Serbia national football team

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Serbia

Nickname

Бели Орлови (White Eagles)

Association

Football Association of Serbia

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Javier Clemente

Captain

Dejan Stanković

Most caps

Savo Milošević (101)

Top scorer

Savo Milošević (35)

Home stadium

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

FIFA code

SRB

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

19 (December 2002)

Lowest FIFA ranking

55 (October 2004)

Elo ranking





First kit





Second kit

First international

Brazil 2 - 0 Yugoslavia

(Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994)
First international as Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 2 Azerbaijan

(Podgorica, SCG; 12 February 2003)
First international as Serbia

Czech Republic 1 - 3 Serbia

(Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 16 August 2006)

Biggest win

Faröe Islands 1 - 8 Yugoslavia

(Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996)

Biggest defeat

Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia & Montenegro

(Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June 2006)

World Cup

Appearances

2 (First in 1998)

Best result

Round 2, 1998

European Championship

Appearances

1 (First in 2000)

Best result

Quarterfinals, 2000

The Serbia national football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије / Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. It was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team until February 2003 and the Serbia and Montenegro national football team until June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was renamed the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006, with the Montenegro national football team created to represent the new state of Montenegro.

FIFA considers the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national teams. For details of the national team of Yugoslavia before 1992 see Yugoslavia national football team.

1 History
2 World Cup record
3 European Championship record
4 Squads
5 Competitions
- 5.1 2006 World Cup
- 5.2 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
6 Notable players
- 6.1 As Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
- 6.2 As Serbia
7 Coaches
8 Notes
9 See also
10 External links

[edit] History

Serbia plays Belgium at Marakana, October 7, 2006

Although the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed on April 28, 1992, because of the international sanctions due to the Yugoslav wars banning the country from international sporting events, the football team didn't play its first match until 23 December 1994, when they lost to Brazil. Since then the team has qualified for the World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2006, and for the European Championship once, in 2000. In 2003, with the reconstitution of the country as Serbia and Montenegro, the team changed its name accordingly.

On May 21, 2006 Montenegro voted to dissolve its political union with Serbia. On June 3, Montenegro became a sovereign state meaning there will be separate Montenegrin national teams competing in future tournaments. This did not affect the finals of the 2006 World Cup, in which the newly independent states of Serbia and Montenegro competed under the same flag for the last time but did not progress past the group stage.

On August 16, 2006 the new team representing Serbia played its first international match, with a 3-1 away win against the Czech Republic.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1990 - See Yugoslavia
1994 – Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
1998 – Round 2 (as FR Yugoslavia)
2002 – Did not qualify (as FR Yugoslavia)
2006 – Round 1 (as Serbia and Montenegro)

[edit] European Championship record

1960 to 1992 - See Yugoslavia
1996 – Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
2000 – Quarterfinals (as FR Yugoslavia)
2004 – Did not qualify (started qualification as FR Yugoslavia, finished as Serbia and Montenegro)
2008 – Applied as Serbia and Montenegro; Currently competing in qualification as Serbia

[edit] Squads

[edit] Current squad

The following players have all been called up to the Serbia squad for the most recent Euro 2008 qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Portugal^[1]. The next Euro 2008 qualifying match will be against Finland on June 2, 2007. Caps and goals are as of March 28, 2007 and include the qualifying match against Portugal.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Vladimir Stojković	July 28, 1983 (age 23)	8	0	Vitesse
2	MF	Ivan Ergić	January 21, 1981 (age 26)	9	0	Basel
3	DF	Ivica Dragutinović	November 13, 1975 (age 31)	32	0	Sevilla
4	MF	Igor Duljaj	October 29, 1979 (age 27)	41	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	DF	Nemanja Vidić	October 21, 1981 (age 25)	24	2	Manchester United
7	MF	Ognjen Koroman	September 19, 1978 (age 28)	35	1	Red Star Belgrade
8	FW	Danko Lazović	May 17, 1983 (age 23)	12	3	Vitesse
9	FW	Marko Pantelić	September 15, 1978 (age 28)	10	1	Hertha Berlin
10	MF	Dejan Stanković	September 11, 1978 (age 28)	68	13	Inter Milan
11	DF	Duško Tošić	January 19, 1985 (age 22)	3	0	Sochaux
12	GK	Vlada Avramov	April 5, 1979 (age 27)	0	0	Treviso
14	MF	Aleksandar Trišović	October 25, 1983 (age 23)	5	1	Red Star Belgrade
15	DF	Milan Stepanov	April 2, 1983 (age 23)	5	0	Trabzonspor
16	MF	Nenad Kovačević	October 11, 1980 (age 26)	14	0	Lens
17	MF	Miloš Krasić	October 1, 1984 (age 22)	3	0	CSKA Moscow
18	MF	Boško Janković	March 3, 1984 (age 23)	3	1	Mallorca
19	FW	Nikola Žigić	September 25, 1980 (age 26)	20	8	Racing Santander
20	DF	Mladen Krstajić	March 4, 1974 (age 33)	54	2	Schalke 04
21	DF	Marjan Marković	September 28, 1981 (age 25)	15	0	Dynamo Kyiv
—	MF	Stefan Babović	January 7, 1987 (age 20)	0	0	OFK Beograd
—	MF	Zdravko Kuzmanović	September 22, 1987 (age 19)	0	0	ACF Fiorentina
—	DF	Antonio Rukavina	January 26, 1984 (age 23)	0	0	Partizan

[edit] Recent Call Ups

The following players have also been called up to the Serbia squad within the last twelve months.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Dragoslav Jevrić^[2]	July 8, 1974	Ankaraspor	43 (0)	v. Czech Republic, 16 August 2006
Oliver Kovačević	29 December 1974	CSKA Sofia	3 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Branislav Ivanović	22 February 1984	Lokomotiv Moscow	1 (0)	Training session, 5 February 2007^[3]
Aleksandar Luković	21 November 1982	Udinese	8 (0)	v. Armenia, 11 October 2006
Milan Biševac	31 August 1983	Lens	2 (0)	v. Armenia, 11 October 2006
Marko Baša	29 December 1982	Le Mans	3 (0)	v. Czech Republic, 16 August 2006
Dušan Basta	18 August 1984	Red Star Belgrade	2 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Nenad Đorđević	7 August 1979	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	17 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Milan Dudić	1 November 1979	Red Bull Salzburg	13 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Goran Gavrančić	2 August 1978	Dynamo Kyiv	28 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Dušan Petković	13 June 1974	Saturn Ramenskoe	12 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Dejan Milovanović	21 January 1984	Red Star Belgrade	0 (0)	Training session, 5 February 2007^[3]
Saša Ilić	30 December 1977	Galatasaray	32 (4)	v. Norway, 15 November 2006
Predrag Đorđević	8 April 1972	Olympiacos	37 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Albert Nađ	29 October 1974	Partizan	45 (3)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Zvonimir Vukić	19 July 1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	26 (6)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Danijel Ljuboja	4 September 1978	Hamburger SV	19 (1)	v. Armenia, 11 October 2006
Mateja Kežman	12 April 1979	Fenerbahçe	49 (17)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Savo Milošević^[2]	2 September 1973	Osasuna	101 (35)	2006 FIFA World Cup

[edit] World Cup 2006 squad

Main Article: 2006 World Cup squads (Serbia and Montenegro)

[edit] Competitions

[edit] 2006 World Cup

See also: 2006 World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Serbia and Montenegro began their 2006 World Cup campaign by finishing first with an undefeated record in a their qualification group ahead of favorites Spain and Belgium. The Serbia and Montenegro team also allowed only one goal in the 10 matches, the best defensive record out all 51 teams participating in qualification.

In the group stage, Serbia and Montenegro lost their opening game to joint group favourite, the Netherlands. The final score was 1-0 after Arjen Robben scored the only goal of the game. They also lost their second game to Argentina 6-0, the country's worst ever international result. With the team's two losses and with Netherlands and Argentina winning both their games, Serbia and Montenegro could no longer qualify for the knockout matches, and was playing for pride alone in their final group game against Côte d'Ivoire. Despite having a 2-0 lead for much of the first half, the Elephants managed to come back and win 3-2, leaving Serbia and Montenegro with a disappointing 0-3-0 World Cup run.

[edit] 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

See also: 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group A

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[edit] Notable players

Notable players that have played for the national team with at least 15 caps:

[edit] As Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)

Serbia

Montenegro

[edit] As Serbia

[edit] Coaches

Slobodan Santrač 1994 - July 1998
Milan Živadinović August 1998 - 1999
Vujadin Boškov 1999 - July 2000
Ilija Petković August 2000 - January 2001
Milovan Đorić February 2001 - May 6, 2001
3-man commission: Dejan Savićević, Vujadin Boškov and Ivan Ćurković May 6, 2001 - December 2001
Dejan Savićević December 2001 - June 2003
Ilija Petković July 2003 - June 2006
Javier Clemente July 20, 2006 - Present