The Yugoslavia national football team existed in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (For the team under the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia see Serbia and Montenegro national football team.)

The first one was in the kingdom that existed between the two world wars. The Football Federation of then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was founded in Zagreb in 1919 (and admitted into FIFA), and the national team played its first international game in Antwerp in 1920. In 1929, the country was renamed to Yugoslavia and the football association became Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije and moved its headquarters to Belgrade. The national team participated in the Football World Cup 1930 and shared the third/fourth place with the US team.

The federation and football overall was disrupted by World War II. After the war, a socialist federation was formed and the football federation reconstituted. It was one of the founding members of the UEFA and it organized the 1976 European Football Championship played in Belgrade and Zagreb. The national team participated in eight World Cups, four Euros, and even won one Olympic Games football tournament.

Dragan Džajić holds the record for the most national team caps at 85, between 1964 to 1979. The best scorer is Stjepan Bobek with 38 goals, between 1946 and 1956.

The Yugoslav under-21 team won the Youth World Cup in Chile in 1987. The same generation probably would have been even more successful had it not been for the Yugoslav wars. The Yugoslav team split up and the remaining team of the FRY was even disallowed from competing at Euro 92.

The national team of Serbia and Montenegro continued under the name Yugoslavia until that country was renamed in 2003.

For the later football teams, see:

• Serbia and Montenegro national football team
• Croatia national football team
• Slovenia national football team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
• Republic of Macedonia national football team

World Cup record

• 1930 - Semifinals
• 1934 - Did not qualify
• 1938 - Did not qualify
• 1950 - Round 1
• 1954 - Quarterfinals
• 1958 - Quarterfinals
• 1962 - Fourth place
• 1966 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Round 2
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Round 1
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Quarterfinals

KofY (1930-1938), SFRY (1950-1990), for FRY see Serbia and Montenegro national football team

European Championship record

• 1960 - Second place
• 1964 - Did not qualify
• 1968 - Second place
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Fourth place
• 1980 - Did not qualify
• 1984 - Round 1
• 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Qualified, but banned because of Yugoslav wars

SFRY (1960-1992), for FRY see Serbia and Montenegro national football team

External links

• Yugoslav football history at RSSSF
• Yugoslav player stats at RSSSF

Note that the RSSSF pages are still slightly outdated with regard to the renaming of the last Yugoslavia and the succession issues.