Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U21

Nickname(s)	Орлићи / Orlići (The Young Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Tomislav Sivić
Captain	Nemanja Maksimović
FIFA code	SRB
First colours Second colours
First international
Romania 0–2 Yugoslavia (Bucharest, 31 March 1940, friendly)
Biggest win
Serbia and Montenegro 9–0 San Marino  (Novi Sad, 12 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
France 7–0 Yugoslavia (Reims, 16 November 1985) Records of biggest win/defeat are for competitive matches only
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1978)
Best result	Winners (1): 1978

The Serbia national under-21 football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије до 21. године / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije do 21. godine) is the national under-21 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia.

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

The Yugoslav U21 team represented Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until the country dissolved in 1992. In 1996 an under-21 team representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began playing. The FR Yugoslavia (and the team) changed name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

In 2006 Serbia and Montenegro separated, with its governing body converting into the Football Association of Serbia. The Serbian under-21 team has assumed Serbia and Montenegro's place in the qualifying round for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2007, whilst Montenegro was not able to compete internationally at U21 level until a Montenegrin FA was established.

Competition history

As FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro

The senior team played its first match in December 1994. The U21s' first competitive matches were in the qualification stage of the 1998 competition.

The under-21 team failed to qualify for the first three UEFA Under-21 competitions it entered, but were runners-up in the 2004 tournament. In their final championship, taking place in Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro qualified for semifinals, where they lost on penalties to Ukraine.

For the period prior to 1992, please see the Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.

As Serbia

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

European Under-21 Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1978 Final 1st 6 3 2 1 10 7 1980 Semi-finals 4th 4 1 1 2 3 6 1982 Did not qualify 1984 Semi-finals 4th 4 1 0 3 4 6 1986 Did not qualify 1988 1990 Final 2nd 6 2 2 2 8 9 1992 Did not qualify 1994 Suspended 1996 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 2015 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 1 7 2017 Qualification in progress Total 9/20 1 title 41 13 11 17 41 56

Olympic Games record Since 1992 Olympics football changed to U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams, technically are U-23 teams. The winner, runner-up and third placed team of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualify for the Olympics 2012 in London Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1992 Did not qualify 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 TBD Total 2/6 0 Title 6 0 1 5 6 21

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up to participate on the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.^[1]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Boris Radunović	16 May 1996	4	0	Atalanta
	GK	Stefan Čupić	7 May 1994	2	0	OFK Belgrade
	GK	Filip Manojlović	25 April 1996	1	0	FK Bežanija
	DF	Milan Gajić	28 January 1996	7	0	Bordeaux
	DF	Nemanja Antonov	6 May 1995	6	0	Grasshoppers
	DF	Vukašin Jovanović	17 May 1996	5	0	Zenit St. Petersburg
	DF	Srđan Babić	22 April 1996	3	1	Real Sociedad B
	DF	Aleksandar Filipović	20 December 1994	2	0	Jagodina
	DF	Nikola Maraš	19 December 1995	1	1	Rad
	DF	Radovan Pankov	5 August 1995	0	0	Vojvodina
	MF	Saša Zdjelar	20 March 1995	7	0	Olympiacos
	MF	Andrija Luković	24 October 1994	4	2	Jong PSV
	MF	Srđan Plavšić	3 December 1995	3	0	Red Star
	MF	Andrija Živković	11 July 1996	4	0	Partizan
	MF	Saša Lukić	13 August 1996	3	0	Partizan
	MF	Miloš Pantović	7 July 1996	3	0	Bayern Munich II
	MF	Nemanja Mihajlović	19 January 1996	2	0	Partizan
	MF	Mihailo Ristić	31 October 1995	1	0	Red Star
	MF	Uroš Damnjanović	8 February 1995	1	0	Sinđelić Beograd
	FW	Aleksandar Čavrić	18 June 1994	14	2	AGF Aarhus
	FW	Ognjen Ožegović	9 June 1994	6	4	Changchun Yatai
	FW	Uroš Đurđević	2 March 1994	18	8	Palermo

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	Predrag Rajković	30 October 1995	0	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	v.  Italy, 13 November 2015
DF	Petar Golubović	26 September 1995	2	0	Pisa	v.  Lithuania, 13 October 2015
DF	Miloš Veljković	26 September 1995	8	0	Werder Bremen	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
DF	Darko Lazić	19 July 1994	2	0	Anzhi Makhachkala	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
DF	Bojan Nastić	6 July 1994	1	0	Vojvodina	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
MF	Sergej Milinković-Savić	27 February 1995	5	3	Lazio	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
MF	Marko Grujić	13 April 1996	5	0	Red Star	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
MF	Nemanja Maksimović	26 January 1995	3	0	Astana	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
MF	Marko Pavlovski	2 July 1994	2	0	OFK Beograd	v.  Lithuania, 13 October 2015
MF	Mijat Gaćinović	8 February 1995	1	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	v.  Lithuania, 13 October 2015
FW	Luka Jović	23 December 1997	2	0	Benfica	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
FW	Ivan Šaponjić	2 August 1997	2	0	Benfica B	v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
FW	Fejsal Mulić	3 October 1994	3	1	Mouscron	v.  Lithuania, 13 October 2015

Coaches

Dates	Name
2015–	Tomislav Sivić
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
2005–2006	Dragan Okuka
2004–2005	Milorad Kosanović
2002–2004	Vladimir Petrović
2000–2002	Nikola Rakojević
1998–2000	Milovan Đorić
1996–1998	Milan Živadinović

See also

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

References

1. Džin iz Nemačke debituje za mladu reprezentaciju Srbije (Serbian)

External links

• Football Association of Serbia (Serbian)