Football World Cup 1950 / Yugoslavia

This article covers the Yugoslav national football team at the 1950 World Cup .

qualification

1 round

08/21/1949	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	Israel	6: 0 (4: 0)
September 18, 1949	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Yugoslavia	2: 5 (0: 3)

2nd round

10/09/1949	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	France	1: 1 (1: 0)
10/30/1949	Colombes	France	-	Yugoslavia	1: 1 (1: 1)

After two draws in the games, there was a playoff in Florence :

December 11, 1949

Florence

Yugoslavia

-

France

3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1)

Yugoslav contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
	Vladimir Beara	HNK Hajduk Split	11/02/1928
	Srdjan Mrkusić	FK Red Star Belgrade	06/26/1915
Defense
	Bozo Broketa	HNK Hajduk Split	12/24/1921
	Zlatko Čajkovski	FK Partizan Belgrade	11/24/1923
	Ratko Colic	FK Partizan Belgrade	03/17/1918
	Ivica Horvat	Dinamo Zagreb	07/16/1926
	Branko Stanković	FK Red Star Belgrade	October 31, 1921
midfield
	Predrag Đajić	FK Red Star Belgrade	05/01/1922
	Miodrag Jovanović	FK Partizan Belgrade	September 18, 1922
	Ervin Katnić	HNK Hajduk Split	03/11/1923
	Bela Palfi	FK Red Star Belgrade	02/16/1923
	Ivo Radovniković	HNK Hajduk Split	02/09/1918
	Sinisa Zlatković	FK Red Star Belgrade	04/16/1934
attack
	Aleksandar Atanacković	FK Partizan Belgrade	04/29/1920
	Stjepan Bobek	FK Partizan Belgrade	December 3rd, 1923
	Željko Čajkovski	Dinamo Zagreb	05/05/1925
	Vladimir Firm	FK Partizan Belgrade	09/11/1923
	Prvoslav Mihajlović	FK Partizan Belgrade	04/13/1921
	Rajko Mitic	FK Red Star Belgrade	09/06/1922
	Tihomir Ognjanov	FK Red Star Belgrade	03/02/1927
	Kosta Tomašević	FK Red Star Belgrade	05/26/1924
	Bernard Vukas	HNK Hajduk Split	05/01/1927
Trainer
	Milorad Arsenijevic		06/06/1906

Games of the Yugoslav team

Preliminary round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	008: 200	+6	05: 10
2.	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	04: 20
3.	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	004: 600	−2	03: 30
4th	Mexico	3	0	0	3	002:100	−8	00: 60

June 25, 1950, 3:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CET) in Belo Horizonte
Yugoslavia	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (0: 0)
June 28, 1950, 3:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CET) in Porto Alegre
Yugoslavia	-	Mexico	4: 1 (2: 0)
July 1, 1950, 3:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. CET) in Rio de Janeiro
Brazil	-	Yugoslavia	2: 0 (1: 0)

The opening game in the newly built, largest stadium in the world, the Maracana (capacity: 200,000 spectators!), Was also the first game in Group I. Brazil won 4-0 against Mexico. A convincing start to the favorite was made. A little arrogant, with four reservists on the team, Brazil faced the Swiss. Surprisingly, the Swiss got a 2-2. Against Yugoslavia (previously 3-0 against Switzerland) the hosts wanted to wipe this gap again. The guests started with ten players, as Mitić hit his head in the dark corridor between the cabin and the pitch. When he appeared on the pitch with an association, it was already 1-0 for Brazil (3rd, Ademir). It was only shortly before the final whistle that Zizinho (89th) made the final score. The hosts were qualified for the finals.