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

Luka Adžić

Most caps

Branislav Ivanović (38)

Top scorer

Uroš Đurđević (16)

FIFA code

SRB

First colours

Second colours

First international

FR 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[edit]

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[edit]

Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place

European Under-21 Championship record[edit]

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	Did not qualify
2023	Future event
Total	7/15	0 Title	27	6	7	14	19	43

Olympic Games record[edit]

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[edit]

2020[edit]

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Latvia	2–2	Serbia	Jelgava, Latvia
16:00	Liepa 7' Regža 16'	Report	Mašović 50' Adžić 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Zemgale Olympic Center Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel)

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	1–2	Bulgaria	Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
20:00	L. Ilić 86' (pen.)	Report	Iliev 45' Krastev 64'	Stadium: Stadion Metalac Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	1–0	Poland	Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
18:00	Nikolić 11'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Metalac Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Estonia	0–0	Serbia	Jūrmala, Latvia^{[note 2]}
15:00		Report		Stadium: Slokas Stadium Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Ireland)

2021[edit]

30 March 2021 (2021-03-30) International friendly	Turkey	0–1	Serbia	Alanya, Turkey
18:00		Report	Marković 39'	Stadium: Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadium Referee: Ömer Turtay (Tukrey)

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Ukraine	Serbia
		Report

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	North Macedonia	v	Serbia	North Macedonia
		Report

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Armenia	v	Serbia	Armenia
		Report

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	France	Serbia
		Report

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Faroe Islands	Serbia
		Report

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Ukraine	v	Serbia	Ukraine
		Report

2022[edit]

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	North Macedonia	Serbia
		Report

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Armenia	Serbia
		Report

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	France	v	Serbia	France
		Report

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Faroe Islands	v	Serbia	Faroe Islands
		Report

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players have been called up for friendly match against Turkey on 30 March.^[7]^[8]

Caps and goals updated as of 30 March 2021 after the match against Turkey.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Aleksa Milojević	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Bačka
1GK	Miloš Gordić	(2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Mačva Šabac
1GK	Lazar Slavković	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Teleoptik

2DF	Svetozar Marković	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 21)	11	1	Partizan
2DF	Zlatan Šehović	(2000-08-08) 8 August 2000 (age 20)	6	0	Maccabi Netanya
2DF	Dimitrije Kamenović	(2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 20)	5	0	Čukarički
2DF	Damjan Daničić	(2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Dinamo Zagreb II
2DF	Sava-Arangel Čestić	(2001-02-19) 19 February 2001 (age 20)	1	0	1. FC Köln
2DF	Danilo Mitrović	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 20)	1	0	BW Linz
2DF	Aleksandar Vasiljević	(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 19)	0	0	Metalac

3MF	Željko Gavrić	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 20)	6	0	Red Star Belgrade
3MF	Filip Stevanović	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 18)	3	0	Partizan
3MF	Jovan Lukić	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 19)	2	0	Čukarički
3MF	Ivan Milosavljević	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Voždovac
3MF	Armin Đerlek	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 20)	1	0	Aluminij
3MF	Dejan Zukić	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 19)	1	0	Vojvodina
3MF	Lazar Pavlović	(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 19)	1	0	Partizan
3MF	Dejan Tetek	(2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 18)	1	0	Reading
3MF	Aleksa Đurasović	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 18)	1	0	Spartak Subotica

4FW	Slobodan Tedić	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 20)	8	1	PEC Zwolle
4FW	Radivoj Bosić	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 20)	3	0	Olimpija Ljubljana
4FW	Milutin Vidosavljević	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Čukarički
4FW	Mihajlo Nešković	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Inđija
4FW	Nemanja Jović	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 18)	1	0	Partizan

Recent call-ups[edit]

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	Filip Stanković^WD	(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Internazionale	v. Turkey, 30 March 2021
GK	Aleksandar Popović	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 21)	1	0	Partizan	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020

DF	Boris Popović^WD	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Monaco B	v. Turkey, 30 March 2021
DF	Strahinja Eraković	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020

MF	Ivan Ilić	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 20)	9	1	Hellas Verona	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020
MF	Mirko Topić	(2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Vojvodina	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020
MF	Viktor Lukić	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 20)	1	0	Radnik Surdulica	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020
MF	Dennis Stojković	(2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 18)	0	0	Partizan	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020
MF	Mihajlo Banjac	(1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 21)	0	0	TSC Bačka Topola	v. Bulgaria, 8 September 2020

FW	Filip Stuparević	(2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 (age 20)	8	1	Watford	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020

Previous squads[edit]

2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad

Coaches[edit]

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

Notes[edit]

^ a b c Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.^[4]^[5]
^ The match between Estonia and Serbia will be played in Latvia due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic between Estonia and Serbia.^[6]

References[edit]

^ 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
^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "U21 koondist ootavad ees valikmäng Venemaal ja kohtumine Serbiaga Lätis". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. 29 September 2020.
^ "U21 | МЛАДА РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЈА ИМА ПРОВЕРУ СА ТУРСКОМ У АЛАЊИ, ИЛИЈА СТОЛИЦА ПОЗВАО 24 ИГРАЧА" (in Serbian). 11 March 2021.
^ "U21 | ДВЕ ПРОМЕНЕ У МЛАДОЈ РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЈИ ПРЕД ПРОВЕРУ СА ТУРСКОМ У АЛАЊИ, СЛАВКОВИЋ И ВАСИЉЕВИЋ УМЕСТО СТАНКОВИЋА И ПОПОВИЋА" (in Serbian). 20 March 2021.

External links[edit]

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Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)

[behind_closed_doors-6] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 will be played behind closed doors.^[4]^[5]

[EST_v_SRB-8] The match between Estonia and Serbia will be played in Latvia due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic between Estonia and Serbia.^[6]

[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] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[5] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[7] "U21 koondist ootavad ees valikmäng Venemaal ja kohtumine Serbiaga Lätis". Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. 29 September 2020.

[9] "U21 | МЛАДА РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЈА ИМА ПРОВЕРУ СА ТУРСКОМ У АЛАЊИ, ИЛИЈА СТОЛИЦА ПОЗВАО 24 ИГРАЧА" (in Serbian). 11 March 2021.

[10] "U21 | ДВЕ ПРОМЕНЕ У МЛАДОЈ РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЈИ ПРЕД ПРОВЕРУ СА ТУРСКОМ У АЛАЊИ, СЛАВКОВИЋ И ВАСИЉЕВИЋ УМЕСТО СТАНКОВИЋА И ПОПОВИЋА" (in Serbian). 20 March 2021.

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