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Yugoslavia
Nickname(s)	Plavi ("Blues")
Association	Football Association of Yugoslavia
Head coach	-
Most caps	Dragan Džajić (85)
Top scorer	Stjepan Bobek (38)
FIFA code	YUG
Elo ranking	6[1]
Highest Elo ranking	4 (November 1990 - May 1991)
Lowest Elo ranking	40 (April 10, 1927)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Last International as SFR Yugoslavia[2]  Netherlands 2 - 0 Yugoslavia (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25 March 1992)
Biggest win
Yugoslavia 10 - 1 India  (Helsinki, Finland; 15 July 1952) Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Zaire  (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 18 June 1974)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Antwerp, Belgium; 28 August 1920)  Uruguay 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Paris, France; 26 May 1924)  Czechoslovakia 7 - 0 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 October 1925)
World Cup
Appearances	8[3] (First in 1930)
Best result	Semifinals, 1930; Fourth place, 1962
European Championship
Appearances	4[4] (First in 1960)
Best result	Runners-up, 1960 and 1968

The Yugoslavia national football team refers to the national football team that represented the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920-1929), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-1941), the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1946-1963), the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963-1992), and after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1994-2002), before it changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. The scope of this article only covers up to the national team of SFR Yugoslavia in 1992. For the team representing FR Yugoslavia, see Serbia and Montenegro national football team.

The first one 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 Zagreb in 1919 (and admitted into FIFA), and the national team played its first international game in Antwerp in 1920. In 1929, the country was renamed to Yugoslavia and the football association became Fudbalski Savez Jugoslavije and moved its headquarters to Belgrade. The national team participated in the Football World Cup 1930 and shared the third/fourth place with the U.S. team.

The federation and football overall was disrupted by World War II. After the war, a socialist federation was formed and the football federation reconstituted. It was one of the founding members of the UEFA and it organized the 1976 European Championship played in Belgrade and Zagreb. The national team participated in eight World Cups, four Euros, and even won Olympic Games football tournament in the 1960 (they also finished second three times and third once).

Dragan Džajić holds the record for the most national team caps at 85, between 1964 to 1979. The best scorer is Stjepan Bobek with 38 goals, between 1946 and 1956.

The under-21 team won the inaugural UEFA U-21 Championship in 1978.

The Yugoslav under-20 team won the FIFA World Youth Championship 1987. The same generation probably would have been even more successful if it had not been for the Yugoslav wars. The Yugoslav team split up and the remaining team of the FRY was banned from competing at Euro 92.

The national team of Serbia and Montenegro continued under the name Yugoslavia until that country was renamed in 2003. FIFA considers the national team of Serbia to be the current day successor of Yugoslavia.

For the later football teams, see:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
• Croatia national football team
• Serbia national football team
• Slovenia national football team
• Republic of Macedonia national football team
• Montenegro national football team

• 1930 - Semifinals (no 3rd place match)
• 1934 - Did not qualify
• 1938 - Did not qualify
• 1950 - Round 1
• 1954 - Quarterfinals
• 1958 - Quarterfinals
• 1962 - Fourth place
• 1966 - Did not qualify
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Round 2
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Round 1
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Quarterfinals
• 1994 - 2006 Competed as  Yugoslavia (federal republic) and  Serbia and Montenegro now compete as  Serbia and  Montenegro

• 1960 - Second place
• 1964 - Did not qualify
• 1968 - Second place
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Fourth place
• 1980 - Did not qualify
• 1984 - Round 1
• 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Qualified, but disqualified because of international sanctions during Yugoslav wars

SFRY (1960-1992), for FRY see Serbia and Montenegro national football team

• Yugoslavia national under-21 football team

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