The new era in Serbian futsal started on past week. After 10 amazing years spent with Aca Kovačević on the bench, the Serbian national team has now a new head coach: Goran Ivančić.
Former coach of KMF Niš and KMF Marbo Belgrade in their "golden years" (national champions and 7th place in UEFA Futsal Cup), Ivančić also took part in the UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 and FIFA Futsal World Cup 2012 as assistant coach of Aca Kovačević.
In last 10 years national team of Serbia played four times in the UEFA Futsal EURO (Portugal 2007 - 5th place, Hungary 2010 and Croatia 2012 - quarter finals and Serbia 2016 - 4th place) and one time at FIFA Futsal World Cup (Thailand 2012 - round of 16).
Goran Ivančić's adventure started through two friendlies vs Netherlands celebrated on past monday and tuesday in Novi Sad (2-2) and Zrenjanin (3-2 win).
Below have a look at the first ever roster selected by Ivančić and his staff.
Serbian National Team - Players List
Goalkeepers Aleksa Antonić (Deus Sremska Mitrovica) Stefan Filipović (FON Beograd)
Field Players Dragan Tomić (Deus Sremska Mitrovica) Jovan Lazarević (Euromotus Beograd) Andrija Stanković (FON Beograd) Nikola Matijević (Ekonomac Kragujevac) Denis Ramić (Ekonomac Kragujevac) Predrag Jovanović (Ekonomac Kragujevac) Bojan Filipović (Smederevo) Miloš Simić (Informatica Timisoara - ROMANIA) Slobodan Rajčević (Informatica Timisoara - ROMANIA) Stefan Rakić (Informatica Timisoara - ROMANIA) Nenad Rančić (Grand Pro Varna - BULGARIA) Marko Perić (Kaos Futsal Ferrara - ITALY)
Head Coach: Goran Ivančić Assistant Coach: Vojkan Vukmirović Assistant Coach: Dejan Knežević Physical trainer: Bojan Antonić Doctor: Aleksandar Ristanović Physiotherapist: Dragan Ristović Team Manager: Igor Gačić Staff: Nenad Dragaš
Serbian National Team (Photo courtesy: FSS - Serbian FA Website)
