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66-582: From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup for sponsorship reasons . Serbia's cup tournament is the legal successor to the Serbia and Montenegro Cup and in turn of the Yugoslav Cup . This cup tournament lasted for four seasons up until the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. The tournament was dominated by Serbian clubs with no Montenegrin sides reaching

132-530: A 1–0 home win against Georgia, and ended at the top of Group D and therefore qualified for the 2018 tournament . Despite Serbia's qualification, Muslin was sacked by the Football Association of Serbia as a result on differences regarding team selection. Muslin was criticized for not inviting Sergej Milinković-Savić to play in the campaign which sparked controversy in Serbia. Mladen Krstajić took

198-425: A 1–1 away draw against Estonia. Afterwards, Serbia won back to back games with a 1–0 win away to Northern Ireland and a crucial 3–1 home victory against Faroe Islands. These results put Serbia in pole position to confirm a play-off spot behind Italy. Serbia needed a home victory against Italy to confirm a play-off spot but their efforts only resulted in a 1–1 draw. However, the team still had one more chance to confirm

264-541: A 2–2 draw against Ireland at the Red Star Stadium and eventually won against Austria, Georgia and Moldova. Serbia beat Moldova in Belgrade with goals from Aleksandar Kolarov, Aleksandar Mitrović and Mijat Gaćinović . This consolidated their first position going into their top-of-the group clash with Ireland. They won this match with a 55th-minute goal from Kolarov. Serbia finished the qualifying campaign with

330-461: A 2–2 home draw, the 2–1 loss to Azerbaijan, as well as a 3–0 away loss to Finland. Petković remained as manager for the team. Qualifying for the 2006 World Cup resulted in six wins and four draws, with Serbia and Montenegro ending up first in the group with an undefeated record in their qualification group ahead of Spain, Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Lithuania and San Marino . The Serbia and Montenegro team also allowed only one goal in

396-662: A 3–1 win over the Czech Republic. For the Euro 2008 qualifiers , Serbia was drawn in Group A along with Poland , Portugal , Belgium , Finland, Kazakhstan , Armenia and Azerbaijan. A strong start in qualification was overshadowed by the final hurdle of matches where inconsistency took over, the side dropping points against the likes of Finland, Belgium, Armenia and Kazakhstan. They eventually finished third, three points behind runners-up Portugal and Group A winners Poland. Clemente

462-779: A 3–3 draw. Thanks to an early Savo Milošević backheel strike, the Serbs beat Norway 1–0 in Liège . The final group game, against Spain in Bruges , saw the Yugoslavs take the lead three times, before a Gaizka Mendieta penalty and an Alfonso strike in injury-time secured a 4–3 win for the Spaniards and top spot in the group. Yugoslavia nonetheless finished second, level on points with Norway but ranked ahead due to its victory in Liège. In each of

528-685: A consolation. They finished last in the group. Radomir Antić was sacked two games into the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying process, a 1–1 home draw against Slovenia ending his two-year stint. The dismissal meant the bringing in of Vladimir Petrović to the job. For the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, Serbia was drawn in Group C featuring Italy, Slovenia, Estonia , Northern Ireland and the Faroe Islands. The qualifying stage began with Antić as coach and finished with Vladimir Petrović. Serbia started

594-539: A friendly match played in Porto Alegre and in which Brazil won 2–0. This was the first ever team composed of Serbian and Montenegrin players exclusively, while Slobodan Santrač , a former Yugoslavia national team player, was named the team's first ever manager. The next game was played three days later, this time in Buenos Aires , resulting in a 1–0 loss to Argentina . Due to international sanctions,

660-440: A goal each from Aleksandar Kolarov and Adem Ljajić . In the table of Group I, Serbia finished second to last place with four points in a five-team group. After failing to qualify for Euro 2016, Slavoljub Muslin was appointed as a coach. Serbia was drawn in Group D in qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with Euro 2016 semi-finalists Wales, Austria, Ireland, Georgia and Moldova . They started off their campaign with

726-467: A home loss and away draw against Russia, a home draw against Switzerland and both draw games against Slovenia. Yugoslavia ended the qualifying campaign in the third place of the group just one point behind second-placed Slovenia. Savićević was appointed as coach in July 2002. For the Euro 2004 qualifiers Yugoslavia was drawn in Group 9 with Italy , Wales , Finland and Azerbaijan . During qualifying,

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792-629: A penalty shootout loss against Scotland in the Euro 2020 qualifying playoffs, Ljubiša Tumbaković was sacked and replaced with Dragan Stojković . Serbia started qualification with a 3–2 win against the Republic of Ireland in Belgrade in March 2021. After a 2–2 draw against Portugal, Serbia won against Azerbaijan in Baku 2–1. Mixed results meant Serbia needed a victory against Portugal to qualify directly from

858-402: A play-off place when they faced Slovenia away. Serbia also must win the match despite having superior goal difference over Estonia; a draw was not good enough for progression. Neither side played better in the first half, but a long-range goal put Slovenia up 1–0 at half time. In the second half, Nemanja Vidić missed penalty. Serbia left empty-handed after a 1–0 loss and exited the tournament for

924-427: A playoff spot behind Croatia and group winners Belgium. After failing to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, Dick Advocaat was appointed as the coach in 2014. Serbia was drawn in Group I in qualification for UEFA Euro 2016 , together with Portugal, Denmark , Albania and Armenia. Advocaat started with a 1–1 friendly draw against France and began qualification with the same result against Armenia. The following game

990-402: A score of 1–0 with a goal by Milan Jovanović in the first half. FIFA's official YouTube channel called the win "the most famous day in Serbia's footballing history". Serbia only needed a single point to reach the knockout stages, but was defeated by Australia 2–1. Australia scored two goals in the second half through Tim Cahill and Brett Holman . A late Marko Pantelić goal served only as

1056-482: Is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia , the governing body for football in Serbia . After the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and its football team in 1992 Serbia was represented (alongside Montenegro ) within the new FR Yugoslavia national football team . Despite qualifying for Euro 1992 the team was banned from participating in the tournament due to international sanctions , with

1122-436: The 2002 World Cup qualifiers , Yugoslavia was drawn in Group 1 with Russia , Slovenia, Switzerland , the Faroe Islands and Luxembourg . After winning against Luxembourg, Petković was sacked and replaced with a three-pieced team which consisted of Boškov, Dejan Savićević and Ivan Ćurković . Despite winning both games against Luxembourg and Faroe Islands as well and away game against Switzerland, Yugoslavia managed to suffer

1188-592: The Netherlands . While the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, was formed on 27 April 1992, its teams were banned from all international sporting events, including the national football team as a result of U.N. sanctions stemming from the conflict in Yugoslavia. Consequently, the national team did not play its first game as a new country before 23 December 1994,

1254-516: The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs were resumed, Serbia placed itself against Norway in Oslo . Two goals, one in extra time helped Serbia to overcome Norway 2–1, thus marching to the final playoff game against Scotland at home. The game was won by Scotland in a penalty shootout (5–4) after the game was tied 1–1 after full time. Serbia once again failed to qualify for the Euros, making 20 years since

1320-581: The play-off in which they were drawn to play against Hungary . Winning 12–1 on aggregate, Yugoslavia qualified for the World Cup . The draw put the team in Group F alongside Germany , the United States , and Iran . Yugoslavia won its first game 1–0 against Iran thanks to a goal from defender Siniša Mihajlović . The next game was a draw for Yugoslavia; after leading Germany 2–0, a free kick from Michael Tarnat deflected off Mihajlović and into

1386-427: The 25-year-old answered that he simply never had a day of football training and that his only favorite is Serbia . Everybody present agreed that the student was the perfect candidate for making the trophy, and that he fully deserved the cash prize of 250,000 Serbian Dinars. Mlinar immediately became one of the most recognized faces across Belgrade . On May 15, 2007, at Partizan's stadium Red Star defeated Vojvodina to be

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1452-569: The Faroe Islands. Serbia played consistently during the qualifiers and this led to the team automatically qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. They confirmed qualification with a 5–0 home victory against Romania. The 2010 World Cup team featured captain Dejan Stanković , who became the only player to feature in a World Cup having played under three different national names (although he never changed nationality; this

1518-536: The awards annual budget is going to be € 250,000. Along with the rewards from endorsements the winner of the Serbian Cup gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League if they are not already qualified through Serbian SuperLiga . Note: The Serbian Cup has been derived from two defunct cup tournaments the first being the Yugoslav Cup and the other being the Serbia and Montenegro Cup . The 2006–07 season

1584-515: The beer brands in Serbia, behind their rivals Jelen . Lav means ' lion ' in Serbian . In addition to Serbia, it is also widespread in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina . Lav used to sponsor the Serbia national football team . Lav's television campaign features a series of commercials featuring actor Nenad Jezdić . Lav comes in three varieties: the regular one with 4.5% alcohol ,

1650-654: The bombing ended, and was interrupted due to a power outage at the beginning of the second half, resuming after 43 minutes and eventually finishing 0–0. A 2–1 defeat against Ireland in Dublin was followed by victories home and away against Macedonia (3–1 and 4–2 respectively), meaning that Yugoslavia needed to win its final qualifier against Croatia in Zagreb, or to draw with the Republic of Ireland failing to beat Macedonia in Skopje , in order to qualify automatically for Euro 2000. In

1716-694: The capital Belgrade erupted, culminating in a boycott by the Zagreb Subassociation which disallowed its members to participate in the upcoming tournament. The de facto Serbian team led by coach Boško Simonović , composed largely of players from Belgrade's BSK , SK Jugoslavija and BASK , reached the semi-final, losing to hosts and eventual winners Uruguay 6–1. The royal interbellum era featured footballers such as Blagoje Marjanović , Aleksandar Tirnanić , Milorad Arsenijević , Đorđe Vujadinović , Branislav Sekulić and Milutin Ivković . Due to

1782-522: The country last took part in the tournament. Tumbaković was sacked after the team's failure to qualify for the tournament. Serbia was drawn in 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B Group 4 alongside Norway , Sweden and Slovenia, finishing first and being promoted after wins against Sweden at home and Norway in Oslo. Serbia was drawn in Group A in qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan. After

1848-491: The country went under a political transformation , and the newly named Serbia and Montenegro appeared for the first time in a game against Azerbaijan in February 2003. In June, after a 2–1 loss to Azerbaijan, Savićević resigned and was replaced by Ilija Petković. Despite drawing both games against eventual group winners Italy and winning both games against runners-up Wales, Serbia and Montenegro failed to qualify, mostly due to

1914-532: The dismemberment of Yugoslavia during World War II the football federation and national team ceased activities but reformed following the end of hostilities. In 1945 Svetislav Glišović led the first unofficial national team representing the Federal State of Serbia in a tournament held to mark the end of World War II. The Serbian team encompassing the newly established Red Star squad won its first game by beating FS Montenegro 2–1, FS Croatia 3–1 in

1980-541: The event, the Republic of Ireland conceded an injury-time equaliser, meaning that Yugoslavia's 2–2 draw with the Croatians put them through. The draw for the finals placed Yugoslavia in Group C along with Spain, Norway and another former Yugoslav republic, Slovenia . The Slovenians took a 3–0 lead in the first game at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi , but three goals in six second-half minutes enabled Yugoslavia to secure

2046-406: The final. Belgrade giants Red Star were easily the most successful club, reaching the final all four years winning twice and losing in the final the other two seasons. Surprisingly, Red Star 's cross-town rival Partizan did not appear in a single final. After Montenegro left the state union with Serbia in 2006, both football associations got to work on organizing a new tournament. Before

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2112-475: The first ever Serbian Cup winner and the first team to lift the trophy that Mlinar created. In 2006, Serbian FA agreed the marketing rights with Carlsberg Srbija , previously known as Pivara Čelarevo, and the competition was named after its main brand Lav pivo . The Carlsberg affiliate signed a deal to support the Serbian Cup for four years. The company will take out a sum of € 1,000,000 which will be divided in four for every year of competition. That means that

2178-547: The first two games with a 3–0 win away to Faroe Islands and a 1–1 draw at home to Slovenia but this result ended Antić's stint as the country's coach. New coach Petrović faced setbacks with a 3–1 home loss against Estonia and an abandoned match resulting in a 3–0 loss to Italy due to crowd trouble from the Serbian away supporters in Genoa . Serbia returned to form with a 2–1 home victory over Northern Ireland but could only manage

2244-522: The goal, then Oliver Bierhoff equalised it at 2–2 at the 80th minute. Yugoslavia responded in the next game against the United States and won 1–0 due to a goal in the fourth minute by Slobodan Komljenović . Yugoslavia finished second in the group behind Germany on goal difference. Due to their second position, Yugoslavia saw itself face the Netherlands in the Round of 16 . Yugoslavia entered in

2310-423: The group stage on each occasion. Between February 2003 and June 2006, Serbia participated as Serbia and Montenegro due to the countries' name change. Following a 2006 referendum Montenegro declared its independence, leading to separate football federations which resulted in the team's final renaming and establishment as the Serbia national football team. Serbia is considered by FIFA and UEFA to be

2376-492: The group stage. Due to the performance of Serbia in previous years, the country found itself started the campaign of the inaugural Nations League , where they were drawn into Group 4 with Montenegro, Lithuania and Romania. With both wins against Lithuania and Montenegro and both draw games against Romania, Serbia finished on top of the group, securing the Euro 2020 play-off spot and being promoted into League B for 2020–21 season . With six goals, Aleksandar Mitrović finished

2442-718: The group were the Republic of Ireland , Macedonia , and Malta. Milan Živadinović was dismissed and was replaced by Vujadin Boškov . The team started with a 1–0 win over the Republic of Ireland in Belgrade, before beating Malta 3–0 in Ta' Qali . The home fixture against the Maltese followed, but was moved to Thessaloniki , Greece due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia . The team won 4–1. The first match against Croatia took place in Belgrade after

2508-518: The group. On 14 November 2021, Serbia faced Portugal at the Estádio da Luz , and trailed by a goal. However, an equaliser by Dušan Tadić and a decisive goal from Aleksandar Mitrović in the final minutes of the second half meant Serbia automatically booked a ticket for Qatar. Serbia was drawn in Group G with 2018 opponents Brazil and Switzerland, as well as African representatives Cameroon . Serbia

2574-510: The interwar period. The French delegation was on a four-game tour of Yugoslavia with the last exhibition game being played in Belgrade 's SK Jugoslavija Stadium on 3 July. Prince Regent Aleksandar I and FIFA President Jules Rimet were in attendance as the visitors triumphed 3–0. In the lead-up to the 1930 World Cup , a dispute regarding the relocation of the FAs headquarters from Zagreb to

2640-505: The knockout matches and was playing for pride alone in their final group game against Ivory Coast . After a 2–0 lead for much of the first half, the Elephants managed to come back and win 3–2, leaving Serbia and Montenegro with no points. Javier Clemente , Serbia's first-ever foreign coach, was appointed to lead the team for the 2008 Euro campaign. After Montenegro declared independence, Serbia marked their split from Montenegro with

2706-418: The likes of Rajko Mitić , Branko Stanković , Vladimir Beara , Vujadin Boškov , Todor Veselinović , Miloš Milutinović , Borivoje Kostić , Milan Galić , Vladimir Durković , Velibor Vasović , Dragan Džajić , Jovan Aćimović , Dušan Bajević , Vladimir Petrović and others until the states disintegrated in the 1990s. The national team of SFR Yugoslavia played its last game on 25 March 1992, losing 2–0 to

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2772-532: The match with a sole attacker, but its defensive tactics proved unsuccessful as Dennis Bergkamp put the Netherlands in front in the 38th minute. Following the start of the second half, Yugoslavia pressured the Dutch, who conceded a header from Komljenović. The turning point of this match was a penalty awarded to Yugoslavia after Vladimir Jugović was fouled. Predrag Mijatović missed, and the scoreline remained

2838-604: The national team in its international debut match, a 7–0 drubbing by Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp , Belgium. In 1921, the Belgrade Football Subassociation organized a friendly match between the France national football team and a Belgrade XI, dubbed the " Serbian representatives ". The team featured footballers from SK Jugoslavija and BSK , two of the Serbian clubs of

2904-507: The new captain. Siniša Mihajlović, a former member of the national team, was appointed as the coach on 24 April 2012. Serbia was drawn in Group A in qualification for the 2014 World Cup, together with Croatia, Belgium, Scotland , Macedonia, and Wales. The team began the qualification campaign with a goalless draw with Scotland and a 6–1 win over Wales. In the next two games, Serbia suffered two defeats from Macedonia and Belgium. On 22 March 2013, Serbia played in Zagreb against Croatia. The game

2970-474: The new trophy of the National Cup competition on Monday December 11, 2006. Artist Mihajlo Mlinar defeated 50 other students in the contest held at Belgrade's Art College. The trophy which is heavily inspired by Eastern Orthodox Christianity as well as Serbian history was proclaimed as the perfect trophy for the biggest football competition in Serbia. When the press asked Mlinar which club has his support,

3036-410: The next away game against Ukraine, Serbia lost 5–0. Krstajić was sacked after the loss and replaced with Ljubiša Tumbaković . Tumbaković started with a 2–4 home loss against Portugal. The next two games were away wins against Luxembourg and Lithuania, before beating Luxembourg at home. Serbia then drew 2–2 to Ukraine at home, meaning they could not finish in the top two and a play-off would ensue. After

3102-585: The official successor team of FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro national football teams, as well as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia/SFR Yugoslavia team. The Football Federation of what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) was founded in Zagreb in 1919 under the name Jugoslavenski nogometni savez ( Yugoslavian Football Association ). Jovan Ružić was the first Serb to represent

3168-478: The place as a temporary coach after Muslin's dismissal and led the team in the World Cup. In the World Cup, Serbia opened their match against Costa Rica . Kolarov's free kick at the second half meant Serbia won their first World Cup game in eight years. Serbia lost their later encounters, losing 1–2 to Switzerland with a 90th-minute goal scored by Xherdan Shaqiri and 0–2 to Brazil , thus being eliminated in

3234-468: The ruling also enforced for 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996 qualifiers. The national team played its first friendly in December 1994, and with the easing of sanctions the generation of the 1990s eventually participated at the 1998 World Cup , reaching the round of 16, and the quarter-finals at Euro 2000 . The team played in the 2006 , 2010 , 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups , but failed to progress past

3300-499: The same at 1–1. Such an event demoralized the Yugoslavs, as the Dutch took the initiative. In the late seconds of the game Edgar Davids ' shot towards the Yugoslav net from a distance of 20 meters and beat goalkeeper Ivica Kralj . The draw for the Euro 2000 qualifiers saw first-seeded Yugoslavia drawn in a group with Croatia , thus marking the first games between the two teams after the breakup of Yugoslavia . The other teams in

3366-457: The scoring. They defeated Wales 3–0 in Cardiff. Dejan Stanković's farewell game was completed in a friendly against Japan , which Serbia won 2–0. He finished his career with 103 appearances for the national team, a record previously held by Savo Milošević, with 102 appearances. Serbia finished qualifying with a 5–1 home win against Macedonia, putting them in third in the group, three points from

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3432-554: The semi-final, then proceeding to win the tournament against the Yugoslav People's Army team 1–0 in Belgrade. The reconstituted Yugoslavia reached the UEFA European Championship finals in 1960 and 1968 , and finished fourth place at the 1962 FIFA World Cup . During its existence Serbian footballers would continually play a role in the Yugoslavia national team throughout the socialist era, with

3498-466: The stronger one with 7%, known as Lav 7 , and a "smooth" variety known as Lav Premium . This beer or brewery -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Serbia national football team The Serbia men's national football team ( Serbian Cyrillic : Фудбалска репрезентација Србије , romanized :  Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije ) represents Serbia in men's international football competition. It

3564-524: The team could not participate in 1994 World Cup qualifying nor the Euro 1996 qualifying process. As FR Yugoslavia joined FIFA and UEFA in 1994, the team was available to participate in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers . Slobodan Santrač was appointed manager for the team. In the qualifiers, Yugoslavia was drawn in Group 6 with Euro 1996 runners-up Czech Republic , Slovakia , Spain , Faroe Islands and Malta . With 23 points, Yugoslavia ended up in second place behind Spain. Yugoslavia qualified for

3630-456: The team was no longer in the tournament. In the group stage , Serbia and Montenegro lost their opening game to the Netherlands. The final score was 1–0 after Arjen Robben scored the only goal of the game. They also lost their second game to Argentina 6–0, Serbia and Montenegro's worst ever international result. With the team's two losses and with Netherlands and Argentina winning both their games, Serbia and Montenegro could no longer qualify for

3696-435: The ten matches, the best defensive record of all 51 teams participating in qualification. On 3 June 2006, following a referendum , Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia. As the World Cup was about to start, it was decided that the Serbia and Montenegro team that had qualified for the tournament would compete, with the split into separate teams representing the new countries of Montenegro and Serbia to take place once

3762-504: The third time in a row during the qualifying group stages, missing out by one point behind Estonia. Serbia once again failed to qualify for the European Championships . Vladimir Petrović was sacked after the team's failure to qualify. Ahead of the qualifying campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup , Dejan Stanković and Nemanja Vidić announced that they were retiring from international football. Branislav Ivanović became

3828-604: The three games, the team had one player sent off (Siniša Mihajlović, Mateja Kežman , and Slaviša Jokanović , respectively). In the quarter-finals, Yugoslavia was paired with the Netherlands. The co-hosts won 6–1 in Rotterdam with Patrick Kluivert scoring a hat-trick. Despite Yugoslavia's elimination, Savo Milošević was crowned the joint top scorer of the tournament alongside Patrick Kluivert. Both players scored five goals, although Milošević played one game fewer. Ilija Petković replaced Boškov as head coach in July 2000. For

3894-451: The tournament as the top scorer. In December 2017, Mladen Krstajić became the permanent coach for Serbia. Serbia started the campaign of 2018–19 UEFA Nations League , which served as a part of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. For Euro 2020 qualifiers, Serbia was drawn into Group B with Euro 2016 champions Portugal, Ukraine , Lithuania and Luxembourg. Serbia kicked off the qualifiers with 1–1 away draw against Portugal. However, in

3960-476: The tournament even began it was decided that Serbia's cup would have a new trophy and that the old one which was won by Red Star the year before would remain in its museum. However the association decided that the championship trophy would remain the same. To find a new trophy for the cup they decided to organise a contest at Belgrade's Art College where students would each make one and then a trophy would be selected. The Serbian Football Association officials presented

4026-581: Was a game against Albania in Belgrade, abandoned as a result of crowd trouble after a drone carrying an Albanian flag and a map of Greater Albania was flown over the pitch. Serbia was originally awarded with a 3–0 victory by UEFA, and deducted three points, but on 10 July 2015, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reversed the earlier decision and awarded Albania a 3–0 victory. On 14 November 2014, Serbia played against Denmark in Belgrade and lost, 1–3. After this game, Advocaat left, whereupon Radovan Ćurčić

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4092-502: Was a result of geopolitical events involving the identity of Yugoslavia). They faced Ghana , Germany, Australia . Their opening group game was against Ghana and chances came to both sides but a red card to Aleksandar Luković and a handball by substitute Zdravko Kuzmanović in the second half gave Ghana a penalty to take all three points at the death. Asamoah Gyan converted eight minutes from full-time and Serbia were defeated 1–0. In Serbia's second group match, they defeated Germany by

4158-695: Was announced as a new coach on 25 November. Serbia's first match in 2015 was a qualifying match against Portugal in Lisbon , during which Serbia lost 2–1, cutting their chances for qualification to Euro 2016. On 13 June 2015, Serbia played a qualifying match against Denmark in Copenhagen , losing 2–0. With the 10 July ruling by CAS on the abandoned game against Albania, Serbia would become mathematically eliminated from Euro 2016 qualification. On 4 September 2015, Serbia had their first victory, winning 2–0, against Armenia. On 8 October 2015, Serbia defeated Albania with

4224-419: Was highly anticipated in both countries due to their rivalry both on and off the pitch. Croatia won 2–0. Serbia defeated Scotland 2–0 at home in a crucial qualifier, but their World Cup hopes were taken away after a 2–1 defeat to Belgium. Serbia drew with Croatia 1–1 in the corresponding fixture at home, where 18-year-old Aleksandar Mitrović scored an equalizer in the second-half after Mario Mandžukić opened

4290-570: Was sacked after the team's failure to qualify. Serbia replaced Clemente with Miroslav Đukić , who then left the position on 19 August of the following year without having played any official games, due to disagreements with the Football Association of Serbia . [REDACTED] Subsequent to Ðukić's departure, Radomir Antić was appointed coach. Serbia's World Cup qualification campaign began in 2008. Their qualification group featured 1998 World Cup winners and 2006 World Cup runners-up France , Romania , as well as Austria , Lithuania and

4356-419: Was the first one that Serbia has ever held as an independent football association. For a list of previous Serbian cup winners during those tournaments visit their respective pages. Lav pivo Lav pivo ( Serbian Cyrillic : Лав пиво ) is a Serbian beer brand. Produced and bottled by Carlsberg Srbija in the town of Čelarevo ( Bačka Palanka municipality), it has the second-biggest market share among

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