Serbia v England, 16 June 2024

Score1-0 to England
RefereeDaniele Orsato
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Finals Group C
VenueVeltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance48,953

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Kick-off: 9.00pm local (8.00pm BST) . This was match no. 7 at Euro 2024. . This was the first-ever meeting between Serbia and England at full international level. The Three Lions met Yugoslavia 14 times and Serbia & Montenegro once.

0 Serbia

Manager: Dragan Stojković

1 England

Manager: Gareth Southgate

Goals:

Goals:

Jude Bellingham 13 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Predrag Rajković
Defender Nikola Milenković
Defender Strahinja Pavlović
Defender Miloš Veljković
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Gudelj
Defender/Midfielder Filip Kostić
Defender/Midfielder Andrija Zivković
Midfielder Saša Lukić
Midfielder/Forward Sergej Milinković-Savić
Forward Aleksandar Mitrović (captain)
Forward Dušan Vlahović

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Marc Guéhi Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
Kieran Trippier Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Jude Bellingham Midfielder
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Harry Kane Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Filip Mladenović for Filip Kostić 43
Ivan Ilić for Nemanja Gudelj 46
Luka Jović for Saša Lukić 61
Dušan Tadić for Aleksandar Mitrović 61
Veljko Birmančević for Andrija Zivković 74

Substitutions:

Conor Gallagher for Trent Alexander-Arnold 69
Jarrod Bowen for Bukayo Saka 76
Kobbie Mainoo for Kobbie Mainoo 86

Cards:

Nemanja Gudelj 39 Y
Dušan Tadić 75 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić
Goalkeeper Djorđe Petrović
Defender Srđan Babić
Defender Filip Mladenović
Defender Uroš Spajić
Defender/Midfielder Srđan Mijailović
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Stojić
Midfielder Veljko Birmančević
Midfielder Mijat Gaćinović
Midfielder Ivan Ilić
Midfielder Nemanja Maksimović
Midfielder Lazar Samardžić
Midfielder/Forward Petar Ratkov
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Luka Jović

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson
Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Luke Shaw
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder Kobbie Mainoo
Midfielder Adam Wharton
Midfielder/Forward Jarrod Bowen
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Gordon
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Forward Ivan Toney
Forward Ollie Watkins

Comments:

Serbia were eliminated in the group stage in each of their three previous major tournament appearances; all at the FIFA World Cup in 2010, 2018 and 2022. . Including qualifiers, this was their 51st game in the UEFA European Championships (won 21, lost 15). . They had won four and lost five of their ten games so far in the 2023-24 season.

Comments:

England had now played 39 games at UEFA European Championship tournaments; the most by a team that had never won the competition. . They had won their opening game at all four of their major tournaments under manager Gareth Southgate. . Jude Bellingham had now become the first-ever European player to appear at three major tournaments before his 21st birthday. He also scored the Three Lions’ opening goal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

0 Serbia

Manager: Dragan Stojković

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Predrag Rajković
Defender Nikola Milenković
Defender Strahinja Pavlović
Defender Miloš Veljković
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Gudelj
Defender/Midfielder Filip Kostić
Defender/Midfielder Andrija Zivković
Midfielder Saša Lukić
Midfielder/Forward Sergej Milinković-Savić
Forward Aleksandar Mitrović (captain)
Forward Dušan Vlahović

Substitutions:

Filip Mladenović for Filip Kostić 43
Ivan Ilić for Nemanja Gudelj 46
Luka Jović for Saša Lukić 61
Dušan Tadić for Aleksandar Mitrović 61
Veljko Birmančević for Andrija Zivković 74

Cards:

Nemanja Gudelj 39 Y
Dušan Tadić 75 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Vanja Milinković-Savić
Goalkeeper Djorđe Petrović
Defender Srđan Babić
Defender Filip Mladenović
Defender Uroš Spajić
Defender/Midfielder Srđan Mijailović
Defender/Midfielder Nemanja Stojić
Midfielder Veljko Birmančević
Midfielder Mijat Gaćinović
Midfielder Ivan Ilić
Midfielder Nemanja Maksimović
Midfielder Lazar Samardžić
Midfielder/Forward Petar Ratkov
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Luka Jović

Comments:

Serbia were eliminated in the group stage in each of their three previous major tournament appearances; all at the FIFA World Cup in 2010, 2018 and 2022. . Including qualifiers, this was their 51st game in the UEFA European Championships (won 21, lost 15). . They had won four and lost five of their ten games so far in the 2023-24 season.

1 England

Manager: Gareth Southgate

Goals:

Jude Bellingham 13 G

Starting lineup:

Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper
Marc Guéhi Defender
Kyle Walker Defender
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
John Stones Defender/Midfielder
Kieran Trippier Defender/Midfielder
Bukayo Saka Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Jude Bellingham Midfielder
Phil Foden Midfielder/Forward
Harry Kane Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Conor Gallagher for Trent Alexander-Arnold 69
Jarrod Bowen for Bukayo Saka 76
Kobbie Mainoo for Kobbie Mainoo 86

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson
Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Luke Shaw
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Conor Gallagher
Midfielder Kobbie Mainoo
Midfielder Adam Wharton
Midfielder/Forward Jarrod Bowen
Midfielder/Forward Eberechi Eze
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Gordon
Midfielder/Forward Cole Palmer
Forward Ivan Toney
Forward Ollie Watkins

Comments:

England had now played 39 games at UEFA European Championship tournaments; the most by a team that had never won the competition. . They had won their opening game at all four of their major tournaments under manager Gareth Southgate. . Jude Bellingham had now become the first-ever European player to appear at three major tournaments before his 21st birthday. He also scored the Three Lions’ opening goal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.