Slovakia at EURO 2024: Fixtures, stats, coach, tickets

What group will Slovakia be in at EURO 2024?

Slovakia have been drawn in Group E alongside Belgium, Ukraine and Romania.

Slovakia's Group E fixtures

vs Belgium (Frankfurt, 17 June, 18:00)
vs Ukraine (Düsseldorf, 21 June, 15:00)
vs Romania (Frankfurt, 26 June, 18:00)

Who is Slovakia coach?

Italian Francesco Calzona gained a wealth of coaching experience after working alongside the likes of Maurizio Sarri and Luciano Spalletti as an assistant for various Serie A clubs. He was given the Slovakia job in in August 2022, his first head coach role, and has guided the nation to their third EURO finals in a row.

Slovakia key player: Milan Škriniar

A strong-tackling centre-back and born leader on and off the pitch, Škriniar took the captain's armband following Marek Hamšík's retirement in 2022. An ankle injury forced him to miss the first three months of this year, but he returned for Paris Saint-Germain in April, well rested and champing at the bit. It was a welcome sight for Calzona – it's hard to imagine the Slovakia defence without Škriniar this summer.

Slovakia one to watch: Leo Sauer

A winger who scored on his Feyenoord debut aged 17 last August, Sauer became Slovakia's youngest-ever player in March when deployed off the bench in a friendly against Norway. Bratislava-born Sauer is one of the most promising players to emerge from Slovakia in recent times, a precocious talent already with big-tournament experience – as his nation's youngest player, naturally, at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.

How did Slovakia qualify for EURO 2024?

Group J runners-up: P10 W7 D1 L2 F17 A8
Slovakia qualified for their third consecutive EURO finals with a 4-2 home win against Iceland on 16 November. They finished third in Group E in 2020 and, having famously lifted the trophy as part of Czechoslovakia in 1976, their best performance since the countries split came in 2016, when they progressed to the round of 16 before being beaten by Germany.

Slovakia's EURO pedigree

Previous EUROs: 5*, most recently EURO 2020
EURO best: Winners (1976)**
EURO 2020: Group stage

*including Czechoslovakia
**as Czechoslovakia

Slovakia EURO stats

Most final tournament appearances

7: Marek Hamšík
7: Juraj Kucka
7: Peter Pekarík

Most final tournament goals

1: Ondrej Duda
1: Marek Hamšík
1: Vladimír Weiss
1: Milan Škriniar

Slovakia tickets for EURO 2024

The latest UEFA EURO 2024 ticket information can be found here.

All times CET