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22.10.2018 | U17 - English
Home pitch advantage for Elite Round hopefull Slovenia

Slovenian Under17 team is in the centre of attention at National football centre Brdo, with the Under17 tournament set to start on Wednesday. Slovenia, Austria, Bulgaria and Malta will duke it out for the two positions that guarantee the Elite Round.

Slovenia Under17 head coach Igor Benedejčič has quite a history as far as gaining promotion goes. He has been quite regularly featuring in the Elite rounds, even managing a qualification to European Championship on one occassion.

»We play at home, so it's obvious that we want to proceed into the Elite round. That would be great for this generation of players, as the players would gewt three more quality games on an international level,« Benedejčič said ahead of assembling his squad.

Slovenia has been getting good results in the build up to the tournament, defeating Croatia on two occasions. Benedejčič says Austria is a small favorite, but: »The group is quite on the same level, with Austria maybe a small favorite based on the roster. But we shouldn't forget the other two teams as well. Malta has been getting some good results in this age category.«

Slovenia will start off thier campaign against Bulgaria on Wednesday at 15:00 at NFC Brdo.

Slovenia squad for the tournament:

Pečar Martin, Eintracht Frankfurt / GER, 05.07.2002
Hvalič Klemen, Empoli FC / ITA, 18.04.2002
Leban Žan Luk, Escola Varsovia / POL, 01.01.2002
Flakus Bosilj David, NK Aluminij Kidričevo, 01.02.2002
Pečnik Gašper, NK Aluminij Kidričevo, 10.07.2002
Majcen Jan, NK Aluminij Kidričevo, 25.07.2002
Slaviček Žiga, NK Bravo, 01.08.2003
Feratovič Amir, NK Bravo, 08.06.2002
Rauter Nik, NK Celje, 08.03.2002
Sojer Anže, NK Domžale, 08.07.2002
Šeško Benjamin, NK Domžale, 31.05.2003
Dajčman Žiga, NK Domžale, 22.05.2002
Žur Domen, NK Krško, 31.07.2002
Zajšek Domen, NK Maribor Branik, 06.04.2003
Vipotnik Žan, NK Maribor Branik, 18.03.2002
Krašovic Matic, NK Maribor Branik, 25.07.2002
Brkić Luka, NK Triglav Kranj, 23.07.2002
Zlatkov Aleks, NK Triglav Kranj, 19.03.2002
Vuković Luka, NK Triglav Kranj, 03.01.2002
Panić Vanja, ŠD NK Olimpija Ljubljana, 27.01.2002

Article: MaK
Photo: Ekipa24.si

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