Yugoslavia national football team

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The Yugoslavia national football teamTemplate:Efn represented Yugoslavia in international association football.

Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state were formally constituted in football, including the:

• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929)
• Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1945)
• Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1945)
• Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963)
• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992)

It enjoyed success in international competition, reaching the semi-finalsTemplate:Efn at the 1930 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international competition as part of the United Nations sanctions on Yugoslavia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 under the name Jugoslavenski 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

File:Yugoslavia nationalteam 1930.jpg

A Yugoslavia line-up at the 1930 FIFA World Cup

In 1929, the country was renamed to Yugoslavia and the football association became Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije and ordered to move its headquarters from Zagreb 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 among 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.<ref>History Template:Webarchive at Football Association of Serbia official website, Retrieved 17 May 2913 Template:In lang</ref>

Post-World War II period

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 in 1954.

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

In 1976, Yugoslavia organized the 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".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 31 May 1992, just 10 days before the competition commenced.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the FRY consisted of Montenegro and Serbia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1992, Yugoslavia had also been drawn as the 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1994, when the boycott was lifted, the union of Serbia and Montenegro competed under the name "Yugoslavia", as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national football team. The Serbia and Montenegro national team continued under Yugoslavia's naming until 2003 when the country and team were renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

The Serbia national football team inherited Yugoslavia's spot within FIFA and UEFA and is considered by both organizations as the only successor of Yugoslavia (and of Serbia and Montenegro).<ref>History Template:Webarchive at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 Template:In lang</ref><ref name="FIFA">Serbia at FIFA official website</ref><ref>News: Serbia Template:Webarchive at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012</ref>

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.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

Template:Color box Champions  Template:Color box Runners-up  Template:Color box Third place  Template:Color box Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification Record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Squads		Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1930	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn	4th	3	2	0	1	7	7		Squad	Invited
Template:Flagicon 1934	Did not qualify										2	0	1	1	3	4
Template:Flagicon 1938											2	1	0	1	1	4
Template:Flagicon 1950	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	7	3	Squad		5	3	2	0	16	6
Template:Flagicon 1954	Quarter-final	7th	3	1	1	1	2	3	Squad		4	4	0	0	4	0
Template:Flagicon 1958	Quarter-final	5th	4	1	2	1	7	7	Squad		4	2	2	0	7	2
Template:Flagicon 1962	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	10	7	Squad		4	3	1	0	11	4
Template:Flagicon 1966	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	10	8
Template:Flagicon 1970											6	3	1	2	19	7
Template:Flagicon 1974	Quarter-finalsTemplate:Efn	7th	6	1	2	3	12	7	Squad		5	3	2	0	8	4
Template:Flagicon 1978	Did not qualify										4	1	0	3	6	8
Template:Flagicon 1982	Group stage	16th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad		8	6	1	1	22	7
Template:Flagicon 1986	Did not qualify										8	3	2	3	7	8
Template:Flagicon 1990	Quarter-final	5th	5	3	1	1	8	6	Squad		8	6	2	0	16	6
Total	Fourth place	8/14	33	14	7	12	55	42	–		66	38	15	13	130	68

UEFA European Championship record

Template:Color box Champions  Template:Color box Runners-up  Template:Color box Third place  Template:Color box Fourth place  

UEFA European Championship record											Qualification Record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Squads		Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1960	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	6	6	Squad		4	2	1	1	9	4
Template:Flagicon 1964	Did not qualify										4	2	1	1	6	5
Template:Flagicon 1968	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	2	3	Squad		6	4	1	1	14	5
Template:Flagicon 1972	1/4 playoffs										8	3	4	1	7	5
Template:Flagicon 1976	Fourth place	4th	2	0	0	2	4	7	Squad		8	6	1	1	15	5
Template:Flagicon 1980	Did not qualify										6	4	0	2	14	6
Template:Flagicon 1984	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	10	Squad		6	3	2	1	12	11
Template:Flagicon 1988	Did not qualify										6	4	0	2	13	9
Template:Flagicon 1992	Banned after qualificationTemplate:Efn										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

Yugoslavia Olympic football team

Player statistics

Most capped players

File:Dragan Džajić.jpg

Dragan Džajić is the most capped player in the history of Yugoslavia with 85 caps.

Rank	Name	Caps	Goals	Position	Career
1	Dragan Džajić	85	23	MF	1964–1979
2	Zlatko Vujović	70	25	FW	1979–1990
3	Branko Zebec	65	17	DF	1951–1961
4	Stjepan Bobek	63	38	FW	1946–1956
5	Faruk Hadžibegić	61	6	DF	1982–1992
	Branko Stanković		3	DF	1946–1956
7	Ivica Horvat	60	0	DF	1946–1956
8	Vladimir Beara	59	0	GK	1950–1959
	Rajko Mitić		32	FW	1946–1957
	Bernard Vukas		22	MF	1948–1957

Top goalscorers

File:Stjepan Bobek.jpg

Stjepan Bobek is the top scorer in the history of Yugoslavia with 38 goals.

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Stjepan Bobek	38	63	{{#expr:38/63 round 2}}0	1946–1956
2	Milan Galić	37	51	{{#expr:37/51 round 2}}	1959–1965
	Blagoje Marjanović		58	{{#expr:37/58 round 2}}	1926–1938
4	Rajko Mitić	32	59	{{#expr:32/59 round 2}}	1946–1957
5	Dušan Bajević	29	37	{{#expr:29/37 round 2}}	1970–1977
6	Todor Veselinović	28	37	{{#expr:28/37 round 2}}	1953–1961
7	Borivoje Kostić	26	33	{{#expr:26/33 round 2}}	1956–1964
8	Zlatko Vujović	25	70	{{#expr:25/70 round 2}}	1970–1977
9	Dragan Džajić	23	84	{{#expr:23/84 round 2}}	1964–1979
10	Bernard Vukas	22	59	{{#expr:22/59 round 2}}	1948–1958

Notable players

Goalkeepers

• Vladimir Beara 1953.jpg

  Vladimir Beara played 59 matches from 1950 to 1959

• Milutin Šoškić.jpg

  Milutin Šoškić played 50 matches from 1959 to 1966

Defenders

• Milutin Ivković (1928).jpg

  Milutin Ivković played for Yugoslavia from 1925 to 1934 and captained the team in 1930 FIFA World Cup

• Milorad Arsenijević (1928).jpg

  Milorad Arsenijević played for Yugoslavia from 1927 to 1934

• Stankovic-branko.jpg

  Branko Stanković played for Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1956

• Branko Zebec 1953.jpg

  Branko Zebec played for Yugoslavia from 1951 to 1961 and captained the team in 1958 FIFA World Cup

• Fahrudin Jusufi (1966).jpg

  Fahrudin Jusufi played for Yugoslavia from 1959 to 1967

• Velibor Vasovic.jpg

  Velibor Vasović played for Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1966

Midfielders

• Aleksandar Tirnanić.jpg

  Aleksandar Tirnanić played in the 1930 FIFA World Cup and managed the team from 1953 to 1960

• Zlatko Čajkovski 1953.jpg

  Zlatko Čajkovski played 55 matches for the team from 1946 to 1955

• Vukas.JPG

  Bernard Vukas played 59 matches for the team from 1948 to 1957

• Vujadin Boškov (1976).jpg

  Vujadin Boškov played for the team from 1951 to 1958

• Dragoslav Sekularac Serbian White Eagles banquet 2007.jpg

  Dragoslav Šekularac played for the team from 1956 to 1966

• Dragan Džajić.jpg

  Dragan Džajić was considered by many to be the best player in the history of Yugoslavia

• Ilija Petković in 2006.jpg

  Ilija Petković, explosive right winger played for the team from 1968 to 1974

• Petrovich.JPG

  Vladimir Petrović, creative midfielder played for the team from 1973 to 1982

• Safet Susic 2013.JPG

  Safet Sušić played for the team from 1977 to 1990

• Драган Стојковић Пикси 2021.png

  Dragan Stojković played from 1983 until the breakup of Yugoslavia

• Dejan Savićević.jpg

  Dejan Savićević played for the team from 1986 until breakup of Yugoslavia

Forwards

• Rajko Mitić (1970).jpg

  Rajko Mitić scored 32 goals in 59 matches between 1946 and 1957

• Stjepan Bobek.jpg

  Stjepan Bobek is top goal scorer in the team's history with 38 goals

• Milutinovic.jpg

  Miloš Milutinović scored 16 goals in 33 matches between 1953 and 1958

• Bora Kostić.jpg

  Bora Kostić scored 26 goals in 33 matches between 1956 and 1964

• Drazan Jerkovic.JPG

  Dražan Jerković was a top goal scorer on 1962 FIFA World Cup

• Milan Galić.png

  Milan Galić scored 37 goals in 51 matches between 1959 and 1965

• Josip Skoblar en 1970.jpg

  Josip Skoblar, 1971 European Golden Shoe, winner scored 11 goals in 32 matches

• Dušan Bajević (cropped).png

  Dušan Bajević scored 29 goals in 37 matches between 1970 and 1977

• Дарко Панчев 2020.png

  Darko Pančev, 1991 European Golden Shoe winner, played for the team from 1984 until breakup of Yugoslavia

Honours

Major competitions

• UEFA European Championship
  • Template:Silver2 Runners-up (2): 1960, 1968
• Olympic Games
  • Template:Gold1 Gold Medal (1): 1960
  • Template:Silver2 Silver Medal (3): 1948, 1952, 1956
  • Template:Bronze3 Bronze Medal (1): 1984

Regional

• Balkan Cup
  • Winners (2): 1934–35, 1935
  • Runners-up (6): 1929–31, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1947, 1977–80
  • Third place (1): 1931
• Mediterranean Games
  • Gold medal (2): 1971, 1979

Friendly

• 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament
  • Champions (1): 1945

Summary

Competition	Template:Gold1	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3	Total
FIFA World Cup	0	0	0	0
Olympic Games	1	3	1	5
UEFA European Championship	0	2	0	2
Total	1	5	1	7

See also

• List of Yugoslavia international footballers
• List of Yugoslavia national football team goalscorers
• Yugoslavia national football team results (1920–41)
• Yugoslavia national football team results (1946–69)
• Yugoslavia national football team results (1970–92)
• Yugoslavia national under-21 football team
• Yugoslavia national under-20 football team

Teams from successor states

• 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 by UEFA and FIFA), later:
  • Montenegro national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 2006)
  • Serbia national football team (considered successor of Serbia and Montenegro, as Serbia since 2008)
    • Kosovo national football team (member of UEFA and FIFA since 2016)

Bibliography

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External links

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• RSSSF – Yugoslavia men's national football team international matches 1920–1992 Template:In lang
• RSSSF – Yugoslavia men's national football team international matches + Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia Template:In lang
• Yugoslavia national football team web page Template:In lang