The Montenegro national football team () has represented Montenegro in men's international football since 2007. It is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro. Montenegro's home ground is Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica.

Montenegro is one of the world's youngest international teams, having joined FIFA and UEFA in 2007 following the 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum. The team played its first official international match against Hungary in March 2007.

History

Formation

Following the independence of Montenegro from Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia was set to represent both Serbia and Montenegro in the Euro 2008 qualifying stage. However, UEFA would include Montenegro as a late entry if FIFA ratified a separate Montenegrin Football Association before September 2006. Moreover, this did not occur before the competition began.

In October 2006, Montenegro was granted provisional membership of UEFA, with a debate regarding full membership scheduled at a full UEFA Congress in January 2007. Montenegro's first FIFA World Ranking was joint 199th place, the last place on the list by default.

First matches

On 26 January 2007, the Montenegro FA was granted full membership of UEFA. The team played its first FIFA-recognized friendly match against Hungary on 24 March 2007 at Stadion Pod Goricom in Podgorica. Montenegro won 2–1 in front of 12,000 spectators. Striker Mirko Vučinić scored the country's first goal in the 62nd minute. On 31 May 2007, Montenegro was admitted as FIFA's 208th member.

'Golden' era On 11 September 2012, Montenegro played against San Marino in Seravalle. In a one-sided match, Montenegro won 6–0, the biggest win in the team's history. Montenegro then beat Ukraine 1–0 in Kyiv, with the only goal scored by Dejan Damjanović.

Ups and downs On 23 February 2014 in Nice, Montenegro were drawn for qualification in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group G alongside Russia, Sweden, Austria, Moldova and Liechtenstein. Although Montenegro, opened their campaign with a 2–0 victory against Moldova, they failed to qualify with goalless draw against Liechtenstein, a 1–0 loss against Austria and a 1–1 home draw against Sweden. On 27 March 2015, Montenegro's home match against Russia was abandoned after 67 minutes due to crowd violence, after the Russian left-back Dmitri Kombarov was hit by a projectile. The score was goalless and Russia had missed a penalty moments before the match was abandoned. The Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was hit by a flare, causing a second 33-minute delay. The abandoned match was ruled a 3–0 victory in Russia's favour. Montenegro finished fourth at the end of the campaign and placed 95th on the FIFA ranking list.

Stadium and facilities

Montenegro play their home matches at the Podgorica City Stadium (). The stadium's capacity is 15,230, but international matches reduce this to between 10,700 and 13,000.

Camp FSCG

The Football Association of Montenegro owns Camp FSCG, a Montenegrin training ground. Built in 2007, the centre has a total area of 54,000 square metres. It is located on Ćemovsko polje, a plain located in the outskirts of Podgorica outskirts between the settlements of Stari Aerodrom and Konik. It consists of six pitches with stands and floodlights, and House of Football – the seat of the Football Association of Montenegro.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2025

2026

Coaching history

Manager Career 2006–2009 2010–2011 2011–2015 2016–2019 2019 2019–2020 2020–2023 2024–2025 2025–present

Players In international football, footballers can normally only play for one national team 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 footballer will be eligible to play for Montenegro, even if they had previously represented Serbia and Montenegro or any other country and at least one of the following statements applies: The footballer was born in Montenegro; At least one of their parents and/or at least one of their grandparents was born in Montenegro; The player has lived in Montenegro continuously for any five-year period.

Due to mixed ancestries, it is likely that a high percentage of the footballers 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.

Current squad The following players were called up for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League C matches in September and October. Caps and goals as of 2 October 2026, after the match against Latvia.

Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up in the last twelve months.

Notes WD = Player withdrew from the current squad due to non-injury issue. INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.

Player records

Players in bold are still active with Montenegro.

Most appearances

RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer1Stevan Jovetić94372007–present2Fatos Bećiraj86152009–20223Stefan Savić8092010–present4Adam Marušić7052015–present5Stefan Mugoša65162015–present6Vladimir Jovović6402013–presentŽarko Tomašević6452010–20238Marko Vešović6322013–presentMarko Janković6312016–present10Elsad Zverotić615

Top goalscorers RankPlayerGoalsCapsAverageCareer1Stevan Jovetić37942007–present2Mirko Vučinić17463Stefan Mugoša16652015–present4Fatos Bećiraj15862009–20225Milutin Osmajić10392020–presentNikola Krstović10372022–present7Stefan Savić9802010–present8Dejan Damjanović8302008–20159Radomir Đalović7262007–201210Andrija Delibašić6212009–2013

Competitive record Competition Pld W D L GF GA GDFIFA World Cup qualifiers45 14 13 18 65 70 -5UEFA European Championship qualifiers37 10 10 17 32 57 −25UEFA Nations League27 12 4 15 32 32 0Friendly games55 21 14 19 65 66 -1 Overall 162 56 40 69 192 224 −32 Updated: 2 October 2026

FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearResultPosition 1930 to 1938Part of Part of 1950 to 1990Part of Part of 1994 to 2002Part of Part of 2006Part of Part of 2010Did not qualify5th10163914 20143rd104331817 20183rd105142012 20224th103341415 20264th8305817 2030To be determined 2034Total—481613196975

UEFA European Championship UEFA European Championship recordQualification recordQualification play-offs recordYearResultPosition 1960Part of Part of Part of 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996Part of Part of Part of 2004Part of Part of Part of 2008Did not enterDid not enterDid not enter 2012Did not qualifyPO833277200203 20164th103251013Did not qualify 20205th8035322 20243rd8323911 2028To be determinedTo be determinedTo be determined 2032Total0/4—34910152953200203

UEFA Nations League UEFA Nations League recordSeasonDivisionGroup2018–19C4 6 2 1 3 7 6 35th2020–21C1 6 4 1 1 10 2 34th2022–23B3 6 2 1 3 6 6 28th2024–25B4 6 1 0 5 4 9 30th2026–27C2 3 3 0 0 7 4 TBDTBDTotal 27 12 3 12 34 27 28th

Head-to-head record

Below is a summary of Montenegrin national team results against every opponent country.

Opponent 54 Teams

FIFA rankings

See also

Montenegro men's national football team results Montenegro men's national football team records and statistics List of Montenegro international footballers Montenegro women's national football team Montenegro women's national under-17 football team Football in Montenegro Sport in Montenegro

Notes

References

External links

Football Association of Montenegro Montenegro on FIFA Montenegro on UEFA List of players Montenegro national team match reports