Serbia national football team

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Serbia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname Бели Орлови (White Eagles)
Association Football Association of Serbia
Head coach Spain Javier Clemente
Captain Dejan Stanković
Most caps Savo Milošević (101)
Top scorer Savo Milošević (35)
Home Stadium Marakana, Belgrade
FIFA code SRB
FIFA ranking 33
Highest FIFA ranking 19 (December 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking 55 (October 2004)
Elo ranking 33
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First international
Brazil Brazil 2 - 0 Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
(Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994)
First international as Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 2 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
(Podgorica, SCG; 12 February 2003)\
First international as Serbia
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 - 3 Serbia Serbia
(Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 16 August 2006)
Largest win
Faroe Islands Faröe Islands 1 - 8 Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
(Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996)
Worst defeat
Argentina Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia & Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
(Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June 2006)
World Cup
Appearances 2 (First in 1998)
Best result Round 2, 1998
European Championship
Appearances 1 (First in 2000)
Best result Quarterfinals, 2000

The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. It was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team until February 2003 and the Serbia and Montenegro national football team until June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was renamed the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006, with the Montenegro national football team created to represent the new state of Montenegro.

FIFA considers the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national teams. For details of the national team of Yugoslavia before 1992 see Yugoslavia national football team.

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[edit] History

Although the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed on April 28, 1992, because of the international sanctions due to the Yugoslav wars banning the country from international sporting events, the football team didn't play its first match until 23 December 1994, when they lost to Brazil. Since then the team has qualified for the World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2006, and for the European Championship once, in 2000. In 2003, with the reconstitution of the country as Serbia and Montenegro, the team changed its name accordingly.

On May 21, 2006 Montenegro voted to dissolve its political union with Serbia. On June 3, Montenegro became a sovereign state meaning there will be separate Montenegrin national teams competing in future tournaments. This did not affect the finals of the 2006 World Cup, in which the newly independent states of Serbia and Montenegro competed under the same flag for the last time but did not progress past the group stage.

On August 16, 2006 the new team representing Serbia played its first international match, with a 3-1 away win against the Czech Republic.

[edit] World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1990 - See Yugoslavia
  • 1994Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
  • 1998 – Round 2 (as FR Yugoslavia)
  • 2002Did not qualify (as FR Yugoslavia)
  • 2006 – Round 1 (as Serbia and Montenegro)

[edit] European Championship record

  • 1960 to 1992 - See Yugoslavia
  • 1996Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
  • 2000 – Quarterfinals (as FR Yugoslavia)
  • 2004Did not qualify (started qualification as FR Yugoslavia, finished as Serbia and Montenegro)
  • 2008Applied as Serbia and Montenegro; due to commence qualification tournament as Serbia

[edit] Squads

[edit] Current squad

The following players have all been called up to the Serbia squad for Euro 2008 qualifying. The next match will be a friendly against Basque Country on December 27, 2006 (Non-A friendly). The next Euro 2008 qualifying match will be against Kazakhstan on March 27, 2007. Caps and goals are as of November 15, 2006 and include the friendly match against Norway.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
GK Vladimir Stojković 28 July 1983 6 0 France Nantes
GK Vlada Avramov 5 April 1979 0 0 Italy Treviso
DF Marjan Marković 28 September 1981 13 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
DF Milan Stepanov 2 April 1983 4 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
DF Branislav Ivanović 22 February 1984 1 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
DF Duško Tošić 19 January 1985 1 0 France Sochaux
DF Aleksandar Luković 21 October 1982 8 0 Italy Ascoli
MF Igor Duljaj 29 October 1979 40 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
MF Nenad Kovačević 11 November 1980 12 0 France Lens
MF Ivan Ergić 21 January 1981 8 0 Switzerland Basel
MF Aleksandar Trišović 25 November 1983 5 1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
MF Miloš Krasić 1 November 1984 1 0 Russia CSKA Moscow
MF Boško Janković 1 March 1984 1 0 Spain Mallorca
MF Ognjen Koroman 19 September 1978 33 1 England Portsmouth
FW Marko Pantelić 15 September 1978 8 1 Germany Hertha Berlin
FW Nikola Žigić 25 September 1980 19 7 Spain Racing
FW Danko Lazović 17 May 1983 10 3 Netherlands Vitesse
FW Danijel Ljuboja 4 September 1978 19 1 Germany Hamburger SV

[edit] Recent Call Ups

The following players have also been called up to the Serbia squad within the last twelve months.

Goalkeepers
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Dragoslav Jevrić [1] July 8, 1974 Turkey Ankaraspor 43 (0) v. Czech Republic, 16 August 2006
Oliver Kovačević 29 December 1974 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 3 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Defenders
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Ivica Dragutinović 13 November 1975 Spain Sevilla 31 (0) v. Norway, 15 November 2006
Nemanja Vidić 21 October 1981 England Manchester United 22 (2) v. Norway, 15 November 2006
Mladen Krstajić 4 March 1974 Germany Schalke 04 53 (2) v. Norway, 15 November 2006
Milan Biševac 31 August 1983 Serbia Red Star Belgrade[2] 2 (0) v. Armenia, 11 October 2006
Marko Baša 29 December 1982 France Le Mans 3 (0) v. Czech Republic, 16 August 2006
Marko Lomić 13 September 1983 Serbia Partizan 0 (0) v. Czech Republic, 16 August 2006
Dušan Basta 18 August 1984 Serbia Red Star Belgrade 2 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Nenad Đorđević 7 August 1979 Serbia Partizan 17 (1) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Milan Dudić 1 November 1979 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 13 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Goran Gavrančić 2 August 1978 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 28 (0) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Dušan Petković 13 June 1974 Russia Saturn Ramenskoe 12 (1) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Midfielders
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Dejan Stanković 11 September 1978 Italy Inter Milan 67 (13) v. Norway, 15 November 2006
Saša Ilić 30 December 1977 Turkey Galatasaray 32 (4) v. Norway, 15 November 2006
Predrag Đorđević 8 April 1972 Greece Olympiacos 37 (1) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Albert Nađ 29 October 1974 Serbia Partizan 45 (3) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Zvonimir Vukić 19 July 1979 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 26 (6) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Strikers
Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Most Recent Call up
Danijel Ljuboja 4 September 1978 Germany Hamburger SV 19 (1) v. Armenia, 11 October 2006
Mateja Kežman 12 April 1979 Turkey Fenerbahçe 49 (17) 2006 FIFA World Cup
Savo Milošević [1] 2 September 1973 Spain Osasuna 101 (35) 2006 FIFA World Cup

[edit] World Cup 2006 squad

Main Article: 2006 World Cup squads (Serbia and Montenegro)

[edit] Competitions

[edit] 2006 World Cup

See also: 2006 World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Serbia and Montenegro began their 2006 World Cup campaign by finishing first with an undefeated record in a their qualification group ahead of favorites Spain and Belgium. The Serbia and Montenegro team also allowed only one goal in the 10 matches, the best defensive record out all 51 teams participating in qualification.

Logo of the Serbia and Montenegro Football Association
Logo of the Serbia and Montenegro Football Association

In the group stage, Serbia and Montenegro lost their opening game to joint group favourite, the Netherlands. The final score was 1-0 after Arjen Robben scored the only goal of the game. They also lost their second game to Argentina 6-0, the country's worst ever international result. With the team's two losses and with Netherlands and Argentina winning both their games, Serbia and Montenegro could no longer qualify for the knockout matches, and was playing for pride alone in their final group game against Côte d'Ivoire. Despite having a 2-0 lead for much of the first half, the Elephants managed to come back and win 3-2, leaving Serbia and Montenegro with a disappointing 0-3-0 World Cup run.

[edit] 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

See also: 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group A


[edit] Notable players

Notable players that have played for the national team with at least 15 caps:

[edit] As Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia
 
Montenegro

[edit] As Serbia

[edit] Coaches

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Retired from international football
  2. ^ Milan Biševac signed for Lens August 25, 2006, and is officially on loan to Red Star Belgrade until January 2007.

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