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Yugoslavia national football team

This article is about the 1920–92 team representing the SFR Yugoslavia and its predecessor states. For the team representing the union of Serbia and Montenegro after the breakup of Yugoslavia, see Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national football team.

Yugoslavia
1920–1992

 (1920–1941) and  (1945–1992)
Nickname(s)Plavi (The Blues)
Brazilians of Europe[1]
AssociationFootball Association
of Yugoslavia
Most capsDragan Džajić (85)
Top scorerStjepan Bobek (38)
Home stadiumStadium Rajko Mitić, Belgrade
FIFA codeYUG
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
Last international
 Netherlands 2–0 Yugoslavia 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25 March 1992)[a]
Biggest win
 Yugoslavia 10–0 Venezuela 
(Curitiba, Brazil; 14 June 1972)[2][3]
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
 Uruguay 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Paris, France; 26 May 1924)
 Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925)
World Cup
Appearances8[a] (first in 1930)
Best resultFourth place (1930, 1962)
European Championship
Appearances4[a] (first in 1960)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1960, 1968)
Medal record
Men's Football
UEFA European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Italy Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Balkan Cup
Gold medal – first place 1934–35 Greece Team
Gold medal – first place 1935 Bulgaria Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1971 İzmir Team
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split Team

The Yugoslavia national football team[b] represented Yugoslavia in international association football.

Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state were formally constituted in football, including the:

It enjoyed success in international competition, reaching the semi-finals[c] at the 1930 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international competition as part of the United Nations sanctions on Yugoslavia.[4][5]

  1. ^ A farewell to Yugoslavia Archived 7 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine openDemocracy.net. Dejan Djokic; 10 April 2002
  2. ^ "Jugoslavija – Venecuela 10–0". Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbo-Croatian). 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ – Matches – Yugoslavia-Zaire". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ Press, The Associated (1 June 1992). "SOCCER; Yugoslav Athletes Banned". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Yugoslavia Banned From 1994 World Cup Soccer Play | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 17 June 2024.


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