FR Yugoslavia national under-21 football team

Serbia U-21
Nickname(s)Орлићи / Orlići
(The Young Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachLjubinko Drulović
CaptainMihajlo Ilić
Most capsBranislav Ivanović (38)
Top scorerUroš Đurđević (16)
FIFA codeSRB
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Yugoslavia 1–0 Malta 
(Zrenjanin, FR Yugoslavia, 1 June 1996)
Biggest win
 Serbia and Montenegro 9–0 San Marino 
(Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro; 12 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
 England 9–1 Serbia 
(West Bridgford, England; 12 October 2023)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances9 (first in 1978)
Best result Champions: 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 Serbia 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

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2023

24 March 2023[4] Friendly Serbia  0–2  Italy Bačka Topola, Serbia
18:00 Report
Stadium: TSC Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
28 March 2023[4] Friendly United States  0–0
(2–4 p)
 Serbia Marbella, Spain
14:00 Report Attendance: 200
12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Serbia  2–0  Azerbaijan Stara Pazova, Serbia
20:00
Report Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center
Attendance: 412
Referee: Erkan Özdamar (Turkey)
13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q England  9–1  Serbia West Bridgford, United Kingdom
20:45
Report
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,753
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
16 October 2023 (2023-10-16) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Northern Ireland  1–2  Serbia Lurgan, United Kingdom
20:30
Report Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 433
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)
18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Serbia  0–3  England Bačka Topola, Serbia
17:00 Report
Stadium: TSC Arena
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard (Denmark)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Serbia  2–0  Luxembourg Stara Pazova, Serbia
19:00
Report Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)

2024

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Luxembourg  v  Serbia Luxembourg
Report
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Serbia  v  Northern Ireland Serbia
Report
6 September 2024 (2024-09-06) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Ukraine  v  Serbia TBD
Report
10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Azerbaijan  v  Serbia Azerbaijan
Report
15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Serbia  v  Ukraine Serbia
Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against England and Luxembourg on 18 and 21 November 2023.[5]

Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023 after the match against Luxembourg.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
23 1GK Veljko Ilić (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 20) 7 0 Serbia TSC
12 1GK Andrija Katić (2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Serbia Voždovac
1GK Strahinja Manojlović (2002-08-11) 11 August 2002 (age 21) 0 0 Serbia Javor

2DF Viktor Rogan (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21) 12 0 Serbia Čukarički
3 2DF Mihajlo Ilić (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 20) 8 2 Italy Bologna
5 2DF Uroš Drezgić (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 21) 8 0 Russia Rubin Kazan
2DF Mitar Ergelaš (2002-08-05) 5 August 2002 (age 21) 5 0 Serbia Čukarički
14 2DF Uroš Lazić (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 20) 5 0 Serbia Novi Pazar
16 2DF Mateja Đorđević (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21) 4 0 Serbia TSC
4 2DF David Petrović (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 20) 3 0 Serbia Radnički Niš
15 2DF Nemanja Đeković (2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 (age 20) 3 0 Serbia Napredak Kruševac
13 2DF Stefan Leković (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20) 3 0 Spain Villarreal

7 3MF Stefan Mitrović (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 21) 14 4 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
20 3MF Nikola Stanković (2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 20) 8 0 Serbia Čukarički
19 3MF Nikola Petković (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 20) 7 0 United States Crown Legacy
8 3MF Mihailo Stevanović (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Switzerland St. Gallen
3MF Aleksa Đurasović (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica
3MF Aljoša Vasić (2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Italy Palermo
6 3MF Aleksa Matić (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Serbia Voždovac
10 3MF Uroš Kabić (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 20) 3 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade

4FW Miloš Pantović (2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 21) 11 2 Serbia TSC
11 4FW Vladimir Lučić (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 21) 7 3 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
21 4FW Petar Ratkov (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20) 7 2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
9 4FW Marko Lazetić (2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 (age 20) 3 0 Netherlands Fortuna Sittard
22 4FW Miloš Luković (2005-11-18) 18 November 2005 (age 18) 3 0 Serbia IMT
18 4FW Samed Baždar (2004-01-31) 31 January 2004 (age 19) 2 0 Serbia Partizan
4FW Nikola Jojić (2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 20) 1 0 England Stoke City

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 (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Italy Sampdoria v.  Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
GK Ivan Guteša (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Serbia Grafičar Beograd v.  United States, 28 March 2023

DF Luka Subotić (2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Serbia Čukarički v.  Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
DF Andrej Đurić (2003-09-21) 21 September 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava v.  Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
DF Vladimir Prijović (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica v.  United States, 28 March 2023
DF Vukašin Krstić (2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Serbia TSC v.  United States, 28 March 2023

MF Jovan Lukić (2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 22) 7 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica v.  Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
MF Igor Miladinović (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 20) 6 0 Serbia Čukarički v.  Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
MF Matija Mitrović (2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 (age 19) 0 0 Serbia Voždovac v.  Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
MF Filip Vasiljević (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Serbia Grafičar Beograd v.  United States, 28 March 2023
MF Vladimir Miletić (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 20) 4 0 Serbia Vojvodina v.  United States, 28 March 2023
MF Nikola Knežević (2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 20) 4 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade v.  United States, 28 March 2023
MF Jovan Mituljikić (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade v.  United States, 28 March 2023
MF Lazar Mićić (2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 (age 20) 3 0 Serbia TSC v.  United States, 28 March 2023
MF Nemanja Jović (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 21) 5 1 Free agent v.  Italy, 24 March 2023

FW Srđan Hrstić (2003-07-18) 18 July 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Sweden Häcken v.  United States, 28 March 2023

Previous squads

Coaches

Dates Name
2023– Serbia Ljubinko Drulović
2023 Serbia Dušan Đorđević
2022–2023 Serbia Goran Stevanović
2021 Serbia Aleksandar Rogić (caretaker)
2021 Serbia Zvonko Živković
2019–2021 Serbia Ilija Stolica
2019 Serbia Nenad Milovanović
2017–2019 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

Notes

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. ^ a b "Италија и САД тестирају Орлиће". zurnal.rs.
  5. ^ "U21 | SELEKTOR LJUBINKO DRULOVIĆ OBJAVIO SPISAK IGRAČA ZA UTAKMICE PROTIV ENGLESKE I LUKSEMBURGA" (in Serbian). 11 November 2023.

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