Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U-21
Nickname(s)Орлићи / Orlići (Little Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAleksandar Kolarov
CaptainStefan Leković
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  
(West Bridgford, England; 12 October 2023)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances11 (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 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

For the competitive record before 1992, see Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.

  Champions    Runners-Up    Third Place    Fourth Place

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2023

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q England  9–1   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
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,753
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)
16 October 2023 (2023-10-16) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Northern Ireland  1–2   Lurgan, United Kingdom
20:30
Report
Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 433
Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)
18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q   0–3  England Bačka Topola, Serbia
17:00 Report
Stadium: TSC Arena
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard (Denmark)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q   2–0  Luxembourg Stara Pazova, Serbia
19:00
Report Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)

2024

22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Luxembourg  1–1   Luxembourg
Report
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q   1–2  Northern Ireland Serbia
Report
6 September 2024 (2024-09-06) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Ukraine  2–1   Riga (Latvia)
Report Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks
10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q Azerbaijan  0–2   Azerbaijan
Report
15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q   1–0  Ukraine Serbia
Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendly matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia on 21 and 25 March 2025.[4]

Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2024, after the match against Turkey.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Lazar Kaličanin (2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 3 0 Čukarički
1 1GK Luka Lijeskić (2005-02-23) 23 February 2005 1 0 Radnički 1923
1GK Filip Stanić (2005-06-15) 15 June 2005 0 0 Borac Čačak
23 1GK Aleksa Todorović (2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 0 0 Rijeka
5 2DF Stefan Leković (captain) (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 4 0 Monza
4 2DF Aleksej Vukičević (2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 4 0 OFK Beograd
2 2DF Bojan Kovačević (2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 2 0 Cádiz
3 2DF Viktor Radojević (2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 2 0 TSC
15 2DF Vojin Serafimović (2005-10-14) 14 October 2005 2 0 Čukarički
13 2DF Dimitrije Aćimović (2004-08-01) 1 August 2004 1 0 Jedinstvo Ub
14 2DF Stefan Bukinac (2005-07-08) 8 July 2005 0 0 Vojvodina
20 3MF Jovan Šljivić (2005-10-14) 14 October 2005 4 0 Red Star Belgrade
11 3MF Milan Aleksić (2005-08-30) 30 August 2005 2 1 Sunderland
19 3MF Nikola Krstić (2004-12-01) 1 December 2004 2 0 IMT
8 3MF Aleksa Cvetković (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 1 1 OFK Beograd
16 3MF Matija Mitrović (2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 1 0 Železničar Pančevo
17 3MF Mateja Stjepanović (2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 1 0 Partizan
6 3MF Aleksandar Stanković (2005-08-03) 3 August 2005 0 0 Luzern
22 4FW Marko Lazetić (2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 6 0 TSC
7 4FW Jovan Mijatović (2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 4 1 OH Leuven
21 4FW Uroš Kabić (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 4 0 Čukarički
10 4FW Miloš Luković (2005-11-18) 18 November 2005 4 0 Heerenveen
9 4FW Vanja Vlahović (2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 3 1 Atalanta
4FW Matija Gluščević (2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 3 0 Radnički 1923
17 4FW Bogdan Mirčetić (2005-10-25) 25 October 2005 1 0 Radnički 1923
18 4FW Mihailo Ivanović (2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 0 0 Millwall

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 Veljko Ilić (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 7 0 TSC v.  Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024
DF Mihajlo Ilić (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 8 2 Partizan v.  Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024
DF Ognjen Mimović (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 0 0 Red Star Belgrade v.  Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024
MF Igor Miladinović (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 6 0 Čukarički v.  Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024
MF Nikola Jojić (2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 1 0 Stoke City v.  Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024
FW Petar Ratkov (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 7 2 Red Bull Salzburg v.  Luxembourg, 22 March 2024

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

See also

Notes

References

  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. ^ "СЕЛЕКТОР АЛЕКСАНДАР КОЛАРОВ ОДАБРАО ИГРАЧЕ ЗА ПРОВЕРЕ ПРОТИВ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ И ГРУЗИЈЕ" (in Serbian). Fudbalski savez Srbije. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
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