Yugoslav national football team (U-21 men)

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Yugoslavia
Југославија
Logo FS jugoslavije
Nickname (s) "Plavi" (Eng. "Blue")
Association FS jugoslavije
confederacy UEFA
FIFA code
home
Away
statistics
First international match
U-23: Bulgaria 1-2 Yugoslavia
U-21: Yugoslavia 4-1 Spain
( Russian , Bulgaria ; October 26, 1968)
( Zagreb ; October 9, 1976)
Biggest win
U-23: Yugoslavia 4-0 Hungary
U-21: Yugoslavia 5-0 San Marino
( Gradiška ; September 21, 1972)
( Belgrade ; March 13, 1991)
Biggest defeat
U-23: Netherlands 5-2 Yugoslavia GDR
U-21: France 7-0 Yugoslavia
( Eindhoven , Netherlands ; October 10, 1970)
( Reims , France ; November 16, 1985)
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals 4 ( first : 1978 )
Best results 1978 (winner)
(As of October 2008)

The Yugoslav U-21 national soccer team was a selection team of Yugoslav soccer players . She was subject to the Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije and represented him at the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championship of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play were players who had not yet reached the age of 21 and who had Yugoslav citizenship . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.

history

Yugoslavia succeeded in the third attempt, in 1976, with the U-23 national team to take part in a U-23 European Championship, but they were eliminated early in the semifinals. After the reorientation of the UEFA youth football competitions in 1976, Yugoslavia decided to found its own U-21 national team. In fact, however, all U-21 national teams are U-23 teams, as the players must be 21 years of age or younger at the start of qualification - i.e. two years before the start of the tournament. At the first U21 European Championship, Yugoslavia achieved its first triumph. The team could not build on this success until it was dissolved. A final (1990) and two semi-finals (1980 and 1984) followed, but they failed to qualify for the final four times (1982, 1986, 1988 and 1992).

After the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , the following successor teams emerged:

Participation in U-23 European Championships

1972 not qualified
1974 not qualified
1976 Semifinals

Participation in U-21 European Championships

1978 winner
1980 Semifinals
1982 not qualified
1984 Semifinals
1986 not qualified
1988 not qualified
1990 final
1992 not qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

See also

Web links

  • RSSSF All U21 / U23 tournaments