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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) | Crvene vile (The Red fairies) | ||
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| Association | Fudbalski savez Srbije (FSS) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Dragiša Zečević | ||
| Captain | Violeta Slović | ||
| Most caps | Violeta Slović (98) | ||
| Top scorer | Jovana Damnjanović (21) | ||
| FIFA code | SRB | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 34  1 (14 June 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) | |||
Background
editIt 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]
History
editAfter 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]
Team image
editNicknames
editThe Serbia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Beli orlovi (The White Eagles)".
Rivalries
editLike 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.
Results and fixtures
edit- 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
edit| 22 September 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Ukraine | 1–2 | | 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) |
| 26 September 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Serbia | 4–0 | | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| 19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland) |
| 27 October 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Poland | 2–1 | | Tychy, Poland |
| 17:45 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia) |
| 31 October 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Serbia | 1–1 | | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| 19:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria) |
| 1 December 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Greece | 0–2 | | Heraklion, Greece |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey) |
| 5 December 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Serbia | 0–1 | | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| 19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center Attendance: 500 Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary) |
2024
edit| 23 February 2024 UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches | Serbia | 1–1 | | Serbia |
| 27 February 2024 UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches | Iceland | 2–1 (3–2 agg.) | | Iceland |
| Note: Iceland won 3–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues. | ||||
| 5 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Serbia | 0–0 | | Leskovac |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Dubočica Stadium Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany) |
| 9 April Euro 2025 qualifying | Israel | 2–4 | | Győr (Hungary)[note 1] |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary) |
| 31 May Euro 2025 qualifying | Serbia | 2–1 | | Belgrade |
| 18:00 | Report | Šurnovská |
Stadium: Čukarički Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan) |
| 4 June Euro 2025 qualifying | Slovakia | 0–4 | | Trnava |
| 18:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland) |
| 12 July 2025 Euro 2025 qualifying GS | Serbia | 1–0 | | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| Report | Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center |
| 16 July Euro 2025 qualifying | Scotland | 1–0 | | |
| 19:00 (18:00 UTC+1) | Report |
Coaching staff
editCurrent coaching staff
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| Position | Name | Ref. |
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| Head coach | Dragiša Zečević |
Manager history
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- Predrag Grozdanović (????–????)
- Dragiša Zečević (????–)
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Israel and Scotland on 12 and 16 July 2024 respectively.[4]
- Caps and goals accurate up to and including match against
Ukraine on 5 December 2023.
Recent call ups
edit- 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 |
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| GK | Jovana Petrović | 11 September 2001 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| GK | Ema Aleksić | v. | ||||
| DF | Ana Šćepanović | 24 May 1999 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Isidora Vučković | 9 May 1999 | 5 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Anđela Frajtović | 8 July 2000 | 18 | 1 | v. | |
| DF | Tijana Đorđević | 2 November 1996 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Aleksandra Gajić | 31 August 2006 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Mina Matijević | 19 | v. | |||
| MF | Andrijana Trišić | 2 September 1994 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| FW | Biljana Bradić | 24 April 1991 | 16 | 1 | v. | |
| FW | Jelena Čubrilo | 9 January 1994 | 7 | 1 | v. | |
| FW | Milica Mijatović | 26 June 1991 | 94 | 6 | v. | |
| FW | Nina Matejić | 8 February 2005 | 11 | 4 | v. | |
Records
edit- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped playersedit
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Top goalscorersedit
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Competitive record
editFIFA Women's World Cup
edit| 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 | |
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| Withdrew | UEFA Euro 1995 | |||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | ||||||||||
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| Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 | -21 | |||||||||
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| Did not qualify | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -12 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 34 | -18 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | ||||||||||
| Future events | Future events | |||||||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60 | 29 | 6 | 25 | 111 | 115 | -4 | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
edit| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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| Did not qualify | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | |||||||||
| Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -4 | |||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 25 | -21 | ||||||||||
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| Did not qualify | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 25 | -22 | |||||||||
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| Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -13 | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -3 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -11 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | ||||||||||
| Future event | Future event | |||||||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 77 | 137 | -68 | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Nations League
edit| UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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| Season | Division | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK | |
| 2023–24 | B | 3 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 22nd | ||
| 2025–26 | B | To be determined | ||||||||||
| Total | 18th | |||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Trio qualify for Women's World Cup but Germany lose to Serbia". 13 April 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ WEURO 2025 КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈЕ | СЕЛЕКТОР ДРАГИША ЗЕЧЕВИЋ СОПШТИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧИЦА ЗА МЕЧЕВЕ ПРОТИВ ИЗРАЕЛА И ШКОТСКЕ
Notes
edit- ^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[3]