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Serbia/Yugoslavia


Federation founded: 1919
FIFA member since: 1919

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Joint 3rd place
1934 - Did not qualify
1938 - Did not qualify
1950 - First round exit
1954 - Quarterfinal exit
1958 - Quarterfinal exit
1962 - 4th place
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Second phase exit
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - First round exit
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Quarterfinal exit
1994 - Did not participate
1998 - Second round exit
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - First round exit

 
STATISTICS
Played
40
Won
16
Drawn
8
Lost
16
Goals for
62
Goals against
56
Points
56
Serbia/Yugoslavia are 11th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
9-0 vs Zaïre in 1974.
Biggest defeat:
0-6 vs Argentina in 2006.
Overall topscorer:
Drazan Jerkovic, 4 goals.
Most appearances:
Ivan Surjak and Dragan Stojkovic, 9 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Drazan Jerkovic
Dragan Stojkovic
Predrag Mijatovic

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part and YUGOSLAVIA
chose to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 6)
24.Sep 33 YUGOSLAVIA 2-2 Switzerland 29.Apr 34 Romania 2-1 YUGOSLAVIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Switzerland 2 1 1 0 4-2 3 2.Romania 2 1 0 1 2-3 2 3.YUGOSLAVIA 2 0 1 1 3-4 1 YUGOSLAVIA failed to qualify for Italy 1934.

1938

(WCQ Group 3)
10.Oct 37 Poland 4-0 YUGOSLAVIA 03.Apr 38 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Poland
YUGOSLAVIA failed to qualify for France 1938.

1950

(WCQ Group 3)

1st round
21.Aug 49 YUGOSLAVIA 6-0 Israel 18.Sep 49 Israel 2-5 YUGOSLAVIA
2nd round
09.Oct 49 YUGOSLAVIA 1-1 France 30.Oct 49 France 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA
Play-off [in Florence (ITA)]
11.Dec 49 YUGOSLAVIA 3-2 France [aet]
YUGOSLAVIA qualified for Brazil 1950.

1954

(WCQ Group 10)
09.May 53 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Greece 08.Nov 53 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Israel 21.Mar 54 Israel 0-1 YUGOSLAVIA 28.Mar 54 Greece 0-1 YUGOSLAVIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.YUGOSLAVIA 4 4 0 0 4- 0 8 2.Greece 4 2 0 2 3- 2 4 3.Israel 4 0 0 4 0- 5 0 YUGOSLAVIA qualified for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(UEFA Group 7)
05.May 57 Greece 0-0 YUGOSLAVIA 29.Sep 57 Romania 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA 10.Nov 57 YUGOSLAVIA 4-1 Greece 17.Nov 57 YUGOSLAVIA 2-0 Romania
P W D L Gls Pts 1.YUGOSLAVIA 4 2 2 0 7- 2 6 2.Romania 4 2 1 1 6- 4 5 3.Greece 4 0 1 3 2- 9 1 YUGOSLAVIA qualified for Sweden 1958.

1962

(UEFA Group 10)
04.Jun 61 YUGOSLAVIA 2-1 Poland 25.Jun 61 Poland 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIA needed to play off with the winner of Asia for one spot in the World Cup.
08.Oct 61 YUGOSLAVIA 5-1 South Korea 26.Nov 61 South Korea 1-3 YUGOSLAVIA
YUGOSLAVIA qualified for Chile 1962.

1966

(UEFA Group 3)
20.Sep 64 YUGOSLAVIA 3-1 Luxembourg 18.Apr 65 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 France 16.Jun 65 Norway 3-0 YUGOSLAVIA 19.Sep 65 Luxembourg 2-5 YUGOSLAVIA 09.Oct 65 France 1-0 YUGOSLAVIA 07.Nov 65 YUGOSLAVIA 1-1 Norway
P W D L Gls Pts 1.France 6 5 0 1 9- 2 10 2.Norway 6 3 1 2 10- 5 7 3.YUGOSLAVIA 6 3 1 2 10- 8 7 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 6-20 0 YUGOSLAVIA failed to qualify for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 6)
25.Sep 68 YUGOSLAVIA 9-1 Finland 16.Oct 68 Belgium 3-0 YUGOSLAVIA 27.Oct 68 YUGOSLAVIA 0-0 Spain 30.Apr 69 Spain 2-1 YUGOSLAVIA 04.Jun 69 Finland 1-5 YUGOSLAVIA 19.Oct 69 YUGOSLAVIA 4-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Belgium 6 4 1 1 14- 8 9 2.YUGOSLAVIA 6 3 1 2 19- 7 7 3.Spain 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6 4.Finland 6 1 0 5 6-28 2 YUGOSLAVIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 7)
19.Oct 72 Spain 2-2 YUGOSLAVIA 18.Nov 72 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Greece 21.Oct 73 YUGOSLAVIA 0-0 Spain 19.Dec 73 Greece 2-4 YUGOSLAVIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 4 2 2 0 8- 5 6 YUGOSLAVIA 4 2 2 0 7- 4 6 3.Greece 4 0 0 4 5-11 0 Play-off [in Frankfurt (GER)]
13.Feb 74 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Spain
YUGOSLAVIA qualified for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 8)
10.Oct 76 Spain 1-0 YUGOSLAVIA 08.May 77 YUGOSLAVIA 0-2 Romania 13.Nov 77 Romania 4-6 YUGOSLAVIA 30.Nov 77 YUGOSLAVIA 0-1 Spain
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 4 3 0 1 4- 1 6 2.Romania 4 2 0 2 7- 8 4 3.YUGOSLAVIA 4 1 0 3 6- 8 2 YUGOSLAVIA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 5)
10.Sep 80 Luxembourg 0-5 YUGOSLAVIA 27.Sep 80 YUGOSLAVIA 2-1 Denmark 15.Nov 80 Italy 2-0 YUGOSLAVIA 29.Apr 81 YUGOSLAVIA 5-1 Greece 09.Sep 81 Denmark 1-2 YUGOSLAVIA 17.Oct 81 YUGOSLAVIA 1-1 Italy 21.Nov 81 YUGOSLAVIA 5-0 Luxembourg 29.Nov 81 Greece 1-2 YUGOSLAVIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.YUGOSLAVIA 8 6 1 1 22- 7 13 2.Italy 8 5 2 1 12- 5 12 3.Denmark 8 4 0 4 14-11 8 4.Greece 8 3 1 4 10-13 7 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 1-23 0 YUGOSLAVIA qualified for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 4)
29.Sep 84 YUGOSLAVIA 0-0 Bulgaria 20.Oct 84 East Germany 2-3 YUGOSLAVIA 27.Mar 85 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Luxembourg 03.Apr 85 YUGOSLAVIA 0-0 France 01.May 85 Luxembourg 0-1 YUGOSLAVIA 01.Jun 85 Bulgaria 2-1 YUGOSLAVIA 28.Sep 85 YUGOSLAVIA 1-2 East Germany 16.Nov 85 France 2-0 YUGOSLAVIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.France 8 5 1 2 15- 4 11 2.Bulgaria 8 5 1 2 13- 5 11 3.East Germany 8 5 0 3 16- 9 10 4.YUGOSLAVIA 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8 5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-27 0 YUGOSLAVIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 5)
19.Oct 88 Scotland 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA 19.Nov 88 YUGOSLAVIA 3-2 France 11.Dec 88 YUGOSLAVIA 4-0 Cyprus 29.Apr 89 France 0-0 YUGOSLAVIA 14.Jun 89 Norway 1-2 YUGOSLAVIA 06.Sep 89 YUGOSLAVIA 3-1 Scotland 11.Oct 89 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Norway 28.Oct 89 Cyprus 1-2 YUGOSLAVIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.YUGOSLAVIA 8 6 2 0 16- 6 14 2.Scotland 8 4 2 2 12-12 10 3.France 8 3 3 2 10- 7 9 4.Norway 8 2 2 4 10- 9 6 5.Cyprus 8 0 1 7 6-20 1 YUGOSLAVIA qualified for Italy 1990.

1994

YUGOSLAVIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1998

(UEFA Group 6)
24.Apr 96 YUGOSLAVIA 3-1 Faroe Islands 02.Jun 96 YUGOSLAVIA 6-0 Malta 06.Oct 96 Faroe Islands 1-8 YUGOSLAVIA 10.Nov 96 YUGOSLAVIA 1-0 Czech Republic 14.Dec 96 Spain 2-0 YUGOSLAVIA 02.Apr 97 Czech Republic 1-2 YUGOSLAVIA 30.Apr 97 YUGOSLAVIA 1-1 Spain 08.Jun 97 YUGOSLAVIA 2-0 Slovakia 10.Sep 97 Slovakia 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA 11.Oct 97 Malta 0-5 YUGOSLAVIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 10 8 2 0 26- 6 26 2.YUGOSLAVIA 10 7 2 1 29- 7 23 3.Czech Republic 10 5 1 4 16- 6 16 4.Slovakia 10 5 1 4 18-14 16 5.Faroe Islands 10 2 0 8 10-31 6 6.Malta 10 0 0 10 2-37 0 YUGOSLAVIA advanced to UEFA play-offs.
29.Oct 97 Hungary 1-7 YUGOSLAVIA 15.Nov 97 YUGOSLAVIA 5-0 Hungary
YUGOSLAVIA qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 1)
03.Sep 00 Luxembourg 0-2 YUGOSLAVIA 24.Mar 01 YUGOSLAVIA 1-1 Switzerland 28.Mar 01 Slovenia 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA 25.Apr 01 YUGOSLAVIA 0-1 Russia 02.Jun 01 Russia 1-1 YUGOSLAVIA 06.Jun 01 Faroe Islands 0-6 YUGOSLAVIA 15.Aug 01 YUGOSLAVIA 2-0 Faroe Islands 01.Sep 01 Switzerland 1-2 YUGOSLAVIA 05.Sep 01 YUGOSLAVIA 1-1 Slovenia 06.Oct 01 YUGOSLAVIA 6-2 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Russia 10 7 2 1 18- 5 23 2.Slovenia 10 5 5 0 17- 9 20 3.YUGOSLAVIA 10 5 4 1 22- 8 19 4.Switzerland 10 4 2 4 18-12 14 5.Faroe Islands 10 2 1 7 6-23 7 6.Luxembourg 10 0 0 10 4-28 0 YUGOSLAVIA failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 7)
04.Sep 04 San Marino 0-3 SERBIA & MONT. 09.Oct 04 Bosnia-Herce. 0-0 SERBIA & MONT. 13.Oct 04 SERBIA & MONT. 5-0 San Marino 17.Nov 04 Belgium 0-2 SERBIA & MONT. 30.Mar 05 SERBIA & MONT. 0-0 Spain 04.Jun 05 SERBIA & MONT. 0-0 Belgium 03.Sep 05 SERBIA & MONT. 2-0 Lithuania 07.Sep 05 Spain 1-1 SERBIA & MONT. 08.Oct 05 Lithuania 0-2 SERBIA & MONT. 12.Oct 05 SERBIA & MONT. 1-0 Bosnia-Herce.
P W D L Gls Pts 1.SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 10 6 4 0 16- 1 22 2.Spain 10 5 5 0 19- 3 20 3.Bosnia/Herzegovina 10 4 4 2 12- 9 16 4.Belgium 10 3 3 4 16-11 12 5.Lithuania 10 2 4 4 8- 9 10 6.San Marino 10 0 0 10 2-40 0 SERBIA/MONTENEGRO qualified for Germany 2006.

 

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