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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Nickname(s) Plavi (The Blues)
Association Football Association of Yugoslavia (SvFF)
Confederation UEFA
FIFA code YUG
FIFA ranking 3
Highest FIFA ranking 1
Lowest FIFA ranking 10
First international Flag of the Czech Republic Czechoslovakia 5–0 Flag of SFR Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1921)
World Cup appearances 8 (First in 1922)
Best result Third, 1926 and 1954
European Nations Cup appearances 1 (First in 1956)
Best result 4th (1956)


Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
Gold medal – first place 1956 Buenos Aires Team

The Yugoslavia national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Yugoslavia in international competition and is controlled by the Football Association of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia has qualified for eight FIFA World Cups with their best result being 3rd place at the 1926 FIFA World Cup and the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

History[]

Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

     Gold       Silver       Bronze  

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
France 1906 Did Not Exist
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy 1910
England 1914
Netherlands 1922 Quarter Finalist 6th 2 1 0 1 1 3
Spain 1926 Semi Finalist 3rd 6 2 1 3 8 8
Uruguay 1930 Quarter Finalist 7th 4 2 0 2 9 4
Italy 1934 Quarter Finalist 8th 4 2 0 2 11 5
Argentina 1938 Round 1 12th 1 0 0 1 1 3
Sweden 1950 Quarter Finalist 7th 5 2 2 1 14 6
Chile 1954 Semi Finalist 3rd 6 5 0 1 13 7
Switzerland 1958 Quarter Finalist 6th 4 2 0 2 10 6
Total Semi Finalist 8/11 32 16 3 13 66 42

European Nations Cup[]

     Gold       Silver       Bronze  

European Nations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
France 1956 Semi Finalist 3rd 2 1 0 1 3 5

External Links[]

Template:Football in Yugoslavia

Template:National sports teams of Yugoslavia

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