After the completed dissolution of Yugoslavia in 2006, the Serbia national team did not qualify for the next four UEFA European Championships it played qualifiers for, before finally securing a spot at Euro 2024. Its official predecessor teams Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia/Serbia & Montenegro were more successful: the team representing "larger" Yugoslavia became European vice-champions twice (in 1960 and 1968) while the union of Serbia and Montenegro (still named "Yugoslavia" until 2003) reached the quarter-finals at Euro 2000.
Overall record[edit]
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
as  Yugoslavia
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 1960 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
 1964 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
 1968 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | |
 1972 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1976 |
Fourth place | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | |
| 1980 |
Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||
 1984 |
Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |
 1988 |
Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||
 1992 |
Qualified, but suspended | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | ||||||||
as  FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
| |||||||||||||||
 1996 |
Suspended | Suspended | |||||||||||||
 2000 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | |
 2004 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
as  Serbia
| |||||||||||||||
  2008 |
Did not qualify | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 11 | ||||||||
  2012 |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||
| 2016 |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||
 2020 |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 | |||||||||
| 2024 |
Qualified | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | ||||||||
  2028
|
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
 2032
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| Total | Runners-up | 7/17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 39 | 122 | 64 | 30 | 28 | 221 | 137 | |
| Serbia's European Championship record | |
|---|---|
| First match | France 4–5 Yugoslavia (Paris, France; 6 July 1960) |
| Biggest win | France 4–5 Yugoslavia (Paris, France; 6 July 1960) Yugoslavia 1–0 England (Florence, Italy; 5 June 1968)  Norway 0–1 Yugoslavia (Liège, Belgium; 18 June 2000) |
| Biggest defeat |  Denmark 5–0 Yugoslavia (Lyon, France; 16 June 1984) Netherlands 6–1 Yugoslavia (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 25 June 2000) |
| Best Result | Runners-up in 1960 and 1968 |
| Worst Result | Group stage in 1984 |
List of matches[edit]
As Yugoslavia[edit]
1960 European Nations' Cup[edit]
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- Final tournament
- Semi-finals
France  | 4–5 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
- Final
Soviet Union  | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
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Euro 1968[edit]
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- Final tournament
- Semi-finals
| Yugoslavia | 1–0 | England |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
- Final
- Original match
| Italy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
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- Replay
Euro 1976[edit]
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- Final tournament
- Semi-finals
- Third place play-off
| Netherlands | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
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Euro 1984[edit]
| | |
- Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (H)
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Belgium
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 | Yugoslavia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2–0 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
| France | 3–2 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
|
As FR Yugoslavia[edit]
Euro 2000[edit]
|  | |
- Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | FR Yugoslavia
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4[a] | |
| 3 | Norway
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | |
| 4 |  Slovenia
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 3–4 | Spain |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
- Knockout stage
- Quarter-finals
| Netherlands | 6–1 | FR Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
|
As Serbia[edit]
Euro 2024[edit]
- Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Serbia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
| 4 | England
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 16 June 2024. Source: UEFA
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "European Football Championship 1968 FINAL Replay". Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 5 July 2012.