Serbia national American football team

Serbia

Founded	2003
Head coach	Bojan Kovačević
League	SAAF
Division	IFAF Europe
Colors	Red and white
Current uniform
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The Serbian National American Football Team is the official American football senior national team of Serbia. They are organized by the Srpska asocijacija američkog fudbala (SAAF). They get their players from teams of the Central European Football League.

European Championships

Serbia competed in European Championship B division along with Czech Republic, Great Britain and Italy. In 2012, Serbia won the European Championship C Division after beating Switzerland in the final and advanced to the B division.^[1] In 2013, Serbia won 5th place in the European Championship B division after beating Spain 30–0.^[2]

In 2015, Serbia played in the European Championship of American football, which France won in 2018. In the first round, Serbia won against Hungary 56-0 and qualified for the second round tournament in Italy. In the semifinals, Serbia recorded a win over Switzerland 17–0 but lost in the final match against the host Italy 14–17.

In 2019, IFAF created a new biyearly cycle. Serbia was placed in Group A - Division A with France and the Czech Republic. On October 27 Serbia defeated Czech Republic 16–00 at home in the city of Pozarevac. On November 9 against European champions France in Lille Serbia played a great game but eventually lost 7–13 and missed a chance to qualify for the final tournament.

In 2020, Serbia was scheduled to play against Austria and, depending on results, another game against either Great Britain or Denmark. However, due to the outbreak of virus Covid-19 these matches are in doubt and could be rescheduled.

Roster

Squad for 2019 European Championship matches against Czech Republic and France:

Serbia National American Football Team roster
Quarterbacks Mladen Zlatić David Hanomihi-Lukić Running backs Ivan Pleva Mihailo Josović Filip Vlajić Mihailo Novaković Aleksandar Ristić Wide receivers Miloš Kolibar Stefan Borković Davor Soldo Tihomir Todorov Filip Nedeljković Milan Nikolić Tight ends Stefan Đurić Bojan Nešić		Offensive linemen Nikola Davidović Srđan Aleksandrović Stefan Drecun Aleksandar Blažić Aleksandar Stanković Vladimir Ikraš Dušan Radojević Dejan Šarenac Dragan Kovačević Defensive linemen Milorad Novaković Dušan Novaković Danilo Mijušković Igor Timotijević Miloš Janković Uroš Josipović Saša Jokić		Linebackers Luka Vujnović Predrag Šćekić Strahinja Grujić Nebojša Rajković Mihajlo Miškiv Lazar Bogićević Defensive backs Ivan Radojičić Marko Bates Aleksa Denović Slavoljub Dukovski Lazar Bućan Aleksandar Borković Nenad Andonović Aleksandar Živanović Nemanja Vučković Goran Zec Miloš Katić		Special Team Željko Stegnjaja Coaching staff Doug Adkins HC/OC Predrag Durlić Vujić DC Position/Assistant coaches Predrag Šćekić Vladislav Petković Petar Vitorović Ljubodrag Anđelković Blažo Bojić Josh Hepner Miloš Grujičić Lawrence Williams

See also

• Nacionalna Liga Srbije
• Central European Football League
• EFAF European Championship

References

1. Srbija šampion Evropskog prvenstva C grupe!;SAAF, 16 September 2012
2. EP 2013: Srbija obezbedila opstanak u B grupi;SAAF, 7 September 2013

External links

• Official website at SAAF.