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The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. It was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team until February 2003 and the Serbia and Montenegro national football team until June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was renamed the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006, with the Montenegro national football team created to represent the new state of Montenegro.

FIFA considers the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national teams. For details of the national team of Yugoslavia before 1992 see Yugoslavia national football team.

History
Although the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed on April 28, 1992, because of the international sanctions due to the Yugoslav wars banning the country from international sporting events, the football team didn't play its first match until 23 December, 1994, when they lost to Brazil. Since then the team has qualified for the World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2006, and for the European Championship once, in 2000. In 2003, with the reconstitution of the country as Serbia and Montenegro, the team changed its name accordingly.

On May 21, 2006 Montenegro voted to dissolve its political union with Serbia. On June 3, Montenegro became a sovereign state meaning there will be separate Montenegrin national teams competing in future tournaments. This did not affect the finals of the 2006 World Cup, in which the newly independent states of Serbia and Montenegro competed under the same flag for the last time but did not progress past the group stage.

On August 16, 2006 the new team representing Serbia played its first international match, with a 3-1 away win against the Czech Republic.

World Cup record

 * 1930 to 1990 - See Yugoslavia
 * 1994 – Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
 * 1998 – Round 2 (as FR Yugoslavia)
 * 2002 – Did not qualify (as FR Yugoslavia)
 * 2006 – Round 1 (as Serbia and Montenegro)

European Championship record

 * 1960 to 1992 - See Yugoslavia
 * 1996 – Banned because of international sanctions due to Yugoslav wars (as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
 * 2000 – Quarterfinals (as FR Yugoslavia)
 * 2004 – Did not qualify (started qualification as FR Yugoslavia, finished as Serbia and Montenegro)
 * 2008 – Applied as Serbia and Montenegro; due to commence qualification tournament as Serbia

Current squad
The following players have all been called up to the Serbia squad for Euro 2008 qualifying. The next match will be a friendly against Norway on November 15 2006. The next Euro 2008 qualifying match will be against Kazakhstan on March 27, 2007. Caps and goals are as of October 11, 2006 and include the match against Armenia.

Recent Call Ups
The following players have also been called up to the Serbia squad within the last twelve months.


 * Goalkeepers


 * Defenders


 * Midfielders


 * Strikers

World Cup 2006 squad

 * ''Main Article: 2006 World Cup squads (Serbia and Montenegro)

2006 World Cup

 * ''See also: 2006 World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Serbia and Montenegro began their 2006 World Cup campaign by finishing first with an undefeated record in a their qualification group ahead of favorites Spain and Belgium. The Serbia and Montenegro team also allowed only one goal in the 10 matches, the best defensive record out all 51 teams participating in qualification.



In the group stage, Serbia and Montenegro lost their opening game to joint group favourite, the Netherlands. The final score was 1-0 after Arjen Robben scored the only goal of the game. They also lost their second game to Argentina 6-0, the country's worst ever international result. With the team's two losses and with Netherlands and Argentina winning both their games, Serbia and Montenegro could no longer qualify for the knockout matches, and was playing for pride alone in their final group game against Ivory Coast. Despite having a 2-0 lead for much of the first half, the Elephants managed to come back and win 3-2, leaving Serbia and Montenegro with a disappointing 0-3-0 World Cup run.

2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying

 * ''See also: 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group A

Notable players (at least 15 caps)
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From Serbia

 * Goran Bunjevčević
 * Goran Đorović
 * Predrag Đorđević
 * Ivica Dragutinović
 * Ljubinko Drulović
 * Miroslav Đukić
 * Dejan Govedarica
 * Vladimir Jugović
 * Slobodan Komljenović
 * Darko Kovačević
 * Nikola Lazetić
 * Siniša Mihajlović
 * Savo Milošević
 * Zoran "Bata" Mirković
 * Albert Nađ
 * Dragan "Piksi" Stojković
 * Dejan Stefanović
 * Slaviša Jokanović

From Montenegro

 * Branko Brnović
 * Nenad Brnović
 * Dragoslav Jevrić
 * Ivica Kralj
 * Predrag Mijatović
 * Željko Petrović
 * Niša Saveljić
 * Dejan Savićević
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The Present

 * Nenad Đorđević
 * Igor Duljaj
 * Saša Ilić
 * Goran Gavrančić
 * Mateja Kežman
 * Ognjen Koroman
 * Mladen Krstajić
 * Dejan Stanković
 * Nemanja Vidić
 * Zvonimir Vukić
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Coaches

 * Slobodan Santrač 1994 - July 1998
 * Milan Živadinović August 1998 - 1999
 * Vujadin Boškov 1999 - July 2000
 * Ilija Petković August 2000 - January 2001
 * Milovan Đorić February 2001 - May 6, 2001
 * 3-man commission: Dejan Savićević, Vujadin Boškov and Ivan Ćurković May 6, 2001 - December 2001
 * Dejan Savićević December 2001 - June 2003
 * Ilija Petković July 2003 - June 2006
 * Javier Clemente July 20, 2006 - Present