Serbia national under-19 football team explained

The Serbia national under-19 football team (Serbian Latin: Omladinska reprezentacija Srbije) is the national under-19 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-19 football team, which in turn was the successor to the Yugoslavia national under-19 football team.

Serbia won their first U19 title as independent country at the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where they beat France in the final 1–0.

History

The Yugoslav U18 team represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until the country dissolved in 1992.

From 1995, the under-18 team represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The FR Yugoslavia (and the team) changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

In 2006, Serbia and Montenegro separated and its governing body converted into the Football Association of Serbia.

Competition history

Their first international competition was on the 1951 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18 where they beat Austria 3–2 in the final.

They also won the 1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship beating Bulgaria 1–0 in the final.

The biggest success on the intercontinental stage happened on the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, when they became the world youth champions by beating the West Germany 5–4 in the final on a penalty shootout in Santiago. Because of that achievement, that generation was nicknamed Čileanci (The Chileans).

Since the changes in 2001. made by UEFA, when the competition received its current name and level (U19), the Serbian squad has reached the semifinals in 2005, 2009, 2011, and 2014.

In the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, the Serbian team became the European champion by beating France 1–0 in the final played in Marijampolė.

The semifinal appearance in 2014 qualified them for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Competitive Record

The Serbian Football Association is deemed the direct successor to both SFR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by FIFA, and therefore the inheritor to all the records of the defunct nations.

Champions   Runners-Up   Third Place   Fourth Place

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA European U-19 Championship Record as follows:

Played asYearResultGPWD*LGSGA
SCG 2002Did not qualify
2003
2004
2005Semifinals430195
2006Did not qualify
2007Group stage31021010
2008Did not qualify
2009Semifinals421155
2010Did not qualify
2011Semifinals411259
2012Group Stage300318
2013Champions532074
2014Semifinals413043
2015Did not qualify
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020Canceled
2021
2022Group stage301249
2023Did not qualify
2024Future event
2025
Total8/1930118114553

Results and Fixtures

2024

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Serbia under-19 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible:

Former squads

Head coaches

YearsName
2023– Radovan Krivokapić
2022 Aleksandar Jović
2021–2022 Dejan Branković
2021 Aleksandar Rogić
2019–2020 Milan Lešnjak
2019 Ivan Jević
2018–2019 Nenad Sakić
2017–2018 Miloš Velebit
2017 Milan Obradović
2016–2017 Milan Kosanović
2015–2016 Branislav Nikolić
2014–2015 Ivan Tomić
2013–2014 Veljko Paunović
2012–2013 Ljubinko Drulović
2011–2012 Zoran Marić
2011 Dejan Govedarica
2010 Tomislav Sivić
2008–2010 Aleksandar Stanojević
2006–2007 Zvonko Živković
2005–2006 Miodrag Radulović
2004–2005 Zvonko Živković
2003–2004 Miodrag Martać
2002–2003 Slobodan Pavković
2000–2002 Mile Tomić

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: СЕЛЕКТОР РАДОВАН КРИВОКАПИЋ ПОЗВАО ИГРАЧЕ ЗА ПРВИ КРУГ КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈА У БУГАРСКОЈ . 21 November 2023 . Фудбалски савез Србије . 8 November 2023 . Serbian.