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	Goran Đorović
Captain	Vukašin Jovanović
Most caps	Branislav Ivanović (38)
Top scorer	Uroš Đurđević (16)
FIFA code	SRB
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Romania 0–2 Yugoslavia ; (Bucharest, 31 March 1940) ; as Serbia ; Czech Republic 0–1 Serbia ; (Kroměříž, 15 August 2006)
Biggest win
	Serbia and Montenegro 9–0 San Marino ; (Novi Sad, 12 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
	France 7–0 Yugoslavia ; (Reims, 16 November 1985)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1978)
Best result	Winners (1): 1978

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]

This team is for Serbian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side and again for the U21s, as Matija Nastasić, Filip Đuričić, Lazar Marković, and Aleksandar Mitrović have done recently. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible). Nikola Drinčić is a currently Montenegrin international and former Serbia U21 player.

HistoryEdit

Serbia's under-21 national team qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship held in the Netherlands, in June 2007, after a remarkable two game play-off against Sweden. After a shocking 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 very 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 3rd 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 recordEdit

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.^{[citation needed]}

Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place

European Under-21 Championship recordEdit

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1978	Winners	1st	6	3	2	1	10	7
1980	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	3	6
1982	Did not qualify
1984	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	0	3	4	6
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Final	2nd	6	2	2	2	8	9
1992	Did not qualify
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	Qualified
2021	Future event
Total	10/23	1 title	44	13	12	19	43	61

Olympic Games recordEdit

Since 1992 Olympics football changed to U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams, technically are U-23 teams. The winner, runner-up and third placed team of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualify for the Olympics 2012 in London

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not qualify
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	Did not qualify
2020	Future events
2024
2028
Total	2/7	0 Title	6	0	1	5	6	21

Recent results and forthcoming fixturesEdit

7 September 2018 2019 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	2–1	North Macedonia	Novi Sad, Serbia
18:00	Šaponjić 29' (pen.) Ranđelović 80'	Report	Kostadinov 64'	Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

11 September 2018 2019 UEFA U-21 Q	Russia	1–2	Serbia	Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
18:00	Chernov 62'	Report	Jović 74' (pen.) Lutovac 88'	Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Attendance: 38,763 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

12 October 2018 2019 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	0–0	Austria	Novi Sad, Serbia
18:00		Report		Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium Attendance: 920 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

16 October 2018 2019 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	0–0	Armenia	Novi Sad, Serbia
18:00		Report		Stadium: Karađorđe Stadium Attendance: 510 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

15 November 2018 International Friendly	Montenegro	1–0	Serbia	Petrovac, Montenegro
13:00	Vukotić 54' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadion pod Malim brdom Referee: Nikola Cvijović (Montenegro)

16 November 2018 International Friendly	North Macedonia	0–1	Serbia	Podgorica, Montenegro
13:00		Report	Terzić 58'	Stadium: Montenegro Football Academy Stadium Referee: Ivan Šarac (Montenegro)

26 March 2019 International Friendly	Poland	0–2	Serbia	Poznań, Poland
15:00		Report	Mašović 71' Ranđelović 87'	Stadium: Dyskobolia Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tomasz Wajda (Poland)

17 June 2019 2019 UEFA U-21 Group B	Serbia	v	Austria	Trieste, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco

20 June 2019 2019 UEFA U-21 Group B	Germany	v	Serbia	Trieste, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco

23 June 2019 2019 UEFA U-21 Group B	Denmark	v	Serbia	Trieste, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Russia	v	Serbia	Russia
		Report

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Latvia	Serbia
		Report

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Bulgaria	v	Serbia	Bulgaria
		Report

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Poland	v	Serbia	Poland
		Report

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Estonia	Serbia
		Report

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Russia	Serbia
		Report

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

PlayersEdit

Current squadEdit

The following players have been called up for friendly matche against Poland on 26 March 2019.^[4]

Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2019 after the match against Poland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Filip Manojlović	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 23)	4	0	Panionios
23	1GK	Dragan Rosić	(1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 22)	2	0	Mladost Lučani
12	1GK	Đorđe Nikolić	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 22)	2	0	Aarau

14	2DF	Vukašin Jovanović (captain)	(1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 (age 22)	24	0	Bordeaux
5	2DF	Erhan Mašović	(1998-11-22) 22 November 1998 (age 20)	11	1	Trenčín
6	2DF	Miladin Stevanović	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 23)	10	0	Čukarički
15	2DF	Srđan Babić	(1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 23)	4	1	Red Star Belgrade
3	2DF	Aleksa Terzić	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 19)	4	1	Grafičar Beograd
4	2DF	Nemanja Ćalasan	(1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 23)	4	0	Chaves
22	2DF	Nemanja Vučić	(1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 22)	2	0	Zemun
13	2DF	Dejan Kerkez	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 23)	1	0	Spartak Subotica
2	2DF	Stefan Veličković	(1999-01-17) 17 January 1999 (age 20)	1	0	Čukarički

10	3MF	Uroš Račić	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 21)	9	0	Tenerife
7	3MF	Luka Adžić	(1998-09-17) 17 September 1998 (age 20)	8	0	Anderlecht
20	3MF	Petar Mićin	(1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 (age 20)	7	0	Udinese
19	3MF	Lazar Ranđelović	(1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 21)	4	2	Radnički Niš
17	3MF	Aleksandar Đorđević	(1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 19)	4	0	Čukarički
16	3MF	Njegoš Petrović	(1999-07-18) 18 July 1999 (age 19)	2	0	Rad

11	4FW	Ivan Šaponjić	(1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 21)	10	2	Benfica B
18	4FW	Igor Zlatanović	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 21)	8	1	Radnik Surdulica
9	4FW	Dejan Joveljić	(1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 (age 19)	4	0	Red Star Belgrade

Recent call-upsEdit

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 21)	2	0	Grafičar Beograd	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
GK	Marko Ilić	(1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 21)	1	0	Voždovac	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
GK	Dušan Marković	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 21)	1	0	Rad	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
GK	Boris Radunović	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 22)	16	0	Cremonese	v. Armenia, 16 October 2018
GK	Miloš Ostojić	(1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 23)	1	0	Spartak Subotica	v. Armenia, 16 October 2018

DF	Milan Gajić	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 23)	25	2	Red Star Belgrade	v. Poland, 26 March 2019
DF	Zarija Lambulić	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 20)	2	0	Proleter Novi Sad	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
DF	Strahinja Bošnjak	(1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 20)	2	0	Voždovac	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
DF	Dušan Joković	(1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 19)	2	0	Sesvete	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
DF	Jovan Vlalukin	(1999-05-21) 21 May 1999 (age 19)	1	0	Teleoptik	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
DF	Nikola Tričković	(1999-11-15) 15 November 1999 (age 19)	1	0	Rad	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
DF	Nikola Pejović	(1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Rudeš	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
DF	Miroslav Bogosavac	(1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 (age 22)	10	0	Čukarički	v. Armenia, 16 October 2018
DF	Svetozar Marković	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 19)	3	0	Partizan	v. Armenia, 16 October 2018

MF	Danilo Pantić	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 22)	11	3	Partizan	v. Poland, 26 March 2019 ^INJ
MF	Aleksandar Mesarović	(1998-09-27) 27 September 1998 (age 20)	6	0	Vojvodina	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
MF	Veljko Birmančević	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 21)	2	0	Čukarički	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
MF	Luka Ilić	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 19)	4	1	NAC Breda	v. Montenegro, 15 November 2018 ^INJ
MF	Đorđe Denić	(1996-04-01) 1 April 1996 (age 23)	4	1	Rosenborg	v. Armenia, 16 October 2018
MF	Aleksandar Lutovac	(1997-06-28) 28 June 1997 (age 21)	6	4	Rad	v. Austria, 12 October 2018 ^INJ

FW	Strahinja Jovanović	(1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 19)	3	0	Teleoptik	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
FW	Nikola Gajić	(1998-04-23) 23 April 1998 (age 21)	1	0	Vojvodina	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
FW	Đorđe Jovanović	(1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 (age 20)	1	0	Cádiz	v. North Macedonia, 16 November 2018
FW	Luka Jović	(1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 21)	14	7	Eintracht Frankfurt	v. Armenia, 16 October 2018
FW	Filip Stuparević	(2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 (age 18)	1	0	Voždovac	v. Russia, 10 September 2018
FW	Dušan Vlahović	(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 19)	0	0	Fiorentina	v. Russia, 10 September 2018

Previous squadsEdit

CoachesEdit

Dates	Name
2017–	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

ReferencesEdit

^ 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
^ "ГОРAН ЂОРОВИЋ ОДAБРAО ИГРAЧE ЗA ПРОВEРУ ПРОТИВ ПОЉСКE" (in Serbian). 14 March 2019.

External linksEdit

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] "ГОРAН ЂОРОВИЋ ОДAБРAО ИГРAЧE ЗA ПРОВEРУ ПРОТИВ ПОЉСКE" (in Serbian). 14 March 2019.

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