Nickname(s) | Orlići (The Young Eagles) |
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Association | Football Association of Serbia |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Nenad Lalatović |
Captain | Predrag Rajković |
Most caps |
Nemanja Antonov, Saša Zdjelar, Staniša Mandić (12) |
Top scorer | Nemanja Maksimović (4) |
FIFA code | SRB |
First international | |
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Serbia (SC Stadium, Qatar; 11 January 2009) |
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Biggest win | |
Serbia 6–0 Myanmar (Čukarički Stadium, Serbia; 26 March 2015) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Hungary 3–1 Serbia (Hungary; 14 October 2011) |
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FIFA U-20 World Cup | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1979) |
Best result | Winners : 1987, 2015 |
The Serbia national under-20 football team (Serbian Latin: Omladinska reprezentacija Srbije) is the national under-20 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. The team is considered the successor to the Serbia and Montenegro national under-20 football team, which in turn was the successor to the Yugoslavia national under-20 football team.
On 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand Serbia U20 won the final against Brazil 2–1, becoming the first team representing the country to win a FIFA competition title since their independence from Yugoslavia and the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslavia U20 previously won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Yugoslavia Under-20 had appeared at two World Youth Championships throughout their existence. Their first appearance came at the 1979 tournament, where they were knocked out in the group stage after two defeats (0–2 against Poland and 0–1 against Argentina) and one win (5–0 against Indonesia). Their second appearance in the 1987 tournament was much more successful, as they won the competition, remarkably defeating each of the three other semi-finalists and eliminating the defending champions Brazil during the course of the tournament, with Robert Prosinečki winning the Golden Ball award for Best Player of the tournament.