England play Serbia in the UEFA World Cup Qualifiers-Group Stage: Group K at Wembley tonight. England have qualified already and Serbia can still reach the play-offs. England won the reverse fixture 5-0 in September.
| Nickname(s) | Orlovi (The Eagles) Plavi (The Blues) |
|---|---|
| Association | Fudbalski savez Srbije (FSS) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Veljko Paunović |
| Captain | Aleksandar Mitrović |
| Most caps | Dusan Tadic (111) |
| Top scorer | Aleksandar Mitrović (63) |
| FIFA ranking | |
|---|---|
| Current | 36  2 (17 October 2025) |
| Highest | 6 (December 1998) |
| Lowest | 101 (December 1994) |
| First international | |
as Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS  (Antwerp; 28 August 1920) as FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro  Brazil 2–0 FR Yugoslavia  (Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994) Serbia and Montenegro 2–2 Azerbaijan  (Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro; 12 February 2003) as Serbia Unofficial  FS Serbia 2–1 FS Montenegro (Belgrade, Yugoslavia; 3 September 1945) Official Czech Republic 1–3 Serbia  (Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; 16 August 2006) | |
| Biggest win | |
as Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 10–0 Venezuela  (Curitiba, Brazil; 14 June 1972) as FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro  Faroe Islands 1–8 FR Yugoslavia (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996) Serbia and Montenegro 5–0 San Marino  (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro; 13 October 2004) as Serbia Azerbaijan 1–6 Serbia (Baku, Azerbaijan; 17 October 2007) Serbia 6–1 Bulgaria  (Belgrade, Serbia; 19 November 2008) Serbia 5–0 Romania  (Belgrade, Serbia; 10 October 2009)  Serbia 6–1 Wales  (Novi Sad, Serbia; 11 September 2012) Serbia 5–0 Russia  (Belgrade, Serbia; 18 November 2020) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
as Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)  Uruguay 7–0 Kingdom of SCS (Paris, France; 26 May 1924) Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925) as FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro  Netherlands 6–1 FR Yugoslavia (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 25 June 2000) Czech Republic 5–0 FR Yugoslavia (Prague, Czech Republic; 6 September 2002)  Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June 2006) as Serbia  Ukraine 5–0 Serbia (Lviv, Ukraine; 7 June 2019) Serbia 0–5 England  (Belgrade, Serbia; 9 September 2025) | |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 13 (first in 1930) |
| Best result | As Yugoslavia: Fourth place (1930, 1962) As FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro: Round of 16 (1998) As Serbia: Group stage (2010, 2018, 2022) |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1960) |
| Best result | As Yugoslavia: Runners-up (1960, 1968) as FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro: Quarter-finals (2000) As Serbia: Group stage (2024) |
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