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	Ljubinko Drulović
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

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	0–3	England	Bačka Topola, Serbia
17:00		Report	McAtee 5', 19' Elliott 55'	Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard (Denmark)

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	v	Luxembourg	Stara Pazova, Serbia
19:00		Report		Stadium: Sportski centar FSS

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 Luxembourg on 18 and 21 November 2023.^[5]

Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2023 after the match against England.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	1GK	Veljko Ilić	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21)	6	0	TSC
12	1GK	Andrija Katić	(2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Voždovac
–	1GK	Strahinja Manojlović	(2002-08-11) 11 August 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Javor

–	2DF	Viktor Rogan	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 22)	11	0	Čukarički
3	2DF	Mihajlo Ilić	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 21)	7	2	Partizan
5	2DF	Uroš Drezgić	(2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Rubin Kazan
–	2DF	Mitar Ergelaš	(2002-08-05) 5 August 2002 (age 22)	5	0	Novi Pazar
16	2DF	Mateja Đorđević	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21)	4	0	TSC
14	2DF	Uroš Lazić	(2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Novi Pazar
15	2DF	Nemanja Đeković	(2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Napredak Kruševac
4	2DF	David Petrović	(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Radnički Niš
13	2DF	Stefan Leković	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Villarreal

7	3MF	Stefan Mitrović	(2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 22)	13	4	Red Star Belgrade
20	3MF	Nikola Stanković	(2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 21)	7	0	Čukarički
19	3MF	Nikola Petković	(2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Crown Legacy
–	3MF	Aleksa Đurasović	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Spartak Subotica
8	3MF	Mihailo Stevanović	(2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22)	3	0	St. Gallen
–	3MF	Aljoša Vasić	(2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Palermo
6	3MF	Aleksa Matić	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Voždovac
10	3MF	Uroš Kabić	(2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Red Star Belgrade

–	4FW	Miloš Pantović	(2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 22)	10	2	TSC
11	4FW	Vladimir Lučić	(2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 22)	6	2	Red Star Belgrade
21	4FW	Petar Ratkov	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21)	6	1	Red Bull Salzburg
22	4FW	Miloš Luković	(2005-11-18) 18 November 2005 (age 19)	3	0	IMT
9	4FW	Marko Lazetić	(2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Fortuna Sittard
18	4FW	Samed Baždar	(2004-01-31) 31 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Partizan
–	4FW	Nikola Jojić	(2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Stoke City

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 (age 22)	2	0	Sampdoria	v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
GK	Ivan Guteša	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Grafičar Beograd	v. United States, 28 March 2023
GK	Matija Gočmanac	(2003-08-05) 5 August 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Mačva	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

DF	Luka Subotić	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Čukarički	v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
DF	Andrej Đurić	(2003-09-21) 21 September 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Spartak Trnava	v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023
DF	Vladimir Prijović	(2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Spartak Subotica	v. United States, 28 March 2023
DF	Vukašin Krstić	(2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 21)	0	0	TSC	v. United States, 28 March 2023
DF	Marko Dobrijević	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22)	1	0	BSK Bijelo Brdo	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022
DF	Nemanja Krsmanović	(2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Teplice	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

MF	Jovan Lukić	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Spartak Subotica	v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
MF	Igor Miladinović	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Čukarički	v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
MF	Matija Mitrović	(2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Voždovac	v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023
MF	Filip Vasiljević	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22)	4	0	Grafičar Beograd	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Vladimir Miletić	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Vojvodina	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Nikola Knežević	(2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Jovan Mituljikić	(2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Lazar Mićić	(2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Radnički Sremska Mitrovica	v. United States, 28 March 2023
MF	Nemanja Jović	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22)	5	1	Free agent	v. Italy, 24 March 2023
MF	Nemanja Motika	(2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Olimpija Ljubljana	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

FW	Srđan Hrstić	(2003-07-18) 18 July 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Häcken	v. United States, 28 March 2023
FW	Boris Krstić	(2003-06-25) 25 June 2003 (age 21)	2	1	Spartak Subotica	v. North Macedonia, 22 November 2022

Previous squads

Coaches

Dates	Name
2023–	Ljubinko Drulović
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
^ ^a ^b "Италија и САД тестирају Орлиће". zurnal.rs.
^ "U21 | SELEKTOR LJUBINKO DRULOVIĆ OBJAVIO SPISAK IGRAČA ZA UTAKMICE PROTIV ENGLESKE I LUKSEMBURGA" (in Serbian). 11 November 2023.

External links

Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)

[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 | SELEKTOR LJUBINKO DRULOVIĆ OBJAVIO SPISAK IGRAČA ZA UTAKMICE PROTIV ENGLESKE I LUKSEMBURGA" (in Serbian). 11 November 2023.

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