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Index: World Cup Finals: Germany 2006: Teams: Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro in the World Cup Finals

Serbia and Montenegro qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on October 12th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Serbia and Montenegro's 1st appearance at the World Cup Finals, although Yugoslavia made nine appearances (the last one being France 1998).

Best World Cup Performance:
The former Yugoslavia made it to the semi-finals twice; Uruguay 1930 and Chile 1962.

This could be the last time Serbia and Montenegro appear together, after Montenegro voted in favour of independence from Serbia on Sunday, 21st May 2006.

Serbia and Montenegro World Cup Preparations

Serbia and Montenegro will base themselves in the Münsterland area of Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Serbia-Montenegro Team Hotel

Hotel Weissenburg:
Gantweg 18, Billerbeck:
Serbia and Montenegro will be staying at the hotel, in Billerbeck, that Schalke 04 regularly use to prepare themselves for home games. Just an hour from Gelsenkirchen, the team are ideally placed for their second group game; againt Argentina. The hotel itself is family-run and offers the players the use of a swimming-pool, sauna and solarium.

Serbia and Montenegro will use the training facilities at the Helker Berg, with space for a few thousand spectators on the grass banks around the oval.

Accommodation in Billerbeck:
For Serbian fans who want to stay near their team.

Serbia-Montenegro Friendly Matches

Beat Tunisia (1:0), Wednesday 1st March. (Rades, Tunisia)
Mateja Kezman (11).

Drew with Uruguay (1:1), Saturday 27th May. (Belgrade)
Dejan Stankovic (18).

Serbia and Montenegro in the 2006 World Cup

Group C

Serbia & Montenegro vs Holland in Leipzig:
Serbia & Montenegro tried to push forward and take advantage of how the heat was starting to affect the Dutch but they just didn't get the final touch.

Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro in Gelsenkirchen:
Serbia & Montenegro were totally demolished and demoralised as their World Cup hopes now rested on Ivory Coast beating Holland.

Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia & Montenegro in München:
For a team touted as having a solid defence coming into the 2006 World Cup Finals they'll be dissapointed to have let in another three; especially as they were two goals up in twenty minutes.

Knockout Stage

Serbia & Montenegro failed to qualify for the Second Round.

Serbia and Montenegro World Cup Squad 2006

Plavi

Goalkeepers:

1 Dragoslav Jevric (Anakaraspor, Turkey)
12 Oliver Kovacevic (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria)
23 Vladimir Stojkovic (Nantes, France)

Defenders:

3 Ivica Dragutinovic (Sevilla, Spain)
5 Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United, England)
6 Goran Gavrancic (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine)
13 Dusan Basta (Red Star Belgrade)
14 Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade)
15 Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade)
20 Mladen Krstajic (Schalke 04, Germany)

Midfielders:

2 Ivan Ergic (FC Basle, Switzerland)
4 Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine)
7 Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth, England)
10 Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan, Italy)
11 Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos Piraeus, Greece)
17 Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade)
18 Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade)
22 Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray, Turkey)

Forwards:

8 Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
9 Savo Milosevic (Osasuna, Spain)
19 Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade)
21 Danijel Ljuboja (VfB Stuttgart, Germany)

Trainer:
Ilija Petkovic.

Players to watch:
10 Dejan Stankovic, (Inter Milan, Italy)
8 Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
19 Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade)

Destination Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro Travel Notes:
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