Euro 2000

The draw for Euro 2000 qualifiers saw many eyebrows raised as first-seeded Yugoslavia was drawn in a group with Croatia, thus marking the first games between the two teams after the breakup of Yugoslavia. Other teams in the group were Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, and Malta. The coach of the national team first was Milan Živadinović, while Vujadin Boskov took over after his resignation.

Due to the NATO bombing of the country that started on 24 March 1999, Yugoslavia played its home fixture against Malta in Thessaloniki, Greece, winning 4 – 1.

The two highly anticipated games versus Croatia both ended in draws. First game in Belgrade ended with a scoreline 0 – 0 (the game was interrupted due to power outage at the beginning of the second half and resumed after 43 minutes[2]), while the other (which was the last fixture of the qualifying stage) ended 2 – 2 in Zagreb. The latter result however amounted to victory as was enough for Yugoslavia to secure a direct qualifying berth and knock Croatia out of European championship.

The draw for the Finals placed Yugoslavia in group C along with Spain, Norway, and Slovenia. The first game against Slovenia saw yet another former Yugoslav republic take a surprising 3 – 0 lead at Stade du Pays de Charleroi, but Yugoslavia managed to equalise by scoring three goals in only six minutes in mid-second half. The team's only victory in the tournament came in the second game versus Norway in Liège, thanks to an early Savo Milošević backheel strike. Final group game in Bruges was another high-scoring, but ultimately heartbreaking for Yugoslavia, as Spain won 4 – 3 with two late goals, despite the Yugoslavs taking the lead three times. Yugoslavia ended the group in second place, as Norway failed to defeat Slovenia in Arnhem. In each of the three games, Yugoslavia had one player sent off (Siniša Mihajlović, Mateja Kežman, and Slaviša Jokanović, respectively).

In the quarter-finals, Yugoslavia was once again paired with Netherlands. Unlike the last time, the co-hosts made easy work of Yugoslavia, winning 6 – 1 in Rotterdam with Patrick Kluivert scoring a hat trick.

One of the few bright spots of Yugoslav team in the whole tournament was Savo Milošević, who was crowned the joint top scorer of the tournament, alongside Patrick Kluivert. Both players scored five goals, although Milošević played one game fewer.

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1998 FIFA World Cup

The 1998 FIFA World Cup seeding had Yugoslavia ranked in 21st position, but the Yugoslav national football team went to France as one of the shadow favorites for the World Cup. The justification for such an estimation was partially found in the names of the Yugoslav players, members of great European teams and proven footballers. The draw put the team in Group F alongside Germany, the United States, and Iran. Yugoslavia won its first game 1 – 0 against Iran thanks to a goal from defender Siniša Mihajlović. The next game was a heartbreaker for Yugoslavia.

After leading Germany 2 – 0, last game's hero, Mihajlović, scored an unlucky own goal following a German freekick, and Oliver Bierhoff equalised at 2 – 2 with only about ten minutes to the match. Nonetheless, Yugoslavia responded in the next game against the United States and won 1 – 0 due to an early goal in Nantes. Yugoslavia made easy work of Group 6, but despite an excellent record, the game against Germany would prove costly as Germany won the group thanks to a better goal difference.

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Heritage from Yugoslavia

Serbian national team was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team from 15 January 1992 until 4 February 2003, and then as the Serbia and Montenegro national football team until 3 June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was officially renamed the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006, while the Montenegro national football team was created to represent the new state of Montenegro.
Serbia plays Belgium at Marakana, 7 October 2006

Between 1921 and 1992, the team did not exist as we know it today, since Serbia was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918 – 1943) and later on, of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia (1945 – 1991). The Serbia national team existed from 1919 to 1921, but ceased to exist following the creation of the first Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

However, the Football Association of Serbia is a FIFA member since 1921 and a UEFA member since its creation in 1954. The Serbia national team is recognized, thanks to a mutual consent between both FIFA and UEFA, as the direct descendant of the Yugoslavia national team. Hence, the new national team formed in 1992 inherited of the full status, results, and achievements from Yugoslavia, which was not the case for any other country resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia. Consequently, it did not have to apply to obtain a FIFA and UEFA status.

A similar situation happened following Montenegro's decision to secede following a referendum held on 21 May 2006. Once more, Serbia inherited of the Serbia and Montenegro full status, and did not have to apply for a FIFA and UEFA status, while Montenegro was obligated to do so.

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The Coach "Radomir Antic"

Radomir Antic is the only individual who has managed FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atlético Madrid. Additionally, Antić is one of only two men to have managed both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, long-time bitter rivals. (The other one is Enrique Fernández Viola).

Serbia coach Radomir Antic has had his contract extended by the Serbian Football Federation (FSS) until the end of qualifying for the 2012 UEFA European Championship.

The FSS said in a statement that they had decided to extend Antic's deal until 2011 based on his results, which they described as "on the whole excellent and positive."

The FFS added that they would once again extend his contract if the team qualified for UEFA EURO 2012. Antic took over in August 2008 after two disappointing campaigns by Serbia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ and the Men's Olympic Tournament in Beijing two years later.

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Serbian Superliga

Serbian football League or simply called as "Serbian SuperLiga" is Serbian's professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League (Prva liga Srbija, second Serbian football tier). The SuperLiga was formed during summer 2004 as the country's top football league competition in Serbia and Montenegro. Since summer 2006 after the secession of Montenegro from Serbia, the league only has Serbian clubs.

Serbian clubs used to compete in the Yugoslav First League. This competition was formed in 1923 and lasted until 2003. After the downfall of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991 a new Yugoslavia would be formed that would be named FR Yugoslavia with Montenegro and Serbia. They kept the name Yugoslavia until 2003 when the country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro: this union lasted until 2006 when Montenegro gained independence and formed its own league, the Montenegrin First League.

The current SuperLiga champions are Partizan. UEFA currently ranks the league 21st in Europe. The league was known as Meridian SuperLiga from Autumn 2004 until Summer 2008. The league's current official sponsor is beer maker Jelen pivo, thus resulting in the league's official name to be Jelen SuperLiga.

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Football in Serbia

Football in Serbia is the most popular team sport. It has been played from the beginning of the 20th century and there were a number of very successful Serbian football players and coaches throughout history. One of Serbia's top football clubs FK Crvena Zvezda has won the prestigious European Champions Cup in the season 1990-1991 and has also won the Intercontinental Cup the same year.

Football first came to Serbia in the spring of 1896. Jewish student Hugo Buli, after he returned from his studies in Germany, brought the first football to Belgrade. He brought the ball to his friends from the Belgrade gymnastics society "Soko", and founded the football section on 12 May.

The national team of Serbia has played its first match on 19 May 1911, and lost to HAŠK by 0:8. The next day, on 20 May, they played the second match, which they also lost, by 0:6. The Zagreb newspapers reported from these matches with credits to the Serbian team for its efforts and braveness to challenge the much better rival. The Serbian newspapers already then showed that the Serbian public does not easily accept defeat, although it is part of the game.

BSK dominated the state scene until the beginning of World War II. The end of the war was the beginning of the reconstruction, and the devastated football grounds and stadia, as well as the football clubs needed to be restored. On 25 February 1945, the football club Metalac was founded, later its name was changed into BSK, and then into OFK Beograd, as successor to the tradition of the glorious pre-war Belgrade sports club (BSK). The Red Star (FK Crvena Zvezda) shined on 4th March 1945, and FK Partizan on 4th October of the same year. The football clubs of Vojvodina of Novi Sad, Borac of Čačak, Sloboda of Užice, and many other clubs were also restored.

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Heading towards the World Cup

Serbia, who are competing in an international tournament for the first time on their own, having separated from Montenegro last year, enjoyed an impressive qualifying campaign for the European Championships and only lost two of their 14 games, finishing on 24 points, four behind group winners Poland and three behind Portugal. Serbia's competitiveness was shown by the fact that they remained unbeaten in all four games against the two group principals; their only defeats coming away to Belgium and Kazakhstan.

Continuing the same performance in the World Cup Qualifying rounds, they have defeated strong teams and now they are successful to Qualify for the World Cup. The main mission of the Captain is now to reach as close as possible to be the victorious.

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Serbia Team in the Qualifiers race

For Serbia team, it was a chance to keep their automatic qualification dreams alive in the World Cup Qualifiers. For Serbia, it was also a chance to make that dream a reality. In other words, the football ones, Serbia had alead at France by 4 points with 3 games remaining until the end of the qualifiers for both sides. A victory for Serbia could sends the home nation packing for the 2010 World Cup, a draw could leaves Serbia in the driving seat in the race to qualify from the top, while a victory for France leaves Serbia on the top of the group but assures that the battle for automatic qualification lasts until the very end of the qualifiers.

So, while even a French victory wouldn’t have make them feel safe (their fate wouldn’t be in their own hands), it wouldn’t really have made Serbia feel comfortable going to the last round of qualifiers with some potentially tricky games against Romania and Lithuania left to be played in October.

Therefore, the White Eagles built their past successes, defeated the opponents on Wednesday successfully and qualified for the World Cup. The whole nation is proud of thier teams performace and praying for them now for the World Cup matches. The World Cup tickets of all matches are now available for sale. Football tickets of all the matches of World Cup are for sale at ticket4football.com, you can buy the Serbia World Cup Tickets for its upcoming matches and World Cup Football tickets of other teams on this website.

About Serbia Football Team

The national football team of Serbia , nicknamed White Eagles, is governed by the Football Association of Serbia and is associated with the UEFA. FIFA considers the team to be a direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro team, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national team. Since from the begging the team has suffered a lot due to politics, because Serbian team was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team from 15 January 1992 until 4 February 2003.

The Serbia national team is recognized, thanks to a mutual consent between both FIFA and UEFA, as the direct descendant of the Yugoslavia national team. Hence, the new national team formed in 1992 inherited of the full status, results, and achievements from Yugoslavia, which was not the case for any other country resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia. Consequently, it did not have to apply to obtain a FIFA and UEFA status.

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