Yugoslavia national football team
| 1920–1992 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1920–1941) and (1945–1992) | |||
| Nickname(s) | Plavi (The Blues) Brazilians of Europe | ||
| Association | Football Association of Yugoslavia | ||
| Most caps | Dragan Džajić (85) | ||
| Top scorer | Stjepan Bobek (38) | ||
| Home stadium | Stadium Rajko Mitić, Belgrade | ||
| FIFA code | YUG | ||
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| First international | |||
| Czechoslovakia 7–0 Kingdom of SCS (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) | |||
| Last international | |||
| Netherlands 2–0 Yugoslavia (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25 March 1992) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Yugoslavia 10–0 Venezuela (Curitiba, Brazil; 14 June 1972) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1930) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (1930, 1962) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1960) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (1960, 1968) | ||
The Yugoslavia national football team 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:
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929)
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1945)
- Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1945)
- Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963)
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992)
It enjoyed success in international competition, reaching the semi-finals 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.