Serbia national football team

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Serbia

Nickname(s)

White Eagles (Бели Орлови, Beli Orlovi)

Association

Football Association of Serbia

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Vacant^[1]

Captain

Dejan Stanković

Most caps

Savo Milošević (101)

Top scorer

Savo Milošević (35)

Home stadium

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

FIFA code

SRB

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

17 (July 2007)

Lowest FIFA ranking

55 (October 2004)

Elo ranking





Home colours





Away colours

First international

Brazil 2 - 0 Yugoslavia

(Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994)
First international as Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 2 Azerbaijan

(Podgorica, SCG; 12 February 2003)
First international as Serbia

Czech Republic 1 - 3 Serbia

(Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 16 August 2006)

Biggest win

Faroe Islands 1 - 8 Yugoslavia

(Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996)
As Serbia

Azerbaijan 1 - 6 Serbia

(Baku, Azerbaijan; 17 October 2007)

Biggest defeat

Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia & Montenegro

(Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June 2006)
As Serbia

Kazakhstan 2 - 1 Serbia

(Almaty, Kazakhstan; 24 March 2007)

Belgium 3 - 2 Serbia

(Brussels, Belgium; 22 August 2007)

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 (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) 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 June 28, 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.

1 History
2 World Cup record
3 European Championship record
4 Squads
5 Competitions
6 Notable matches
7 Notable players
- 7.1 As Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
- 7.2 As Serbia
8 Coaches
9 Notes
10 See also
11 External links

See also: Yugoslavia national football team

Serbia plays Belgium at Marakana, October 7, 2006

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.

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

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

The following players have all been called up to the Serbia squad for the final Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Poland. Ivica Dragutinović have returned from suspension and Mladen Krstajić and Nemanja Vidić were fit again following injuries.^[2] Vladimir Stojković was out due to injury and was replaced by Vlada Avramov in the starting lineup, and Radiša Ilić was called up as a substitute.^[3]

Caps and goals are as of November 24, 2007 and include the qualifying match against Kazakhstan.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Vladimir Stojković	July 28, 1983 (1983-07-28) (age 24)	14	0	Sporting CP
2	DF	Antonio Rukavina	January 26, 1984 (1984-01-26) (age 23)	7	0	Partizan
3	DF	Ivica Dragutinović	November 13, 1975 (1975-11-13) (age 32)	37	0	Sevilla
4	MF	Igor Duljaj	October 29, 1979 (1979-10-29) (age 28)	52	2	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	DF	Nemanja Vidić	October 21, 1981 (1981-10-21) (age 26)	27	2	Manchester United
6	DF	Branislav Ivanović	February 22, 1984 (1984-02-22) (age 23)	9	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
7	MF	Ognjen Koroman	September 19, 1978 (1978-09-19) (age 29)	36	1	Red Star Belgrade
8	FW	Danko Lazović	May 17, 1983 (1983-05-17) (age 24)	18	5	PSV Eindhoven
9	FW	Marko Pantelić	September 15, 1978 (1978-09-15) (age 29)	15	1	Hertha Berlin
10	MF	Dejan Stanković (Captain)	September 11, 1978 (1978-09-11) (age 29)	72	13	Inter Milan
11	DF	Duško Tošić	January 19, 1985 (1985-01-19) (age 22)	7	1	Werder Bremen
12	GK	Vlada Avramov	April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05) (age 28)	2	0	Fiorentina
14	FW	Milan Jovanović	April 18, 1981 (1981-04-18) (age 26)	6	1	Standard Liège
15	DF	Milan Stepanov	April 2, 1983 (1983-04-02) (age 24)	6	0	Porto
16	MF	Nenad Kovačević	October 11, 1980 (1980-10-11) (age 27)	22	0	Lens
17	MF	Miloš Krasić	October 1, 1984 (1984-10-01) (age 23)	10	0	CSKA Moscow
18	MF	Boško Janković	March 3, 1984 (1984-03-03) (age 23)	10	3	Palermo
19	FW	Nikola Žigić	September 25, 1980 (1980-09-25) (age 27)	26	11	Valencia CF
20	DF	Mladen Krstajić	March 4, 1974 (1974-03-04) (age 33)	57	2	Schalke 04
21	MF	Zoran Tošić	August 24, 1987 (1987-08-24) (age 20)	4	0	Partizan
22	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović	September 22, 1987 (1987-09-22) (age 20)	7	2	Fiorentina
25	GK	Radiša Ilić	July 20, 1977 (1977-07-20) (age 30)	0	0	OFK Beograd
–	DF	Milan Biševac	August 31, 1983 (1983-08-31) (age 24)	3	0	Lens
–	DF	Marjan Marković	September 28, 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 26)	15	0	Dynamo Kyiv
–	MF	Milan Smiljanić	November 19, 1986 (1986-11-19) (age 21)	2	1	Espanyol
–	DF	Ivan Stevanović	June 24, 1983 (1983-06-24) (age 24)	1	0	OFK Beograd
–	DF	Dušan Anđelković	June 15, 1982 (1982-06-15) (age 25)	1	0	Red Star Belgrade
–	DF	Đorđe Tutorić	March 5, 1983 (1983-03-05) (age 24)	1	0	Red Star Belgrade
–	DF	Gojko Kačar	January 26, 1987 (1987-01-26) (age 20)	1	0	Vojvodina
–	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa	August 14, 1988 (1988-08-14) (age 19)	1	0	Hajduk Kula
–	MF	Đorđe Lazić	June 18, 1983 (1983-06-18) (age 24)	0	0	Partizan
–	MF	Stefan Babović	January 7, 1987 (1987-01-07) (age 20)	1	0	OFK Beograd
–	FW	Ranko Despotović	January 21, 1983 (1983-01-21) (age 24)	1	0	Vojvodina
–	FW	Filip Đorđević	September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28) (age 20)	0	0	Red Star Belgrade

The following players have also been called up to the Serbia squad after the 2006 World Cup.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Dragoslav Jevrić^[4]	July 8, 1974	Maccabi Tel Aviv	43 (0)	v. Czech Republic, 16 August 2006

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Aleksandar Luković	21 November 1982	Udinese	8 (0)	v. Armenia, 11 October 2006

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Ivan Ergić	21 January 1981	Basel	9 (0)	v. Finland, June 2, 2007^[5]
Aleksandar Trišović	25 October 1983	Red Star Belgrade	5 (1)	v. Portugal, March 28, 2007^[6]
Dejan Milovanović	21 January 1984	Red Star Belgrade	0 (0)	Training session, 5 February 2007^[7]
Saša Ilić	30 December 1977	Red Bull Salzburg	32 (4)	v. Norway, 15 November 2006

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Danijel Ljuboja	4 September 1978	VfB Stuttgart	19 (1)	v. Armenia, 11 October 2006

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

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.

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 0-0-3 World Cup run.

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 7

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December 23, 1994. Porto Alegre, Brazil

Brazil 2:0 Yugoslavia

October 6, 1996. Toftir, Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands 1:8 Yugoslavia

December 28, 1996. Mar del Plata, Argentina

Argentina 2:3 Yugoslavia

October 29, 1997. Budapest, Hungary

Hungary 1:7 Yugoslavia

June 21, 1998. Lens, France

Germany 2:2 Yugoslavia

June 25, 1998. Nantes, France

United States 0:1 Yugoslavia

June 29, 1998. Toulouse, France

Netherlands 2:1 Yugoslavia

August 18, 1999. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Yugoslavia 0:0 Croatia

October 9, 1999. Zagreb, Croatia

Croatia 2:2 Yugoslavia

June 13, 2000. Charleroi, Belgium

Yugoslavia 3:3 Slovenia

June 25, 2000. Rotterdam, Netherlands

Netherlands 6:1 Yugoslavia

February 13, 2002. Phoenix, United States

Mexico 1:2 Yugoslavia

February 12, 2003. Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia & Montenegro 2:2 Azerbaijan

October 9, 2004. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia & Herzegovina 0:0 Serbia & Montenegro

September 7, 2005. Madrid, Spain

Spain 1:1 Serbia & Montenegro

October 12, 2005. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia & Montenegro 1:0 Bosnia & Herzegovina

June 16, 2006. Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Argentina 6:0 Serbia & Montenegro

August 16, 2006. Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic

Czech Republic 1:3 Serbia

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

Name	Period
Slobodan Santrač	1994 - July 1998
Milan Živadinović	August 1998 - 1999
Vujadin Boškov	1999 - July 2000
Ilija Petković	August 2000 - January 2001
Milovan Đorić	February 2001 - May 2001
Vujadin Boškov Dejan Savićević Ivan Ćurković	May 2001 - December 2001
Dejan Savićević	December 2001 - June 2003
Ilija Petković	July 2003 - June 2006
Javier Clemente	July 2006 - December 2007