# Serbia at the FIFA World Cup

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 record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record | Qualification record |
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| as Yugoslavia ||||||||||||||||
| 1930 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Invited | Invited | Invited | Invited | Invited | Invited |
| 1934 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1938 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1950 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 1954 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1958 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 1962 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 1966 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| 1970 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 |
| 1974 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 1982 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 1990 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| as FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | Suspended | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 8 |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 |
| 2006 | Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| as Serbia ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 |
| 2018 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 |
| 2022 | Group stage | 29th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| 2034 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event | Future event |
| Total | Fourth place | 13/22 | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 71 | 71 | 136 | 81 | 33 | 22 | 287 | 123 |
Serbia's World Cup record :
| First match | Yugoslavia 2–1 Brazil (14 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Biggest Win | Yugoslavia 9–0 Zaire (7 June 1974; Gelsenkirchen, West Germany) |
| Biggest Defeat | Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro (16 June 2006; Gelsenkirchen, Germany) |
| Best Result | Fourth place in 1930 and 1962 |
| Worst Result | Group stage in 1950, 1982, 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022 |

## By match

| World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Serbia scorers |
| 000within Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) ||||||
| 1930 | Group stage | Brazil | 2–1 | W | Tirnanić, Bek |
| 1930 | Group stage | Bolivia | 4–0 | W | Bek (2), Marjanović, Vujadinović |
| 1930 | Semi-final | Uruguay | 1–6 | L | Vujadinović |
| 000within SFR Yugoslavia (1950–1990) ||||||
| 1950 | Group stage | Switzerland | 3–0 | W | Mitić, Tomašević, Ognjanov |
| 1950 | Group stage | Mexico | 4–1 | W | Bobek, Ž. Čajkovski (2), Tomašević |
| 1950 | Group stage | Brazil | 0–2 | L | — |
| 1954 | Group stage | France | 1–0 | W | Milutinović |
| 1954 | Group stage | Brazil | 1–1 | D | Zebec |
| 1954 | Quarter-final | West Germany | 0–2 | L | — |
| 1958 | Group stage | Scotland | 1–1 | D | Petaković |
| 1958 | Group stage | France | 3–2 | W | Petaković, Veselinović (2) |
| 1958 | Group stage | Paraguay | 3–3 | D | Ognjanović, Veselinović, Rajkov |
| 1958 | Quarter-final | West Germany | 0–1 | L | — |
| 1962 | Group stage | Soviet Union | 0–2 | L | — |
| 1962 | Group stage | Uruguay | 3–1 | W | Skoblar, Galić, Jerković |
| 1962 | Group stage | Colombia | 5–0 | W | Galić (2), Jerković (2), Melić |
| 1962 | Quarter-final | West Germany | 1–0 | W | Radaković |
| 1962 | Semi-final | Czechoslovakia | 1–3 | L | Jerković |
| 1962 | Third place match | Chile | 0–1 | L | — |
| 1974 | Group stage | Brazil | 0–0 | D | — |
| 1974 | Group stage | Zaire | 9–0 | W | Bajević (3), Džajić, Šurjak, Katalinski, Bogićević, Oblak, Petković |
| 1974 | Group stage | Scotland | 1–1 | D | Karasi |
| 1974 | Second round | West Germany | 0–2 | L | — |
| 1974 | Second round | Poland | 1–2 | L | Karasi |
| 1974 | Second round | Sweden | 1–2 | L | Šurjak |
| 1982 | Group stage | Northern Ireland | 0–0 | D | — |
| 1982 | Group stage | Spain | 1–2 | L | Gudelj |
| 1982 | Group stage | Honduras | 1–0 | W | Petrović |
| 1990 | Group stage | West Germany | 1–4 | L | Jozić |
| 1990 | Group stage | Colombia | 1–0 | W | Jozić |
| 1990 | Group stage | United Arab Emirates | 4–1 | W | Sušić, Pančev (2), Prosinečki |
| 1990 | Round of 16 | Spain | 2–1 | W | Stojković (2) |
| 1990 | Quarter-final | Argentina | 0–0 | D | |
| 000within Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2006; 1998 as FR Yugoslavia) ||||||
| 1998 | Group stage | Iran | 1–0 | W | Mihajlović |
| 1998 | Group stage | Germany | 2–2 | D | Mijatović, Stojković |
| 1998 | Group stage | United States | 1–0 | W | Komljenović |
| 1998 | Round of 16 | Netherlands | 1–2 | L | Komljenović |
| 2006 | Group stage | Netherlands | 0–1 | L | — |
| 2006 | Group stage | Argentina | 0–6 | L | — |
| 2006 | Group stage | Ivory Coast | 2–3 | L | Žigić, Ilić |
| 000 Serbia (since 2010) ||||||
| 2010 | Group stage | Ghana | 0–1 | L | — |
| 2010 | Group stage | Germany | 1–0 | W | Jovanović |
| 2010 | Group stage | Australia | 1–2 | L | Pantelić |
| 2018 | Group stage | Costa Rica | 1–0 | W | Kolarov |
| 2018 | Group stage | Switzerland | 1–2 | L | A. Mitrović |
| 2018 | Group stage | Brazil | 0–2 | L | — |
| 2022 | Group stage | Brazil | 0–2 | L | — |
| 2022 | Group stage | Cameroon | 3–3 | D | Pavlović, S. Milinković-Savić, A. Mitrović |
| 2022 | Group stage | Switzerland | 2–3 | L | A. Mitrović, Vlahović |

## Record players

| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
| 1 | Dragoslav Šekularac | 9 | 1958 and 1962 |
| 1 | Ivica Šurjak | 9 | 1974 and 1982 |
| 1 | Dragan Stojković | 9 | 1990 and 1998 |
| 1 | Dejan Stanković | 9 | 1998, 2006 and 2010 |
| 5 | Safet Sušić | 8 | 1982 and 1990 |
| 5 | Zlatko Vujović | 8 | 1982 and 1990 |
| 7 | Vujadin Boškov | 7 | 1954 and 1958 |
| 8 | Rajko Mitić | 6 | 1950 and 1954 |
| 8 | Branko Stanković | 6 | 1950 and 1954 |
| 8 | Miloš Milutinović | 6 | 1954 and 1958 |
| 8 | Vladica Popović | 6 | 1958 and 1962 |
| 8 | Vladimir Durković | 6 | 1962 |
| 8 | Milan Galić | 6 | 1962 |
| 8 | Milutin Šoškić | 6 | 1962 |
| 8 | Jovan Aćimović | 6 | 1974 |
| 8 | Vladimir Stojković | 6 | 2010 and 2018 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 6 | 2018 and 2022 |
| 8 | Dušan Tadić | 6 | 2018 and 2022 |
| 8 | Nikola Milenković | 6 | 2018 and 2022 |
| 8 | Sergej Milinković-Savić | 6 | 2018 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 Jerković | 4 | 1962 |
| 2 | Ivan Bek | 3 | 1930 |
| 2 | Todor Veselinović | 3 | 1958 |
| 2 | Milan Galić | 3 | 1962 |
| 2 | Dušan Bajević | 3 | 1974 |
| 2 | Dragan Stojković | 3 | 1990 (2) and 1998 |
| 2 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 3 | 2018 and 2022 (2) |
| 8 | Đorđe Vujadinović | 2 | 1930 |
| 8 | Željko Čajkovski | 2 | 1950 |
| 8 | Kosta Tomašević | 2 | 1950 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Petaković | 2 | 1958 |
| 8 | Stanislav Karasi | 2 | 1974 |
| 8 | Ivica Šurjak | 2 | 1974 |
| 8 | Davor Jozić | 2 | 1990 |
| 8 | Darko Pančev | 2 | 1990 |
| 8 | Slobodan Komljenović | 2 | 1998 |

## Squads

Yugoslavia squads :
vteKingdom of Yugoslavia squad – 1930 FIFA World Cup fourth place
MF Arsenijević
FW Bek
MF Đokić
MF Hrnjiček
DF Ivković (c)
GK Jakšić
FW Marjanović
FW Marković
DF Mihajlović
FW Najdanović
FW Sekulić
MF Spasojević
MF Stefanović
GK Stojanović
FW Tirnanić
DF Tošić
FW Vujadinović
Coach: Simonović
vteYugoslavia squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup
GK Beara
GK Mrkušić
DF Broketa
DF Zl. Čajkovski
DF Čolić
DF Horvat (c)
DF Stanković
MF Atanacković
MF Đajić
MF Jovanović
MF Katnić
MF Pálfi
MF Radovniković
MF Zlatković
FW Bobek
FW Že. Čajkovski
FW Firm
FW Mihajlović
FW Mitić
FW Ognjanov
FW Tomašević
FW Vukas
Coach: Arsenijević
vteYugoslavia squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup
1 Beara
2 Stanković
3 Crnković
4 Čajkovski
5 Horvat
6 Boškov
7 Ognjanov
8 Mitić
9 Vukas
10 Bobek (c)
11 Zebec
12 Kralj
13 Zeković
14 Mantula
15 Spajić
16 Milovanov
17 Belin
18 Milutinović
19 Papec
20 Dvornić
21 Veselinović
22 Petaković
Coach: Tirnanić
vteYugoslavia squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup
1 Beara
2 Šekularac
3 Šijaković
4 Crnković
5 Tomić
6 Zebec (c)
7 Mš. Milutinović
8 Krstić
9 Boškov
10 Šantek
11 Popović
12 Petaković
13 Veselinović
14 Md. Milutinović
15 Krivokuća
16 Pašić
17 Rajkov
18 Lipošinović
19 Ognjanović
20 Radović
21 Irović
22 Jerković
Coach: Tirnanić
vteYugoslavia squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup fourth place
1 Šoškić
2 Durković
3 Jusufi
4 Radaković
5 Marković
6 Popović
7 Anković
8 Šekularac
9 Jerković
10 Galić (c)
11 Skoblar
12 Krivokuća
13 Svinjarević
14 Šijaković
15 Matuš
16 Mujić
17 Melić
18 Kovačević
19 Stojanović
20 Nikolić
21 Stipić
22 Ivoš
Coach: Lovrić & Mihajlović
vteYugoslavia squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup
1 Marić
2 Buljan
3 Hadžiabdić
4 Mužinić
5 Katalinski
6 Bogićević
7 Petković
8 Oblak
9 Šurjak
10 Aćimović
11 Džajić (c)
12 Jerković
13 Pavlović
14 Peruzović
15 Dojčinovski
16 Vladić
17 Popivoda
18 Karasi
19 Bajević
20 V. Petrović
21 O. Petrović
22 Mešković
Coach: Miljanić
vteYugoslavia squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Pantelić
2 Jerolimov
3 Gudelj
4 Zajec
5 Stojković
6 Krmpotić
7 Petrović
8 Šljivo
9 Zo. Vujović
10 Živković
11 Zl. Vujović
12 Pudar
13 Sušić
14 Jovanović
15 Hrstić
16 Šestić
17 Jerković
18 Deverić
19 Halilhodžić
20 Šurjak (c)
21 Pašić
22 Svilar
Coach: Miljanić
vteYugoslavia squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Ivković
2 Stanojković
3 Spasić
4 Vulić
5 Hadžibegić
6 Jozić
7 Brnović
8 Sušić
9 Pančev
10 Stojković
11 Vujović (c)
12 Omerović
13 Katanec
14 Bokšić
15 Prosinečki
16 Šabanadžović
17 Jarni
18 Baljić
19 Savićević
20 Šuker
21 Panadić
22 Leković
Coach: Osim :
Serbia–Montenegro squads :
vteFR Yugoslavia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Kralj
2 Mirković
3 Đorović
4 Jokanović
5 Đukić
6 Brnović
7 Jugović
8 Savićević
9 Mijatović
10 Stojković (c)
11 Mihajlović
12 Leković
13 Komljenović
14 Saveljić
15 Drulović
16 Petrović
17 Milošević
18 Govedarica
19 Stević
20 Stanković
21 Ognjenović
22 Kovačević
Coach: Santrač
vteSerbia and Montenegro squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Jevrić
2 Ergić
3 Dragutinović
4 Duljaj
5 Vidić
6 Gavrančić
7 Koroman
8 Kežman
9 Milošević (c)
10 Stanković
11 P. Đorđević
12 Kovačević
13 Basta
14 N. Đorđević
15 Dudić
16 D. Petković
17 Nađ
18 Vukić
19 Žigić
20 Krstajić
21 Ljuboja
22 Ilić
23 Stojković
Coach: I. Petković :
Serbia squads :
vteSerbia squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup
1 Stojković
2 Rukavina
3 Kolarov
4 Kačar
5 Vidić
6 Ivanović
7 Tošić
8 Lazović
9 Pantelić
10 Stanković (c)
11 Milijaš
12 Isailović
13 Luković
14 Jovanović
15 Žigić
16 Obradović
17 Krasić
18 Ninković
19 Petrović
20 Subotić
21 Mrđa
22 Kuzmanović
23 Đuričić
Coach: Antić
vteSerbia squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup
1 Stojković
2 Rukavina
3 Tošić
4 Milivojević
5 Spajić
6 Ivanović
7 Živković
8 Prijović
9 Mitrović
10 Tadić
11 Kolarov (c)
12 Rajković
13 Veljković
14 Rodić
15 Milenković
16 Grujić
17 Kostić
18 Radonjić
19 Jović
20 Milinković-Savić
21 Matić
22 Ljajić
23 Dmitrović
Coach: Krstajić
vteSerbia squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup
1 Dmitrović
2 Pavlović
3 Eraković
4 Milenković
5 Veljković
6 Maksimović
7 Radonjić
8 Gudelj
9 A. Mitrović
10 Tadić (c)
11 Jović
12 Rajković
13 S. Mitrović
14 Živković
15 Babić
16 Lukić
17 Kostić
18 Vlahović
19 Račić
20 S. Milinković-Savić
21 Đuričić
22 Lazović
23 V. Milinković-Savić
24 Ilić
25 Mladenović
26 Grujić
Coach: Stojković :