Until 2003, Serbia & Montenegro played as Yugoslavia. They reached the semi-finals of the first ever FIFA World Cup in 1930. An early lead faded into memory as the eventual champions Uruguay defeated them by 6-1.
In 1950, the team was eliminated in the group round despite two wins. In 1958 they reached the quarter-finals, where they lost 1-0 to Germany. They took revenge on Germany in 1962 with a 1-0 defeat, but the Czechs defeated them in the semi-final.
In 1974 world cup, Yugoslavia crashed out of the second round, in 1990 they exited in the quarter-finals. In 1998 the team found their match in the last sixteen when Holland defeated them 2-1.
Serbia will be playing in Group D along with Germany, Australia and Ghana.
List of Serbia & Montenegro Team Players Participating In FIFA World Cup 2010
Zeljko BRKIC
Andjelko DJURICIC
Bojan ISAILOVIC
Vladimir STOJKOVIC
Branislav IVANOVIC
Milan JOVANOVIC
Gojko KACAR
leksandar KOLAROV
Milos KRASIC
Zdravko KUZMANOVIC
Danko LAZOVIC
Dejan LEKIC
Aleksandar LUKOVIC
Nemanja MATIC
Nenad MILIJAS
Dragan MRDJA
Milos NINKOVIC
Ivan OBRADOVIC
Marko PANTELIC
Radosav PETROVIC
Slobodan RAJKOVIC
Antonio RUKAVINA
Dejan STANKOVIC
Neven SUBOTIC
Miralem SULEJMANI
Nemanja TOMIC
Zoran TOSIC
Nemanja VIDIC
Jagos VUKOVIC
Nikola ZIGIC
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