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Team's jersey is currently sponsored by Italian company [[Legea]]. It is red and gold like the Montenegrin flags color.
The team's jersey is currently sponsored by Italian company [[Legea]]. It is red and gold reflecting the color of the Montenegrin flag.


===Supporters===
===Supporters===

Revision as of 15:26, 18 August 2010

Montenegro
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Hrabri Sokolovi
("The Brave Falcons")
AssociationFootball Association of
Montenegro
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachCroatia Zlatko Kranjčar
CaptainMirko Vučinić
Most capsVukašin Poleksić (21)
Top scorerMirko Vučinić (9)
Home stadiumPodgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
FIFA codeMNE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current72
Highest64 (May 2010)
Lowest199 (June 2007)
First international
Montenegro Montenegro 2–1 Hungary 
(Podgorica, Montenegro; 24 March 2007)
Biggest win
Montenegro Montenegro 3–0 Kazakhstan 
(Podgorica, Montenegro; 27 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Romania 4–0 Montenegro 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 the world's newest international side, 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 competed in was the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying; they had not registered membership with FIFA in time for the qualifying draw for UEFA Euro 2008, which took place in December 2005. They competed in Group 8, along with Italy, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus and Georgia. They failed to qualify for the World Cup.

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.

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]

The coach who made history by becoming Montenegro's first coach was Serbian Montenegro-born Zoran Filipović. Hailed by both players and press, his record rather positive - 23 matches played, 8 victories, 8 draws and 7 defeats.Zoran Filipović left the Balkan newcomers in January 2010 when his contract expired in 73rd position in the FIFA rankings, having started from the last position with no points.

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.

First competitive competition

On September 6, 2008, Montenegro played its first ever World Cup qualifier. It was at the Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica. Bulgaria took a early lead in the 11th minute as expected with a goal from Stiliyan Petrov. Mirko Vucinic scored in the 61st minute to make the game 1-1. Stevan Jovetić took a penalty and made it 2-1 in the 82nd minute. As Montenegrin fans were about to celebrate a historical first competitive win, a last-minute equalizer from Blagoy Georgiev ruined celebrations. In their next match on September 10, 2008, they held Ireland at a 0-0 tie. Another notable result. Another shocking result came, a narrow 2-1 loss against Italy. Despite Alberto Aquilani's early scorer, Vucinic quickly equalized 11 minutes later. Aquilani would later score 10 minutes later. However, their second match against Italy in the 2-game series ended 2-0 in favor of Italy. And another disappointment came when the team could only tie 0-0 against Georgia. They tied 2-2 against Cyprus making a comeback after being 2 goals down. On September 5 was a shock. They took a early lead against Bulgaria in Sofia after Jovetic scored to make it 1-0. But Bulgaria would make a comeback, scoring 4 goals to win 4-1. Montenegro, now eliminated, tied their next game with Cyprus, who were also eliminated 1-1. Montenegro would finally register their first competitive win against Georgia, winning 2-1. They would shock the whole world by holding Ireland to a 0-0 draw at Croke Park. They would finish 5th in the group with 9 points, just below Cyprus due to GD. Though the World Cup qualification looks like a disappointment, it was better than expected by Montenegrin standards. The next month later, they reached one of their highest positions in the FIFA rankings, in 73rd place.

Team Image

Montenegrin supporters

Name

Under the official FIFA Trigramme the team’s name is abbreviated as MNE; which is also the countries code. Team's nickname is "The Brave Falcons" (Montenegrin: Hrabri Sokolovi).

Training

Montenegrin national team trains at Football Association of Montenegro Training Camp located in capital city's Podgorica neighborhood Stari Aerodrom.

Jersey

The team's jersey is currently sponsored by Italian company Legea. It is red and gold reflecting the color of the Montenegrin flag.

Supporters

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 in any competitive fixture, they are no longer eligible to play for any other nation.

Caps and goals are correct as of 3 March 2010.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
- 1GK Mladen Božović (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 40) 7 0 Hungary Videoton
- 1GK Vukašin Poleksić (1982-08-30) 30 August 1982 (age 41) 21 0 Hungary Debrecen
- 2DF Marko Baša (1982-12-29) 29 December 1982 (age 41) 7 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
- 2DF Radoslav Batak (1977-08-15) 15 August 1977 (age 46) 17 1 Montenegro Mogren
- 2DF Miodrag Džudović (1979-09-06) 6 September 1979 (age 44) 6 1 Russia Spartak Nalchik
- 2DF Milan Jovanović (1983-07-21) 21 July 1983 (age 41) 16 0 Russia Spartak Nalchik
- 2DF Slobodan Lakićević (1988-01-12) 12 January 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Montenegro Budućnost
- 2DF Dejan Ognjanović (1978-06-21) 21 June 1978 (age 46) 5 0 Serbia Smederevo
- 2DF Savo Pavićević (1980-12-11) 11 December 1980 (age 43) 18 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
- 2DF Luka Pejović (1985-07-31) 31 July 1985 (age 39) 17 0 Montenegro Mogren
- 2DF Elsad Zverotić (1986-10-31) 31 October 1986 (age 37) 14 0 Switzerland Luzern
- 3MF Branko Bošković (1980-06-21) 21 June 1980 (age 44) 18 1 United States D.C. United
- 3MF Vladimir Božović (1981-11-13) 13 November 1981 (age 42) 17 0 Romania Rapid Bucureşti
- 3MF Nikola Drinčić (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 39) 18 1 Russia Spartak Moscow
- 3MF Mitar Novaković (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 42) 10 0 Russia Amkar Perm
- 3MF Milorad Peković (1977-08-05) 5 August 1977 (age 47) 15 0 Germany SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- 3MF Simon Vukčević (1986-01-29) 29 January 1986 (age 38) 18 1 Portugal Sporting
- 4FW Radomir Đalović (1982-11-29) 29 November 1982 (age 41) 12 4 Croatia Rijeka
- 4FW Dejan Damjanović (1981-07-27) 27 July 1981 (age 43) 7 2 South Korea Seoul
- 4FW Stevan Jovetić (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 34) 13 6 Italy Fiorentina
- 4FW Mirko Vučinić Captain (football) (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 40) 16 9 Italy Roma

Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Srđan Blažić (v.  Belarus) (1982-11-26) 26 November 1982 (age 41) 1 0 Belgium Standard Liège
1GK Darko Božović (v.  Norway) (1978-08-09) 9 August 1978 (age 46) 2 0 Serbia Partizan
1GK Ivan Janjušević (v.  Romania) (1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 (age 37) 1 0 Montenegro Mogren
2DF Draško Božović (v.  Wales) (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Montenegro Mogren
2DF Ivan Fatić (v.  Belarus) (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 (age 36) 4 0 Italy Genoa
2DF Vlado Jeknić (v.  Italy) (1983-08-14) 14 August 1983 (age 40) 5 0 China Beijing Baxy
2DF Risto Lakić (v.  Norway) (1983-03-07) 7 March 1983 (age 41) 7 0 Serbia Vojvodina
2DF Aleksandar Mikijelj (v.  Hungary) (1979-02-05) 5 February 1979 (age 45) 0 0 Montenegro OFK Petrovac
2DF Janko Simović (v.  Cyprus) (1987-04-02) 2 April 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Montenegro Mogren
2DF Jovan Tanasijević (v.  Cyprus) (1978-01-20) 20 January 1978 (age 46) 13 0 Russia Salyut Belgorod
2DF Nikola Vukčević (v.  Belarus) (1984-02-22) 22 February 1984 (age 40) 1 0 Montenegro Budućnost
3MF Igor Burzanović (v.  Italy) (1985-08-25) 25 August 1985 (age 38) 8 2 Japan Nagoya Grampus
3MF Đorđije Ćetković (v.  Macedonia) (1983-03-01) 1 March 1983 (age 41) 3 0 Hungary Győri ETO
3MF Nemanja Nikolić (v.  Belarus) (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 36) 1 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
3MF Rade Petrović (2007 Kirin Cup) (1982-09-21) 21 September 1982 (age 41) 1 0 Montenegro Grbalj
3MF Mirko Raičević (2007 Kirin Cup) (1982-03-22) 22 March 1982 (age 42) 3 0 Ukraine Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
3MF Janko Tumbasević (v.  Estonia) (1985-01-14) 14 January 1985 (age 39) 4 0 Serbia Vojvodina
3MF Neđeljko Vlahović (v.  Estonia) (1984-01-15) 15 January 1984 (age 40) 1 0 Montenegro Rudar
3MF Nikola Vujović (v.  Cyprus) (1981-06-23) 23 June 1981 (age 43) 6 0 Serbia Partizan
3MF Vladimir Vujović (v.  Cyprus) (1982-07-23) 23 July 1982 (age 42) 3 0 Montenegro Mogren
4FW Fatos Bećiraj (v.  Wales) (1988-05-05) 5 May 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Montenegro Budućnost
4FW Dragan Bogavac (v.  Italy) (1980-04-07) 7 April 1980 (age 44) 7 0 Germany Mainz
4FW Vladimir Gluščević (v.  Belarus) (1979-10-21) 21 October 1979 (age 44) 1 0 Montenegro Mogren
4FW Andrija Delibašić (v.  Hungary) (1981-04-24) 24 April 1981 (age 43) 3 1 Spain Hercules
4FW Nikola Nikezić (v.  Estonia) (1981-06-13) 13 June 1981 (age 43) 1 0 Russia Kuban Krasnodar
4FW Milan Purović (v.  Romania) (1985-07-05) 5 July 1985 (age 39) 7 0 Portugal Sporting
4FW Srđan Radonjić (v.  Slovenia) (1981-05-08) 8 May 1981 (age 43) 3 0 Russia Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
4FW Goran Vujović (v.  Cyprus) (1987-05-03) 3 May 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Hungary Fehérvár
4FW Ivan Vuković (v.  Belarus) (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 36) 1 0 Montenegro Budućnost

Current coaching staff

Player records

Player/coach records are accurate as of 19 November 2009.

Most capped Montenegro players

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Vukašin Poleksić [8] 2007– 21 0
2 Branko Bošković [8] 2007– 18 1
= Nikola Drinčić [8] 2007– 18 1
= Simon Vukčević [8] 2007– 18 1
= Savo Pavićević [8] 2007– 18 0
6 Radoslav Batak [8] 2007– 17 1
= Vladimir Božović [8] 2007– 17 0
= Luka Pejović [8] 2007– 17 0
9 Mirko Vučinić [8] 2007– 16 8
= Milan Jovanovic[8] 2010– 14 6

Top Montenegro goalscorers

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Goals/Cap
1 Mirko Vučinić [8] 2007– 9 (18) 0.5
2 Stevan Jovetić [8] 2007– 6 (13) 0.46
3 Radomir Đalović [8] 2007– 4 (12) 0.33
4 Dejan Damjanović [8] 2008– 2 (7) 0.29
= Igor Burzanović [8] 2007– 2 (8) 0.25
6 Andrija Delibašić [8] 2009– 1 (3) 0.33
= Miodrag Džudović [8] 2008– 1 (6) 0.17
= Marko Baša [8] 2009– 1 (7) 0.14
= Radoslav Batak [8] 2007– 1 (17) 0.06
= Simon Vukčević [8] 2007– 1 (18) 0.06
= Branko Bošković [8] 2007– 1 (18) 0.06
= Nikola Drinčić [8] 2007– 1 (18) 0.06

Montenegro captains

# Player Montenegro career Captain (Total Caps)
1 Mirko Vučinić (present captain) 2007– 13 (16)

Montenegro managers

Manager Montenegro career Played Won Drawn Lost GF[9] GA[10] Win %
Zlatko Kranjčar 2010- 4 1 0 3 4 5 25%
Zoran Filipović 2007–2010 23 8 8 7 28 31 34.78%

Competition statistics

Played Won Drawn Lost GF[9] GA[10]
24 8 8 8 29 33

Competition history

World Cup record

European Championship record

Minor tournaments

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


Recent results and fixtures

Main article: List of official matches of the Montenegro national football team
# Date City Opponent Results¹ Scorers Attendance Type of game
15 28 March 2009 Podgorica Italy Italy 0–2 (0–1) Pirlo 11', Pazzini 73' 12,500 WC quali.
16 1 April 2009 Tbilisi Georgia (country) Georgia 0–0 (0–0) - 16,000 WC quali.
17 6 June 2009 Nicosia Cyprus Cyprus 2–2 (0–2) Makrides 14', Michael 45' (pen.), Damjanović 65', Damjanović 79' 4,500 WC quali.
18 12 August 2009 Podgorica Wales Wales 2–1 (2–0) Jovetić 28' (pen), Đalović 45', Vokes 52' 5,000 Friendly
19 5 September 2009 Sofia Bulgaria Bulgaria 1–4 (1–1) Jovetić 8', Kishishev 45+2', Telkiyski 48', Berbatov 85' (pen.), Domovchiyski 90+1' 9,000 WC quali.
20 9 September 2009 Podgorica Cyprus Cyprus 1–1 (0–0) Vučinić 56' (pen.), Okkas 63' 6,000 WC quali.
21 10 October 2009 Podgorica Georgia (country) Georgia 2–1 (1–1) Batak 13', Dvalishvili 45', Delibašić 78' 7,000 WC quali.
22 14 October 2009 Dublin Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 0–0 (0–0) - 60,000 WC quali.
23 18 November 2009 Podgorica Belarus Belarus 1–0 (0–0) Vučinić 80' 5,000 Friendly
24 3 March 2010 Skopje  Macedonia 1–2 (0–2) Naumoski 27', Pandev 30', Baša 62' Friendly
25 25 May 2010 Podgorica  Albania 0–1 Hamdi Salihi 79' Friendly
26 29 May 2010 Oslo  Norway 1–2 Friendly
27 11 August 2010 Podgorica  Northern Ireland 2-0 5,000 Friendly

¹ Results from Montenegrin view

World Cup qualification 2010

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

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Montenegro versus other countries

Against Wins Draws Losses Goal difference Total
 Belarus 1 0 0 1:0 1
 Bulgaria 0 1 1 3:6 2
 Colombia 0 0 1 0:1 1
 Cyprus 0 2 0 3:3 2
 Estonia 1 0 0 1:0 1
 Georgia 1 1 0 2:1 2
 Hungary 1 1 0 5:4 2
 Republic of Ireland 0 2 0 0:0 2
 Italy 0 0 2 1:4 2
 Japan 0 0 1 0:2 1
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 3:0 1
 North Macedonia 1 0 1 3:3 2
 Norway 1 0 1 4:3 2
 Romania 0 0 1 0:4 1
 Slovenia 0 1 0 1:1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1:2 1
 Wales 1 0 0 2:1 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Serbia to take spot in Euro 2008". BBC Sport. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-11.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ Mark Chaplin (2006). "No decision yet on Gibraltar". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  3. ^ Simon Hart (2007). "UEFA to consider 24-team EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  4. ^ "Soccer-Montenegro beat Hungary 2-1 in international debut". Reuters.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  5. ^ "Montenegro take a bow with victory". UEFA.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  6. ^ "Blatter's third term confirmed". FIFA.com. 2007. Retrieved 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 t u v Still available for selection
  9. ^ a b Goals for / scored
  10. ^ a b Goals against / conceded

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