Vojvodina Novi Sad goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic was the unlucky man to miss out as Serbia coach Radomir Antic trimmed his 24-man party down to the final 23 names who will make the trip to South Africa.

Antic had earlier cut Chelsea duo Slobodan Rajkovic and Nemanja Matic from his provisional squad of 30, while also omitting Ajax forward Miralem Sulejmani, PSV Eindhoven defender Jagos Vukovic, Partizan Belgrade midfielder Nemanja Tomic and Red Star Belgrade striker Dejan Lekic.

Serbia face Poland in a friendly in Austria on Wednesday, and are up against Germany, Australia and Ghana in World Cup Group D.