Serbia national under-20 football team

Serbia U20

Nickname(s)	Orlići (The Young Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Nenad Lalatović
Captain	Predrag Rajković
Most caps	Nemanja Antonov, Saša Zdjelar, Staniša Mandić (12)
Top scorer	Nemanja Maksimović (4)
FIFA code	SRB
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
Appearances	3 (first in 1979)
Best result	Winners : 1987, 2015

The Serbia national under-20 football team (Serbian: Omladinska reprezentacija Srbije) is the national under-20 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. The team is considered the successor to the Serbia and Montenegro national under-20 football team, which in turn was the successor to the Yugoslavia national under-20 football team.

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.

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).^[1] 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 winning the Golden Ball award for Best Player of the tournament.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

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
Total		3/20	16	11	2	3	32	13

Honours

Titles

• FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1987, 2015

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

Recent 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)

2015 coaching staff

As of 20 June 2015

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

Squad

Current squad

As of 14 November 2016.^[5]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Đorđe Nikolić	13 April 1997	1	0	Basel
	GK	Petar Ćulibrk	13 February 1998	0	0	Čukarički
	DF	Miladin Stevanović	11 February 1996	7	1	Kayserispor
	DF	Miroslav Bogosavac	14 October 1996	1	0	Partizan
	DF	Nikola Milenković	12 October 1997	1	0	Partizan
	DF	Miloš Stojanović	18 January 1997	1	0	Bežanija
	DF	Marko Mijailović	14 August 1997	1	0	Bežanija
	DF	Nemanja Ćalasan	17 March 1996	1	0	Spartak Subotica
	MF	Nemanja Glavčić	19 February 1997	1	0	Spartak Subotica
	MF	Đorđe Denić	1 April 1996	1	0	Rad
	MF	Bogdan Mladenović	4 April 1996	1	0	Rad
	MF	Marko Đurišić	17 July 1997	1	0	Proleter Novi Sad
	MF	Lazar Zličić	7 February 1997	1	0	Vojvodina
	MF	Danilo Pantić	26 October 1996	1	0	Excelsior
	MF	Andreja Apostolović	16 June 1996	1	1	Radnički Niš
	FW	Marko Mrkić	20 August 1996	1	0	Radnički Niš
	FW	Luka Jović	23 December 1997	1	0	Benfica
	FW	Ivan Šaponjić	2 August 1997	9	2	Benfica
	FW	Nemanja Radonjić	15 February 1996	1	0	Čukarički
	FW	Anes Rušević	2 December 1996	1	0	Novi Pazar

The following players were named in the squad for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in June 2015.^[6]

Caps and goals updated as of 20 June 2015 after the game against Brazil.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Predrag Rajković	31 October 1995 (aged 19)	8	0	Red Star
21	GK	Vanja Milinković-Savić	20 February 1997 (aged 18)	4	0	Vojvodina
12	GK	Filip Manojlović	25 April 1996 (aged 19)	1	0	Red Star
3	DF	Nemanja Antonov	6 May 1995 (aged 20)	12	0	OFK Beograd
6	DF	Srđan Babić	22 April 1996 (aged 19)	10	0	Vojvodina
2	DF	Milan Gajić	28 January 1996 (aged 19)	9	0	OFK Beograd
5	DF	Miloš Veljković	26 September 1995 (aged 19)	9	1	Tottenham Hotspur
14	DF	Vukašin Jovanović	17 May 1996 (aged 19)	6	0	Red Star
15	DF	Miladin Stevanović	11 February 1996 (aged 19)	6	0	Partizan
13	DF	Stefan Milošević	7 April 1995 (aged 20)	5	0	Spartak Subotica
17	DF	Radovan Pankov	5 August 1995 (aged 19)	4	0	Vojvodina
4	MF	Saša Zdjelar	20 March 1995 (aged 20)	12	0	OFK Beograd
8	MF	Nemanja Maksimović	26 January 1995 (aged 20)	11	4	Astana
20	MF	Sergej Milinković-Savić	27 February 1995 (aged 20)	11	1	Gent
10	MF	Mijat Gaćinović	8 February 1995 (aged 20)	10	0	Vojvodina
11	MF	Andrija Živković	11 July 1996 (aged 18)	9	2	Partizan
16	MF	Marko Grujić	13 April 1996 (aged 19)	7	0	Red Star
18	MF	Filip Janković	17 January 1995 (aged 20)	5	1	Parma
9	FW	Staniša Mandić	27 January 1995 (aged 20)	12	3	Čukarički
7	FW	Ivan Šaponjić	2 August 1997 (aged 17)	8	2	Partizan
19	FW	Stefan Ilić	7 April 1995 (aged 20)	5	3	Spartak Subotica

Previous squads

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

Head coaches

Years	Name
2016–	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.

Most appearances As of 20 June 2015
#	Name	National team career	Caps	Goals
1	Staniša Mandić	2014–2015	12	3
	Nemanja Antonov	2014–2015	12	0
	Saša Zdjelar	2014–2015	12	0
4	Nemanja Maksimović	2014–2015	11	4
	Sergej Milinković-Savić	2014–2015	11	1

Most goals As of 20 June 2015
#	Name	National team career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Nemanja Maksimović	2014–2015	4	11	0.36
2	Stefan Ilić	2015	3	5	0.60
	Staniša Mandić	2014–2015	3	12	0.25
4	Ivan Šaponjić	2015–	2	8	0.25
	Andrija Živković	2015–	2	9	0.22

See also

• Serbia national football team
• Serbia national under-21 football team
• Serbia national under-19 football team
• Serbia national under-17 football team
• Yugoslavia national under-20 football team

References

1. "1970 FIFA U-20 World Cup Fixtures and Results". FIFA. Retrieved 21 Jun 2015.
2. "Chile 1987: Yugoslavian fireworks". FIFA. Retrieved 21 Jun 2015.
3. "FIFA.com - 1990 Robert PROSINECKI (YUG)". FIFA. Retrieved 21 Jun 2015.
4. CBC.ca
5. "Лалатовић дебитује као селектор против Црне Горе, на списку Јовић, Шапоњић, Пантић, Зличић..". Football Association of Serbia. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
6. Serbia national team at 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA

External links

• Football Association of Serbia (Serbian)