Yugoslav national football team (U-21 men)
Nickname (s) | "Plavi" (Eng. "Blue") | ||
Association | FS jugoslavije | ||
confederacy | UEFA | ||
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statistics | |||
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First international match U-23: Bulgaria 1-2 Yugoslavia U-21: Yugoslavia 4-1 Spain ( Russian , Bulgaria ; October 26, 1968) ( Zagreb ; October 9, 1976) |
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Biggest win U-23: Yugoslavia 4-0 Hungary U-21: Yugoslavia 5-0 San Marino ( Gradiška ; September 21, 1972) ( Belgrade ; March 13, 1991) |
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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) |
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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:
- Bosnian-Herzegovinian national football team (U-21 men)
- Croatian national football team (U-21 men)
- Macedonian National Football Team (U-21 Men)
- Slovenian national football team (U-21 men)
- Serbian national soccer team (U-21 men)
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
- Yugoslav national football team
- Yugoslav national football team (U-17 juniors)
- Yugoslav national football team (U-20 men)
- U-21 European Football Championship
Web links
- RSSSF All U21 / U23 tournaments