Serbia women's national football team

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

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Serbia national football team.

Serbia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Beli orlovi (The White Eagles)
AssociationFudbalski savez Srbije (FSS)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDragiša Zečević
CaptainVioleta Slović
Most capsVioleta Slović (59)
Top scorerJovana Damnjanović (17)
FIFA codeSRB
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 35 Increase 1 (15 March 2024)[1]
Highest28 (July – August 2003; September 2005)
Lowest46 (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

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. 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.

Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbia national team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro national team.

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.

History
Main articles: Yugoslavia women's national football team and Serbia and Montenegro women's national football team

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

2023
14 July 2023 International Friendly Slovenia  0–3  Serbia Krško, Slovenia
19:00 Report
  • Damnjanović 8'
  • Filipović 31'
  • Stefanović 45'
 Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium
Referee: Vanja Janković
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) UEFA Nations League B Ukraine  1–2  Serbia Starogard Gdański, Poland
15:00
  • Ovdiychuk 20'
 Report
  • Čanković 64'
  • Damjanović 79'
 Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny
Attendance: 173
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) UEFA Nations League B Serbia  4–0  Greece Stara Pazova, Serbia
19:00
  • Ivanović 16', 45'
  • Damnjanović 32', 53'
 Report Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) UEFA Nations League B Poland  2–1  Serbia Tychy, Poland
17:45
Report
  • Damnjanović 76'
 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) UEFA Nations League B Serbia  1–1  Poland Stara Pazova, Serbia
19:00
  • Blagojević 52'
 Report
  • Padilla 43'
 Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) UEFA Nations League B Greece  0–2  Serbia Heraklion, Greece
16:00 Report
  • Mijatović 45'
  • Poljak 89'
 Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Gamze Durmuş (Turkey)
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) UEFA Nations League B Serbia  0–1  Ukraine Stara Pazova, Serbia
19:00 Report
  • Hiryn 54'
 Stadium: Serbian FA Sports Center
Attendance: 500
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

2024
23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) 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)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Dragiša Zečević

Manager history
  • Predrag Grozdanović (????–????)
  • Dragiša Zečević (????–)

Players

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 38 0 Hungary Ferencvárosi
1GK Sara Cetinja (2000-04-16) 16 April 2000 6 0 Italy Inter Milan
1GK Jefimija Škandro (2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 0 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica
2DF Violeta Slović (captain) (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 59 3 Serbia Spartak Subotica
2DF Nevena Damjanović (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993 54 8 Russia CSKA Moscow
2DF Anđela Krstić (2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 8 1 Serbia Crvena zvezda
2DF Ana Šćepanović (1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 0 0 Serbia Crvena zvezda
2DF Isidora Vučković (1999-05-09) 9 May 1999 5 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica
2DF Marija Ilić (1993-06-03) 3 June 1993 35 1 Turkey Karagümrük
2DF Alekdsandra Lazarević Russia Zenit
2DF Ema Petrović Sweden Kristianštad
3MF Jelena Čanković (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 38 6 England Chelsea
3MF Živana Stupar (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 8 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica
3MF Sara Pavlović (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 20 0 Portugal Famalicão
3MF Tijana Filipović (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 29 14 Serbia Spartak Subotica
3MF Vesna Milivojević (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 14 1 Australia Canberra United
3MF Dina Blagojević (1997-03-15) 15 March 1997 36 3 Serbia Crvena zvezda
3MF Sofija Sremčević (2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 5 0 Serbia Crvena zvezda
4FW Jovana Damnjanović (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 50 17 Germany Bayern Munich
4FW Anastasija Ćirić (2003-05-11) 11 May 2003 1 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica
4FW Allegra Poljak (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 31 8 Spain Levante
4FW Milica Mijatović (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 57 6 Italy Fiorentina
4FW Mina Čavić (2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 6 0 Serbia 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 1 0 Serbia Crvena zvezda v.  Ukraine, 5 December 2023
DF Oršoja Vajda (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 15 0 Hungary MTK v.  South Africa, 10 April 2023
DF Milica Denda (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 2 0 Turkey Galatasaray v.  South Africa, 10 April 2023
DF Aleksandra Lazarević (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 10 0 Russia Zenit v.  Ukraine, 5 December 2023
DF Tijana Đorđević (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 1 0 Serbia Crvena zvezda v.  Ukraine, 5 December 2023
DF Aleksandra Gajić (2006-08-31) 31 August 2006 1 0 Serbia Spartak Subotica v.  Ukraine, 5 December 2023
DF Anđela Frajtović (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 18 1 Hungary Győr v.  Iceland, 27 February 2024
DF Tajla Džej Vlajnić (1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 9 0 Australia Western United v.  Iceland, 27 February 2024
DF Emilija Petrović (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 15 0 Sweden Kristianstads v.  Iceland, 27 February 2024
MF Dejana Stefanović (1997-07-05) 5 July 1997 20 2 England Brighton & Hove Albion v.  Slovenia, 14 July 2023
MF Tijana Matić (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 10 1 Russia Dynamo Moscow v.  South Africa, 10 April 2023
MF Andrijana Trišić (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 1 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000 v.  Ukraine, 5 December 2023
FW Biljana Bradić (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 16 1 Hungary Ferencvárosi v.  Slovakia, 21 February 2023
FW Jelena Čubrilo (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 7 1 Turkey Fatih Vatan v.  Slovakia, 21 February 2023
FW Nina Matejić (2005-02-08) 8 February 2005 4 3 Serbia Crvena zvezda v.  Iceland, 27 February 2024
FW Miljana Ivanović (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 16 4 Norway LSK Kvinner v.  Iceland, 27 February 2024

Records
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

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
Sweden 1995 Withdrew UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999 Did not qualify 8710285+23
United States 2003 6600233+20
as  Serbia and Montenegro
China 2007 Did not qualify 8206627-21
as  Serbia
Germany 2011 Did not qualify 10235719-12
Canada 2015 103161634-18
France 2019 8215513-8
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 107032614+12
2027 Future events Future events
2031
Total-------- 6029625111115-4
*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
United States 1996 Withdrew
Australia 2000 Did not qualify
as  Serbia and Montenegro
Greece 2004 Did not qualify
as  Serbia
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024 Unable to qualify
United States 2028 Future events
Australia 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
Italy 1993 Did not qualify 100103-3
Germany 1995 Withdrew Withdrew
Norway Sweden 1997 Did not qualify 6312139-4
Germany 2001 8107425-21
as  Serbia and Montenegro
England 2005 Did not qualify 8107325-22
as  Serbia
Finland 2009 Did not qualify 82061124-13
Sweden 2013 84131518-3
Netherlands 2017 83141021-11
England 2022 84042112+9
Switzerland 2025 Future event Future event
Total--------551833477137-68
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. "Trio qualify for Women's World Cup but Germany lose to Serbia". 13 April 2022.
  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. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  4. ЖЕНСКА А | СЕЛЕКТОР ДРАГИША ЗЕЧЕВИЋ САОПШТИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧИЦА ЗА УВОДНЕ МЕЧЕВЕ У КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈАМА ЗА ПРВЕНСТВО ЕВРОПЕ

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