Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia national under-21 football team
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Serbia U21

Nickname(s)

Бели Орлови (White Eagles)

Association

Football Association of Serbia

Head coach

Captain

Most caps

Top scorer

SRB




Home colours




Away colours

First international

As FR Yugoslavia:

Yugoslavia 1-0 Malta

(Zrenjanin, June 1, 1996)
As Serbia and Montenegro:

Serbia and Montenegro 3-0 Azerbaijan

(Nikšić, Montenegro, February 11, 2003)
As Serbia

Serbia 1 - 0 Czech Republic

(Uherské Hradiště, August 15, 2006)

Biggest win

As FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro:

Serbia-Montenegro 9-0 San Marino

(October 12, 2004)
As Serbia

Serbia 8 - 0 Hungary

(September 7, 2008)

Biggest defeat

As FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro:

Belgium 4-0 Serbia-Montenegro

(November 16, 2004)
As Serbia

Serbia 0 - 3 Sweden

¹
(Novi Sad, 6 October 2006)
Records are for competitive
matches only, and take into account
FR Yugoslavia U-21s after 1992.

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

Best result

Runner-up in 2004 & runner-up in 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. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

The team is considered the successor to the Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team, which in turn was the successor to the Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.

1 History
2 Playing record
3 Current Squad
- 3.1 Recent Call Ups
4 Coaching History
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

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 F.R.Y. (and the team) changed name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

In 2006 Serbia and Montenegro separated, with its governing body converting into the FA 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 cannot compete internationally at U21 level until a Montenegrin FA is established and officially ratified. Because the U21 Championship of 2007 is already underway, a Montenegro U21 team cannot play competitively until qualification for the 2009 tournament, at the earliest.

Playing record

FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro

The senior team played its first match in December 1994. The U-21s' 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.

Serbia

Serbia's U-21 National Team qualified for the U-21 European 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 U-21 European 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 Serbians, as they had already qualified for the semifinals.

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UEFA U-21 Championship Record

1998: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group. As FR Yugoslavia
2000: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group. As FR Yugoslavia
2002: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group. As FR Yugoslavia
2004: Runners-up As Serbia-Montenegro
2006: Losing semi-finalists. As Serbia-Montenegro
2007: Runners-up As Serbia
2009: Qualified As Serbia

Olympics football 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 Football Championship qualify for the Olympics.

Before 1992: Senior team event, See Yugoslavia national football team
1992: Part of Yugoslavia
1996: Did not qualify
2000: Did not qualify
2004: Finished 4th of 4 in group stage
2008: Finished 4th of 4 in group stage

Current Squad

Caps and goals are as of March 26, 2008 against San Marino U21. ²

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Željko Brkić	July 9, 1986	FK Vojvodina
12	GK	Bojan Šaranov	September 22, 1987	OFK Beograd

2	MF	Marko Jovanović	March 26, 1988	FK Partizan
4	MF	Gojko Kačar	January 26, 1987	Hertha BSC Berlin
5	DF	Nikola Petković	March 28, 1986	Red Star Belgrade
14	MF	Milan Vilotić	June 19, 1986	Čukarički Stankom
15	MF	Nemanja Pejčinović	November 4, 1987	Rad Belgrade
16	MF	Vujadin Savić	July 1, 1990	Rad Belgrade
18	DF	Nenad Tomović	August 30, 1987	Red Star Belgrade

3	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa	August 14, 1988	FK Partizan
6	MF	Nikola Gulan	March 23, 1989	AC Fiorentina
7	MF	Milan Smiljanić (captain)	November 19, 1988	RCD Espanyol
8	MF	Vladimir Bogdanović	October 5, 1986	Red Star Belgrade
11	MF	Dušan Tadić	November 20, 1988	FK Vojvodina
13	MF	Adem Ljajić	September 29, 1991	FK Partizan
16	MF	Predrag Pavlović	June 19, 1986	Napredak Kruševac

9	FW	Filip Đorđević	28 September 1987	FC Nantes
10	FW	Miralem Sulejmani	December 15, 1988	AFC Ajax
17	FW	Danijel Aleksić	April 30, 1991	FK Vojvodina

Recent Call Ups

The following players have also been called up to the Serbia squad in 2008.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Nenad Filipović	April 24, 1987	Banat Zrenjanin	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Slobodan Rajković	February 3, 1989	FC Twente	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008
Ivan Obradović	July 25, 1988	Partizan Belgrade	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008
Ljuba Baranin	August 25, 1986	FK Bežanija	? (?)	v. Belarus U21, 20 November 2007

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Ivan Radovanović	August 29, 1988	SC Pisa	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008
Nenad Krstičić	July 3, 1990	Sampdoria	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008
Stefan Babović	January 7, 1987	FC Nantes	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008
Nebojša Marinković	June 19, 1986	Čukarički	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008
Zoran Tošić	April 28, 1987	Partizan Belgrade	? (?)	v. Belarus U21, 20 November 2007

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Milan Perić	April 16, 1986	Partizan Belgrade	? (?)	v. San Marino Under 21, 26 March 2008
Andrija Kaluđerović	July 5, 1987	OFK Belgrade	? (?)	v. Latvia U21, 17 October 2007
Jagoš Vuković	June 10, 1988	Rad Belgrade	? (?)	v. Latvia U21, 17 October 2007