Slovakia
Coach: Vladimir Weiss
Vladimir Weiss is the Head Coach of the Slovak National Team and has been so since 2008. On 14 October 2009, he led the team to the historic success of Slovakia's first-ever qualification for the World Cup!World Cup 2010 Qualifying:
Slovakia qualified for their first World Cup finals after beating Poland 1-0 to finish top of Group Three thanks to a third-minute own goal by Seweryn Gancarczyk and some key saves from Jan Mucha. Slovakia coach Vladimir Weiss said "We played well in these qualifiers, we were lucky today but we've also put a lot of heart into the game. People deserved this and I'm glad that we made Slovaks happy."Past World Cup Performance:
Slovakia will participate in the World Cup for the first time in their history in South Africa and also for the first time as an independent nation following their split from the Czech Republic. They will bring with them some quality players in their squad including the likes of Martin Skrtel and Marik Hamsik. Slovakia have been drawn in Group F against Italy, New Zealand and Paraguay and look to have a decent chance of making the next round!Slovakia - Key Players
Martin Skrtel - Liverpool
Marek Hamsik - Napoli
Robert Vittek - Lille
