Yugoslavia

Prosinecki, Suker, Mijatovic & Co had been fearsome Euro 92 contenders, but civil war in the Balkans meant Yugoslavia were banned before they had the chance to prove it. Many thousands of lives were lost, along with a footballing dynasty

Cristiano Ronaldo and Jude Bellingham have already set European Championship all-time records this summer – could any more be broken at Euro 2020?

Euro 202 Knockout tussles at international tournaments are much more likely to enter into folklore, but the initial stage has still served up some crackers down the years...

Action Replay 1960s Yugoslav legend Stef Lamza had it all – including an unparalleled appetite for alcohol. But while fans adored him for it and his club tolerated it, it ultimately proved his undoing

FIFA World Cup Johan Cruyff, Ferenc Puskas, Paolo Maldini and a young Lionel Messi all feature on Gary Parkinson's list of the great teams that could've gone all the way to World Cup glory, yet failed to do so

Manchester United FourFourTwo tracked down Jovanovic to discover how he ended up making the journey from communist Yugoslavia to 1980s Manchester

FIFA World Cup They arrived at these major events with twinkles in their eyes and spring in their steps – but how did things turn out thereafter? Gary Parkinson traces the teens...

World Cup 1990 Despite a defence-dominated tournament, a 38-year-old dancing Cameroonian, blubbing British barnpot and bona fide home-nation hero still managed to set Italia 90 alight

On this day With Gerd Muller retired and 10 minutes to go, West Germany needed a goalscoring hero. What about the untried Muller on the bench?

On this day Gary Parkinson recalls a belting Balkan battle in Belgium