Yugoslavia Olympic football team

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Yugoslavia
AssociationFootball Association of Yugoslavia
FIFA codeYUG
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances11 (first in 1920)
Best resultGold Medal, 1960
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Yugoslavia at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Yugoslavia at the 1928 Summer Olympics

The Yugoslavia Olympic football team was the men's national under-23 football team of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1992 in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After the state's dissolution in 1992, the following teams were formed:

  • Macedonia national under-23 football team
  • FR Yugoslavia national under-23 football team (succeeded by Serbia national under-23 football team and in 2006)

Olympic Record[]

Since 1992 the Olympic roster may consist of under-23 year old players, plus three over the age players.[1]

Host Nation(s) - Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
Belgium 1920 Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
France 1924 Preliminary Round 1 0 0 1 0 7
Netherlands 1928 Preliminary Round 1 0 0 1 1 2
United States 1932 no Olympic football tournament - - - - - -
Nazi Germany 1936 Did not qualify - - - - - -
United Kingdom 1948 Runner-Up 4 3 0 1 13 6
Finland 1952 Runner-Up 6 4 1 1 26 13
Australia 1956 Runner-Up 3 2 0 1 13 3
Italy 1960 Champion 5 3 2 0 17 6
Japan 1964 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 2 8 8
Mexico 1968 Did not qualify - - - - - -
West Germany 1972 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Canada 1976 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Soviet Union 1980 Semifinals 6 2 2 2 9 7
United States 1984 3rd place 6 5 0 1 16 10
South Korea 1988 Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 4
Spain 1992 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 11/16 39 21 5 13 107 73

Mediterranean Games record[]

Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Egypt 1951 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 1955 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 1959 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy 1963 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tunisia 1967 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 1971 1 3 2 1 0 8 2
Algeria1975 5 4 2 1 1 8 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979 1 5 5 0 0 16 4
Morocco 1983 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syria 1987 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 – present See Yugoslavia national under-20 team
Total 3/10 12 9 2 1 32 9

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Olympic tournaments Archived October 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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