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.History at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 Serbia at FIFA official websiteNews: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
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 recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition within 1978 Champions1st6321107 4 3 0 1 9 3 1980 Semi-finals4th411236 4 2 2 0 4 2 1982 did not qualify 4 2 1 1 4 2 1984 Semi-finals4th410346 6 3 2 1 12 5 1986 did not qualify 6 1 2 3 10 16 1988 4 1 1 2 7 9 1990 Final2nd622289 6 4 1 1 10 4 1992 did not qualify 6 4 0 2 11 10 within 1994Suspended Suspended 1996 1998did not qualify 8 6 0 2 14 3 2000 9 5 2 2 29 13 2002 8 4 3 1 22 11 within 2004Final2nd622279 10 7 1 2 21 12 2006Semi-finals4th411223 12 9 1 2 34 13 as 2007Final2nd530256 4 3 0 1 10 4 2009Group stage6th302113 10 7 2 1 26 5 2011did not qualify 8 4 1 3 14 12 2013 10 5 3 2 17 6 2015Group stage8th301217 10 6 2 2 20 11 201710th301225 12 8 2 2 29 9 201912th3003110 10 8 2 0 23 5 2021did not qualify 10 3 3 4 12 9 2023 10 3 3 4 10 11 2025 10 5 1 4 13 18 2027qualifiedqualified as co-hostTotal11/241 Title4713122244711811033543361193
Olympic Games record
YearRoundPosition 1996Suspended 2000did not qualify 2004Group stage16th3003314 200812th301237 2012did not qualify 2016 2020 2024 2028to be determined 2032Total2/70 Title6015621
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2023
2024
Players Current squad The following 26 players have been called up for the friendly matches against the Iraq U23 on 25 and 28 September, and the Russia U21 on 2 and 5 October 2026.
Caps and goals updated as of 30 March 2026, after the match against Kyrgyzstan U23.
Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.
Previous squads 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad
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
See also UEFA European Under-21 Championship Serbia national football team Serbia national under-20 football team Serbia national under-19 football team Yugoslavia national under-21 football team
Notes
References
External links
Football Association of Serbia