Montenegro national football team

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Montenegro
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Nickname(s) Hrabri Sokoli (The Brave Falcons)
Association Football Association of
Montenegro
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Flag of Montenegro Zoran Filipović
Captain Mirko Vučinić
Most caps Vladimir Božović (15)
Top scorer Mirko Vučinić (6)
Home stadium Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
FIFA code MNE
FIFA ranking 98
Highest FIFA ranking 98 (July 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking 199 (June 2007)
Elo ranking 51
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Home colours
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First international
Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 2 - 1 Hungary 
(Podgorica, Montenegro; 24 March 2007)
Biggest win
Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 3 - 0 Kazakhstan 
(Podgorica, Montenegro; 27 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Romania 4 - 0 Montenegro Flag of Montenegro
(Bucharest, Romania; 31 May 2008)

The Montenegro national football team represents Montenegro in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro.

Montenegro is one of the world's newest international sides, having come into existence following the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In that tournament, the newly independent states of Serbia and Montenegro competed as a united team and played their last group match on 21 June, failing to qualify for the following knockout stage.

The first official competition that the Montenegro national team will compete in is the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying; they had not registered membership with FIFA in time for the qualifying draw for Euro 2008 which took place in December 2005. They are competing in Group 8 along with Italy, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus and Georgia.

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[edit] Formation

Following the independence of Montenegro from Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia took Serbia and Montenegro's place in the Euro 2008 qualifying stage, but UEFA had stated that they would be willing to include Montenegro as a late entry, as long as FIFA had ratified a separate Montenegrin Football Association before September 2006, when the qualifying began. However, as of the competition beginning, this had not occurred.[1] In October 2006, Montenegro was granted provisional membership of UEFA, with a debate on full membership due at a full UEFA Congress in January 2007.[2] Montenegro's first FIFA ranking was joint 199th place - the last place on the list. This is because they had a score of 0 when the rankings were worked out.

[edit] First matches

On 26 January 2007, the Montenegro FA was granted full membership of UEFA,[3] and played its first friendly match against Hungary on 24 March 2007 at Stadion Pod Goricom in Podgorica, resulting in a 2-1 victory.[4][5] On 31 May 2007, Montenegro was admitted as FIFA's 208th member.[6]

Montenegro played at the 2007 Kirin Cup, but finished in last place behind Japan and Colombia, losing to both teams.

On 26 March 2008, Montenegro recorded one of its best played matches with a 3 - 1 win over Norway. At the same time, the nation recorded its highest scoring game.

[edit] Fans

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Since football is the most popular sport in Montenegro, matches of the national team always gather great number of fans. The most loyal ones occupy the northern stand and make great atmosphere. They support the Montenegrin team during the entire 90 minutes, no matter the result. Attendance isn't high due to small capacities of the Stadion pod Goricom (uncompleted, yet the biggest stadium in Montenegro having just 12000 seats).














[edit] Current squad

In international football, players are normally committed to play for a specific national team to the exclusion of all others 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 player will be eligible to play for Montenegro, even if he had previously represented Serbia and Montenegro or any other country, if at least one of the following statements about him is true:[7]

  • He was born in Montenegro.
  • At least one of his parents and/or at least one of his grandparents was born in Montenegro.
  • He has lived in Montenegro continuously for any two-year period.

Due to mixed ancestries, etc. it is probable that a large percentage of the players 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, they are no longer eligible to play for the other one.

Squad called up for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Cyprus on June 6, 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Vukašin Poleksić 30 August 1982 (1982-08-30) (age 26) 15 0 Flag of Hungary Debrecen
GK Mladen Božović 1 August 1984 (1984-08-01) (age 24) 4 0 Flag of Serbia Partizan
DF Miodrag Džudović 6 September 1979 (1979-09-06) (age 29) 2 1 Flag of Russia Spartak Nalchik
DF Marko Baša 29 December 1982 (1982-12-29) (age 26) 2 0 Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
DF Radoslav Batak 15 August 1977 (1977-08-15) (age 31) 13 0 Flag of Turkey Ankaraspor
DF Jovan Tanasijević 20 January 1978 (1978-01-20) (age 31) 13 0 Flag of Russia Dynamo Moscow
DF Luka Pejović 31 July 1985 (1985-07-31) (age 23) 10 0 Flag of Montenegro Mogren
- DF Savo Pavićević 11 December 1980 (1980-12-11) (age 28) 14 0 Flag of Germany Energie Cottbus
- DF Ivan Fatić 2 August 1988 (1988-08-02) (age 20) 1 0 Flag of Italy Salernitana
MF Ivan Delić 15 February 1986 (1986-02-15) (age 23) 1 0 Flag of Montenegro Budućnost
MF Mitar Novaković 27 September 1981 (1981-09-27) (age 27) 7 0 Flag of Russia Amkar Perm
MF Nikola Vujović 23 June 1981 (1981-06-23) (age 28) 6 0 Flag of Serbia Partizan
MF Nikola Drinčić 7 September 1984 (1984-09-07) (age 24) 12 1 Flag of Russia Amkar Perm
17 MF Elsad Zverotić 31 October 1986 (1986-10-31) (age 22) 9 0 Flag of Switzerland Luzern
MF Mladen Kašćelan 13 February 1983 (1983-02-13) (age 26) 5 0 Flag of Poland ŁKS Łódź
MF Vladimir Vujović 23 July 1982 (1982-07-23) (age 26) 3 0 Flag of Montenegro Mogren
FW Radomir Đalović 29 November 1982 (1982-11-29) (age 26) 9 3 Flag of Romania Rapid Bucharest
FW Mirko Vučinić Captain (football) 1 October 1983 (1983-10-01) (age 25) 12 6 Flag of Italy Roma
FW Dejan Damjanović 27 July 1981 (1981-07-27) (age 27) 2 2 Flag of South Korea Seoul
FW Goran Vujović 3 May 1987 (1987-05-03) (age 22) 2 0 Flag of Hungary Fehérvár

[edit] Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Srđan Blažić 26 November 1982 (1982-11-26) (age 26) 0 0 Flag of Greece Levadiakos (v.  Slovenia)
GK Darko Božović 9 August 1978 (1978-08-09) (age 30) 2 0 Flag of Serbia Partizan (v.  Norway)
GK Ivan Janjušević 5 November 1986 (1986-11-05) (age 22) 1 0 Flag of Montenegro Mogren (v.  Romania)
- DF Dejan Ognjanović 21 June 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 31) 4 0 Flag of Poland ŁKS Łódź
DF Vlado Jeknić 14 August 1983 (1983-08-14) (age 25) 6 0 Flag of Germany Wehen Wiesbaden (v.  Italy)
DF Milan Jovanović 21 July 1983 (1983-07-21) (age 25) 11 0 Flag of Russia Spartak Nalchik (v.  FYR Macedonia)
DF Risto Lakić 7 March 1983 (1983-03-07) (age 26) 7 0 Flag of Serbia Vojvodina (v.  Norway)
DF Aleksandar Mikijelj 5 February 1979 (1979-02-05) (age 30) 0 0 Flag of Montenegro OFK Petrovac (v.  Hungary)
DF Janko Simović 2 April 1987 (1987-04-02) (age 22) 1 0 Flag of Montenegro Mogren (v.  FYR Macedonia)
DF Nikola Vukčević 22 February 1984 (1984-02-22) (age 25) 0 0 Flag of Montenegro Budućnost (v.  Norway)
4 MF Vladimir Božović 13 November 1981 (1981-11-13) (age 27) 15 0 Flag of Romania Rapid Bucharest
11 MF Branko Bošković 21 June 1980 (1980-06-21) (age 29) 12 1 Flag of Austria Rapid Wien
15 MF Milorad Peković 5 August 1977 (1977-08-05) (age 31) 9 0 Flag of Germany Mainz 05
- MF Simon Vukčević 29 January 1986 (1986-01-29) (age 23) 11 1 Flag of Portugal Sporting CP
MF Igor Burzanović 25 August 1985 (1985-08-25) (age 23) 8 2 Flag of Montenegro Buducnost Podgorica (v.  Italy)
MF Đorđije Ćetković 1 March 1983 (1983-03-01) (age 26) 3 0 Flag of Germany Hansa Rostock (v.  FYR Macedonia)
MF Rade Petrović 21 September 1982 (1982-09-21) (age 26) 1 0 Flag of Serbia Borac Čačak (2007 Kirin Cup)
MF Mirko Raičević 22 March 1982 (1982-03-22) (age 27) 3 0 Flag of Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (2007 Kirin Cup)
MF Janko Tumbasević 14 January 1985 (1985-01-14) (age 24) 4 0 Flag of Serbia Vojvodina (v.  Estonia)
MF Neđeljko Vlahović 15 January 1984 (1984-01-15) (age 25) 1 0 Flag of Montenegro Kom (v.  Estonia)
FW Stevan Jovetić 2 November 1989 (1989-11-02) (age 19) 9 4 Flag of Italy Fiorentina
FW Fatos Bećiraj 4 December 1988 (1988-12-04) (age 20) 2 0 Flag of Montenegro Budućnost
FW Dragan Bogavac 7 April 1980 (1980-04-07) (age 29) 6 0 Flag of Germany Mainz 05 (v.  Italy)
FW Nikola Nikezić 13 June 1981 (1981-06-13) (age 28) 1 0 Flag of France Le Havre (v.  Estonia)
FW Milan Purović 5 July 1985 (1985-07-05) (age 24) 7 0 Flag of Turkey Kayserispor (v.  Romania)
FW Srđan Radonjić 8 May 1981 (1981-05-08) (age 28) 3 0 Flag of Austria Rheindorf Altach (v.  Slovenia)

[edit] Current coaching staff

[edit] Player records

Player/coach records are accurate as of April 1, 2009.

[edit] Most capped Montenegro players

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Vladimir Božović [8] 2007 - Present 15 0
2 Vukašin Poleksić [8] 2007 - Present 14 0
3 Savo Pavićević [8] 2007 - Present 13 0
4 Branko Bošković [8] 2007 - Present 12 1
= Radoslav Batak [8] 2007 - Present 12 0
= Jovan Tanasijević [8] 2007 - Present 12 0
7 Mirko Vučinić [8] 2007 - Present 11 6
= Nikola Drinčić [8] 2007 - Present 11 1
= Simon Vukčević [8] 2007 - Present 11 1
= Milan Jovanović [8] 2007 - Present 11 0

[edit] Top Montenegro goalscorers

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Goals/Cap
1 Mirko Vučinić [8] 2007 - Present 6 (11) 0.55
2 Stevan Jovetić [8] 2007 - Present 4 (9) 0.44
3 Radomir Đalović [8] 2007 - Present 3 (9) 0.33
4 Dejan Damjanović [8] 2008 - Present 2 (2) 1
5 Igor Burzanović [8] 2007 - Present 2 (8) 0.25
6 Miodrag Džudović [8] 2007 - Present 1 (1) 1
7 Nikola Drinčić [8] 2007 - Present 1 (11) 0.09
= Simon Vukčević [8] 2007 - Present 1 (11) 0.09
9 Branko Bošković [8] 2007 - Present 1 (12) 0.08

[edit] Montenegro captains

# Player Montenegro career Captain (Total Caps)
1 Mirko Vučinić (Present Captain) 2007 - present 11 (11)

[edit] Montenegro managers

Manager Montenegro career Played Won Drawn Lost GF[9] GA[10] Win %
Zoran Filipović 2007 16 5 5 6 19 22 31.25%

[edit] Montenegro statistic

Played Won Drawn Lost GF[11] GA[12]
16 5 5 6 19 22

[edit] Competition history

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] European Championship record

[edit] Minor Tournaments

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Flag of Japan 2007 Kirin Cup Group Stage 3rd 2 0 0 2 0 3


[edit] Results and fixtures

Main article: List of official matches of the Montenegro national football team

[edit] 2007

# Date City Opponent Results¹ Scorers Attendance Type of game
1 24 March Podgorica Flag of Hungary Hungary 2:1 (0:1) Priskin (1.), Vučinić (63. Pen.), Burzanović (81. Pen.) 12,000 Friendly
2 1 June Shizuoka, Japan Flag of Japan Japan 0:2 (0:2) Nakazawa (23.), Takahara (38.) 28,635 Kirin Cup
3 3 June Saitama, Japan Flag of Colombia Colombia 0:1 (0:1) Falcão (33.) 10,070 Kirin Cup
4 22 August Podgorica Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 1:1 (1:1) Vučinić (28. Pen.), Vršič (42.) 8,000 Friendly
5 12 September Podgorica Flag of Sweden Sweden 1:2 (1:0) Vučinić (16.), Rosenberg (71.), Prica (75.) 6,000 Friendly
6 17 October Tallinn, Estonia Flag of Estonia Estonia 1:0 (1:0) Vučinić (41.) 2,000 Friendly

¹ Results from Montenegrin view

[edit] 2008

# Date City Opponent Results¹ Scorers Attendance Type of game
7 26 March Podgorica Flag of Norway Norway 3:1 (2:0) Burzanović (7.), Bošković (37.), Đalović (60.), Carew (72.) 10,500 Friendly
8 27 May Podgorica Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 3:0 (3:0) Đalović (15.), Drinčić (21.), Đalović (45.) 9,000 Friendly
9 31 May Bucharest Flag of Romania Romania 0:4 (0:1) Mutu (15.), Ghionea (49.), Dică (55.), Dică (69.) 7,000 Friendly
10 20 August Budapest Flag of Hungary Hungary 3:3 (1:1) Priskin (29.), Jovetić (45. Pen.), Vukčević (51.), Hajnal (55.), Jovetić (68.), Hajnal (88. Pen.) 4,913 Friendly
11 6 September Podgorica Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 2:2 (0:1) Petrov (11.), Vučinić (62.), Jovetić (82. Pen.), Georgiev (90+2.) 9,000 WC quali.
12 10 September Podgorica Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland 0:0 (0:0) 12,000 WC quali.
13 15 October Lecce Flag of Italy Italy 1:2 (1:2) Aquilani (8.), Vučinić (19.), Aquilani (29.) 20,162 WC quali.
14 19 November Podgorica Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 2:1 (2:0) Džudović (24.), Jovetić (33. Pen.), Popov (85.) Friendly

¹ Results from Montenegrin view

[edit] 2009

# Date City Opponent Results¹ Scorers Attendance Type of game
15 28 March Podgorica Flag of Italy Italy 0:2 (0:1) Pirlo (11.), Pazzini (73.) 10,500 WC quali.
16 1 April Tbilisi Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia 0:0 (0:0) 16,000 WC quali.
6 June Nicosia Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 2:2 (0:2) Makrides (14.), Michael (45. Pen.), Damjanović (65.), Damjanović (79.) 4,500 WC quali.
12 August Podgorica Flag of Wales Wales -:- (-:-) Friendly
5 September Sofia Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria -:- (-:-) WC quali.
9 September Podgorica Flag of Cyprus Cyprus -:- (-:-) WC quali.
10 October Podgorica Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia -:- (-:-) WC quali.
14 October Dublin Flag of Ireland Republic of Ireland -:- (-:-) WC quali.

¹ Results from Montenegrin view

[edit] World Cup qualification 2010

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 8


Team
v • d • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 14
 Republic of Ireland 7 3 4 0 8 5 +3 13
 Bulgaria 6 1 5 0 6 4 +2 8
 Cyprus 6 1 2 3 6 9 −3 5
 Montenegro 6 0 4 2 5 8 −3 4
 Georgia 7 0 3 4 4 9 −5 3
  Flag of Bulgaria Flag of Cyprus Flag of Georgia (country) Flag of Italy Flag of Montenegro Flag of Ireland
Bulgaria  – 2 – 0 14 Oct 0 – 0 5 Sep 1 – 1
Cyprus  10 Oct – 2 – 1 1 – 2 2 – 2 5 Sep
Georgia  0 – 0 1 – 1 – 5 Sep 0 – 0 1 – 2
Italy  9 Sep 14 Oct 2 – 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 1
Montenegro  2 – 2 9 Sep 10 Oct 0 – 2 – 0 – 0
Republic of Ireland  1 – 1 1 – 0 2 – 1 10 Oct 14 Oct –


2008-09-06
20:00 UTC+2
 Montenegro  2 – 2  Bulgaria Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
Vučinić Goal 61'
Jovetić Goal 82' (pen.)		 Report S. Petrov Goal 11'
Georgiev Goal 90+2'
2008-09-10
19:00 UTC+2
 Montenegro  0 – 0  Republic of Ireland Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Report
2008-10-15
20:50 UTC+2
 Italy  2 – 1  Montenegro Via del Mare, Lecce
Attendance: 20,162
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Aquilani Goal 8' Goal 29' Report Vučinić Goal 19'
2009-03-28
20:45 UTC+1
 Montenegro  0 – 2  Italy Pod Goricom, Podgorica
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Report Pirlo Goal 11' (pen.)
Pazzini Goal 73'
2009-04-01
21:00 UTC+4
 Georgia  0 – 0  Montenegro Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: David Malcolm (Northern Ireland)
Report
2009-06-06
20:30 UTC+3
 Cyprus  2 – 2  Montenegro Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Konstantinou Goal 13'
Michael Goal 45' (pen.)		 Report Damjanović Goal 65' Goal 77'
2009-09-05
 Bulgaria  v  Montenegro Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
2009-09-09
 Montenegro  v  Cyprus Pod Goricom, Podgorica
2009-10-10
 Montenegro  v  Georgia Pod Goricom, Podgorica
2009-10-14
 Republic of Ireland  v  Montenegro

[edit] Montenegro versus other countries

Against Wins Draws Losses Total
 Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
 Colombia 0 0 1 1
 Cyprus 0 1 0 1
 Estonia 1 0 0 1
 Georgia 0 1 0 1
 Hungary 1 1 0 2
 Republic of Ireland 0 1 0 1
 Italy 0 0 2 2
 Japan 0 0 1 1
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
 FYR Macedonia 1 0 0 1
 Norway 1 0 0 1
 Romania 0 0 1 1
 Slovenia 0 1 0 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Serbia to take spot in Euro 2008". BBC Sport. 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/5009872.stm. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. 
  2. ^ Mark Chaplin (2006). "No decision yet on Gibraltar". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind=64/newsId=464331.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. 
  3. ^ Simon Hart (2007). "UEFA to consider 24-team EURO". UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=500487.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. 
  4. ^ "Soccer-Montenegro beat Hungary 2-1 in international debut". Reuters.co.uk. 2007. http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKL2427909120070324. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. 
  5. ^ "Montenegro take a bow with victory". UEFA.com. 2007. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=519773.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. 
  6. ^ "Blatter's third term confirmed". FIFA.com. 2007. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/media/newsid=529926.html#blatters+third+term+confirmed. Retrieved on 2007-10-17. 
  7. ^ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/status%5ftransfer%5fen%5f25.pdf
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Still available for selection
  9. ^ Goals for / scored
  10. ^ Goals against / conceded
  11. ^ Goals for / scored
  12. ^ Goals against / conceded

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