Serbia national under-21 football team

Serbia U-21
Nickname	Орлићи / Orlići (Little Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Zoran Mirković
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
2027	qualified								qualified as co-host
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 (2024-03-22) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Luxembourg	1–1	Serbia	Luxembourg
		Report

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Serbia	1–2	Northern Ireland	Serbia
		Report

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06) 2025 UEFA U-21 Q	Ukraine	2–1	Serbia	Riga (Latvia)
		Report		Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks

10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) 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 Czech Republic and United States on 14 and 18 November 2025; respectively.^[4]

Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2025, after the match against United States.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Luka Lijeskić	(2005-02-23) 23 February 2005	6	0	Radnički 1923
12	1GK	Lazar Kaličanin	(2004-05-21) 21 May 2004	5	0	Čukarički
23	1GK	Viktor Džodić	(2006-11-15) 15 November 2006	2	0	Montpellier
	1GK	Jovan Miladinović	(2007-01-20) 20 January 2007	0	0	Zvijezda 09
	1GK	Željko Vitorović	(2006-02-02) 2 February 2006	0	0	Estoril Praia

2	2DF	Đorđe Petrović	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006	1	0	Radnički Niš
3	2DF	Stefan Bukinac	(2005-07-08) 8 July 2005	6	0	Vojvodina
4	2DF	Bojan Kovačević	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004	8	1	Cádiz
6	2DF	Stefan Leković	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004	11	0	Red Star Belgrade
13	2DF	Boris Matić	(2004-08-19) 19 August 2004	2	0	Wolfsberger AC
14	2DF	Vukašin Đurđević	(2004-01-24) 24 January 2004	3	1	Partizan
17	2DF	Aleksej Vukičević	(2005-06-11) 11 June 2005	9	0	OFK Beograd
22	2DF	Uroš Ilic	(2006-01-15) 15 January 2006	0	0	Radnik Surdulica
	2DF	Andrej Popović	(2006-04-25) 25 April 2006	0	0	Hellas Verona

5	3MF	Stefan Džodić	(2005-03-15) 15 March 2005	8	0	Almería
8	3MF	Matija Mitrović	(2004-12-12) 12 December 2004	9	1	Vitória de Guimarães
11	3MF	Mihajlo Petković	(2004-05-27) 27 May 2004	4	0	Novi Pazar
16	3MF	Mateja Stjepanović	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004	4	0	Moreirense
19	3MF	Milan Aleksić	(2005-08-30) 30 August 2005	9	1	Cracovia
20	3MF	Jovan Šljivić	(2005-10-14) 14 October 2005	11	0	OFK Beograd
21	3MF	Ognjen Ugrešić	(2006-07-15) 15 July 2006	2	0	Partizan

7	4FW	Lazar Jovanović	(2006-11-30) 30 November 2006	5	1	VfB Stuttgart
9	4FW	Jovan Mijatović	(2005-07-11) 11 July 2005	8	2	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
10	4FW	Vanja Vlahović	(2004-03-23) 23 March 2004	9	5	Spezia
15	4FW	Bogdan Petrović	(2003-02-26) 26 February 2003	1	0	Panargiakos
18	4FW	Aleksa Kuljanin	(2004-01-17) 17 January 2004	2	1	Železničar Pančevo
	4FW	Marko Lazetić	(2004-01-22) 22 January 2004	8	0	Aberdeen
	4FW	Mihailo Ivanović	(2004-11-29) 29 November 2004	5	1	Millwall
	4FW	Jovan Milošević	(2005-07-31) 31 July 2005	4	0	Partizan
	4FW	Nemanja Trifunović	(2004-06-29) 29 June 2004	4	0	Partizan

Recent call-ups

The following players have been also been called up recently and are still eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Filip Stanić	(2005-06-15) 15 June 2005	0	0	Borac Čačak	v. Greece, 4 June 2025
GK	Aleksa Todorović	(2004-01-25) 25 January 2004	0	0	Rijeka	v. Greece, 4 June 2025

DF	Ognjen Mimović	(2004-08-17) 17 August 2004	7	0	Pafos	v. Romania, 10 October 2025
DF	Nikola Miličić	(2004-07-04) 4 July 2004	3	0	Radnički 1923	v. Romania, 10 October 2025
DF	Adem Avdić	(2007-09-24) 24 September 2007	2	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Romania, 10 October 2025
DF	Nikola Simić	(2007-03-30) 30 March 2007	0	0	Partizan	v. Romania, 10 October 2025
DF	Veljko Milosavljević	(2007-06-28) 28 June 2007	0	0	Bournemouth	v. France, 8 September 2025
DF	Lazar Stojanović	(2005-04-22) 22 April 2005	0	0	Čukarički	v. France, 8 September 2025
DF	Vojin Serafimović	(2005-10-14) 14 October 2005	2	0	Čukarički	v. Greece, 4 June 2025

MF	Vanja Dragojević	(2006-01-11) 11 January 2006	3	0	Partizan	v. Romania, 10 October 2025
MF	Nikola Krstić	(2004-12-01) 1 December 2004	2	0	IMT	v. France, 8 September 2025
MF	Bogdan Mirčetić	(2005-10-25) 25 October 2005	1	0	Raków Częstochowa	v. France, 8 September 2025
MF	Uroš Miladinović	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004	0	0	Čukarički	v. France, 8 September 2025
MF	Aleksandar Stanković	(2005-08-03) 3 August 2005	0	0	Club Brugge	v. France, 8 September 2025
MF	Aleksa Cvetković	(2005-05-13) 13 May 2005	1	1	OFK Beograd	v. Greece, 4 June 2025
MF	Strahinja Rakić	(2006-02-18) 18 February 2006	0	0	RFS	v. Greece, 4 June 2025

FW	Miloš Luković	(2005-11-18) 18 November 2005	6	0	Las Palmas	v. Romania, 10 October 2025
FW	Mihajlo Cvetković	(2007-01-10) 10 January 2007	0	0	Anderlecht	v. France, 8 September 2025

Previous squads

Coaches

Dates	Name
2025–	Zoran Mirković
2024–2025	Aleksandar Kolarov
2023–2024	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 ЗОРАН МИРКОВИЋ САОПШТИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧА ЗА ПРОВЕРЕ СА ЧЕШКОМ И САД" (in Serbian). Fudbalski savez Srbije. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 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 ЗОРАН МИРКОВИЋ САОПШТИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧА ЗА ПРОВЕРЕ СА ЧЕШКОМ И САД" (in Serbian). Fudbalski savez Srbije. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.

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