2022 World Cup Team Profile: Serbia

Serbian National Team (Twitter @FSSrbije)

JAKARTA - The Serbian national football team may be less popular globally, but it has produced some top talent. Notable footballers who have played for this team include Nemanja Matic, Nemanja Vidic and Aleksandar Kolarov. Learn more about the history and achievements of football below.

Nickname

The nickname of the Serbian national football team is The Eagles. The name comes from the white double-headed eagle, the country's national symbol.

Profile overview

Full name: Serbia national football team Nickname: The Eagles Controlled by: Serbian Football Association Stadium: Rajko Mitic Stadium, Partizan Stadium Affiliation: FIFA, UEFA FIFA Code: SRB Head coach: Dragan Stojkovic Captain: Dušan Tadić Top scorer: Aleksandar Mitrovi (44) FIFA World Ranking: 25 UEFA Ranking: 14 History

The history of the Serbian national football team begins in the early 1920s when they played their first game. However, the team competed under the name Yugoslavia in 1929 and made their World Cup debut in 1930.

In 2003, Yugoslavia was re-formed and renamed Serbia and Montenegro. The team featured at the 2006 World Cup before splitting up after Montenegro declared independence on 3 June 2006. Since then, Serbia has become an independent nation, giving birth to The Eagles.

Serbia in the World Cup

The world cup campaign of the Serbian national football team has not been impressive. They made their world cup debut in 2010 after Serbia became independent. But unfortunately, the team failed to qualify for the 2014 edition in Brazil. The Eagles returned to global competition in 2018. They started with a 1-0 win over Costa Rica but lost to Switzerland and Brazil.

Serbia in the 2022 World Cup

The Eagles secured a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by finishing top and unbeaten in their tough group. Serbia will face Brazil, Switzerland and Cameroon in Group G matches in the tournament which will start in November 2022 in Qatar.

Here is their group fixture schedule:

Thursday, 24 November 2022 Switzerland vs Cameroon: 17:00 WIB Friday, 25 November 2022 Brazil vs Serbia: 02:00 WIB Monday, 28 November 2022 Cameroon vs Serbia: 17:00 WIB Brazil vs Switzerland: 23:00 WIB Saturday, 3 December 2022 Cameroon vs Brazil : 02:00 WIBSerbia vs Switzerland: 02:00 WIB

On this week's Serbian Football Show we discuss: ️ The World Cup draw ️ Serbia vs familiar foes ️ Early World Cup predictionsSpotify---> https://t.co/hikcewiHePYouTube---> https://t.co/AxKCMC7hEt pic.twitter.com/zkcGVoI0hO

— Serbian Football (@SerbianFooty) April 7, 2022

European Championship

Surprisingly, Serbia has never qualified for the European Championships as an independent nation. In the 2020 playoff finals, they suffered a home defeat to Scotland, adding even more pain to a nation yearning for success in football.

trophy

The country has not won any trophies since gaining independence. However, the Eagles were part of the Yugoslav team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Italy. They also won two Mediterranean Games (1971 and 1979) and the 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament.

2022 World Cup provisional squad

Some of the Serbian national team players are well known to fans around the world and have played for top clubs in Europe. The following is a list of Serbian national team players who are likely to be brought to Qatar.

Goalkeeper

Marko Dmitrovi (Sevila) Predrag Rajkovi (Rems) Mile Svilar (Benfica) Vanja Milinkovi-Savić (Torino)

defender

Stefan Mitrović (Getafe) Nikola Milenkovi (Fiorentina) Uroš Spaji (Kasimpaša) Miloš Veljković (Wer Veljković) Strahinja Pavlović (Basel ) Marko Petkovi (Honvéd) Filip Mladenvić (Legia Warsaw) Aleksa Terziandang (Emzopolić) Gelstiandang (Emzopoli Warsaw) (Helas Verona) Lukić (Torino) Uroš Račić (Valencia) Nemanja Maksimovi (Getafe) Nemanja Gudelj (Sevilla) Marko Grujić (Porto) Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio) Ivan Ilic (Helas Verona) Filip Kostić (Eintracht Frankfurt () Nemanja Benfica) Andrija Zivkovic (PAOK) Veljko Birmančević (Malmo) Filip Duričić (Sassuolo) Dušan Tadić (Ajax)

Attacker

Aleksandar Mitrović (Fulham) Dušan Vlahovic (Juventus) Luka Jović (Real Madrid)

епрезентативци е а адион ожице”. #SLOSRB #SrcemSvim #Orlovi #Srbija#UNL #NationsLeague #FSS pic.twitter.com/6ypcyEVYVp

— Fudbalski savez Srbije | FA of Serbia (@FSSrbije) June 12, 2022

best player

According to the FIFA 22 rankings, Lazio's Sergej Milinkovi-Savić is the country's top-rated player with 85 points. He was followed by Filip Kostić and team captain Dušan Tadić.

Best player of all time

Among the top footballers to have played for the Eagles include Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Vidic and the legendary Blagoje Marjanovic. The country's top scorer, Aleksandar Mitrovic, also played a key role in bringing glory to the Eagles. So, who is the best?

Former Chelsea defender Ivanovic is considered the best talent to emerge from the country. He is also the player with the most caps with 106 games for his country. Ivanovic won many titles with Chelsea and was considered one of the best defenders during his prime.

Trainer

Currently, the Serbian national team is coached by Dragan Stojkovic, who was appointed in March 2021. Stojkovic is a skilled midfielder who made 84 appearances and scored 15 goals for Yugoslavia from 1983 to 2001.

FIFA Ranking

According to the FIFA rankings as of June 2022, the Eagles are 25th with 1549.53 points and 17th in Europe. The Serbian national team's highest ranking was 13 (969 points) in August 2010, while the lowest was 66 (528 points) in September 2015.

The Serbian national team have enjoyed quite impressive performances in their last few matches. The Eagles have improved in recent years by beating several top teams such as Portugal in the Euro 2022 World Cup qualifiers. So are they going to talk a lot in Qatar? We'll see at the end of the year.

Vreli #MitroPetak pic.twitter.com/xYjef4hHpz

— areni (@sarenivol2) July 1, 2022