If Yugoslavia still existed....what would the national team look like today?

[Eye of Ra]

----Mandzukic---

--Rakitic- -Pjanic--Perišić

--------Modric----Matic-------------

Ivanovic - Savic - Lovren - Kolarov

---------Oblak----------


Would they be a canidate for the gold in Euro 16?

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[Power Man]

World domination imo

 

[maxim84]

Replace Lovren with Ćorluka

Edit: also Samir Handanović would be better option on goal

 

[Cucumber]

----Mandzukic---

--Rakitic- -Pjanic--PeriÅ¡ić

--------Modric----Matic-------------

Ivanovic - Savic - Lovren - Kolarov

---------Oblak----------


Would they be a canidate for the gold in Euro 16?

I think they would make the semi's maybe the finals but going through one or 2 of Germany, France or Spain is a strech for that roster imo. Attack is decent midfield is good but defense is lacking. GK is above average.

 

[The Moose]

This would be the best team in the known Universe.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Hopefully they wouldn't play in a 4-2-3-1. They'd be a top favorite but not the clear best team.

Oh and **** no to that back line as listed.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Yugoslavia weren't a powerhouse then and they wouldn't be now. They'd be one of the better 2nd tier teams though.

 

[Luigi Habs]

They would certainly do better than a USSR team

 

[Savant]

Zlatan would be on it

 

[cgf]

They would certainly do better than a USSR team

Konoplyanka - Dzyuba - Yarmolenko
Shennikov - Dzagoev - Mhkitaryan - Smolnikov
Khacheridi - Neustadter - M.Fernandes
Akinfeev​

With Cheryshev, Kokorin, Smolov for the attack; Kovalenko, Zinchenko, Miranchuk, Golovin for the creative midfield; Shatov, Glushakov, Mamaev, Stepanenko, Ahmedov, Barinov as more b2b or defensive midfielders; and Rakitsky, Berezutski, Burda on the bench in defense.

Depending on how well they played together, they could certainly form a second tier favorite as well.

 

[maxim84]

Zlatan would be on it

No, he wouldn't. He was born in 1981 wich means his parents didn't move to Sweden because of war but to seek a better life/job.
However...who knows, maybe he would come back...during Yugoslavia there was a secret police agency, something like STASI in east Germany who might persuade him to return....but that is a part of history everyone would like to forget I'm sure.

 

[Eye of Ra]

They would certainly do better than a USSR team

What about Czechslovakia?

 

[mmk786]

Kolarov is a terrible player.

 

[maxim84]

Haha, the name of the thread should be changed to "what if ex-european countries still existed"
Any records of footbal in Austro-Hungarian times

 

[Ivan13]

Kolarov over Vrsaljko and Srna? I'm dying

This would be team Croatia with a couple of others thrown in.

 

[Ivan94]

Haha, the name of the thread should be changed to "what if ex-european countries still existed"
Any records of footbal in Austro-Hungarian times ��

joint team of Croatia(10), Austria(3), Bosnia and Herzegovina(3), Slovenia(3), Slovakia(2), Czech Republic(1) and Hungary(1).

23 man squad:

GK: Oblak(SLO), Chech(CZE), Handanovic(SLO)
LB: Alaba(AUT), Kolasinac(BIH)
CB: Dragovic(AUT), Lovren(CRO), Skrtel(SVK), Corluka(CRO)
RB: Vrsaljko(CRO), Srna(CRO)
DM/CM: Modric(CRO), Rakitic(CRO), Kovacic(CRO), Brozovic(CRO)
AM: Pjanic(BIH), Hamsik(SVK)
LW: Perisic(CRO), Arnautovic(AUT)
RW: Ilicic(SLO), Dzsudzsak(HUN)
CF: Mandzukic(CRO), Dzeko(BIH)

Players selected by 'transfermarkt' market values in order to be objective.

in addition there could be players from Transylvania(Romania), South Tyrol(Italy), Triest(Italy) Galicia(southern Poland & western Ukraine), Vojvodina(Serbia) and Bay of Kotor(Montenegro)

 

[Eye of Ra]

Team Scandinavia!

Zlatan
Eriksen - Gylfi
Ekdal - Eremenko - Bjarnason
Lustig - Granqvist - Lindelöf - Wendt
Schmeichel


Good team actually. Could reach Semifinal.

 

[Chloraflora]

Outside of Croatia, the other former Yugoslav teams aren't in great shape. It would be more or less just them with Handanovic in goal.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

joint team of Croatia(10), Austria(3), Bosnia and Herzegovina(3), Slovenia(3), Slovakia(2), Czech Republic(1) and Hungary(1).

23 man squad:

GK: Oblak(SLO), Chech(CZE), Handanovic(SLO)
LB: Alaba(AUT), Kolasinac(BIH)
CB: Dragovic(AUT), Lovren(CRO), Skrtel(SVK), Corluka(CRO)
RB: Vrsaljko(CRO), Srna(CRO)
DM/CM: Modric(CRO), Rakitic(CRO), Kovacic(CRO), Brozovic(CRO)
AM: Pjanic(BIH), Hamsik(SVK)
LW: Perisic(CRO), Arnautovic(AUT)
RW: Ilicic(SLO), Dzsudzsak(HUN)
CF: Mandzukic(CRO), Dzeko(BIH)

Players selected by 'transfermarkt' market values in order to be objective.

in addition there could be players from Transylvania(Romania), South Tyrol(Italy), Triest(Italy) Galicia(southern Poland & western Ukraine), Vojvodina(Serbia) and Bay of Kotor(Montenegro)

You could also throw in players from Lombardy and Venetia (part of Austria 1815-60 and 1815-1866 respectively).

 

[ecemleafs]

Mandzukic
Perisic Pjanic Rakitic
Modric Matic
Vrsaljko Simunovic Savic Srna
Handanovic

 

[Eye of Ra]

----Mandzukic---

--Rakitic- -Sergej Milinković Savić--Rebic

--------Modric----Pjanic-------------

Kolasinac - Savic - Nastasic - Vida

---------Oblak----------

 

[Eye of Ra]

Czechslovakia.

Pavlenka
Kaderabek - Skriniar - Suchy - Pekarik
Selassie - Hamsik - Jankto - Darida - Lobotka
Schick

 

[QuietContrarian]

Team Scandinavia!

Zlatan
Eriksen - Gylfi
Ekdal - Eremenko - Bjarnason
Lustig - Granqvist - Lindelöf - Wendt
Schmeichel


Good team actually. Could reach Semifinal.

You can find better in Scandi, this team is affected by heavy Swedish bias.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Team Scandinavia!

Zlatan
Eriksen - Gylfi
Ekdal - Eremenko - Bjarnason
Lustig - Granqvist - Lindelöf - Wendt
Schmeichel


Good team actually. Could reach Semifinal.

Those are some bad picks, and Iceland is not part of Scandinavia.

 

[Havre]

Neither is Finland.

Scandinavia would be decent, but nothing special.