Serbia women's national handball team

Serbia
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Serbia
Coach	José Ignacio Prades
Most caps	Katarina Krpež Slezak (146)
Most goals	Andrea Lekić (517)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 2001 )
Best result	Silver: (2013)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 2000 )
Best result	4th (2012)
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Serbia women's national handball team

Medal record
World Championship
	2013 Serbia
	2001 Italy
Mediterranean Games
	2013 Mersin	Team
	2005 Almería	Team
	2022 Oran	Team
Summer Universiade
	2015 Gwangju	Team
Carpathian Trophy
	2004 Cluj-Napoca
	2011 Drobeta-Turnu Severin
	2022 Bistrita
	2001 Cluj-Napoca
Intersport Cup
	2010 Tromsø/Bodø

The Serbia women's national handball team represents Serbia in international women's handball. It is governed by the Handball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international handball competitions.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia has declared the women's national handball team the best female team of the years 2001 and 2013.

Results

The Serbian Handball Federation is considered the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1976–1988	part of Yugoslavia
1992	qualified and later suspended
1996	suspended from playing qualification tournaments
2000	did not qualify
2004
Since 2007	Serbia
2008	did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	future events
2032
Total	0/8	–	0	0	0	0	0	0

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1957–1990	part of Yugoslavia
1993	qualified and later suspended
/ 1995	suspended from playing qualification tournament
1997	did not qualify
/ 1999
2001	Third place	3rd	9	6	1	2	313	236
2003	Main group stage	9th	8	5	0	3	258	241
2005	did not qualify
2007
Since 2007	Serbia
2009	did not qualify
2011
2013	Runner-up	2nd	9	7	0	2	240	197
2015	Round of 16	15th	6	2	1	3	164	168
2017		9th	6	3	2	1	188	152
2019	Main round	6th	9	5	1	3	272	258
2021		12th	6	4	0	2	167	143
/ / 2023		21st	6	1	0	5	141	153
/ 2025	qualified
2027	future events
2029
/ 2031
Total	9/17	–	59	33	6	21	1743	1548

Record against other teams at the world championship

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament
1996	did not qualify
1998
2000	Main group stage	7th	6	3	1	2	178	176
2002		6th	7	4	0	3	223	200
2004		12th	6	1	0	5	165	200
2006	Preliminary round	14th	3	0	0	3	77	92
Since 2007	Serbia
2008	Preliminary round	13th	3	0	0	3	87	93
/ 2010		14th	3	0	0	3	71	91
2012	Semi-finals	4th	8	4	1	3	213	209
/ 2014	Preliminary round	15th	3	0	0	3	56	72
2016	Main group stage	9th	6	2	1	3	158	176
2018		11th	6	2	0	4	164	168
/ 2020	Preliminary round	13th	3	1	0	2	79	88
/ / 2022		15th	3	0	0	3	66	88
2024		21st	3	0	0	3	67	78
2026	future event
2028
Total	13/17	–	60	17	3	40	1604	1731

Record against other teams at the European Championship

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Mediterranean Games

• 1993 – Suspended
• 1997 – 4th
• 2001 – 4th
• 2005 – Runners-up
• 2009 – 5th
• 2013 – Champions
• 2018 – 8th
• 2022 – 3rd

Other tournaments

Carpathian Trophy

• Carpathian Trophy 1999 – 5th place
• Carpathian Trophy 2000 –
• Carpathian Trophy 2001 –
• Carpathian Trophy 2002 – 4th
• Carpathian Trophy 2004 –
• Carpathian Trophy 2006 – 5th
• Carpathian Trophy 2011 –
• Carpathian Trophy 2018 – 4th
• Carpathian Trophy 2022 –

Møbelringen Cup/Intersport Cup

• Møbelringen Cup 2001 – 4th place
• Møbelringen Cup 2010 –
• Møbelringen Cup 2014 – 4th

Team

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship. ^[1]

Head coach: José Ignacio Prades

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marijana Ilić (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 29) 1.84 m 3 0 SV Union Halle-Neustadt 2 LW Sanja Radosavljević (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31) 1.71 m 103 286 CS Măgura Cisnădie 3 RW Katarina Krpež Šlezak (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 37) 1.67 m 164 413 CSM Corona Brașov 5 CB Emilija Lazić (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 25) 1.78 m 25 47 Alba Fehérvár KC 8 CB Tamara Mandić (2005-08-28) 28 August 2005 (age 20) 1.75 m 5 5 ŽRK Medicinar 9 LB Dunja Tabak (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 24) 1.79 m 12 12 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 15 RB Anđela Janjušević (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 30) 1.81 m 74 197 CS Rapid Bucuresti 16 GK Jovana Risović (1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 32) 1.71 m 86 5 RK Krim 19 LP Vladana Mitrović (2004-05-25) 25 May 2004 (age 21) 1.80 m 2 3 ŽORK Jagodina 22 LB Jovana Jovović (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 23) 1.81 m 38 129 Debreceni VSC 24 LB Jovana Skrobić (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 29) 1.81 m 30 84 ŽRK Crvena zvezda 25 LW Aleksandra Stamenić (1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 27) 1.67 m 33 56 ŽRK Crvena zvezda 27 GK Gordana Petković (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 34) 1.78 m 0 0 ŽRK Crvena zvezda 31 P Katarina Bojičić (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 27) 1.79 m 27 43 SCM Craiova 34 RW Dunja Radević (2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 (age 19) 1.69 m 21 39 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 72 LP Dragana Cvijić (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 (age 35) 1.83 m 110 333 Ferencvárosi TC 77 CB Aleksandra Vukajlović (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 28) 1.71 m 47 65 CS Minaur Baia Mare 96 RB Sara Garović (1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 (age 31) 1.75 m 4 11 ŽRK Crvena zvezda

Famous players

• Dragana Cvijić
• Sanja Damnjanović
• Kristina Liščević
• Svetlana Kitić ^[2] – 1988 IHF World Player of the Year
• Andrea Lekić – 2013 IHF World Player of the Year
• Katarina Tomašević

Statistics

Most appearances # Name Matches Position Years Katarina Krpež 146 W 2008-2021 Tatjana Medved 120 OB Sanja Damnjanović 119 OB 2006-2019 Andrea Lekić 113 CB 2006-2020 Svetlana Ognjenović 113 W Jelena Nišavić 111 W Jelena Popović 109 OB Bojana Popović 100+ OB −2005 Maja Savić 100+ W −2005 Jovana Stoiljković 100+ OB Slađana Pop-Lazić 100+ P Kristina Liščević 100+ CB Katarina Tomašević 100+ GK Tanja Milanović OB

Top scorers # Name Goals Average Position Years Andrea Lekić 517 CB Katarina Krpež 467 W Sanja Damnjanović 463 OB Jelena Erić 250+ OB Dragana Cvijić 201 P Svetlana Ognjenović 200+ W Jelena Popović 177 OB Bojana Popović OB −2005 Sandra Kolaković CB Bojana Radulović OB −1999

Coaching history

• Saša Bošković (2011–2016) ^[3]
• Dragica Đurić (2016–2017) ^{[4] [5]}
• Ljubomir Obradović (2017–2021)
• Uroš Bregar (2021–2024) ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Рукометни савез Србије". www.rss.org.rs. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
2. "NAJBOLJA RUKOMETAŠICA SVIH VREMENA U VREMENU KORONE NA USLUZI JE SVOJIM RODITELJIMA 'Tu smo gdje jesmo, starijima treba pomoći, izolacija nije lagana'" (in Croatian). jutarnji.hr.
3. "Serbia sack Saša Bošković!". Handball Planet. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
4. "Djuric takes Serbia hot seat". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
5. "The professor found a new job: He will lead the female handball players of Serbia".
6. "IHF | New-look Serbia to try and improve at Denmark/Sweden/Norway 2023". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
7. STA (4 December 2024). "Uroš Bregar zapustil srbsko klop". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile