The Serbia men's national water polo team represents

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

in international

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

competitions and is controlled by the . They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade, making them one of the most successful men's water polo teams in the world. They are Serbia's most successful national team, having won more titles than all other Serbian national teams combined. In 2016, they became the first team to hold titles in all five existing major championships: European Championship, World Championship, World Cup, World League and Olympic Games simultaneously.

Competitive record

Medals

Includes matches of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. Updated after the '' 2022 Mediterranean Games''

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

World League

European Championship

Europa Cup

Mediterranean Games

Team

Current squad

Roster for the

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Coaches

* 1992–1999 Nikola Stamenić * 1999–2004

Nenad Manojlović Nenad Manojlović ( sr, Ненад Манојловић; 25 March 1954 – 24 November 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian water polo player and manager. As manager of Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team (formerly the FR Yugoslavia me ...

* 2004–2006

Petar Porobić Petar Porobić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Петар Поробић; 28 May 1957 – 9 October 2023) was a Montenegrin professional water polo head coach. He was the president of the World Water Polo Coaches Association (WWPCA) from 2015. Petar Por ...

* 2006–2012

Dejan Udovičić Dejan Udovičić ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Удовичић; born 26 July 1970) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach. He was named head coach for Serbia in June 2006, after the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. As a ...

* 2012–2022

Dejan Savić Dejan Savić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach of the Serbia men's national water polo team and Crvena zvezda. During his playing ...

* 2022– present Uroš Stevanović

Most appearances and goals

''Professional friendly and competitive matches only where

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Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

and now

were represented.'' ''Statistics accurate as of matches played 6 August 2021''

Philanthropy

On 25 December 2011, Serbia's water polo team was included in a humanitarian action "Bitka za Bebe" ("the Battle for the Babies") playing an exhibition match with the team of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FON), in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

. Before the Serbian water polo team had joined the action, many other athletes were included. Among them was the world number one in tennis at that time,

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

, football and basketball players of

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

, and many others. Proceeds from the ticket sales went to fund "Bitka za Bebe" and enough money was successfully raised to purchase one

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References

External links

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