List of Slovenia international footballers

This article is about Slovenia national football team players with at least 10 appearances. For a list of all notable national team players, see Slovenia international footballers category. For the current national team squad, see Current squad.

Robert Koren, captain of Slovenia at their most recent World Cup appearance in 2010.

The Slovenia national football team (Slovene: Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents the nation of Slovenia in international association football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia (NZS), the nation's governing body for football, and is a member of both the European football federation, UEFA, and the world football association, FIFA.

Prior to Slovenia's independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in June 1991, the unofficial Slovenian national team played several friendly matches.[1] A year after gaining independence, in 1992,[2] Slovenia was admitted to FIFA and played its first officially recognised match on 3 June 1992, a friendly against Estonia in Tallinn.[3] In the game, ending in a 1–1 draw, Igor Benedejčič became the first goalscorer for Slovenia after equalizing in the second half.[4] Their first competitive match was a UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Italy in September 1994.[3] Slovenia have qualified for a major tournament four times, twice for the FIFA World Cup (2002 and 2010) and twice for the UEFA European Championship (2000 and 2024).[5] Slovenia is also one of the smallest countries by population to ever qualify for the World Cup.[6][7] As of 10 June 2025, Slovenia have played a total of 305 official matches, winning 113, drawing 81 and losing 111.[3]

Since 1992, 239 players have represented the national team in official matches.[8] The most capped player is Boštjan Cesar, who has made 101 appearances between 2003 and 2018.[9] The most capped goalkeeper is Samir Handanović with 81 appearances between 2004 and 2015.[10] Zlatko Zahovič is the all-time top goalscorer with 35 goals in his international career, which spanned 13 years between 1992 and 2004.[11] The player with the most appearances as the team captain is Jan Oblak, who captained Slovenia in 53 matches.[12] Benjamin Šeško is the youngest player to appear for the national team; he was 18 years and 1 day old at the time of his debut in June 2021.[13]

## Key

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* The list is initially ordered by alphabetical order of surname.
* Only players with at least ten appearances in official matches are listed.
* Statistics are correct as of the match played on 10 June 2025.

Positions key[a] GK  | Goalkeeper

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DF  | Defender
MF  | Midfielder
FW  | Forward

Position
Playing positions are listed according to the player profiles on the Football Association of Slovenia official website.
Total appearances and goals
Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and UEFA Nations League matches and each competition's associated qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.
Key  Symbol  | Meaning

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*  | National team record

## Players

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Boštjan Cesar is the all-time most capped player for Slovenia with 101 appearances between 2003 and 2018. Milivoje Novaković (80 appearances, 32 goals) is the most capped forward for Slovenia and the second best goalscorer behind Zlatko Zahovič. Samir Handanović is the most capped goalkeeper for Slovenia. Prior to debuting for Slovenia in 1992, Darko Milanič earned five appearances for the Yugoslavia national team.[14] Benjamin Šeško, the youngest player to appear for Slovenia. Table of Slovenia players, with appearance details and statistics  Player  | Position  | First match  | Last match  | Appearances  | Goals  | Notes

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Milenko Ačimovič | MF | 1998 | 2007 | 74 | 13 |
Armin Bačinović | MF | 2009 | 2013 | 13 | 0 |
Jure Balkovec | DF | 2018 | 2024 | 38 | 0 |
Vid Belec | GK | 2014 | 2024 | 21 | 0 |
Robert Berić | FW | 2012 | 2019 | 25 | 2 |
Roman Bezjak | FW | 2013 | 2019 | 33 | 5 |
Jaka Bijol | DF | 2018 | 2025 | 63 | 1 |
Peter Binkovski | MF | 1994 | 1996 | 16 | 1 |
Valter Birsa | MF | 2006 | 2018 | 90 | 7 |
Miha Blažič | DF | 2018 | 2024 | 32 | 0 |
Damjan Bohar | MF | 2014 | 2021 | 16 | 1 |
Boško Boškovič | GK | 1993 | 1998 | 27 | 0 |
Mišo Brečko | DF | 2004 | 2015 | 77 | 0 |
David Brekalo | DF | 2022 | 2025 | 22 | 1 |
Spasoje Bulajič | DF | 1998 | 2004 | 26 | 1 |
Aleš Čeh | MF | 1992 | 2002 | 74 | 1 | [b]
Nastja Čeh | MF | 2001 | 2007 | 46 | 6 |
Žan Celar | FW | 2021 | 2024 | 17 | 0 |
Boštjan Cesar | DF | 2003 | 2018 | 101* | 10 | [b]
Sebastjan Cimirotič | FW | 1998 | 2005 | 33 | 6 |
Fabijan Cipot | DF | 1999 | 2007 | 26 | 0 |
Domen Črnigoj | MF | 2018 | 2022 | 26 | 3 |
Mladen Dabanovič | GK | 1998 | 2003 | 25 | 0 |
Zlatko Dedić | FW | 2004 | 2013 | 49 | 8 |
Vanja Drkušić | DF | 2023 | 2025 | 20 | 0 |
Timi Max Elšnik | MF | 2021 | 2025 | 28 | 1 |
Robert Englaro | DF | 1992 | 1999 | 36 | 0 |
Suad Fileković | DF | 2002 | 2009 | 14 | 0 |
Matjaž Florijančič | FW | 1992 | 1999 | 20 | 1 |
Damjan Gajser | MF | 1995 | 1997 | 11 | 0 |
Saša Gajser | MF | 1999 | 2003 | 27 | 1 |
Marinko Galič | DF | 1994 | 2002 | 66 | 0 |
Primož Gliha | FW | 1992 | 1998 | 28 | 10 |
Adam Gnezda Čerin | MF | 2020 | 2025 | 42 | 6 |
Jon Gorenc Stanković | DF | 2020 | 2025 | 31 | 1 |
Samir Handanović | GK | 2004 | 2015 | 81 | 0 |
Branko Ilić | DF | 2004 | 2015 | 63 | 1 |
Josip Iličić | FW | 2010 | 2024 | 86 | 17 |
Rudi Istenič | MF | 1997 | 2000 | 17 | 0 |
Erik Janža | DF | 2014 | 2025 | 23 | 3 |
Alfred Jermaniš | MF | 1992 | 1998 | 29 | 1 |
Bojan Jokić | DF | 2006 | 2019 | 100 | 1 | [b]
Kevin Kampl | MF | 2012 | 2018 | 28 | 2 |
Amir Karić | MF | 1996 | 2004 | 64 | 1 |
Žan Karničnik | DF | 2021 | 2025 | 38 | 2 |
Andraž Kirm | MF | 2007 | 2016 | 71 | 6 |
Aleksander Knavs | DF | 1998 | 2006 | 65 | 3 | [b]
Vladimir Kokol | MF | 1994 | 1997 | 12 | 1 |
Aleš Kokot | DF | 2004 | 2008 | 10 | 0 |
Andrej Komac | MF | 2004 | 2010 | 43 | 0 |
Robert Koren | MF | 2003 | 2011 | 61 | 5 | [b]
Blaž Kramer | FW | 2020 | 2025 | 10 | 0 |
Rene Krhin | MF | 2009 | 2019 | 48 | 2 |
Aleš Križan | DF | 1992 | 1998 | 25 | 0 |
Jasmin Kurtić | MF | 2012 | 2024 | 96 | 2 |
Klemen Lavrič | FW | 2004 | 2008 | 25 | 6 |
Dejan Lazarević | MF | 2011 | 2015 | 20 | 1 |
Zlatan Ljubijankić | FW | 2006 | 2015 | 48 | 6 |
Sandi Lovrić | MF | 2020 | 2025 | 42 | 4 |
Tim Matavž | FW | 2010 | 2020 | 39 | 11 |
Darijan Matić | MF | 2006 | 2012 | 10 | 0 |
Borut Mavrič | GK | 2004 | 2006 | 18 | 0 |
Matej Mavrič | DF | 2002 | 2011 | 37 | 1 |
Aleš Mertelj | MF | 2012 | 2015 | 16 | 0 |
Miha Mevlja | DF | 2016 | 2022 | 50 | 2 |
Darko Milanič | DF | 1992 | 2000 | 42 | 0 | [b][c]
Željko Milinovič | DF | 1997 | 2002 | 38 | 3 |
Jan Mlakar | FW | 2021 | 2025 | 27 | 4 |
Mitja Mörec | DF | 2007 | 2009 | 14 | 0 |
Džoni Novak | MF | 1992 | 2002 | 71 | 3 | [c]
Milivoje Novaković | FW | 2006 | 2017 | 80 | 32 |
Jan Oblak | GK | 2012 | 2025 | 77 | 0 | [b]
Milan Osterc | FW | 1997 | 2002 | 44 | 8 |
Miran Pavlin | MF | 1994 | 2004 | 63 | 5 | [b]
Zoran Pavlović | MF | 1998 | 2002 | 21 | 0 |
Nejc Pečnik | MF | 2009 | 2015 | 32 | 6 |
Jalen Pokorn | MF | 2004 | 2005 | 12 | 0 |
Andrej Poljšak | DF | 1993 | 1998 | 15 | 1 |
Aleksandar Radosavljević | MF | 2002 | 2013 | 39 | 1 |
Ermin Rakovič | FW | 2001 | 2007 | 15 | 1 |
Rajko Rotman | MF | 2014 | 2018 | 15 | 0 |
Mladen Rudonja | MF | 1994 | 2003 | 65 | 1 |
Miral Samardžić | DF | 2013 | 2017 | 15 | 0 |
Benjamin Šeško | FW | 2021 | 2025 | 41 | 16 |
Simon Sešlar | MF | 1997 | 2005 | 19 | 0 |
Gregor Sikošek | DF | 2016 | 2022 | 11 | 0 |
Ermin Šiljak | FW | 1994 | 2005 | 48 | 14 |
Marko Simeunovič | GK | 1992 | 2004 | 57 | 0 |
Mirnes Šišić | MF | 2008 | 2012 | 15 | 2 |
Nejc Skubic | DF | 2016 | 2021 | 23 | 1 |
Andraž Šporar | FW | 2016 | 2024 | 61 | 12 |
Dalibor Stevanović | MF | 2006 | 2015 | 22 | 1 |
Petar Stojanović | DF | 2014 | 2025 | 67 | 2 |
Aljaž Struna | DF | 2016 | 2019 | 21 | 1 |
Andraž Struna | DF | 2012 | 2018 | 27 | 1 |
Goran Šukalo | MF | 2002 | 2011 | 34 | 2 |
Marko Šuler | DF | 2008 | 2013 | 39 | 3 |
Sašo Udovič | FW | 1993 | 2000 | 42 | 16 |
Benjamin Verbič | MF | 2015 | 2025 | 63 | 7 |
Amedej Vetrih | MF | 2017 | 2021 | 13 | 0 |
Žan Vipotnik | FW | 2023 | 2025 | 17 | 2 |
Dare Vršič | MF | 2007 | 2012 | 13 | 3 |
Haris Vučkić | MF | 2012 | 2021 | 12 | 5 |
Muamer Vugdalić | DF | 1999 | 2004 | 27 | 0 |
Luka Zahović | FW | 2018 | 2023 | 15 | 0 |
Zlatko Zahovič | MF | 1992 | 2004 | 80 | 35* |
Miha Zajc | MF | 2016 | 2023 | 39 | 8 |
Gregor Židan | MF | 1992 | 1996 | 19 | 0 | [d]
Anton Žlogar | MF | 1998 | 2009 | 37 | 1 |

## Notes

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1. ^ For more information, see formation.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Captained Slovenia in at least ten games.[15]
3. ^ a b Represented Yugoslavia prior to Slovenian independence.[16]
4. ^ Played one match for Croatia in 1990.[17]

## References

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General

* "Slovenia – Record International Players". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

Specific

1. ^ "Vsi izidi (1992–2022)" [All results (1992–2022)] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
2. ^ "Pravilnik o priznanjih Nogometne zveze Slovenije" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 23 October 2018. p. 7. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
3. ^ a b c "Slovenia Football Results". eu-football.info. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
4. ^ Plestenjak, Rok; Viškovič, Rok (11 October 2010). "Estonija zgodovinska za Slovenijo in tudi Keka" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
5. ^ "STA: Pregled - šport, 20. 11. (ponedeljek)". sta.si (in Slovenian). Slovenian Press Agency. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023. "Slovenija, ki je v desetih tekmah sedemkrat zmagala, bo četrtič nastopila na velikem tekmovanju. Doslej je po vodstvom Srečka Katanca igrala na evropskem prvenstvu 2000 in svetovnem prvenstvu 2002, pod Kekovim vodstvom Keka pa še na SP 2010."
6. ^ "World Cup's smallest nations: Iceland eclipse Trinidad & Tobago for record". ESPN. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
7. ^ "Iceland are smallest nation to qualify for World Cup – taking over from ..." The Irish Times. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
8. ^ "Slovenia Footballers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
9. ^ "Most Slovenia Caps". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
10. ^ "Samir Handanović, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
11. ^ "Top Slovenia Goal Scorers". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
12. ^ "Slovenian footballers by caps as captain". eu-football.info. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
13. ^ "Slovenia footballers by debut age". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
14. ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
15. ^ "Kapetani" [Captains]. RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). Retrieved 24 March 2019.
16. ^ Plestenjak, Rok (7 June 2016). "Milanič in Novak brez Eura, Danci šokirali svet" [Milanic and Novak without Euro, Denmark shocked the world] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
17. ^ "Gregor Židan". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

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