Yugoslavia_women's_national_football_team
Serbia women's national football team
Women's national association football team representing Serbia
The Serbia women's national football team represents Serbia in international women's football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia.
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| Nickname(s) | Beli orlovi (The White Eagles) | ||
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| Association | Fudbalski savez Srbije (FSS) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Dragiša Zečević | ||
| Captain | Violeta Slović | ||
| Most caps | Violeta Slović (59) | ||
| Top scorer | Jovana Damnjanović (17) | ||
| FIFA code | SRB | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 35  1 (15 March 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 28 (July – August 2003; September 2005) | ||
| Lowest | 46 (March 2011; March 2014; July 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
 Slovenia 0–5 Serbia  (Dravograd, Slovenia; 5 May 2007) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Serbia 8–1 North Macedonia  (Belgrade, Serbia; 6 March 2020) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Switzerland 9–0 Serbia (Nyon, Switzerland, 21 September 2013) | |||
It was previously known as the Yugoslavia women's national football team from 15 January 1992 until 4 February 2003, and then as the Serbia and Montenegro women's national football team until 3 June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.[citation needed] It was officially renamed the Serbia women's national football team on 28 June 2006, while the Montenegro women's national football team was created to represent the new state of Montenegro.[citation needed]
Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro national team.[citation needed]
Between 1921 and 1992, this team did not exist as we know it today, since Serbia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943) and later on, the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991). The Serbia national team existed from 1919 to 1921, and then ceased to exist following the creation of the first Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The new national team formed in 1992 was considered the direct descendant of the Yugoslavia national team, as it kept Yugoslavia's former status, which was not the case for any other country resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia.[citation needed]
After the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro federation in 2006, the newly created women's team of Serbia played the first competitive match against Slovenia in May 2007, where they beat the hosts 5–0. For much of the late 2000s to 2010s, Serbia had been an insignificant name in the women's stage, only at best managed to finish in third, though the team did have some good results like an impressive 2–2 draw to powerhouse England in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying or the 1–1 draw to Denmark in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.
During the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification, Serbia began with two defeats against European powerhouse Germany and rising force Portugal, leaving expectation as Serbia would again fail to qualify for a major tournament. However, Serbia began its resurgence with consecutive wins against Bulgaria, Israel and Turkey, before getting what would be the greatest achievement ever in their qualification campaign, beating European giant Germany 3–2 in the returning fixture, and thus increased hope for Serbia to qualify for the first ever major international tournament in the history.[2]
Nicknames
The Serbia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Beli orlovi (The White Eagles)".
Rivalries
Like the men's counterparts, the women's team of Serbia also shares a rivalry with Croatia, albeit not at the scale of the men's sides. Neither sides have ever managed to debut at a major tournament, although Serbia has greatly improved at women's football in recent years, notably during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.
- The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Void or Postponed Fixture
2023
v Serbia
| 14 July 2023 International Friendly | Slovenia | 0–3 | Serbia | Krško, Slovenia |
| 19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Referee: Vanja Janković |
v Serbia
| 22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) UEFA Nations League B | Ukraine | 1–2 | Serbia | Starogard Gdański, Poland |
| 15:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny Attendance: 173 Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal) |
v 
Greece
| 26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) UEFA Nations League B | Serbia | 4–0 | Greece | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| 19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland) |
v Serbia
| 27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) UEFA Nations League B | Poland | 2–1 | Serbia | Tychy, Poland |
| 17:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia) |
v Poland
| 31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) UEFA Nations League B | Serbia | 1–1 | Poland | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| 19:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria) |
v Serbia
| 1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) UEFA Nations League B | Greece | 0–2 | Serbia | Heraklion, Greece |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey) |
v Ukraine
| 5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) UEFA Nations League B | Serbia | 0–1 | Ukraine | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| 19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Attendance: 500 Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary) |
2024
v 
Iceland
| 23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches | Serbia | 1–1 | Iceland | Serbia |
v Serbia
| 27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches | Iceland | 2–1 (3–2 agg.) | Serbia | Iceland |
| Note: Iceland won 3–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues. | ||||
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Scotland
| 5 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Serbia | 0–0 | Scotland | Leskovac |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Dubočica Stadium Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany) |
v Serbia
| 9 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Israel | 2–4 | Serbia | Győr (Hungary)[note 1] |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary) |
Current coaching staff
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Manager history
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- Predrag Grozdanović (????–????)
- Dragiša Zečević (????–)
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Scotland and the Israel on 5 and 9 April 2024 respectively.[4]
- Caps and goals accurate up to and including match against
Ukraine on 5 December 2023.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Milica Kostić | (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 26) | 38 | 0 |  Ferencvárosi | |
| 1GK | Sara Cetinja | (2000-04-16) 16 April 2000 (age 24) | 6 | 0 |  Inter Milan | |
| 1GK | Jefimija Škandro | (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Spartak Subotica | |
| 2DF | Violeta Slović (captain) | (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 32) | 59 | 3 | Spartak Subotica | |
| 2DF | Nevena Damjanović | (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 31) | 54 | 8 |  CSKA Moscow | |
| 2DF | Anđela Krstić | (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 22) | 8 | 1 | Crvena zvezda | |
| 2DF | Ana Šćepanović | (1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 24) | 0 | 0 | Crvena zvezda | |
| 2DF | Isidora Vučković | (1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 (age 24) | 5 | 0 | Spartak Subotica | |
| 2DF | Marija Ilić | (1993-06-03) 3 June 1993 (age 30) | 35 | 1 |  Karagümrük | |
| 2DF | Alekdsandra Lazarević | Zenit | ||||
| 2DF | Ema Petrović |  Kristianštad | ||||
| 3MF | Jelena Čanković | (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 28) | 38 | 6 |  Chelsea | |
| 3MF | Živana Stupar | (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 21) | 8 | 0 | Spartak Subotica | |
| 3MF | Sara Pavlović | (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 27) | 20 | 0 |  Famalicão | |
| 3MF | Tijana Filipović | (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 (age 24) | 29 | 14 | Spartak Subotica | |
| 3MF | Vesna Milivojević | (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 (age 22) | 14 | 1 |  Canberra United | |
| 3MF | Dina Blagojević | (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 27) | 36 | 3 | Crvena zvezda | |
| 3MF | Sofija Sremčević | (2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 20) | 5 | 0 | Crvena zvezda | |
| 4FW | Jovana Damnjanović | (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 (age 29) | 50 | 17 |  Bayern Munich | |
| 4FW | Anastasija Ćirić | (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Subotica | |
| 4FW | Allegra Poljak | (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25) | 31 | 8 |  Levante | |
| 4FW | Milica Mijatović | (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 32) | 57 | 6 | Fiorentina | |
| 4FW | Mina Čavić | (2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 (age 20) | 6 | 0 | Crvena zvezda | |
Recent call ups
- The following players have been called up to a Serbia squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Jovana Petrović | (2001-09-11) 11 September 2001 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Crvena zvezda |
v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023 |
| DF | Oršoja Vajda | (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 26) | 15 | 0 | MTK |
v.  South Africa, 10 April 2023 |
| DF | Milica Denda | (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Galatasaray |
v. South Africa, 10 April 2023 |
| DF | Aleksandra Lazarević | (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 28) | 10 | 0 | jZenit |
v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023 |
| DF | Tijana Đorđević | (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 (age 27) | 1 | 0 | Crvena zvezda |
v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023 |
| DF | Aleksandra Gajić | (2006-08-31) 31 August 2006 (age 17) | 1 | 0 | Spartak Subotica |
v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023 |
| DF | Anđela Frajtović | (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 23) | 18 | 1 | Győr |
v. Iceland, 27 February 2024 |
| DF | Tajla Džej Vlajnić | (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 (age 33) | 9 | 0 | Western United |
v. Iceland, 27 February 2024 |
| DF | Emilija Petrović | (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21) | 15 | 0 | Kristianstads |
v. Iceland, 27 February 2024 |
| MF | Dejana Stefanović | (1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 (age 26) | 20 | 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
v. Slovenia, 14 July 2023 |
| MF | Tijana Matić | (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28) | 10 | 1 | Dynamo Moscow |
v. South Africa, 10 April 2023 |
| MF | Andrijana Trišić | (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 29) | 1 | 0 |  SFK 2000 |
v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023 |
| FW | Biljana Bradić | (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 32) | 16 | 1 | Ferencvárosi |
v.  Slovakia, 21 February 2023 |
| FW | Jelena Čubrilo | (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 30) | 7 | 1 | Fatih Vatan |
v. Slovakia, 21 February 2023 |
| FW | Nina Matejić | (2005-02-08) 8 February 2005 (age 19) | 4 | 3 | Crvena zvezda |
v. Iceland, 27 February 2024 |
| FW | Miljana Ivanović | (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 23) | 16 | 4 |  LSK Kvinner |
v. Iceland, 27 February 2024 |
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
as  FR Yugoslavia |
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| 1995 |
Withdrew | UEFA Euro 1995 | ||||||||||||||
 1999 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | ||||||||
| 2003 |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | |||||||||
| as Serbia and Montenegro |
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 2007 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 | -21 | ||||||||
| as Serbia |
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| 2011 |
Did not qualify | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -12 | ||||||||
 2015 |
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 34 | -18 | |||||||||
 2019 |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | |||||||||
 2023 |
10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | |||||||||
 2027 |
Future events | Future events | ||||||||||||||
| 2031 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 29 | 6 | 25 | 111 | 115 | -4 | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| as FR Yugoslavia | |||||||
| 1996 |
Withdrew | ||||||
| 2000 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
| as Serbia and Montenegro | |||||||
| 2004 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
| as Serbia | |||||||
| 2008 |
Did not qualify | ||||||
 2012 | |||||||
 2016 | |||||||
 2020 | |||||||
 2024 |
Unable to qualify | ||||||
| 2028 |
Future events | ||||||
| 2032 | |||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| as FR Yugoslavia |
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| 1993 |
Did not qualify | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | ||||||||
| 1995 |
Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 |
Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -4 | ||||||||
| 2001 |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -21 | |||||||||
| as Serbia and Montenegro |
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| 2005 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -22 | ||||||||
| as Serbia |
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 2009 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -13 | ||||||||
| 2013 |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -3 | |||||||||
 2017 |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -11 | |||||||||
| 2022 |
8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | |||||||||
 2025 |
Future event | Future event | ||||||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 77 | 137 | -68 | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com (Press release). Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[3]