Serbia national under-20 football team

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.

Serbia U20
NicknameOrlići (The Young Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAleksandar Rogić
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)

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). 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, half Serb-half Croatian, winning the Golden Ball award for Best Player of the tournament.

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.

Played as Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
YUG 1977 Did not qualify
1979 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 5 3
1981 Did not qualify
1983
1985
1987 Champions 6 5 1 0 17 6
1989 Did not qualify
1991
SCG 1993 Banned
1995
1997 Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
SRB 2007
2009
2011
2013
2015 Champions 7 5 1 1 10 4
2017 Did not qualify
2019
2021 Canceled
2023 Did not qualify
2025
2027 To be determined
Total 3/25 16 11 2 3 32 13

Honours

Titles

Individual awards

  • FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball
    • Robert Prosinečki – 1987
  • FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Ball
    • Zvonimir Boban – 1987
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup Bronze Ball
    • Sergej Milinković-Savić – 2015
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Glove
    • Predrag Rajković – 2015
  • FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Shoe
    • Davor Šuker – 1987

Results

2014

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

2015

Serbia  v  Myanmar
26 March 2015 Friendly Serbia  6–0  Myanmar Čukarički Stadium, Belgrade
Maksimović 7', 52'
Maraš 37'
Mandić 72'
Ilić 79', 82'
Report
Serbia  v  Myanmar
29 March 2015 Friendly Serbia  3–0  Myanmar Stara Pazova
Andrić 32'
Janković 66'
Beko 78'
Report Attendance: 250
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Serbia  v  Honduras
21 April 2015 Friendly Serbia  2–1  Honduras Stara Pazova
08:00 Ilić 10'
Beko 86'
Report Orenal 81'
Serbia  v  United States
24 May 2015 Friendly Serbia  1–0  United States Trusts Stadium, Dunedin
Veljković 65' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Corey Miles (New Zealand)
Uruguay  v  Serbia
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)
Serbia  v  Mali
3 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Group stage Serbia  2–0  Mali Otago Stadium, Dunedin
19:00 S. Milinković-Savić 27'
Mandić 74'
Report Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)
Serbia  v  Mexico
6 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Group stage Serbia  2–0  Mexico Otago Stadium, Dunedin
16:00 Maksimović 2'
Živković 43'
Report Attendance: 9,248
Referee: Ricardo Marques (Brazil)
Serbia  v  Hungary
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)
United States  v  Serbia
14 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup quarter-finals United States  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)
 Serbia North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:30 Report Attendance: 10,826
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Penalties
Rubin
Payne
Arriola
Hyndman
Zelalem
Soñora
Delgado
Carter-Vickers
Requejo
Zdjelar
Mandić
Babić
Grujić
Živković
Rajković
Antonov
Veljković
Maksimović
Serbia  v  Mali
17 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Semi-finals Serbia  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Mali North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:30 Živković 4'
Šaponjić 101'
Report Koné 39' Attendance: 10,818
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Brazil  v  Serbia
20 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final Brazil  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Serbia North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
17:00 A. Pereira 73' Report Mandić 70'
Maksimović 118'
Attendance: 25,317
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

2016

Montenegro  v  Serbia
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

Italy  v  Serbia
6 September 2021 Friendly Italy  0–1  Serbia Stadio Teofilo Patini, Castel di Sangro
15:00 Report
  • Rogan 66'
Referee: Daniele Paterna (Italy)

2015 coaching staff

Serbian coaching staff
  • Head coach: Veljko Paunović
  • Coach: Marko Mitrović
  • Coach: Milan Kosanović
  • Coach: Nikola Leposavić
  • Goalkeeping coach: Aleksandar Sarić
  • Fitness coach: Petar Milcanović
  • Doctor: Dr. Pavle Maksimović
  • Physiotherapist: Viktor Vujošević
  • Physiotherapist: Srđan Branković
  • Kitman: Nenad Dragaš
  • Team manager: Dušan Gelić
  • Media officer: Igor Gacic

Squad

  • The following players were called up for the friendly match against Italy on 6 September 2021.

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 24) 1 0 Čukarički
1GK Andrija Katić (2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 23) 1 0 Voždovac
1GK Filip Stanković (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 23) 0 0 Volendam

2DF Viktor Rogan (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 23) 1 1 Čukarički
2DF Strahinja Eraković (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 24) 1 0 Red Star Belgrade
2DF Ilija Milićević (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 24) 1 0 Metalac Gornji Milanovac
2DF Damjan Pavlović (2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 24) 1 0 Standard Liège
2DF Filip Bačkulja (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 23) 1 0 Metalac Gornji Milanovac
2DF Vukašin Krstić (2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 22) 1 0 TSC Bačka Topola
2DF Uroš Blagojević (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 23) 0 0 Free agent
2DF Uroš Drezgić (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 23) 0 0 Čukarički

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

4FW Slobodan Stanojlović (2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 24) 1 0 TSC
4FW Andrija Radulović (2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 23) 1 0 Mladost Novi Sad
4FW Nemanja Kos (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 23) 1 0 OFK Mihajlovac

Previous squads

  • 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – Yugoslavia
  • 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – Yugoslavia
  • 2015 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – Serbia

Head coaches

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

Player statistics

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

See also

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Serbia's head-to-head record in FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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