Yugoslavia how good would they be today? will spain be next to split?

[BlondeArtist - karl.thornhill@gmail.com]

take croatia, montenegro, serbia, macedonia, slovenia and bosnia. its ridiculous how much talent they continue to produce across the pitch despite the resources and the war zones.

how good would they be today?

and is it right that catalonia could get FIFA status? tearing up the barcelona team from spain just like croatia did by getting independence from yugoslavia. before you know it 1 state leaving becomes 5.

 

[Fensta]

I guess the people of former Yugoslavia are happy about the way things turned out, gaining independence, but they coulda been a boss footy team if they stayed together.

 

[JamesBT]

Catalonia will never be FIFA recognised unless it becomes a seperate state from Spain. They have a team and many big stars play for them

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I reckon the in fighting between all the nationalities would sink them to be honest

Spain only started winning things when the Barca and Real players were able to put their hatred aside and work as a team

It would have been a nightmare trying to get the Mongengrans, Slavs, Croats, Serbs and Bosians to get on together long enough to win a football match

 

[The Hibbert Agenda]

Based on the players I know, afraid I'm not an expert on up and coming youngsters from the Balkans.
Very decent team. No reason why it wouldn't be able to be a solid dark-horse in a EURO/World Cup (if it were real)

GK:
Asmir Begović (stoke - Bosnia)
Stipe Pletikosa (rostov - Croatia)

DF:
Branislav Ivanović (chelsea - Serbia)
Aleksandar Kolarov (man city - Serbia)
Neven Subotić (borussia dortmund - Serbia)
Matija Nastasić (man city - Serbia)
Darijo Srna (shakhtar - Croatia)
Stefan Savić (fiorentina - Montenegro)

MF:
Miralem Pjanić (roma - Bosnia)
Miroslav Stevanović (sevilla - Bosnia)
Zoran Tošić (cska - Serbia)
Zdravko Kuzmanović (inter - Serbia)
Luka Modrić (real madrid - Croatia)
Ivan Rakitić (sevilla - Croatia)

FW:
Edin Džeko (man city - Bosnia)
Mirko Vučinić (juve - Montenegro)
Stevan Jovetić (fiorentina- Montenegro)
Mario Mandžukić (bayern - Croatia)
Nikica Jelavić (LOOOOOL - Croatia)
Goran Pandev (napoli - Macedonia)

 

[nsno-chris]

Never mind now the 1990 World Cup squad was fantastic, full of real talent:

D.O.B. CLUB WC
1 GK Tomislav Ivkovic 11 Aug 1960 Sporting Lisbon (POR)
2 DF Vujadin Stanojkovic 10 Sep 1963 Partizan Belgrade
3 DF Predrag Spasic 29 Sep 1965 Partizan Belgrade
4 DF Zoran Vulic 04 Oct 1961 Real Mallorca (SPA)
5 DF Faruk Hadzibegic 07 Oct 1957 Sochaux (FRA)
6 DF Davor Jozic 22 Sep 1960 Cesena (ITA)
7 MD Dragoljub Brnovic 02 Nov 1963 Metz (FRA)
8 MD Safet Susic 13 Apr 1955 Paris St Germain (FRA) 1982
9 FW Darko Pancev 07 Sep 1965 Red Star Belgrade
10 MD Dragan Stojkovic 03 Mar 1965 Red Star Belgrade
11 FW Zlatko Vujovic 26 Aug 1958 Paris St Germain (FRA) 1982
12 GK Fahrudin Omerovic 26 Aug 1961 Partizan Belgrade
13 MD Srecko Katanec 16 Jul 1963 Sampdoria (ITA)
14 FW Alen Boksic 21 Jan 1970 Hajduk Split
15 MD Robert Prosinecki 12 Jan 1969 Red Star Belgrade
16 MD Refik Sabanadzovic 02 Aug 1965 Red Star Belgrade
17 DF Robert Jarni 26 Oct 1968 Hajduk Split
18 DF Mirsad Baljic 04 Mar 1962 Sion (SWI)
19 FW Dejan Savicevic 15 Sep 1966 Red Star Belgrade
20 FW Davor Suker 01 Jan 1968 Dinamo Zagreb
21 DF Andrej Panadic 09 Mar 1969 Dinamo Zagreb
22 GK Dragoje Lekovic 21 Nov 1967 Buduenos Titograd

The 1987 Youth team was know as the original Golden Generation

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Never mind now the 1990 World Cup squad was fantastic, full of real talent:

D.O.B. CLUB WC
1 GK Tomislav Ivkovic 11 Aug 1960 Sporting Lisbon (POR)
2 DF Vujadin Stanojkovic 10 Sep 1963 Partizan Belgrade
3 DF Predrag Spasic 29 Sep 1965 Partizan Belgrade
4 DF Zoran Vulic 04 Oct 1961 Real Mallorca (SPA)
5 DF Faruk Hadzibegic 07 Oct 1957 Sochaux (FRA)
6 DF Davor Jozic 22 Sep 1960 Cesena (ITA)
7 MD Dragoljub Brnovic 02 Nov 1963 Metz (FRA)
8 MD Safet Susic 13 Apr 1955 Paris St Germain (FRA) 1982
9 FW Darko Pancev 07 Sep 1965 Red Star Belgrade
10 MD Dragan Stojkovic 03 Mar 1965 Red Star Belgrade
11 FW Zlatko Vujovic 26 Aug 1958 Paris St Germain (FRA) 1982
12 GK Fahrudin Omerovic 26 Aug 1961 Partizan Belgrade
13 MD Srecko Katanec 16 Jul 1963 Sampdoria (ITA)
14 FW Alen Boksic 21 Jan 1970 Hajduk Split
15 MD Robert Prosinecki 12 Jan 1969 Red Star Belgrade
16 MD Refik Sabanadzovic 02 Aug 1965 Red Star Belgrade
17 DF Robert Jarni 26 Oct 1968 Hajduk Split
18 DF Mirsad Baljic 04 Mar 1962 Sion (SWI)
19 FW Dejan Savicevic 15 Sep 1966 Red Star Belgrade
20 FW Davor Suker 01 Jan 1968 Dinamo Zagreb
21 DF Andrej Panadic 09 Mar 1969 Dinamo Zagreb
22 GK Dragoje Lekovic 21 Nov 1967 Buduenos Titograd

The 1987 Youth team was know as the original Golden Generation

Didn't they actually knock Spain out in Italia '90?

 

[Allezfan]

Didn't they actually knock Spain out in Italia '90?

They're the only team ever to knock out the winners of a major tournament.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

They're the only team ever to knock out the winners of a major tournament.

What?

Didn't Germany win Italia '90?

 

[Allezfan]

What?

Didn't Germany win Italia '90?

In 92. They knocked out denmark. Then the war started, they withdrew from the tournament, Denmark took their place and went on to win it.

Only team to ever knock out the eventual winners.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

In 92. They knocked out denmark. Then the war started, they withdrew from the tournament, Denmark took their place and went on to win it.

Only team to ever knock out the eventual winners.

Oh yeah

Got a bit confused and thought you meant the World Cup for a second

Denmark were already on their holidays when they got the call, so ledgend goes

 

[Big Neville Southall]

I reckon the Yugoslaves were/are the best 'country' to never win a major international competition.

 

[EFCNIK]

I remember one player, stankovich when I was a kid and I used to lol by calling him Stinkovich.

Doesn't stinkovich still play?

 

[blueser]

if they were put back into one team it may be the first time a player is sent of for a two footed lunge on a team mate.

 

[quasi modo]

Never mind now the 1990 World Cup squad was fantastic, full of real talent:

D.O.B. CLUB WC
1 GK Tomislav Ivkovic 11 Aug 1960 Sporting Lisbon (POR)
2 DF Vujadin Stanojkovic 10 Sep 1963 Partizan Belgrade
3 DF Predrag Spasic 29 Sep 1965 Partizan Belgrade
4 DF Zoran Vulic 04 Oct 1961 Real Mallorca (SPA)
5 DF Faruk Hadzibegic 07 Oct 1957 Sochaux (FRA)
6 DF Davor Jozic 22 Sep 1960 Cesena (ITA)
7 MD Dragoljub Brnovic 02 Nov 1963 Metz (FRA)
8 MD Safet Susic 13 Apr 1955 Paris St Germain (FRA) 1982
9 FW Darko Pancev 07 Sep 1965 Red Star Belgrade
10 MD Dragan Stojkovic 03 Mar 1965 Red Star Belgrade
11 FW Zlatko Vujovic 26 Aug 1958 Paris St Germain (FRA) 1982
12 GK Fahrudin Omerovic 26 Aug 1961 Partizan Belgrade
13 MD Srecko Katanec 16 Jul 1963 Sampdoria (ITA)
14 FW Alen Boksic 21 Jan 1970 Hajduk Split
15 MD Robert Prosinecki 12 Jan 1969 Red Star Belgrade
16 MD Refik Sabanadzovic 02 Aug 1965 Red Star Belgrade
17 DF Robert Jarni 26 Oct 1968 Hajduk Split
18 DF Mirsad Baljic 04 Mar 1962 Sion (SWI)
19 FW Dejan Savicevic 15 Sep 1966 Red Star Belgrade
20 FW Davor Suker 01 Jan 1968 Dinamo Zagreb
21 DF Andrej Panadic 09 Mar 1969 Dinamo Zagreb
22 GK Dragoje Lekovic 21 Nov 1967 Buduenos Titograd

The 1987 Youth team was know as the original Golden Generation

Since that team in the 1990 WC, they have had some quality players from that region, Alen Boksic, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Davor Suker, Predrag Mijatovic just to name a few.