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:Serbia at the FIFA World Cup

{{Short description|Participation of Serbia's national football team in the FIFA World Cup}}

This is a record of Serbia's results at the FIFA World Cup, including as their predecessor teams Yugoslavia (1920–1992) and Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006; the country was renamed from "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" in 2003). FIFA recognizes Serbia as the official successor of the Yugoslav teams, and thus inherits all Yugoslavia's and Serbia and Montenegro's records.

Including their predecessors' records, Serbia has qualified for thirteen FIFA World Cup finals tournaments, last failing to do so in 2014.

FIFA World Cup record

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colspan=9|FIFA World Cup record

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!colspan=6|Qualification record

Year

!Round

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

colspan="16" | as {{fb|Yugoslavia|name=Yugoslavia}}
style="background:#9acdff;"

|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} 1930

Fourth place4th320177width=1% rowspan=3 style="background:#eaecf0;"|colspan=9|Invited
{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} 1934colspan="8" rowspan="2" | Did not qualify201134
{{flagicon|France|1794}} 1938210114
{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} 1950Group stage5th320173width=1% rowspan=11 style="background:#eaecf0;"|5320166
{{flagicon|Switzerland}} 1954rowspan=2|Quarter-finals7th311123440040
{{flagicon|Sweden}} 19585th412177422072
bgcolor=#9acdff

|{{flagicon|Chile}} 1962

Fourth place4th63031074310114
{{flagicon|England}} 1966colspan="8" rowspan="2" | Did not qualify6312108
{{flagicon|Mexico}} 19706312197
{{flagicon|West Germany}} 1974|Quarter-finals{{efn|Last 8 held as second group stage.}}7th6123127532084
{{flagicon|Argentina}} 1978colspan="8" | Did not qualify410368
{{flagicon|Spain}} 1982Group stage16th3111228611227
{{flagicon|Mexico}} 1986colspan="8" | Did not qualify832378
{{flagicon|Italy}} 1990Quarter-finals5th5311868620166
colspan="16" | as {{fb|Serbia and Montenegro|name=FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro}}
{{flagicon|United States of America}} 1994colspan=8 |Suspended{{refn|group=note|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.{{cite web |url=http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717045303/http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |title=History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |accessdate=13 December 2011 }}}}width=1% rowspan=3 style="background:#eaecf0;"|000000
{{flagicon|France|1974}} 1998Round of 1610th42115412921418
{{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} {{flagicon|Japan}} 2002colspan="8" | Did not qualify10541228
{{flagicon|Germany}} 2006Group stage32nd3003210width=1% rowspan=1 style="background:#eaecf0;"|10640161
colspan="16" | as {{flag|Serbia}}
{{flagicon|South Africa}} 2010Group stage23rd310223width=1% rowspan=8 style="background:#eaecf0;"|10712228
{{flagicon|Brazil}} 2014colspan="8" | Did not qualify104241811
{{flagicon|Russia}} 2018rowspan=2|Group stage23rd310224106312010
{{flagicon|Qatar}} 202229th3012588620189
{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States of America}} 2026

| colspan="8" rowspan="3"|To be determined

colspan="6" rowspan="3"| Future event
{{flagicon|Morocco}} {{flagicon|Portugal}} {{flagicon|Spain}} 2030
{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} 2034
style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|Total

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|{{Tooltip|Fourth place|Highest finish}}

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|{{Tooltip|13/22|Number of tournaments qualified for}}

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|49

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|18

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|9

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|22

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|71

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|71

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|136

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|81

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|33

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|22

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|287

| style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|123

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style="background:#D40000; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#0040BC|1px}}" colspan=2|Serbia's World Cup record
style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|First match

|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia 2–1 {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
(14 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)

style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|Biggest Win

|{{fb|YUG}} 9–0 {{fb-rt|Zaire}}
(7 June 1974; Gelsenkirchen, West Germany)

style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|Biggest Defeat

|{{fb|ARG}} 6–0 {{fb-rt|SCG}}
(16 June 2006; Gelsenkirchen, Germany)

style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|Best Result

|Fourth place in 1930 and 1962

style="background:#0040BC; color:white; {{box-shadow border|a|#D40000|1px}}"|Worst Result

|Group stage in 1950, 1982, 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022

By match

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World Cup

!width=110|Round

!width=160|Opponent

!width=50|Score

!width=50|Result

!Serbia scorers

colspan=6 align=left bgcolor=lightgrey|{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}within {{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} (1930)
rowspan="3" align=center|1930rowspan="2"|Group stage{{fb|BRA|1889}}align=center|2–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WTirnanić, Bek
{{fb|BOL|civil}}align=center|4–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WBek (2), Marjanović, Vujadinović
Semi-final{{fb|URU}}align=center|1–6align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LVujadinović
colspan=6 align=left bgcolor=lightgrey|{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}within {{flag|SFR Yugoslavia}} (1950–1990)
rowspan="3" align=center|1950rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|SUI}}align=center|3–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WMitić, Tomašević, Ognjanov
{{fb|MEX|1934}}align=center|4–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WBobek, Ž. Čajkovski (2), Tomašević
{{fb|BRA|1889}}align=center|0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
rowspan="3" align=center|1954rowspan="2"|Group stage{{fb|FRA|1794}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WMilutinović
{{fb|BRA|1889}}align=center|1–1align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|DZebec
Quarter-final{{fb|FRG}}align=center|0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
rowspan="4" align=center|1958rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|SCO}}align=center|1–1align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|DPetaković
{{fb|FRA|1794}}align=center|3–2align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WPetaković, Veselinović (2)
{{fb|PAR|1954}}align=center|3–3align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|DOgnjanović, Veselinović, Rajkov
Quarter-final{{fb|FRG}}align=center|0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
rowspan="6" align=center|1962rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|URS|1955}}align=center|0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
{{fb|URU}}align=center|3–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WSkoblar, Galić, Jerković
{{fb|COL}}align=center|5–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WGalić (2), Jerković (2), Melić
Quarter-final{{fb|FRG}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WRadaković
Semi-final{{fb|TCH}}align=center|1–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LJerković
Third place match{{fb|CHI}}align=center|0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
rowspan="6" align=center|1974rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|BRA|1968}}align=center|0–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|D{{sort dash}}
{{fb|ZAI}}align=center|9–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WBajević (3), Džajić, Šurjak, Katalinski, Bogićević, Oblak, Petković
{{fb|SCO}}align=center|1–1align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|DKarasi
rowspan="3"|Second round{{fb|FRG}}align=center|0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
{{fb|POL|1928}}align=center|1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LKarasi
{{fb|SWE}}align=center|1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LŠurjak
rowspan="3" align=center|1982rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|NIR}}align=center|0–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|D{{sort dash}}
{{fb|ESP}}align=center|1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LGudelj
{{fb|HON|1949}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WPetrović
rowspan="5" align=center|1990rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|FRG}}align=center|1–4align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LJozić
{{fb|COL}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WJozić
{{fb|UAE}}align=center|4–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WSušić, Pančev (2), Prosinečki
Round of 16{{fb|ESP}}align=center|2–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WStojković (2)
Quarter-final{{fb|ARG}}align=center|0–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|D
colspan=6 align=left bgcolor=lightgrey|{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}within {{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}} (1998–2006; 1998 as FR Yugoslavia'')
rowspan="4" align=center|1998rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|IRN}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WMihajlović
{{fb|GER}}align=center|2–2align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|DMijatović, Stojković
{{fb|USA}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WKomljenović
Round of 16{{fb|NED}}align=center|1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LKomljenović
rowspan="3" align=center|2006rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|NED}}align=center|0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
{{fb|ARG}}align=center|0–6align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
{{fb|CIV}}align=center|2–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LŽigić, Ilić
colspan=6 align=left bgcolor=lightgrey|{{0}}{{0}}{{0}} {{flag|Serbia}} (since 2010)
rowspan="3" align=center|2010rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|GHA}}align=center|0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
{{fb|GER}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WJovanović
{{fb|AUS}}align=center|1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LPantelić
rowspan="3" align=center|2018rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|CRC}}align=center|1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|WKolarov
{{fb|SUI}}align=center|1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LA. Mitrović
{{fb|BRA}}align=center|0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
rowspan="3" align=center|2022rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|BRA}}align=center|0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|L{{sort dash}}
{{fb|CMR}}align=center|3–3align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|DPavlović, S. Milinković-Savić, A. Mitrović
{{fb|SUI}}align=center|2–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|LA. Mitrović, Vlahović

Record players

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Rank

!Player

!Matches

!World Cups

rowspan=4 align=center|1

|Dragoslav Šekularac

align=center|91958 and 1962
Ivica Šurjakalign=center|91974 and 1982
Dragan Stojkovićalign=center|91990 and 1998
Dejan Stankovićalign=center|91998, 2006 and 2010
rowspan=2 align=center|5

|Safet Sušić

align=center|81982 and 1990
Zlatko Vujovićalign=center|81982 and 1990
align=center|7

|Vujadin Boškov

align=center|71954 and 1958
rowspan=13 align=center|8

|Rajko Mitić

align=center|61950 and 1954
Branko Stankovićalign=center|61950 and 1954
Miloš Milutinovićalign=center|61954 and 1958
Vladica Popovićalign=center|61958 and 1962
Vladimir Durkovićalign=center|61962
Milan Galićalign=center|61962
Milutin Šoškićalign=center|61962
Jovan Aćimovićalign=center|61974
Vladimir Stojkovićalign=center|62010 and 2018
Aleksandar Mitrovićalign=center|62018 and 2022
Dušan Tadićalign=center|62018 and 2022
Nikola Milenkovićalign=center|62018 and 2022
Sergej Milinković-Savićalign=center|62018 and 2022

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.

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Rank

!Player

!Goals

!World Cups

align=center|1

|Dražan Jerković

align=center|41962
rowspan=6 align=center|2

|Ivan Bek

align=center|31930
Todor Veselinovićalign=center|31958
Milan Galićalign=center|31962
Dušan Bajevićalign=center|31974
Dragan Stojkovićalign=center|31990 (2) and 1998
Aleksandar Mitrovićalign=center|32018 and 2022 (2)
rowspan=9 align=center|8

|Đorđe Vujadinović

align=center|21930
Željko Čajkovskialign=center|21950
Kosta Tomaševićalign=center|21950
Aleksandar Petakovićalign=center|21958
Stanislav Karasialign=center|21974
Ivica Šurjakalign=center|21974
Davor Jozićalign=center|21990
Darko Pančevalign=center|21990
Slobodan Komljenovićalign=center|21998

Squads

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|title= Yugoslavia squads

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|bordercolor= red

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{{Yugoslavia squad 1930 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Yugoslavia squad 1950 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Yugoslavia squad 1954 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Yugoslavia squad 1958 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Yugoslavia squad 1962 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Yugoslavia squad 1974 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Yugoslavia squad 1982 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Yugoslavia squad 1990 FIFA World Cup}}

}}

{{Navboxes colour

|title= Serbia–Montenegro squads

|bg= #1560BD

|fg= #FFFFFF

|bordercolor= #D4AF37

|list1=

{{Yugoslavia squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Serbia and Montenegro squad 2006 FIFA World Cup}}

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{{Navboxes

| title = Serbia squads

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{{Serbia squad 2010 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Serbia squad 2018 FIFA World Cup}}

{{Serbia squad 2022 FIFA World Cup}}

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See also

Notes

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{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Serbia national football team}}

{{Countries at the FIFA World Cup}}

Serbia