A day after shocking Germany 3-1 in Augsburg, Slovakia have just announced their 23 member squad for the European Championships. Coach Jan Kozak has cut four players from his provisional 27 member squad- Lukas Tesak, Matus Bero, Erik Sabo and Adam Zrelak are the ones making way.
Key players include Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel and Napoli’s Marek Hamsik, both of whom will play key roles if Slovakia have to get out of their group.
The maximum number of players come from Viktoria Plzen (3), with Slovan Bratislava sending 2 players. Eighteen clubs are represented by a single player.
Slovakia are in Group B for the Championships in France along with England, Wales and Russia.
Goalkeepers: Matus Kozacik (Viktoria Plzen), Jan Mucha (Slovan Bratislava), Jan Novota (Rapid Wien)
Defenders: Peter Pekarik (Hertha Berlin), Milan Skriniar (Sampdoria), Martin Skrtel (Liverpool), Norbert Gyomber (Roma), Jan Durica (Lokomotiv Moscow), Kornel Salata (Slovan Bratislava), Tomas Hubocan (Dynamo Moscow), Dusan Svento (Koln)
Midfielders: Viktor Pecovsky (MSK Zilina), Robert Mak (PAOK), Juraj Kucka (AC Milan), Patrik Hrosovsky (Viktoria Plzen), Jan Gregus (Jablonec), Marek Hamsik (Napoli), Ondrej Duda (Legia Warsaw), Miroslav Stoch (Bursaspor), Vladimir Weiss (Al Gharafa)
Strikers: Michal Duris (Viktoria Pilsen), Adam Nemec (Willem II), Stanislav Sestak (Ferencvaros)
Coach: Jan Kozak
Assistant coach: Stefan Tarkovic
By club
Viktoria Plzen- 3
Slovan Bratislava 2
Rapid Wien- 1
Hertha Berlin – 1
Sampdoria – 1
Liverpool – 1
Roma- 1
Lokomotiv- 1
Dinamo Moscow- 1
Koln- 1
Zilina-1
PAOK- 1
Milan- 1
Jablonec – 1
Napoli – 1
Legia Warsaw- 1
Bursaspor- 1
Al Gharafa- 1
Ferencvaros – 1
Willem II- 1