Serbia at the FIFA World Cup
This is a record of Serbia's results at the FIFA World Cup.
From the 1930 FIFA World Cup to the 1938 FIFA World Cup, Serbia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and afterwards, from the 1950 FIFA World Cup to the 1990 FIFA World Cup, Serbia was part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, both of which competed in the world cup. From the 1994 FIFA World Cup to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Serbia played with Montenegro. From 2006 to the present, Serbia played as an independent country. However, FIFA recognised Serbia as the official successor of the Yugoslav team, thus inherited all the records of Yugoslavia.
FIFA World Cup record[]
FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
within Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||
1930 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Invited | |||||||||
1934 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
1938 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
within SFR Yugoslavia (until 1962 as FPR Yugoslavia) | ||||||||||||||||||
1950 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | ||||
1954 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
1958 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||||
1962 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||||
1966 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
1970 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||||
1974 | Second group stage | 7th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||||
1978 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
1982 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | ||||
1986 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
1990 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | ||||
within FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Suspended | Suspended | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 8 | ||||
2002 | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | |||||||||||
within Serbia and Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||||
as Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | ||||
2014 | Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | |||||||||||
2018 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | ||||
2022 | Qualified | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | |||||||||||
2026 | To be determined | Future events | ||||||||||||||||
Total | Fourth place | 13/22 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 66 | 63 | 136 | 81 | 33 | 22 | 287 | 123 |
- * Draw for 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers was made on 8 December 1991, however due to break-up of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and consequent military conflict, which broke in early 1991, FSJ ceased to exist as football organization of the SFR Yugoslavia. Organization that remained based in Belgrade, Serbia, was excluded from taking part as FSJ or its successor due to UN sanctions.[1]
Serbia's World Cup record | |
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First match | Yugoslavia 2–1 Brazil (14 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) |
Biggest Win | Yugoslavia 9–0 Zaire (7 June 1974; Gelsenkirchen, West Germany) |
Biggest Defeat | Argentina 6-0 Serbia and Montenegro (16 June 2006; Gelsenkirchen, Germany) |
Best Result | Fourth place in 1930 and 1962 |
Worst Result | Group stage in 1950, 1982, 2006, 2010, and 2018 |
By match[]
World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Scorers |
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) | within|||||
1930 | Group stage | Brazil | 2–1 | W | Tirnanić, Bek |
Bolivia | 4–0 | W | Bek (2), Marjanović, Vujadinović | ||
Semi-final | Uruguay | 1–6 | L | Vujadinović | |
SFR Yugoslavia (1950–1990) | within|||||
1950 | Group stage | Switzerland | 3–0 | W | Mitić, Tomašević, Ognjanov |
Mexico | 4–1 | W | Bobek, Ž. Čajkovski (2), Tomašević | ||
Brazil | 0–2 | L | — | ||
1954 | Group stage | France | 1–0 | W | Milutinović |
Brazil | 1–1 | D | Zebec | ||
Quarter-final | West Germany | 0–2 | L | — | |
1958 | Group stage | Scotland | 1–1 | D | Petaković |
France | 3–2 | W | Petaković, Veselinović (2) | ||
Paraguay | 3–3 | D | Ognjanović, Veselinović, Rajkov | ||
Quarter-final | West Germany | 0–1 | L | — | |
1962 | Group stage | Soviet Union | 0–2 | L | — |
Uruguay | 3–1 | W | Skoblar, Galić, Jerković | ||
Colombia | 5–0 | W | Galić (2), Jerković (2), Melić | ||
Quarter-final | West Germany | 1–0 | W | Radaković | |
Semi-final | Czechoslovakia | 1–3 | L | Jerković | |
Third place match | Chile | 0–1 | L | — | |
1974 | Group stage | Brazil | 0–0 | D | — |
Zaire | 9–0 | W | Bajević (3), Džajić, Šurjak, Katalinski, Bogićević, Oblak, Petković | ||
Scotland | 1–1 | D | Karasi | ||
Second round | West Germany | 0–2 | L | — | |
Poland | 1–2 | L | Karasi | ||
Sweden | 1–2 | L | Šurjak | ||
1982 | Group stage | Northern Ireland | 0–0 | D | — |
Spain | 1–2 | L | Gudelj | ||
Honduras | 1–0 | W | Petrović | ||
1990 | Group stage | West Germany | 1–4 | L | Jozić |
Colombia | 1–0 | W | Jozić | ||
United Arab Emirates | 4–1 | W | Sušić, Pančev (2), Prosinečki | ||
Round of 16 | Spain | 2–1 | W | Stojković (2) | |
Quarter-final | Argentina | 0–0 | D | ||
Serbia and Montenegro (1998-2006; 1998 as FR Yugoslavia) | within|||||
1998 | Group stage | Iran | 1–0 | W | Mihajlović |
Germany | 2–2 | D | Mijatović, Stojković | ||
United States | 1–0 | W | Komljenović | ||
Round of 16 | Netherlands | 1–2 | L | Komljenović | |
2006 | Group stage | Netherlands | 0–1 | L | — |
Argentina | 0–6 | L | — | ||
Ivory Coast | 2–3 | L | Žigić, Ilić | ||
Serbia (2010–) | |||||
2010 | Group stage | Ghana | 0–1 | L | — |
Germany | 1–0 | W | Jovanović | ||
Australia | 1–2 | L | Pantelić | ||
2018 | Group stage | Costa Rica | 1–0 | W | Kolarov |
Switzerland | 1–2 | L | Mitrović | ||
Brazil | 0–2 | L |
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Record players[]
No. | Name | Matches | World Cups |
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1 | Dragoslav Šekularac | 9 | 1958 and 1962 |
Ivica Šurjak | 9 | 1974 and 1982 | |
Dragan Stojković | 9 | 1990 and 1998 | |
Dejan Stanković | 9 | 1998, 2006 and 2010 | |
5 | Safet Sušić | 8 | 1982 and 1990 |
Zlatko Vujović | 8 | 1982 and 1990 | |
7 | Vujadin Boškov | 7 | 1954 and 1958 |
8 | Rajko Mitić | 6 | 1950 and 1954 |
Branko Stanković | 6 | 1950 and 1954 | |
Miloš Milutinović | 6 | 1954 and 1958 | |
Vladica Popović | 6 | 1958 and 1962 | |
Vladimir Durković | 6 | 1962 | |
Milan Galić | 6 | 1962 | |
Milutin Šoškić | 6 | 1962 | |
Jovan Aćimović | 6 | 1974 | |
Vladimir Stojković | 6 | 2010 and 2018 |
Top goalscorers[]
Dražan Jerković's four goals at the 1962 FIFA World Cup were enough to secure him the shared Golden Boot Award and make him the top scorer at World Cups for the SFR Yugoslavia and its successor associations.
No. | Name | Goals | World Cups |
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1 | Dražan Jerković | 4 | 1962 |
2 | Ivan Bek | 3 | 1930 |
Todor Veselinović | 3 | 1958 | |
Milan Galić | 3 | 1962 | |
Dušan Bajević | 3 | 1974 | |
Dragan Stojković | 3 | 1990 (2) and 1998 (1) | |
7 | Đorđe Vujadinović | 2 | 1930 |
Željko Čajkovski | 2 | 1950 | |
Kosta Tomašević | 2 | 1950 | |
Aleksandar Petaković | 2 | 1958 | |
Stanislav Karasi | 2 | 1974 | |
Ivica Šurjak | 2 | 1974 | |
Davor Jozić | 2 | 1990 | |
Darko Pančev | 2 | 1990 | |
Slobodan Komljenović | 2 | 1998 |
Squads[]
References[]
- ^ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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