Yugoslavia national football team

Former men's national association football team representing Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia
1920–1992

 (1920–1941) and  (1945–1992)
Nickname(s)Plavi (The Blues)
Brazilians of Europe[1]
AssociationFootball Association
of Yugoslavia
Most capsDragan Džajić (85)
Top scorerStjepan Bobek (38)
Home stadiumStadium Rajko Mitić, Belgrade
FIFA codeYUG
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
Last international
 Netherlands 2–0 Yugoslavia 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25 March 1992)[a]
Biggest win
 Yugoslavia 10–0 Venezuela 
(Curitiba, Brazil; 14 June 1972)[2][3]
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
 Uruguay 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Paris, France; 26 May 1924)
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925)
World Cup
Appearances8[a] (first in 1930)
Best resultFourth place (1930, 1962)
European Championship
Appearances4[a] (first in 1960)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1960, 1968)

The Yugoslavia national football team[b] 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:

It enjoyed success in international competition, reaching the semi-finals[c] 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.

History

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the Summer Olympics in 1924 (left) and 1928 (right)

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

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.[4]

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".[5]

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.[6] 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.[7][8]

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, the FRY consisted of Montenegro and Serbia.[9][10]

In 1992, 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.[11][12]

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 the name Yugoslavia 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 organisations as the only successor of Yugoslavia (and of Serbia and Montenegro).[13][14][15]

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.

Kits

1930
1950–1968
1974
1976
1982
1984
1990
1992

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 Semi-finals[16][d] 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 1 0 1 1 4
Brazil 1950 Group stage 5th 3 2 0 1 7 3 Squad 5 3 2 0 16 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 Second group stage 7th 6 1 2 3 12 7 Squad 5 3 2 0 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
Total Fourth place 8/14 33 14 7 12 55 42 66 38 15 13 130 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 playoffs 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 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[e] 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

Honours

Major

UEFA European Championship

Olympic football tournament

Other

Balkan Cup

Player statistics

Most capped players

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

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 0.60 1946–1956
2 Milan Galić 37 51 0.73 1959–1965
Blagoje Marjanović 58 0.64 1926–1938
4 Rajko Mitić 32 59 0.54 1946–1957
5 Dušan Bajević 29 37 0.78 1970–1977
6 Todor Veselinović 28 37 0.76 1953–1961
7 Borivoje Kostić 26 33 0.79 1956–1964
8 Zlatko Vujović 25 70 0.36 1970–1977
9 Dragan Džajić 23 84 0.27 1964–1979
10 Bernard Vukas 22 59 0.37 1948–1958

Notable players

Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

Head-to-head record

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents Pld W D L
 Albania 5 4 1 0
 Algeria 1 1 0 0
 Argentina 6 2 1 3
 Australia 1 0 0 1
 Austria 17 8 4 5
 Belgium 11 5 2 4
 Bolivia 2 1 1 0
 Brazil 14 2 6 6
 Bulgaria 28 17 5 6
 Chile 1 0 0 1
 China 1 1 0 0
 Colombia 3 3 0 0
 Cyprus 4 4 0 0
 Czechoslovakia 31 9 4 18
 Denmark 9 7 0 2
 East Germany 7 3 2 2
 Ecuador 1 0 0 1
 Egypt 5 4 0 1
 England 14 4 5 5
 Ethiopia 1 1 0 0
 Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0
 Finland 4 2 1 1
 France 25 10 7 8
 Great Britain 1 1 0 0
 Greece 20 16 2 2
 Honduras 1 1 0 0
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0
 Hungary 29 5 9 15
 India 2 2 0 0
 Indonesia 3 3 0 0
 Iran 2 1 1 0
 Israel 9 6 1 2
 Italy 18 4 6 8
 Japan 2 2 0 0
 Luxembourg 9 8 1 0
 Mexico 4 3 0 1
 Morocco 3 3 0 0
 Netherlands 7 3 1 3
 Northern Ireland 7 5 1 1
 Norway 12 9 1 2
 Paraguay 2 1 1 0
 Poland 19 6 4 9
 Portugal 5 2 0 3
 Republic of Ireland 2 1 0 1
 Romania 40 17 5 18
 Saar 1 1 0 0
 Scotland 8 1 5 2
 South Korea 3 3 0 0
 Soviet Union 17 2 4 11
 Spain 16 5 4 7
 Sweden 11 5 2 4
  Switzerland 9 5 2 2
 Tunisia 4 3 0 1
 Turkey 11 7 3 1
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0
 United States 1 1 0 0
 Uruguay 5 2 0 3
 Venezuela 1 1 0 0
 Wales 7 4 3 0
 West Germany 25 8 3 14
 Zaire 1 1 0 0

Head coaches

Head coach Period Record
Games Won Drawn Lost
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivica Osim 1986–1992 51 27 10 14
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Toplak
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivica Osim
1986 3 1 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Milutinović 1984–1985 15 7 3 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Todor Veselinović 1982–1984 18 9 3 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić 1979–1982 22 18 2 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković 1978 1 1 0 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ante Mladinić 1978 2 0 0 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Luštica 1978 0 0 0 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Vilotić 1978 2 0 2 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marko Valok
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Vilotić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gojko Zec
1977 6 1 2 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Toplak 1976–1977 8 2 0 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ante Mladinić 1974–1976 15 9 2 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Ribar
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sulejman Rebac
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomislav Ivić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milovan Ćirić
1973–1974 11 3 3 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov 1971–1973 27 10 12 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Mitić 1967–1970 34 13 10 11
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Mitić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vujadin Boškov
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Stanković
1966 4 2 0 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić
1966 2 0 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Antolković
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić
1966 3 1 0 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Antolković
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miljan Miljanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Abdulah Gegić
1965 7 2 3 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Lovrić 1964 11 3 1 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Lovrić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hugo Ruševljanin
1963–1964 7 5 0 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Lovrić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Prvoslav Mihajlović
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hugo Ruševljanin
1961–1963 22 15 2 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragomir Nikolić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Lovrić
1959–1961 29 16 8 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić 1955–1958 34 13 11 10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Branko Pešić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Leo Lemešić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Wölfl
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milovan Ćirić
1954 9 5 2 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milorad Arsenijević
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Leo Lemešić
1952–1954 18 14 2 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milorad Arsenijević 1949–1952 23 15 3 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milorad Arsenijević
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Tirnanić
1946–1948 18 12 1 5
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Svetozar Popović 1940–1941 3 1 2 0
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Boško Simonović 1939–1940 4 1 1 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Svetozar Popović 1939 1 0 0 1
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Boško Simonović 1939 4 1 0 3
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Svetozar Popović 1937–1938 13 4 5 4
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Nikola Simić 1936 4 1 1 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Boško Simonović 1935 5 3 2 0
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ivo Šuste
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Mata Miodragović
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Petar Pleše
1934–1935 6 3 0 3
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Boško Simonović 1933–1934 6 3 1 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Branislav Veljković 1933 6 3 1 2
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Boško Simonović 1930–1932 24 12 1 11
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ante Pandaković 1926–1930 19 7 2 10
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dušan Zinaja 1924–1925 3 0 0 3
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Todor Sekulić 1924 1 0 0 1
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Veljko Ugrinić 1920–1924 10 3 1 6

See also

Teams from successor states

Notes

  1. ^ a b c As of 1992 before the split of SFR Yugoslavia; for later data see FR Yugoslavia national football team.
  2. ^ Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Југославије, Fudbalska reprezentacija Jugoslavije; Croatian: Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; Slovene: Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; Macedonian: Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, romanizedFudbalska reprezentacija na Jugoslavija
  3. ^ 1930 World Cup didn't feature a match for the third place. Retroactively, FIFA established rankings based on overall tournament record, placing Yugoslavia at the fourth place
  4. ^ Yugoslavia earned 4th place below the loser of the other semi-final, the United States, because of a lower goal difference (0 to the United States' +1). No third place match was played.
  5. ^ Suspended because of United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 during Yugoslav Wars. Yugoslavia was replaced by Denmark, who went on to win the tournament.

References

  1. ^ A farewell to Yugoslavia openDemocracy.net. Dejan Djokic; 10 April 2002
  2. ^ "Jugoslavija – Venecuela 10–0". Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbo-Croatian). 14 October 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ – Matches – Yugoslavia-Zaire". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ History at Football Association of Serbia official website, Retrieved 17 May 2913 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ "90: 'The team was far better than the country' – The lost brilliance of Yugoslavia". 4 June 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ^ "S/RES/757(1992) – e – S/RES/757(1992) -Desktop".
  7. ^ "Yugoslavia barred from European Championships". UPI. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Sports ban hits Yugoslavia - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Yugoslavia and the breakup of its soccer team". Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. ^ Merrill, Austin (2 June 2010). "The Splintering of Yugoslavia and Its Soccer Team". The Hive. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Yugoslavia banned for 1994 World - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  12. ^ Lowe, Sid; @sidlowe (29 May 2020). "Slavisa Jokanovic: 'Euro 92 was taken away from us. We were better than Denmark'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  13. ^ History at FSS official website, Retrieved 4 October 2012 (in Serbian)
  14. ^ Serbia at FIFA official website
  15. ^ News: Serbia at UEFA official website, published 1 January 2011, Retrieved 4 October 2012
  16. ^ "1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay 1930". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

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 978-8838935640.

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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