Yugoslavia national football team
































































Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Football Federation 1990.png
Nickname(s)
Plavi (The Blues)
Brazilians of Europe[1]
Association Football Association
of Yugoslavia
Most caps

Dragan Džajić (85)
(SFRY)
Top scorer
Stjepan Bobek (38)
(SFRY)
Home stadium
Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
FIFA code YUG

















First colours














Second colours



First international

 Czechoslovakia 7–0 KSCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Antwerp, Belgium; August 28, 1920)

First international as SFRY


 Czechoslovakia 0–2 SFRY Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; May 9, 1945)


Last international as SFRY[2]


 Netherlands 2–0 SFRY Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; March 25, 1992)
Biggest win

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFRY 10–0 Venezuela Venezuela
(Friendly, Curitiba, Brazil; June 14, 1972)[3]
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFRY 9–0 Zair  Zaire
(1974 FIFA WC - Group 2, Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 18 June 1974)[4]
Biggest defeat

 Czechoslovakia 7–0 KSCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Antwerp, Belgium; August 28, 1920)
 Uruguay 7–0 KSCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Paris, France; May 26, 1924)
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 KSCS Kingdom of Yugoslavia
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; October 28, 1925)
World Cup
Appearances 8[2] (first in 1930)
Best result Fourth place (1930, 1962)
European Championship
Appearances 4[2] (first in 1960)
Best result Runners-up, 1960 and 1968

The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941, until 1929 as Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992, until November 29, 1945 as Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, 29 November 1945–1963 as Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) in association football. It enjoyed success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international competition as part of a United Nations sanction. In 1994, when the boycott was lifted, it was succeeded by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national football team.


The Serbia national football team inherited Yugoslavia's spot within FIFA and UEFA and is considered by both organisations as the only successor of Yugoslavia.[5][6][7]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 1930 World Cup


    • 1.2 Silver Medal at 1948 Summer Olympics


    • 1.3 Silver Medal at 1952 Summer Olympics


    • 1.4 Later decades


    • 1.5 Dissolution and UN embargo


    • 1.6 Breakup




  • 2 National teams


    • 2.1 Successor teams




  • 3 Youth teams


  • 4 Kit history


    • 4.1 Kit sponsorship


    • 4.2 Kingdom


    • 4.3 SFRY




  • 5 Competitive record


    • 5.1 FIFA World Cup record


    • 5.2 UEFA European Championship record


    • 5.3 Mediterranean Games record




  • 6 Honours


  • 7 Most capped players


  • 8 Head-to-head record


  • 9 Head coaches


  • 10 See also


  • 11 Notes


  • 12 References


  • 13 Bibliography


  • 14 External links





History




Yugoslavia at the 1924 Summer Olympics


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 under the name Jugoslovenski nogometni savez (and admitted into FIFA), and the national team played its first international game at the Summer Olympics in Antwerp in 1920. The opponent was Czechoslovakia, and the historic starting eleven that represented Kingdom of SCS on its debut were: Dragutin Vrđuka, Vjekoslav Župančić, Jaroslav Šifer, Stanko Tavčar, Slavin Cindrić, Rudolf Rupec, Dragutin Vragović, Artur Dubravčić, Emil Perška, Ivan Granec, and Jovan Ružić. They lost by a huge margin 0–7, but nonetheless got their names in the history books.



1930 World Cup




A Yugoslavia line-up in the 1930 FIFA World Cup


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 at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, finishing in fourth place. In its first ever World Cup match in Montevideo's Parque Central, Yugoslavia managed a famous 2–1 win versus mighty Brazil, with the following starting eleven representing the country: Milovan Jakšić, Branislav Sekulić, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Milutin Ivković, Ivica Bek, Momčilo Đokić, Blagoje Marjanović, Milorad Arsenijević, Đorđe Vujadinović, Dragoslav Mihajlović, and Ljubiša Stefanović. The team was the youngest squad at the inaugural World Cup at an average age of just under 22 years old, and became quite popular amongst the Uruguayan public, who dubbed them "Los Ichachos". The national team consisted of players based in Serbian football clubs, while the Zagreb Subassociation forbid players from Croatian clubs, some of whom were regulars in the national team until then, to play in the World Cup due to the relocation of football association's headquarters from Zagreb to Belgrade.[8]



Silver Medal at 1948 Summer Olympics


Yugoslavia began their football campaign by defeating Luxembourg 6–1, with five different players scoring the goals. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, they would take out Turkey and Great Britain by the same score of 3–1. In the final though, they would lose to Sweden.



Silver Medal at 1952 Summer Olympics


Having a team with many players from the 1948 generation, Yugoslavia was a formidable side at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished as runners-up behind the famous "Golden Team" representing Hungary. Against the USSR, Yugoslavia was 5–1 up with 15 minutes of their first round match to go. The Yugoslavs, understandably, put their feet up. Arthur Ellis, the match referee, recorded what happened next in his book, The Final Whistle (London, 1963): "The USSR forced the most honourable draw ever recorded! [Vsevolod] Bobrov, their captain, scored a magnificent hat-trick. After the USSR had reduced the lead to 5–2, he, almost single-handed, took the score to 5–5, scoring his third in the last minute. For once, use of the word sensational was justified." Although Bobrov's early goal in their replay presaged a miraculous recovery, Yugoslavia recovered sufficiently to put out their opponents easily in the second half.



Later decades


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 and four Euros, won the Olympic football tournament in 1960 at the Summer Games (they also finished second three times and third once), and developed a reputation for skillful and attacking football, leading them to be dubbed "the Brazilians of Europe".[9]


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



Dissolution and UN embargo


With the end of the Cold War, democratic principles were introduced to the country which brought about the end of Titoist rule. In the subsequent atmosphere, national tensions were heightened. At the Yugoslavia-Netherlands friendly in preparation for the 1990 World Cup, the Croatian crowd in Zagreb jeered the Yugoslav team and anthem and waved Dutch flags (owing to its resemblance to the Croatian tricolour). 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. The decision was made on May 31, 1992, just 10 days before the competition commenced.[10]


They had finished top of their qualifying group, but were unable to play in the competition due to United Nations Security Council Resolution 757. Their place was taken by Denmark, who went on to win the competition. Yugoslavia had also been drawn as second 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.



Breakup


After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the FRY consisted of Montenegro and Serbia.[11][12] The national team of Serbia and Montenegro continued under the name Yugoslavia until 2003, when country and team were renamed Serbia and Montenegro.
For the later official football teams, see:




  • Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 1990s)


  • Croatia national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 1990s)


  • Slovenia national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 1990s)


  • North Macedonia national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 1990s)


  • Serbia and Montenegro national football team, (considered successor of Yugoslavia) later


    • Montenegro national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 2006)


    • Serbia national football team (considered successor of Serbia and Montenegro)

      • Kosovo national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 2016)






National teams



Successor teams


Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbian national team to be the direct and sole successor of the Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia) and Serbia and Montenegro national football teams. The teams of other republics were inducted as fully new members.





















































































































Nation
FIFA Active
International tournament(s)
Round

 Croatia

(since 1991)

UEFA Euro 1996
Quarter-Final

1998 FIFA World Cup
Third Place

2002 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage

UEFA Euro 2004
Group Stage

2006 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage

UEFA Euro 2008
Quarter-Final

UEFA Euro 2012
Group Stage

2014 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage

UEFA Euro 2016
Round of 16

2018 FIFA World Cup

Runner-up

 Serbia
FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003)
Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)


(since 1994)

1998 FIFA World Cup (FR Yugoslavia)
Round of 16

UEFA Euro 2000 (FR Yugoslavia)
Quarter-Final

2006 FIFA World Cup (Serbia & Monetenegro)
Group Stage

2010 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage

2018 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage

 Slovenia

(since 1991)

UEFA Euro 2000
Group Stage

2002 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage

2010 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

(since 1995)

2014 FIFA World Cup
Group Stage
 Macedonia (since 1991)
 Montenegro (since 2006)
 Kosovo (since 2016)

Additional stats:



  • Croatia has/will appear at their 10th major tournament since independence, most by any other former republic;

  • Croatia's runner-up finish at 2018 FIFA World Cup is the best result at a major tournament by any other former republic;

  • Croatia was the first former Yugoslav nation to qualify to a major tournament after independence;

  • Slovenia has only qualified for major tournaments via play-offs (3);

  • Croatia were seeded inside Pot 1 of FIFA World Cup qualifications on 3 successive occasions, in 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, after FR Yugoslavia who were seeded once in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification;

  • Only three former Yugoslav republics were ever seeded inside Pot 1 in the history of UEFA European Championship qualifying competition, after FR Yugoslavia (UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying), Croatia (UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying) and Bosnia (Euro 2016 qualifying);

  • No former SFR Yugoslav republic was ever seeded or in Pot 1 at finals of a major tournament;

  • Niko Kranjčar played for Croatia at 2006 FIFA World Cup under his father – head coach Zlatko Kranjčar; likewise Tino-Sven Sušić played for Bosnia at 2014 FIFA World Cup under his uncle – head coach Safet Sušić.



Youth teams


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.



Kit history



Kit sponsorship


All of the kits from 1950 to 1990 are sponsored by Adidas.



Kingdom
















1930.[13][14]




SFRY






















1950–1962
















1974
















1982
















1984
















1990




Competitive record



FIFA World Cup record


     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  























































































































































































































































FIFA World Cup record


Qualification Record
Year
Round
Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA
Squads

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Uruguay 1930

Fourth Place[15][a]

4th

3

2

0

1

7

7

Squad
Invited

Kingdom of Italy 1934
Did Not Qualify
2
0
1
1
3
4

French Fourth Republic 1938
2
0
1
1
1
4

Brazil 1950
Group Stage
5th
3
2
0
1
7
3

Squad
5
3
2
0
18
6

Switzerland 1954
Quarter-final
7th
3
1
1
1
2
3

Squad
4
4
0
0
4
0

Sweden 1958
Quarter-final
5th
4
1
2
1
7
7

Squad
4
2
2
0
7
2

Chile 1962

Fourth Place

4th

6

3

0

3

10

7

Squad
4
3
1
0
11
4

England 1966
Did Not Qualify
6
3
1
2
10
8

Mexico 1970
6
3
1
2
19
7

West Germany 1974
2nd Group Stage
7th
6
1
2
3
12
7

Squad
7
5
2
2
8
4

Argentina 1978
Did Not Qualify
4
1
0
3
6
8

Spain 1982
Group Stage
16th
3
1
1
1
2
2

Squad
8
6
1
1
22
7

Mexico 1986
Did Not Qualify
8
3
2
3
7
8

Italy 1990
Quarter-final
5th
5
3
1
1
8
6

Squad
8
6
2
0
16
6

United States 1994
Banned[16]
Banned
Total
Fourth Place
8/15
33
14
7
12
55
42

68
39
16
15
132

68


UEFA European Championship record


     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  







































































































































































UEFA European Championship record


Qualification Record
Year
Round
Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA
Squads

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

France 1960

Runners-up

2nd

2

1

0

1

6

6

Squad
4
2
1
1
9
4

Francoist Spain 1964
Did Not Qualify
4
2
1
1
6
5

Italy 1968

Runners-up

2nd

3

1

1

1

2

3

Squad
6
4
1
1
14
5

Belgium 1972
1/4 play offs
8
3
4
1
7
5

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976

Fourth Place

4th

2

0

0

2

4

7

Squad
8
6
1
1
15
5

Italy 1980
Did Not Qualify
6
4
0
2
14
6

France 1984
Group Stage
8th place
3
0
0
3
2
10

Squad
6
3
2
1
12
11

West Germany 1988
Did Not Qualify
6
4
0
2
13
9

Sweden 1992
Banned after qualification[17]
8
7
0
1
24
4
Total
Runners-up
4/9
10
2
1
7
14
26

56
35
10
11
114
54

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.


Mediterranean Games record

































































































































Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year
Round
GP
W
D
L
GS
GA

Egypt 1951
- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Spain 1955
- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lebanon 1959
- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Italy 1963
- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tunisia 1967
- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Turkey 1971
1 3 2 1 0 8 2

Algeria1975
5 4 2 1 1 8 3

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979
1 5 5 0 0 16 4

Morocco 1983
- 0 0 0 0 0 0

Syria 1987
- 0 0 0 0 0 0

1991 – present

See Yugoslavia national under-20 team
Total 3/10 12 9 2 1 32 9


Honours


This is a list of honours for the senior Yugoslav national football team

FIFA World Cup


  • Fourth-place (2): 1930, 1962

UEFA European Championship



  • Runner-up (2): 1960, 1968

  • Fourth-place (1): 1976


Olympic football tournament




  • Gold Medal (1): 1960

  • Silver Medal (3): 1948, 1952, 1956

  • Bronze Medal (1): 1984



Most capped players
































































































































































































#
Name
Career
Caps
Goals
1

Dragan Džajić
1964–1979
85
23
2

Zlatko Vujović
1979–1990
70
25
3

Branko Zebec
1951–1961
65
17
4

Stjepan Bobek
1946–1956
63
38
5

Branko Stanković
1946–1956
61
3
6

Faruk Hadžibegić
1982–1992
61
6
7

Ivica Horvat
1946–1956
60
0
8

Vladimir Beara
1950–1959
59
0
9

Rajko Mitić
1946–1957
59
32
10

Bernard Vukas
1948–1957
59
22
11

Vujadin Boškov
1951–1958
57
0
12

Blagoje Marjanović
1926–1938
57
36
13

Jovan Aćimović
1968–1976
55
3
14

Zlatko Čajkovski
1946–1955
55
7
15

Fahrudin Jusufi
1959–1967
55
0
16

Mehmed Baždarević
1982–1992
54
4
17

Ivica Šurjak
1973–1982
54
10
18

Safet Sušić
1977–1990
54
21
19

Milorad Arsenijević
1927–1936
52
0
20

Dragan Holcer
1965–1974
52
0
21

Tomislav Crnković
1952–1960
51
0
22

Milan Galić
1959–1965
51
37
23

Aleksandar Tirnanić
1929–1940
50
12
24

Vladimir Durković
1959–1966
50
0
25

Milutin Šoškić
1959–1966
50
0
26

Branko Oblak
1970–1977
50
8


Head-to-head record


  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































Head coaches








































































































































































































































































































































































See also


Related articles


  • List of Yugoslavia international footballers

  • List of Yugoslavia national football team goalscorers

  • Yugoslavia national football team games

  • Yugoslavia national under-21 football team

  • Yugoslavia national under-20 football team


Successor teams


  • Serbia and Montenegro national football team

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team

  • Croatia national football team

  • Kosovo national football team

  • North Macedonia national football team

  • Montenegro national football team


  • Serbia national football team (considered the only official successor of Yugoslavia by FIFA and UEFA)

  • Slovenia national football team



Notes





  1. ^ Yugoslavia earned 4th place below the loser of the other semi-final, the United States, because of a lower goal differential (0 to the United States' +1). No third place match was played.




References





  1. ^ A farewell to Yugoslavia openDemocracy.net. Dejan Djokic; April 10, 2002


  2. ^ abc As of 1992 before the split of SFR Yugoslavia; for later data see Serbia and Montenegro national football team.


  3. ^ "Jugoslavija – Venecuela 10-0". Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbo-Croatian). 14 October 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ - Matches - Yugoslavia-Zaire". FIFA.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.


  5. ^ History at FSS official website, Retrieved October 4, 2012 (in Serbian)


  6. ^ Serbia at FIFA official website


  7. ^ News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published January 1, 2011, Retrieved October 4, 2012


  8. ^ History at Football Association of Serbia official website, Retrieved May 17, 2913 (in Serbian)


  9. ^ "90: 'The team was far better than the country' - The lost brilliance of Yugoslavia". June 4, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2017.


  10. ^ [1]


  11. ^ "Yugoslavia and the breakup of its soccer team". Retrieved November 22, 2017.


  12. ^ Merrill, Austin. "The Splintering of Yugoslavia and Its Soccer Team". The Hive. Retrieved November 22, 2017.


  13. ^ "Kako je plavi dres - pocrveneo".


  14. ^ "Kako je plavi dres pocrveneo". Retrieved November 22, 2017.


  15. ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay 1930". FIFA.com. Retrieved July 17, 2018.


  16. ^ Draw for 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers was made on December 8, 1991, however due to break-up of SFR Yugoslavia and consequent military conflict, which broke in early 1991, FSJ ceased to exist as football organization of the SFR Yugoslavia. Organization that remained based in Belgrade, Serbia, was excluded from taking part as FSJ or its successor due to UN sanctions. "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved December 13, 2011.


  17. ^ Suspended because of United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 during Yugoslav wars. Yugoslavia was replaced by Denmark, who went on to win the tournament.




Bibliography



  • Gigi Riva (2016). L’ultimo rigore di Faruk. Una storia di calcio e di guerra [The Faruk's last penalty. A story about football and war] (in Italian). Palermo: Sellerio. ISBN 8838935645.


External links


Media related to Yugoslavia national association football team at Wikimedia Commons




  • RSSSF – Yugoslavia men's national football team international matches 1920–1992 (in English)


  • RSSSF – Yugoslavia men's national football team international matches + Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia (in English)


  • Yugoslavia national football team web page (in Serbian)
















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