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 2014.
FIFA World Cup record
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
as  Yugoslavia
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 1930 |
Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Invited | |||||||||
 1934 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
 1938 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
 1950 |
Group stage | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | ||||
 1954 |
Quarter-finals | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
 1958 |
5th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||
 1962 |
Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||||
 1966 |
Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||||
 1970 |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||||
 1974 |
Second group stage | 7th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||||
 1978 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||
 1982 |
Group stage | 16th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | ||||
| 1986 |
Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||
 1990 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | ||||
as  FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
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 1994 |
Suspended | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
 1998 |
Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 8 | ||||
  2002 |
Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2006 |
Group stage | 32nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||||
as  Serbia
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 2010 |
Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | ||||
 2014 |
Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | |||||||||||
 2018 |
Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | ||||
 2022 |
29th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | |||||
 2026
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To be determined | Future event | ||||||||||||||||
  2030
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 2034
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| Total | Fourth place | 13/22 | 49 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 71 | 71 | 136 | 81 | 33 | 22 | 287 | 123 | ||||
| Serbia's World Cup record | |
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| First match |  Yugoslavia 2–1 Brazil (14 July 1930; Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| Biggest Win | Yugoslavia 9–0 Zaire  (7 June 1974; Gelsenkirchen, West Germany) |
| Biggest Defeat | Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro (16 June 2006; Gelsenkirchen, Germany) |
| Best Result | Fourth place in 1930 and 1962 |
| Worst Result | Group stage in 1950, 1982, 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022 |
By match
Record players
| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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| 1 | Dragoslav Šekularac | 9 | 1958 and 1962 |
| Ivica Šurjak | 9 | 1974 and 1982 | |
| Dragan Stojković | 9 | 1990 and 1998 | |
| Dejan Stanković | 9 | 1998, 2006 and 2010 | |
| 5 | Safet Sušić | 8 | 1982 and 1990 |
| Zlatko Vujović | 8 | 1982 and 1990 | |
| 7 | Vujadin Boškov | 7 | 1954 and 1958 |
| 8 | Rajko Mitić | 6 | 1950 and 1954 |
| Branko Stanković | 6 | 1950 and 1954 | |
| Miloš Milutinović | 6 | 1954 and 1958 | |
| Vladica Popović | 6 | 1958 and 1962 | |
| Vladimir Durković | 6 | 1962 | |
| Milan Galić | 6 | 1962 | |
| Milutin Šoškić | 6 | 1962 | |
| Jovan Aćimović | 6 | 1974 | |
| Vladimir Stojković | 6 | 2010 and 2018 | |
| Aleksandar Mitrović | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
| Dušan Tadić | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
| Nikola Milenković | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
| Sergej Milinković-Savić | 6 | 2018 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.
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
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| 1 | Dražan Jerković | 4 | 1962 |
| 2 | Ivan Bek | 3 | 1930 |
| Todor Veselinović | 3 | 1958 | |
| Milan Galić | 3 | 1962 | |
| Dušan Bajević | 3 | 1974 | |
| Dragan Stojković | 3 | 1990 (2) and 1998 | |
| Aleksandar Mitrović | 3 | 2018 and 2022 (2) | |
| 8 | Đorđe Vujadinović | 2 | 1930 |
| Željko Čajkovski | 2 | 1950 | |
| Kosta Tomašević | 2 | 1950 | |
| Aleksandar Petaković | 2 | 1958 | |
| Stanislav Karasi | 2 | 1974 | |
| Ivica Šurjak | 2 | 1974 | |
| Davor Jozić | 2 | 1990 | |
| Darko Pančev | 2 | 1990 | |
| Slobodan Komljenović | 2 | 1998 |
Squads
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See also
Notes
- Draw for 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers was made on 8 December 1991, however due to break-up of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and consequent military conflict, which broke in early 1991, FSJ ceased to exist as football organization of the SFR Yugoslavia. Organization that remained based in Belgrade, Serbia, was excluded from taking part as FSJ or its successor due to UN sanctions.
References
- "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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| Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). Have been member of multiple confederations. Team and national federation no longer exist. | |