Slovakia national football team
It was the first time the national team ever played in a major football competition , after playing every FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign since 1998 and every UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaign since 1996 , after a 50-year absence from international football due to representing part of the Czechoslovakia team . 
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