Serbian women's national soccer team

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Serbia
Srbija / Србија
Serbian Football Association logo
Association Fudbalski savez Srbije
confederacy UEFA
Head coach Predrag Grozdanović
captain Violetia Slovic
FIFA code SRB
FIFA rank 41st (1558 points)
(as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match Slovenia 0-5 Serbia ( Dravograd , Slovenia ; May 5, 2007 )
SloveniaSlovenia SerbiaSerbia
Biggest win Serbia 8-1 North Macedonia ( Lazarevac , Serbia ; March 6, 2020 )
SerbiaSerbia North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia
Biggest defeat Switzerland 9-0 Serbia ( Nyon , Switzerland ; September 21, 2013 )
SwitzerlandSwitzerland SerbiaSerbia
(As of March 6, 2020 )

The Serbian national women's football team represents Serbia in international women's football . The national team is subordinate to the Serbian Football Association and is coached by Suzana Stanojević. The Serbian selection played their first international match on May 5, 2007. The opponent was Slovenia . Serbia won 5-0 and this is their biggest win to date. The Serbian team is the successor to the Serbian-Montenegrin team , which played 20 international matches between 2003 and 2006, and the successor to the Yugoslav team , which played 61 games between 1985 and 2002. Currently (March 2012), the team is in 44th place in the FIFA world rankings , having achieved its worst position to date with 45th place in March 2011. The best ranking was placed 30th between September 2006 and June 2007, or by Serbia-Montenegro in September 2005 with 28th place.

In qualifying for the European Championship 2013 , the Serbs faced England , the Netherlands their neighbors Croatia and Slovenia . With four wins, one draw (in the first game against the eventual group winners England) and three defeats, third place in the group was reached and thus the playoffs of the group runners-up were missed.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

  • 1991: The selection of Yugoslavia did not take part.
  • 1995: The selection of Yugoslavia was not allowed due to the civil war in Yugoslavia.
  • 1999: The selection of Yugoslavia was able to qualify for promotion to Category A.
  • 2003: The selection of Yugoslavia was able to qualify for promotion to Category A.
  • 2007: Serbia's selection failed to qualify.
  • 2011: not qualified
  • 2015: not qualified
  • 2019 : not qualified

European Championship

  • 1984–1991: The selection of Yugoslavia did not take part.
  • 1993: The selection of Yugoslavia was excluded after a qualifier because of the civil war in Yugoslavia.
  • 1995: The selection of Yugoslavia was excluded because of the civil war in Yugoslavia.
  • 1997: The selection of Yugoslavia could not qualify for promotion to Category A.
  • 2001: The selection of Yugoslavia could not qualify.
  • 2005: The selection of Serbia and Montenegro could not qualify.
  • 2009: Serbia's selection failed to qualify.
  • 2013: not qualified
  • 2017: not qualified

Olympic games

  • 1996–2004: The selection of Yugoslavia could not qualify.
  • 2008: Serbia's selection failed to qualify.
  • 2012: not qualified
  • 2016: not qualified

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

So far there have been no games of the Serbian selection against Germany .

On May 26, 2012 there was the first game against Austria , which was lost 5-0. On September 19, 2017 they lost 4-0 in qualifying for the 2019 World Cup. There was a 1-1 draw in the second leg on April 5, 2018. In qualifying for the EM 2022 there was a 0-1 defeat on October 8, 2019. The second leg is scheduled to take place on December 1, 2020.

In the first game of qualifying for the 2015 World Cup, Serbia met Switzerland for the first time on September 21, 2013 and suffered the highest international defeat at 9-0. The second leg in Serbia took place on June 19, 2014. The game was lost 7-0. In June 2019, the Serbians drew 1-1 against Switzerland in a friendly.

The Yugoslav selection played a European Championship qualifier on May 28, 1992 in Sofia against Germany, which was lost 3-0. The second leg in Germany was canceled due to the civil war in Yugoslavia and Yugoslavia was excluded. Yugoslavia played against Austria in qualifying for the 1997 European Championship . After a 1: 2 in Vienna on September 17, 1995, the second leg on June 8, 1996 in Belgrade was won 5: 1. The Yugoslav women's national team played against Switzerland for the first time in their fourth game on August 2, 1978 in Pescara and won 2-0. Two further games in the qualification for the European Championship 1997 ended with 0: 5 (September 27, 1995 in Belgrade) and 1: 1 (June 16, 1996 in Solothurn ). In qualifying for the EM 2005 , the selection of Serbia and Montenegro also met Switzerland. The two games on May 17, 2003 in Breitenbach and September 29, 2004 in Kruševac each ended 1-0 for the hosts.

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months).