Serbia and Montenegro (Group C)

Team founded: 1919 (affiliated 1919)

World Cup Participations: seven (1930, 1950, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1998)

World Cup Honors: semi-finals (1930)

Titles: none

Coach: Ilija Petkovic (nationality: Serbian)

Team Captain: Mladen Krstajic (Schalke 04, Germany)

The Squad
Goalkeepers
Dragoslav Jevric (Anakaraspor)
Oliver Kovacevic (CSKA Sofia)
Vladimir Stojkovic (Nantes)

Defenders
Dusan Basta (Red Star Belgrade)
Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade)
Ivica Dragutinovic (Sevilla)
Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade)
Goran Gavrancic (Dynamo Kiev)
Mladen Krstajic (Schalke)
Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)

Midfielders
Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos Piraeus)
Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Ivan Ergic (Basel)
Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray)
Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth)
Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade)
Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan)
Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade)

Forwards
Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid)
Danijel Ljuboja (VFB Stuttgart)
Savo Milosevic (Osasuna)
Mirko Vucinic (Lecce)
Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade)

Ranking: 46

Qualifiers: Topped their group, ahead of Spain, with no losses. Allowed only one goal, against Spain.

Schedule
June 11 v Netherlands (Leipzig) L 0-1
June 16 v Argentina (Gelsenkirchen)
June 21 v Ivory Coast (Munich)

The Odds: The team lands in the toughest group, where all four contenders are ranked in the world top 50, so it will have to compete at its toughest. The team’s defense has been sterling during lead-up, allowing only one goal in winning European qualifiers group seven. With captain Krstajic in charge of a dour backline, and Belgrade striker Nikola Zigic (at 6'8" the "world's tallest player," this is one of those squads that could defy the odds and move well ahead.