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Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Бели Орлови (White Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
Head coachSpain Javier Clemente
CaptainDejan Stanković
Most capsSavo Milošević (101)
Top scorerSavo Milošević (35)
Home stadiumMarakana, Belgrade
FIFA codeSRB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current32
Highest19 (December 2002)
Lowest55 (October 2004)
First international
Brazil Brazil 2 - 0 Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
(Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December, 1994)
First international as Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 2 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
(Podgorica, SCG; 12 February, 2003)\
First international as Serbia
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 - 3 Serbia Serbia
(Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 16 August, 2006)
Biggest win
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1 - 8 Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
(Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October, 1996)
Biggest defeat
Argentina Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia & Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
(Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June, 2006)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
Best resultRound 2, 1998
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2000)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 2000

The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. It was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team until February 2003 and the Serbia and Montenegro national football team until June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was renamed the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006, with the Montenegro national football team created to represent the new state of Montenegro.

FIFA considers the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national teams. For details of the national team of Yugoslavia before 1992 see Yugoslavia national football team.

History

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Although the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed on April 28, 1992, because of the international sanctions due to the Yugoslav wars banning the country from international sporting events, the football team didn't play its first match until 23 December, 1994, when they lost to Brazil. Since then the team has qualified for the World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2006, and for the European Championship once, in 2000. In 2003, with the reconstitution of the country as Serbia and Montenegro, the team changed its name accordingly.

On May 21, 2006 Montenegro voted to dissolve its political union with Serbia. On June 3, Montenegro became a sovereign state meaning there will be separate Montenegrin national teams competing in future tournaments. This did not affect the finals of the 2006 World Cup, in which the newly independent states of Serbia and Montenegro competed under the same flag for the last time but did not progress past the group stage.

On August 16, 2006 the new team representing Serbia played its first international match, with a 3-1 away win against the Czech Republic.

World Cup record

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  • 1930 to 1990 - See Yugoslavia
  • 1994Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
  • 1998 – Round 2 (as FR Yugoslavia)
  • 2002Did not qualify (as FR Yugoslavia)
  • 2006 – Round 1 (as Serbia and Montenegro)

European Championship record

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  • 1960 to 1992 - See Yugoslavia
  • 1996Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
  • 2000 – Quarterfinals (as FR Yugoslavia)
  • 2004Did not qualify (started qualification as FR Yugoslavia, finished as Serbia and Montenegro)
  • 2008Applied as Serbia and Montenegro; due to commence qualification tournament as Serbia

Squads

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Current squad

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The following players have all been called up to the Serbia squad for Euro 2008 qualifying. The next match will be a friendly against Norway on November 15 2006. The next Euro 2008 qualifying match will be against Kazakhstan on March 27, 2007. Caps and goals are as of October 11, 2006 and include the match against Armenia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Vladimir Stojković 28 July 1983 5 0   Nantes
2 3MF Ivan Ergić 21 January 1981 7 0   Basel
3 2DF Ivica Dragutinović 13 November 1975 30 0   Sevilla
4 3MF Igor Duljaj 29 October 1979 39 0   Shakhtar Donetsk
5 2DF Nemanja Vidić 21 October 1981 21 1   Manchester United
6 2DF Milan Biševac 31 August 1983 1 0   Red Star Belgrade[1]
7 3MF Ognjen Koroman 19 September 1978 32 1   Portsmouth
8 4FW Danko Lazović 17 May 1983 9 3   Vitesse
9 4FW Marko Pantelić 15 September 1978 8 1   Hertha Berlin
10 3MF Dejan Stanković 11 September 1978 66 13   Inter Milan
11 4FW Danijel Ljuboja 4 September 1978 19 1   Hamburger SV
12 1GK Vlada Avramov 5 April 1979 0 0   Treviso
13 2DF Aleksandar Luković 21 October 1982 8 0   Ascoli
14 3MF Aleksandar Trišović 25 November 1983 4 1   Red Star Belgrade
15 2DF Milan Stepanov 2 April 1983 4 0   Trabzonspor
16 3MF Nenad Kovačević 11 November 1980 2 0   Lens
19 4FW Nikola Žigić 25 September 1980 18 7   Racing
20 2DF Mladen Krstajić 4 March 1974 52 2   Schalke 04
21 2DF Marjan Marković 28 September 1981 9 0   Dynamo Kyiv
22 3MF Saša Ilić 30 December 1977 32 4   Galatasaray

Recent Call Ups

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The following players have also been called up to the Serbia squad within the last twelve months.

Goalkeepers
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Dragoslav Jevrić [2] July 8 1974   Ankaraspor 43 (0) v. Czech Republic, 16 August, 2006
Oliver Kovačević 29 December 1974   CSKA Sofia 3 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Defenders
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Branislav Ivanović 22 February 1984   Lokomotiv Moscow 0 (0) v. Azerbaijan, 2 September, 2006
Marko Baša 29 December 1982   Le Mans 3 (0) v. Czech Republic, 16 August, 2006
Marko Lomić 13 September 1983   Partizan 0 (0) v. Czech Republic, 16 August, 2006
Dušan Basta 18 August 1984   Red Star Belgrade 2 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Nenad Đorđević 7 August 1979   Partizan 17 (1) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Milan Dudić 1 November 1979   Red Bull Salzburg 13 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Goran Gavrančić 2 August 1978   Dynamo Kyiv 28 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Dušan Petković 13 June 1974   Saturn Ramenskoe 12 (1) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Midfielders
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Miloš Krasić 1 November 1984   CSKA Moscow 0 (0) v. Czech Republic, 16 August, 2006
Predrag Đorđević 8 April 1972   Olympiacos 37 (1) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Albert Nađ 29 October 1974   Partizan 45 (3) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Zvonimir Vukić 19 July 1979   Shakhtar Donetsk 26 (6) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Strikers
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Mateja Kežman 12 April 1979   Fenerbahçe 49 (17) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Savo Milošević [2] 2 September 1973   Osasuna 101 (35) 2006 FIFA World Cup

World Cup 2006 squad

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Main Article: 2006 World Cup squads (Serbia and Montenegro)

Competitions

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See also: 2006 World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Serbia and Montenegro began their 2006 World Cup campaign by finishing first with an undefeated record in a their qualification group ahead of favorites Spain and Belgium. 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.

 
Logo of the Serbia and Montenegro Football Association

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 Ivory Coast. 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 0-3-0 World Cup run.

2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

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See also: 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group A

Notable players (at least 15 caps)

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Serbia and Montenegro Era

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From Serbia

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From Montenegro

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The Present

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Coaches

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Notes

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  1. ^ Milan Biševac signed for Lens August 25, 2006, and is officially on loan to Red Star Belgrade until January 2007.
  2. ^ a b Retired from international football

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