Serbia national football team

men's national association football team representing Serbia

The Serbia national football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије, Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije) is the national football team of Serbia.

Serbia
Nickname(s)Оrlovi / Орлови
(The Eagles)
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDragan Stojković
CaptainDušan Tadić
Most capsDušan Tadić (106)
Top scorerAleksandar Mitrović (57)
Home stadiumRajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 29 Decrease 8 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest6 (December 1998)
Lowest101 (December 1994)
First international
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom SCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
as Serbia
 Czech Republic 1–3  Serbia
(Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 18 August 2006)
Biggest win
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia 10–0 Venezuela 
(Curitiba, Brazil; 14 June 1972)
as Serbia
 Azerbaijan 1–6 Serbia 
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 17 October 2007)
 Serbia 6–1 Bulgaria 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 19 November 2008)
 Serbia 5–0 Romania 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 10 October 2009)
 Serbia 6–1 Wales 
(Novi Sad, Serbia; 11 September 2012)
 Serbia 5–0 Russia 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 18 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom SCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
 Uruguay 7–0 Kingdom SCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Paris, France; 26 May 1924)
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom SCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925)
as Serbia
 Czech Republic 4–1  Serbia
(Vítkovice, Czech Republic; 13 November 2015)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1930)
Best resultFourth place as Yugoslavia (1930, 1962)
European Championship
Appearances5 (first in 1960)
Best resultRunners-up as Yugoslavia (1960, 1968)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1960 RomeTeam
Silver medal – second place1948 LondonTeam
Silver medal – second place1952 HelsinkiTeam
Silver medal – second place1956 MelbourneTeam
Bronze medal – third place1984 Los AngelesTeam
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1971 IzmirTeam
Gold medal – first place1979 SplitTeam

Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbian national team to be the direct successor of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro teams.[3][4][5]

Most appearances

As of 27 March 2021[6]
#PlayerPos.PeriodCapsGoals
1Branislav IvanovićDF2005–201810513
2Dejan StankovićMF1998–201310315
3Savo MiloševićFW1994–200810237
4Aleksandar KolarovDF2008–20209411
5Dragan DžajićMF1964–19798523
6Dragan StojkovićMF1983–20018415
Vladimir StojkovićGK2006–2018840
8Zoran TošićMF2007–20167611
Dušan TadićMF
2008–
7616
10Predrag MijatovićFW1989–20037327

Top scorers

As of 11 September 2023[7]
#PlayerPeriodGoalsCapsAverage
1Aleksandar Mitrović
2013–
55800.66
2Stjepan Bobek1946–195638630.60
3Milan Galić1959–196537510.72
Blagoje Marjanović1926–193837580.64
Savo Milošević1994–2008371020.36
6Rajko Mitić1946–195732590.54
7Dušan Bajević1970–197729370.78
8Todor Veselinović1953–196128370.76
9Predrag Mijatović1989–200327730.37
10Borivoje Kostić1956–196426330.79

References

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