Nickname(s) | Орлићи / Orlići (Little Eagles) | ||
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Association | Football Association of Serbia | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Ljubinko Drulović | ||
Captain | Stefan Mitrović | ||
Most caps | Branislav Ivanović (38) | ||
Top scorer | Uroš Đurđević (16) | ||
FIFA code | SRB | ||
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First international | |||
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]
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
European Under-21 Championship record
| Olympic Games record
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12 September 2023 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Serbia | 2–0 | Azerbaijan | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
20:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Attendance: 412 Referee: Erkan Özdamar (Turkey) |
13 October 2023 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | England | 9–1 | Serbia | West Bridgford, United Kingdom |
20:45 | Report |
| Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,753 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany) |
16 October 2023 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Serbia | Lurgan, United Kingdom |
20:30 | Report | Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 433 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway) |
18 November 2023 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Serbia | 0–3 | England | Bačka Topola, Serbia |
17:00 | Report | Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard (Denmark) |
21 November 2023 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Serbia | 2–0 | Luxembourg | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Attendance: 300 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway) |
22 March 2024 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Luxembourg | 1–1 | Serbia | Luxembourg |
Report |
26 March 2024 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Serbia | 1–2 | Northern Ireland | Serbia |
Report |
6 September 2024 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Ukraine | v | Serbia | TBD |
Report |
10 September 2024 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Azerbaijan | v | Serbia | Azerbaijan |
Report |
15 October 2024 2025 UEFA U-21 Q | Serbia | v | Ukraine | Serbia |
Report |
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
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Filip Stanković | 25 February 2002 | 2 | 0 | Inter Milan | v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023 |
DF | Viktor Rogan | 12 December 2002 | 12 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Mitar Ergelaš | 5 August 2002 | 5 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Mateja Đorđević | 17 January 2003 | 4 | 0 | TSC | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Nemanja Đeković | 9 May 2003 | 3 | 0 | Napredak Kruševac | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
DF | Luka Subotić | 22 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023 |
DF | Andrej Đurić | 21 September 2003 | 2 | 0 | Red Star Belgrade | v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023 |
MF | Nikola Stanković | 24 April 2003 | 8 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Nikola Petković | 23 February 2003 | 7 | 0 | Charlotte FC | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Aleksa Đurasović | 23 December 2002 | 4 | 0 | Akron Tolyatti | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
MF | Matija Mitrović | 12 December 2004 | 0 | 0 | Železničar Pančevo | v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023 |
FW | Petar Ratkov | 18 August 2003 | 7 | 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | v. Luxembourg, 22 March 2024 |
FW | Vladimir Lučić | 28 June 2002 | 7 | 3 | Red Star Belgrade | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
FW | Miloš Luković | 18 November 2005 | 3 | 0 | Strasbourg | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
FW | Samed Baždar | 31 January 2004 | 2 | 0 | Real Zaragoza | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
Dates | Name |
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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 |
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