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FIFA World Cup 2022: Serbia - World Cup Records and Stats

In this article, take a look at the Serbia World Cup Records and Stats. The UEFA side Serbia is ready to make a strong impact in world football during the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 24.11.2022
Serbia World Cup Records and Stats

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)

Contents

  • 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).

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