Serbia Final Squad

Fifa Ranking: 15 (947 Points)

First appearance: 1930

No. of appearances (inc 2010): 11

Best result: Semi-Finals (1930 & 1962 as Yugoslavia)

Coach: Radomir ANTIC (SRB)

Serbia coach Radomir Antic has dropped fourth choice goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic in selecting his final 23-man squad for the World Cup finals.

After training with a group of 24 at their training camp in Austria, the Vojvodina Novi Sad was axed leaving club-mate Dragan Mrdja and Radosav Petrovic of Partisan Belgrade as the only two home-based players in the final 23.

"I had to leave one player out and such a decision is never easy to make. I told Zeljko that being in the training camp should be a stimulus for his career and that I still will count on him," Antic told reporters. Serbia have two more warm-up games prior to opening their World Cup account against Ghana on June 13.

Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojkovic (Sporting), Bojan Isailovic (Zaglebie Lubin), Andjelko Djuricic (Uniao Leiria)

Defenders: Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea), Antonio Rukavina (Munich 1860), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund), Aleksandar Lukovic (Udinese), Ivan Obradovic (Zaragoza), Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio)

Midfielders: Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan), Gojko Kacar (Hertha Berlin), Nenad Milijas (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (VfB Stuttgart), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade), Milos Krasic (CSKA Moscow), Zoran Tosic (Manchester United), Milos Ninkovic (Dynamo Kiev), Milan Jovanovic (Standard Liege)

Forwards: Nikola Zigic (Birmingham City), Marko Pantelic (Ajax Amsterdam), Danko Lazovic (Zenit St. Petersburg), Dragan Mrdja (Vojvodina Novi Sad)