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.
Nickname(s) | Оrlovi / Орлови (The Eagles) | ||
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Association | Football Association of Serbia | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Mladen Krstajić | ||
Captain | Aleksandar Kolarov | ||
Most caps | Branislav Ivanović (105) | ||
Top scorer | Stjepan Bobek (38) | ||
Home stadium | Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 31 ![]() | ||
Highest | 6 (December 1998) | ||
Lowest | 101 (December 1994) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current | 19 ![]() | ||
Highest | 4 (June 1998) | ||
Lowest | 47 (October 2012) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) as Serbia ![]() ![]() (Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 18 August 2006) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Curitiba, Brazil; 14 June 1972) as Serbia ![]() ![]() (Baku, Azerbaijan; 17 October 2007) ![]() ![]() (Belgrade, Serbia; 19 November 2008) ![]() ![]() (Belgrade, Serbia; 10 October 2009) ![]() ![]() (Novi Sad, Serbia; 11 September 2012) ![]() ![]() (Belgrade, Serbia; 18 November 2020) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) ![]() ![]() (Paris, France; 26 May 1924) ![]() ![]() (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925) as Serbia ![]() ![]() (Vítkovice, Czech Republic; 13 November 2015) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 12 (first in 1930) | ||
Best result | Fourth place as Yugoslavia (1930, 1962) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 1960) | ||
Best result | Runners-up as Yugoslavia (1960, 1968) | ||
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 appearancesEdit
- As of 10 May 2019 [6]
# | Player | Pos. | Period | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Branislav Ivanović | DF | 2005– | 105 | 13 |
2 | Dejan Stanković | MF | 1998–2013 | 103 | 15 |
3 | Savo Milošević | FW | 1994–2008 | 102 | 37 |
4 | Dragan Džajić | MF | 1964–1979 | 85 | 23 |
5 | Dragan Stojković | MF | 1983–2001 | 84 | 15 |
Vladimir Stojković | GK | 2006– | 84 | 0 | |
7 | Aleksandar Kolarov | DF | 2008– | 82 | 11 |
8 | Zoran Tošić | MF | 2007–2016 | 76 | 11 |
9 | Predrag Mijatović | FW | 1989–2003 | 73 | 26 |
10 | Zlatko Vujović | FW | 1979–1990 | 70 | 25 |
Top scorersEdit
- As of 11 October 2017
# | Name | National team career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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1 | Stjepan Bobek | 1946–1956 | 38 | 63 | 0.60 |
2 | Milan Galić | 1959–1965 | 37 | 51 | 0.72 |
Savo Milošević | 1994–2008 | 37 | 102 | 0.36 | |
4 | Blagoje Marjanović | 1926–1938 | 36 | 57 | 0.63 |
5 | Rajko Mitić | 1946–1957 | 32 | 59 | 0.54 |
6 | Dušan Bajević | 1970–1977 | 29 | 37 | 0.78 |
7 | Todor Veselinović | 1953–1961 | 28 | 37 | 0.76 |
8 | Borivoje Kostić | 1956–1964 | 26 | 33 | 0.79 |
Predrag Mijatović | 1989–2003 | 26 | 73 | 0.38 | |
10 | Zlatko Vujović | 1979–1990 | 25 | 70 | 0.36 |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ History at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
- ↑ Serbia at FIFA official website
- ↑ News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
- ↑ "Most matches for Serbia football team". reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ↑ "Most goals for Serbia football team". reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
Other websitesEdit
- Football Association of Serbia – official site
- Serbian National Football Team
- UEFA team profile
- FIFA team profile