Serbia national under-21 football team


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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]

Serbia U-21
Nickname(s)Орлићи / Orlići (Little Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachLjubinko Drulović
CaptainStefan Mitrović
Most capsBranislav Ivanović (38)
Top scorerUroš Đurđević (16)
FIFA codeSRB

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
Appearances9 (first in 1978)
Best result Champions (1978)

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.

  Champions    Runners-Up    Third Place    Fourth Place

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 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
  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 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 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
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
Total 2/7 0 Title 6 0 1 5 6 21

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

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The following players have been called up for 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland on 22 and 24 March 2024.[4]

Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023 after the match against Luxembourg.

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

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
  1. ^ History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ Serbia at FIFA official website
  3. ^ News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
  4. ^ "U21 | ЉУБИНКО ДРУЛОВИЋ САОПШТИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧА ЗА МЕЧЕВЕ ПРОТИВ ЛУКСЕМБУРГА И СЕВЕРНЕ ИРСКЕ У КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈАМА ЗА ЕВРОПСКО ПРВЕНСТВО" (in Serbian). 14 March 2024.