Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U-21
Nickname(s)	Орлићи / Orlići; (The Young Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Zvonko Živković
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[]

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[]

Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place

European Under-21 Championship record[]

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[]

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
2032
Total	2/7	0 Title	6	0	1	5	6	21

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[]

2020[]

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

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2021 UEFA U-21 Q	Estonia	0–0	Serbia	showJūrmala, Latvia^{[note 2]}
15:00		Report		Stadium: Slokas Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: (Ireland)

2021[]

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

6 June 2021 (2021-06-06) International friendly	Serbia	0–0	Russia	showStara Pazova, Serbia
18:00		Report		Stadium: Sportski centar FSS Attendance: 0 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

8 June 2021 (2021-06-08) International friendly	Serbia	0–3	Brazil	showBelgrade, Serbia
19:00		Report	Arana 33' Pedro 75', 77'	Stadium: Red Star Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Miloš Đorđić (Serbia)

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	0–1	Ukraine	showStara Pazova, Serbia
18:00		Report	Kryskiv 14'	Stadium: Referee: (Hungary)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) 2023 UEFA U-21 Q	North Macedonia	0–0	Serbia	showOhrid, North Macedonia
16:00		Report		Stadium: SRC Biljanini Izvori

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

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

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

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

2022[]

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

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

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

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

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players have been called up for 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Ukraine on 3 September 2021 and against North Macedonia on 7 September 2021.^[7]

Caps and goals updated as of 7 September 2021 after the match against North Macedonia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Miloš Gordić	(2000-03-05) 5 March 2000 (age 21)	4	0	Red Star Belgrade
12	1GK	Aleksa Milojević	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000 (age 21)	2	0	OFK Bačka
23	1GK		(2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Zemun

4	2DF	Svetozar Marković	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 21)	13	1	Olympiacos
21	2DF	Zlatan Šehović	(2000-08-08) 8 August 2000 (age 21)	7	0	Maccabi Netanya
16	2DF	Dimitrije Kamenović	(2000-07-16) 16 July 2000 (age 21)	6	0	Lazio
3	2DF	Damjan Daničić	(2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Istra 1961
2	2DF	Marko Bjeković	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Vojvodina
5	2DF	Sava-Arangel Čestić	(2001-02-19) 19 February 2001 (age 20)	3	0	1. FC Köln
13	2DF	Danilo Mitrović	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 20)	3	0	BW Linz
—	2DF	Boris Popović	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Cercle Brugge

7	3MF	Ivan Ilić	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 20)	10	1	Hellas Verona
14	3MF	Mirko Topić	(2001-02-05) 5 February 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Vojvodina
15	3MF	Ivan Milosavljević	(2000-03-19) 19 March 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Voždovac
6	3MF	Dejan Tetek	(2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 18)	5	0	Reading
17	3MF	Armin Đerlek	(2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 21)	4	0	Aluminij
—	3MF	Dejan Zukić	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 20)	4	0	Vojvodina
10	3MF	Lazar Pavlović	(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 19)	4	0	Partizan
—	3MF	Aleksa Janković	(2000-04-12) 12 April 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Čukarički

9	4FW	Slobodan Tedić	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001 (age 20)	10	1	PEC Zwolle
19	4FW	Željko Gavrić	(2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 (age 20)	8	0	Ferencvárosi
18	4FW	Milutin Vidosavljević	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Atlético Levante
8	4FW	Filip Stevanović	(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 18)	5	0	Heerenveen
11	4FW	Nemanja Jović	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Partizan
—	4FW		(2000-10-18) 18 October 2000 (age 20)	0	0	Radnik Surdulica

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 Stanković^WD	(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Volendam	v. Turkey, 30 March 2021

DF	Nikola Marjanović	(2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Proleter Novi Sad	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
DF	Milan Ilić	(2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Loznica	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
DF	Filip Bačkulja	(2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Metalac	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
DF	Uroš Drezgić	(2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 18)	1	0	Čukarički	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
DF		(2001-08-29) 29 August 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Metalac	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	Mihajlo Nešković	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Vojvodina	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
MF	Vladimir Lučić	(2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 19)	2	0	IMT	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
MF	Jovan Lukić	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 19)	2	0	Čukarički	v. Turkey, 30 March 2021
MF	Aleksa Đurasović	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 18)	1	0	Spartak Subotica	v. Turkey, 30 March 2021
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 19)	0	0	Torino	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020

FW	Andrej Ilić	(2000-04-03) 3 April 2000 (age 21)	2	0	RFS	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
FW	Nikola Štulić	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Partizan	v. Brazil, 8 June 2021
FW	Radivoj Bosić	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 20)	3	0	Nacional	v. Turkey, 30 March 2021
FW	Filip Stuparević	(2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 (age 21)	8	1	Metalac	v. Estonia, 13 October 2020

Previous squads[]

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[]

Dates	Name
2021–	Zvonko Živković
2019–2021	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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 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[]

^ 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 | ЗВОНКО ЖИВКОВИЋ ОБЈАВИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧА ЗА КВАЛИФИКАЦИОНЕ МЕЧЕВЕ ПРОТИВ УКРАЈИНЕ И СЕВЕРНЕ МАКЕДОНИЈЕ" (in Serbian). 23 August 2021.

External links[]

Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)

[behind_closed_doors-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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 | ЗВОНКО ЖИВКОВИЋ ОБЈАВИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧА ЗА КВАЛИФИКАЦИОНЕ МЕЧЕВЕ ПРОТИВ УКРАЈИНЕ И СЕВЕРНЕ МАКЕДОНИЈЕ" (in Serbian). 23 August 2021.

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