Yugoslavia national football team

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Yugoslavia

Nickname(s)

Plavi ("Blues")

Association

Football Association
of Yugoslavia

Head coach

Most caps

Dragan Džajić (85)

Top scorer

Stjepan Bobek (38)

FIFA code

YUG

Elo ranking

6^[1]

Highest Elo ranking

4 (November 1990 - May 1991)

Lowest Elo ranking

40 (April 10, 1927)





First kit





Second kit

First international

Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes

(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
Last International as SFR Yugoslavia^[2]

Netherlands 2 - 0 Yugoslavia

(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25 March 1992)

Biggest win

Yugoslavia 10 - 1 India

(Helsinki, Finland; 15 July 1952)

Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Zaire

(Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 18 June 1974)

Biggest defeat

Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes

(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)

Uruguay 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes

(Paris, France; 26 May 1924)

Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes

(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925)

World Cup

Appearances

8^[3] (First in 1930)

Best result

Semifinals, 1930;
Fourth place, 1962

European Championship

Appearances

4^[4] (First in 1960)

Best result

Runners-up, 1960 and 1968

Men’s Football
Olympic medal record
Silver	1948 London	Team
Silver	1952 Helsinki	Team
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Team
Gold	1960 Rome	Team
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Team

The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920-1929), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-1941), the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1946-1963), the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963-1992), and after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1994-2002), before it changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. The scope of this article only covers the national team Yugoslavia until 1992 and the end of SFR Yugoslavia. For the team representing FR Yugoslavia, see Serbia and Montenegro national football team.

The first one was in the kingdom that existed between the two world wars. The Football Federation of what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was founded in Zagreb in 1919 (and admitted into FIFA), and the national team played its first international game in Antwerp in 1920. In 1929, the country was renamed to Yugoslavia and the football association became Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije and moved its headquarters to Belgrade. The national team participated in the Football World Cup 1930 and shared the third/fourth place with the U.S. team. The tournament was boycotted by Croatian players due to the moving of the association's headquarters to Belgrade.^[5]

The federation and football overall was disrupted by World War II. After the war, a socialist federation was formed and the football federation reconstituted. It was one of the founding members of the UEFA and it organized the 1976 European Championship played in Belgrade and Zagreb. The national team participated in eight World Cups, four Euros, and even won Olympic Games football tournament in the 1960 (they also finished second three times and third once).

Dragan Džajić holds the record for the most national team caps at 85, between 1964 to 1979. The best scorer is Stjepan Bobek with 38 goals, between 1946 and 1956.

The under-21 team won the inaugural UEFA U-21 Championship in 1978.

The Yugoslav under-20 team won the FIFA World Youth Championship 1987. The same generation probably would have been even more successful if it had not been for the Yugoslav wars. The Yugoslav team split up and the remaining team of the FRY was banned from competing at Euro 92. They had finished top of their qualifying group, but were unable to play in the competition due to Yugoslavia's political problems. Their place was taken by Denmark, who went on to win the competition.

The national team of Serbia and Montenegro continued under the name Yugoslavia until that country was renamed in 2003. FIFA considers the national team of Serbia to be the current day successor of Yugoslavia.

For the later football teams, see:

1 World Cup record
- 1.1 European Championship record
2 Notable players (at least 15 caps)
3 See also
4 Footnotes

[edit] World Cup record

1930 - Semifinals (no 3rd place match)
1934 - Did not qualify
1938 - Did not qualify
1950 - Round 1
1954 - Quarterfinals
1958 - Quarterfinals
1962 - Fourth place
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Round 2
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Round 1
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Quarterfinals
1994 - 2006 Competed as Yugoslavia (federal republic) and Serbia and Montenegro now compete as Serbia and Montenegro

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Final	2	1	0	1	1	2
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Final	3	1	1	1	2	3
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Fourth Place	2	0	0	2	4	7
1980	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Round 1	3	0	0	3	2	10
1988	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Qualified***
Total	5/9	10	2	1	7	9	22