Serbia national under-17 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Serbia women's national under-17 football team.

The Serbia national under-17 football team represents Serbia in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia.

Serbia U17

Nickname(s)	Kadeti
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Radoslav Batak
Captain	Stefan Petrović
Most caps	Nikola Dragičević (32)
Top scorer	Dejan Joveljić (7)
FIFA code	SRB
First colours Second colours
First international
Yugoslavia 1–0 Bulgaria  (Zaječar, Yugoslavia; 28 October 1980) as Serbia Serbia 2–0 Malta  (17 November 2006)
Biggest win
Serbia 12–0 Gibraltar  (Paphos, Cyprus; 4 November 2022)
Biggest defeat
Yugoslavia 1–5 West Germany  (Heilbronn, West Germany; 3 May 1984) FR Yugoslavia 1–5 Israel  (Ashkelon, Israel; 4 March 1997) FR Yugoslavia 1–5 Spain  (Nakskov, Denmark; 1 May 2002) Records are for competitive matches only
European U-16/U-17 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1982)
Best result	Runners-up : 1990

Competitive record

European U-16/U-17 Championship record

Played as	Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
YUG/ FR Yugoslavia	1982	Third place	2	0	1	1	1	2
	1984	Fourth place	2	0	0	2	1	6
	1985	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	3
	1986	Did not qualify
	1987	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	7
	1988	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	3
	1989	Group stage	3	2	1	0	4	0
	1990	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	10	4
	1991	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	7
	1992	Group stage	3	2	0	1	4	5
	1993	Did not qualify
	1994	Withdrew
	1995	Did not qualify
	1996
	1997
	1998
	1999
	2000
	2001
FR Yugoslavia/ SCG	2002	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	10	10
	2003	Did not qualify
	2004
	2005
	2006	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	7
Serbia	2007	Did not qualify
	2008	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	1
	2009	Did not qualify
	2010
	2011	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
	2012	Did not qualify
	2013
	2014
	2015
	2016	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	5
	2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4
	2018	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
	2019	Did not qualify
	2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
	2021
	2022	Semi-finals	5	2	2	1	7	6
	2023	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	7	8
	2024	Semi-finals	5	3	0	2	12	10
	2025	to be determined
Total		19/39	60	20	12	28	66	101

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against  Netherlands,  Hungary and  Portugal in March 2025.^[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2025, after the match against  Slovenia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Savo Radanović	(2009-02-28) 28 February 2009 (age 16)	3	0	Red Star Belgrade
23	1GK	Bogdan Bogdanović	(2008-01-17) 17 January 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Vojvodina
12	1GK	Luka Petrić	(2008-03-22) 22 March 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Sporting CP
5	2DF	Ognjen Ivković	(2008-05-04) 4 May 2008 (age 16)	5	0	Red Star Belgrade
3	2DF	Stefan Petrović (captain)	(2008-03-01) 1 March 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Partizan
2	2DF	Ahmed Škrijelj	(2008-02-07) 7 February 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Partizan
6	2DF	Vojin Marinković	(2009-02-14) 14 February 2009 (age 16)	3	0	Partizan
15	2DF	Vuk Nikolić	(2008-05-14) 14 May 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Čukarički
4	2DF	Danilo Pejić	(2008-06-18) 18 June 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Vojvodina
10	3MF	Aleksa Petrović	(2008-08-14) 14 August 2008 (age 16)	5	1	Red Star Belgrade
	3MF	Filip Matijašević	(2008-03-04) 4 March 2008 (age 17)	4	0	Čukarički
18	3MF	Stefan Đurović	(2008-08-12) 12 August 2008 (age 16)	4	0	Partizan
8	3MF	Vasilije Novičić	(2008-05-07) 7 May 2008 (age 16)	3	0	IMT
22	3MF	Miloš Soprenić	(2008-05-13) 13 May 2008 (age 16)	3	0	TSC
16	3MF	David Babić	(2008-07-21) 21 July 2008 (age 16)	1	0	Augsburg
21	3MF	Stefan Tomović	(2008-08-28) 28 August 2008 (age 16)	1	0	TSC
11	4FW	Damjan Đokanović	(2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 17)	5	2	Vojvodina
7	4FW	Luka Zarić	(2008-10-31) 31 October 2008 (age 16)	5	1	Red Star Belgrade
20	4FW	Dušan Radović	(2008-01-05) 5 January 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Partizan
9	4FW	Aleksa Damjanović	(2008-12-04) 4 December 2008 (age 16)	13	4	Red Star Belgrade
	4FW	Vasilije Grbović	(2008-05-12) 12 May 2008 (age 16)	1	0	OFK Beograd
17	4FW	Ognjen Obradović	(2008-05-26) 26 May 2008 (age 16)	1	0	Lens
19	4FW	Louis Zečević-John	(2008-01-20) 20 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Arsenal

Former squads

• 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia
• 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – Serbia and Montenegro
• 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Championship – FR Yugoslavia

Coaches

Dates	Name
2018–2019	Milan Kuljić
2018	Ivan Jević
2017	Vladimir Ješić
2017	Perica Ognjenović
2015–2016	Ilija Stolica
2014–2015	Dejan Govedarica
2013–2014	Branislav Nikolić
2012–2013	Milan Lešnjak
2011–2012	Nenad Sakić
2010–2011	Milovan Đorić
2009–2010	Branko Vukašinović
2008–2009	Dušan Šuljagić
2007–2008	Dejan Đurđević
2006–2007	Saša Nikolić
2005–2006	Saša Medin
2005	Zlatko Krmpotić
2004	Tomislav Sivić
2003–2004	Dragan Vujović
2002–2003	Miodrag Martać
2001–2002	Momčilo Vujačić
1995–2000	Nikica Klinčarski

See also

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship
• Serbia national football team
• Serbia national under-19 football team
• Serbia national under-21 football team