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 2026.
FIFA World Cup record
FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionas 1930Fourth place4th320177 Invited 1934Did not qualify201134 1938210114 1950Group stage5th320173 5320166 1954Quarter-finals7th311123440040 19585th412177422072 1962Fourth place4th63031074310114 1966Did not qualify6312108 19706312197 1974Quarter-finals7th6123127532084 1978Did not qualify410368 1982Group stage16th3111228611227 1986Did not qualify832378 1990Quarter-finals5th5311868620166as 1994Suspended 000000 1998Round of 1610th42115412921418 2002Did not qualify10541228 2006Group stage32nd3003210 10640161as 2010Group stage23rd310223 10712228 2014Did not qualify104241811 2018Group stage23rd310224106312010 202229th3012588620189 2026Did not qualify8413910 2030To be determinedTo be determined 2034TotalFourth place13/2349189227171144853425296133 Serbia's World Cup recordFirst match Yugoslavia 2–1 (14 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay)Biggest Win 9–0 (7 June 1974; Gelsenkirchen, West Germany)Biggest Defeat 6–0 (16 June 2006; Gelsenkirchen, Germany)Best ResultFourth place in 1930 and 1962Worst ResultGroup stage in 1950, 1982, 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022
By match World CupRoundOpponentScoreResultSerbia scorerswithin (1930)1930Group stage2–1WTirnanić, Bek4–0WBek (2), Marjanović, VujadinovićSemi-final1–6LVujadinovićwithin (1950–1990)1950Group stage3–0WMitić, Tomašević, Ognjanov4–1WBobek, Ž. Čajkovski (2), Tomašević0–2L 1954Group stage1–0WMilutinović1–1DZebecQuarter-final0–2L1958Group stage1–1DPetaković3–2WPetaković, Veselinović (2)3–3DOgnjanović, Veselinović, RajkovQuarter-final0–1L1962Group stage0–2L3–1WSkoblar, Galić, Jerković5–0WGalić (2), Jerković (2), MelićQuarter-final1–0WRadakovićSemi-final1–3LJerkovićMatch for third place0–1L1974Group stage0–0D9–0WBajević (3), Džajić, Šurjak, Katalinski, Bogićević, Oblak, Petković1–1DKarasiSecond round0–2L1–2LKarasi1–2LŠurjak1982Group stage0–0D 1–2LGudelj1–0W Petrović1990Group stage1–4LJozić1–0WJozić4–1WSušić, Pančev (2), ProsinečkiRound of 162–1 (a.e.t.)WStojković (2)Quarter-final0–0 (2–3p)Dwithin (1998–2006; 1998 as FR Yugoslavia)1998Group stage1–0WMihajlović2–2DMijatović, Stojković1–0WKomljenovićRound of 161–2LKomljenović2006Group stage0–1L0–6L2–3LŽigić, Ilić (since 2010)2010Group stage0–1L1–0WJovanović1–2LPantelić2018Group stage 1–0WKolarov1–2L A. Mitrović0–2L 2022Group stage0–2L3–3DPavlović, S. Milinković-Savić, A. Mitrović2–3LA. Mitrović, Vlahović
Player records Most appearances RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups1Dragoslav Šekularac91958 and 1962Ivica Šurjak91974 and 1982Dragan Stojković91990 and 1998Dejan Stanković91998, 2006 and 20105Safet Sušić81982 and 1990Zlatko Vujović81982 and 19907Vujadin Boškov71954 and 19588Rajko Mitić61950 and 1954Branko Stanković61950 and 1954Miloš Milutinović61954 and 1958Vladica Popović61958 and 1962Vladimir Durković61962Milan Galić61962Milutin Šoškić61962Jovan Aćimović61974Vladimir Stojković62010 and 2018Nikola Milenković62018 and 2022Sergej Milinković-Savić62018 and 2022Aleksandar Mitrović62018 and 2022Dušan Tadić62018 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.
RankPlayerGoalsWorld Cups1Dražan Jerković419622Ivan Bek31930Todor Veselinović31958Milan Galić31962Dušan Bajević31974Dragan Stojković31990 (2) and 1998Aleksandar Mitrović32018 and 2022 (2)8Đorđe Vujadinović21930Željko Čajkovski21950Kosta Tomašević21950Aleksandar Petaković21958Stanislav Karasi21974Ivica Šurjak21974Davor Jozić21990Darko Pančev21990Slobodan Komljenović21998
Squads
See also Serbia at the UEFA European Championship
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