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 recognises Serbia as the official successor of the Yugoslav teams, and thus inherits all the records of Yugoslavia.

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

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
as  Yugoslavia
Uruguay 1930Fourth place4th320177Invited
Italy 1934Did not qualify201134
France 1938210114
Brazil 1950Group stage5th3201735320166
Switzerland 1954Quarter-finals7th311123440040
Sweden 1958Quarter-finals5th412177422072
Chile 1962Fourth place4th63031074310114
England 1966Did not qualify6312108
Mexico 19706312197
West Germany 1974Second group stage7th6123127532084
Argentina 1978Did not qualify410368
Spain 1982Group stage16th3111228611227
Mexico 1986Did not qualify832378
Italy 1990Quarter-finals5th5311868620166
as  FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
United States 1994Suspended[note 1]000000
France 1998Round of 1610th42115412921418
South Korea Japan 2002Did not qualify10541228
Germany 2006Group stage32nd300321010640161
as  Serbia
South Africa 2010Group stage23rd31022310712228
Brazil 2014Did not qualify104241811
Russia 2018Group stage23rd310224106312010
Qatar 2022Group stage29th3012588620189
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determinedFuture event
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030[lower-alpha 1]
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Fourth place 13/25 49 18 9 22 71 71 136 81 33 22 287 123

By match

World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Serbia scorers
within  Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930)
1930Group stage Brazil2–1WTirnanić, Bek
 Bolivia4–0WBek (2), Marjanović, Vujadinović
Semi-final Uruguay1–6LVujadinović
within  SFR Yugoslavia (1950–1990)
1950Group stage  Switzerland3–0WMitić, Tomašević, Ognjanov
 Mexico4–1WBobek, Ž. Čajkovski (2), Tomašević
 Brazil0–2L—
1954Group stage France1–0WMilutinović
 Brazil1–1DZebec
Quarter-final West Germany0–2L—
1958Group stage Scotland1–1DPetaković
 France3–2WPetaković, Veselinović (2)
 Paraguay3–3DOgnjanović, Veselinović, Rajkov
Quarter-final West Germany0–1L—
1962Group stage Soviet Union0–2L—
 Uruguay3–1WSkoblar, Galić, Jerković
 Colombia5–0WGalić (2), Jerković (2), Melić
Quarter-final West Germany1–0WRadaković
Semi-final Czechoslovakia1–3LJerković
Third place match Chile0–1L—
1974Group stage Brazil0–0D—
 Zaire9–0WBajević (3), Džajić, Šurjak, Katalinski, Bogićević, Oblak, Petković
 Scotland1–1DKarasi
Second round West Germany0–2L—
 Poland1–2LKarasi
 Sweden1–2LŠurjak
1982Group stage Northern Ireland0–0D—
 Spain1–2LGudelj
 Honduras1–0WPetrović
1990Group stage West Germany1–4LJozić
 Colombia1–0WJozić
 United Arab Emirates4–1WSušić, Pančev (2), Prosinečki
Round of 16 Spain2–1WStojković (2)
Quarter-final Argentina0–0D
within  Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2006; 1998 as FR Yugoslavia)
1998Group stage Iran1–0WMihajlović
 Germany2–2DMijatović, Stojković
 United States1–0WKomljenović
Round of 16 Netherlands1–2LKomljenović
2006Group stage Netherlands0–1L—
 Argentina0–6L—
 Ivory Coast2–3LŽigić, Ilić
 Serbia (2010–)
2010Group stage Ghana0–1L—
 Germany1–0WJovanović
 Australia1–2LPantelić
2018Group stage Costa Rica1–0WKolarov
  Switzerland1–2LA. Mitrović
 Brazil0–2L—
2022Group stage Brazil0–2L—
 Cameroon3–3DPavlović, S. Milinković-Savić, A. Mitrović
  Switzerland2–3LA. Mitrović, Vlahović

Record players

Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Dragoslav Šekularac91958 and 1962
Ivica Šurjak91974 and 1982
Dragan Stojković91990 and 1998
Dejan Stanković91998, 2006 and 2010
5 Safet Sušić81982 and 1990
Zlatko Vujović81982 and 1990
7 Vujadin Boškov71954 and 1958
8 Rajko 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.

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

Squads

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.[1]
  1. ↑ Additional matches are scheduled to be played in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the first world cup, however they are not considered to be official hosts of the tournament.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ↑ FIFA. "FIFA Council takes key decisions on FIFA World Cup™ editions in 2030 and 2034". FIFA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
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