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{{Infobox National football team
{{Infobox National football team
| Name = Serbia|
| Name = Serbia|
Badge = FSS.svg
Badge = FSS.svg
| FIFA Trigramme = SRB
| FIFA Trigramme = SRB
| Nickname = '''Beli Orlovi''' <br>(White Eagles)
| Nickname = '''Beli Orlovi''' <br>(White Eagles)
| Founded = 1414
| Founded = 1414
| Association = [[Football Association of Serbia]]
| Association = [[Football Association of Serbia]]
| Confederation = [[UEFA]] (Europe)
| Confederation = [[UEFA]] (Europe)
| Coach = [[Vladimir Petrović]]
| Coach = [[Vladimir Petrović]]
| Captain = [[Dejan Stanković]]
| Captain = [[Dejan Stanković]]
| Most caps = [[Savo Milošević]] (102)
| Most caps = [[Savo Milošević]] (102)
| Top scorer = [[Savo Milošević]] (37)
| Top scorer = [[Savo Milošević]] (37)
| Home Stadium = [[Stadion Crvena Zvezda]], [[Stadion FK Partizan]], [[Belgrade]]
| Home Stadium = [[Stadion Crvena Zvezda]], [[Stadion FK Partizan]], [[Belgrade]]
| FIFA Rank = 23
| FIFA Rank = 23
| 1st ranking date = December 2002
| 1st ranking date = December 2002
| FIFA max = 13
| FIFA max = 13
| FIFA max date = September 2009, March 2010, July 2010
| FIFA max date = September 2009, March 2010, July 2010
| FIFA min = 47
| FIFA min = 47
| FIFA min date = Jun 2006
| FIFA min date = Jun 2006
| Elo Rank = 30
| Elo Rank = 30
| Elo max = 8
| Elo max = 8
| Elo max date = June 2009
| Elo max date = June 2009
| Elo min = 41
| Elo min = 41
| Elo min date = September 2008
| Elo min date = September 2008
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Revision as of 18:41, 10 February 2011

Serbia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Beli Orlovi
(White Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVladimir Petrović
CaptainDejan Stanković
Most capsSavo Milošević (102)
Top scorerSavo Milošević (37)
Home stadiumStadion Crvena Zvezda, Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade
FIFA codeSRB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current23
Highest13 (September 2009, March 2010, July 2010)
Lowest47 (Jun 2006)
First international
 Czech Republic 1–3 Serbia Serbia
(Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 16 August 2006)
Biggest win
 Azerbaijan 1–6 Serbia Serbia
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 17 October 2007)
Serbia Serbia 6–1 Bulgaria 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 19 November 2008)
Serbia Serbia 5–0 Romania 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 10 October 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 2–0 Serbia Serbia
(Kiev, Ukraine; 26 March 2008)
Serbia Serbia 1–3 Estonia 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 8 October 2010)
World Cup
Appearances11[1] (first in 1930)
Best result4th 1930, 1962
European Championship
Appearances5[1] (first in 1960)
Best result2nd 1960, 1968
Medal record
Serbia national football team
Medal record
Men’s Football
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1971 İzmir Team
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens Team

The Serbia national football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије, [Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their head coach is Vladimir Petrović. Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the SFR Yugoslavia national football team. In 2010, for the first time in history, Serbia was represented as an independent nation in the FIFA World Cup.

History

1920–1992 Heritage from Yugoslavia

See also: Yugoslavia national football team and Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro

Serbian national team was previously known as the Yugoslav national football team from 15 January 1991 until 4 February 2003, and then as the Serbia and Montenegro national football team until 3 June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was officially renamed the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006, while the Montenegro national football team was created to represent the new state of Montenegro.

Serbia vs. Belgium at Marakana, 7 October 2006

Between 1921 and 1992, the team did not exist as we know it today, since Serbia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943) and later on, of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991). The Serbia national team existed from 1919 to 1921, but ceased to exist following the creation of the first Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

However, the Football Association of Serbia is a FIFA member since 1921 and a UEFA member since its creation in 1954. The Serbia national team is recognized, thanks to a mutual consent between both FIFA and UEFA, as the direct descendant of the Yugoslavia national team. Hence, the new national team formed in 1992 inherited of the full status, results, and achievements from Yugoslavia, which was not the case for any other country resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia. Consequently, it did not have to apply to obtain a FIFA and UEFA status.

A similar situation happened following Montenegro's decision to secede following a referendum held on 21 May 2006. Once more, Serbia inherited of the Serbia and Montenegro full status, and did not have to apply for a FIFA and UEFA status, while Montenegro was obligated to do so.

1992–2000

Although the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed on 28 April 1992, its teams were banned from all international sporting events, including the national football team. Consequently, the national team did not play its first game as a new country before 23 December 1994, a friendly match played in Porto Alegre and in which Brazil won by the mark of 2 – 0. This was the first ever team composed of Serbian and Montenegrin players exclusively, while Slobodan Santrač, a former Yugoslavia national team player, was named the team's first ever manager. The next game was played only three days later, this time in Buenos Aires, resulting in 1 – 0 loss to Argentina. Despite two losses in two games, the team was honoured to play its first two games ever against such football powerhouses.

Also due to the United Nations international sanctions, the team could not take part in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification, nor the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying process.

On 31 March 1991, the team recorded its first official win in history, a 1 – 0 friendly against Uruguay, simultaneously marking the team's first ever home game, played at Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, and the first ever goal scored, courtesy of Savo Milošević. Slightly more than one year later, the team recorded its first ever win in a FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament in its first game in such a tournament, a 3 – 1 win over the Faroe Islands. Shortly after, the team also recorded its biggest win in history, once again against the Faroe Islands, 8 – 1. Yugoslavia finished second in Group 6, just behind Spain, meaning it had to go through the play-off system in order to qualify. Yugoslavia was paired up with Hungary, and what was believed would be a tough matchup turned out to be an easy win for Yugoslavia, 7 – 1 in Budapest and 5 – 0 in Belgrade, for an aggregate score of 12 – 1. This was enough to secure Yugoslavia its first ever FIFA World Cup appearance as a new country.

The 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding had Yugoslavia ranked in 21st position, but the Yugoslav national football team went to France as one of the shadow favorites for the World Cup. The New York Times stated that Yugoslavia could easily be a semi-finalist in that year's world cup.[2] The justification for such an estimation was partially found in the names of the Yugoslav players, members of great European teams and proven footballers. The draw put the team in Group F alongside Germany, the United States, and Iran. Yugoslavia won its first game 1 – 0 against Iran thanks to a goal from defender Siniša Mihajlović. The next game was a heartbreaker for Yugoslavia. After leading Germany 2 – 0, last game's hero, Mihajlović, scored an unlucky own goal following a German freekick, and Oliver Bierhoff equalised at 2 – 2 with only about ten minutes to the match. Nonetheless, Yugoslavia responded in the next game against the United States and won 1 – 0 due to an early goal in Nantes. Yugoslavia made easy work of Group 6, but despite an excellent record, the game against Germany would prove costly as Germany won the group thanks to a better goal difference.

Due to their second position, Yugoslavia saw itself face the Netherlands in the Round of 16. Yugoslavia entered in the match with a sole attacker, but its defensive tactics proved unsuccessful as Dennis Bergkamp put the Netherlands in front in the 38th minute. Immediately following the start of the second half, Yugoslavia pressured the Dutch, who inevitably conceded a header from Slobodan Komljenović. However, the turning point of this match was be a penalty awarded to Yugoslavia after Vladimir Jugović was fouled in the penalty area. Predrag Mijatović's shot dazzled Edwin van der Sar, but not the crossbar, and the scoreline remained the same at 1 – 1. Such an event demoralized the Yugoslavs, as the Dutch took the initiative. In the late seconds of the game, as everybody was preparing for extra time, Edgar Davids shot towards the Yugoslav net from a distance of 20 meters and beat goalkeeper Ivica Kralj, to the pure disbelief of the Yugoslav players and fans. This marked the end of Yugoslavia's run in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, since there was not much time left to do anything.

Unlucky events forced Yugoslavia out of the tournament, but the team definitely demonstrated its great ability and proved it had a spot among the world's best teams. This was also reflected in the FIFA World Rankings following the 1998 FIFA World Cup, in which Yugoslavia was constantly ranked in the Top 10 for a long period of time.

2000–2006

The draw for Euro 2000 qualifiers saw many eyebrows raised as first-seeded Yugoslavia was drawn in a group with Croatia, thus marking the first games between the two teams after the breakup of Yugoslavia. Other teams in the group were Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, and Malta. The coach of the national team first was Milan Živadinović, while Vujadin Boskov took over after his resignation.

Due to the NATO bombing of the country that started on 24 March 1999, Yugoslavia played its home fixture against Malta in Thessaloniki, Greece, winning 4 – 1.

The two highly anticipated games versus Croatia both ended in draws. First game in Belgrade ended with a scoreline 0 – 0 (the game was interrupted due to power outage at the beginning of the second half and resumed after 43 minutes[3]), while the other (which was the last fixture of the qualifying stage) ended 2 – 2 in Zagreb. The latter result however amounted to victory as was enough for Yugoslavia to secure a direct qualifying berth and knock Croatia out of European championship.

The draw for the Finals placed Yugoslavia in group C along with Spain, Norway, and Slovenia. The first game against Slovenia saw yet another former Yugoslav republic take a surprising 3 – 0 lead at Stade du Pays de Charleroi, but Yugoslavia managed to equalise by scoring three goals in only six minutes in mid-second half. The team's only victory in the tournament came in the second game versus Norway in Liège, thanks to an early Savo Milošević backheel strike. Final group game in Bruges was another high-scoring, but ultimately heartbreaking for Yugoslavia, as Spain won 4 – 3 with two late goals, despite the Yugoslavs taking the lead three times,the game has received 15min extension and immediately finished after Spain get the 4th goal thus, received many plaudits and critics. Yugoslavia ended the group in second place, as Norway failed to defeat Slovenia in Arnhem. In each of the three games, Yugoslavia had one player sent off (Siniša Mihajlović, Mateja Kežman, and Slaviša Jokanović, respectively).

In the quarter-finals, Yugoslavia was once again paired with Netherlands. Unlike the last time, the co-hosts made easy work of Yugoslavia, winning 6 – 1 in Rotterdam with Patrick Kluivert scoring a hat trick.

One of the few bright spots of Yugoslav team in the whole tournament was Savo Milošević, who was crowned the joint top scorer of the tournament, alongside Patrick Kluivert. Both players scored five goals, although Milošević played one game fewer.

The 2002 qualifiers marked the first time that Yugoslavia failed to reach a major tournament ever since its return to the big stage after the UN sanctions. The problems started with the major political turmoil in the country as well in the Yugoslav FA, which prompted the new coach Ilija Petković to resign only after one game (2 – 0 away victory against Luxembourg).

Milovan Đorić took over the team, but under his leadership, the team managed only two draws (1 – 1 at home vs. Switzerland and also 1 – 1 away in Slovenia, in both games the opponents managed to equalise in late stages of the game) and a 0 – 1 home loss to Russia (which marked the team's first, and to this date only home defeat in official matches). After Đorić's resignation, a three-man commission, consisting of Dejan Savićević, Vujadin Boškov, and Ivan Ćurković, took over the coaching duties, until Savićević ultimately took over on his own. The team managed to bounce back with a draw in Russia and a win in Switzerland, but failed to defeat Slovenia in the penultimate game, thus ended the qualifiers in third position.

Another failure came in the Euro 2004 qualifiers while competing for the first time as Serbia and Montenegro. Despite drawing both games against group favorites and eventual group winners Italy and winning both games against runner-ups Wales, Serbia and Montenegro failed to qualify, mostly due to embarrassing 2 – 2 home draw and 2 – 1 away loss to Azerbaijan.

Serbia and Montenegro vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina at Marakana, 12 October 2005

Serbia and Montenegro began their 2006 World Cup campaign by finishing first with an undefeated record in their qualification group ahead of favourites Spain. The Serbia and Montenegro team also allowed only one goal in the 10 matches, the best defensive record out all 51 teams participating in qualification.

In the group stage, Serbia and Montenegro lost their opening game to joint group favourite, the Netherlands. The final score was 1 – 0 after Arjen Robben scored the only goal of the game. They also lost their second game to Argentina 6 – 0, the country's worst ever international result. With the team's two losses and with Netherlands and Argentina winning both their games, Serbia and Montenegro could no longer qualify for the knockout matches, and was playing for pride alone in their final group game against Côte d'Ivoire. Despite having a 2 – 0 lead for much of the first half, the Elephants managed to come back and win 3 – 2, leaving Serbia and Montenegro with a disappointing 0 – 0 – 3 World Cup run.

For the 2006 qualifiers, Serbia and Montenegro was drawn in a group with Spain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania and San Marino. Led once again by Ilija Petković as coach, Serbia and Montenegro played some impressive defensive football—the "Famous Four" defense, consisting of Nemanja Vidić, Mladen Krstajić, Goran Gavrančić, and Ivica Dragutinović, with Dragoslav Jevrić as goalkeeper, allowed only one goal in ten games, finishing first with a 6 – 4 – 0 record, ahead of Spain.

However, after the injury of Mirko Vučinić before the start of the tournament in Germany, coach Petković caused massive controversy when he picked his own son Dušan as replacement. Dušan eventually decided to withdraw himself from the World Cup squad due to immense media pressure. All this events have greatly deteriorated the atmosphere in the team. Drawn in the "group of death" with Argentina, Netherlands, and debutants Côte d'Ivoire, for the first time in its history, the Serbian and Montenegrin national team lost all three group stage games and finished in dead last—32nd place.

After yet another defeat to Netherlands in the opening game (1–0), coach Petković fell victim of the media criticism of his too defensive-orientated play and used more offensive tactics in the second match against Argentina. This proved to be a huge mistake, as Serbia and Montenegro recorded its biggest ever defeat in the World cup history—6–0. In a meaningless game for both teams, Côte d'Ivoire defeated Serbia and Montenegro 3–2, despite Serbia and Montenegro taking a two-goal lead.

Competitive record

The Serbian Football Association is deemed the direct successor to both SFR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by FIFA, and therefore the inheritor to all the records of the defunct nations.

Euro 2012

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group C

Template:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group C

Top Goalscorers during Qualification

3 goals
1 goal

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Main article: Serbia national football team results
Date Venues Opponents Results* Scorers Type of Games
6 March 2010 Algiers, Algeria Algeria Algeria 3:0 (1:0) Pantelić (16') Kuzmanović (55') Tošić (65')
Friendly
7 April 2010 Osaka, Japan Japan Japan 3:0 (2:0) Mrđa (15', 23') Tomić (60')
29 May 2010 Klagenfurt, Austria New Zealand New Zealand 0:1 (0:1) Smeltz (22')
2 June 2010 Kufstein, Austria Poland Poland 0:0 (0:0)
5 June 2010 Belgrade, Serbia Cameroon Cameroon 4:3 (4:2) Webo (5') Krasić (16') Webo (20') Stanković (25') Milijaš (44') Pantelić (45') Choupo-Moting (67')
13 June 2010 Pretoria, South Africa Ghana Ghana 0:1 (0:0) Gyan (85')
WC 2010
18 June 2010 Port Elizabeth, South Africa Germany Germany 1:0 (1:0) Jovanović (38')
23 June 2010 Nelspruit, South Africa Australia Australia 1:2 (0:0) Cahill (69') Holman (73') Pantelić (84')
11 August 2010 Belgrade, Serbia Greece Greece 0:1 (0:1) Salpigidis (45')
Friendly
September 3, 2010 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 3:0 (2:0) Lazović (14') Stanković (18') Žigić (90+3')
Euro 2012 Quali.
September 7, 2010 Belgrade, Serbia  Slovenia 1:1 (0:0) Novaković (63') Žigić (86')
October 8, 2010  Estonia 1:3 (0:0) Žigić (60') Kink (63') Vassiljev (73') Luković (90+1') (o.g)
October 12, 2010 Genoa, Italy  Italy abandoned 0:3 Game abandoned after six minutes on account of crowd disturbances in the stadium[4]
17 November 2010 Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 1:0 (0:0) Žigić (80')
Friendly
9 February 2011 Tel Aviv, Israel  Israel 2:0 (1:0) Tošić (22') Trivunović (77')
March 25, 2011 Belgrade, Serbia  Northern Ireland
Euro 2012 Quali.
March 29, 2011 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia

* Serbia's scores are always listed first

Head coaches

Last update 17 November 2010

Manager Period Record
Matches Won Drawn Lost
Serbia Vladimir Petrović 2010– 4 2 0 2
Serbia Radomir Antić 2008–2010 29 18 3 8
Serbia Miroslav Đukić 2007–2008 5 0 2 3
Spain Javier Clemente 2006–2007 16 7 7 2
Serbia and Montenegro Ilija Petković 2003–2006 30 11 10 9
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Savićević 2001–2003 17 4 3 10
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Ćurković
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Savićević		 2001 8 4 2 2
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milovan Đorić 2001 3 0 2 1
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ilija Petković 2000–2001 4 2 1 1
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov 1999–2000 15 6 5 4
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Živadinović 1998–1999 6 3 2 1
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Santrač 1994–1998 43 26 10 7

Squad

Current squad

Squad called up for the Friendly match against Israel on 9 February 2011.[5]

Caps and goals updated as of 9 February 2011.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club


1 1GK Bojan Jorgačević (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 42) 2 0 Belgium Gent
12 1GK Željko Brkić (1986-07-09) 9 July 1986 (age 38) 3 0 Serbia Vojvodina
3 2DF Aleksandar Kolarov (1985-11-10) 10 November 1985 (age 38) 18 0 England Manchester City
6 2DF Branislav Ivanović (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984 (age 40) 39 4 England Chelsea
4 2DF Milan Biševac (1983-08-31) 31 August 1983 (age 40) 4 0 France Valenciennes
16 2DF Ivan Obradović (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988 (age 36) 16 1 Spain Real Zaragoza
12 2DF Nenad Tomović (1987-08-30) 30 August 1987 (age 36) 3 0 Italy Lecce
20 2DF Neven Subotić (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35) 21 1 Germany Borussia Dortmund
2 2DF Pavle Ninkov (1985-04-20) 20 April 1985 (age 39) 4 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
5 2DF Slobodan Rajković (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 35) 4 0 Netherlands Vitesse
17 3MF Miloš Krasić (C) (1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 39) 40 3 Italy Juventus
22 3MF Zdravko Kuzmanović (1987-09-22) 22 September 1987 (age 36) 36 4 Germany VfB Stuttgart
7 3MF Zoran Tošić (1987-04-28) 28 April 1987 (age 37) 28 5 Russia CSKA Moscow
8 3MF Adem Ljajić (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 32) 2 0 Italy Fiorentina
13 3MF Dimitrije Injac (1980-08-12) 12 August 1980 (age 43) 1 0 Poland Lech Poznań
15 3MF Radosav Petrović (1989-03-08) 8 March 1989 (age 35) 14 0 Serbia Partizan
11 3MF Nenad Milijaš (1983-04-30) 30 April 1983 (age 41) 21 4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
14 3MF Veseljko Trivunović (1980-01-13) 13 January 1980 (age 44) 2 1 Serbia OFK Beograd
19 3MF Marko Mirić (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Serbia Spartak Zlatibor Voda
9 4FW Marko Pantelić (1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 45) 36 7 Greece Olympiacos
10 4FW Miralem Sulejmani (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 35) 7 0 Netherlands Ajax
21 4FW Dragan Mrđa (1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40) 10 2 Switzerland Sion

Recent callups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Bojan Isailović (1980-03-25) 25 March 1980 (age 44) 4 0 Poland Zagłębie Lubin v.  Poland, 2 Jun 2010
GK Anđelko Đuričić (1980-11-21) 21 November 1980 (age 43) 4 0 Portugal União de Leiria v.  Slovenia, 7 September 2010
GK Vladimir Stojković (1983-07-29) 29 July 1983 (age 41) 37 0 Serbia Partizan v.  Estonia, 8 October 2010
DF Antonio Rukavina (1984-01-26) 26 January 1984 (age 40) 22 0 Germany 1860 München v.  Slovenia, 7 September 2010
DF Nemanja Vidić (1981-10-21) 21 October 1981 (age 42) 53 2 England Manchester United v.  Bulgaria, 17 November 2010
DF Aleksandar Luković (1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 41) 27 0 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg v.  Italy, 12 October 2010
DF Marko Lomić (1983-09-13) 13 September 1983 (age 40) 2 0 Russia Dynamo Moscow v.  Estonia, 8 October 2010
MF Gojko Kačar (1987-01-26) 26 January 1987 (age 37) 22 0 Germany Hamburger SV v.  Italy, 12 October 2010
MF Dejan Stanković (1978-09-11) 11 September 1978 (age 45) 95 15 Italy Internazionale v.  Italy, 12 October 2010
MF Milan Jovanović (1981-04-18) 18 April 1981 (age 43) 33 10 England Liverpool v.  Estonia, 8 October 2010
MF Miloš Ninković (1984-12-25) 25 December 1984 (age 39) 15 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Estonia, 8 October 2010
MF Ivan Radovanović (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 (age 35) 1 0 Italy Bologna v.  Bulgaria, 17 November 2010
FW Nikola Žigić (1980-09-25) 25 September 1980 (age 43) 53 20 England Birmingham City v.  Bulgaria, 17 November 2010
FW Danko Lazović (1983-05-17) 17 May 1983 (age 41) 43 11 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg v.  Estonia, 8 October 2010

Statistics (only since 1992)

Most appearances

# Name National team career Caps Goals
1 Savo Milošević 1994–2008 102 37
2 Dejan Stanković 1998 – 95 15
3 Dragan Stojković 1983–2001 84 15
4 Predrag Mijatović 1989–2003 73 28
5 Slaviša Jokanović 1991–2002 64 10
6 Siniša Mihajlović 1991–2003 63 9
7 Mladen Krstajić 1999–2008 59 2
8 Zoran Mirković 1995–2003 59 0
9 Darko Kovačević 1994–2004 58 10
10 Dejan Savićević 1986–1999 56 19
Statistics do not include Serbian players who have played for the SFR Yugoslavia national team exclusively.
As of 12 October 2010[6]
  • Players in bold are still active/available for selection.

Leading goalscorers

# Name National team career Goals Caps Average
1 Savo Milošević 1994–2008 37 102 0.36
2 Predrag Mijatović 1989–2003 28 73 0.38
3 Nikola Žigić 2004– 20 53 0.38
4 Dejan Savićević 1986–2003 19 56 0.34
5 Mateja Kezman 2000–2006 17 49 0.34
6 Dragan Stojković 1983–2001 15 84 0.18
7 Dejan Stanković 1998 – 15 95 0.16
8 Danko Lazović 2002 – 11 43 0.25
9 Milan Jovanović 2007 – 10 33 0.3
10 Darko Kovačević 1994–2004 10 59 0.17
Statistics do not include Serbian players who have played for the SFR Yugoslavia national team exclusively. Last updated: 17 November 2010.

Team image

Nickname

Serbian team

Former

Ever since the first game ever played by Yugoslavia's on 23 December 1994 the team wore the name of Plavi (cir. Плави), literally translating to the Blues, much like France's famous nickname of Les Bleus. This was notably due to the fact the team wore blue jerseys, which they inherited from the former Yugoslavia national football team. The trend continued even when the team switched names to Serbia and Montenegro, as flags, anthem, and kits remained virtually the same. However, as Montenegro declared independence from State Union on 3 June 2006, on the basis of a referendum held on 21 May 2006, the newly formed Serbia national team needed a new nickname, as red replaced blue as the team's primary colour.

Current

As of 16 August 2006, as Serbia played its first international match in history (vs the Czech Republic), the team is called the Орлови (Eagles).[7] The name is referring to the white double-headed eagle found on the coat of arms of Serbia, a national symbol of Serbia and Serbs.

Jerseys and Colour

Home gear in Red-Blue-White tricolour (Serbian tricolour).

Recognized players

International recognized players.

Active:

Retired:

  • Nemanja Vidić
    Nemanja Vidić
  • Savo Milošević
    Savo Milošević
  • Branislav Ivanović
    Branislav Ivanović

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Serbia on". FIFA.com. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. ^ Vecsey, George (26 June 1998). "Sports of The Times; Scrapbooks Of History For the U.S". The New York Times.
  3. ^ http://www.arhiva.serbia.gov.rs/news/1999-08/19/13984.html
  4. ^ RAI transmission of the Serbia-Italy match 12 October 2010, 20.45
  5. ^ "Bez iznenađenja na Pižonovom spisku za Izrael". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  6. ^ Alpuin, Luis Fernando Passo; Mamrud, Roberto; Miladinovic, Misha (20 February 2009). "Yugoslavia (Serbia (and Montenegro)) – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  7. ^ http://www.savremenisport.com/Istorija_Prva_utakmica_i_pobeda_fudbalske_reprezentacije_Srbije.html Dnevni sportski list "Sport", #17.485-17.486, Belgrade, 17-18 august 2006]: "Srbija je ostvarila rezultat kakav verovatno niko nije mogao da sanja. Bila je to divna fudbalska noć, prvi let i pobeda naših "orlova".
  8. ^ http://www.worldfootball.net/torschuetzenkoenige/uefa-cup/
  9. ^ http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/mateja-kezman/
  10. ^ Soccerlens: Top Ten Free Kick Specialists Of All Time
  11. ^ Independendent: The Ten Best Free-Kick Specialists, Number 8
  12. ^ THE LIST: The top 10 free-kick kings in history
  13. ^ "Mihajlovic 30:e mest målgörande försvarare". Svenskafans.com. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
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