TEAM COMPOSITION

SRB / Serbia - Team Composition

Team manager	RELJIN Jelena
Head coach	TERZIC Zoran
Assistant coach	PROTIC Nebojsa
Doctor	MITIC Miodrag
Therapist / trainer	MLADENOVIC Sinisa
Journalist	STOJMENOVIC Sinisa

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Ana	Lazarevic	LAZAREVIC	04.07.1991	186	74	280	268
	2	Jovana	Brakocevic	BRAKOCEVIC	05.03.1988	196	82	309	295
	3	IVANA	Djerisilo	DJERISILO	08.08.1983	188	68	277	252
	4	Bojana	Zivkovic	ZIVKOVIC	29.03.1988	185	70	292	284
	5	Natasa	Krsmanovic	Krsmanovic	19.06.1985	188	73	305	285
	6	Tijana	Malesevic	MALESEVIC	18.03.1991	185	78	300	286
	7	Brizitka	MOLNAR	MOLNAR	28.07.1985	182	66	304	290
	8	Ana	ANTONIJEVIC	ANTONIJEVIC	26.08.1987	185	63	282	269
	9	Jovana	Vesovic	VESOVIC	21.06.1987	182	68	283	268
C	10	Maja	Ognjenovic	OGNJENOVIC	06.08.1984	183	68	290	270
	11	Stefana	Veljkovic	VELJKOVIC	09.01.1990	190	76	320	305
	12	Jelena	NIKOLIC	NIKOLIC	13.04.1982	194	79	315	300
	13	Ana	Bjelica	BJELICA	03.04.1992	190	82	310	305
	14	Nadja	Ninkovic	NINKOVIC	01.11.1991	193	77	301	286
	15	Jovana	Stevanovic	STEVANOVIC	30.06.1992	190	75	308	295
	16	Milena	Rasic	RASIC	25.10.1990	193	75	303	293
L	17	Silvija	POPOVIC	POPOVIC	15.03.1986	175	60	228	226
L	18	Suzana	Cebic	Cebic	09.11.1984	167	60	279	255
	19	Sanja	Starovic	Starovic	25.03.1983	194	96	315	305
	20	Jelena	Blagojevic	BLAGOJEVIC	01.12.1988	181	68	267	242
	22	BRANKICA	Mihajlovic	MIHAJLOVIC	13.04.1991	189	64	282	264

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Over the past six years, the Serbia women’s team has started to match the performances of their male counterparts and become strong contenders for podium finishers. While there is still some way to go before matching the men in terms of titles, recent notable results have put the women’s team right up their among the world’s best.
The rise of the team started with the bronze medal at the FIVB World Championship 2006 in Japan, followed by a silver medal at the 2007 European Championship. From there, the side took part in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 for the first time ever, finishing fifth. A year later in 2009, Serbia sealed the CEV European League, a feat they repeated in 2010 and 2011.

The team, with its delightful combination of youth and experience, competed in the FIVB World Grand Prix for the first time in 2011, clinching the bronze medal in an outstanding performance. They followed this up with gold at the European Championships and bronze at the FIVB Women’s World Olympic qualifier earlier this year.

Coach profile

Zoran Terzic began his career as a player for VC Crvena Zvezda and has coached teams in Romania and Italy. He became the Serbia coach in 2002. His first major success was qualifying for the 2003 European Championship after a 12-year absence. This was followed by a bronze medal at the FIVB World Championship 2006 and in 2008 he led the team to the Beijing Olympic Games for the first time. He also helped them win bronze during last year’s World Grand Prix.