Montenegro national football team

History

Formation

Following the independence of Montenegro from Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia was set to represent both Serbia and Montenegro in the Euro 2008 qualifying stage. However, UEFA would include Montenegro as a late entry if FIFA ratified a separate Montenegrin Football Association before September 2006. Moreover, this did not occur before the competition began.

In October 2006, Montenegro was granted provisional membership of UEFA, with a debate regarding full membership scheduled at a full UEFA Congress in January 2007. Montenegro's first FIFA World Ranking was joint 199th place, the last place on the list by default.

First matches

On 26 January 2007, the Montenegro FA was granted full membership of UEFA. The team played its first FIFA-recognized friendly match against Hungary on 24 March 2007 at Stadion Pod Goricom in Podgorica. Montenegro won 2–1 in front of 12,000 spectators. Striker Mirko Vučinić scored the country's first goal in the 62nd minute. On 31 May 2007, Montenegro was admitted as FIFA's 208th member.

'Golden' era

On 11 September 2012, Montenegro played against San Marino in Seravalle. In a one-sided match, Montenegro won 6–0, the biggest win in the team's history. Montenegro then beat Ukraine 1–0 in Kyiv, with the only goal scored by Dejan Damjanović.

Ups and downs

On 23 February 2014 in Nice, Montenegro were drawn for qualification in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G alongside Russia, Sweden, Austria, Moldova and Liechtenstein. Although Montenegro, opened their campaign with a 2–0 victory against Moldova, they failed to qualify with goalless draw against Liechtenstein, a 1–0 loss against Austria and a 1–1 home draw against Sweden. On 27 March 2015, Montenegro's home match against Russia was abandoned after 67 minutes due to crowd violence, after the Russian left-back Dmitri Kombarov was hit by a projectile. The score was goalless and Russia had missed a penalty moments before the match was abandoned. The Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was hit by a flare, causing a second 33-minute delay. The abandoned match was ruled a 3–0 victory in Russia's favour. Montenegro finished fourth at the end of the campaign and placed 95th on the FIFA ranking list.

Stadium and facilities

Main article: Podgorica City Stadium

Montenegro play their home matches at the Podgorica City Stadium (). The stadium's capacity is 15,230, but international matches reduce this to between 10,700 and 13,000.

Camp FSCG

Main article: Camp FSCG

The Football Association of Montenegro owns Camp FSCG, a Montenegrin training ground. Built in 2007, the centre has a total area of 54,000 square metres. It is located on Ćemovsko polje, a plain located in the outskirts of Podgorica outskirts between the settlements of Stari Aerodrom and Konik. It consists of six pitches with stands and floodlights, and House of Football – the seat of the Football Association of Montenegro.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Montenegro national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2025

• Jovetić
• Tući
• Marušić
• Bent
• Kuč
• Hložek
• Schick
• Adžić
• Bulatović
• Spertsyan
• Červ
• Černý
• Jakić
• Kramarić
• Kuč
• Perišić
• Sørensen
• Roganović
• Frederiksberg
• Osmajić
• Đukanović
• Sele
• Jessop
• Adžić
• Krstović
• Osmajić
• Krstović
• Perišić
• Jakić
• Vlašić

2026

Coaching history

Players

In international football, footballers can normally only play for one national team once they play in all or part of any match recognised as a full international by FIFA. However, an exception is made in cases where one or more newly-independent states are created out of a former state. Based on current FIFA rules, a footballer will be eligible to play for Montenegro, even if they had previously represented Serbia and Montenegro or any other country and at least one of the following statements applies:

• The footballer was born in Montenegro;
• At least one of their parents and/or at least one of their grandparents was born in Montenegro;
• The player has lived in Montenegro continuously for any five-year period.

Due to mixed ancestries, it is likely that a high percentage of the footballers eligible to play for Montenegro will also remain eligible to play for Serbia, and vice versa. However, once they have played for either Serbia or Montenegro in any competitive fixture, they are no longer eligible to play for any other nation.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Gibraltar and against Croatia on 14 and 17 November 2025; respectively.

Caps and goals as of 17 November 2025, after the match against Croatia.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up in the last twelve months. ;Notes

• WD = Player withdrew from the current squad due to non-injury issue.
• INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury. PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.
• RET = Retired from the national team.
• SUS = Serving suspension. --

Player records

Main article: Montenegro national football team records and statistics

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Top goalscorers

Competitive record

Updated: November 19 2025

FIFA World Cup

UEFA European Championship

UEFA Nations League

Head-to-head record

Below is a summary of Montenegrin national team results against every opponent country.

FIFA rankings

Main article: Montenegro national football team records and statistics

Notes

References

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