Yugoslav national football team (U-20 men)
Association | Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije (Serbian) Nogometni Savez Jugoslavije (Bosnian and Croatian) Nogometna Zveza Jugoslavije (Slovenian) Fudbalski Sojuz na Jugoslavija (Macedonian) |
confederacy | UEFA |
FIFA code | YUG |
(Status: unknown) |
The Yugoslav U-20 national soccer team was a selection team of Yugoslav soccer players. It was subject to the Yugoslav Football Association and represented it internationally at the U-20 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations and at the U-20 World Cup .
The team became U-20 world champions in Chile in 1987 . When winning the title, Robert Jarni , Robert Prosinečki and Davor Šuker , who reached third place at the 1998 World Cup with the Croatian national team , were part of the team.
Participation in U20 soccer world championships
1977 | not qualified |
1979 | Preliminary round |
1981 | not qualified |
1983 | |
1985 | |
1987 | World Champion |
1989 | not qualified |
1991 | |
1993 |
Well-known former players
(Selection)
- Tomislav Ivković
- Ivan Gudelj
- Robert Jarni
- Igor Štimac
- Zvonimir Boban
- Robert Prosinečki
- Predrag Mijatović
- Before that, Šuker