The Yugoslavia national football team; ; ; represented

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in international association football. Although the team mainly represented the pre-war

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and the post-war

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, various iterations of the state were formally constituted in football, including the: *

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(1918–1929) *

(1929–1945) *

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(1945) *

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(1945–1963) *

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(1963–1992) It enjoyed success in international competition, reaching the semi-finals at the

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and

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s. In 1992, during the

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, the team was suspended from international competition as part of the United Nations

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History

The first national team was in the kingdom that existed between the two world wars. The Football Federation of what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was founded in

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in 1919 under the name '' Jugoslavenski nogometni savez'' (and admitted into

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), and the national team played its first international game at the Summer Olympics in

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in 1920. The opponent was Czechoslovakia, and the historic starting eleven that represented Kingdom of SCS on its debut were:

Dragutin Vrđuka Dragutin Vrđuka (3 April 1895 – 23 January 1948) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper. He was the first goalkeeper of the Yugoslavia national football team. He played 15 games for the city squad of Zagreb, and seven games for the national tea ...

Vjekoslav Župančić Vjekoslav Župančić (Вјекослав Жупанчић, 18 May 1900 – 14 February 1971) was a Yugoslav footballer. He was born and died in Zagreb. International career He competed for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the 1920 ...

Jaroslav Šifer Jaroslav Šifer (12 August 1895 – 29 November 1982) was a Yugoslav association football defender. He belonged to the first ever Yugoslavia national team and took part at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He played six games for the national team, i ...

Stanko Tavčar Stanko Tavčar (2 February 1898 in Dobrova, Austro-Hungary – 11 July 1945 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) was a Yugoslav footballer and later a medical doctor.

Slavin Cindrić Slavin Cindrić (10 August 1901 – 29 April 1942) was a Yugoslav footballer. He was born in Timișoara. Club career Cindrić was one of the few players who had spells with all three Zagreb-based clubs which were prominent in the interwar peri ...

Rudolf Rupec Rudolf Rupec (17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 – 1 July 1983) was a Croatian footballer who played for the national teams of Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He also competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 ...

Dragutin Vragović Dragutin Vragović (18 September 1897 – 23 January 1973) was a Croatian footballer who spent the majority of his career with Građanski Zagreb in the 1920s. Vragović won two Yugoslav championships with Građanski (1923 and 1926) and was al ...

Artur Dubravčić Artur Dubravčić (15 September 1894 – 13 March 1969) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian footballer. Club career When Dubravčić was still in high school in Karlovac, he was one of the founders and first players of the ŠK Olimpija Karlovac footbal ...

Emil Perška Emanuel "Emil" Perška (20 June 1896 – 8 May 1945) was a Croats, Croatian footballer. He was born in Zagreb and spent the majority of his career with Građanski Zagreb, with whom he won three Yugoslav First League, Yugoslav championships in t ...

Ivan Granec Ivan "Ivo" Granec (8 September 1895 – 9 January 1923) was a Croatian footballer. International career Granec represented Yugoslavia at the 1920 Summer Olympics which were held in Antwerp, in their first round match they were up against Czech ...

, and

Jovan Ružić Jovan Ružić (; 12 December 1898 – 25 September 1973) was a Serbian-Yugoslav footballer. He was one of the most important personalities in the early period of Yugoslav football. Playing career Club Born in Belgrade, he started playing footb ...

. They lost by a huge margin 0–7, but nonetheless got their names in the history books.

1930 World Cup

In 1929, the country was renamed to Yugoslavia and the football association became '' Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije'' and ordered to move its headquarters from Zagreb to

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. The national team participated at the

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, finishing in fourth place. In its first ever World Cup match in

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's Parque Central, Yugoslavia managed a famous 2–1 win versus mighty Brazil, with the following starting eleven representing the country:

Milovan Jakšić Milovan Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Јакшић; 21 September 1909 – 25 December 1953) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper. Remembered mostly as ''El Grande Milovan'', the nickname he earned for his excellent saves in the game ...

Branislav Sekulić Branislav "Bane" Sekulić (; 29 October 1906 – 24 September 1968) was a Yugoslav football manager and player. Career He began playing with the youth team of Javor Beograd before moving to Dušanovac. Being only 15 he became senior and the yo ...

Aleksandar Tirnanić Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар "Тирке" Тирнанић; 15 July 1910 – 13 December 1992) was a Serbian football player and manager. Early life and beginnings Born in the central Serbian small town of Krnjev ...

Milutin Ivković Milutin Ivković (, ; 3 March 1906 – 25 May 1943) was a Yugoslav medical doctor and Association football, football Defender (association football), defender who played for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia at the Football at the 192 ...

Ivica Bek Ivan "Ivica" Bek (; 29 October 1909 – 2 June 1963), also known as Yvan Beck, was a Serbian-French football player. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics and at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. Club career Bek was born to a Ger ...

, Momčilo Đokić,

Blagoje Marjanović Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović ( sr-Cyrl, Благоје "Моша" Марјановић, ; 9 September 1907 – 1 October 1984) was a Serbian football player and manager. Early life Born to merchant father Dimitrije and housewife mother Sofija, yo ...

Milorad Arsenijević Milorad Arsenijević ( sr-cyr, Милорад Арсенијевић; 6 June 1906 – 18 March 1987) was a Serbian football player and manager. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Playing career Club He was born in Smed ...

Đorđe Vujadinović Đorđe Vujadinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Вујадиновић; 29 November 1909 – 5 October 1990) was a Yugoslav international football player and manager. Club career He was born in Kolari, a suburb of Smederevo, but still very yo ...

Dragoslav Mihajlović Dragoslav Mihajlović (13 December 1906 – 18 June 1978) was a Yugoslav footballer. International career On the national level, Mihajlović made his debut for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia in a June 1930 Exhibition game, friend ...

, and Ljubiša Stefanović. The team was the youngest squad at the inaugural World Cup at an average age of just under 22 years old, and became quite popular among the Uruguayan public, who dubbed them "Los Ichachos". The national team consisted of players based in Serbian football clubs, while the Zagreb Subassociation forbid players from Croatian clubs, some of whom were regulars in the national team until then, to play in the World Cup due to the relocation of football association's headquarters from Zagreb to Belgrade.

Post-World War II period

The federation and football overall was disrupted by

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. After the war, a socialist federation was formed and the football federation reconstituted. It was one of the founding members of the

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in 1954.

Silver Medal at 1948 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia began their

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campaign by defeating

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6–1, with five different players scoring the goals. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, they would take out

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and Great Britain by the same score of 3–1. In the final though, they would lose to

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Silver Medal at 1952 Summer Olympics

Having a team with many players from the 1948 generation, Yugoslavia was a formidable side at the

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and finished as runners-up behind the famous "

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" representing

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. Against the USSR, Yugoslavia was 5–1 up with 15 minutes of their first round match to go. The Yugoslavs, understandably, put their feet up. Arthur Ellis, the match referee, recorded what happened next in his book, ''The Final Whistle'' (London, 1963): "The USSR forced the most honourable draw ever recorded! sevolod Bobrov, their captain, scored a magnificent hat-trick. After the USSR had reduced the lead to 5–2, he, almost single-handed, took the score to 5–5, scoring his third in the last minute. For once, use of the word sensational was justified." Although Bobrov's early goal in their replay presaged a miraculous recovery, Yugoslavia recovered sufficiently to put out their opponents easily in the second half.

Later decades

In 1976, Yugoslavia organized the

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played in Belgrade and Zagreb. The national team participated in eight

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s and four

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s, won the Olympic football tournament in 1960 at the Summer Games (they also finished second three times and third once), and developed a reputation for skillful and attacking football, leading them to be dubbed "the Brazilians of Europe".

Dragan Džajić Dragan Džajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Џајић; born 30 May 1946) is a Serbian football administrator and former player who is the current president of the Football Association of Serbia from 14 March 2023. Džajić is widely considered to b ...

holds the record for the most national team caps at 85, between 1964 and 1979. The best scorer is

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with 38 goals, between 1946 and 1956.

Dissolution and UN embargo

With the end of the Cold War, democratic principles were introduced to the country which brought about the end of Titoist rule. In the subsequent atmosphere, national tensions were heightened. At the Yugoslavia-Netherlands friendly in preparation for the 1990 World Cup, the Croatian crowd in Zagreb jeered the Yugoslav team and anthem and waved Dutch flags (owing to its resemblance to the Croatian tricolour). With the

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, the team split up and the remaining team of the

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(FRY) was banned from competing at Euro 92. The decision was made on 31 May 1992, just 10 days before the competition commenced. They had finished top of their qualifying group, but were unable to play in the competition due to

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. Their place was taken by

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, who went on to win the competition. After the

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, the FRY consisted of Montenegro and Serbia. In 1992, Yugoslavia had also been drawn as the second seed in Group 5 of the European Zone in the qualifying tournament for the

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. FRY was barred from competing, rendering the group unusually weak. In 1994, when the boycott was lifted, the union of Serbia and Montenegro competed under the name "Yugoslavia", as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national football team. The Serbia and Montenegro national team continued under Yugoslavia's naming until 2003 when the country and team were renamed

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. The

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inherited Yugoslavia's spot within FIFA and UEFA and is considered by both organizations as the only successor of Yugoslavia (and of Serbia and Montenegro).Serbia
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Youth teams

The under-21 team won the inaugural

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in 1978. The Yugoslav under-20 team won the

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Kits

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

UEFA European Championship record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place :''*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on

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.''

Mediterranean Games

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Balkan Cup

:''*Edition abandoned.''

Player statistics

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Notable players

;Goalkeepers File:Vladimir Beara 1953.jpg,

Vladimir Beara Vladimir Beara ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Беара; ; 26 August 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football goalkeeper and manager. He played the vast majority of his professional club career for Hajduk Split and Red Star Belgrade in the ...

played 59 matches from 1950 to 1959 File:Milutin Šoškić.jpg,

Milutin Šoškić Milutin Šoškić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Шошкић; 31 December 1937 – 27 August 2022) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is considered one of FK Partizan's greatest players. Biography He was ...

played 50 matches from 1959 to 1966 ;Defenders File:Milutin Ivković (1928).jpg,

played for Yugoslavia from 1925 to 1934 and captained the team in

File:Milorad Arsenijević (1928).jpg,

played for Yugoslavia from 1927 to 1934 File:Stankovic-branko.jpg,

Branko Stanković Branko "Stane" Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко "Стане" Станковић, ; 31 October 1921 – 20 February 2002) was a Bosnian Serb footballer and manager, from Sarajevo. Playing career Club He started his career in SK Slavija Sarajev ...

played for Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1956 File:Branko Zebec 1953.jpg,

Branko Zebec Branislav "Branko" Zebec (17 May 1929 – 26 September 1988) was a Croatian footballer and manager who played for Yugoslavia. In his heyday, Zebec fascinated the world with his performances at the World Cups in 1954 and 1958. With Partizan he ...

played for Yugoslavia from 1951 to 1961 and captained the team in

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File:Fahrudin Jusufi (1966).jpg,

Fahrudin Jusufi Fahrudin Jusufi ( sr-Cyrl, Фахрудин Јусуфи, ; 8 December 1939 – 9 August 2019) was a Yugoslav footballer who most notably played for Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Yugoslavia national team. Playing career Club career Ju ...

played for Yugoslavia from 1959 to 1967 File:Velibor Vasovic.jpg,

Velibor Vasović Velibor Vasović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Васовић; 3 October 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a Serbian footballer and manager, also one of the legendary players of Partizan Belgrade and Ajax and is regarded one of greatest defenders ...

played for Yugoslavia from 1961 to 1966 ;Midfielders File:Aleksandar Tirnanić.jpg,

played in the

and managed the team from 1953 to 1960 File:Zlatko Čajkovski 1953.jpg,

Zlatko Čajkovski Zlatko "Čik" Čajkovski (24 November 1923 – 27 July 1998) was a Yugoslav and Croatian football player and coach. His brother, Željko Čajkovski, was a footballer as well. Normally a defensive midfielder, Čajkovski was renowned for his trem ...

played 55 matches for the team from 1946 to 1955 File:Vukas.JPG,

Bernard Vukas Bernard Vukas (1 May 1927 – 4 April 1983) was a Croatian Association football, footballer who played for Yugoslavia. Vukas played as a Midfielder#Winger, left winger/Forward (association football), forward and is mostly remembered for his ext ...

played 59 matches for the team from 1948 to 1957 File:Vujadin Boškov (1976).jpg,

Vujadin Boškov Vujadin Boškov ( sr-cyr, Вујадин Бошков, ; 16 May 1931 – 27 April 2014) was a Serbian association football, football player and manager (association football), manager. A midfielder, he played 57 matches for the Yugoslavia nation ...

played for the team from 1951 to 1958 File:Dragoslav Sekularac Serbian White Eagles banquet 2007.jpg,

Dragoslav Šekularac Dragoslav Šekularac ( sr-Cyrl, Драгослав Шекуларац, ; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer and coach. Nicknamed Šeki, he was quick and crafty with the ball, displaying creative ...

played for the team from 1956 to 1966 File:Dragan Džajić.jpg,

was considered by many to be the best player in the history of Yugoslavia File:Ilija Petković in 2006.jpg,

Ilija Petković Ilija Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Петковић, ; 22 September 1945 – 27 June 2020) was a Serbian footballer and manager. Petković was capped 43 times for Yugoslavia, participating in the 1968 European Football Championship, and in ...

, explosive right winger played for the team from 1968 to 1974 File:Petrovich.JPG,

Vladimir Petrović Vladimir Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Петровић, ; born 1 July 1955) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon (), after the French for ''pigeon''. Club career Dur ...

, creative midfielder played for the team from 1973 to 1982 File:Safet Susic 2013.JPG,

Safet Sušić Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and technical ability, and is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest Eur ...

played for the team from 1977 to 1990 File:Драган Стојковић Пикси 2021.png,

Dragan Stojković Dragan Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Стојковић, ; born 3 March 1965), also known by the nickname Piksi (Пикси), is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He's currently a selector head coach of ...

played from 1983 until the breakup of Yugoslavia File:Dejan Savićević.jpg,

Dejan Savićević Dejan Savićević ( cyrl, Дејан Савићевић, ; born 15 September 1966) is a Montenegrin former professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Since 2001, he has been the president of the Football ...

played for the team from 1986 until breakup of Yugoslavia ;Forwards File:Rajko Mitić (1970).jpg,

Rajko Mitić Rajko Mitić ( sr-Cyrl, Рајко Митић, ; 19 November 1922 – 29 March 2008) was a Serbian footballer, coach, executive and journalist. A former forward, Mitić is considered one of the most important players in the history of Red Star ...

scored 32 goals in 59 matches between 1946 and 1957 File:Stjepan Bobek.jpg,

is top goal scorer in the team's history with 38 goals File:Milutinovic.jpg,

Miloš Milutinović Miloš Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Милутиновић; 5 February 1933 – 28 January 2003) was a Serbian professional footballer and manager from Yugoslavia. Milutinović is regarded as one of the most talented players in his countr ...

scored 16 goals in 33 matches between 1953 and 1958 File:Bora Kostić.jpg,

Bora Kostić Borivoje "Bora" Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Бopивoje "Бора" Kocтић, ; 14 June 1930 – 10 January 2011) was a Serbian footballer. Normally a prolific left winger, Kostić is regarded as one of the finest Yugoslav players of his generation and w ...

scored 26 goals in 33 matches between 1956 and 1964 File:Drazan Jerkovic.JPG, Dražan Jerković was a top goal scorer on

File:Milan Galić.png,

Milan Galić Milan Galić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Галић, ; 8 March 1938 – 13 September 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Durin ...

scored 37 goals in 51 matches between 1959 and 1965 File:Josip Skoblar en 1970.jpg, Josip Skoblar, 1971

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, winner scored 11 goals in 32 matches File:Dušan Bajević (cropped).png,

Dušan Bajević Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; , ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football manager ...

scored 29 goals in 37 matches between 1970 and 1977 File:Дарко Панчев 2020.png,

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, 1991

winner, played for the team from 1984 until breakup of Yugoslavia

Head-to-head record

Head coaches

Honours

Major competitions

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** Runners-up (2):

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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** Gold Medal (1):

** Silver Medal (3):

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

** Bronze Medal (1):

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

Regional

Balkan Cup The Balkan Cup (officially ''Coupe Balkanique de Football'') was an international association football competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from the Balkans region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles. ...

** Winners (2): 1934–35, 1935 ** Runners-up (6): 1929–31, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1947, 1977–80 ** Third place (1):

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

** Gold medal (2):

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

Friendly

* 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament ** Champions (1): 1945

Summary

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References

Bibliography

External links

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RSSSF – ''Yugoslavia men's national football team international matches'' 1920–1992

* ttp://www.reprezentacija.rs/ Yugoslavia national football team web page {{DEFAULTSORT:Yugoslavia National Football Team Former national association football teams in Europe 1920 establishments in Yugoslavia Football in Yugoslavia National sports teams established in 1920