Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U-21
Nickname(s)	Орлићи / Orlići; (The Young Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dušan Đorđević
Captain	Mihajlo Ilić
Most caps	Branislav Ivanović (38)
Top scorer	Uroš Đurđević (16)
FIFA code	SRB
First colours	Second colours
First international
	FR Yugoslavia 1–0 Malta ; (Zrenjanin, FR Yugoslavia, 1 June 1996)
Biggest win
	Serbia and Montenegro 9–0 San Marino ; (Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro; 12 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
	England 9–1 Serbia ; (West Bridgford, England; 12 October 2023)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1978)
Best result	Champions: 1978

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. Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbia national team to be the direct and sole successor of the Yugoslavia under-21 and Serbia and Montenegro under-21 national teams.[1][2][3]

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 winning a two-game play-off against Sweden. After a 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 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 third 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

Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place

European Under-21 Championship record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
within SFR Yugoslavia
1978	Champions	1st	6	3	2	1	10	7	4	3	0	1	9	3
1980	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	3	6	4	2	2	0	4	2
1982	did not qualify								4	2	1	1	4	2
1984	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	0	3	4	6	6	3	2	1	12	5
1986	did not qualify								6	1	2	3	10	16
1988	did not qualify								4	1	1	2	7	9
1990	Final	2nd	6	2	2	2	8	9	6	4	1	1	10	4
1992	did not qualify								6	4	0	2	11	10
within FR Yugoslavia
1994	Suspended								Suspended
1996	Suspended								Suspended
1998	did not qualify								8	6	0	2	14	3
2000									9	5	2	2	29	13
2002									8	4	3	1	22	11
within Serbia and Montenegro
2004	Final	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	9	10	7	1	2	21	12
2006	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	2	3	12	9	1	2	34	13
as Serbia
2007	Final	2nd	5	3	0	2	5	6	4	3	0	1	10	4
2009	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	1	3	10	7	2	1	26	5
2011	did not qualify								8	4	1	3	14	12
2013	did not qualify								10	5	3	2	17	6
2015	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	7	10	6	2	2	20	11
2017	Group stage	10th	3	0	1	2	2	5	12	8	2	2	29	9
2019	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	10	10	8	2	0	23	5
2021	did not qualify								10	3	3	4	12	9
2023	did not qualify								10	3	3	4	10	11
2025	Future event								In progress
Total	11/24	1 Title	47	13	12	22	44	71	171	98	34	39	348	175

Olympic Games record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	Suspended
2000	did not qualify
2004	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	3	14
2008	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2012	did not qualify
2016
2020
2024
2028	to be determined
2032	to be determined
Total	2/7	0 Title	6	0	1	5	6	21

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2022

20 November 2022 Friendly	Cyprus	2–2	Serbia	Nicosia, Cyprus
13:00	Gavriel 34' (pen.) Koutsakos 45'	Report	Mitrović 25' Krstić 68'

22 November 2022 Friendly	North Macedonia	1–1	Serbia	Limassol, Cyprus
14:00	Kalkan 20'	Report	Mitrović 45' (pen.)

2023

24 March 2023[4] Friendly	Serbia	0–2	Italy	Bačka Topola, Serbia
18:00		Report	Mulattieri 53', 67'	Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)

28 March 2023[4] Friendly	United States	0–0 (2–4 p)	Serbia	Marbella, Spain
14:00		Report		Attendance: 200

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	2–0	Azerbaijan	Stara Pazova, Serbia
20:00	Ilić 19', 26'	Report		Stadium: Sportski centar FSS Referee: Erkan Özdamar (Turkey)

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	England	9–1	Serbia	West Bridgford, United Kingdom
20:45	Philogene 38', 63' Delap 42' Elliott 45+7', 90+1' Madueke 53', 59' Subotić 89' (o.g.) Rowe 89'	Report	Lučić 27'	Stadium: City Ground Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

16 October 2023 (2023-10-16) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Northern Ireland	1–2	Serbia	Lurgan, United Kingdom
20:30	McGuckin 51' (pen.)	Report	Lučić 15' Pantović 82'	Stadium: Mourneview Park

18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	England
		Report

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Luxembourg
		Report

2024

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Luxembourg	v	Serbia
		Report

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Northern Ireland
		Report

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Ukraine	v	Serbia
		Report

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Azerbaijan	v	Serbia
		Report

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Ukraine
		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against England and Northern Ireland on 13 and 16 October 2023.[5]

Caps and goals updated as of 16 October 2023 after the match against Northern Ireland.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Veljko Ilić	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003	5	0	TSC
1GK	Andrija Katić	(2002-02-17) 17 February 2002	1	0	Voždovac
1GK	Strahinja Manojlović	(2002-08-11) 11 August 2002	0	0	Javor

2DF	Viktor Rogan	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002	11	0	Čukarički
2DF	Uroš Drezgić	(2002-10-04) 4 October 2002	7	0	Rubin Kazan
2DF	Mihajlo Ilić	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003	6	2	Partizan
2DF	Mitar Ergelaš	(2002-08-05) 5 August 2002	5	0	Novi Pazar
2DF	Uroš Lazić	(2003-03-15) 15 March 2003	3	0	Novi Pazar
2DF	Luka Subotić	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003	3	0	Čukarički
2DF	David Petrović	(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003	1	0	Radnički Niš
2DF	Stefan Leković	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004	1	0	Villarreal

3MF	Stefan Mitrović	(2002-08-15) 15 August 2002	12	4	Red Star Belgrade
3MF	Jovan Lukić	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002	7	0	Spartak Subotica
3MF	Nikola Stanković	(2003-04-24) 24 April 2003	6	0	Čukarički
3MF	Igor Miladinović	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003	6	0	Čukarički
3MF	Aljoša Vasić	(2002-04-21) 21 April 2002	3	0	Palermo
3MF	Aleksa Matić	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002	2	0	Voždovac
3MF	Mihailo Stevanović	(2002-01-04) 4 January 2002	2	0	St. Gallen
3MF	Matija Mitrović	(2004-12-12) 12 December 2004	0	0	Voždovac

4FW	Miloš Pantović	(2002-08-24) 24 August 2002	10	2	TSC
4FW	Vladimir Lučić	(2002-06-28) 28 June 2002	5	2	Red Star Belgrade
4FW	Nikola Jojić	(2003-09-15) 15 September 2003	1	0	Stoke City
4FW	Marko Lazetić	(2004-01-22) 22 January 2004	2	0	Fortuna Sittard
4FW	Miloš Luković	(2005-11-18) 18 November 2005	2	0	IMT

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	Filip Stanković	(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002	2	0	Sampdoria	v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
GK	Ivan Guteša	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002	1	0	Grafičar Beograd	v. United States, 28 March 2023
GK	Matija Gočmanac	(2003-08-05) 5 August 2003	1	0	Mačva	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

DF	Mateja Đorđević	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003	3	0	TSC	v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
DF	Nemanja Đeković	(2003-05-09) 9 May 2003	3	0	Napredak Kruševac	v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
DF	Andrej Đurić	(2003-09-21) 21 September 2003	2	0	Spartak Trnava	v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
DF	Vladimir Prijović	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002	1	0	Spartak Subotica	v. United States, 28 March 2023
DF	Vukašin Krstić	(2003-04-13) 13 April 2003	0	0	TSC	v. United States, 28 March 2023
DF	Marko Dobrijević	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002	1	0	BSK Bijelo Brdo	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022
DF	Nemanja Krsmanović	(2003-05-09) 9 May 2003	0	0	Teplice	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

MF	Uroš Kabić	(2004-01-01) 1 January 2004	1	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
MF	Nikola Petković	(2003-02-23) 23 February 2003	5	0	Crown Legacy	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Aleksa Đurasović	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002	4	0	Spartak Subotica	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Filip Vasiljević	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002	4	0	Grafičar Beograd	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Vladimir Miletić	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003	4	0	Vojvodina	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Nikola Knežević	(2003-03-10) 10 March 2003	4	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Jovan Mituljikić	(2003-01-20) 20 January 2003	3	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Lazar Mićić	(2003-02-17) 17 February 2003	3	0	Radnički Sremska Mitrovica	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Nemanja Jović	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002	5	1	Free agent	v. Italy, 24 March 2023
MF	Nemanja Motika	(2003-03-20) 20 March 2003	2	0	Olimpija Ljubljana	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

FW	Petar Ratkov	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003	5	1	Red Bull Salzburg	v. United States, 28 March 2023
FW	Srđan Hrstić	(2003-07-18) 18 July 2003	1	0	Häcken	v. United States, 28 March 2023
FW	Samed Baždar	(2004-01-31) 31 January 2004	1	0	Partizan	v. United States, 28 March 2023
FW	Boris Krstić	(2003-06-25) 25 June 2003	2	1	Spartak Subotica	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

Previous squads

Coaches

Dates	Name
2023–	Dušan Đorđević
2022–2023	Goran Stevanović
2021	Aleksandar Rogić (caretaker)
2021	Zvonko Živković
2019–2021	Ilija Stolica
2019	Nenad Milovanović
2017–2019	Goran Đorović
2017	Nenad Lalatović
2015–2016	Tomislav Sivić
2014–2015	Mladen Dodić
2013–2014	Radovan Ćurčić
2010–2012	Aleksandar Janković
2010	Tomislav Sivić (caretaker)
2009–2010	Ratomir Dujković
2007–2009	Slobodan Krčmarević
2006–2007	Miroslav Đukić

Notes

References

History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
Serbia at FIFA official website
News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
"Италија и САД тестирају Орлиће". zurnal.rs.
"U21 | СЕЛЕКТОР ДУШАН ЂОРЂЕВИЋ ОДАБРАО ИГРАЧЕ ЗА МЕЧЕВЕ ПРОТИВ ЕНГЛЕСКЕ И СЕВЕРНЕ ИРСКЕ" (in Serbian). 6 October 2023.

External links

Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)

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[1] History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)

[FIFA-2] Serbia at FIFA official website

[3] News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012

[Italy-USA-4] "Италија и САД тестирају Орлиће". zurnal.rs.

[5] "U21 | СЕЛЕКТОР ДУШАН ЂОРЂЕВИЋ ОДАБРАО ИГРАЧЕ ЗА МЕЧЕВЕ ПРОТИВ ЕНГЛЕСКЕ И СЕВЕРНЕ ИРСКЕ" (in Serbian). 6 October 2023.