Serbian football clubs have participated in European football competitions since its formation, in 1955. It was a game including a Serbian club that marked the kick-off of UEFA European club competitions. It was played on 4 September 1955, in Estádio Nacional in Lisbon, between Portuguese champions Sporting CP, and Yugoslav champions, Partizan (a 3âÂÂ3 draw, later Partizan won 5âÂÂ2 in Belgrade). Serbian clubs were by a large margin the most representative among all republics of former Yugoslavia. During Yugoslav periods, Serbian clubs played 3 finals, with the highlight happening in 1991 when Red Star Belgrade became European and world champions.
Serbia is considered by FIFA and UEFA to be the only official successor of both the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro national teams, Before 1992, Serbia was a part of Yugoslavia and between 1992 and 2006, Serbia was part of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
All statistics and records are accurate as of 17 August 2020.
For the 2023âÂÂ24 UEFA competitions, the associations will be allocated places according to their 2022 UEFA country coefficients, which will take into account their performance in European competitions from 2017âÂÂ18 to 2021âÂÂ22. In the 2022 rankings used to allocate berths for the 2023âÂÂ24 European competitions, Serbia's coefficient points total will be 33.375. After earning a score of 9.500 during the 2020âÂÂ21 European campaign, Serbia moved up to the 11th best association in Europe out of 54 for this season.
<sup>1</sup> UEFA expelled Partizan from the 2007âÂÂ08 UEFA Cup due to crowd trouble at their away tie in Mostar, which forced the match to be interrupted for 10 minutes. UEFA adjudged travelling Partizan fans to have been the culprits of the trouble, but Partizan were allowed to play the return leg while the appeal was being processed. However, Partizan's appeal was rejected so Zrinjski Mostar qualified.
<sup>1</sup> Belgrade XI progressed to the Quarter finals after beating Leipzig XI 2âÂÂ0 on a play-off match.
<sup>2</sup> Red Star Belgrade progressed to the Quarter finals after winning a play-off match 1âÂÂ0.
<sup>3</sup> Juventus won 1âÂÂ0 in a play-off to advance to the second round.
<sup>4</sup> Lokomotiv Plovdiv won 2âÂÂ0 in a play-off to advance to the second round.