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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).
One of Serbia's top football clubs Red Star Belgrade has won the prestigious European Champions Cup in 1991 and has also won the Intercontinental Cup the same year. [1] Its local rival Partizan Belgrade was the first Southeast and Eastern European football club to reach the European Champions Cup final, when it did so in 1966 .
The Croatia–Serbia football rivalry is a football rivalry between the national football teams of Croatia and Serbia.. Although from a sports perspective, it does not fulfill the requirements of a football rivalry, as Croatia and Serbia/Yugoslavia only met four times: two each in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying and another two occasions during their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns ...
The 2010 World Cup team featured captain Dejan Stanković, who became the only player to feature in a World Cup having played under three different national names (although he never changed nationality; this was a result of geopolitical events involving the identity of Yugoslavia). [57] They faced Ghana, Germany, Australia.
At the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, Iran recorded their first World Cup victory in the second game; they defeated the United States 2–1, with Hamid Estili and Mehdi Mahdavikia scoring the Iranian goals. Although tension was expected because of each country's political stance, both sides presented one another with gifts and flowers and stood ...
The first joint bid of the World Cup was approved, edging out Mexico. Results: South Korea/ Japan (joint bid, voted by acclamation) Mexico; The 2002 FIFA World Cup was co-hosted in Asia for the first time by South Korea and Japan (the opening match was held in South Korea and the final was held in Japan).
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The FIFA Confederations Cup was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. [ 57 ]