962
3	Svatopluk Pluskal	9	1954, 1958 and 1962
3	Ján Popluhár	9	1958 and 1962
5	Andrej Kvašňák	8	1962 and 1970
6	Josef Košťálek	7	1934 and 1938
7	Oldřich Nejedlý	6	1934 and 1938
	František Plánička	6	1934 and 1938
	Adolf Scherer	6	1962
	Viliam Schrojf	6	1962
	Jozef Adamec	6	1962 and 1970
12	Ján Ďurica	4	2010
	Marek Hamšík
	Jan Mucha
	Martin Škrtel
	Miroslav Stoch
	Róbert Vittek

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	World Cups
1	Oldřich Nejedlý	7	1934 (5) and 1938 (2)
2	Tomáš Skuhravý	5	1990
3	Robert Vittek	4	2010
4	Zdeněk Zikán	3	1958
4	Adolf Scherer	3	1962
5	Antonín Puč	2	1934
	Milan Dvořák	2	1958
	Václav Hovorka	2	1958
	Ladislav Petráš	2	1970
	Antonín Panenka	2	1982
	Michal Bílek	2	1990

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