Yugoslavia Olympic football team

The Yugoslavia Olympic football team was the men's national 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:

Yugoslavia
Shirt badge/Association crest
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

Olympic Record

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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
  1920 Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
  1924 Preliminary Round 1 0 0 1 0 7
  1928 Preliminary Round 1 0 0 1 1 2
  1932 no Olympic football tournament - - - - - -
  1936 did not qualify - - - - - -
  1948 Runner-Up 4 3 0 1 13 6
  1952 Runner-Up 6 4 1 1 26 13
  1956 Runner-Up 3 2 0 1 13 3
  1960 Champion 5 3 2 0 17 6
  1964 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 2 8 8
  1968 did not qualify - - - - - -
  1972 did not qualify - - - - - -
  1976 did not qualify - - - - - -
  1980 Semifinals 6 2 2 2 9 7
  1984 3rd place 6 5 0 1 16 10
  1988 Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 4
  1992 did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 11/16 39 21 5 13 107 73

Mediterranean Games

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Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year Placing M W D L GF GA
1951-1967 DNE 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1971 1 3 2 1 0 8 2
 1975 5 4 2 1 1 8 3
  1979 1 5 5 0 0 16 4
  1983-1987 DNE 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 4 4 2 0 2 13 5
Total 4/11 16 11 2 3 45 14

Yugoslavia national under-20 football team

See also

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References

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