jonahno6 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Nickname Beli Orlovi (White Eagles) Association Football Association of Serbia Confederation UEFA (Europe) Head coach Radomir Antić Captain Dejan Stanković Most caps Savo Milošević (102) Top scorer Savo Milošević (37) Home stadium Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade FIFA code SRB FIFA ranking 15 Serbia's Road to the Final Serbia finished first in its first ever qualifying campaign as an independent nation, winning their group ahead of favourites France. They sealed their place 2010 World Cup spot in South Africa with a 5 – 0 win against Romania on 11 October 2009. Serbia were the surprise winners of the group, as many people expected France to walk the group. Serbia drew with France 1-1 at home, both sides had a player sent off, including the French keeper, Hugo Lloris. However they lost 2-1 away. They have been drawn in Group D, along with Germany, Ghana and Australia. A tough group to get out of, but Serbia will have to battle hard with Ghana and Australia to get the second qualifying spot, assuming Germany take the first spot of course. Latest squad. (Will be replaced by the World Cup Squad once announced) Goalkeepers1 Vladimir Stojković 30 012 Željko Brkić 2 0Defenders2 Antonio Rukavina 19 03 Ivica Dragutinović 49 05 Nemanja Vidić 44 26 Branislav Ivanović 29 413 Aleksandar Luković 19 020 Neven Subotić 10 1 23 Aleksandar Kolarov 10 0Midfielders4 Gojko Kačar 15 07 Boško Janković 25 510 Dejan Stanković 86 1311 Nenad Milijaš 15 314 Milan Jovanović 24 916 Radosav Petrović 7 017 Miloš Krasić 29 218 Miloš Ninković 7 021 Zoran Tošić 19 422 Zdravko Kuzmanović 25 4Strikers8 Danko Lazović 34 109 Marko Pantelić 29 515 Dejan Lekić 3 019 Nikola Žigić 42 16 (Coding hasn't worked as planned, I did it on notepad, but it has still come out a bit wonky. But it's clear enough to work out) Last full strength team StojkovićLuković Vidić Ivanović KolarovKrasic Millijas Stanković Jovanović Zigić Pantelić (Ignoring games V Japan and Lithunia where weakened teams were fielded) So there it is, the Serbia thread. I will be supporting Serbia (along with England), as I've enjoyed the games I've seen of them. They have two players from Manchester United in Vidić and Tosić (Team I support). However they have players like Krasic, who has impressed in CSKA's Champions League campaign, Jovanović, who has agreed to sign for Liverpool, and Millijas, who I'm sure Wolves fans will be interested to see how he fairs. Same can be said for Ivanović and Chelsea fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilly_boro Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Looking forward to watching Serbia. Been impressed with games i've seen. However, any team taking Stojkovic to the WC, need to plan for an early exit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericcantona7 Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 they come from Serbia, they'll ****ing murder yer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvandyke Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Good work jonahno6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Will be cheering for my new hero Pantelic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Will be cheering for my new hero Pantelic Same here . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Jeroen Thijssen Posted April 14, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted April 14, 2010 Lazovic > Pantelic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Will be supporting Serbia (as i'm Serbian) and hope that Zigic doesn't start - Pantelic and Lazovic up front or Lazovic and Jovanovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juve4EVA Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Will be supporting Serbia (as i'm Serbian) and hope that Zigic doesn't start - Pantelic and Lazovic up front or Lazovic and Jovanovic How does Krasić perform for the national team? Quite an insane squad you have though, really is a tough group you're in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 How does Krasić perform for the national team?Quite an insane squad you have though, really is a tough group you're in. He played pretty well in the qualifiers scoring twice and bagging a few assists, I hope he can transpire his good form at CSKA to the WC. Mind you, Jovanovic was easily our best player in the qualifiers from an attacking view. As far as the group goes, it is tough but imo Germany vs Serbia will be the decider as to who comes 1st and 2nd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahno6 Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 Yeah really tough group, I'd say their squad is stronger than both Ghana and Australia though. Got some quality players. Do you reckon Krasić will move in the summer? He's had a great season really, he's 25, so it must be the time to move to a bigger club, or is he happy at CSKA? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juve4EVA Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 He played pretty well in the qualifiers scoring twice and bagging a few assists, I hope he can transpire his good form at CSKA to the WC. Mind you, Jovanovic was easily our best player in the qualifiers from an attacking view.As far as the group goes, it is tough but imo Germany vs Serbia will be the decider as to who comes 1st and 2nd Cheers, have only recently noticed that he is quite a good player. You could do with a player like Vučinić for striker position imo (don't know if he was eligible when there was the split though). I reckon you will win the group, with Germany second. Germany possibly going further in the knockouts. Yeah really tough group, I'd say their squad is stronger than both Ghana and Australia though. Got some quality players. Do you reckon Krasić will move in the summer? He's had a great season really, he's 25, so it must be the time to move to a bigger club, or is he happy at CSKA? Has said that he likes Milan a few times I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Yeah really tough group, I'd say their squad is stronger than both Ghana and Australia though. Got some quality players. Do you reckon Krasić will move in the summer? He's had a great season really, he's 25, so it must be the time to move to a bigger club, or is he happy at CSKA? It's hard too say if Krasic will go because he is doing well at CSKA and is happy at the club but I assume if he has a good WC he will gain more interest, he'll probably go to a top side in a division (eg Spain, England, Italy) that are competing in Europe. The only difficulty that I see with a possible transfer is that the Russian season is between April-October so I doubt CSKA will want him to leave mid season unless it is a big offer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Cheers, have only recently noticed that he is quite a good player. You could do with a player like Vučinić for striker position imo (don't know if he was eligible when there was the split though). I reckon you will win the group, with Germany second. Germany possibly going further in the knockouts. Has said that he likes Milan a few times I think. Vučinić picked to play for Montenegro so he cant play sadly. I think that Krasic will probably go to Italy or England if he were to move as there are a lot of Serbian team mates that play in the two leagues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatski Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Maybe I'm being stupid, but surely the back four should be: Ivanovic, Vidic, Subotic, Kolarov? Seems silly to leave out Subotic when Ivanovic is awesome at right back too. I also thought that Kuzmanovic was better than Milijas who hasn't exactly been world class, albeit in a bottom half Prem team... Anyway, as someone has already said, it's a great squad and I look forward to Serbia toppling Germany like they did to France. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Maybe I'm being stupid, but surely the back four should be: Ivanovic, Vidic, Subotic, Kolarov? Seems silly to leave out Subotic when Ivanovic is awesome at right back too. I also thought that Kuzmanovic was better than Milijas who hasn't exactly been world class, albeit in a bottom half Prem team... Anyway, as someone has already said, it's a great squad and I look forward to Serbia toppling Germany like they did to France. That should be the back 4 although Aleksandar Lukovic has been quality recently at LB so there is a difficult choice to be made there by Antic. Kuzmo is better than Milijas but just isnt getting the playing time at Stuttgart for some reason. IMO (assuming Antic sticks to his 4-4-2): GK: Stojkovic RB: Ivanovic CB: Vidic CB: Subotic LB: Lukovic (based on recent form) RM: Krasic CM: Stankovic CM: Kuzmanovic/Kacar LM: Jovanovic CF: Pantelic CF: Lazovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_T Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 I would go for this: stojkovic, ivanovic, vidic, subotic, kolarov, krasic, stankovic, kuzmanovic, jovanovic, pantelic, lazovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahno6 Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 The team in the OP is the team that played V Romania (5-0), I have not put the team against Japan and Lithuania in the OP as it was a weakened team that played. So the Romania team is the last 'full strength' team that played. As for what I think the team should be, Crazy T's team is what I would go with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_T Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 that doesn't make sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatski Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Yep I think Crazy's team is the best from my limited knowledge, would Kuz and Stankovic be ok together as CMs? Or are they a bit lightweight defensively? And Jovanovic as a striker, is that an option? I thought that's what Liverpool have signed him for... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Yep I think Crazy's team is the best from my limited knowledge, would Kuz and Stankovic be ok together as CMs? Or are they a bit lightweight defensively? And Jovanovic as a striker, is that an option? I thought that's what Liverpool have signed him for... I dont think we have a good enough back up winger (Tosic isnt near Jovanovic) and Jovanovic is naturally a winger and a striker so he could play in both positions. Considering the amount of strikers we have I think that he should start on the wing (unless injuries start to occur) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTT Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Yep I think Crazy's team is the best from my limited knowledge, would Kuz and Stankovic be ok together as CMs? Or are they a bit lightweight defensively? And Jovanovic as a striker, is that an option? I thought that's what Liverpool have signed him for... Deki is very solid defensively. Played more of an advanced role at Inter till Sneijder joined, but hes very versatile and solid. Underrated player. I thought Jovanovic was a wing-forward rather than an out and out striker, but I could be wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Deki is very solid defensively. Played more of an advanced role at Inter till Sneijder joined, but hes very versatile and solid. Underrated player.I thought Jovanovic was a wing-forward rather than an out and out striker, but I could be wrong Yep, Milan is a wing forward and should play there at the WC provided there are no injuries to our strikers. Deki has been really good in this more defensive role at Inter and I assume Antic has taken note as he can now rotate the roles that Kuzmo and Deki play in. Having said that I am assuming that Deki will start off with a more attacking role and Kuzmanovic will sit back and play the holding role Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTT Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I dont think we have a good enough back up winger (Tosic isnt near Jovanovic) and Jovanovic is naturally a winger and a striker so he could play in both positions. Considering the amount of strikers we have I think that he should start on the wing (unless injuries start to occur) Kolarov has played more advanced this season with Lazio, could be an option down the flank if you need Jovanovic up top Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drobbo12 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I shall be following Jovanovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 I shall be following Jovanovic I wonder where he'll play at Liverpool (probably up top with Torres) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_T Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 would think he'd play on the left, since they play 4-2-3-1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgreenio Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Just seen Dragutiovic has been ruled out of the World Cup, ruptured his achilles tendon, guessing he would have been first in line to deputise for a injury/suspension to one of the back 4? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Just seen Dragutiovic has been ruled out of the World Cup, ruptured his achilles tendon, guessing he would have been first in line to deputise for a injury/suspension to one of the back 4? Depending on the position. Rukavina is back up for Ivanovic, Lukovic will probably be 2nd LB behind Kolarov although Lukovic is naturally a CB so I assume Dragutinovic was the LB replacement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Riccardo Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I hope the Serbian team is as cocky as most of you here ^_^ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba23 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Who is the second choice GK? Stojkovic hasn't exactly played much this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Who is the second choice GK? Stojkovic hasn't exactly played much this season. Zeljko Brkic has played our last two games (vs Algeria and Japan) so I assume he's second choice. We also have Vladimir Disljenkovic who is in contention Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puevlo Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I hope to see Australia and Serbia go through to the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasdgfas Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Kolarov Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micado Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Miralem Sulejmani made the provisional list of 27, why, he barley played at Ajax has lost his great form he showed at sc Heerenveen for 2 years now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welwyn Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 As a Luton Town based Welshman, Serbia are my team for the tournament because Raddy is a legend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antbanach II Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Randomly decided to follow Serbia No idea why Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
batch Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Who is the second choice GK? Stojkovic hasn't exactly played much this season. And when he has played he;s shown why he hasnt played, if you get my drift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Miralem Sulejmani made the provisional list of 27, why, he barley played at Ajax has lost his great form he showed at sc Heerenveen for 2 years now. Will hope he doesn't make the cut as it will allow the chance for people like Mrda and Matic to make the squad. I am surprised why he is in the squad because he hasnt played since our WCQ vs the Faroe Islands away. Like the look of our defence in the provisional squad - the addition of Rajkovic was a pleasant surprise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Fwiw, Serbia's provisional World Cup squad: Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojkovic (Wigan), Zeljko Brkic (Vojvodina Novi Sad), Bojan Isailovic (Cukaricki Belgrade), Andjelko Djuricic (Leiria). Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea), Antonio Rukavina(Munich 1860), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund), Aleksandar Lukovic (Udinese), Ivan Obradovic (Saragossa), Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio). Midfielders: Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan), Nenad Milijas(Wolverhampton), Miloss Krasic (CSKA Moscow), Milan Jovanovic (Standard Liege), Milos Ninkovic (Dynamo Kiev), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Stuttgart), Zoran Tosic (Cologne), Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax), Gojko Kacar (Hertha Berlin), Nemanja Matic (Chelsea), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade). Forwards: Nikola Zigic (Valencia), Marko Pantelic (Ajax), Danko Lazovic (Zenit), Dragan Mrdja (Vojvodina), Dejan Lekic (Red Star Belgrade). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-evo Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Why are so many people hating on Zigic! Only gonna follow them because of him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo DiscoBar Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Is Kolarov first choice in defence? does he play left back yeah? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juve4EVA Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Yeah . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahno6 Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 Yeah he's first choice and plays left back . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo DiscoBar Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks guys, I think Serbia could have a mean defence at the World Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinamo_zagreb Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks guys, I think Serbia could have a mean defence at the World Cup they maybe have good defensive line, but I am convinced that Balkan mentality will come up after first fail (possible against Ghana) and there will be massive system breakdown so White Eagles will left RSA after first round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 they maybe have good defensive line, but I am convinced that Balkan mentality will come up after first fail (possible against Ghana) and there will be massive system breakdownso White Eagles will left RSA after first round Possibly bitter becuase Croatia didnt make it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Why are so many people hating on Zigic!Only gonna follow them because of him He is shocking. Shouldn't start, we play much better football (passing along the ground and quicker play) without him.. Lazovic and Pantelic up front imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-evo Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 He is shocking. Shouldn't start, we play much better football (passing along the ground and quicker play) without him..Lazovic and Pantelic up front imo So, as a Birmingham fan, should I be pessimistic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
football_master_94 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 So, as a Birmingham fan, should I be pessimistic? No. At club level he is fine and performs well. It is just for the national team that I feel he could do better, fulfill his ability and score more goals for the national side. Also, when he plays it encourages the long ball to him which I am not a fan of considering we play 4-4-2 and have good, pacey wingers. That is all, I am sure that he will do well for Birmingham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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