Serbian national soccer team

This article is about the Serbian men's national football team . For the women's team, see Serbian National Women's Football Team .

Serbia
Србија / Srbija

Nickname (s)	Орлови / Orlovi ("The Eagles") Бели Орлови / Beli Orlovi ("The White Eagles")
Association	Fudbalski savez Srbije
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	puma
Head coach	Ljubiša Tumbaković (since 2019)
Assistant coach	Đorđe Vasić Ivan Tomić Gordan Petrić
captain	Aleksandar Kolarov
Record scorer	Aleksandar Mitrovic (34)
Record player	Branislav Ivanović (104)
Home stadium	changing stages
FIFA code	SRB
FIFA rank	29. (1494 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
146 games 66 wins 34 draws 46 losses
statistics
First international match Czech Republic 1: 3 Serbia ( Uherské Hradiště , Czech Republic ; August 16, 2006 )
Highest wins Azerbaijan 1: 6 Serbia ( Baku , Azerbaijan ; October 17, 2007 ) Serbia 6: 1 Bulgaria ( Belgrade , Serbia ; November 19, 2008 ) Serbia 5: 0 Romania ( Belgrade , Serbia ; October 10, 2009 ) Serbia 6: 1 Wales ( Novi Sad , Serbia ; September 11, 2012 )
Biggest defeat Ukraine 5-0 Serbia ( Lviv , Ukraine ; June 7, 2019 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 2010 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2010, preliminary round 2018
(As of November 17, 2019)

The Serbian national football team for men ( Serbian Мушка фудбалска репрезентација Србије Muška fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije ) is the national team of the Serbian Football Association (FFS) and represents the international football sport of Serbia.

Based on the white double-headed eagle on the Serbian coat of arms , the players are also called Orlovi ("The Eagles").

Immediately after the establishment of the Serbian Football Association, the FFS national team played their first official international football match on August 16, 2006 against the Czech selection in Uherské Hradiště . The first competitive game followed as part of a qualifying game for the European Championship 2008 on September 2, 2006 in the Red Star Stadium against the Azerbaijani selection .

The Serbian team usually plays their home games at the Rajko Mitić stadium . The team is currently being looked after by Ljubiša Tumbaković .

history

1896–1911: Prehistory and the first steps

The sport of football came in the late 19th century Serbia . It became popular in what was then the kingdom through pupils and students who had come into contact with this ball sport for the first time abroad . It began to take its course in 1896 when Hugo Buli brought the first leather football from Germany to Belgrade . The number of football players has grown steadily since then and numerous clubs have emerged over the years .

In early 1911 there were disagreements between players from the club Srpski mač, founded in 1905, and club president Radivoje Novaković , who did not agree to host a friendly against the HAŠK . The club from Zagreb , founded in 1906 , which at that time was subordinate to the Hungarian Football Association and already took part in national competitions, was prohibited by the association from playing international matches. The reason was a law of 1907, according to which only Hungarian should be spoken at all railway stations in the then Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia , which belonged to Austria-Hungary , which the Croatian and Serbian population opposed.

The Czech Miloš Ekert, who had previously moved from HAŠK to Srpski mač , stayed in contact with his former team-mates and saw this as an opportunity to play a friendly game between the two teams. The players of the Srpski mač agreed; in contrast to the club president, who rejected this proposal. He saw no point in this because he believed that his club was much weaker than the HAŠK, which was in fact already an established club. The club's management decided that all players who went to Zagreb anyway should be excluded from the club due to undisciplined behavior. Aware of this, numerous players, accompanied by some players from another Serbian club called SK Soko , who pretended to be the national team of the Kingdom of Serbia , drove to the game.

Once there, they completed the encounter on May 19, 1911, which they finally lost 8-0. The next day they played again, but also lost the second game, this time with 0: 6. The Zagreb newspapers of the time praised the Serbian team for their efforts and courage to challenge the better and much more experienced HAŠK, while at home they were exposed to great criticism for their irresponsible solo efforts, mainly because they did not go under the name Srpski mač , but as themselves National team of the kingdom designated.

Nevertheless, the style of play was also criticized, but it was not taken into account that there was still no nationwide competition at club level in Serbia, as well as the fact that some of the public and the press had a perception of the best clubs and players in the region Period was missing, especially considering the number of encounters and their results. Ultimately, the dissidents were excluded from the associations, which ultimately led to the creation of the BSK . Even if the match was only an unofficial friendly, the Serbian Football Association considers it to be the first appearance of a Serbian national team, even if it was not a selection team composed of the best Serbian players.

1911–1930: Uruguay, Montevideo, Estadio Centenario

The Yugoslav national team at the 1930 World Cup

With the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918 and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, Serbia became part of the new state, so from now on Serbian players played with the other population groups of the monarchy in the Yugoslav national team , with which they participated in world and European championships (World Cup or EM) as well as participated in the Olympic Games , which should exist until 1992. Already at the first World Cup in 1930 in Montevideo , Uruguay , one of the greatest successes of the Yugoslav national team was achieved with the semi-finals. Was the special feature, however, that in the Yugoslav federation just before the tournament starts to disputes between the Serbian and Croatian officials had come, as the association's headquarters from Zagreb to the capital Belgrade was moved. For this reason, the Zagreb regional association, which was already against participating in the World Cup, refused to interrupt or postpone the championship because of the World Cup. This refusal was followed shortly afterwards by other associations, which ultimately boycotted participation in the World Cup. Above all, they had to do without coveted Croatian players, as the associations forbade them to play for the national team.

Game scene with Jakšić (left), Mihajlović (center) and Teóphilo during the game against Brazil

This resulted in 14 players from Serbia being nominated. In addition, three legionaries who were active in France were nominated. With the exception of Ivan Bek , the Yugoslav squad received only players of Serbian origin, including the most famous Serbian players of this period, midfielder Aleksandar Tirnanić and attacker Blagoje Marjanović . The same was true of the coaching and coaching staff, led by Boško Simonović . In the first game of Yugoslavia against the favored Brazil , the 2-1 win came as a surprise. Tirnanić scored the first goal in Yugoslav World Cup history. After beating Bolivia , they finally got to the semi-finals, where they were the last European representative to lose out against the two-time Olympic champion and host Uruguay in the Estadio Centenario .

Although this is the Yugoslav national team, this appearance enjoys a special position in the Serbian public and the Serbian Football Association due to the team composed mainly of Serbian players, as it is regarded as a historical part of Serbian football or the Serbian national team. In 2010, for example, the Serbian film Montevideo, Taste of a Dream was released, which is based on the success of the national team during the 1930 World Cup and depicts the beginnings of Serbian football as well as a lyrical story about the love for this sport of that time, in which especially Tirnanić and Marjanović occur. As the film received several national and international awards, its success eventually turned it into a television series that debuted in 2012.

1930–1968: part of the golden age

When the disputes in the association were settled, the Yugoslav national team again consisted of all population groups in the country, which was initially predominantly dominated by Serbian and Croatian players and coaches. Later there were also numerous Bosnian Muslims, but also Montenegrins and those from other population groups. In the decades that followed, light and shadow often alternated on the international stage, in some cases one was very successful, while in other years one could not qualify for the respective finals. The national team that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and from 1945 to 1992 the socialist Yugoslavia was present at eight World and four European Championships as well as ten Olympic Games .

The first final of a tournament reached Yugoslavia at the 1948 Olympic Games , where they won the silver medal. However, the team was most successful in the 1950s and 1960s, when they moved into the last eight at the 1954 World Cup and won two further Olympic silver medals in 1952 and 1956 . At the 1958 World Cup , they reached the quarter-finals again, while at the 1960 European Championship in France they were runner-up and won the 1960 Olympic Games .

Serbian or Serbian players who contributed to these successes were particularly offensive players during this period, including Red Star strike duo Rajko Mitić and Bora Kostić and Todor Veselinović , who was Yugoslavia's most successful striker by hit rate, as was Milan Galić, Yugoslavia's second best scorer of all time, and Miloš Milutinović , who was also under contract with Bayern Munich . Other players included defender Branko Stanković, goalkeeper Vladimir Beara , one of the best of the time, and attacking midfielders Dragoslav Šekularac and Vujadin Boškov . The soaring of the national team continued, so that at the 1962 World Cup in Chile the semi-finals were reached for the second time after the 1930 World Cup, while the 1968 European Championship in Italy made it to the final for the second time. Thus, the period between 1948 and 1968 is considered the golden age of the Yugoslav national team, when it was among the best in the world.

This time it was mainly defensive players from Serbia who contributed to the successes, including defenders Fahrudin Jusufi , Dragan Holcer and Vladimir Durković as well as goalkeeper Milutin Šoškić , but above all Dragan Džajić , who made his mark as a winger in the national team, when he was the top scorer at the European Championship in 1968 , when he was voted Europe's Footballer of the Year 1968, he came third behind George Best , Bobby Charlton and in front of Franz Beckenbauer , developed into a record national player and in the Jubilee 52 Golden Players Voted the most important Serbian player of the past 50 years in 2004.

1968–1992: part of the lost golden generation

In the 1970s, Yugoslavia, with the exception of 4th place at the European Championships in 1976 in its own country, was less and less able to build on the performances that had just been shown, despite numerous players who were among the best in Europe or clubs that were also in the European Cup caused a sensation, including Hajduk Split , Radnički Niš , Željezničar Sarajevo and especially Red Star Belgrade as well as an increasingly strong 1st Yugoslav League , which was one of the strongest in the world around the 1990s. In addition to reaching the semi-finals at the 1980 Olympic Games and the fourth silver medal in 1984 , the national team remained pale for the next ten years. But during the 1980s a new generation began to develop which, for many football experts, had the potential to win a title and thus become the golden generation of Yugoslav football, which won the 1987 Junior World Cup as well as the U-21 European Championships in 1990 .

The qualification for the 1990 World Cup in Italy ended without defeat in 1st place, leaving Scotland and France behind and was highly rated due to the sovereign group victory and top-class players. In the World Cup, however, the Yugoslavs started with a 1: 4 defeat against eventual world champions Germany . With victories against Colombia and World Cup newcomer United Arab Emirates , the knockout round was reached in second place in the group. After defeating Spain in the round of 16, the superior Yugoslavia ran in vain against the defensive bulwark of the Argentines in the quarter-finals . So the penalty shoot-out had to decide, in which Yugoslavia drew the short straw. But the men from Southeast Europe knew how to improve, because not only the Red Star World and European Cup victory in 1991 was another harbinger of the Yugoslav national team's qualification for the title, but also the group victory in qualifying for the European Championship in Sweden in 1992 and, above all, their numerous stars including defenders Robert Jarni and Srečko Katanec , playmakers Zvonimir Boban and Robert Prosinečki , strikers Davor Šuker and Alen Bokšić , as well as Dejan Savićević , Predrag Mijatović and Darko Pančev , as well as Serbian players Dragan Stojković , Siniša Mihajlović and Vladimir .

But instead of traveling to Sweden and into a hopeful future, the association and the national team experienced their bitterest time in the first half of the 1990s. The war in Yugoslavia had already broken out in 1991 , so that in the course of the break-up of Yugoslavia, the national team was repeatedly denied qualification for world and European championships. The situation was ultimately darkest at the European Championship in 1992, when they belonged to the tight circle of favorites, but were then excluded from UEFA due to the UN sanctions against Yugoslavia . Denmark, which was actually not qualified, moved up and finally became European champions. Thus, one of the strongest and most promising national teams of the time had broken up, from which six new national teams were to emerge in the end.

1992–2006: part of the newly formed Yugoslav national team

After the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1992, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was founded, which consisted of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro , which made a Serbian national team much closer. She kept the name of Yugoslavia until 2003 when the country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro . For example, players of Serbian origin or from Serbia played for the national team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 and in the Serbian-Montenegrin national team , which was to exist until 2006. After Montenegro officially separated from the alliance on June 3, 2006, the Serbian national team was reorganized. However, this did not affect participation in the 2006 World Cup in Germany . The two nations played the games of the World Cup, despite sovereignty, still under one flag and as one team. They then split into the Serbian and Montenegrin national teams .

2006–2008: As an independent state under Clemente and Đukić

The Serbian national team before their game against Ireland in Dublin in May 2008

The first coach of the Serbian national team was the Spaniard Javier Clemente , who signed a two-year contract with the Serbian Football Association (FSS) on July 20, 2006 . Thus, for the first time in the history of Serbian or the previous Yugoslavian football, a foreigner held the position of head coach. The first official international match of the Serbian national team was played on August 16, 2006 against the Czech selection in the farewell game of Pavel Nedvěd in Uherské Hradiště . This was the first time that Serbia appeared as an independent state in this game. Accompanied by the new national anthem Bože Pravde , the new flag of Serbia , in red jerseys, blue shorts and white socks, the team won the game 3-1.

The first competitive matches denied Serbia in the qualifying matches for the 2008 European Championship in Group A . The team led by Javier Clemente met the Azerbaijani selection on September 2, 2006 in the Red Star Stadium . The game ended with a 1-0 home win. The game was played in front of empty stands. This was the consequence of the UEFA after the fan riots in Sarajevo during the qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup . Other opponents in this qualifying group were Portugal , Poland , Belgium , Finland , Armenia and Kazakhstan .

Due to the 2-2 draw in the penultimate game of the preliminary round against Poland, the team missed the qualification for the European Championship 2008. The consequences had to bear the coach Javier Clemente, whose contract was canceled by the association early in December 2007 due to the missed qualification. The former coach of Partizan Belgrade and the Serbian U-21 team , Miroslav Đukić , was officially confirmed as the new coach of the national team and the Olympic team by the FSS on December 25, 2007 in Belgrade . He was therefore the first Serb in this office. As early as August 2008, the association terminated its contract without notice, as it was unable to win at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing or with the senior national team. Serbian football was at its all-time low at this point. The unsuccessfulness led Serbia's fans to turn away from the national team, to a rapidly falling audience for TV broadcasts and for home games with a relatively low average audience.

2008–2010: With Antić to the 2010 World Cup

Development of Serbia on the FIFA world rankings from October 2006 to December 2009

Đukić's successor was the experienced Radomir Antić , who already coached clubs such as FC Barcelona , Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid . With the latter he won the double in 1996 . With an annual salary of 650,000  euros plus bonuses, Antić was by far the best-paid coach in Serbia and its predecessor national teams. When he was signed up, he enjoyed the reputation of being the best coach in the country and the only one who could bring discipline back into the team. The Serbs' expectations were exceeded with the direct qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa . The team managed to secure first place in qualifying group 7 , ahead of France , Austria and Romania , among others, with a 5-0 win against Romania before the last matchday . The last game of the group stage against Lithuania , however, was suspected by UEFA of having been manipulated by the suspended Bulgarian referee Anton Genov . The Lithuanians were awarded two dubious penalties . The game ended in a 2-1 win for Lithuania.

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup, the Serbian team met Ghana , Germany and Australia and were eliminated from the bottom of the group with one win and two defeats in the preliminary round, but were able to defeat Germany 1-0 in the group stage. The failure resulted in a public exchange of blows between the coach and the association. He asked Antić to take responsibility for the early elimination from the tournament and to announce his resignation. However, Antić refused, which is why, after his release in September 2010, a legal dispute broke out in which Antić demanded his contractually stipulated annual salary and was ultimately awarded by a court in 2011.

2010–2014: dreary years under Petrović and Mihajlović

Vladimir Petrović succeeded Antićs in mid-September. In Warsaw , the Serbian national team was drawn on February 7, 2010 in qualifying group C for the European Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine . There she met Italy , Northern Ireland , Slovenia , Estonia and the Faroe Islands .

On the second match day, at the start of the game against Italy in Genoa, there were riots by Serbian hooligans . The game was canceled when the score was 0: 0 and subsequently rated 3-0 for Italy by UEFA. In the rest of the qualification phase, the team offered a desolate performance and could not qualify for the EM. After the decisive game against Slovenia was lost 1-0, both team captain Dejan Stanković and Nemanja Vidić announced their retirement from the national team. On October 14, 2011, three days after the game, the Serbian Football Association also split from coach Vladimir Petrović with immediate effect. As interim coach, his assistant coach Radovan Ćurčić was named on October 18, 2011 , who should look after the team during the friendly game tour in Central America . The team lost the two encounters against Mexico and Honduras . Ćurčić retained the post unscheduled until May 2012.

On July 30, 2011, the Serbian national team was drawn by FIFA into qualifying group A for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . She met the national teams of Belgium , Croatia , Macedonia , Scotland and the Welsh national team . On May 21, 2012, Siniša Mihajlović signed a two-year contract. His goal was to reach the 2014 World Cup. After two wins, two draws and four defeats, Serbia had no chance to qualify on September 6, 2013 with two games still to go. Mihajlović eventually became a coach at Sampdoria Genoa . In February 2014 Ljubinko Drulović was named as interim coach. As of July 22, 2014, Dick Advocaat was the new trainer. He only looked after the team in four games.

Playing clothes

The home kit, with Serbia to qualify for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa succeeded

The national teams of Serbia usually played their home games in red jerseys , mostly blue shorts and white socks , based on the Serbian flag , although this tradition has gaps in recent years. The origin of these colors goes back to the first documented flag of Serbia in 1281, which consisted of the colors red and blue , while the color white was used in the first flag of the Serbian Revolution (1804-1833) and the national flag of the Principality of Serbia ( 1833–1882), which introduced the red, blue and white tricolor in 1835 . The colors red and blue thus formed the basis of the home set, while the away team is completely in white. In addition, the color gold , one of the most important colors of the Serbian coat of arms , has been used in numerous applications .

The home set was inaugurated at the first international match after Serbia's renewed independence in 2006 against the Czech selection . For this encounter, the words "THE CZECH REPUBLIC VS THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA 16. 8. 2006." were printed in gold below the coat of arms. The coat of arms of the Fudbalski savez Srbije (FSS), the Serbian Football Association, had not yet been designed, so the small coat of arms of Serbia used by the state until 2010 was used as a temporary solution. Three months later they ran for the first time with the FSS coat of arms in the qualifying game for the EM 2008 against Kazakhstan . The official supplier was Nike (2006-2014). The jersey experienced its first significant innovation under the US sporting goods manufacturer, when a striking cross design was attached to the front for the 2010 World Cup , which is reminiscent of the Serbian cross and can also be seen on the coat of arms of the Serbian Football Association.

Also Umbro (2014-2018) set the beginning to the inclusion of national symbols, so it was typographically among others by Miroslav Gospels and Dušan's Code inspired. Under the English supplier, the cross had existed for two more years, in 2016 classic jerseys completely red were reintroduced for qualifying for the 2018 World Cup . The decision to appear without Serbian elements was quite controversial. For the 2018 World Cup , Puma (2018 – today) presented new jerseys, which, apart from the away jerseys, remained more or less unchanged from the previous season. The away jersey remained white, but the difference to earlier jerseys was that a stripe in the national colors ran vertically over the dress in the middle of the chest . Overall, a lack of national identification and a low recognition value have been accused and criticized, especially since 2016 in the design , especially the World Cup home set in red has been criticized.

Outfitter

Serbia has been equipped by the German sporting goods manufacturer Puma since mid-2018 . Before that, Serbia was supplied with jerseys from 2006 to 2014 first by the US brand Nike and then from 2014 by the English manufacturer Umbro . The choice of football boots is up to the players.

Player and coach

→ Main article : List of Serbian national soccer players

Record international player

Since FIFA summarizes the results and successes of the Serbian, Serbian-Montenegrin and Yugoslav teams in its statistics, it and the Serbian Football Association lead Branislav Ivanović with a total of 105 games (including one for Serbia and Montenegro) as record national players. It is followed by Dejan Stanković with a total of 103 games, including 42 in the Serbian team, and Savo Milošević with 102 games, including 73 in the Yugoslav team and 29 for Serbia and Montenegro.

Most successful goal scorers

Aleksandar Mitrović has scored 34 goals for Serbia so far. Nikola Žigić scored a total of 16 goals for the Serbian national team between 2006 and 2011. Since FIFA summarizes the results and successes of the Serbian, Serbian-Montenegrin and Yugoslav teams in its statistics, it and the Serbian Football Association Stjepan Bobek are the record scorers with a total of 38 goals, all of them for Yugoslavia.

National coach

• Javier Clemente (2006-2007)
• Miroslav Djukic (2008)
• Radomir Antić (2008-2010)
• Vladimir Petrović (2010-2011)
• Radovan Ćurčić (2011–2012)
• Sinisa Mihajlovic (2012-2013)
• Ljubinko Drulović (2014)
• Dick Advocaat (2014)
• Radovan Ćurčić (2014-2016)
• Slavoljub Muslin (2016-2017)
• Mladen Krstajic (2017-2019)
• Ljubisa Tumbakovic (since 2019)

International matches

→ Main article : List of the national matches of the Serbian national football team

International competitions

Participation of Serbia in the soccer world championship

→ Main article : Serbian national soccer team / World Cups

year	Host country	Participation until ...
1930-1992		was part of KGR / FVR / SFR Yugoslavia
1992-2003		was part of the FR of Yugoslavia
2003-2006		was part of Serbia and Montenegro
2010	South Africa	Preliminary round
2014	Brazil	not qualified
2018	Russia	Preliminary round

Participation of Serbia in the European Football Championship

year	Host country	Participation until ...
1960-1992		was part of the FVR / SFR Yugoslavia
1992-2003		was part of the FR of Yugoslavia
2003-2006		was part of Serbia and Montenegro
2008	Swiss and Austria	not qualified
2012	Poland and Ukraine	not qualified
2016	France	not qualified
2021	Europe-wide

Venues

→ Main article : Rajko Mitić Stadium

The Rajko Mitić stadium in Belgrade , one of Serbia's home stadiums

The national team plays their home games preferentially in the stadium of Red Star , the stadium Rajko Mitić , also known as "Marakana of Belgrade ". It was given this name because of its enormous capacity of more than 110,000 seats at the time, based on the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro . In the mid-1990s, the stadium was rebuilt and adapted to the UEFA safety regulations and comfort standards. Today it has 55,538 seats, making it the largest stadium in Serbia. In exceptional cases, until recently, the partizan stadium , the home stadium of Partizan, was in the immediate vicinity . This can accommodate up to 32,710 fans and is in close proximity to the Marakana . Since 2012, the home games have also been held in other stadiums, including the Karađorđe , the Gradski stadium Jagodina and the one in Užice . In the near future, matches will also be held in Čair , in the Mladost stadium in Kruševac and in the Gradski stadium in Novi Pazar .

See also

• Serbian National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Serbian national football team (U-19 juniors)
• Serbian national football team (U-20 men)
• Serbian national soccer team (U-21 men)

Web links

Commons : Serbian National Soccer Team  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Football Association of Serbia - Official website of the Serbian Football Association
• Serbian national soccer team website
• fifa.com - Profile of the Serbian national football team
• uefa.com - Profile of the Serbian national football team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Since FIFA summarizes the results and successes of the Serbian, Serbian-Montenegrin and Yugoslavian teams in its statistics, it and the Serbian Football Association lead Stjepan Bobek as the record scorer with a total of 38 goals.
2. ↑ As FIFA summarizes the results and successes of the Serbian, Serbian-Montenegrin and Yugoslavian teams in its statistics, it and the Serbian Football Association lead Branislav Ivanović with a total of 105 games (104 of them in the Serbian team) as record national players.
3. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
4. ^ Dejan Zec: The Origin of Soccer in Serbia - Introduction. Institute for Recent History of Serbia, Academia.edu, p. 138.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Official homepage of the Serbian Football Association : ИСТОРИЈА ФУДБАЛСКОГ САВЕЗА СРБИЈЕ (Serbian).
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Dejan Zec: The Origin of Soccer in Serbia - BSK and Velika Srbija. Institute for Recent History of Serbia, Academia.edu, p. 142.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} The focus : Uruguay 1930 - Olympic champion takes world championship title.
8. ^ The Frankfurter Rundschau : Frenchman scores first World Cup goal.
9. ↑ Prljavi Bugarin namestio i "Orlove".
10. ↑ FIFA.com: Assistant coach Curcic promoted.
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} Sportske.net: Od Češke do Moroca - Koji dres "Orlova" je bio najlepši?
12. ^ Stanoje Stanojević: Iz naše prošlosti. Geca Kon AD , Beograd 1934, p. 79.
13. ↑ srbin.info: Прве српске заставе
14. ↑ ^{a b} sportskacentrala.com: Predstavljamo nove dresove Srbije
15. ↑ Vesti : Novi dres Serbia: Krst i Dušan's Code
16. ↑ Vesti : Gde je i zasto nestao krst Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije dobila nove dresove
17. ↑ ^{a b} Andreas Königl: Serbia publishes home jersey for the 2018 World Cup. In: goal.com . Retrieved July 6, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Radio-Televizija Srbije : Mnogi žele dres Srbije, ali dresa još nema u prodaji
19. ↑ Sportske.net "Modna policija" i fudbal - "Puma" podelila srpski narod
20. ↑ bktvnews.com: Puma se baš i nije potrudila: Da li su garniture dresova Srbije samo kopija?