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 Romania 0–2 Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Bucharest, 31 March 1940)
as Serbia
Czech Republic Czech Republic 0–1 Serbia Serbia
(Kroměříž, 15 August 2006)
Biggest win
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 9–0 San Marino 
(Novi Sad, 12 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
 France 7–0 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of 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.

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 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 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.

     Champions       Runners-Up       Third Place       Fourth Place

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2019 UEFA U-21 qualification match against Austria on 12 October and match against Armenia on 16 October 2018.[4]

Caps and goals updated as of 12 October 2018 after the match against Austria.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Boris Radunović (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 16 0 Italy Cremonese
12 1GK Miloš Ostojić (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 1 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica
23 1GK Dragan Rosić (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 0 0 Serbia Mladost Lučani
2 2DF Milan Gajić (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 24 2 France Bordeaux
14 2DF Vukašin Jovanović (captain) (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 23 0 France Bordeaux
13 2DF Miroslav Bogosavac (1996-10-14) 14 October 1996 10 0 Serbia Čukarički
15 2DF Miladin Stevanović (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 8 0 Serbia Čukarički
5 2DF Erhan Mašović (1998-11-22) 22 November 1998 8 0 Slovakia Trenčín
16 2DF Svetozar Marković (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 3 0 Serbia Partizan
4 2DF Nemanja Ćalasan (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 2 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica
3 2DF Aleksa Terzić (1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 0 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
8 3MF Danilo Pantić (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 11 3 Serbia Partizan
17 3MF Aleksandar Lutovac (1997-06-28) 28 June 1997 6 4 Serbia Rad
10 3MF Uroš Račić (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 6 0 Spain Valencia
— 3MF Petar Mićin (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 5 0 Italy Udinese
22 3MF Đorđe Denić (1996-04-01) 1 April 1996 4 1 Norway Rosenborg
7 3MF Luka Adžić (1998-09-17) 17 September 1998 4 0 Belgium Anderlecht
19 3MF Lazar Ranđelović (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 3 1 Serbia Radnički Niš
21 3MF Luka Ilić (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 3 1 Netherlands NAC Breda
20 3MF Aleksandar Mesarović (1998-09-27) 27 September 1998 3 0 Serbia Vojvodina
6 3MF Aleksandar Đorđević (1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 0 0 Serbia Čukarički
9 4FW Luka Jović (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 13 7 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
11 4FW Ivan Šaponjić (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 8 2 Portugal Benfica B
18 4FW Igor Zlatanović (1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 5 1 Serbia Radnik Surdulica
— 4FW Strahinja Jovanović (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 1 0 Serbia Proleter Novi Sad

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 Filip Manojlović (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 3 0 Greece Panionios v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
GK Đorđe Nikolić (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 2 0 Switzerland Aarau v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
GK Nemanja Jevrić (1997-05-30) 30 May 1997 1 0 Serbia Bačka Bačka Palanka v.  Qatar, 17 December 2017
DF Srđan Babić (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 3 1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
DF Nikola Milenković (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 7 0 Italy Fiorentina v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
DF Nemanja Vučić (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 1 0 Serbia Zemun v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
DF Strahinja Bošnjak (1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 1 0 Serbia Zemun v.  Qatar, 17 December 2017
DF Ranko Veselinović (1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 1 0 Serbia Vojvodina v.  Qatar, 17 December 2017
MF Saša Lukić (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 18 3 Italy Torino v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
MF Nemanja Radonjić (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 8 0 France Marseille v.  Italy, 27 March 2018
MF Miloš Pantović (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 6 0 Germany VfL Bochum v.  Qatar, 17 December 2017
MF Andrija Živković (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 17 3 Portugal Benfica v.  Austria, 10 November 2017 PRE
FW Filip Stuparević (2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 1 0 Serbia Voždovac v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
FW Dušan Vlahović (2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 0 0 Italy Fiorentina v.  Russia, 10 September 2018
FW Dejan Joveljić (1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 1 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade v.  Qatar, 17 December 2017
FW Marko Mrkić (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 0 0 Serbia Radnički Niš v.  Qatar, 17 December 2017

Previous squads

Coaches

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
  2. ↑ Serbia at FIFA official website
  3. ↑ News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
  4. ↑ "СEЛEКТОР ГОРAН ЂОРОВИЋ ОДAБРAО ИГРAЧE ЗA ПОСЛEДЊA ДВA МEЧA У КВAЛИФИКAЦИЈAМA ЗA EП У ИТAЛИЈИ И СAН МAРИНУ 2019" (in Serbian). 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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