Former republics of Yugoslavia All-time 23 member team

This is the all-time team for the former Yugoslavia.  I have also create an all-time team for Serbia and Croatia.  I also create one for the rest of the former Yugoslavia without players from Croatia and Serbia.

Historically, Yugoslavia is loaded with football talents, but they did not perform as well as they should have. They only reached two European Championship Final in the 1960's and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1960.  The most memorable result probably came in 1987 when they won the U-20 World Cup.  The backbone of the team helped Red Star Belgrade to win the European Cup in 1991.  The players went on to star in major clubs throughout Europe.


Team
GK: Vladimir Beara  (born in Croatia of Serb enthicity)
He played on three World Cups; 1950, 1954 and 1958.  he was considered one of the greatest keepers from the Warsaw Pact.

GK:  Milutin Soskic  (Serbia)
He was a legend with FK Partzan.  he was capped by Yugoslavia for 50 times between 1959 and 1966.

GK: Asmir Begović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
He helped Bosnia and Herzegovina to qualify for the WC in 2014.  Professionally, he spent most of his career with Stoke City in England. 

RB: Branko Stanković (born in Bosnia of Serb ethnicity) 
He was best remembered for his career with Red Star Belgrade, where he won 4 league titles and established himself as one of the best defender in Yugoslavian football history.  He played in both 1950 and 1954 World Cup Finals.

CB: Nemanja Vidic (Serbia)
He spent 9 seasons as the starting center-back at Manchester United from 2006 and 2014, where he won every major trophy and established himself as one of the best center-backs of his generation.

CB: Ivica Horvat (Croatia)
He played in both 1950 and 1954 World Cup Finals and won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics.  He played mostly for Dinamo Zagreb.
  
CB: Velibor Vasovic (Serbia)
He was a legend at FK Partizan.  He lost the European Cup to Real Madrid in 1966.  A year later, he later joined Ajax and established himself as one of the best defenders in Europe.  In 1971, he captained Ajax as they won their first European Cup.  He played 32 times for Yugoslavia.

CB:  Josip Katalinski  (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
He was capped 41 times for Yugoslavia.  He went to Euro 1976 and the WC Finals in 1974.

RB: Milutin Ivković (Serbia)
He played in the 1930 World Cup Finals.  He is considered the best rightback in Yugoslavian football history.

LB: Robert Jarni (Croatia)
He was a member of Yugoslavia's Golden Generation of the 1990's.  He went to the WC Finals in 1990 with Yugoslavia and later, represented Croatia at the WC Finals in 1998, where they reached the semifinal.  Professionally, he had played in big clubs such as Juventus and Real Madrid.

RB/LB: Fahrudin Jusufi (Gorani born in Kosovo)
He was the greatest fullback in Yugoslavian football history.  He played at the 1962 FIFA World Cup and at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.  He played for FK Partizan and Eintracht Frankfurt.

LW/LB/CB: Branco Zebec (Croatia)
He played in a number of positions in his career. He was capped 65 times.  He played in 1954 and 1958 WC Finals.  he led Yugoslavia to second-place at Euro 1960.  

CM: Luka Modric (Croatia)
He earned more 80 caps for Croatia.  He currently plays for Real Madrid and won the Champions' League for the 2013-2014 season.  he won La Liga Best midfielder award in the same season. 

Luka Modric

CM: Zlatko Čajkovski (Croatia)
He was considered one of the best Yugoslavian players ever.  he played for FK Partizan before moving to play for Koln in Germany. He also participated in the FIFA World Cups of 1950 and 1954. 

AM: Dejan Savicevic (Montenegro)
He was a part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won the 1990–91 European Cup before joining A.C. Milan in 1992. With Milan, he won three Serie A titles and the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1990 and 1998 FIFA World Cups.

AM: Dragan Stojkovic (Serbia)
He is considered one of the best players in the history of Yugoslavian and Serbian football. He starred for Yugoslavia at the 1990 FIFA World Cup (where he was named in the World Cup All-Star Team) and 1998 FIFA World Cup where he captained the team. He was a star player at Red Star Belgrade, but he was playing for Marseille when Red Star Belgrade beat Marseille in the 1990 Final of the European Cup.

AM: Dragoslav Sekularac (Serbia)
He was considered one of the best player in Red Star Belgrade history.  He played in the 1958 and 1962 World Cup Finals, where his team reached the semifinal in 1962. 

RW: Aleksandar Tirnanić (Serbia)
He played 50 times for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1940.  He went to the WC Finals in 1930, where he became among the youngest goal-scorer in history.

LW: Dragan Dzajic (Serbia)
He is considered one of the greatest left wing in history of the game.  He played most of his career with Red Star Belgrade.  He was capped 85 times for Yugoslavia.  He was voted the best player at Euro 1968.

LW/FW: Bernard Vukas (Croatia)
In 2000, he was voted by the Croatian Football Federation as the best Croatian player of all time.  He was also a part of the Yugoslavia team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1954 FIFA World Cup.  His career was associated with Hajduk Split, but he also played in Italy and Austria.

FW:  Stjepan Bobek (Croatia)
He played for Partizan between 1945 and 1959 helping them win two Yugoslav First League titles and four Yugoslav Cups, and was named the club's greatest player in history in 1995. Internationally, he is the all-time top scorer for Yugoslavia, scoring 38 goals in 63 appearances between 1946 and 1956, and was member of Yugoslav squads which won two Olympic silver medals (in 1948 and 1952) and played in two World Cups (in 1950 and 1954).

ST:  Predrag Mijatović (Montenegro)
He is best remembered for scoring the winning goal against Juventus as Real Madrid won the 1998 Champions' league, its first title since 1966.  He played 73 times for Yugoslavia.  In 1997, Mijatović was runner-up for the Ballon d'Or, behind Ronaldo and ahead of Zinedine Zidane.

ST: Davor Suker (Croatia)
He was a part of Yugoslavia's Golden Generation in the 1990's.  He later played for Croatia, where he is the all-time leading scorer.  He is best remembered for finishing the top scorer at the WC in 1998, where Croatia reached the semifinal.  He also won a Champions' League in 1998 with Real Madrid.

Squad Explanation

• I selected two modern players.  Luka Modric and Nemanja Vidic proved themselves that they could be playing in the best club sides in the world.  

• The former republics of Yugoslavia have too many great attack midfielders. I could not find space for Safet Susic, Zvonimir Boban and Robert Prosinecki.   They lack good strikers.  So I brought Predrag Mijatović and Davor Suker to team.  

Starting Lineup
Formation: 4-2-3-1
For tactical reasons, I started Luka Modric ahead of other more famous players because he coukd operate as a deepy lying playmaker.  Cajkovski would anchor the midfield. The wingbacks supported the attacks.