As a member of FIFA and UEFA, the Montenegro national football team has been playing official matches since March 2007. Montenegro plays in the qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship, as well as partaking in the UEFA Nations League. Apart from that, the team participates in friendly matches.

Individual records

Most capped players

Fatos Bećiraj is Montenegro's most capped player.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Fatos Bećiraj 85 15 2009–
2 Stevan Jovetić 63 31 2007–
3 Stefan Savić 62 5 2010–
4 Elsad Zverotić 61 5 2008–2017
5 Žarko Tomašević 51 5 2010–
6 Marko Simić 50 2 2013–
7 Nikola Vukčević 47 1 2014–
8 Mirko Vučinić 46 17 2007–2017
Adam Marušić 46 2 2015–
10 Simon Vukčević 45 2 2007–2014

Top goalscorers

Stevan Jovetić is the national team top scorer.
Rank Player Goals Caps Average Career
1 Stevan Jovetić 31 63 0.49 2007–
2 Mirko Vučinić 17 46 0.37 2007–2017
3 Fatos Bećiraj 15 85 0.18 2009–
4 Stefan Mugoša 11 40 0.28 2015–
5 Dejan Damjanović 8 30 0.27 2008–2015
6 Radomir Đalović 7 26 0.27 2007–2012
7 Andrija Delibašić 6 21 0.29 2009–2013
8 Žarko Tomašević 5 51 0.1 2014–
Stefan Savić 5 62 0.08 2010–
10 Elsad Zverotić 5 61 0.07 2008–2017

List of players

The following table summarizes caps for the Montenegro national team by every single player, since 2007.

Player Montenegro career Caps C O F G
Fatos Bećiraj2009–20207511492610
Elsad Zverotić2008–201761038235
Stevan Jovetić2007–20205627411527
Stefan Savić2010–202055840155
Mirko Vučinić2007–20174638271917
Simon Vukčević2007–201445126192
Nikola Vukčević2014–202044433111
Marko Simić2013–202044228161
Vladimir Božović2007–201443021220
Mladen Božović2007–201741023180
Marko Baša2009–201739025142
Savo Pavićević2007–201439019200
Vukašin Poleksić2007–201638420180
Žarko Tomašević2010–201937023144
Milan Jovanović2007–201436116200
Stefan Mugoša2015–2019350221310
Adam Marušić2015–20203502780
Milorad Peković2007–201334019150
Nikola Drinčić2007–201433120133
Vladimir Jovović2013–202033023100
Branko Bošković2007–201430915151
Dejan Damjanović2008–20153002648
Marko Vešović2013–201930019112
Aleksandar Boljević2013–202029019100
Radomir Đalović2007–201126111157
Miodrag Džudović2008–201326015111
Radoslav Batak2007–201125011141
Mitar Novaković2007–201325012130
Mladen Kašćelan2009–201625013120
Luka Pejović2007–20122307161
Marko Janković2016–20202301762
Danijel Petković2014–20202311670
Nebojša Kosović2016–20202201661
Andrija Delibašić2009–20132101296
Aleksandar Šćekić2016–20202001640
Marko Bakić2012–20201801080
Vladimir Volkov2012–20151701340
Filip Stojković2016–20191501050
Mirko Ivanić2017–20191501321
Saša Balić2011–2020130670
Milan Mijatović2015–2020130940
Jovan Tanasijević2007–2009130580
Sead Hakšabanović2017–2020120841
Luka Đorđević2012–2018110651
Filip Kasalica2012–2014110831
Nemanja Nikolić2009–2016100460
Boris Kopitović2018–201980531
Damir Kojašević2016–201990631
Branislav Janković2014–202090360
Igor Burzanović2007–200882172'
Momčilo Raspopović2019–202070520
Emrah Klimenta2016–201870340
Petar Grbić2011–201670250
Risto Lakić2007–200870070
Dragan Bogavac2007–200870160
Risto Radunović2018–202070610
Aleksandar Šofranac2016–202070340
Vlado Jeknić200760060
Nikola Vujović2007–200960240
Milan Purović2007–200860060
Ivan Fatić2009–201160420
Deni Hočko2018–202060240
Marko Ćetković2010–201360151
Nemanja Mijušković2017–201860420
Dušan Lagator201960420
Igor Vujačić2019–202060510
Vladimir Rodić2015–201650230
Dejan Ognjanović2008–201050050
Miloš Krkotić201350320
Dino Islamović202050410
Ivan Kecojević2012–201350410
Darko Zorić2014–201840131
Esteban Saveljich2015–201640220
Staniša Mandić201540310
Vukan Savićević2017–201940220
Janko Tumbasević200740040
Luka Mirković2018–202040130
Igor Ivanović202030213
Darko Bulatović2019–202030120
Mirko Raičević200730030
Filip Raičević201630120
Srđan Radonjić200730030
Marko Vukčević2015–202030120
Đorđije Ćetković2007–200830030
Darko Nikač2013–201430030
Miroje Jovanović2013–201430031
Draško Božović201030120
Vladimir Vujović200730030
Miloš Raičković202030120
Nikola Vujnović202020020
Stefan Lončar201820020
Asmir Kajević201820020
Ivan Delić2007–201020020
Darko Božović200720020
Srđan Blažić2009–201020020
Blažo Igumanović2012–201420110
Janko Simović200810010
Goran Vujović200910100
Ivan Ivanović201310010
Nikola Nikezić200710010
Dragan Bošković201210010
Ivan Janjušević200810010
Slobodan Lakićević201010010
Ivan Vuković200910010
Vladimir Gluščević200910010
Rade Petrović200710010
Nikola Vukčević200910010
Neđeljko Vlahović200710010
Miloš Bakrač201810010
Nemanja Sekulić201910100
Vladan Adžić202010010
Matija Sarkic201910010
Vasko Kalezić202010010
Šaleta Kordić202010010
Miloš Milović202010010
Anđelko Jovanović202010010
Milutin Osmajić202010010

Updated: 1 November 2020

List of goalscorers

The following table summarizes goals for the Montenegro national team by every single goalscorer.

Player Goals O F First goal Last goal
Stevan Jovetić31211020082021
Mirko Vučinić179820072015
Fatos Bećiraj1110120102021
Stefan Mugoša118320172020
Dejan Damjanović87120092015
Radomir Đalović71620082011
Andrija Delibašić66020092012
Elsad Zverotić55020102013
Žarko Tomašević54120142021
Stefan Savić53220112018
Igor Ivanović32120202020
Nikola Drinčić31220082012
Marko Simić22020172021
Aleksandar Boljević22020202020
Marko Vešović22020172019
Marko Janković22020172018
Marko Baša20220102013
Igor Burzanović20220072008
Simon Vukčević20220082011
Boris Kopitović11020182018
Darko Zorić11020182018
Nikola Vukčević11020162016
Radoslav Batak11020092009
Branko Bošković10120082008
Marko Ćetković10120132013
Luka Đorđević11020122012
Miroje Jovanović10120132013
Filip Kasalica10120122012
Luka Pejović10120102010
Miodrag Džudović10120082008
Damir Kojašević11020162016
Mirko Ivanić10120182018
Nebojša Kosović10120192019
Sead Hakšabanović10120192019

Updated: 31 March 2021

Captains[1]

Rank Player Montenegro career Matches as captain
(Total caps)
1 Mirko Vučinić 2007–2017 36 (46)
2 Stevan Jovetić (current captain) 2007– 30 (58)
3 Fatos Bećiraj 2009– 9 (75)
Branko Bošković 2007–2014 9 (29)
5 Stefan Savić 2010– 8 (55)
6 Vukašin Poleksić 2007– 6 (38)
7 Nikola Vukčević 2014– 4 (41)
8 Marko Simić 2013– 2 (46)
Igor Burzanović 2007–2008 2 (8)
10 Radomir Đalović 2007–2011 1 (26)
Simon Vukčević 2007–2014 1 (45)
Milan Jovanović 2007–2014 1 (36)
Nikola Drinčić 2007–2014 1 (33)
Milorad Peković 2007–2013 1 (34)
Danijel Petković 2014– 1 (23)

Managers

Manager Montenegro tenure M W D L GF GA Win %
Montenegro Zoran Filipović 2006–2009 23 8 8 7 28 31 34.78%
Croatia Zlatko Kranjčar 2010–2011 13 6 2 5 14 11 46.15%
Montenegro Branko Brnović 2011–2015 34 11 9 14 44 50 32.35%
Serbia Ljubiša Tumbaković 2016–2019 26 7 7 12 33 33 26.92%
Montenegro Miodrag Džudović 2019 2 0 1 1 1 4 0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina Faruk Hadžibegić 2019– 12 5 3 4 11 16 41.66%

Team records

Largest home victory
 Montenegro 5–0  Kazakhstan, 8 October 2016, Podgorica
Largest away victory
 San Marino 0–6  Montenegro, 11 September 2012, Serravalle
Largest home defeat
 Montenegro 0–4  Ukraine, 28 March 2013, Podgorica;  Montenegro 1–5  England, 25 March 2019, Podgorica
Largest away defeat
 England 7–0  Montenegro, 14 November 2019, London
Longest winning streak
4 matches (11 August 2010 – 12 October 2010; 11 September 2012 – 26 March 2013)
Longest streak without defeat
8 matches (11 August 2010 – 10 August 2011)
Longest losing streak
4 matches (9 October 2015 – 29 March 2016)
Longest streak without win
7 matches (9 October 2015 – 8 October 2016; 5 October 2017 – 10 September 2018)
Highest home attendance
13,000,  Montenegro 1–1  England, 26 March 2013, Podgorica
Highest away attendance
83,807,  England 4–1  Montenegro, 11 October 2013, London

Competition records

Montenegro have participated in seven qualification rounds for World Cup or European Championship tournaments. Montenegro have never qualified, and their biggest success was reaching the play-offs for Euro 2012.
Montenegro first tried to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but they finished fifth in their group. They had more success in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, when they finished second in their group to reach the play-offs, but lost to the Czech Republic.
In the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, Montenegro finished third, and two years later, in the qualifiers for Euro 2016, they finished fourth in their group. They again finished third in their 2018 World Cup qualifying group. Worst performance came in the qualifiers for Euro 2020, as Montenegro finished last-placed in the group without single victory.

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
FIFA World Cup qualifiers 40 13 13 14 61 58 +3
UEFA European Championship qualifiers 28 6 8 14 20 45 −25
UEFA Nations League 12 6 2 4 17 8 +9
Friendly games 46 17 12 17 53 53 0
Overall 126 42 35 49 151 164 −13

Updated: 28 March 2022

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1930 to 1990 Part of  SFR Yugoslavia —
1994 to 2006 Part of  FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
South Africa 2010 did not qualify 10 1 6 3 9 14 5/6
Brazil 2014 10 4 3 3 18 17 3/6
Russia 2018 10 5 1 4 20 12 3/6
Qatar 2022 10 3 3 4 14 15 4/6
Canada United States Mexico 2026 to be determined to be determined
Total 0/4 40 13 13 14 61 58 —

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1960 to 1992 Part of  SFR Yugoslavia —
1996 to 2004 Part of  Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
Austria Switzerland 2008 did not enter
Poland Ukraine 2012 did not qualify 10 3 3 4 7 10 2/5
France 2016 10 3 2 5 10 13 4/6
Europe 2020 8 0 3 5 3 22 5/5
Germany 2024 to be determined to be determined
Total 0/4 28 6 8 14 20 45 —

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
Portugal 2018–19 C 4621376Same position35th
Italy 2020–21 C 16411102Rise34th
Netherlands 2022–23 B 3621366Same position28th
Total18837231428th

FIFA rankings history

The Montenegro national football team has been present on FIFA rankings since June 2007. To date, the team's best ranking was 16th place in the world in June 2011.
Below is a chronological list of Montenegro's position on the FIFA rankings for every three months, and their number of points.

Attendances records

Home 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.

Year Avg Overall G H L
2007 8,677 26,000 3 12,000 6,000
2008 9,000 45,000 5 12,000 6,000
2009 5,884 29,420 5 11,500 4,000
2010 7,512 37,562 5 11,700 3,000
2011 10,150 40,600 4 12,000 7,000
2012 7,145 28,578 4 11,420 4,500
2013 10,255 30,766 3 13,000 5,770
2014 8,432 25,297 3 10,538 6,000
2016 7,000 14,000 2 9,000 5,000
2017 8,744 43,718 5 10,779 4,000
2018 5,528 27,644 5 10,700 2,000
2019 4,407 22,035 5 8,331 1,371
OVERALL 7,567 378,321 50 13,000 1,371

G = Number of home games (only matches with spectators counted); H = Highest attendance on one match; L = Lowest attendance on one match

Home attendance by competitions

Below is a list of attendances on Montenegro home games by every single competition. Friendly games are not counted.

Year Avg Overall G H L
2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 8,584 42,920 5 12,000 4,000
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers 11,033 55,162 5 12,000 9,862
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 9,869 49,344 5 13,000 5,770
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers 10,324 41,297 4 12,000 8,759
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 9,744 48,718 5 10,779 8,500
2018 UEFA Nations League 6,234 18,700 3 10,700 2,000
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers 5,765 17,294 3 8,331 3,012
OVERALL 9,089 281,766 31 13,000 2,000

See also

References

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