Robert Koren, the charismatic captain of the Slovenia National Football Team has decided to call time on his international career in order to prolong his playing days. Koren, who currently plays for Hull City Association Football Club in the Football League Championship, the second tier in England’s football pyramid, has always been one of the …
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KOREN BACKS SLOVENIA
Slovenia captain Robert Koren has told ESPNsoccernet he is confident that Slovenia will prove they deserve their place on the world stage at this summer’s World Cup finals. Many in the football world are sceptical about Slovenia’s ability to mix it with the big boys at the finals, but Koren, who has spent the last …
SLOVENIA NAME FINAL SQUAD
Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek has trimmed his World Cup squad to 23 on Tuesday by dropping three more players from his provisional roster. Jan Koprivec, Aleksandar Rajcevic, Dare Vrsic and Miran Burgic were already cut from the original 30-man squad and now Mirnes Sisic, Darian Matic and Dejan Kelhar have also been told that they …
SLOVENIA MAKE TOP 20
Slovenia made it into the top 20 of FIFA rankings for the first time in the country’s history after an impressive showing in the World Cup. One win and a draw out of three matches at the World Cup in South Africa propelled the Slovenian national football team to the 19th place in FIFA’s latest …
SLOVENIA FAIL TO WIN
Slovenia failed to win its opening Euro 2012 qualifiers after being defeated by Northern Ireland. Slovenia squandered a host of chances in the first half with Milivoje Novakovic and Zlatan Ljubijankic posing a potent attacking threat. The hosts dominated after the break but the visitors netted in a rare attack as Evans turned in Craig …
SLOVENIA DRAW
A late error proved costly as Slovenia only drew with Serbia. Slovenia took the lead through striker Milivoje Novakovic in the 63rd minute and appeared to be headed to victory when Serbia’s Nikola Zigic capitalised on poor marking in the box to head home. Following their surpise defeat to Northern Ireland on Friday, Slovenia came …
SLOVENIA SMASH QATAR
Slovenia boosted its confidence ahead of the World Cup with a 4-1 victory over Qatar in a friendly on Wednesday. Slovenia was aggressive from the start, with Milivoje Novakovic opening the scoring in the 13th minute and Bostjan Cesar adding a second in the 30th after collecting a pass from Andraz Kirm, who then made …
We Need Slovenia Fans
Do you have the inside track on Slovenian football? We’re looking for a keen fan to blog for us about the Slovenian football team, keeping everyone in touch with what the fans really feel! If you think thats you, then send us a sample of your written work to worldcupfootballfans at googlemail.com, and you could …