Serbia and Montenegro national football team
After the declaration of independence of Montenegro Serbia joined the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro, see Serbian national football team.
The Serbian - Montenegrin national football team ( 2003-2006 ) and the national football team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( 1993-2003 ) was the existing of 1993/94 to 2006 World selection of the subsequent states of the Federal State of Yugoslavia in 1992 perished. In May 2006, Montenegro officially replaced by a declaration of independence after a referendum on independence from the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany, the two countries were represented for the last time by a joint team.
- 4.1 Recent Internationals
Participation in World Cup Soccer Championships ( 2 times)
Participation in the European Football Championship ( 1 time)
History
In the early 1990s
Early 1990s was the football in Serbia and Montenegro on a high-altitude flight until today no longer reached. Dragan Stojkovic players such as Dejan Savićević, Predrag Mijatovic, Vladimir Jugović and Siniša Mihajlovic attended in international top clubs sensation. The outstanding playing skills and the fleet-footed style of the team to captain and playmaker Stojkovic was therefore quickly considered by journalists with the name " Balkan - Brazilian". In addition, the winning the European Cup of Champions Red Star Belgrade made in 1991 for a veritable euphoria among the Serbian football fans. Just in the same year, the team of rump Yugoslavia qualified (comprising the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro - the qualification was certainly contested by players from Croatia, Macedonia and other republics, such as the Macedonians Darko Pančev ) for the European Championships in Sweden, However, shortly before their arrival to EM - disqualified from the tournament - because of the comprehensive sanctions imposed by the international community against Slobodan Milošević 's reign. Instead, then drove Denmark to Sweden and surprisingly won the tournament in the final against Germany.
1992-2002
Because of the sanctions, the team at Stojkovic was not allowed to participate in international competitions and therefore missed both the qualification for the 1994 World Cup in the United States and the European Championship in England in 1996. Only in 1998 were the Yugoslavs again compete in an international competition and also reached the finals in France easily. The six lost years, however, made themselves felt noticeable because the team could not refresh and the " golden generation " to Savićević and Stojkovic was getting on in years. This of Serbian journalists as " old boys club " dubbed selection still managed to in the second round, where they narrowly lost the Dutch 1-2. Even in the subsequent European succeeded in gaining the second round, and this time the old age of the guys around coach Vujadin Boškov proved to be even more striking. Again, it was the Dutch who threw the still referred to as " Yugoslavia " team with a 6:1 from the competition. An even more disastrous idea offered the Serbo- Montenegrins under the direction of head coach Dejan Savićević in the qualifying matches for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The " rock bottom " and, ultimately, the swan song of the "golden generation " was the 2-1 defeat against Azerbaijan on 11 June 2003 - a kind of " shame of Córdoba " for the Serbs.
Return to top European
With a new coach ( Ilija Petković ) and however much pessimism among fans succeeded in a continuous construction work, in which one worked his way with less talented, but for disciplined players back step by step to the European football top. The Serbian - Montenegrin national team was hailed by many as Newcomerelf. The new coach Ilija Petković had no choice but, as the team completely transform. The result was a young, strong team with a dangerous storm to the gambling at Atletico Madrid striker Mateja Kezman as well as an almost insurmountable defenses, which only conceded a single goal in the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The physically robust back four to Mladen Krstajić, Ivica Dragutinović Nemanja Vidić and Goran Gavrančić was referred to by some English journalists therefore also called "Famous Four" and consequently managed the team to qualify for the 2006 World Cup against Spain and Belgium. The team was drawn into the so-called " group of death " C, where they offered a desolate power and lost all three games. Against the Netherlands (0-1 ), Argentina ( 0:6 ) and Ivory Coast (2:3).
Division
After the people of Montenegro expressed in a referendum on 21 May 2006 for independence from Serbia, the common national team was disbanded. The Serbian national football team became the legal successor of the Serbian - Montenegrin national, the Montenegrin national football team has been re-established. At the 2006 World Cup, the two countries were still represented by a joint team. The last game under the name Serbia and Montenegro was the 2:3 defeat against Ivory Coast on 21 June 2006 in Munich.
Internationals
Last Internationals
( Always results from Serbian Montenegrin view)
With the group match Ivory Coast - Serbia and Montenegro, the Yugoslav longtime football history finally ended.
International matches against German national soccer teams
- Wins: 0
- Lost: 1
- Draws: 1
Known player
- Predrag Djordjevic
- Ivan Ergić
- Saša Ilić
- Vladimir Jugović
- Mateja Kezman
- Slobodan Komljenović
- Ognjen Koroman
- Darko Kovačević
- Ivica Kralj
- Mladen Krstajić
- Danijel Ljuboja
- Siniša Mihajlovic
- Predrag Mijatovic
- Savo Milošević (last captain )
- Dejan Savićević
- Dejan Stanković
- Miroslav Stević
- Dragan Stojkovic
- Nemanja Vidić
- Zvonimir Vukić
- Nikola Žigić
All players