| Serbia U-21 | |
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| Nickname: | Serbian: Орлићи / Serbian: Orlići (Little Eagles) |
| Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
| Most Caps: | Branislav Ivanović (38) |
| Top Scorer: | Uroš Đurđević (16) |
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| First Game: | 1–0 (Zrenjanin, FR Yugoslavia, 1 June 1996) |
| Largest Loss: | 9–1 (West Bridgford, England; 12 October 2023) |
| Uefau21champ Apps: | 9 |
| Uefau21champ Best: | Champions (1978) |
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.[1] [2] [3]
Serbia's under-21 national team qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football 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.
Champions Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||
| within | |||||||||||||||
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||
| did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Final | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
| did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||
| within | |||||||||||||||
 1994 | Suspended | Suspended | |||||||||||||
 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | did not qualify | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | ||||||||
 2000 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2002 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | |||||||||
| within | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Final | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | |
| 2006 | Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 13 | |
as  Serbia | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |
 2009 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | |
| 2011 | did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||
 2013 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | |||||||||
 2015 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | |
 2017 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 | |
  2019 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
  2021 | did not qualify | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||
  2023 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2025 | Future event | In progress | |||||||||||||
| Total | 11/24 | 1 Title | 47 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 71 | 171 | 98 | 34 | 39 | 348 | 175 | |
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1996 | Suspended | ||||||||
 2000 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2004 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
 2008 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
 2012 | did not qualify | ||||||||
 2016 | |||||||||
 2020 | |||||||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
| 2028 | to be determined | ||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||
| Total | 2/7 | 0 Title | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
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.[4]
Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023 after the match against Luxembourg
].The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months, that are still eligible to represent Serbia at youth
| Dates | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023– | Ljubinko Drulović | |
| 2023 | Dušan Đorđević | |
| 2022–2023 | ||
| 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 |