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

Nickname(s)	Orlići (The Young Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Aleksandar Rogić
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	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Winners (2015)

History

Yugoslavia (1977–1992)

Main article: Yugoslavia national under-20 football team

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, Croatian, 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
	2019
	2021	Canceled
	2023	Did not qualify
	2025	To be determined
Total		3/24	16	11	2	3	32	13

Honours

Titles

• FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • 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

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.^[5]

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 23)	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 22)	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 22)	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 22)	1	0	Voždovac
	3MF	Aleksa Đurasović	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Spartak Subotica
	4FW	Slobodan Stanojlović	(2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 23)	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 22)	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.

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