"Yugoslavia in Football"

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THE YUGOSLAVIAN TEAM IN FOOTBALL WAS THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM OF THE KINGDOM OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA.

THE TEAM ATTENDED EIGHT WORLD CUPS AND FOUR EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. ALSO, THE TEAM WON THE 1960 OLYMPICS (IN ADDITION, THE TEAM FINISHED THREE TIMES IN SECOND PLACE, AND ONCE IN THIRD PLACE).

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION OF THE KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, THE CROATIANS AND THE SLAVS WAS FOUNDED IN 1919 IN ZAGREB, AND JOINED FIFA. THE TEAM HELD ITS FIRST OFFICIAL GAME ON 28 AUGUST IN ANTWERP AGAINST THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN TEAM, AND WAS DEFEATED IN THE 7-0 RESULT.

IN 1929, THE STATE CHANGED ITS NAME TO YUGOSLAVIA AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ASSOCIATION MOVED TO BELGRADE.

THE TEAM PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT IN THE 1930S AND ENDED THE TOURNAMENT BY SHARING WITH THE U.S. TEAM THE THIRD PLACE.

THE ASSOCIATION AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAVE STOPPED THEIR ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II. AFTER THE WAR, YUGOSLAVIA BECAME A FEDERAL SOCIAL REPUBLIC. THE FOOTBALL AND SELECTED ASSOCIATION WAS RE-ESTABLISHED AND RE-JOINED FIFA AND FIFA. THE COUNTRY HOSTED THE 1976 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, HELD IN THE CITIES OF BELGRADE AND ZAGREB.

THE YUGOSLAVIA TEAM UNTIL THE AGE OF 20 WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUTH HELD IN 1987 IN CHILE.
THE SAME GENERATION WAS PROBABLY MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL, WITHOUT THE YUGOSLAVIAN WAR, WHICH LED TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COUNTRY IN THE EARLY 1990S. FOLLOWING THE YUGOSLAVIAN WAR, MANY SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED. AS PART OF THE SANCTIONS, THE YUGOSLAVIA TEAM WAS SEIZED AND IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1992 EURO TOURNAMENT, ALTHOUGH IT WAS UP TO IT.

FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION OF YUGOSLAVIA, 4 OF THE 6 REPUBLICS, WHICH WERE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE, ESTABLISHED LOCAL SOCCER TEAMS: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA, SLOVENIA, AND MACEDONIA. THE REPUBLICS OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO CONTINUED TO EXIST AS A FEDERATION, IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, UNTIL 2003 IN WHICH THE COUNTRY AND ELECTED TO SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. IN 2006, MONTENEGRO ANNOUNCED HER SEPARATION FROM SERBIA AND ESTABLISHED A LOCAL SOCCER TEAM. FOLLOWING THIS, TWO NEW TEAMS EMERGED: SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO.

HISTORY OF HISTORY

MANDYEL 1930
YUGOSLAVIA WAS FED UP WITH THE FIRST WORLD CUP AND IN THE HOUSE PHASE WITH BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA. YUGOSLAVIA WON THE 1ST AND THEN DEFEATED 0-4. FOLLOWING ITS VICTORIES, YUGOSLAVIA WAS FIRST FINISHED IN THE HOUSE, AND WAS UP TO THE SEMIFINALS IN FRONT OF THE HOST, IN A GAME WHERE IT WAS DEFEATED 6-1.

YUGOSLAVIA TOOK PART IN THE CENTRES OF MANDAL 1934 AND FOCUSED ON MANDAL 1938, BUT IN BOTH CASES IT WAS NOT ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINAL TOURNAMENT.

FROM WENDY 1950
YUGOSLAVIA WAS ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR WORLD CUP 1950, FOR THE FIRST TIME THROUGH THE EARLY TOURNAMENT. DURING THE EARLY PERIOD, YUGOSLAVIA TWICE DEFEATED AND THEN WON 2-3 AFTER THE EXTENSION OF A DECISIVE GAME HELD IN FLORENCE, ITALY, AFTER THE PREVIOUS TWO GAMES ENDED IN ITS 1-1 PORTFOLIO. IN THE FINAL TOURNAMENT, THE YUGOSLAVIA STAGED THE 0-3 AND 1-4. IN THE LAST AND FINAL GAME AT THE STAGE OF THE HOUSES, YUGOSLAVIA FACED THE MAIN HOST AND CANDIDATE TO WIN, WHEN THE RESULT OF ITS PORTFOLIO WAS SUFFICIENT TO QUALIFY FOR THE FINAL HOME, WHILE THE BRAZILIANS HAD TO WIN. BRAZIL WON THE 2-0 GAME AND YUGOSLAVIA ENDED IN THE SECOND PLACE AT HOME AND WAS REJECTED.

MANDYEL 1954
YUGOSLAVIA WAS RANKED FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW TO WORLD CUP 1954, AFTER THE EARLY TOURNAMENT RETURNED TO THE HOUSE WITH GREECE AND ISRAEL. YUGOSLAVIA WAS QUALIFYING FOR THE FINAL TOURNAMENT AFTER WINNING ALL GAMES WITH THE SAME RESULT OF 0-1 AND ENDING IN THE FIRST PLACE. IN THE FINAL TOURNAMENT, YUGOSLAVIA WAS BOMBED AT THE STAGE OF HOUSES WITH BRAZIL, FOR THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW, ALONG WITH FRANCE AND MEXICO, MOLLA DID NOT DEAL WITH THE TOURNAMENT’S GAMING SYSTEM. YUGOSLAVIA WON FRANCE 0-1 AND THE BROTHERHOOD