Montenegro national football team records and statistics

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.

Matches and records

Records

Largest home victory

5-0,  Montenegro –  Kazakhstan, 08 October 2016, Podgorica

Largest away victory

0-6,  San Marino –  Montenegro, 11 September 2012, Serravalle

Largest home defeat

0-4,  Montenegro –  Ukraine, 28 March 2013, Podgorica

Largest away defeat

4-0,  Romania –  Montenegro, 31 May 2008, Bucharest

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, (09 October 2015 - 29 March 2016)

Longest streak without win

7 matches, (09 October 2015 - 08 October 2016)

Highest home attendance

13,000,  Montenegro –  England 1-1, 26 March 2013, Podgorica

Highest away attendance

83,807,  England –  Montenegro 4-1, 11 October 2013, London

Competition record

Below is a list of games of Montenegro national football team by every competition on which they participated.

Updated: November 14, 2016

Players and head coaches

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

Head coaches

Manager	Career	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Filipović, ZoranZoran Filipović	2006–2009	23	8	8	7	28	31	34.78%
Kranjčar, ZlatkoZlatko Kranjčar	2010–2011	13	6	2	5	14	11	46.15%
Brnović, BrankoBranko Brnović	2011–2015	34	11	9	14	39	40	32.35%
Tumbaković, LjubišaLjubiša Tumbaković	2016-	7	2	2	3	10	7	28.50%

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.

Attendances

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 beginings, 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										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1930–2006	Part of  Yugoslavia
2010	Did not qualify									10	1	6	3	9	14	5/6
2014	Did not qualify									10	4	3	3	18	17	3/6
2018	To be determined
Total	0/2									20	5	9	6	27	31

UEFA European Championship										UEFA Euro Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1960–2006	Part of  Yugoslavia
2012	Did not qualify									10	3	3	4	7	10	2/5 Lost Playoff
2016	Did not qualify									10	3	2	5	10	13	4/6
2020	To be determined									To be determined
Total	0/2									20	6	5	9	17	23

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.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 10 7 3 0 18 7 +11 24  Republic of Ireland 10 4 6 0 12 8 +4 18  Bulgaria 10 3 5 2 17 13 +4 14  Cyprus 10 2 3 5 14 16 −2 9  Montenegro 10 1 6 3 9 14 −5 9  Georgia 10 0 3 7 7 19 −12 3

Bulgaria  – 2–0 6–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 Cyprus  4–1 – 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 Georgia  0–0 1–1 – 0–2 0–0 1–2 Italy  2–0 3–2 2–0 – 2–1 1–1 Montenegro  2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 – 0–0 Republic of Ireland  1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 –

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.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 8 5 3 0 17 5 +12 18  Montenegro 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 12   Switzerland 8 3 2 3 12 10 +2 11  Wales 8 3 0 5 6 10 −4 9  Bulgaria 8 1 2 5 3 13 −10 5

Bulgaria  — 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 England  4–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 Montenegro  1–1 2–2 — 1–0 1–0 Switzerland   3–1 1–3 2–0 — 4–1 Wales  0–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 —

Playoffs

Czech Republic  v  Montenegro

11 November 2011 20:15 UTC+1

Czech Republic	2–0	Montenegro
Pilař  63' Sivok  90+2'	Report

Generali Arena, Prague Attendance: 14,560[1] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Montenegro  v  Czech Republic

15 November 2011 20:15 UTC+1

Montenegro	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Jiráček  81'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 10,100[2] Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

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 successfuly 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.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 10 6 4 0 31 4 +27 22  Ukraine 10 6 3 1 28 4 +24 21  Montenegro 10 4 3 3 18 17 +1 15  Poland 10 3 4 3 18 12 +6 13  Moldova 10 3 2 5 12 17 −5 11  San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 54 −53 0

England  — 4–0 4–1 2–0 5–0 1–1 Moldova  0–5 — 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 Montenegro  1–1 2–5 — 2–2 3–0 0–4 Poland  1–1 2–0 1–1 — 5–0 1–3 San Marino  0–8 0–2 0–6 1–5 — 0–8 Ukraine  0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 9–0 —

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 interupption, result was 0:0.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	10	9	1	0	22	5	+17	28	Qualify for final tournament		—	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
2	Russia	10	6	2	2	21	5	+16	20			0–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–1
3	Sweden	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	18	Advance to play-offs		1–4	1–1	—	3–1	2–0	2–0
4	Montenegro	10	3	2	5	10	13	−3	11			2–3	0–3[lower-alpha 1]	1–1	—	2–0	2–0
5	Liechtenstein	10	1	2	7	2	26	−24	5			0–5	0–7	0–2	0–0	—	1–1
6	Moldova	10	0	2	8	4	16	−12	2			1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	—

See also

• Montenegro national football team
• Montenegro national football team results
• Sport in Montenegro

References

External links

• Football Association of Montenegro
• Montenegro national football team results
• Montenegro national football team results

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