Serbia and Montenegro

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Team – Founded: 1919 – Affiliated: 1919
. (See geo-political related notes)

Confederation: UEFA - Europe

Squad's local nickname: Ílnaeu (Blue)

The Squad (by jersey number)	The Squad (by field position)


Dragoslav Jevric' Ivan Ergic' Ivica Dragutinovic' Igor Duljaj Nemanja Vidic' ² Goran Gavrancic' Ognjen Koroman Mateja Ke�man Savo Milo�evic' Dejan Stankovic' Predrag Ðorðevic' Oliver Kovacevic' Du�an Basta Nenad Ðorðevic' Milan Dudic' ~~Mirko Vucinic'~~ [Du�an Petkovic'-?] ¹ Albert Nað Zvonimir Vukic' Nikola �igic' °° Mladen Krstajic' ³ Danijel Ljuboja Sa�a Ilic' °° Vladimir Stojkovic'	Dragoslav Jevric' (Ankaraspor, Turkey) Oliver Kovacevic' (Zeleznik) Vladimir Stojkovic' (Nantes, France) Nemanja Vidic' (Manchester United, England) ² Mladen Krstajic' (Schalke 04, Germany) ³ Goran Gavrancic' (Dinamo Kiev, Ukraine) Milan Dudic' (Red Star Belgrade) Ivica Dragutinovic' (Sevilla, Spain) Du�an Basta (Red Star Belgrade) Nenad Ðorðevic' (Partizan Belgrade) Du�an Petkovic' (OFK Belgrade) ¹ Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) Albert Nað (Partizan Belgrade) Ivan Ergic' (FC Basel, Switzerland) Dejan Stankovic' (Internazionale Milan, Italy) Predrag Ðorðevic' (Olympiakos, Greece) Zvonimir Vukic' (Partizan Belgrade) Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth, England) Danijel Ljuboja (VfB Stuttgart, Germany) Sa�a Ilic' (Galatasaray, Turkey) Savo Milo�evic' (Osasuna, Spain) Mateja Ke�man (Atletico Madrid, Spain) Nikola �igic' (Red Star Belgrade) ~~Mirko Vucinic' (Lecce, Italy)~~

(Italian newspaper) carries photos of each squad member – to see.

Coach⁄Manager: Ilija Petkovic'

° Goal scored in Germany-2006 (if bracketed, {}='own goal')

also took part in the 1998 World Cup (playing for Yugoslavia, then).

See relevant related notes

Serbian defender Du�an Petkovic', the son of manager Ilija Petkovic'
(related remarks right below), was called to replace Montenegrin forward
Mirko Vucinic', who was injured on May 23, in a match against Germany,
for the 2006 European under-21 championship, in Portugal.
This leaves the Serbia and Montenegro Squad with a single Montenegrin
player, goalkeeper Dragoslav Jevric'.
(Remarks and further notes related to the May referendum are available in this eBook)

¹ Finding it difficult to cope with the level of home media & other pressure that rose
on his father & on himself, along his first two weeks with the Team,
Du�an Petkovic' reportedly walked out from the Serbia and Montenegro's squad,
and did not travel to Germany.
Request was then sent to FIFA, seeking permission to replace Du�an Petkovic'
for the above reasons; but it was denied (possibly because it was not a case of injury).
So, unless peace could be found & the player somehow be rejoined with his squad-members,
Serbia and Montenegro looks set to be the only 2006 World Cup squad counting
on just 22 men, the team's jersey # 16 remaining vacant.

Curiously, their Western neighbor on the Adriatic sea, Croatia, has had a similar situation,
though apparently with none of the above-mentioned disturbing effects that have assailed
the Serbians and Montenegrins: the Croatian manager's son was
likewise named for his country's squad (see the Croatian Squad's Page).

Despite so many problems, the squad manager Ilija Petkovic' has remarkably
managed to retain a sense of humor, as he reportedly commented that he is the
only coach ever to have managed two countries in the World Cup finals.

² A second player in the squad is out of action for the remaining of the
World Cup, just after their first match: Nemanja Vidic', suffering a recurrent
knee injury. Vidic' will not have played any match in the World Cup, as he did not play
against the Netherlands–he was suspended, due to a red card in the last round of
the World Cup qualifying matches.

³ A third player in the squad has unfortunately also gone out of action for
a while: Mladen Krstajic broke his left arm in the team's final match as
Serbia and Montenegro, in which match they were defeated (3x2) by Côte d'Ivoire.

World Cup Squads:

2006 WC Players' Sources

World Cup Stadia & Matches


#	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	#

1	Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico	1
2	Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran	2
3	Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola	3
4	Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal	4

#	Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H	#

1	Italy	Brazil	France	Spain	1
2	Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine	2
3	United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia	3
4	Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia	4

Squad Abbreviations used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook

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	South Africa (Nation)	South Africa (Squad)

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Group A:	Group B:	Group C:	Group D:

Germany	England	Argentina	Mexico
Costa Rica	Paraguay	Côte d'Ivoire	Iran
Poland	Trinidad and Tobago	Serbia and Montenegro	Angola
Ecuador	Sweden	Netherlands	Portugal

Group E:	Group F:	Group G:	Group H:

Italy	Brazil	France	Spain
Ghana	Croatia	Switzerland	Ukraine
United States	Australia	Korea Republic	Tunisia
Czech Republic	Japan	Togo	Saudi Arabia

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