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.png) .png)  FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro | |||
| Nickname(s) | Plavi /Плави (The Blues) Jadranske ajkule /Јадранске ајкуле (The Adriatic Sharks) | ||
| Association | Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Football Association of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Ilija Petković (last) | ||
| Captain | Dejan Stanković (last) | ||
| Mostcaps | Savo Milošević (101) | ||
| Top scorer | Savo Milošević (38) | ||
| FIFA code | SCG(2003–2006) FRY(1992–2003) | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Highest | 6 (December 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 101 (December 1994) | ||
| First international | |||
 Brazil 2–0FR Yugoslavia (Porto Alegre,Brazil; 23 December 1994) Serbia and Montenegro 2–2Azerbaijan  (Podgorica,Serbia and Montenegro; 12 February 2003) | |||
| Last international | |||
 France 3–0FR Yugoslavia (Saint-Denis,France; 20 November 2002)  Ivory Coast3–2Serbia and Montenegro (Munich,Germany; 21 June 2006) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Faroe Islands 1–8FR Yugoslavia (Toftir,Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996) Serbia and Montenegro 5–0San Marino  (Belgrade,Serbia and Montenegro; 13 October 2004) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Argentina6–0Serbia and Montenegro (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June 2006)  Netherlands 6–1FR Yugoslavia (Rotterdam,Netherlands; 25 June 2000)  Czech Republic 5–0FR Yugoslavia (Prague,Czech Republic; 6 September 2002) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in1998) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (1998) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in2000) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2000) | ||
TheSerbia and Montenegro national football team (Serbo-Croatian:Фудбалска репрезентација Србије и Црне Горе,Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije i Crne Gore) was a nationalfootball team that represented the State Union ofSerbia and Montenegro. It was controlled by theFootball Association of Serbia and Montenegro. For 11 years, it was known as theFR Yugoslavia national football team (Serbo-Croatian:Фудбалска репрезентација СР Југославије,Fudbalska reprezentacija SR Jugoslavije) when the state was called theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia, until February 2003, when the name of the country was changed toSerbia and Montenegro.[1] In 2006,Montenegro declared its separation fromSerbia, with the result that the country's football team was renamed as theSerbia national football team on 28 June 2006 with theMontenegro national football team created to represent the renewed state ofMontenegro.
Though politically it was not recognized as constituting a successor state to the former Yugoslavia, in regards to football, both FIFA and UEFA did consider Serbia and Montenegro to be the direct and sole successor to Yugoslavia and thus entitled to claim and use the history and records of the variousYugoslav national teams.[2]
Although theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed on 28 April 1992, its teams were banned from all international sporting events, including association football, due to FIFA sanctions resulting from theYugoslav Wars.[3] Consequently, the national team did not play its first match as a new country until 23 December 1994, a 2–0 friendly defeat toBrazil inPorto Alegre. This was the first ever team composed ofSerbian andMontenegrin players exclusively, whileSlobodan Santrač, a former Yugoslavia national team player, was named the team's first-ever manager. The next match was played only three days later, a 1–0 loss toArgentina inBuenos Aires.[citation needed]
Due to theUnited Nations international sanctions, the team could not take part in the1994 FIFA World Cup qualification, nor theUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying process.[4]
On 31 March 1995, the team recorded its first official win in history, a 1–0 friendly againstUruguay, simultaneously marking the team's first-ever home match, played atStadion Crvena Zvezda inBelgrade, and the first ever goal scored, courtesy ofSavo Milošević. Slightly more than one year later, the team recorded its first-ever win in aFIFA World Cup qualifying tournament in its first match in such a tournament, a 3–1 win over theFaroe Islands. Shortly after, the team also recorded its biggest win in history, once again against the Faroe Islands, 8–1. FR Yugoslavia finished second in Group 6, just behindSpain, meaning it had to go through the play-off system in order to qualify. FR Yugoslavia was paired up withHungary, and what was believed would be a tough matchup turned out to be an easy win for FR Yugoslavia, 7–1 inBudapest and 5–0 in Belgrade, for an aggregate score of 12–1. This was enough to secure FR Yugoslavia's first-ever World Cup appearance as a new country.[citation needed]
The1998 World Cup seeding had FR Yugoslavia ranked in the 21st position, but the Yugoslav national team went to France as one of the shadow favorites for the World Cup.The New York Times stated FR Yugoslavia could easily be a semi-finalist inthat year's World Cup.[6] The justification for such estimation was partially found in the names of the Yugoslav players, members of great European teams and proven footballers. Placed in Group F alongsideGermany, theUnited States andIran, Yugoslavia won their first match against Iran thanks to a free kick fromSiniša Mihajlović, though in the next match against Germany, he scored an own goal amidst a 2–0 lead;Oliver Bierhoff equalised with only about ten minutes to spare. Nonetheless, Yugoslavia won 1–0 over the United States, placing themselves second in Group F behind Germany.
Finishing second, Yugoslavia was drawn with theNetherlands in theround of 16.Dennis Bergkamp put the Dutch in front in the 38th minute before conceding a header fromSlobodan Komljenović.Predrag Mijatović could have put Yugoslavia ahead afterVladimir Jugović was fouled in the box, yet his shot hit the crossbar and the scoreline remained at 1–1.Edgar Davids then beatIvica Kralj from 20 yards out in the dying seconds, ending Yugoslavia's World Cup campaign.
The draw for theEuro 2000 qualifiers saw many eyebrows raised as first-seeded Yugoslavia was drawn in a group alongsideCroatia, marking the first matches between the two teams after thebreakup of Yugoslavia. The other teams in the group were theRepublic of Ireland,Macedonia andMalta. When the qualifiers began, the coach wasMilan Živadinović, but in July 1999 he resigned and was replaced byVujadin Boškov.
The team started with a 1–0 win over Ireland in Belgrade, before beating Malta 3–0 inTa' Qali. The home fixture against the Maltese followed, but was moved toThessaloniki, Greece, due to theNATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The team nonetheless won 4–1. The first, highly anticipated match against Croatia took place in Belgrade shortly after the bombing ended, and was interrupted due to a power outage at the beginning of the second half, resuming after 43 minutes[7] and eventually finishing 0–0. A 2–1 defeat against Ireland inDublin was followed by victories home and away against Macedonia (3–1 and 4–2 respectively), meaning Yugoslavia needed to win its final qualifier against Croatia inZagreb, or to draw with Ireland failing to beat Macedonia inSkopje, in order to automatically qualify for Euro 2000. As it happened, Ireland conceded an injury-time equalizer, meaning Yugoslavia's 2–2 draw with the Croatians was sufficient for automatic qualification.
The draw for the Euro 2000 final stages placed Yugoslavia in Group C alongsideSpain,Norway and another former Yugoslav republic,Slovenia. The Slovenians took a surprise 3–0 lead in the first match at theStade du Pays de Charleroi, but three goals in six second-half minutes enabled Yugoslavia to secure a 3–3 draw. The team then beat Norway 1–0 inLiège thanks to an early Savo Milošević backheel strike. The final group match, against Spain inBruges, saw the Yugoslavs take the lead three times, before aGaizka Mendieta penalty and anAlfonso strike in injury-time secured a dramatic 4–3 win for the Spaniards and top spot in the group. Yugoslavia nonetheless finished second, level on points with Norway but ranked ahead due to their head-to-head victory in Liège. In each of the three matches, Yugoslavia had one player sent off:Siniša Mihajlović,Mateja Kežman andSlaviša Jokanović respectively.
In thequarter-finals, Yugoslavia was once again paired with the Netherlands. However, unlike the last encounter, the co-hosts made easy work of Yugoslavia, winning 6–1 inRotterdam, withPatrick Kluivert scoring ahat-trick.
One of the few bright spots of Yugoslav team in the whole tournament was Savo Milošević, who finished as the joint top scorer of the tournament, alongside Patrick Kluivert. Both players scored five goals, although Milošević played one less match.[8]
The2002 World Cup qualifiers marked the first time Yugoslavia failed to qualify for a major tournament ever since its return to "big stage" football after the UN sanctions. The problems began with themajor political turmoil in the country as well in the Yugoslav FA, which prompted new head coachIlija Petković to resign after only one match, a 2–0 away victory againstLuxembourg.
Milovan Đorić took over the team, but under his leadership, the team managed only two draws, 1–1 at home againstSwitzerland and 1–1 away againstSlovenia. In both matches, the opponents equalized in late stages of the match). Yugoslavia then lost 0–1 at home toRussia, marking the nation's first home defeat in official matches. After Đorić's resignation, a three-man commission consisting ofDejan Savićević,Vujadin Boškov andIvan Ćurković took over the coaching duties, until Savićević ultimately took over on his own. The team managed to bounce back with a draw in Russia and a win in Switzerland, but failed to defeat Slovenia in the penultimate game, thus finishing their qualifying group in third position.
After Savićević's disastrous spell as head coach, the country went under apolitical transformation, andIlija Petković became Serbia and Montenegro's new coach. Initially, the team under his lead experienced dragging failure in theEuro 2004 qualifiers while competing for the first time as Serbia and Montenegro. Despite drawing both matches against group favourites and eventual group winnersItaly, and winning both matches against group runners-upWales, Serbia and Montenegro failed to qualify, mostly due to an embarrassing 2–2 home draw and 2–1 away loss toAzerbaijan.
However, Serbia and Montenegro qualified for the2006 World Cup. Serbia and Montenegro began their 2006 World Cup campaign by finishing first with an undefeated record in theirqualification group ahead of favourites Spain. The Serbia and Montenegro team also allowed only one goal in its ten matches, the best defensive record out all 51 teams participating in qualification. For the 2006 qualifiers, Serbia and Montenegro was drawn in a group with Spain,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Lithuania andSan Marino. Led once again by Ilija Petković, Serbia and Montenegro played some impressive defensive football: the "Famous Four" defence consisting ofNemanja Vidić,Mladen Krstajić,Goran Gavrančić andIvica Dragutinović, withDragoslav Jevrić as goalkeeper allowed only one goal in ten matches, finishing first in their group with a 6–4–0 record.
On 3 June 2006, following areferendum, Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia. As the World Cup was about to start, it was decided that the Serbia and Montenegro team that had qualified for the tournament would compete, with the split into separate teams representing the new countries of Montenegro and Serbia to take place once the team was eliminated from the tournament. Thus, the team played in the tournament representing a state that no longer existed.[9] Only one Montenegrin-born player, goalkeeperDragoslav Jevrić, was in the squad.[9]
In thegroup stage of the World Cup, Serbia and Montenegro lost their opening match to joint group favourites the Netherlands 1–0, withArjen Robben scoring the only goal of the match. They then lost their second match toArgentina 6–0, the side's worst ever international result. With the team's two losses and with Netherlands and Argentina winning both their games, Serbia and Montenegro could no longer qualify for the knockout matches, and was playing for pride alone in their final group match against theIvory Coast, who had also been mathematically eliminated. Despite having a 2–0 lead for much of the first half,the Elephants managed to come back and win 3–2, leaving Serbia and Montenegro with a disappointing 0–0–3 World Cup run to conclude its existence.
A week after Serbia and Montenegro's final match against the Ivory Coast, theFootball Association of Montenegro applied for separate membership toUEFA. TheFootball Association of Serbia was granted Serbia and Montenegro's place in UEFA andFIFA, with the newSerbia national team playing its first match in August 2006 against theCzech Republic. TheMontenegro national team played its first international following admittance to UEFA againstHungary in March 2007.
| Kit supplier | Period |
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 Adidas | 1994–2001 |
 Lotto | 2002–2006 |
          1996 home |      1998 WC home |      1998 WC away |      Euro 2000 home |    2002 home |    2002 away |
 2004 Home |  2004 Away |   2006 WC Home |  2006 WC Away |
The following is a table of Yugoslavia's results inFIFA World Cups. Highest achievements, those in the inaugural 1930 and 1962 editions, are indicated in yellow highlight.
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squads | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| as FR Yugoslavia | as FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
 1994 | Banned[a] | Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Squad | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 8 | |
  2002 | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | |||||||||
| as Serbia and Montenegro | as Serbia and Montenegro | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| Total | Fourth place | 10/19 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 56 | — | 98 | 58 | 25 | 15 | 209 | 85 | |
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squads | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1960 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
 1964 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
 1968 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | |
 1972 | 1/4 playoffs | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1976 | Fourth place | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |
| 1980 | Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1984 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |
| 1988 | Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||
 1992 | Banned after qualification | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |||||||||
| as FR Yugoslavia | as FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||
 1996 | Suspended | Suspended | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | |
| as Serbia and Montenegro | as Serbia and Montenegro | |||||||||||||||
 2004 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 5/12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 39 | — | 72 | 43 | 15 | 14 | 143 | 73 | |
| Opponent | P | W | D | L |
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| Argentina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
 Croatia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
 Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Faroe Islands | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
 Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Macedonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 Malta | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
 Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Northern Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Republic of Ireland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| San Marino | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
 Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Spain | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
 Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Serbia was called Yugoslavia before February 2003 then Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
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