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 in the World Cup Finals, although Yugoslavia made nine appearances (the last one being France 98).

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

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 scored the only goal of the game with a header (11).

Uruguay, Saturday 27th May. (Belgrade)

Serbia and Montenegro in the 2006 World Cup
Group C
Sunday, 11th June
Serbia and Montenegro vs Holland
Leipzig -- (15:00)

Friday, 16th June
Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro
Gelsenkirchen -- (15:00)

Wednesday, 21st June
Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro
München -- (21:00)

Knockout Stage
Group C winner travels to Leipzig and the runner-up goes to Nuernberg.

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 (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)
16 Mirko Vucinic (Lecce, Italy)
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

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