Serbia national under-21 football team

European national under-21 football team
Name = Serbia U21
Badge = FSS.svg
FIFA Trigramme = SRB
Nickname = Бели Орлови "(White Eagles)"
Founded = 1919
Association = Football Association of Serbia
Coach = flagicon|Serbia Slobodan Krčmarević
Captain = Milan Smiljanić
Most caps = Branislav Ivanović
Top scorer = Dragan Mrđa
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First game = As FR Yugoslavia: flagicon|SCG Yugoslavia 1-0 Malta flagicon|Malta
(Zrenjanin, June 1 1996) As Serbia and Montenegro: flagicon|SCG Serbia and Montenegro 3-0 Azerbaijan flagicon|Azerbaijan
(Nikšić, Montenegro, February 11 2003)
As Serbia flagicon|Serbia Serbia 1 - 0 Czech Republic flagicon|Czech Republic
(Uherské Hradiště, August 15 2006)

Largest win = As FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro: flagicon|SCG Serbia-Montenegro 9-0 San Marino flagicon|San Marino (October 12 2004) As Serbia flagicon|Serbia Serbia 8 - 0 Hungary flagicon|Hungary (September 7, 2008)

Largest loss = As FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro: flagicon|Belgium Belgium 4-0 Serbia-Montenegro flagicon|SCG
(November 16 2004) As Serbia flagicon|Serbia Serbia 0 - 3 Sweden flagicon|Sweden [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=2239/match=84930/index.html Djuric returns to haunt Serbia] by UEFA] (Novi Sad, 6 October, 2006)
"Records are for competitive matches only, and take into account
FR Yugoslavia U-21s after 1992."

UEFAu21Champ apps = 2
UEFAu21Champ best = Runner-up in 2004 & runner-up in 2007

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. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

The team is considered the successor to the "Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team", which in turn was the successor to the Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.

History

The Yugoslav U21 team represented Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until the country dissolved in 1992. In 1996 an under-21 team representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began playing. The F.R.Y. (and the team) changed name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

In 2006 Serbia and Montenegro separated, with its governing body converting into the FA of Serbia. The Serbian under-21 team has assumed Serbia and Montenegro's place in the qualifying round for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2007, whilst Montenegro cannot compete internationally at U21 level until a Montenegrin FA is established and officially ratified. Because the U21 Championship of 2007 is already underway, a Montenegro U21 team cannot play competitively until qualification for the 2009 tournament, at the earliest.

Playing record

FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro

The senior team played its first match in December 1994. The U-21s' first competitive matches were in the qualification stage of the 1998 competition.

The under-21 team failed to qualify for the first three UEFA Under-21 competitions it entered, but were runners-up in the 2004 tournament. In their final championship, taking place in Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro qualified for semifinals, where they lost on penalties to Ukraine.

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Serbia's U-21 National Team qualified for the U-21 European Championship held in The Netherlands, in June 2007, after a remarkable two game play-off against Sweden. After a shocking 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 U-21 European Championship campaign was very 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 3rd group game against England (0-2), which was a meaningless game for the Serbians, as they had already qualified for the semifinals.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

* 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group. "As FR Yugoslavia"
* 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group. "As FR Yugoslavia"
* 2002: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group. "As FR Yugoslavia"
* 2004: Runners-up "As Serbia-Montenegro"
* 2006: Losing semi-finalists. "As Serbia-Montenegro"
* 2007: Runners-up

Olympics football Record

Since 1992 Olympics football changed to U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams, technically are U-23 teams. The winner, runner-up and third placed team of UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualify for the Olympics.

* Before 1992: Senior team event, See Yugoslavia national football team
* 1992: "Part of Yugoslavia"
* 1996: Did not qualify
* 2000: Did not qualify
* 2004: Finished 4th of 4 in group stage
* 2008: Finished 4th of 4 in group stage

Current Squad

Caps and goals are as of March 26, 2008 against San Marino U21. cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=15084/match=300222/index.html |author=UEFA |title=Serbia close on Belarus |accessdate=2008-08-06 |date=2008-03-26 |language=English]

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Recent Call Ups

The following players have also been called up to the Serbia squad in 2008.

;Goalkeepers

;Strikers

Coaching History

*Slobodan Krčmarević (July 23, 2007 - )
*Miroslav Đukić (July 2006 - July 2007)
*Dragan Okuka (August 2004 - July 2006)
*Milovan Đorić
*Vladimir Petrović Pižon
*Milorad Kosanović

See also

* Serbia national football team
* Montenegro national under-21 football team
* Montenegro national football team
* Yugoslavia national under-21 football team
* Yugoslavia national football team
* European Under-21 Football Championship

References

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21/Teams/Team=147/index.html UEFA U21 Team Profile]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/europe-u21.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] Contains full record of U-21 Championships.
* [http://www.beliorlovi.net/u-21_reprezentacija_srbije.html Current U21-Team]