Serbia coach Radovan Curcic stepped down on Wednesday, the country's football federation announced.

Curcic explained via a statement on the Serbian federation website that "the conditions were not right for me to put in place my project to qualify Serbia for the World Cup in Russia."

He added: "I hope Serbia answer our wish to qualify for the World Cup" in 2018.

Serbia finished second bottom of their Euro 2016 qualifying group after winning just twice in eight games.

They have been drawn in Group D in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup along with Wales, Austria, the Republic of Ireland, Moldova and Georgia.

They begin their campaign to qualify for the finals in Russia at home to Ireland on September 5.

Curcic, 44, was appointed in November 2014 as the successor to Dick Advocaat. No replacement has been announced by the Serbian federation.