Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U21
Nickname(s) Орлићи / Orlići
(The Young Eagles)
Association Football Association of Serbia
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Tomislav Sivić
Captain Nemanja Maksimović
FIFA code SRB
First colours
Second colours

The Serbia national under-21 football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије до 21. године / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije do 21. godine) is the national under-21 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia.

This team is for Serbian players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old. Also in existence are teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side and again for the U21s, as Matija Nastasić, Filip Đuričić, Lazar Marković, and Aleksandar Mitrović have done recently. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and another at senior level (providing the player is eligible). Nikola Drinčić is a currently Montenegrin international and former Serbia U21 player.

History


The governing body of Football Association of Serbia established the Serbian under-21 team in 2007.

Competition history


Serbia's under-21 national team qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football 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 U21 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 Serbian team, as they had already qualified for the semi-finals.

Competitive record

The Serbian Football Association

     Champions       Runners-Up       Third Place       Fourth Place

European Under-21 Championship record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Netherlands 2007Final2nd530256
Sweden 2009Group stage6th302113
Denmark 2011Did not qualify
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015Group stage8th301217
Poland 2017Qualified
Total9/201 title411311174156

Olympic Games 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 Championship qualify for the Olympics 2012 in London

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
China 2008Group stage12th301237
United Kingdom 2012Did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020TBD
Total2/60 Title6015621

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up to participate on the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs matches against Norway U-21.[1] Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2016 after the game against Norway U-21.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Boris Radunović (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 6 0 Italy Avellino
1GK Vanja Milinković-Savić (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997 6 0 Poland Lechia Gdańsk
1GK Filip Manojlović (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 1 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade

2DF Milan Gajić (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 15 1 France Bordeaux
2DF Nemanja Antonov (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 11 0 Switzerland Grasshoppers
2DF Vukašin Jovanović (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 9 0 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg
2DF Darko Lazić (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 7 1 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala
2DF Aleksandar Filipović (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 5 0 Serbia Voždovac
2DF Nikola Maraš (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 3 2 Serbia Rad
2DF Aleksandar Bjelica (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 1 0 Belgium Mechelen

3MF Sergej Milinković-Savić (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 10 3 Italy Lazio
3MF Marko Grujić (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 10 0 England Liverpool
3MF Saša Lukić (1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 9 1 Italy Torino
3MF Mijat Gaćinović (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 9 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
3MF Andrija Živković (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 9 0 Portugal Benfica
3MF Mihailo Ristić (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 6 1 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
3MF Nemanja Maksimović (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 6 0 Kazakhstan Astana
3MF Nemanja Mihajlović (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 5 1 Serbia Partizan
3MF Srđan Plavšić (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 5 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
3MF Nikola Ninković (1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 4 1 Italy Genoa
3MF Dejan Meleg (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 3 0 Serbia Vojvodina

4FW Uroš Đurđević (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 26 15 Serbia Partizan
4FW Aleksandar Čavrić (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 21 2 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
4FW Ognjen Ožegović (1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 10 5 Serbia Čukarički
4FW Aleksandar Lutovac (1997-06-28) 28 June 1997 0 0 Serbia Rad

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months, that are still eligible to represent Serbia at youth

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Stefan Čupić (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 2 0 Serbia OFK Bačka v.  Netherlands, 28 March 2016

DF Miloš VeljkovićINJ (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 11 0 Germany Werder Bremen v.  Norway, 11 November 2016
DF Nikola Antić (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 3 0 Serbia Vojvodina v.  Republic of Ireland, 6 September 2016
DF Uroš Radaković (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 1 0 Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc v.  Israel, 2 June 2016
DF Srđan Babić (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 3 1 Spain CF Reus Deportiu v.  Netherlands, 28 March 2016
DF Bojan Nastić (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 1 0 Belgium Genk v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015

MF Uroš Damnjanović (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 3 0 Serbia Partizan v.  Israel, 2 June 2016
MF Marko Golubović (1995-09-20) 20 September 1995 1 0 Serbia Sinđelić v.  Israel, 2 June 2016
MF Saša Zdjelar (1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 7 0 Greece Olympiacos v.  Netherlands, 28 March 2016
MF Andrija Luković (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 4 2 Serbia Red Star v.  Netherlands, 28 March 2016

FW Nemanja Radonjić (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 1 0 Serbia Čukarički v.  Republic of Ireland, 6 September 2016
FW Dejan Dražić (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 1 0 Spain Valladolid v.  Republic of Ireland, 6 September 2016
FW Luka Jović (1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 4 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Israel, 2 June 2016
FW Miloš Pantović (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 3 0 Germany Bayern Munich II v.  Netherlands, 28 March 2016
FW Ivan Šaponjić (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 2 0 Portugal Benfica B v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015

Coaches

Dates Name
2015– Serbia Tomislav Sivić
2015 Serbia Mladen Dodić
2013–2014 Serbia Radovan Ćurčić
2010–2012 Serbia Aleksandar Janković
2010 Serbia Tomislav Sivić (caretaker)
2009–2010 Serbia Ratomir Dujković
2007–2009 Serbia Slobodan Krčmarević
2006–2007 Serbia Miroslav Đukić
2005–2006 Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Okuka
2004–2005 Serbia and Montenegro Milorad Kosanović
2002–2004 Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Petrović
2000–2002 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Rakojević
1998–2000 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milovan Đorić
1996–1998 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Živadinović

See also

References

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