Serbia and Montenegro national football team

Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003)
1992–2006
	; Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro
Nickname(s)	Plavi / Плави; (The Blues)
Association	Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) ; Football Association of Yugoslavia (1992–2003)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Most caps	Savo Milošević (101)
Top scorer	Savo Milošević (35)
FIFA code	SCG (2003–2006) ; FRY (1992–2003)
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FIFA ranking
Highest	6 (December 1998)
Lowest	101 (December 1994)
First international
	Brazil 2–0 Yugoslavia ; (Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994) Serbia and Montenegro 2–2 Azerbaijan ; (Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro; 12 February 2003)
Last international
	France 3–0 Yugoslavia ; (Saint-Denis, France; 20 November 2002) Ivory Coast 3–2 Serbia and Montenegro ; (Munich, Germany; 21 June 2006)
Biggest win
	Faroe Islands 1–8 Yugoslavia ; (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996) Serbia and Montenegro 5–0 San Marino ; (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro; 13 October 2004)
Biggest defeat
	Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro ; (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June 2006) Netherlands 6–1 Yugoslavia ; (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 25 June 2000); Czech Republic 5–0 Yugoslavia ; (Prague, Czech Republic; 6 September 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1998)
Best result	Round of 16 (1998)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2000)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2000)

The Serbia and Montenegro national football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација Србије и Црне Горе, Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije i Crne Gore) was a national football team that represented the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was controlled by the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro. For 11 years, it was known as the FR Yugoslavia national football team (Serbian: Фудбалска репрезентација СР Југославије, Fudbalska reprezentacija SR Jugoslavije) when the state was called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, until February 2003, when the name of the country was changed to Serbia and Montenegro.^[1] In 2006, Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia, with the result that the country's football team was renamed as the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006 with the Montenegro national football team created to represent the renewed state of Montenegro.

Though politically it was not recognized as constituting a successor state to the former Yugoslavia, in regards to football, both FIFA and UEFA did consider Serbia and Montenegro to be the direct and sole successor to Yugoslavia and thus entitled to claim and use the history and records of the various Yugoslav national teams.^[2]

^ "Balkan fans cheer dead country". BBC News. 12 February 2003. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ "Statistical Kit: Preliminary Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 28 June 2011. p. 58. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020. Serbia was called Yugoslavia before February 2003 then Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

[1] "Balkan fans cheer dead country". BBC News. 12 February 2003. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[2] "Statistical Kit: Preliminary Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 28 June 2011. p. 58. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020. Serbia was called Yugoslavia before February 2003 then Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

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