The UEFA side Serbia is ready to make a strong impact in world football during the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
Serbia is the official successor of the top historical team Yugoslavia and later Serbia and Montenegro. The Serbian players will definitely try their best to create new memories in the FIFA World Cup 2022 with better records than the recent past editions.
Before the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, let’s check out some crucial FIFA World Cup records and stats for Serbia.
Note: All the records are till FIFA World Cup 2018
(Team Records)
Contents
Brief records
Hosts
Best Result
Final place in every edition
Last records
Match records (Top 3)
> Biggest winning margin
> Biggest losing margin
Serbia’s brief records in FIFA World Cup history
Participation | Matches | Won | Drawn* | Penalty shootout | Lost | Winning %* | |
Won | Lost | ||||||
12/21 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 39.13 |
(Drawn: including penalty shootout matches; Winning %: excluding penalty shootouts)
Hosts: Never
Best Result: Fourth Place (1962) & Semi-finals (1930)
Serbia’s final place in every FIFA World Cup
Year | Host(s) | Team name as | Last Position |
1930 | Uruguay | Yugoslavia | Semi-finals |
1934 | Italy | Yugoslavia | Did not qualify |
1938 | France | Yugoslavia | Did not qualify |
1950 | Brazil | Yugoslavia | Group Stage |
1954 | Switzerland | Yugoslavia | Quarter-finals |
1958 | Sweden | Yugoslavia | Quarter-finals |
1962 | Chile | Yugoslavia | Fourth Place |
1966 | England | Yugoslavia | Did not qualify |
1970 | Mexico | Yugoslavia | Did not qualify |
1974 | West Germany | Yugoslavia | Second Group Stage |
1978 | Argentina | Yugoslavia | Did not qualify |
1982 | Spain | Yugoslavia | First Group Stage |
1986 | Mexico | Yugoslavia | Did not qualify |
1990 | Italy | Yugoslavia | Quarter-finals |
1994 | USA | Yugoslavia | Suspended |
1998 | France | Yugoslavia | Round of 16 |
2002 | South Korea & Japan | Yugoslavia | Did not qualify |
2006 | Germany | Serbia and Montenegro | Group Stage |
2010 | South Africa | Serbia | Group Stage |
2014 | Brazil | Serbia | Did not qualify |
2018 | Russia | Serbia | Group Stage |
Last time in FIFA World Cup for Serbia:
Last Third Place: Never
Last Fourth Place: 1962
Last Semi-finals exit: 1962
Last Quarter-finals exit: 1990
Last Round of 16 exit: 1998
Last Group Stage exit: 2018
Last Failed to Qualify: 2014
Serbia’s match records in FIFA World Cup (Top 3)
Biggest winning margin | Biggest losing margin |
9-0 vs Zaire in 1974 | 6-0 vs Argentina in 2006 |
5-0 vs Colombia in 1962 | 6-1 vs Uruguay in 1930 |
4-0 vs Bolivia in 1930 | 4-1 vs West Germany in 1990 |
Also Read | FIFA World Cup 2022: Ghana - World Cup Records and Stats and FIFA World Cup 2022: Brazil - World Cup Records and Stats
(Players’ Records)
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Most FIFA World Cup editions
Top 5 most appearances
Top 5 most goals
World Record
Most FIFA World Cup editions for Serbia
Dejan Stanković played in three different FIFA World Cup editions (1998 for Yugoslavia, 2006 for Serbia and Montenegro and 2010 for Serbia).
Top 5 most appearances for Serbia in FIFA World Cup
Player | Appearances |
Dragoslav Šekularac | 9 |
Ivica Šurjak | 9 |
Dragan Stojković | 9 |
Dejan Stanković | 9 |
Safet Sušić | 8 |
Top 5 most goals for Serbia in FIFA World Cup
Player | Goals |
Dražan Jerković | 4 |
Ivan Bek | 3 |
Todor Veselinović | 3 |
Milan Galić | 3 |
Dušan Bajević | 3 |
World Record from Serbia
Only player to represent three nations at FIFA World Cups: In the FIFA World Cup, Dejan Stanković served Yugoslavia (1998), Serbia and Montenegro (2006), and Serbia (2010).
