World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Slovenia's 1st appearance in the World Cup Finals.
Best World Cup Performance:
Qualifying for Korea-Japan 2002.
Group B
Spain vs Slovenia
Slovenia got their first ever World Cup finals campaign off to a poor start by losing to
Spain.
South Africa vs Slovenia
South Africa narrowly beat Slovenia, to effectively knock them out of the tournament.
Slovenia vs Paraguay
Slovenia were already out of the tournament before they started this game.
Knockout Stage
Slovenia failed to qualify for the Second Round.
Goalkeepers:
1 Marko Simeunovic (Maribor)
12 Mladen Dabanovic (Lokeren)
22 Dejan Nemec (Club Bruges)
Defenders:
2 Goran Sankovic (Slavia Prague)
3 Zeljko Milinovic (Jef United)
4 Maumer Vugdalic (Maribor)
5 Marinko Galic (Koper)
6 Aleksander Knavs (Kaiserslautern)
23 Spasoje Bulajic (Cologne)
Midfielders:
7 Dzoni Novak (Unterhaching)
8 Ales Ceh (Graz AK)
11 Miran Pavlin (Porto)
14 Sasa Gajser (Ghent)
15 Rajko Tavcar (FC Nürnberg)
17 Zoran Pavlovic (Austria Memphis)
18 Milenko Acimovic (Red Star Belgrade)
19 Amir Karic (Maribor)
20 Nastja Ceh (Club Bruges)
Forwards:
9 Milan Osterc (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
10 Zlatko Zahovic (Benfica) -- Sent home
13 Mladen Rudonja (Portsmouth)
16 Senad Tiganj (Olimpija)
21 Segastjan Cimirotic (Lecce)
Trainer:
Srecko Katanec.
Players to watch:
Zlatko Zahovic, Aleksander Knavs and Milenko Acimovic.
Slovenia
Travel Notes:
Find out more about Slovenia at Travel Notes.
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