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			History of the Yugoslav football March 25, 2000 Milutin Soskic, Yugoslavia's goal-keeper in France 1960 Runners-up of Europe for two times Two times Yugoslav national football team was a step away from winning a European champion title. On the first Cup of Nations (former name of European Championship) in Paris 1960, Yugoslavia, under dramatic circumstances, reached final after defeating France 5-4, although after 63 minutes hosts had a 4-2 lead. Soviet Union was the better opponent in the final match and defeated Yugoslavia 2-1 after overtime. A 86th-minute goal by Dragan Dzajic in the semi-finals match against England, winner of World Cup 1966, gave Yugoslavia spot in the Cup of Nations final, in Italy, eight years later. Yugoslavia opened the scoring in the final match against Italy and had good opportunities to win, but opponents produced a comeback and equalised to 1-1. In the new game Italy won 2-0, Yugoslavia failed again to become European champion.
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