Serbian national soccer team (U-21 men)
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| Nickname (s) | Орлићи / Orlići ("The little eagles") |
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| Association | Fudbalski savez Srbije (FSS) | ||
| confederacy | UEFA | ||
| Technical sponsor | Nike | ||
| Head coach | Goran Đorović | ||
| captain | Andrija Živković | ||
| Record scorer | Uroš Đurđević (15) | ||
| Record player | Branislav Ivanović (33) | ||
| Home stadium | Changing stages | ||
| FIFA code | SRB | ||
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First international match Czech Republic 0-1 Serbia ( Uherské Hradiště ; August 15, 2006)
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Biggest win Serbia 8-0 Hungary ( Belgrade ; September 7, 2008)
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Biggest defeat Germany 6: 1 Serbia ( Trieste ; June 20, 2019)
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| Successes in tournaments | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Participation in the finals | 7 ( first : 2004 ) | ||
| Best results | Second in 2004 and 2007 | ||
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The Serbian U-21 national football team ( Serbian - Cyrillic Фудбалска репрезентација Србије за играче до 21 године / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije za igrače ) is a selection of football team 21. Godine serbe . It is subject to the Fudbalski savez Srbije (FSS) , the Serbian Football Association and represents it internationally at U-21 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations or at European championships of the continental association UEFA .
The team is treated by both FIFA and UEFA as the direct successor to the Yugoslav U-21 (1976-2003) and the Serbian-Montenegrin U-21 national football team (2003-2006). Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Serbian citizens. In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game or on January 1st of the year specified in the tournament rules is decisive. For example, players born on or after January 1, 1996 were allowed to participate in the qualification for the EM 2019 , which began in 2017 .
history
After successfully taking part in the two U21 finals in 2004 in Germany and 2006 in Portugal as Serbia-Montenegro, as whose successor team they see themselves , they made it to the finals of the European Championships in 2004 before they failed 3-0 to Italy . Two years later, the team made it to the semi-finals but lost to the Ukraine 5-4 on penalties . The last big success was the final participation at the EM 2007 . In the final they were defeated by the hosts Netherlands 4-1. The final in 2007 is also the first participation and the greatest success of the U21 Serbia since the breakaway of Montenegro in 2006. For the EM 2009 in Sweden they qualified through the relegation games against Denmark , in which they both at home and in Second leg won 1-0. After missing the EM 2011 in Denmark and the EM 2013 in Israel , Radovan Ćurčić qualified for the EM 2015 in the Czech Republic . They qualified through the play-off games against defending champions Spain , when they won 2-1 in the second leg at the Estadio Ramón de Carranza in Cádiz after a 0-0 home game . Filip Kostić from VfB Stuttgart scored the winning goal in stoppage time . When Ćurčić was named as the successor to Dick Advocaat in the national team of Serbia , he was succeeded by Mladen Dodić , who looked after the U21 Serbia at the 2015 European Championship. Although Serbia even managed to prevail against Spain in qualifying for the European Championship 2015 under Ćurčić, they were eliminated under Dodić in the preliminary round as the last team in a group with Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic. Then there was another change of coach. Tomislav Sivic successfully led Serbia's U-21s to Poland through qualifying for the 2017 European Championship . A progress beyond the preliminary round under coach Nenad Lalatovic did not succeed afterwards. From August 18, 2017 Goran Đorović took over the team and again successfully led them through the qualification for the European Championship 2019 in Italy and San Marino .
Participation in U-21 European Championships
| 1978 | not qualified |
| 1980 | not qualified |
| 1982 | not qualified |
| 1984 | not qualified |
| 1986 | not qualified |
| 1988 | not qualified |
| 1990 | not qualified |
| 1992 | not qualified |
| 1994 in France | not qualified |
| 1996 in Spain | not qualified |
| 1998 in Romania | not qualified |
| 2000 in Slovakia | not qualified |
| 2002 in Switzerland | not qualified |
| 2004 in Germany | final |
| 2006 in Portugal | Fourth |
| 2007 in the Netherlands | final |
| 2009 in Sweden | Preliminary round |
| 2011 in Denmark | not qualified |
| 2013 in Israel | not qualified |
| 2015 in the Czech Republic | Preliminary round |
| 2017 in Poland | Preliminary round |
| 2019 in Italy and San Marino | Preliminary round |
Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.
Current squad
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See also
- Serbian national soccer team
- Serbian National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
- Serbian national football team (U-19 juniors)
- Serbian national football team (U-20 men)
Web links
- UEFA side of the Serbian U-21 men's national team
- Official website of the Serbian Football Association
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