Yugoslav national football team

This article deals with the national soccer team of Yugoslavia before 1991. For the national team of the state which was called the rest of Yugoslavia or the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 2003 and which consists of Serbia and Montenegro, see Serbian-Montenegrin national soccer team , for the Yugoslav U-20 team see Yugoslav national soccer team (U -20 men) .

Yugoslavia
Југославија / Yugoslavija

Nickname (s)	Plavi (The Blue)
Association	Фудбалски Савез Југославије / Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije (Serbian) Nogometni Savez Jugoslavije (Bosnian and Croatian) Nogometna Zveza Jugoslavije (Slovene) сулаваски солова (Slovenian) удбалЈudз ослова удбалЈзbи ослада удбалЈзbи осла J
confederacy	UEFA
Head coach	Ivica Osim (last)
Record scorer	Stjepan Bobek (38)
Record player	Dragan Dzajic (85)
Home stadium	Red Star , Belgrade
FIFA code	YUG
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international match Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 0: 7 Czechoslovakia ( Antwerp , Belgium ; August 28, 1920 )
Last game Yugoslavia 7-0 Faroe Islands as SFR Yugoslavia (with all republics) ( Belgrade , Yugoslavia ; May 16, 1991 ) Netherlands 2-0 Yugoslavia as SFR Yugoslavia (without Croatia and Slovenia) ( Amsterdam , Netherlands ; March 25, 1992 )
Biggest wins Yugoslavia 10: 1 India ( Helsinki , Finland ; July 15, 1952 ) Yugoslavia 9: 0 Zaire ( Gelsenkirchen , Germany ; June 18, 1974 )
Biggest defeats Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 0: 7 Czechoslovakia ( Antwerp , Belgium ; August 28, 1920 ) Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 0: 7 Uruguay ( Paris , France ; May 26, 1924 ) Czechoslovakia 7: 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ( Prague , Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic ); October 28, 1925 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	8 ( first : 1930 )
Best results	Semi-finals 1930 , fourth place 1962
European Championship
Participation in the finals	4 ( first : 1960 )
Best results	Vice European Champion 1960 , 1968
Olympic games silver 1948 silver 1952 silver 1956 gold 1960 bronze 1984
(Status: dissolution of Yugoslavia / legal successor Serbia)

Yugoslav national team at the 1930 World Cup.

The Yugoslav national football team ( Serbo-Croatian : Jugoslovenska Fudbalska Reprezentacija / Jugoslavenska nogometna Reprezentacija / Југословенска Фудбалска репрезентација ) was an existing 1920-1992 football - selection , which - in many international - are very successful tournaments participated.

history

Ten years after the Yugoslav Football Association was admitted to FIFA , one of the greatest international successes in the association's history was celebrated in 1930 with reaching the semi-finals of the first football World Cup . On the international stage, light and shadow often alternated in the following decades. The national team took part in a number of European and World Championships and was even twice European runner-up. In other years, however, it could not qualify for the relevant finals. The association and the national team experienced their bitterest times in the first half of the 1990s. During the years of the break-up of Yugoslavia and the wars in this region, the national soccer team was not allowed to qualify for European or World Cups several times.

The situation was darkest before the 1992 European Football Championship : Yugoslavia had already qualified for this tournament, but was then excluded from UEFA because no team could represent the disintegrated Yugoslavia. Denmark, which was actually not qualified, moved up and finally became European champions.

Something strange happened on June 7, 1983 before the game between Yugoslavia and the German national soccer team in Luxembourg on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Luxembourg Association. As the Yugoslav national anthem, the anthem of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941 was accidentally played. Thereupon the Yugoslavs refused to compete until their correct (then current) anthem was played. This only happened after about an hour and a half.

International competitions

The national team at the Olympic Games

1908 in London	not participated
1912 in Stockholm	not participated
1920 in Antwerp	Preliminary round
1924 in Paris	qualification
1928 in Amsterdam	Round of 16
1936 in Berlin	not participated
1948 in London	Second
1952 in Helsinki	Second
1956 in Melbourne	Second
1960 in Rome	Olympic champion
1964 in Tokyo	Quarter finals
1968 in Mexico City	resigned in qualification
1972 in Munich	not qualified
1976 in Montreal	not qualified
1980 in Moscow	Fourth
1984 in Los Angeles	Third
1988 in Seoul	Preliminary round

The national team at world championships

→ Main article : Yugoslav national soccer team / World Cups

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	Semifinals	Uruguay	Fourth	Boško Simonović	no game for 3rd place
1934	Italy	not qualified				In qualifying at the Switzerland and Romania failed
1938	France	not qualified				Failed in the qualification to Poland
1950	Brazil	Preliminary round	Switzerland , Mexico , Brazil	5.	Milorad Arsenijevic
1954	Switzerland	Quarter finals	Germany	7th	Aleksandar Tirnanić
1958	Sweden	Quarter finals	Germany	5.	Aleksandar Tirnanić
1962	Chile	3rd place match	Chile	Fourth	Ljubomir Lovrić	Failed in the semi-finals against Czechoslovakia . Dražan Jerković scores as many goals as Garrincha, who was drawn as top scorer
1966	England	not qualified				In the qualification of France failed
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Belgium failed
1974	Germany	Intermediate round	Germany , Poland , Sweden	7th	Miljan Miljanić	The 9: 0 in the preliminary round against Zaire was the highest World Cup victory until June 15, 1982
1978	Argentina	not qualified				In the qualification of Spain failed
1982	Spain	Preliminary round	Northern Ireland , Spain , Honduras	16.	Miljan Miljanić
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of France and Bulgaria failed
1990	Italy	Quarter finals	Argentina	5.	Ivica Osim	Out on penalties

The national team at European championships

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Yugoslavia was able to qualify for every second European Championship finals, twice with four participants, one time being the host, and twice with eight participants. After the last qualification, however, the exclusion took place shortly before the start of the tournament. Yugoslavia was replaced by Denmark, which won the title.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1960	France	final	USSR	2nd place
1964	Spain	not qualified			In the second round to Sweden failed.
1968	Italy	final	Italy	2nd place	Defeat in replay
1972	Belgium	not qualified			Failed in the quarter-finals at the USSR
1976	Yugoslavia	3rd place match	Netherlands	Fourth	In the semifinals to defending champion Germany only failed in extra time.
1980	Italy	not qualified			In the qualification of Spain failed
1984	France	Preliminary round	Belgium , Denmark , France		Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group
1988	BR Germany	not qualified			In the qualification of England failed
1992	Sweden	qualified , but excluded from the tournament because of the wars in Yugoslavia .			The other previous republics of Yugoslavia were against the participation of Serbia and Montenegro in the EM on behalf of Yugoslavia.

Important players and coaches

→ See also category: National football players (Yugoslavia)

Players with the highest number of goals in international matches

• Stjepan Bobek : 38
• Milan Galić : 37
• Blagoje Marjanović : 36
• Rajko Mitić : 32
• Dušan Bajević : 29
• Todor Veselinović : 28
• Bora Kostić : 26
• Zlatko Vujović : 25
• Dragan Džajić : 23
• Bernard Vukas : 22
• Safet Sušić : 21
• Slaven Zambata : 21
• Đorđe Vujadinović : 18
• Muhamed Mujic : 17
• Darko Pančev : 17
• Branko Zebec : 17
• Miloš Milutinović 16
• Aleksandar Živković : 15
• Dejan Savićević : 14
• Željko Čajkovski : 12
• Aleksandar Tirnanić : 12

Best goalkeeper

• Enver Marić : 32
• Vladimir Beara : 59
• Tomislav Ivković : 38
• Milutin Soškić : 49

Trainer

• Boško Simonović (1930-1935, 1939-1940)
• Aleksandar Tirnanić (1948–1958) (?)
• Ljubomir Lovrić (1959–1964)
• Miljan Miljanić (1965–1966, 1973–1974, 1979–1982)
• Rajko Mitić (1967–1970)
• Vujadin Boškov (1971–1973)
• Tomislav Ivić (1973–1974)
• Todor Veselinović (1982-1984)
• Ivica Osim (1986-1991)

See also

• Yugoslav national football team (U-17 juniors)
• Yugoslav national football team (U-20 men)
• Yugoslav national football team (U-21 men)

Web links

Commons : Yugoslav national soccer team  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• All Yugoslav national players from 1964–1992
• All games, results and line-ups of the Yugoslav national team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (there under Results for Serbia; PDF; 200 kB)
2. ↑ http://de.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1/index.html