| Coach(es) | Dragan Grujic (since March 2011) | |
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| Captain(s) | Miladin Zivanov | |
| Most caps | Milan Rastovac 39 | |
| Top scorer | Marko Kapor 154 | |
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| First international | ||
| Serbia 11 - 3 British Dominions (11 April 1918) |
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| Largest win | ||
| Serbia 52 - 0 Slovenia (29 October 2011) |
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| Largest defeat | ||
| Germany 108 - 0 Serbia (12 November 2005) |
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| World Cup | ||
| Appearances | none | |
The Serbia national rugby union team represents Serbia in international rugby union. Serbia are considered a tier three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have yet to make their debut at the Rugby World Cup. They have played over 100 internationals.
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The first known rugby players from Serbia were Serbian students in George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, Scotland during The First World War. On 11 April 1918 they played their first unofficial international game, in front of 10,000 spectators, against a British Dominions XV and won by eight points to three. Notable players from this period included Toma Tomić from Leskovac, Dimitrije Dulkanović and Danilo Pavlović.
From 1919 to 2006, Serbia played as a part of Yugoslavia. The the national team name was Serbia and Montenegro from 2003-06. Yugoslavia made their official international debut in 1968 against a Romanian XV, losing 3 points to 11. They made their full test debut the following month, losing 6 points to 29 against Bulgaria. They won their first official international match in 1969, defeating Bulgaria 22 points to six.
During the 60s, 70s and 80s, Serbian players played for the Yugoslavia national rugby union team alongside players from the rest of Yugoslavia. After the wars and breakup of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavia team consisted of players from Serbia only, and they played their first full international against Andorra at Vršac in 1996.
After 1996, the team played under various names for political reasons, but they have played regularly in FIRA-AER and IRB competitions.
Senior Squad: [1]
| Player | Position |
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| Djukić Vladimir | Forward |
| Tasić Dejan | Forward |
| Joksimović Miloš | Forward |
| Simonović Nemanja | Forward |
| Bulatović Danilo | Forward |
| Jerković Nikola | Forward |
| Petrović Marko | Forward |
| Lukić Bojan | Forward |
| Vuković Goran | Forward |
| Dumić Vladimir | Forward |
| Martić Boris | Forward |
| Rastovac Milan | Back |
| Kapor Marko | Back |
| Jelić Vladimir | Back |
| Orlović Milan | Back |
| Milanko Miloš | Back |
| Živanov Miladin | Back |
| Đorđević Aleksandar | Back |
| Matejić Nenad | Back |
| Milosavljević Marko | Back |
| Simonović Nikola | Back |
| Nation | Games | Won | Lost | Drawn | Percentage of wins |
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| Andorra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Belgium | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66,66% |
| Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33,33% |
| Moldova | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25% |
| Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66,66% |
| Switzerland | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Malta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33,33% |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Armenia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% |
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