Serbia coach Javier Clemente was sacked after failing to reach Euro 2008, Serbian Football Association (FSS) president Zvezdan Terzic said.

"The results are always the final barometer of whether someone has been successful or not and we have made the decision not to extend Clemente's contract expiring on December 31," Terzic told reporters after a meeting with his aides.

"Clemente himself said he didn't want to carry on unless he had unanimous support from the FSS, the fans and the media, which he doesn't although only a few people wanted him out," he added.

"He had a difficult task of reaching the Euro 2008 finals with a young team in the process of being rebuilt and we were unrealistic in our expectations."

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