Young people and cadets hone their form in Vrnjačka Banja

Nenad Milijaš, the youth coach, will have the task of returning the title to the Maracana, and the results of the first team will depend on whether his youth team will play in the Youth Champions League this season. He took 25 footballers to the preparations, as many as possible and licensed for the new season: Vuk Draškić, Pavle Bekonja, Stefan Maksimović, Uroš Tegeltija, Strahinja Stojković, Vuk Roganović, Viktor Stojanović, Stefan Gudelj, Mamadu Fol, Uroš Ilić, Gorazd Ristovski, Igor Bubanja, Petar Manojlović, Andrej Mladenović, Matej Gaštarov, Aleksa Vasilić, Vasilije Kostov, Davorin Tošić, Alek Ramadani, Nikola Tasić, Đorđe Ranković, Uros Đorđević, Ognjen Mišić, Darije Markočević and Ognjen Teofilović.

Milijaš's professional staff consists of: Miloš Janković (assistant coach), Marko Trkulja (goalkeeper coach), Vladan Blažić (fitness coach), Nemanja Golubović (analyst), Jelena Miljković (physiotherapist), Dejan Purić (doctor).

The youngsters will play three control games, and the rivals are: Jedinstvo Kruševac (July 24), Real Podunavci (July 27) and Trstenik (July 31).

Slađan Nikolić will therefore have the task of defending the title, but with boys born in 2008. 24 players went to the training, namely: Mateja Stanković, Savo Radanović, Uroš Nikolić, Milan Ćopić, Balša Papović, Lazar Nikolić, Đorđe Vranić, Uroš Dragišić, Nikša Blagojević, Leon Ivanović, Andrija Milašinović, Strahinja Baucal, Veljko Žurić, Jovan Mrvaljević, Pavle Štulić, Danilo Karanović, Dušan Jovanović, Vasilije Subotic, Luka Zarić, Dimitrije Šarić, Pavle Krstić, Aleksa Damjanović, Aleksa Petrović.

Apart from Nikolić, the coaching staff consists of: Filip Ostojić (assistant coach), Darko Mladenović (goalkeeper coach), Srđan Ivović (conditioning coach), Saša Savić (analyst), Vladimir Antonović (physiotherapist), Dejan Purić (doctor).

During the preparations, the cadets expect three friendly matches, and the opponents are: Napredak (July 24), Metalac (July 27), Trial (July 31) and Sloga (August 3).