Serbia women's national football team

Serbia
Nickname(s)	Crvene vile (The Red fairies)
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
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	34 (13 December 2024)
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)

The Serbia women's national football team represents Serbia in international women's football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia.

Background

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]}

History

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]

Team image

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.

Results and fixtures

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

2024

23 February 2024 UEFA Nations League Promotion Matches

Serbia

1–1

Iceland

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.

5 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Serbia	0–0	Scotland	Leskovac
18:00		Report		Stadium: Dubočica Stadium Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

9 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Israel	2–4	Serbia	Győr (Hungary)^{[note 1]}
16:00		Report		Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)

31 May Euro 2025 qualifying	Serbia	2–1	Slovakia	Belgrade
18:00	Slović 22' Ivanović 53'	Report	Šurnovská 9'	Stadium: Čukarički Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

4 June Euro 2025 qualifying	Slovakia	0–4	Serbia	Trnava, Slovakia
18:00		Report	Damnjanović 35' Vlajnic 55' Ivanović 87' Matejić 90+4'	Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)

12 July 2025 Euro 2025 qualifying GS	Serbia	1–0	Israel	Stara Pazova, Serbia
		Report		Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center

16 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Scotland	1–0	Serbia	Glasgow, Scotland
19:00 (18:00 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Firhill Stadium

25 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–2	Serbia	Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica
14:00	Ekić 20' Nikolić 52'	Report	Matejić 28' Milivojević 87'	Attendance: 423^[4] Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

29 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Serbia	4–1 (6–3 agg.)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova
19:00	Stokić 10' Matejić 42', 62' Filipović 75'	Report	Nikolić 29'	Attendance: 650^[5]

28 November UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Serbia	0–2	Sweden	Leskovac
18:00		Report	Bennison 54' Kafaji 70'	Stadium: Dubočica Stadium

3 December UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Sweden	6–0 (8–0 agg.)	Serbia	Stockholm
19:00		Report		Stadium: Tele2 Arena

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Dragiša Zečević

Manager history

Predrag Grozdanović (????–????)
Dragiša Zečević (20??–2024)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the two UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 25 and 29 October 2024 respectively.^[6]
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
1	1GK	Milica Kostić	(1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 26)	59	0	Ferencvárosi
12	1GK	Sara Cetinja	(2000-04-16) 16 April 2000 (age 24)	6	0	Inter Milan
23	1GK	Ema Aleksić	(2005-10-10) 10 October 2005 (age 19)	0	0	SFK 2000

5	2DF	Violeta Slović (captain)	(1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 33)	98	3	Spartak Subotica
6	2DF	Nevena Damjanović	(1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 (age 31)	86	8	CSKA Moscow
13	2DF	Anđela Krstić	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 23)	8	1	Red Star Belgrade
19	2DF	Tajla Džej Vlajnić	(1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 (age 34)	12	1	Melbourne City
	2DF	Anđela Frajtović	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 24)	18	1	Győr
2	2DF	Aleksandra Lazarević	(1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 29)	10	0	Zenit
18	2DF	Emilija Petrović	(2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21)	15	0	Kristianstads
4	2DF	Milica Stojić	(2005-05-15) 15 May 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Vojvodina

10	3MF	Jelena Čanković	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 (age 29)	69	6	Brighton & Hove Albion
7	4FW	Milica Mijatović	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33)	94	6	Fiorentina
	3MF	Marija Ilić	(1993-06-03) 3 June 1993 (age 31)	59	1	Fatih Karagümrük
20	3MF	Tijana Filipović	(1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 (age 25)	29	14	Spartak Subotica
14	3MF	Vesna Milivojević	(2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 (age 23)	22	1	Norrköping
8	3MF	Dina Blagojević	(1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 (age 27)	36	3	Red Star Belgrade
6	3MF	Živana Stupar	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22)	8	0	Spartak Subotica

9	4FW	Jovana Damnjanović	(1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 (age 30)	59	21	Bayern Munich
21	4FW	Nina Matejić	(2005-02-08) 8 February 2005 (age 19)	11	4	Red Star Belgrade
17	4FW	Allegra Poljak	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25)	59	8	Madrid CFF
	4FW	Anastasija Ćirić	(2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Spartak Subotica
15	4FW	Sofija Sremčević	(2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 21)	5	0	Red Star Belgrade
16	4FW	Mina Čavić	(2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Red Star Belgrade
11	4FW	Sara Stokić	(2005-05-31) 31 May 2005 (age 19)	0	0	AC Milan

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 23)	1	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023
GK	Jefimija Škandro	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Spartak Subotica	v. Scotland, 16 July 2024

DF	Ana Šćepanović	(1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 25)	0	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Israel, 9 April 2024
DF	Isidora Vučković	(1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 (age 25)	5	0	Spartak Subotica	v. Israel, 9 April 2024
DF	Tijana Đorđević	(1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Red Star Belgrade	v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023
DF	Aleksandra Gajić	(2006-08-31) 31 August 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Spartak Subotica	v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023
DF	Mina Matijević	(2006-03-24) 24 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Eintracht Frankfurt II	v. Slovakia,4 June 2024

MF	Andrijana Trišić	(1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 30)	1	0	SFK 2000	v. Ukraine, 5 December 2023
MF	Dejana Stefanović	(1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 (age 27)	20	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Scotland, 16 July 2024
MF	Sara Pavlović	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 28)	31	0	Famalicão	v. Scotland, 16 July 2024

FW	Biljana Bradić	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)	16	1	Granada	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	Miljana Ivanović	(2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24)	16	4	LSK Kvinner	v. Scotland, 16 July 2024

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
as FR Yugoslavia
1995	Withdrew								UEFA Euro 1995
1999	Did not qualify								8	7	1	0	28	5	+23
2003	Did not qualify								6	6	0	0	23	3	+20
as Serbia and Montenegro
2007	Did not qualify								8	2	0	6	6	27	-21
as Serbia
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	Future events								Future events
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
2028	Future events
2032	Future events
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	P/R	Rnk
as FR Yugoslavia
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	Did not qualify								8	1	0	7	4	25	-21	–
as Serbia and Montenegro
2005	Did not qualify								8	1	0	7	3	25	-22	–
as Serbia
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									10	5	2	3	17	15	+2	^{[note 2]}	21st
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	23	5	37	94	152	-66	21st

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Year	League	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rnk
2023–24	B	3	2nd	8	4	1	3	12	8	*	22nd
2025	B	3	To be determined
Total				8	4	1	3	12	8	22nd

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	Relegated at end of season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Notes

^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[3]
^ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 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. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
^ "Serbia v Bosnia and Herzegovina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
^ ЖЕНСКА А КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈЕ ЗА ЕП | СЕЛЕКТОР ДРАГИША ЗЕЧЕВИЋ ОДАБРАО ИГРАЧИЦЕ ЗА ДВА МЕЧА ПРОТИВ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ

External links

[israel-4] Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[3]

[8] From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

[2] "Trio qualify for Women's World Cup but Germany lose to Serbia". 13 April 2022.

[israel_decision-3] "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. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[5] "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

[6] "Serbia v Bosnia and Herzegovina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[7] ЖЕНСКА А КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈЕ ЗА ЕП | СЕЛЕКТОР ДРАГИША ЗЕЧЕВИЋ ОДАБРАО ИГРАЧИЦЕ ЗА ДВА МЕЧА ПРОТИВ БОСНЕ И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНЕ

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Background

History

Team image

Nicknames

Rivalries

Results and fixtures

2024

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Recent call ups

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Nations League

See also

Notes

References

External links