FRANCE98 – Yugoslavia Team Page

30^th Qualifier UEFA (Europe)

Land area: 102 173 km²

Population: 10 394 000

Capital: Belgrade

Main cities: Nis, Cacak, Novi Sad

System of government: Republic

Head of state: Slobodan Milosevic

Currency: Dinar

Time difference: none

UEFA, Group 6

24 April 96 Yugoslavia – Feroe Islands 3-1

02 June 96 Yugoslavia – Malta 6-0

06 October 96 Feroe Islands – Yugoslavia 1-8

10 November 96 Yugoslavia – Czech Republic 1-0

14 December 96 Spain – Yugoslavia 2-0

02 April 97 Czech Republic – Yugoslavia 1-2

30 April 97 Yugoslavia – Spain 1-1

08 June 97 Yugoslavia – Slovakia 2-0

10 September 97 Slovakia – Yugoslavia 1-1

11 Ocotber 97 Malta – Yugoslavia 0-5

23 points

29 goals scored

7 goals conceded

Play Off

29 October 97 Hungary – Yugoslavia 1-7

15 November 97 Yugoslavia – Hungary 5-0

Goalkeeper : KRALJ (age 24, 11 caps)

Defenders : MIRKOVIC (age 26, 22 caps) DJUKIC (age 31, 20 caps) MIHAJLOVIC (age 25, 28 caps)

DJOROVIC (age 24, 23 caps)

Midfielders : JOKANOVIC (age 29, 27 caps) BRNOVIC (age 30, 18 caps)

JUGOVIC (age 28, 20 caps)

Strikers : SAVICEVIC (age 31, 47 caps) STOJKOVIC (age 32, 60 caps)

MIJATOVIC (age 28, 25 caps)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 25

National team colours: blue, white and red

FIFA ranking (on 1 November 1997): 22nd

World Cup: 8 participations (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1982 and 1990)

European Nations Championship : 4 participations (1960, 1968, 1976 and 1984)

Slobodan SANTRAC
Slobodan Santrac, ex-player from OFK Belgrade and Grasshopper Zurich played 8 times for the Yugoslavian national team. He has been in charge of the team since 1994.