Slovenia qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2014), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they ended second in their group with Norway, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. This allowed the team to compete for qualification against Ukraine in the play-offs, which the Slovenians won 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament.
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At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Norway. Despite being an outsider, Slovenia held Serbia and Norway at a draw and only suffered a narrow loss against Spain. With two points, however, Slovenia ended last in their group. Zlatko Zahovič was the country's star player as he scored three out of four Slovenian goals.
Yugoslavia vs Slovenia
In the first game of the group Slovenia stunned Yugoslavia and took a 3–0 lead after one hour of play, with Zlatko Zahovič scoring twice and Miran Pavlin once. After the red card of Siniša Mihajlović it looked like the team would have won its first game, but then Yugoslavia made a dream comeback as they scored three goals in only six minutes.
Slovenia vs Spain
In the second game, Spain took the 1–0 lead quickly as Raúl scored. Slovenia equalised after one hour of play as Zlatko Zahovič scored his third goal of the tournament. Spain then took the lead again after only sixty seconds as Joseba Etxeberria scored a goal winner. 13,000 Slovenian fans gathered to see the match in Amsterdam Arena, which is still a record for the most Slovenian spectators on a football game outside Slovenia.
Slovenia vs Norway
In the last round of the group stage Slovenia played against Norway and still had theoretical chances to progress to the quarterfinals. At the end the game was a goalless draw and the team won its second point of the tournament, but did not advance to the second round.