Montenegro women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Montenegro national football team.

Montenegro

Association	Football Association of Montenegro (FSCG)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mirko Maric
Captain	Slađana Bulatović
Most caps	Armisa Kuč (81)
Top scorer	Armisa Kuč (35)
Home stadium	Gradski stadion Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš
FIFA code	MNE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	88 3 (16 August 2024)
Highest	78 (December 2017)
Lowest	98 (July 2019; April 2021; August 2021)
First international
Montenegro 2–3 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bar, Montenegro; 13 March 2012)
Biggest win
Montenegro 9–0 Faroe Islands (Podgorica, Montenegro; 1 December 2023)
Biggest defeat
Spain 13–0 Montenegro (Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain; 15 September 2016)

The Montenegro women's national football team represents Montenegro in international women's football, and it is organised by the Football Association of Montenegro.

History

Montenegrin women's team was founded in 2012, six years after Montenegro gained independence. It is organised and headed by Football Association of Montenegro. The team is founded four years after the establishing of first women's football competition in Montenegro.
With head coach Zoran Mijović, Montenegro played first match on 13 March 2012 in Bar, against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2:3). Two days later, Montenegro gained its first draw, also against Bosnia and Herzegovina (2:2).
Montenegro made its official competitive debut on 4 April 2013 in the 2015 World Cup qualification's preliminary round, drawing 3–3 against the Faroe Islands. Only two days later, Montenegro made first win in team's history, against Georgia – 2:0.
On that tournament, played in Vilnius, Montenegro made a big surprise, because they qualified for the final round of 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA).
In April 2015, on debut of new head coach Derviš Hadžiosmanović, Montenegro made biggest win in team's history, against Macedonia away – 7:0.
Montenegro participated in Euro 2017 qualifiers, but finished without a single point earned. In a qualifying game against Spain away, Montenegro recorded their biggest defeat in history (0:13)
Montenegro made its second appearance in World Cup Qualifiers during April 2017. In the World Cup 2019 qualifying tournament, hosted in the Faroe Islands, Montenegro finished third with one win and two defeats, but with a positive goal-difference (8:6). In theirlast game, Montenegro took their biggest victory of in their qualifying history against Luxembourg (7:1). In December 2023, they defeated the Faroe Islands 9-0 in the UEFA Women's Nations League, the team's biggest ever victory.

Team image

Home stadium

The Montenegro women's national football team plays their home matches on the Gradski stadion or the Stadion Mitar Mićo Goliš.

Results and fixtures

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

• Since 2007, Montenegro's national team has played dozens of qualifying and friendly matches every year.
• The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2023

Faroe Islands v Montenegro

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League C	Faroe Islands	0–1	Montenegro	Tórshavn,Faroe Islands
19:00 (18:00 WEST)		Report	Kuč 21'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Referee: Briet Bragadottir (Iceland)

Montenegro v Azerbaijan

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) Nations League C	Montenegro	0–1	Azerbaijan	Podgorica,Montenegro
18:00		Report	Parlak 84'	Stadium: DG Arena Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)

Cyprus v Montenegro

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) Nations League C	Cyprus	0–2	Montenegro	Dasaki Achnas, Cyprus
17:00 (18:00 EEST)		Report	Kuč 22' Šaranović 73'	Stadium: Dasaki Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Kateryna Usova (Ukraine)

Azerbaijan v Montenegro

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) Nations League C	Azerbaijan	3–0	Montenegro	Baku, Azerbaijan
13:00 (16:00 AZT)	Mollayeva 58' Parlak 62' Ahmadova 84'	Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 145 Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk (Ukraine)

Montenegro v Faroe Islands

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) Nations League C	Montenegro	9–0	Faroe Islands	Podgorica, Montenegro
13:00	Bulatović 8', 63' Kuč 9', 18' Dal Christiansen 55' (o.g.) Đoković 67', 90+3' Vujadinović 73', 84'	Report		Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Attendance: 75 Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)

Montenegro v Cyprus

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) Nations League C	Montenegro	2–0	Cyprus	Podgorica
16:00		Report		Stadium: DG Arena Referee: Teresa Oliveira (Portugal)

2024

Montenegro v Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland v Montenegro

27 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches	Northern Ireland	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	Montenegro	Belfast
20:00 (19:00 GMT)		Report		Stadium: Windsor Park
Note: Northern Ireland won 3–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Montenegro v Andorra

5 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Montenegro	6–1	Andorra	Podgorica
	Bulatović 27', 90+3' (pen.) Đoković 37' Dešić 51', 61' Božić 74'	Report	Armengol 41'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Referee: Farida Lutfaliyeva (Azerbaijan)

Montenegro v Faroe Islands

9 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Montenegro	5–1	Faroe Islands	Podgorica
		Report		Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Referee: Emily Heaslip (England)

Greece v Montenegro

31 May UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying – Group C3	Greece	2–2	Montenegro	Heraklion, Greece
18:00	Eleni Markou 11' Anastasia Spyridonidou 49'	Report	Kuč 3' Bulatović 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Fatemeh Zangeneh (Norway)

Andorra v Montenegro

4 June Euro 2025 qualifying	Andorra	1–5	Montenegro	Andorra la Vella
19:00	Gonçalves 10'	Report	Kuč 1', 6' Dešić 32' Đoković 56' Bulatović 58'	Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 376 Referee: Joanna Vassallo (Malta)

Faroe Islands v Montenegro

12 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Faroe Islands	2–1	Montenegro	Tórshavn
17:45 (16:45 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tórsvøllur

Montenegro v Greece

Montenegro v Finland

Finland v Montenegro

29 October 2024 Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs	Finland	5–0	Montenegro	Tampere, Finland
18:30 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Öling 7' Lehtola 12' Koivisto 31' Sällström 65' Halttunen 80'	Report		Stadium: Tampere Stadium

Head-to-head record

Below is a list of performances of Montenegro women's national football team against every single opponent.

Opponents' country	G	W	D	L	GD
Albania	6	2	1	3	12:15
Austria	1	0	0	1	0:4
Azerbaijan	4	1	0	3	2:5
Belarus	2	0	0	2	2:10
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	2	2	6	12:18
Croatia	3	0	2	1	4:5
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	4:0
Denmark	2	0	0	2	2:10
England	2	0	0	2	0:19
Estonia	2	0	1	1	2:3
Faroe Islands	4	2	1	1	14:5
Finland	2	0	0	2	1:8
Georgia	1	1	0	0	2:0
Germany	2	0	0	2	0:13
Greece	2	0	0	2	0:5
Lithuania	1	0	1	0	1:1
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	7:1
Malta	4	2	0	2	4:4
Moldova	4	3	0	1	14:3
North Macedonia	4	4	0	0	22:2
Portugal	2	0	0	2	1:9
Republic of Ireland	4	0	0	4	0:19
Serbia	1	0	0	1	0:4
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	0:9
Spain	2	0	0	2	0:20
Turkey	3	0	0	3	3:9
Ukraine	4	0	0	4	3:16
Wales	2	0	0	2	0:7
OVERALL	79	20	8	51	112:224

Last update: January 2024.

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Mirko Marić
First assistant coach and analyst	Ivan Tatar
Assistant coach	Jadranka Pavićević
Goalkeeping coach	Fuad Osmanagić
Doctor	Marinko Pauović
Physical therapists	Sanja Jakić Ivana Pušonja

Manager history

First head coach in the history of Montenegrin women's team was Zoran Mijović. He led team from 2012 to 2014.
At the beginning of 2015, as a new head coach was named Derviš Hadžiosmanović.

Manager	Career	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA
Zoran Mijović	2012–2015	17	1	3	13	21	70
Derviš Hadžiosmanović	2015–2017	17	4	1	12	31	67
Mirko Marić	2018–present	24	4	3	17	20	60

Players

See also: Category:Montenegro women's international footballers

Current squad

• The following players were part of the squad ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying match against Faroe Islands and Greece on the 12 and 16 July 2024 , respectively .

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Anastasija Krstović	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003	4	0	Sent Mihalj
12	1GK	Ajša Kalač	(2005-09-11) 11 September 2005		0	Leotar
	1GK	Jovana Žugić	(2006-09-15) 15 September 2006		0	Ekonomist
	2DF	Helena Božić	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997	33	0	Dinamo Moscow
14	2DF	Tatjana Đurković	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995			Asteras Tripolis
3	2DF	Aleksandra Popović	(1999-05-03) 3 May 1999	31	0	Split
2	2DF	Milica Radunović	(1996-11-09) 9 November 1996	11	0	TSC Kanjiža
13	2DF	Jovana Sarić	(2003-09-27) 27 September 2003			Ekonomist
5	2DF	Andrea Janjušević	(2003-12-23) 23 December 2003			Emina
7	3MF	Slađana Bulatović (captain)	(1994-05-04) 4 May 1994	57	17	Fomget GSK
16	3MF	Jasna Đoković	(1991-10-29) 29 October 1991			Split
4	3MF	Darija Đukić	(1996-01-11) 11 January 1996			Red Star
10	3MF	Jelena Karličić	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002	8	0	ALG Spor
20	3MF	Nađa Đurđevac	(2002-08-25) 25 August 2002	5	0	TSC Kanjiža
21	3MF	Ivana Boričić	(2005-05-26) 26 May 2005	3	0	Radnički Kragujevac
17	3MF	Sara Simonović	(2004-03-31) 31 March 2004			Radnički Kragujevac
20	3MF	Katarina Čađenović	(2006-07-05) 5 July 2006		0	Breznica
11	4FW	Armisa Kuč	(1992-04-11) 11 April 1992	58	21	Fomget GSK
19	4FW	Medina Dešić	(1993-09-15) 15 September 1993			Nuremberg
9	4FW	Nađa Stanović	(1999-09-10) 10 September 1999			Ferencvaroš
23	4FW	Maša Tomašević	(2007-07-25) 25 July 2007			Budućnost
18	4FW	Jelena Petrović	(2003-04-28) 28 April 2003			Breznica
20	4FW	Tatjana Osmajić	(2006-02-20) 20 February 2006		0	Breznica

Recent call-ups

• The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nikolina Perunović			0	Zora Spuž	v. Faroe Islands,9 May 2024
DF	Majda Drešević				Breznica	v. Faroe Islands,9 May 2024
DF	Anastasija Rakočević				Radnički Kragujevac	v. Northern Ireland,27 February 2024
DF	Maja Šaranović	(1999-11-11) 11 November 1999	29	1	TSC Kanjiža	v. Northern Ireland,27 February 2024
MF	Jelena Vujadinović					v. Azerbaijan,31 October 2023
MF	Anđela Tošković	(2004-08-19) 19 August 2004	12	2	Breznica	v. Azerbaijan,26 September 2023
MF	Tanja Malesija	(2004-08-19) 19 August 2004	10	1	Danilovgrad	v. Azerbaijan,26 September 2023
FW	Jelena Vujadinović				Medik Konin	v. Faroe Islands,9 May 2024
FW	Nađa Doknić				Ekonomist	v. Andorra,4 June 2024

Records

See also: Category:Montenegro women's international footballers

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

As of 4 June 2024

Rank	Player	Year(s)	Caps
1	Armisa Kuč	2012–	81
2	Slađana Bulatović	2012–	78
3	Jasna Đoković	2012–	73
4	Helena Božić	2015-	61
5	Darija Đukić	2013-	61
5	Aleksandra Popović	2016	56
6	Maja Šaranović	2016-	55
7	Tatjana Đurković	2013-	53
8	Jelena Karličić	2018-	52
9	Jelena Vujadinović	2017-	41

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps
1	Armisa Kuč	2012–	35	81
2	Slađana Bulatović	2012–	28	78
3	Marija Vukčević	2012–2020	12	31
4	Jasna Đoković	2012-	11	73
5	Medina Dešić	2020-	9	26
6	Jelena Vujadinović	2017-	6	41

Competitive record

Since its foundation, Montenegro women's national football team played in two qualification rounds for big tournaments so far. On both occasions, Montenegro failed to qualify.

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Part of FR Yugoslavia									Part of FR Yugoslavia
1995
1999
2003	Part of Serbia and Montenegro									Part of Serbia and Montenegro
2007	Did not enter									Did not enter
2011
2015	Did not qualify									13	1	2	10	12	57
2019										3	1	0	2	8	6
2023										8	3	0	5	9	17
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total		0/9								24	5	2	17	29	80

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Part of Yugoslavia									Part of Yugoslavia
1987
1989
1991
1993	Part of FR Yugoslavia									Part of FR Yugoslavia
1995
1997
2001
2005	Part of Serbia and Montenegro									Part of Serbia and Montenegro
2009	Did not enter									Did not enter
2013
2017	Did not qualify									8	0	0	8	2	51
2022										8	0	0	8	2	28
2025										To be determined
Total		0/14								16	0	0	16	4	79

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2023–24	C	5	2nd	4	2	0	2	4	4		39th
2025–26	C	To be determined
Total										18th

See also

• Sport in Montenegro
  • Football in Montenegro
    • Women's football in Montenegro
• Football Association of Montenegro
• List of official matches of the Montenegro women's national football team
• Montenegrin Women's League
• Montenegrin Cup (women)

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile