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Serbia U21
Nickname(s)	Бели Орлови (White Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Head coach	Ratomir Dujković
Captain	Slobodan Rajković
Most caps	Branislav Ivanović (33)
Top scorer	Dragan Mrđa (11)
FIFA code	SRB
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	; Yugoslavia 1-0 Malta ; (Zrenjanin, June 1, 1996);
Biggest win
	; Serbia-Montenegro 9-0 San Marino ; (October 12, 2004);
Biggest defeat
	; Belgium 4-0 Serbia-Montenegro ; (November 16, 2004); Records are for competitive; matches only, and take into account; FR Yugoslavia U-21s after 1992.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1978
Best result	Winner 1976 , Runner-up in 1990 , 2004 , 2007

The Serbia national under-21 football team (Serbian: Mlada reprezentacija Srbije) is the national under-21 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

The team is considered the successor to the Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team, which in turn was the successor to the Yugoslavia national under-21 football team.

[edit] History

The Yugoslav U21 team represented Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until the country dissolved in 1992. In 1996 an under-21 team representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began playing. The F.R.Y. (and the team) changed name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

In 2006 Serbia and Montenegro separated, with its governing body converting into the FA of Serbia. The Serbian under-21 team has assumed Serbia and Montenegro's place in the qualifying round for the UEFA U-21 Championship 2007, whilst Montenegro was not able to compete internationally at U21 level until a Montenegrin FA was established.

[edit] Playing record

[edit] FR Yugoslavia/Serbia-Montenegro

The senior team played its first match in December 1994. The U-21s' first competitive matches were in the qualification stage of the 1998 competition.

The under-21 team failed to qualify for the first three UEFA Under-21 competitions it entered, but were runners-up in the 2004 tournament. In their final championship, taking place in Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro qualified for semifinals, where they lost on penalties to Ukraine.

[edit] Serbia

Serbia's U-21 National Team qualified for the U-21 European Championship held in The Netherlands, in June 2007, after a remarkable two game play-off against Sweden. After a shocking 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 U-21 European Championship campaign was very 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 3rd group game against England (0-2), which was a meaningless game for the Serbians, as they had already qualified for the semifinals.

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

1978: Winners. As SFR Yugoslavia
1980: Losing semi-finalists.
1982: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1984: Losing semi-finalists.
1986: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
1990: Runners-up As SFR Yugoslavia
1992: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
1998: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group. As FR Yugoslavia
2000: Did not qualify. Lost in playoff. As FR Yugoslavia
2002: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group. As FR Yugoslavia
2004: Runners-up As Serbia-Montenegro
2006: Losing semi-finalists. As Serbia-Montenegro
2007: Runners-up As Serbia
2009: Group stage

[edit] Olympics football Record

Since 1992 Olympics football changed to U-23 event, and the European U-21 teams, technically are U-23 teams. The winner, runner-up and third placed team of UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualify for the Olympics.

Before 1992: Senior team event, See Yugoslavia national football team
1992: Part of Yugoslavia
1996: Did not qualify
2000: Did not qualify
2004: Finished 4th of 4 in group stage
2008: Finished 4th of 4 in group stage

[edit] Current Squad

Squad for matches against Cyprus on 9 October 2009 and Croatia on 13 October 2009.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Živko Živković	April 14, 1989	2	0	Metalac
12	GK	Branislav Danilović	June 24, 1988	1	0	Rad
	GK	Budimir Janošević	1988	0	0	Čukarički Stankom

2	DF	Marko Jovanović	March 26, 1988	15	0	Partizan
15	DF	Milan Milanović	March 31, 1991	3	2	Lokomotiv Moscow
	DF	Aleksandar Ignjatović	April 11, 1988	1	0	Feyenoord
4	DF	Vujadin Savić	July 1, 1990	2	0	Red Star Belgrade
20	DF	Rajko Brežančić	August 21, 1989	2	0	Partizan
13	DF	Siniša Stevanović	January 12, 1989	3	0	Partizan

3	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa	August 14, 1988	18	2	Partizan
	MF	Ivan Radovanović	August 29, 1988	8	0	Atalanta
6	MF	Nikola Gulan	March 23, 1989	8	0	Empoli
5	MF	Nemanja Matić	August 1, 1988	6	2	Chelsea
11	MF	Dušan Tadić	November 20, 1988	15	0	Vojvodina
8	MF	Miloš Bosančić	May 22, 1988	6	1	Slovan Liberec
22	MF	Adem Ljajić	September 29, 1991	7	1	Partizan
7	MF	Nemanja Tomić	January 21, 1988	7	0	Partizan

10	FW	Miralem Sulejmani	December 15, 1988	12	3	Ajax
17	FW	Danijel Aleksić	April 30, 1991	5	1	Vojvodina
9	FW	Slavko Perović	9 June 1989	5	0	Red Star Belgrade
	FW	Nemanja Milić	25 May 1990	0	0	OFK Belgrade