Slovakia at the UEFA European Championship
International football delegation
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As Slovakia along with the Czech Republic is considered to be the successor team of Czechoslovakia by FIFA and UEFA, they have qualified for a UEFA European Championship six times; three as Czechoslovakia and three as an independent nation since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and its national team in 1993.[1][2] As an independent nation, they directly qualified in 2016 after finishing second in their qualifying group. For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 3.[3] As Czechoslovakia, they became European champions in 1976, with eight Slovaks in starting eleven. As Slovakia, their best finish was reaching the round of 16 at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024.
Participations as Czechoslovakia
Euro 2016
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wales |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  England |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Russia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
- Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | E |  Republic of Ireland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | F |  Portugal |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | C |  Northern Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | D |  Turkey |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | A |  Albania |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.
Knockout stage
- Round of 16
Euro 2020
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Spain (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Poland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
- Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | Portugal |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | D |  Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | A |  Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | C |  Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | B |  Finland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | E | Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.
Euro 2024
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Romania |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Belgium |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
- Ranking of third-placed teams
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking (or drawing of lots, if hosts Germany had been involved in the tiebreaker).[15]
Notes:
- Disciplinary points: Netherlands −2, Georgia −6.[14]
Knockout stage
- Round of 16
Overall record
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
| as Czechoslovakia |
as Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
 1960 |
Third place | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1960 | |
 1964 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1964 | |||||||||
 1968 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1968 | ||||||||||
| 1972 |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1972 | ||||||||||
 1976 |
Champions | 1st | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1976 | |
| 1980 |
Third place | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1980 | |
 1984 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1984 | |||||||||
 1988 |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1988 | ||||||||||
| 1992 |
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1992 | ||||||||||
| as Slovakia |
as Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Did not qualify | 3rd | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||||||||
 2000 |
3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 2004 |
3rd | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||||
 2008 |
4th | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 2012 |
4th | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Squad | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |
 2020 | Group stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Squad | 3rd | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |
| 2024 | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |
 2028 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 6/17 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | — | — | 136 | 71 | 26 | 39 | 233 | 145 | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.