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Slovenia
v England⁠

0–1

Full time

Slovenia v England finished 0–1.

England
Defoe 23'
Slovenia
None
Date
Wednesday 23 June 2010 · England in 2010
Kick-off
15:00 UK
Venue
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-4-2

Starting XI

Substitutes

Slovenia Formation 4-4-2

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Samir Handanovic GK
  • No. 2, Miso Brecko RB
  • No. 4, Marko Suler CB
  • No. 5, Bostjan Cesar CB
  • No. 13, Bojan Jokic LB
  • No. 10, Valter Birsa RM
  • No. 8, Robert Koren CM
  • No. 18, Aleksander Radosavljevic CM
  • No. 17, Andraz Kirm LM Off in the 79'
  • No. 9, Zlatan Ljubijankic FW Off in the 62'
  • No. 11, Milivoje Novakovic FW

Substitutes

  • No. 14, Zlatko Dedic On in the 62'
  • No. 23, Tim Matavz On in the 79'
  • No. 3, Elvedin Dzinic (not used)
  • No. 6, Branko Ilic (not used)
  • No. 7, Nejc Pecnik (not used)
  • No. 12, Jasmin Handanovic (not used)
  • No. 15, Rene Krhin (not used)
  • No. 16, Aleksander Seliga (not used)
  • No. 19, Suad Filekovic (not used)
  • No. 20, Andrej Komac (not used)
  • No. 21, Dalibor Stevanovic (not used)
  • No. 22, Matej Mavrič (not used)

Referee: Wolfgang Stark.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 1 meeting before this one

2009 – 2009

Official meetings since 2009

England v Slovenia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings7In our results database
England wins5England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
Slovenia wins0Slovenia victories

England have scored 10 goals to Slovenia's 4 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

2

Defoe

2 goals against Slovenia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Slovenia · Fixture leader

1

Ljubijankić

Slovenia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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