Serbia and Montenegro national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Plavi / Плави (The Blues) |
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| Association |
Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) Football Association of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Ilija Petković |
| FIFA code | SCG (2003–2006) YUG (1992–2003) |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Highest | 6 (December 1998) |
| Lowest | 101 (December 1994) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Highest | 4 (June 1998) |
| Lowest | 39 (June 2006) |
| First international | |
 Brazil 2–0 FR Yugoslavia  (Porto Alegre, Brazil; 23 December 1994) Last international  Ivory Coast 3–2 Serbia and Montenegro (Munich, Germany; 21 June 2006) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Faroe Islands 1–8 FR Yugoslavia (Toftir, Faroe Islands; 6 October 1996) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro (Gelsenkirchen, Germany; 16 June 2006) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) |
| Best result | Round of 16: 1998 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2000) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals: 2000 |
The Serbia and Montenegro national football team (Serbian: fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije i Crne Gore; фудбалска репрезентација Србије и Црне Горе) was a national football team that represented the federation of Serbia and Montenegro. It was controlled by the Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro. For eleven years it was known as the FR Yugoslavia national football team when the two countries were called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, until February 2003 when the name of the country was changed to Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006, Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia, with the result that the country's football team was renamed as the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006 with the Montenegro national football team created to represent the renewed state of Montenegro.
Although the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was formed on 28 April 1992, its teams were banned from all international sporting events, including the national football team. Consequently, the national team did not play its first game as a new country before 23 December 1994, a friendly match played in Porto Alegre and in which Brazil won by the mark of 2–0. This was the first ever team composed of Serbian and Montenegrin players exclusively, while Slobodan Santrač, a former Yugoslavia national team player, was named the team's first ever manager. The next game was played only three days later, this time in Buenos Aires, resulting in 1–0 loss to Argentina. Despite two losses in two games, the team was honoured to play its first two games ever against such football powerhouses.
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