Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U-21
Nickname(s)	Орлићи / Orlići (Little Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Aleksandar Kolarov
Captain	Stefan Leković
Most caps	Branislav Ivanović (38)
Top scorer	Uroš Đurđević (16)
FIFA code	SRB
First colours	Second colours
First international
	FR Yugoslavia 1–0 Malta ; (Zrenjanin, FR Yugoslavia, 1 June 1996)
Biggest win
	Serbia and Montenegro 9–0 San Marino ; (Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro; 12 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
	England 9–1 Serbia ; (West Bridgford, England; 12 October 2023)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	11 (first in 1978)
Best result	Champions (1978)

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. Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbia national team to be the direct and sole successor of the Yugoslavia under-21 and Serbia and Montenegro under-21 national teams.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Serbia's under-21 national team qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship held in the Netherlands, in June 2007, after winning a two-game play-off against Sweden. After a 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 U21 Championship campaign was 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 third group game against England (0–2), which was a meaningless game for the Serbian team, as they had already qualified for the semi-finals.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record

Tournament record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
within SFR Yugoslavia
1978	Champions	1st	6	3	2	1	10	7	4	3	0	1	9	3
1980	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	3	6	4	2	2	0	4	2
1982	did not qualify								4	2	1	1	4	2
1984	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	0	3	4	6	6	3	2	1	12	5
1986	did not qualify								6	1	2	3	10	16
1988	did not qualify								4	1	1	2	7	9
1990	Final	2nd	6	2	2	2	8	9	6	4	1	1	10	4
1992	did not qualify								6	4	0	2	11	10
within FR Yugoslavia
1994	Suspended								Suspended
1996	Suspended								Suspended
1998	did not qualify								8	6	0	2	14	3
2000									9	5	2	2	29	13
2002									8	4	3	1	22	11
within Serbia and Montenegro
2004	Final	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	9	10	7	1	2	21	12
2006	Semi-finals	4th	4	1	1	2	2	3	12	9	1	2	34	13
as Serbia
2007	Final	2nd	5	3	0	2	5	6	4	3	0	1	10	4
2009	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	1	3	10	7	2	1	26	5
2011	did not qualify								8	4	1	3	14	12
2013	did not qualify								10	5	3	2	17	6
2015	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	7	10	6	2	2	20	11
2017		10th	3	0	1	2	2	5	12	8	2	2	29	9
2019		12th	3	0	0	3	1	10	10	8	2	0	23	5
2021	did not qualify								10	3	3	4	12	9
2023									10	3	3	4	10	11
2025									10	5	1	4	13	18
Total	11/24	1 Title	47	13	12	22	44	71	181	103	35	43	361	193

Olympic Games record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	Suspended
2000	did not qualify
2004	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	3	14
2008	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2012	did not qualify
2016
2020
2024
2028	to be determined
2032	to be determined
Total	2/7	0 Title	6	0	1	5	6	21

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2023

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	England	9–1	Serbia	West Bridgford, United Kingdom
20:45	Philogene 38', 63' Delap 42' Elliott 45+7', 90+1' Madueke 53', 59' Subotić 89' (o.g.) Rowe 89'	Report	Lučić 27'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 14,753 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

16 October 2023 (2023-10-16) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Northern Ireland	1–2	Serbia	Lurgan, United Kingdom
20:30	McGuckin 51' (pen.)	Report	Lučić 15' Pantović 82'	Stadium: Mourneview Park Attendance: 433 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	0–3	England	Bačka Topola, Serbia
17:00		Report	McAtee 5', 19' Elliott 55'	Stadium: TSC Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard (Denmark)

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	2–0	Luxembourg	Stara Pazova, Serbia
19:00	Ratkov 13' Lučić 30' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Attendance: 300 Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)

2024

22 March 2024 (2024-3-22) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Luxembourg	1–1	Serbia	Luxembourg
		Report

26 March 2024 (2024-3-26) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	1–2	Northern Ireland	Serbia
		Report

6 September 2024 (2024-9-6) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Ukraine	2–1	Serbia	Riga (Latvia)
		Report		Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks

10 September 2024 (2024-9-10) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Azerbaijan	0–2	Serbia	Azerbaijan
		Report

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	1–0	Ukraine	Serbia
		Report

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendly matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia on 21 and 25 March 2025.^[4]

Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2024, after the match against Turkey.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Lazar Kaličanin	(2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Čukarički
1	1GK	Luka Lijeskić	(2005-02-23) 23 February 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Radnički 1923
	1GK	Filip Stanić	(2005-06-15) 15 June 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Borac Čačak
23	1GK	Aleksa Todorović	(2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Rijeka

5	2DF	Stefan Leković (captain)	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Monza
4	2DF	Aleksej Vukičević	(2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 (age 19)	4	0	OFK Beograd
2	2DF	Bojan Kovačević	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Cádiz
3	2DF	Viktor Radojević	(2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 (age 20)	2	0	TSC
15	2DF	Vojin Serafimović	(2005-10-14) 14 October 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Čukarički
13	2DF	Dimitrije Aćimović	(2004-08-01) 1 August 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Jedinstvo Ub
14	2DF	Stefan Bukinac	(2005-07-08) 8 July 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Vojvodina

20	3MF	Jovan Šljivić	(2005-10-14) 14 October 2005 (age 19)	4	0	Red Star Belgrade
11	3MF	Milan Aleksić	(2005-08-30) 30 August 2005 (age 19)	2	1	Sunderland
19	3MF	Nikola Krstić	(2004-12-01) 1 December 2004 (age 20)	2	0	IMT
8	3MF	Aleksa Cvetković	(2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 19)	1	1	OFK Beograd
16	3MF	Matija Mitrović	(2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Železničar Pančevo
17	3MF	Mateja Stjepanović	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Partizan
6	3MF	Aleksandar Stanković	(2005-08-03) 3 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Luzern

22	4FW	Marko Lazetić	(2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 (age 21)	6	0	TSC
7	4FW	Jovan Mijatović	(2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 19)	4	1	OH Leuven
21	4FW	Uroš Kabić	(2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Čukarički
10	4FW	Miloš Luković	(2005-11-18) 18 November 2005 (age 19)	4	0	Heerenveen
9	4FW	Vanja Vlahović	(2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 (age 21)	3	1	Atalanta
	4FW	Matija Gluščević	(2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Radnički 1923
17	4FW	Bogdan Mirčetić	(2005-10-25) 25 October 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Radnički 1923
18	4FW	Mihailo Ivanović	(2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Millwall

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months, that are still eligible to represent Serbia at youth

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Veljko Ilić	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21)	7	0	TSC	v. Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024

DF	Mihajlo Ilić	(2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 21)	8	2	Partizan	v. Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024
DF	Ognjen Mimović	(2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024

MF	Igor Miladinović	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Čukarički	v. Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024
MF	Nikola Jojić	(2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Stoke City	v. Northern Ireland, 24 March 2024

FW	Petar Ratkov	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21)	7	2	Red Bull Salzburg	v. Luxembourg, 22 March 2024

Previous squads

Coaches

Dates	Name
2023–	Ljubinko Drulović
2023	Dušan Đorđević
2022–2023	Goran Stevanović
2021	Aleksandar Rogić (caretaker)
2021	Zvonko Živković
2019–2021	Ilija Stolica
2019	Nenad Milovanović
2017–2019	Goran Đorović
2017	Nenad Lalatović
2015–2016	Tomislav Sivić
2014–2015	Mladen Dodić
2013–2014	Radovan Ćurčić
2010–2012	Aleksandar Janković
2010	Tomislav Sivić (caretaker)
2009–2010	Ratomir Dujković
2007–2009	Slobodan Krčmarević
2006–2007	Miroslav Đukić

Notes

References

^ History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
^ Serbia at FIFA official website
^ News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
^ "СЕЛЕКТОР АЛЕКСАНДАР КОЛАРОВ ОДАБРАО ИГРАЧЕ ЗА ПРОВЕРЕ ПРОТИВ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ И ГРУЗИЈЕ" (in Serbian). Fudbalski savez Srbije. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.

External links

Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian)

[1] History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)

[FIFA-2] Serbia at FIFA official website

[3] News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012

[4] "СЕЛЕКТОР АЛЕКСАНДАР КОЛАРОВ ОДАБРАО ИГРАЧЕ ЗА ПРОВЕРЕ ПРОТИВ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ И ГРУЗИЈЕ" (in Serbian). Fudbalski savez Srbije. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.

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