Serbia men's national water polo team


The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo Association of Serbia. 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 2020 European Championship
CompetitionTotal
Olympic Games1135
World Championship3238
World Cup3025
World League121114
European Championship72110
Europa Cup0000
Mediterranean Games3014
Summer Universiade3126
Total3271352

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

World League

European Championship

Europa Cup

Mediterranean Games

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
Head coach: Dejan Savić
NoNamePos.L/RDate of birthHeightWeightCapsClub
1Gojko PijetlovićGKR260 CSM Oradea
2Dušan MandićWL187 Pro Recco
3Nikola DedovićWR18 Spandau 04
4Sava RanđelovićCBR155 Orvosegyetem SC
5Miloš ĆukDR195 HAVK Mladost
6Duško PijetlovićCFR325 Szolnok
7Nemanja VicoCFR37 Trieste
8Milan AleksićCBR254 CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
9Nikola JakšićCBR120 Ferencváros
10Filip Filipović WL360 Pro Recco
11Andrija PrlainovićWR317 Orvosegyetem SC
12Stefan MitrovićDR250 Olympiacos
13Branislav MitrovićGKR175 Orvosegyetem SC

Coaches

Professional friendly and competitive matches only where Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and now Serbia were represented.
NameYearsMatchesGoals
1Dejan Savić1994–2008
2Aleksandar Šapić1997–2008
3Živko Gocić2003–present
4Slobodan Nikić2003–present
5Igor Milanović1984–1996
6Aleksandar Ćirić1997–2008
7Vladimir Vujasinović1990–2008
8Filip Filipović2003–present
9Petar Trbojević1997–2006
10Danilo Ikodinović1997–2008

Statistics accurate as of matches played 29 July 2017

Philanthropy

On 25 December 2011, Serbia's water polo team was included in a humanitarian action "Bitka za Bebe" playing an exhibition match with the team of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, in Belgrade. 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, football and basketball players of Red Star Belgrade, and many others. Proceeds from the ticket sales went to fund "Bitka za Bebe" and enough money was successfully raised to purchase one incubator.