The Yugoslavia national under-21 football team existed in the

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. After the state's dissolution in 1992, the following teams were formed: *

Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-21 football team Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national football team is made up by players who are 21 years old or younger and represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international football matches at this age level. The national U21 team has never qualified for a maj ...

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North Macedonia national under-21 football team The North Macedonia national under-21 football team is a youth association football national team which represents North Macedonia at this age level and is a feeder team for the North Macedonia national football team. It was formerly known as the ...

Kosovo national under-21 football team The Kosovo national under-21 football team ( sq, Kombëtarja e futbollit të Kosovës nën 21 vjeç; sr, Фудбалска репрезентација Косова до 21. године, Fudbalska reprezentacija Kosova do 21. godine) is the nati ...

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FR Yugoslavia national under-21 football team The Serbia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbian national team to be the direct and sole successor of the ...

Serbia national under-21 football team The Serbia national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Serbia and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia. Both FIFA and UEFA consider the Serbian national team to be the direct and sole successor of the ...

Montenegro national under-21 football team The Montenegro national under-21 football team is the national under-21 Football (soccer), football team of Montenegro and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, h ...

Following the realignment of

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's youth competitions in 1976, Yugoslavia's Under-21 team was formed. The team had a varied record, reaching the last four in four tournaments and failing to qualify for four. Yugoslavia won the inaugural competition in 1978. Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. Yugoslavia's record in U-23 competitions is also shown.

UEFA European Under-23 Challenge Cup

Yugoslavia were randomly chosen to play holders

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for the title, which they won. They then faced (and beat) other randomly chosen teams until the competition was abandoned in summer 1970 for a larger competition. * October 26, 1968:

1–2 Yugoslavia * June 6, 1969: Yugoslavia 3–0

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* November 6, 1969: Yugoslavia 2–0

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* March 24, 1970:

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1–5 Yugoslavia * 1972: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group. * 1974: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group. * 1976: Losing semi-finalists. This was competed for on a basis similar to a

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title belt. The holders played a randomly chosen opponent for the championship.

UEFA U-21 Championship record

* 1978: Winners. * 1980: Losing semi-finalists. * 1982: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group. * 1984: Losing semi-finalists. * 1986: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group. * 1988: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group. * 1990: Runners-up. * 1992: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.

External links

UEFA Under-21 website
Contains full results archive

Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships. {{UEFA under-21 teams European national under-21 association football teams

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UEFA European Under-23 Challenge Cup

UEFA U-21 Championship record

See also

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