Serbia at the FIFA World Cup explained

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

FIFA World Cup recordwidth=1% rowspan=2Qualification record
YearRoundPosition
as
1930Fourth place4th320177width=1% rowspan=3 style="background:#eaecf0;"Invited
1934Did not qualify 201134
1938210114
1950Group stage5th320173width=1% rowspan=11 style="background:#eaecf0;"5320166
1954Quarter-finals7th311123 440040
1958Quarter-finals5th412177 422072
1962Fourth place4th6303107 4310114
1966Did not qualify 6312108
6312197
1974Second group stage7th6123127 532084
1978Did not qualify 410368
1982Group stage16th311122 8611227
1986Did not qualify 832378
1990Quarter-finals5th531186 8620166
as
1994Suspendedwidth=1% rowspan=3 style="background:#eaecf0;"000000
1998Round of 1610th421154 12921418
2002Did not qualify 10541228
2006Group stage32nd3003210width=1% rowspan=1 style="background:#eaecf0;"10640161
as Serbia
2010Group stage23rd310223width=1% rowspan=8 style="background:#eaecf0;"10712228
2014Did not qualify 104241811
2018Group stage23rd 310224106312010
2022Group stage29th 301258 8620189
To be determinedFuture event
2030
2034
Total49189227171136813322287123

By match

World Cupwidth=110Roundwidth=160Opponentwidth=50Scorewidth=50ResultSerbia scorers
within (1930)
1930Group stage2–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WTirnanić, Bek
4–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WBek (2), Marjanović, Vujadinović
Semi-final1–6align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LVujadinović
within (1950–1990)
1950Group stage3–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WMitić, Tomašević, Ognjanov
4–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WBobek, Ž. Čajkovski (2), Tomašević
0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
1954Group stage1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WMilutinović
1–1align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DZebec
Quarter-final0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
1958Group stage1–1align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DPetaković
3–2align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WPetaković, Veselinović (2)
3–3align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DOgnjanović, Veselinović, Rajkov
Quarter-final0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
1962Group stage0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
3–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WSkoblar, Galić, Jerković
5–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WGalić (2), Jerković (2), Melić
Quarter-final1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WRadaković
Semi-final1–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LJerković
Third place match0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
1974Group stage0–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"D
9–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WBajević (3), Džajić, Šurjak, Katalinski, Bogićević, Oblak, Petković
1–1align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DKarasi
Second round0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LKarasi
1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LŠurjak
1982Group stage0–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"D
1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LGudelj
1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WPetrović
1990Group stage1–4align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LJozić
1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WJozić
4–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WSušić, Pančev (2), Prosinečki
Round of 162–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WStojković (2)
Quarter-final0–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"D
within (1998–2006; 1998 as FR Yugoslavia)
1998Group stage1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WMihajlović
2–2align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DMijatović, Stojković
1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WKomljenović
Round of 161–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LKomljenović
2006Group stage0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
0–6align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
2–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LŽigić, Ilić
Serbia (since 2010)
2010Group stage0–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WJovanović
1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LPantelić
2018Group stage1–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WKolarov
1–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LA. Mitrović
0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
2022Group stage0–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
3–3align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DPavlović, S. Milinković-Savić, A. Mitrović
2–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LA. Mitrović, Vlahović

Record players

RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups
1Dragoslav Šekularac91958 and 1962
Ivica Šurjak91974 and 1982
Dragan Stojković91990 and 1998
Dejan Stanković91998, 2006 and 2010
5Safet Sušić81982 and 1990
Zlatko Vujović81982 and 1990
7Vujadin Boškov71954 and 1958
8Rajko Mitić61950 and 1954
Branko Stanković61950 and 1954
Miloš Milutinović61954 and 1958
Vladica Popović61958 and 1962
Vladimir Durković61962
Milan Galić61962
Milutin Šoškić61962
Jovan Aćimović61974
Vladimir Stojković62010 and 2018
Aleksandar Mitrović62018 and 2022
Dušan Tadić62018 and 2022
Nikola Milenković62018 and 2022
Sergej Milinković-Savić62018 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.

RankPlayerGoalsWorld Cups
1Dražan Jerković41962
2Ivan Bek31930
Todor Veselinović31958
Milan Galić31962
Dušan Bajević31974
Dragan Stojković31990 (2) and 1998
Aleksandar Mitrović32018 and 2022 (2)
8Đorđe Vujadinović21930
Željko Čajkovski21950
Kosta Tomašević21950
Aleksandar Petaković21958
Stanislav Karasi21974
Ivica Šurjak21974
Davor Jozić21990
Darko Pančev21990
Slobodan Komljenović21998

See also

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