Serbia national American football team

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.

Serbian National American Football Team
Founded2003
LeagueSAAF
DivisionEurope (EFAF)
Head coach
  • Doug Adkins
Uniforms

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 27th Serbia defeated Czech Republic 16–00 at home in the city of Pozarevac. On November 9th 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

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
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