Serbia national under-20 football team

Serbia U20
Nickname(s)Orlići (The Young Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Most capsNemanja Antonov,
Saša Zdjelar,
Staniša Mandić (12)
Top scorerNemanja Maksimović (4)
FIFA codeSRB
First colours
Second colours
First international
 United Arab Emirates 1–1 Serbia 
(SC Stadium, Qatar; 11 January 2009)
Biggest win
 Serbia 6–0 Myanmar 
(Čukarički Stadium, Serbia; 26 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 3–1 Serbia 
(Hungary; 14 October 2011)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2015)
Best resultWinners (2015)

The Serbia national under-20 football team (Serbian Latin: Omladinska reprezentacija Srbije) is the national under-20 football team of Serbia. Like the senior national team, it is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. On 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand Serbia U20 won the final against Brazil 2–1, becoming the first team representing the country to win a FIFA competition title since their independence from Yugoslavia and the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslavia U20 previously won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

History

Yugoslavia (1977–1992)

Yugoslavia Under-20 had appeared at two World Youth Championships throughout their existence. Their first appearance came at the 1979 tournament, where they were knocked out in the group stage after two defeats (0–2 against Poland and 0–1 against Argentina) and one win (5–0 against Indonesia).[1] Their second appearance in the 1987 tournament was much more successful, as they won the competition, remarkably defeating each of the three other semi-finalists and eliminating the defending champions Brazil during the course of the tournament, with Robert Prosinečki, Croatian, winning the Golden Ball award for Best Player of the tournament.[2][3]

Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)

FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro under-20 team did not qualify for World Youth Championships.

Serbia (since 2006)

Serbia first appearance as independent country came at the 2015 tournament in New Zealand, where they won the competition.

Competitive Record

  Champions    Runners-Up    Third Place    Fourth Place

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

The FIFA U-20 World Cup, until 2005 known as the FIFA World Youth Championship, is the world championship of football for players under the age of 20 and is organized by FIFA.[4]

Played as Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1979 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 5 3
Australia 1981 Did not qualify
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987 Champions 6 5 1 0 17 6
Saudi Arabia 1989 Did not qualify
Portugal 1991
Serbia and Montenegro SCG Australia 1993 Banned
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997 Did not qualify
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Serbia SRB Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015 Champions 7 5 1 1 10 4
South Korea 2017 Did not qualify
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021 Canceled
Argentina 2023 Did not qualify
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total 3/24 16 11 2 3 32 13

Honours

Titles

Individual awards

Results

2014

13 November 2014 Friendly Serbia  0–1  Romania Stara Pazova
Report Țîră 8' Attendance: 500
Referee: Ilija Brdar (Serbia)

2015

26 March 2015 Friendly Serbia  6–0  Myanmar Čukarički Stadium, Belgrade
Maksimović 7', 52'
Maraš 37'
Mandić 72'
Ilić 79', 82'
Report
29 March 2015 Friendly Serbia  3–0  Myanmar Stara Pazova
Andrić 32'
Janković 66'
Beko 78'
Report Attendance: 250
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
21 April 2015 Friendly Serbia  2–1  Honduras Stara Pazova
08:00 Ilić 10'
Beko 86'
Report Orenal 81'
24 May 2015 Friendly Serbia  1–0  United States Trusts Stadium, Dunedin
Veljković 65' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Corey Miles (New Zealand)
31 May 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Group stage Uruguay  1–0  Serbia Otago Stadium, Dunedin
16:00 Pereiro 56' Report Attendance: 6,048
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
10 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Round of 16 Serbia  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Hungary Otago Stadium, Dunedin
16:00 Šaponjić 90+1'
Talabér 118' (o.g.)
Report Mervó 57' Attendance: 5,149
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

2016

13 November 2016 Friendly Montenegro  1–2  Serbia Podgorica City Stadium
Perović 90' (pen.) Report Stevanović 53'
Apostolović 65'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)

2021

6 September 2021 Friendly Italy  0–1  Serbia Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro
15:00 Report
Referee: Daniele Paterna (Italy)

2015 coaching staff

Serbian coaching staff

Squad

Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2021 after the game against Italy.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Novak Mićović (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Serbia Čukarički
1GK Andrija Katić (2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Voždovac
1GK Filip Stanković (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Netherlands Volendam

2DF Viktor Rogan (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21) 1 1 Serbia Čukarički
2DF Strahinja Eraković (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
2DF Ilija Milićević (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Serbia Metalac Gornji Milanovac
2DF Damjan Pavlović (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Belgium Standard Liège
2DF Filip Bačkulja (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Metalac Gornji Milanovac
2DF Vukašin Krstić (2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Serbia TSC Bačka Topola
2DF Uroš Blagojević (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Free agent
2DF Uroš Drezgić (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Serbia Čukarički

3MF Bogdan Jočić (2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Serbia Voždovac
3MF Dragoljub Savić (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Austria Rapid Wien
3MF Jovan Lukić (2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Čukarički
3MF Vladan Novevski (2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Vojvodina
3MF Vladimir Lučić (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Čukarički
3MF Stefan Mitrović (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
3MF Miloš Pantović (2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Voždovac
3MF Aleksa Đurasović (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica

4FW Slobodan Stanojlović (2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia TSC
4FW Andrija Radulović (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Serbia Mladost Novi Sad
4FW Nemanja Kos (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Serbia OFK Mihajlovac

Previous squads

Head coaches

Years Name
2021− Serbia Aleksandar Rogić
2017 Serbia Ilija Petković
2016–2017 Serbia Nenad Lalatović
2014–2015 Serbia Veljko Paunović
2011–2012 Serbia Dejan Govedarica
1987 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Jozić
1979 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Toplak

Player statistics

Statistics include players who have played for the Serbia since 2006.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1970 FIFA U-20 World Cup Fixtures and Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on August 20, 2007. Retrieved 21 Jun 2015.
  2. ^ "Chile 1987: Yugoslavian fireworks". FIFA. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved 21 Jun 2015.
  3. ^ "FIFA.com - 1990 Robert PROSINECKI (YUG)". FIFA. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved 21 Jun 2015.
  4. ^ CBC.ca
  5. ^ "U20 | СЕЛЕКЦИЈА КОЈУ ВОДИ СЕЛЕКТОР АЛЕКСАНДАР РОГИЋ ИМА ПРОВЕРУ У ИТАЛИЈИ" (in Serbian). 23 August 2021.