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

Slobodan Krčmarević

Captain

Branislav Ivanović

Most caps

Branislav Ivanović

Top scorer

Dragan Mrdja





First kit





Second kit

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

Sweden 0 - 5 Serbia

^[1]

(Edsborg-Trollhättan, October 10, 2006)

Biggest defeat
As FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro:

Belgium 4-0 Serbia-Montenegro

(November 16, 2004)
As Serbia

Serbia 0 - 3 Sweden

^[2]
(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

2 (1) (First in 2004 (2007))

Best result

Runner-up in 2004 (nil)

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
4 Coaching History
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Playing record

[edit] 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.

[edit] Serbia

Serbia's U-21 National Team qualified for the U-21 European Championship held in The Netherlands, in June of 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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[edit] 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

[edit] 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: Qualified

[edit] Current Squad

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Damir Kahriman	19 November 1985	Konyaspor
12	GK	Igor Stefanović	17 July 1987	FK Zemun
23	GK	Aleksandar Kesić	18 August 1987	FK Mladost Apatin

5	DF	Gojko Kačar	30 December 1986	Hertha BSC Berlin
6	DF	Aleksandar Kolarov	10 November 1985	Lazio
11	DF	Duško Tošić	19 January 1985	Werder Bremen
20	DF	Slobodan Rajković	3 February 1989	Chelsea

7	MF	Milan Smiljanić	19 November 1986	Espanyol
14	MF	Stefan Babović	7 January 1987	FC Nantes
15	MF	Predrag Pavlović	19 June 1986	FK Napredak Kruševac
21	MF	Zoran Tošić	18 January 1985	FK Partizan
0	MF	Nebojša Marinković	19 June 1986	Djurgården

9	FW	Đorđe Rakić	31 October 1985	FC Red Bull Salzburg