Serbia national under-17 football team

Serbia U17
NicknameKadeti
AssociationFootball Association of Serbia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachIgor Matić
CaptainSavo Radanović
Most capsNikola Dragičević (32)
Top scorerDejan Joveljić (7)
FIFA codeSRB
First colours
Second colours
First international
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1–0 Bulgaria 
(Zaječar, Yugoslavia; 28 October 1980)
as Serbia
Serbia Serbia 2–0 Malta 
(17 November 2006)
Biggest win
Serbia Serbia 12–0 Gibraltar 
(Paphos, Cyprus; 4 November 2022)
Biggest defeat
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1–5 West Germany 
(Heilbronn, West Germany; 3 May 1984)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 1–5 Israel 
(Ashkelon, Israel; 4 March 1997)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 1–5 Spain 
(Nakskov, Denmark; 1 May 2002)
Records are for competitive matches only
European U-16/U-17 Championship
Appearances19 (first in 1982)
Best resultRunners-up : 1990

The Serbia national under-17 football team represents Serbia in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia.

Competitive record

Played as Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG/
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Italy 1982 Third place 2 0 1 1 1 2
West Germany 1984 Fourth place 2 0 0 2 1 6
Hungary 1985 Group stage 3 1 1 1 2 3
Greece 1986 Did not qualify
France 1987 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 7
Spain 1988 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 3
Denmark 1989 Group stage 3 2 1 0 4 0
East Germany 1990 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 10 4
Switzerland 1991 Group stage 3 1 0 2 5 7
Cyprus 1992 Group stage 3 2 0 1 4 5
Turkey 1993 Did not qualify
Republic of Ireland 1994 Withdrew
Belgium 1995 Did not qualify
Austria 1996
Germany 1997
Scotland 1998
Czech Republic 1999
Israel 2000
England 2001
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia/
Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Denmark 2002 Quarterfinals 4 2 0 2 10 10
Portugal 2003 Did not qualify
France 2004
Italy 2005
Luxembourg 2006 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 7
 Serbia Belgium 2007 Did not qualify
Turkey 2008 Group stage 3 1 1 1 2 1
Germany 2009 Did not qualify
Liechtenstein 2010
Serbia 2011 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 7
Slovenia 2012 Did not qualify
Slovakia 2013
Malta 2014
Bulgaria 2015
Azerbaijan 2016 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 5
Croatia 2017 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 4
England 2018 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 6
Republic of Ireland 2019 Did not qualify
Estonia 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
Cyprus 2021
Israel 2022 Semi-finals 5 2 2 1 7 6
Hungary 2023 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 7 8
Cyprus 2024 Semi-finals 5 3 0 2 12 10
Albania 2025 to be determined
Total 19/39 60 20 12 28 66 101

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Players

Current squad

  • The following players were called up for the friendly matches.[3]
  • Match dates: 4–9 September 2025
  • Opposition: Scotland, Italy and Portugal

Caps and goals correct as of 5 March 2025, after the match against Slovenia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Savo Radanović (captain) (2009-02-28) 28 February 2009 (age 17) 3 0 Football Association of Serbia Red Star Belgrade
12 1GK Veljko Popović (2009-08-05) 5 August 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Čukarički

6 2DF Vojin Marinković (2009-02-14) 14 February 2009 (age 17) 3 0 Football Association of Serbia Partizan
2 2DF Uroš Milovankić (2009-03-26) 26 March 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Partizan
13 2DF Gabriel Rošković (2009-01-21) 21 January 2009 (age 17) 0 0 Swiss Football Association Zürich
3 2DF Matej Strika (2009-08-20) 20 August 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Red Star Belgrade
14 2DF Andrew Marić (2010-08-20) 20 August 2010 (age 15) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Čukarički
5 2DF Strahinja Baucal (2009-10-17) 17 October 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Red Star Belgrade
15 2DF Mihajlo Popović (2009-01-19) 19 January 2009 (age 17) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Red Star Belgrade
2DF Marko Sekulić (2009-06-06) 6 June 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia IMT

16 3MF Luka Andrijašević (2009-12-02) 2 December 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Vojvodina
3MF Dimitrije Plavšić (2009-10-17) 17 October 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Spartak Subotica
4 3MF Dragan Anokić (2009-11-24) 24 November 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Red Star Belgrade
10 3MF Mihailo Pečeničić (2009-10-02) 2 October 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Partizan
20 3MF Damjan Batak (2009-10-14) 14 October 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Partizan
18 3MF Adrian Stanković (2010-02-07) 7 February 2010 (age 16) 0 0 Austrian Football Association Rapid Wien
8 3MF Veljko Pejović (2009-02-01) 1 February 2009 (age 17) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Vojvodina
11 3MF William Reece Millwood (2009-09-07) 7 September 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Partizan
21 3MF David Đokić (2009-07-08) 8 July 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Mladost Lučani
7 3MF Nebojša Grujić (2009-04-02) 2 April 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Čukarički

17 4FW Balša Tadić (2009-01-08) 8 January 2009 (age 17) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Partizan
9 4FW Uroš Zdjelarić (2009-08-04) 4 August 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Partizan
19 4FW Vahid Gicić (2009-04-12) 12 April 2009 (age 16) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia TSC
22 4FW Uroš Kikić (2010-06-29) 29 June 2010 (age 15) 0 0 Football Association of Serbia Red Star Belgrade

Former squads

Coaches

Dates Name
2018–2019 Serbia Milan Kuljić
2018 Serbia Ivan Jević
2017 Serbia Vladimir Ješić
2017 Serbia Perica Ognjenović
2015–2016 Serbia Ilija Stolica
2014–2015 Serbia Dejan Govedarica
2013–2014 Serbia Branislav Nikolić
2012–2013 Serbia Milan Lešnjak
2011–2012 Serbia Nenad Sakić
2010–2011 Serbia Milovan Đorić
2009–2010 Serbia Branko Vukašinović
2008–2009 Serbia Dušan Šuljagić
2007–2008 Serbia Dejan Đurđević
2006–2007 Serbia Saša Nikolić
2005–2006 Serbia and Montenegro Saša Medin
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Zlatko Krmpotić
2004 Serbia and Montenegro Tomislav Sivić
2003–2004 Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Vujović
2002–2003 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Martać
2001–2002 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Momčilo Vujačić
1995–2000 North Macedonia Nikica Klinčarski

See also

References

  1. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "U17 СЕЛЕКТОР ИГОР МАТИЋ САОПШТИО СПИСАК КАДЕТА ЗА ТУРНИР У ПОРТУ, РИВАЛИ ШКОТСКА, ИТАЛИЈА И ПОРТУГАЛ" (in Serbian). Фудбалски савез Србије. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.