22-487: Bruno Belin (16 January 1929 – 20 October 1962) was a Croatia-born Yugoslav footballer who was in the Yugoslavia national team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup . He started his career at Zagreb based NK Metalac and after completing his military service in 1950 he joined Belgrade-based giants FK Partizan where he won one national championship and 3 cup titles. Belin played a total of 463 games for Partizan with 41 goals scored. He
44-503: A 3–1 loss. Despite all the competition that he faced for the national team goalkeeping place, Jakšić was selected to be the main goalkeeper at the 1930 World Cup. Having displayed magnificent exhibitions in all the matches at the tournament, it is specially remembered by his contributions in the match against Brazil, and it was after that match, that the delighted journalists started calling him by his new nickname: "El Grande Milovan". After retiring, Jakšić stayed connected to football. After
66-426: A coach, however he died in a car crash in 1962 at the 25th kilometer of Belgrade-Zagreb highway , together with Partizan defender Čedomir Lazarević , water polo player Boris Škanata and Radnički Beograd player Vladimir Josipović. The FK Partizan Academy , commonly known as "Belin–Lazarević–Nadoveza youth school" is named in his honour. This biographical article related to a football defender from Croatia
88-511: A famous 2–1 win versus mighty Brazil, with the following starting eleven representing the country: Milovan Jakšić , Branislav Sekulić , Aleksandar Tirnanić , Milutin Ivković , Ivica Bek , Momčilo Đokić , Blagoje Marjanović , Milorad Arsenijević , Đorđe Vujadinović , Dragoslav Mihajlović , and Ljubiša Stefanović . The team was the youngest squad at the inaugural World Cup at an average age of just under 22 years old, and became quite popular among
110-484: A huge margin 0–7, but nonetheless got their names in the history books. In 1929, the country was renamed to Yugoslavia and the football association became Fudbalski savez Jugoslavije and ordered to move its headquarters from Zagreb to Belgrade . The national team participated at the 1930 FIFA World Cup , finishing in fourth place. In its first ever World Cup match in Montevideo 's Parque Central , Yugoslavia managed
132-629: A miraculous recovery, Yugoslavia recovered sufficiently to put out their opponents easily in the second half. In 1976, Yugoslavia organized the European Championship played in Belgrade and Zagreb . The national team participated in eight World Cups and four Euros , won the Olympic football tournament in 1960 at the Summer Games (they also finished second three times and third once), and developed
154-511: A reputation for skillful and attacking football, leading them to be dubbed "the Brazilians of Europe". Dragan Džajić holds the record for the most national team caps at 85, between 1964 and 1979. The best scorer is Stjepan Bobek with 38 goals, between 1946 and 1956. With the end of the Cold War, democratic principles were introduced to the country which brought about the end of Titoist rule. In
176-460: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yugoslavia national football team The Yugoslavia national football team represented Yugoslavia in international association football. Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia , various iterations of the state were formally constituted in football, including the: It enjoyed success in international competition, reaching
198-614: The Czechoslovak SK Slavia Praha , where Jakšić played a few months of the 1934-35 season, and SK Ljubljana and ND Ilirija at the end of his career. Jakšić played a total of nine matches for the Yugoslavia national football team . His debut was on 13 April 1930, in a friendly game against Bulgaria in Belgrade, a 6–1 win, and his fairway match was on 2 September 1934, another friendly game, this time in Prague, against Czechoslovakia,
220-621: The Uruguayan public, who dubbed them "Los Ichachos". The national team consisted of players based in Serbian football clubs, while the Zagreb Subassociation forbid players from Croatian clubs, some of whom were regulars in the national team until then, to play in the World Cup due to the relocation of football association's headquarters from Zagreb to Belgrade. The federation and football overall
242-695: The World War II, in March 1945, he established Red Star Belgrade football club, and was the club's Technical Director. Jakšić was also the President of the Football Coaching Federation of Yugoslavia, from 1950 until the winter of 1953, when he died unexpectedly of a heart-attack during the football tournament in Cairo , Egypt , where he accompanied Red Star Belgrade . This biographical article related to
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#1732890663923264-1074: The country and team were renamed Serbia and Montenegro . The Serbia national football team inherited Yugoslavia's spot within FIFA and UEFA and is considered by both organizations as the only successor of Yugoslavia (and of Serbia and Montenegro ). The under-21 team won the inaugural UEFA U-21 Championship in 1978. The Yugoslav under-20 team won the FIFA World Youth Championship 1987 . Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Yugoslavia Olympic football team Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record Milovan Jak%C5%A1i%C4%87 Milovan Jakšić ( Serbian Cyrillic : Милован Јакшић; 21 September 1909 – 25 December 1953)
286-457: The final though, they would lose to Sweden . Having a team with many players from the 1948 generation, Yugoslavia was a formidable side at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished as runners-up behind the famous " Golden Team " representing Hungary . Against the USSR, Yugoslavia was 5–1 up with 15 minutes of their first round match to go. The Yugoslavs, understandably, put their feet up. Arthur Ellis ,
308-459: The match referee, recorded what happened next in his book, The Final Whistle (London, 1963): "The USSR forced the most honourable draw ever recorded! [Vsevolod] Bobrov , their captain, scored a magnificent hat-trick. After the USSR had reduced the lead to 5–2, he, almost single-handed, took the score to 5–5, scoring his third in the last minute. For once, use of the word sensational was justified." Although Bobrov's early goal in their replay presaged
330-757: The name Jugoslavenski nogometni savez (and admitted into FIFA ), and the national team played its first international game at the Summer Olympics in Antwerp in 1920. The opponent was Czechoslovakia, and the historic starting eleven that represented Kingdom of SCS on its debut were: Dragutin Vrđuka , Vjekoslav Župančić , Jaroslav Šifer , Stanko Tavčar , Slavin Cindrić , Rudolf Rupec , Dragutin Vragović , Artur Dubravčić , Emil Perška , Ivan Granec , and Jovan Ružić . They lost by
352-603: The second seed in Group 5 of the European Zone in the qualifying tournament for the 1994 World Cup . FRY was barred from competing, rendering the group unusually weak. In 1994, when the boycott was lifted, the union of Serbia and Montenegro competed under the name "Yugoslavia", as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national football team . The Serbia and Montenegro national team continued under Yugoslavia's naming until 2003 when
374-620: The semi-finals at the 1930 and 1962 FIFA World Cups . In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars , the team was suspended from international competition as part of the United Nations sanctions on Yugoslavia . The first national team was in the kingdom that existed between the two world wars. The Football Federation of what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was founded in Zagreb in 1919 under
396-622: The subsequent atmosphere, national tensions were heightened. At the Yugoslavia-Netherlands friendly in preparation for the 1990 World Cup, the Croatian crowd in Zagreb jeered the Yugoslav team and anthem and waved Dutch flags (owing to its resemblance to the Croatian tricolour). With the dissolution of Yugoslavia , the team split up and the remaining team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)
418-757: Was a Serbian football goalkeeper . Remembered mostly as El Grande Milovan , the nickname he earned for his excellent saves in the game that Yugoslavia won against Brasil in the First World Cup in Uruguay 1930 FIFA World Cup . He is considered one of the major contributors for Yugoslavia reaching the semi-finals in that tournament. Being of medium stature, but very strong physically, Jakšić's main characteristics were his bravure and excellent reflexes. Jakšić spent most of his career playing in FK BASK , named SK Soko before 1931, where he played until 1939. The only exceptions were
440-522: Was banned from competing at Euro 92 . The decision was made on 31 May 1992, just 10 days before the competition commenced. They had finished top of their qualifying group, but were unable to play in the competition due to United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 . Their place was taken by Denmark , who went on to win the competition. After the breakup of Yugoslavia , the FRY consisted of Montenegro and Serbia. In 1992, Yugoslavia had also been drawn as
462-447: Was considered one of the best Yugoslav defenders at the time he played, and he especially stood out for his technique, quickness and calmness in the game. He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a December 1952 friendly match against West Germany and earned a total of 25 caps scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1959 European Nations' Cup qualifying match against Bulgaria . After retiring from playing career, he became
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#1732890663923484-470: Was disrupted by World War II . After the war, a socialist federation was formed and the football federation reconstituted. It was one of the founding members of the UEFA in 1954. Yugoslavia began their football campaign by defeating Luxembourg 6–1, with five different players scoring the goals. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, they would take out Turkey and Great Britain by the same score of 3–1. In
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