Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U-21
Nickname(s)	Орлићи / Orlići; (The Young Eagles)
Association	Fudbalski savez Srbije
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ilija Stolica
Captain	Vukašin Jovanović
Most caps	Branislav Ivanović (38)
Top scorer	Uroš Đurđević (16)
FIFA code	SRB
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Yugoslavia 1–0 Malta ; (Zrenjanin, 1 June 1996)
Biggest win
	Serbia and Montenegro 9–0 San Marino ; (Novi Sad, 12 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
	Belgium 4–0 Serbia and Montenegro; (16 November 2004)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Runners-up (2): 2004 and 2007

The Serbia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbian national team to be the direct and sole successor of the Yugoslavia under-21 and Serbia and Montenegro under-21 national teams.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Serbia's under-21 national team qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands, in June 2007, after winning a two game play-off against Sweden. After a 3–0 loss at home, Serbia overturned the result two weeks later, defeating Sweden 5–0, and advancing to the final tournament. Serbia's 2007 U21 Championship campaign was successful, as they finished in second place, losing the final to the hosts, by a score of 4–1. On their way to the final, they defeated Italy (1–0), Czech Republic (1–0) and Belgium (2–0). The only other loss, besides the final, was the third group game against England (0–2), which was a meaningless game for the Serbian team, as they had already qualified for the semi-finals.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place

European Under-21 Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1978–1992	Competed as Yugoslavia national under-21 football team
1994	Suspended
1996	Suspended
1998	Did not qualify
2000
2002
2004	Final	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	9
2006	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	2	3
2007	Final	2nd	5	3	0	2	5	6
2009	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	1	3
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	7
2017	Group stage	10th	3	0	1	2	2	5
2019	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	10
2021	To be determined
Total	7/14	0 Title	27	6	7	14	19	43

Olympic Games record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	Suspended
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	3	14
2008	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
2024	To be determined
2028	To be determined
Total	2/7	0 Title	6	0	1	5	6	21

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Russia	1–0	Serbia	Saransk, Russia
18:00	Diveyev 20'	Report		Stadium: Mordovia Arena Attendance: 28,220 Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	1–1	Latvia	Novi Sad, Serbia
	Adžić 57'	Report	Regža 10'	Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium Attendance: 723 Referee: Keith Kennedy (North Ireland)

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Bulgaria	0–1	Serbia	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:00		Report	Stuparević 87'	Stadium: Slavia Stadium Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Poland	1–0	Serbia	Łódź, Poland
18:00	Bogusz 79'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Attendance: 3,628 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	6–0	Estonia	Niš, Serbia
19:00	Ilić 12' Joveljić 20', 52', 61' Ilić 38' Tedić 87'	Report		Stadium: Čair Stadium Attendance: 504 Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	0–2	Russia	Niš, Serbia
19:00		Report	Chalov 8' Suleymanov 44'	Stadium: Čair Stadium Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Latvia	v	Serbia	Latvia
		Report

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Bulgaria	Serbia
		Report

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Poland	Serbia
		Report

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Estonia	v	Serbia	Estonia
		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Estonia on 15 November and Russia on 19 November.^[4]

Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2019 after the match against Russia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Marko Ilić	(1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Voždovac
12	1GK	Dušan Marković	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Rad
23	1GK	Đorđe Petrović	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Čukarički

5	2DF	Erhan Mašović	(1998-11-22) 22 November 1998 (age 25)	19	1	Club Brugge
3	2DF	Aleksa Terzić	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 24)	8	1	Fiorentina
15	2DF	Svetozar Marković	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24)	8	0	Olympiacos
—	2DF	Strahinja Pavlović	(2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Monaco
2	2DF	Mladen Devetak	(1999-03-12) 12 March 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Vojvodina
13	2DF	Ranko Veselinović	(1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
16	2DF	Dimitrije Kamenović	(2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Čukarički

10	3MF	Luka Adžić (captain)	(1998-09-17) 17 September 1998 (age 25)	15	0	Anderlecht
8	3MF	Luka Ilić	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 24)	10	2	Manchester City
20	3MF	Njegoš Petrović	(1999-07-18) 18 July 1999 (age 24)	8	0	Red Star Belgrade
14	3MF	Veljko Birmančević	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Čukarički
21	3MF	Ivan Ilić	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23)	5	1	Manchester City
6	3MF	Jovan Nišić	(1998-03-03) 3 March 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Voždovac
19	3MF	Nikola Čumić	(1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 25)	3	0	Olympiacos
11	3MF	Željko Gavrić	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Red Star Belgrade
4	3MF	Mirko Topić	(2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Vojvodina
22	3MF	Lazar Pavlović	(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Partizan
—	3MF	Filip Stevanović	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Partizan

9	4FW	Dejan Joveljić	(1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 (age 24)	12	3	Eintracht Frankfurt
18	4FW	Filip Stuparević	(2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 (age 23)	5	1	Watford
7	4FW	Slobodan Tedić	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 23)	5	1	Manchester City
17	4FW	Milutin Vidosavljević	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Čukarički

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months, that are still eligible to represent Serbia at youth

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Aleksandar Stanković	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Grafičar Beograd	v. Latvia, 10 September 2019

DF	Strahinja Bošnjak	(1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Voždovac	v. Poland, 19 October 2019
DF	Zlatan Šehović	(2000-08-08) 8 August 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Maccabi Netanya	v. Poland, 19 October 2019
DF	Dominik Dinga	(1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Latvia, 10 September 2019

MF	Veljko Nikolić	(1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Poland, 19 October 2019
MF	Uroš Račić	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26)	14	0	Valencia	v. Latvia, 10 September 2019
MF	Stefan Kovač ^WD	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Čukarički	v. Russia, 6 September 2019

FW	Dušan Vlahović	(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Fiorentina	v. Poland, 19 October 2019
FW	Igor Zlatanović	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)	11	1	Mallorca	v. Latvia, 10 September 2019

Previous squads

Coaches

Dates	Name
2019–	Ilija Stolica
2019	Nenad Milovanović
2017–2019	Goran Đorović
2017	Nenad Lalatović
2015–2016	Tomislav Sivić
2014–2015	Mladen Dodić
2013–2014	Radovan Ćurčić
2010–2012	Aleksandar Janković
2010	Tomislav Sivić (caretaker)
2009–2010	Ratomir Dujković
2007–2009	Slobodan Krčmarević
2006–2007	Miroslav Đukić

References

^ History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
^ Serbia at FIFA official website
^ News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
^ "СЕЛЕКТОР U21 ИЛИЈА СТОЛИЦА САОПШТИО СПИСАК ЗА УТАКМИЦЕ ПРОТИВ ЕСТОНИЈЕ И РУСИЈЕ" (in Serbian). 9 November 2019.

External links

Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)

[1] History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)

[FIFA-2] Serbia at FIFA official website

[3] News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012

[4] "СЕЛЕКТОР U21 ИЛИЈА СТОЛИЦА САОПШТИО СПИСАК ЗА УТАКМИЦЕ ПРОТИВ ЕСТОНИЈЕ И РУСИЈЕ" (in Serbian). 9 November 2019.

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