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Volleyball national side

Slovenia

National team · Slovenia

«Orli»

128 Matches
84 wins
44 losses
286–201 Sets
+85 Difference
2.2 Average per match
Form W 16 Sep · Home Czech Republic · 3:1 L 17 Sep · Away Italy · 2:3 W 21 Sep · Home Serbia · 3:0 W 23 Sep · Away Belgium · 3:1 L 25 Sep · Home Poland · 0:3 L 26 Sep · Away Finland · 0:3

Slovenia went to Paris for a first Olympic appearance in 2024, but the medal that best sums up the national team's rise is silver from the European Championship, and it came three times running before Ljubljana ever saw a gold at that level — 2015, 2019 and 2021, each ending one match short, against France, Serbia and Italy in turn.

The setup goes back to 1992, when Slovenia split from Yugoslavia and the Volleyball Federation of Slovenia joined the FIVB and the CEV within the year. The side known as Orli spent its first two decades mostly out of view before Giani's arrival in 2015 changed the ceiling. What followed is remembered in Slovenia as the "Silver Trio" period, coaches Slobodan Kovač and Alberto Giuliani carrying the team through those three European finals between 2017 and 2021, then a bronze at the 2023 Europeans and a fourth-place finish at the 2022 World Championship, co-hosted on home soil with Poland.

Tine Urnaut, captain for most of that stretch and named the tournament's best outside spiker in 2015, came up through ACH Volley Ljubljana, as did setter Dejan Vinčić, who took the MVP award at that same European League final before retiring in 2025. Fabio Soli took over as head coach in 2025, following Gheorghe Crețu.

Home games are played at the Stožice Arena, which holds nearly 12,500 for volleyball.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
26 Sep CEV European Championship Finland A 0:3 L
25 Sep CEV European Championship Poland H 0:3 L
23 Sep CEV European Championship Belgium A 3:1 W
21 Sep CEV European Championship Serbia H 3:0 W
17 Sep CEV European Championship Italy A 2:3 L
16 Sep CEV European Championship Czech Republic H 3:1 W

Standing

CEV European Championship

Group stage · Group A

# Team M W L Goals Pts
1 Italy 5 5 0 15:4 14
2 Turkey 4 3 1 9:5 8
2 Slovenia 5 3 2 12:7 10
3 Hungary 4 0 4 0:12 0
3 Greece 5 3 2 10:9 9
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 128
128 Matches
84 wins
44 losses
286–201 Sets
+85 Difference
2.2 Average per match
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 128
84wins: 84 · 65% 44losses: 44 · 34%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
16 Sep · Home Czech Republic · 3:1
17 Sep · Away Italy · 2:3
21 Sep · Home Serbia · 3:0
23 Sep · Away Belgium · 3:1
25 Sep · Home Poland · 0:3
26 Sep · Away Finland · 0:3
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 128 61 67
Scored 286 138 148
Conceded 201 84 117
Average per match 2.2 2.3 2.2
Conceded per game 1.6 1.4 1.7
Difference +85 +54 +31

Fixtures of Slovenia

Honours of Slovenia

  • FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup 2019 1
  • Men's European League 2015 1
  • European Championship 2015, 2019, 2021 3
  • Men's European League 2011, 2014 2
  • European Championship 2023 1
  • FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2026 1
  • Mediterranean Games 2009 1

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