Serbia national rugby union team

Serbia

Coach(es)

Aleksandar Mihajlovic
(since December 2014)

Captain(s)

Milan Orlovic

Most caps

Milan Rastovac (45)

Top scorer

Marko Kapor (177)

Team kit

First international

Serbia 11 - 3 British Dominions
(11 April 1918)

Largest win

Serbia 52 - 0 Slovenia

(29 October 2011)

Largest defeat

Germany 108 - 0 Serbia

(12 November 2005)

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.

History

Main article: Rugby union in Serbia

A Serbian Rugby Team, 1918

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, Danilo Pavlović, and Sveta Marjanovic .

Serbia played as a part of Yugoslavia since 1919 until 1992, then as FR Yugoslavia until 2003, and, finally, as Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2006. 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, playing as FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro until 2006, they have played regularly in FIRA-AER and IRB competitions.

Current squad

Serbia Rugby Team 2010

Senior Squad: ^[1]

Player	Position	Caps	Club
Vladimir Djukic	Prop	19	Rugby Club Pobednik
Dejan Tasić	Prop	11	Ragbi Klub Partizan
Miloš Joksimović	Prop	11	Ragbi Klub Partizan
Nemanja Simonović	Hooker	19	Rugby Club Pobednik
Danilo Bulatović	Lock	24	Juvenia Kraków
Nikola Jerković	Lock	8	Ragbi Klub Partizan
Marko Petrović	Lock	4	Châteaurenard
Bojan Lukić	Flanker	10	Vienna Celtic RFC
Goran Vuković	Flanker	7	Rugby Club Pobednik
Vladimir Dumić	Flanker	12	Ragbi Klub Partizan
Boris Martic	Number 8	29	BRK Crvena Zvezda
Milan Rastovac	Scrum-half	43	Rugby Club Pobednik
Nikola Simonović	Scrum-half	11	Rugby Club Pobednik
Marko Kapor	Fly-half	41	Rugby Club Pobednik
Vladimir Jelić	Fly-half	11	Rugby Jesi 70
Kusic Vlado	Centre	5	Rugby Club Pobednik
Miladin Živanov	Centre	22	Rugby Club Pobednik
Marko Milosavljević	Centre	30	Ragbi Klub Partizan
Aleksandar Đorđević	Wing	20	BRK Crvena Zvezda
Milan Orlović	Wing	22	Rugby Club Pobednik
Nenad Matejić	Fullback	40	Ragbi Klub Partizan

Results

As the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1996-2002)

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Tournament
04.05.1996.	Vršac	Andorra	30 - 12	1995–1997 FIRA Trophy
18.05.1996.	Gabrovo	Bulgaria	39 - 9	1995–1997 FIRA Trophy
06.10.1996.	Kiev	Ukraine	0 - 60	1999 Rugby World Cup - European qualification
02.11.1996.	Vienna	Austria	Default	1999 Rugby World Cup - European qualification
01.03.1997.	Pančevo	Switzerland	8 - 0	1999 Rugby World Cup - European qualification
10.05.1997.	Pančevo	Israel	10 - 7	1999 Rugby World Cup - European qualification
08.11.1997.	Nyon	Switzerland	13 - 29	1997–1998 FIRA Tournament
25.04.1998.	Belgrade	Israel	30 - 6	1997–1998 FIRA Tournament
20.05.1998.	Belgrade	Lithuania	44 - 0	1997–1998 FIRA Tournament
02.06.1998.	Riga	Latvia	Default	1997–1998 FIRA Tournament
10.10.1998.	Brussels	Belgium	6 - 12	1998–1999 FIRA Tournament
08.05.1999.	Tunis	Tunisia	6 - 45	1998–1999 FIRA Tournament
02.04.2000.	Belgrade	Moldova	17 - 3	European Nations Cup Fourth Division 2000
30.04.2000.	Pernik	Bulgaria	33 - 6	European Nations Cup Fourth Division 2000
13.05.2000.	Herzlia	Israel	17 - 3	European Nations Cup Fourth Division 2000
14.10.2000.	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	9 - 12	2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
05.11.2000.	Dimitrovgrad	Bulgaria	46 - 6	2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
31.03.2001.	Dimitrovgrad	Hungary	25 - 10	2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
12.05.2001.	Zenica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13 - 23	2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
26.5.2001.	Gornji Milanovac	Switzerland	13 - 10	2003 Rugby World Cup – European qualification
20.10.2001.	Chişinău	Moldova	16 - 36	2001–2002 European Nations Cup Third Division
06.04.2002.	Belgrade	Austria	26 - 8	2001–2002 European Nations Cup Third Division
04.05.2002.	Andorra La Vella	Andorra	19 - 5	2001–2002 European Nations Cup Third Division
11.05.2002.	Belgrade	Slovenia	27 - 21	2001–2002 European Nations Cup Third Division

As Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Tournament
26.04.2003.	Esztergom	Hungary	23-47	2002–2003 European Nations Cup Third Division
03.05.2003.	Belgrade	Latvia	18-29	2002–2003 European Nations Cup Third Division
24.05.2003.	Chişinău	Moldova	17-17	2002–2003 European Nations Cup Third Division
10.04.2004.	Subotica	Hungary	31 - 3	2003–2004 European Nations Cup Third Division
17.04.2004.	Marsa	Malta	18-20	2003–2004 European Nations Cup Third Division
08.05.2004.	Pančevo	Moldova	20 - 43	2003–2004 European Nations Cup Third Division
13.11.2004.	Belgrade	Bulgaria	33 - 10	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
19.03.2005.	Belgrade	Switzerland	11 - 11	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
09.04.2005.	Valleta	Malta	24 - 13	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
07.05.2005.	Łódź	Poland	11 - 18	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
08.10.2005.	Split	Croatia	9 - 26	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
05.11.2005.	Pančevo	Malta	3 - 16	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
12.11.2005.	Heidelberg	Germany	0 - 108	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification
08.04.2006.	Lazarevac	Belgium	15 - 36	2007 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

As Serbia (2006-)

Date	Location	Opposition	Result	Tournament
07.10.2006.	Nyon	Switzerland	9 - 30	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
04.11.2006.	Belgrade	Denmark	34 - 23	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
14.04.2007.	Pančevo	Sweden	12 - 30	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
27.10.2007.	Odense	Denmark	17 - 17	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
24.11.2007.	Pančevo	Switzerland	5 - 13	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
26.04.2008.	Lund	Sweden	3-22	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
10.05.2008.	Yerevan	Armenia	0-25	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
25.05.2008.	Belgrade	Armenia	19-8	2006–2008 European Nations Cup Third Division
13.09.2008.	Smederevo	Armenia	0 - 41	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
06.12.2008.	Smederevo	Andorra	32 - 7	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
04.04.2009.	Nyon	Switzerland	12-6	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
02.05.2009.	Vilnius	Lithuania	9-50	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
24.10.2009.	Belgrade	Switzerland	13-8	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
28.11.2009.	Andorra La Vella	Andorra	7-21	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
10.04.2010.	Abovian	Armenia	19-20	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
24.04.2010.	Pančevo	Lithuania	5-77	2008–2010 European Nations Cup Third Division
23.10.2010.	Ljubljana	Slovenia	3-33	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
20.11.2010.	Belgrade	Switzerland	18-15	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
19.02.2011.	Andorra La Vella	Andorra	25-42	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
07.05.2011.	Belgrade	Armenia	20-18	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
29.10.2011.	Belgrade	Slovenia	52-0	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
12.11.2011.	Monthey	Switzerland	19-27	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
14.04.2012.	Belgrade	Andorra	7-9	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
21.04.2012.		Armenia	25-0 Default	2010–2012 European Nations Cup Second Division
13.10.2012.	Netanya	Israel	22-48	2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division
27.10.2012.	Belgrade	Latvia	39-22	2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division
03.11.2012.	Belgrade	Andorra	26-29	2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division
13.04.2013.	Odense	Denmark	0-38	2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division
12.10.2013.	Valmiera	Latvia	14-25	2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division
19.10.2013.	Belgrade	Israel	6-18	2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division
12.04.2014.	Belgrade	Denmark	19-33	2012–2014 European Nations Cup Second Division
18.10.2014.	LJubljana	Slovenia	3-48	2014–2016 European Nations Cup Second Division
25.10.2014.	Belgrade	Luxembourg	0-36	2014–2016 European Nations Cup Second Division

Overall

Nation	Games	Won	Lost	Drawn	Percentage of wins
Andorra	9	3	6	0	33%
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	5	3	2	0	60%
Lithuania	3	1	2	0	33,33%
Moldova	4	1	2	1	25%
Slovenia	4	2	2	0	50%
Switzerland	10	5	4	1	55%
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	0%
Ukraine	1	0	1	0	0%
Latvia	3	1	2	0	33%
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	4	1	2	1	25%
Sweden	2	0	2	0	0%
Armenia	6	3	3	0	50%
Luxembourg	1	0	1	0	0%

World Cup record

1987 - No qualifying tournament held
1991 - Did not qualify
1995 - Did not participate in qualifying tournament due to political situation.
1999 - Did not qualify
2003 - Did not qualify
2007 - Did not qualify
2011 - Did not qualify

References

↑ Senior team Rugby Serbia.

External links

Rugby union in Serbia

Governing body

Rugby Union of Serbia

National teams

Men	Serbia 7s

Women	Serbia 7s

Competitions

International	European Nations Cup

Transnational	Regional Rugby Championship

National	Rugby Championship of Serbia

Clubs

Current	Balkan Mosquito Krusevac Partizan Pobednik BRK Red Star Royal Belgrade Vojvodina

Former	RK Red Star

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