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

Captain

Most caps

Top scorer





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

(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 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Squad
4 Coaching History
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

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.

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.

Serbia's U-21 National Team qualified for the U-21 European Championship held in Holland, 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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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 to Netherlands (see 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship)

Since 1992 Olympics football changed to U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams, technically is a U-23 teams. The winnier, runner-up and third place of UEFA U-21 Championship qualify for 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

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	GK	Damir Kahriman	19 November 1985	FK Vojvodina
2	DF	Branislav Ivanović	22 February 1984	Lokomotiv Moscow
3	DF	Antonio Rukavina	26 January 1984	FK Partizan
4	DF	Nemanja Rnić	30 September 1984	FK Partizan
5	DF	Gojko Kačar	30 December 1986	FK Vojvodina
6	DF	Aleksandar Kolarov	10 November 1985	S.S. Lazio
7	MF	Milan Smiljanić	19 November 1986	Espanyol
8	MF	Boško Janković	1 March 1984	Palermo
9	FW	Đorđe Rakić	31 October 1985	OFK Beograd
10	MF	Dejan Milovanović	21 January 1984	Red Star Belgrade
11	DF	Duško Tošić	19 January 1985	Werder Bremen
12	GK	Igor Stefanović	12 April 1988	FK Zemun
13	MF	Nikola Drinčić	7 September 1984	Amkar Perm
14	MF	Stefan Babović	7 January 1987	OFK Beograd
15	MF	Predrag Pavlović	19 June 1986	FK Napredak Kruševac
16	MF	Đorđe Ivelja	30 June 1984	OFK Beograd
17	MF	Miloš Krasić	1 November 1984	CSKA Moscow
18	FW	Dragan Mrdja	23 January 1984	Lierse
19	DF	Dušan Basta	18 August 1984	Red Star Belgrade
20	DF	Slobodan Rajković	3 February 1989	PSV Eindhoven
21	MF	Zoran Tošić	18 January 1985	FK Partizan
22	DF	Nikola Petković	31 January 1984	FK Vojvodina
23	GK	Aleksandar Kesić	18 August 1987	FK Mladost Apatin