# Serbia national under-21 football team

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

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

## Players
### Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Luxembourg and Northern Ireland on 22 and 24 March 2024.
Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023 after the match against Luxembourg.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Veljko Ilić | (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21) | 7 | 0 | TSC |
| 1GK | Andrija Katić | (2002-02-17) 17 February 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Trenčín |
| 1GK | Strahinja Manojlović | (2002-08-11) 11 August 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Javor |
| 2DF | Mihajlo Ilić | (2003-06-04) 4 June 2003 (age 21) | 8 | 2 | Partizan |
| 2DF | Uroš Drezgić | (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 22) | 8 | 0 | Diósgyőr |
| 2DF | Uroš Lazić | (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 0 | OFK Beograd |
| 2DF | David Petrović | (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | Sharjah |
| 2DF | Stefan Leković | (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | Monza |
| 2DF | Vladimir Prijović | (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Subotica |
| 2DF | Bojan Kovačević | (2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Partizan |
| 2DF | Ognjen Mimović | (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Red Star Belgrade |
| 3MF | Jovan Lukić | (2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 23) | 7 | 0 | Spartak Subotica |
| 3MF | Igor Miladinović | (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Čukarički |
| 3MF | Mihailo Stevanović | (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | St. Gallen |
| 3MF | Aljoša Vasić | (2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 22) | 3 | 0 | Palermo |
| 3MF | Aleksa Matić | (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22) | 3 | 0 | Voždovac |
| 3MF | Nikola Jojić | (2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Stoke City |
| 4FW | Stefan Mitrović | (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 22) | 14 | 4 | OH Leuven |
| 4FW | Miloš Pantović | (2002-08-24) 24 August 2002 (age 22) | 11 | 2 | TSC |
| 4FW | Uroš Kabić | (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | Red Star Belgrade |
| 4FW | Marko Lazetić | (2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | TSC |
| 4FW | Vanja Vlahović | (2004-03-23) 23 March 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Atalanta |
| 4FW | Matija Gluščević | (2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Radnički 1923 |

### Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months, that are still eligible to represent Serbia at youth
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Filip Stanković | (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | Venezia | v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023 |
| DF | Viktor Rogan | (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 22) | 12 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| DF | Mitar Ergelaš | (2002-08-05) 5 August 2002 (age 22) | 5 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| DF | Mateja Đorđević | (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | TSC | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| DF | Nemanja Đeković | (2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | Napredak Kruševac | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| DF | Luka Subotić | (2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 22) | 3 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023 |
| DF | Andrej Đurić | (2003-09-21) 21 September 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Red Star Belgrade | v. Azerbaijan, 24 September 2023 |
| MF | Nikola Stanković | (2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 21) | 8 | 0 | Čukarički | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| MF | Nikola Petković | (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 22) | 7 | 0 | Charlotte FC | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| MF | Aleksa Đurasović | (2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Akron Tolyatti | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| MF | Matija Mitrović | (2004-12-12) 12 December 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Železničar Pančevo | v. Northern Ireland, 16 October 2023 |
| FW | Petar Ratkov | (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21) | 7 | 2 | Red Bull Salzburg | v. Luxembourg, 22 March 2024 |
| FW | Vladimir Lučić | (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 3 | IMT | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| FW | Miloš Luković | (2005-11-18) 18 November 2005 (age 19) | 3 | 0 | Heerenveen | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |
| FW | Samed Baždar | (2004-01-31) 31 January 2004 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Real Zaragoza | v. Luxembourg, 21 November 2023 |

### 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 |
| 2023– | 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 |