Serbia national football team

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)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dragan Stojković
Captain	Dušan Tadić
Most caps	Dušan Tadić (106)
Top scorer	Aleksandar Mitrović (57)
Home stadium	Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	29 8 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest	6 (December 1998)
Lowest	101 (December 1994)
First international
Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom SCS (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) as Serbia  Czech Republic 1–3  Serbia (Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 18 August 2006)
Biggest win
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 (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)  Uruguay 7–0 Kingdom SCS (Paris, France; 26 May 1924)  Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom SCS (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925) as Serbia  Ukraine 5–0  Serbia (Lviv, Ukraine; 7 June 2019)
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)
Medal record Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team 1948 London Team 1952 Helsinki Team 1956 Melbourne Team 1984 Los Angeles Team Mediterranean Games 1971 Izmir Team 1979 Split Team

Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbian national team to be the direct successor of the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro teams.^[2][3][4]

Most appearances

As of 27 March 2021^[5]

#	Player	Pos.	Period	Caps	Goals
1	Branislav Ivanović	DF	2005–2018	105	13
2	Dejan Stanković	MF	1998–2013	103	15
3	Savo Milošević	FW	1994–2008	102	37
4	Aleksandar Kolarov	DF	2008–2020	94	11
5	Dragan Džajić	MF	1964–1979	85	23
6	Dragan Stojković	MF	1983–2001	84	15
	Vladimir Stojković	GK	2006–2018	84	0
8	Zoran Tošić	MF	2007–2016	76	11
Dušan Tadić	MF	2008–	76	16
10	Predrag Mijatović	FW	1989–2003	73	27

Top scorers

As of 11 September 2023^[6]

#	Player	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Aleksandar Mitrović	2013–	55	80	0.66
2	Stjepan Bobek	1946–1956	38	63	0.60
3	Milan Galić	1959–1965	37	51	0.72
	Blagoje Marjanović	1926–1938	37	58	0.64
	Savo Milošević	1994–2008	37	102	0.36
6	Rajko Mitić	1946–1957	32	59	0.54
7	Dušan Bajević	1970–1977	29	37	0.78
8	Todor Veselinović	1953–1961	28	37	0.76
9	Predrag Mijatović	1989–2003	27	73	0.37
10	Borivoje Kostić	1956–1964	26	33	0.79

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
2. History Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
3. Serbia Archived 2017-07-23 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA official website
4. News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
5. "Most matches for Serbia football team". reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
6. "Most goals for Serbia football team". reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

Other websites

• Football Association of Serbia – official site
• Serbian National Football Team
• UEFA team profile
• FIFA team profile Archived 2018-06-15 at the Wayback Machine