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)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Last International as SFR Yugoslavia[1]  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[1] (First in 1930)
Best result	Semifinals, 1930; Fourth place, 1962
European Championship
Appearances	4[1] (First in 1960)
Best result	Runners-up, 1960 and 1968

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1920-1941) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1946-1992) in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international competition as part of a United Nations boycott. In 1994, when the boycott was lifted, it was succeeded by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia football team .

[edit] History

The first national team 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.^[2]

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 won the 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.

[edit] Boycott

With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the team split up and the remaining team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (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 the Yugoslav wars. Their place was taken by Denmark, who went on to win the competition. Yugoslavia had also been drawn as the top seed in Group 5 of the European Zone in the qualifying tournament for the 1994 World Cup. FRY was barred from competing, rendering the group unusually weak.

[edit] Breakup

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the FRY consisted of Montenegro and Serbia. The national team of Serbia and Montenegro continued under the name Yugoslavia until 2003, when country and team were renamed Serbia and Montenegro. With the independence of Montenegro in 2006, FIFA considers the national team of Serbia to be the successor of Yugoslavia.

For the later official football teams, see:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
• Croatia national football team
• Slovenia national football team
• Republic of Macedonia national football team
• Serbia and Montenegro national football team, later
  • Serbia national football team
  • Montenegro national football team

[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 — Suspended

For the later tournaments, see:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team World Cup record
• Croatia national football team World Cup record
• Republic of Macedonia national football team World Cup record
• Montenegro national football team World Cup record
• Serbia national football team World Cup record
• Slovenia national football team World Cup record

[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	4/9	10	2	1	7	9	22

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

***Qualified, but disqualified because of international sanctions during Yugoslav wars.  Denmark entered the competition instead.

[edit] Notable players (at least 15 caps)

[edit] Head to head records

Opponent	P	W	D	L	%W	%D	%L
Argentina	6	2	1	3	33.33	16.67	50.00
Czechoslovakia	31	9	4	18	29.03	12.90	58.06
England	14	4	5	5	28.57	35.71	35.71
Spain	16	5	4	7	31.25	25.00	43.75

[edit] References

• Yugoslavia national football team website

[edit] See also

• Yugoslavia national under-21 football team

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

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