Serbia national under-19 football team

Serbia U19

Nickname(s)	Orlići (The Young Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dejan Branković
FIFA code	SRB
First colours Second colours
First international
Yugoslavia 3–0 France  (Nice, 22 March 1951)
Biggest win
Yugoslavia 8–0 Luxembourg (Visoko, 26 March 1985)
Biggest defeat
Bulgaria 4–0 Yugoslavia (Sofia, 2 April 1959) FR Yugoslavia 2–6 Spain  (Helsinki, 29 July 2001) Serbia 0–4 Spain  (Chiajna, 23 July 2011) Records of biggest win/defeat are for competitive matches only
U-19 European Championship
Appearances	30 (first in 1951)
Best result	Winners 1951, 1979, 2013

The Serbia national under-19 football team (Serbian Latin: Omladinska reprezentacija Srbije) is the national under-19 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. The team is considered the successor to the Serbia and Montenegro national under-19 football team, which in turn was the successor to the Yugoslavia national under-19 football team.

Serbia won their first U19 title as independent country at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where they beat France in the final 1-0.

History[]

The Yugoslav U18 team represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until the country dissolved in 1992.

From 1995, the under-18 team represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The FR Yugoslavia (and the team) changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

In 2006, Serbia and Montenegro separated and its governing body converted into the Football Association of Serbia.

Competition history[]

Their first international competition was on the 1951 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18 where they beat Austria 3-2 in the final.

They also won the 1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship beating Bulgaria 1–0 in the final.

The biggest success on the intercontinental stage happened on the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, when they became the world youth champions by beating the West Germany 5–4 in the final on a penalty shootout in Santiago. Because of that achievement, that generation was nicknamed Čileanci (The Chileans).

Since the changes in 2001. made by UEFA, when the competition received its current name and level (U19), the Serbian squad has reached the semifinals in 2005, 2009, 2011, and 2014.

In the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, the Serbian team became the European champion by beating France 1–0 in the final played in Marijampolė.

The semifinal appearance in 2014 qualified them for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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

UEFA European Under-19 Championship[]

UEFA European U-19 Championship Record as follows:

Played as	Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
SCG	2002	Did not qualify
	2003
	2004
	2005	Semifinals	4	3	0	1	9	5
	2006	Did not qualify
Serbia	2007	Group stage	3	1	0	2	10	10
	2008	Did not qualify
	2009	Semifinals	4	2	1	1	5	5
	2010	Did not qualify
	2011	Semifinals	4	1	1	2	5	9
	2012	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	8
	2013	Champions	5	3	2	0	7	4
	2014	Semifinals	4	1	3	0	4	3
	2015	Did not qualify
	2016
	2017
	2018
	2019
	2020	Canceled
	2021
	2022	Future event
Total		7/18	27	11	7	9	41	44

* Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

Results and Fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

2018[]

2019[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Romaina on 10 March 2021.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Andrija Katić	(2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 19)	IMT Novi Beograd
	1GK	Lazar Slavkovic	(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 19)	Teleoptik
	2DF	Filip Bačkulja	(2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 19)	Juniors OÖ
	2DF	Uroš Blagojević	(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 19)	Novi Pazar
	2DF	Uroš Drezgić	(2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 19)	Čukarički
	2DF	Uroš Lazić	(2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 18)	Grafičar Beograd
	2DF	Aleksandar Lukić	(2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 19)	Red Star Belgrade
	2DF	Nenad Perović	(2002-06-20) 20 June 2002 (age 19)	Mladost Lučani
	2DF	Viktor Rogan	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 19)	Čukarički
	3MF	Nikola Čolić	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 19)	Partizan
	3MF	Aleksa Đurasović	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 19)	Spartak Subotica
	3MF	Mitar Ergelas	(2002-08-05) 5 August 2002 (age 19)	Čukarički
	3MF	Nemanja Jović	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 19)	Partizan
	3MF	Branislav Knežević	(2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 19)	Mačva Šabac
	3MF	Jovan Lukić	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 20)	Čukarički
	3MF	Miloš Pantović	(2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 19)	Red Star Belgrade
	3MF	Andrija Radulović	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 19)	Red Star Belgrade
	3MF	Nikola Stankovic	(2001-07-05) 5 July 2001 (age 20)	Grafičar Beograd
	3MF	Dejan Tetek	(2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 19)	Reading
	4FW	Ilija Babić	(2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 19)	Grafičar Beograd
	4FW	Vukašin Bogdanović	(2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 19)	Kabel
	4FW	Nemanja Kos	(2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 19)	Mladost Lučani

Former squads[]

• 2014 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – Serbia
• 2013 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – Serbia
• 2012 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – Serbia
• 2011 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – Serbia
• 2009 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – Serbia
• 2007 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – Serbia
• 2005 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – Serbia and Montenegro

Head coaches[]

Years	Name
2021	Aleksandar Rogić
2019–2020	Milan Lešnjak
2019	Ivan Jević
2018–2019	Nenad Sakić
2017–2018	Miloš Velebit
2017	Milan Obradović
2016–2017	Milan Kosanović
2015–2016	Branislav Nikolić
2014–2015	Ivan Tomić
2013–2014	Veljko Paunović
2012–2013	Ljubinko Drulović
2012	Zoran Marić
2011–2012	Dejan Govedarica
2010–2011	Tomislav Sivić
2008–2010	Aleksandar Stanojević
2006–2007	Zvonko Živković
2005–2006	Miodrag Radulović
2004–2005	Zvonko Živković
2003–2004	Miodrag Martać
2002–2003	Slobodan Pavković
2000–2001	Mile Tomić

See also[]

• Serbia national football team
• Serbia national under-21 football team
• Serbia national under-20 football team
• Serbia national under-17 football team
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship

References[]

External links[]

• Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)
• Soccerway profile