As a member of FIFA and UEFA, Montenegro national football team is playing official matches since March 2007. Montenegro is playing in the qualifiers for FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship. Except that, the team is playing friendly matches.
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Records
Competition record
Below is a list of games of Montenegro national football team by every competition on which they participated.
Updated: November 14, 2016
List of players
The following table summarizes caps for Montenegrin national team by every single player, since 2007.
C - captain (starting as captain); Q - qualifiers; F - friendlies; G - goals
ž Updated: November 14, 2016
List of goalscorers
The following table summarizes goals for Montenegrin national team by every single player.
Q - qualifiers; F - Friendlies; First - First goal; Last - Last goal
Updated: November 14, 2016
FIFA rankings history
Montenegro national football team is present on FIFA rankings since June 2007. Until now, best ranking of Montenegro was 16th place in the world (June 2011).
Below is a chronological list of Montenegro position on FIFA ranking-list by every three months, with number of points.
Attendance by years
Since establishing, Montenegrin national team played all home games at Podgorica City Stadium.
Below is a list of attendances on Montenegro home games by every single year.
G = Number of home games (only matches with spectators counted); H = Highest attendance on one match; L = Lowest attendance on one match
Attendance by competitions
Below is a list of attendances on Montenegro home games by every single competition. Friendly games are not counted.
Score by competitions
Montenegro have participated in four qualification rounds for big tournaments so far. On every occasion, Montenegro failed to qualify, and biggest success was placement to playoffs for UEFA Euro 2012.
At their beginnings, Montenegro tried to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but they finished fifth in their group. Montenegro had more success in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifications, when they finished 2nd in their group, and qualified for the play-offs. They failed to qualify for the main event, because they lost their two leg match against Czech Republic.
At qualifiers for 2014 FIFA World Cup, Montenegro won the third place in the group, and two years after, in the qualifying group for UEFA Euro 2016 finished fourth.
FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifiers
On their first qualifiers in the team's history, Montenegro finished at fifth place, with same number of points as a fourth-placed Cyprus. Montenegro finished qualifiers with one win, six draws and three defeats. Except leading Italy, the only team which defeated Montenegro was Bulgaria in Sofia. First win in qualifiers, Montenegro made against Georgia.
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers
With their performance, Montenegro became the biggest surprise in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers. Staying undefeated against England, with crucial wins against Switzerland and Bulgaria, Montenegro finished as a second team in the Group G. That means placement to the playoffs, where Montenegro played two games against Czech Republic. But, at their final stage on the run to Euro 2012, Montenegro was defeated - 0:2, 0:1.
Czech Republic won 3–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.
FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifiers
With good results from the previous qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, Montenegro started successfully in qualifying for 2014 FIFA World Cup. Most important win, Montenegrin team made in Kiev against Ukraine (1:0). But, at finish of qualifiers, Montenegro was defeated against Ukraine in Podgorica and against England away, so they finished as a third team in the Group H.
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers
In UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers, Montenegro didn't succeed to make good result, mostly because the crowd violence on the match against Russia in Podgorica. That was a crucial game for the third place in the group, but after violent scenes at the Podgorica City Stadium, UEFA decided to register match as a Russia win (3:0). In the moment of interruption, result was 0:0.