Serbia women's national football team

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 article: Yugoslavia women's national football team, 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.

Team image

Nicknames

The Serbia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Beli orlovi (The White Eagles)".

Rivalries

Main article: Croatia–Serbia football rivalry

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

2025

• Matejić

• Matejić

• Ivanović

• Poljak

• Jessen

• Vilhjálmsdóttir

• Jónsdóttir

• Nadezhda Smirnova

• Nadezhda Kareva

• Alena Andreeva

• Kramžar

• Sternad

• Golob

• Križaj

• Damjanovic

• Matejic

• Damnjanović

• Klara Cahynova

• Nina Matejic

• Tijana Filipovic

2026

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

• Predrag Grozdanović (????–????)
• Dragiša Zečević (20??–2024)
• Lidija Stojkanović(2025– )

Players

Current squad

• The following players were named to the squad for the friendly matches against Czech Republic on 28 November and 2 December 2025 in Antalya, Turkey.

Recent call-ups

• The following players have been called up to a Serbia squad in the past 12 months.

Records

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

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

:*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

:*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

Notes

References

References

1. "Serbia Women - TheSportsDB.com".
2. UEFA.com. "History: Slovenia 0-5 Serbia {{!}} Match info {{!}} UEFA Women's EURO 2009".
3. UEFA.com. "The official website for European football".
4. (13 April 2022). "Trio qualify for Women's World Cup but Germany lose to Serbia".
5. "Croatia Women vs Serbia Women Head to Head History - AiScore".
6. [https://fss.rs/w-selektorka-lidija-stojkanovic-saopstila-spisak-igracica-za-dve-provere-protiv-ceske/ СЕЛЕКТОРКА ЛИДИЈА СТОЈКАНОВИЋ САОПШТИЛА СПИСАК ИГРАЧИЦА ЗА ДВЕ ПРОВЕРЕ ПРОТИВ ЧЕШКЕ]