Montenegro national football team

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Montenegro

Nickname(s)	Hrabri Sokoli (The Brave Falcons)
Association	Football Association of Montenegro
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Zoran Filipović
Captain	Mirko Vučinić
Most caps	Vladimir Božović (14)
Top scorer	Mirko Vučinić (6)
Home stadium	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
FIFA code	MNE
FIFA ranking	115
Highest FIFA ranking	115 (November 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	199 (June 2007)
Elo ranking	51
Home colours Away colours
First international
Montenegro 2 - 1 Hungary  (Podgorica, Montenegro; 24 March 2007)
Biggest win
Montenegro 3 - 0 Kazakhstan  (Podgorica, Montenegro; 27 May 2008)
Biggest defeat
Romania 4 - 0 Montenegro (Bucharest, Romania; 31 May 2008)

The Montenegro national football team represents Montenegro in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro.

Montenegro is one of the world's newest international sides, having come into existence following the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In that tournament, the newly independent states of Serbia and Montenegro competed as a united team and played their last group match on 21 June, failing to qualify for the following knockout stage.

The first official competition that the Montenegro national team will compete in is the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying; they had not registered membership with FIFA in time for the qualifying draw for Euro 2008 which took place in December 2005. They are competing in Group 8 along with Italy, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus and Georgia.

Contents 1 Formation 2 First matches 3 Player selection 3.1 Current squad 3.2 Recent call-up 4 Current coaching staff 5 Player records 5.1 Most capped Montenegro players 5.2 Top Montenegro goalscorers 5.3 Montenegro captains 6 Montenegro managers 7 Competition history 7.1 World Cup record 7.2 European Championship record 7.3 Minor Tournaments 8 Results and fixtures 8.1 2007 8.2 2008 9 World Cup qualification 2010 10 Montenegro versus other countries 11 See also 12 References 13 External links

[edit] Formation

Following the independence of Montenegro from Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia took Serbia and Montenegro's place in the Euro 2008 qualifying stage, but UEFA had stated that they would be willing to include Montenegro as a late entry, as long as FIFA had ratified a separate Montenegrin Football Association before September 2006, when the qualifying began. However, as of the competition beginning, this had not occurred.^[1] In October 2006, Montenegro was granted provisional membership of UEFA, with a debate on full membership due at a full UEFA Congress in January 2007.^[2] Montenegro's first FIFA ranking was joint 199th place - the last place on the list. This is because they had a score of 0 when the rankings were worked out.

[edit] First matches

On 26 January 2007, the Montenegro FA was granted full membership of UEFA,^[3] and played its first friendly match against Hungary on 24 March 2007 at Stadion Pod Goricom in Podgorica, resulting in a 2-1 victory.^[4][5] On 31 May 2007, Montenegro was admitted as FIFA's 208th member.^[6]

Montenegro played at the 2007 Kirin Cup, but finished in last place behind Japan and Colombia, losing to both teams.

On 26 March 2008, Montenegro recorded one of its best played matches with a 3 - 1 win over Norway. At the same time, the nation recorded its highest scoring game.

[edit] Player selection

In international football, players are normally committed to play for a specific national team to the exclusion of all others 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 player will be eligible to play for Montenegro, even if he had previously represented Serbia and Montenegro or any other country, if at least one of the following statements about him is true:^[7]

• He was born in Montenegro.
• At least one of his parents and/or at least one of his grandparents was born in Montenegro.
• He has lived in Montenegro continuously for any two-year period.

Due to mixed ancestries, etc. it is probable that a large percentage of the players 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, they are no longer eligible to play for the other one.

[edit] Current squad

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Vukašin Poleksić 30 August 1982 (1982-08-30) (age 26) 12 0 Debrecen 12 GK Mladen Božović 1 August 1984 (1984-08-01) (age 24) 4 0 Partizan GK Srđan Blažić 26 November 1982 (1982-11-26) (age 26) 0 0 Levadiakos (v.  Slovenia) GK Darko Božović 9 August 1978 (1978-08-09) (age 30) 2 0 Partizan (v.  Norway) GK Ivan Janjušević 5 November 1986 (1986-11-05) (age 22) 1 0 Mogren (v.  Romania) 2 DF Miodrag Džudović 6 September 1979 (1979-09-06) (age 29) 1 1 Spartak Nalchik 3 DF Milan Jovanović 21 July 1983 (1983-07-21) (age 25) 11 0 U Cluj 4 DF Savo Pavićević 11 December 1980 (1980-12-11) (age 27) 12 0 Energie Cottbus 5 DF Dejan Ognjanović 21 June 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 30) 4 0 ŁKS Łódź 15 DF Janko Simović 2 April 1987 (1987-04-02) (age 21) 1 0 Mogren 16 DF Luka Pejović 31 July 1985 (1985-07-31) (age 23) 8 0 Mogren 17 DF Elsad Zverotić 31 October 1986 (1986-10-31) (age 22) 6 0 FC Luzern DF Radoslav Batak 15 August 1977 (1977-08-15) (age 31) 10 0 Ankaraspor DF Vlado Jeknić 14 August 1983 (1983-08-14) (age 25) 6 0 W. Wiesbaden DF Risto Lakić 7 March 1983 (1983-03-07) (age 25) 7 0 Vojvodina (v.  Norway) DF Aleksandar Mikijelj 5 February 1979 (1979-02-05) (age 29) 0 0 FK Bokelj (v.  Hungary) DF Jovan Tanasijević 20 January 1978 (1978-01-20) (age 30) 11 0 Dynamo Moscow DF Nikola Vukčević 22 February 1984 (1984-02-22) (age 24) 0 0 Budućnost (v.  Norway) 6 MF Nikola Vujović 23 June 1981 (1981-06-23) (age 27) 4 0 Mogren 7 MF Simon Vukčević 29 January 1986 (1986-01-29) (age 22) 10 1 Sporting CP 11 MF Đorđije Ćetković 1 March 1983 (1983-03-01) (age 25) 3 0 Hansa Rostock 13 MF Mitar Novaković 27 September 1981 (1981-09-27) (age 27) 6 0 Amkar Perm 14 MF Branko Bošković 21 June 1980 (1980-06-21) (age 28) 10 1 Rapid Wien 18 MF Ivan Delić 15 February 1986 (1986-02-15) (age 22) 1 0 Budućnost 19 MF Vladimir Božović 13 November 1981 (1981-11-13) (age 27) 14 0 Rapid Bucharest MF Igor Burzanović 25 August 1985 (1985-08-25) (age 23) 8 2 Red Star Belgrade MF Nikola Drinčić 7 September 1984 (1984-09-07) (age 24) 9 1 Amkar Perm MF Milorad Peković 5 August 1977 (1977-08-05) (age 31) 7 0 Mainz 05 (v.  Republic of Ireland) MF Rade Petrović 21 September 1982 (1982-09-21) (age 26) 1 0 Borac Čačak (2007 Kirin Cup) MF Mirko Raičević 22 March 1982 (1982-03-22) (age 26) 3 0 Zorya (2007 Kirin Cup) MF Janko Tumbasević 14 January 1985 (1985-01-14) (age 23) 4 0 Vojvodina (v.  Estonia) MF Neđeljko Vlahović 15 January 1984 (1984-01-15) (age 24) 1 0 Kom (v.  Estonia) MF Vladimir Vujović 23 July 1982 (1982-07-23) (age 26) 3 0 Luch-Energiya (2007 Kirin Cup) 8 FW Stevan Jovetić 2 November 1989 (1989-11-02) (age 19) 7 4 Fiorentina 9 FW Mirko Vučinić 1 October 1983 (1983-10-01) (age 25) 11 6 Roma 10 FW Radomir Đalović 29 November 1982 (1982-11-29) (age 26) 7 3 Rapid Bucharest FW Dragan Bogavac 7 April 1980 (1980-04-07) (age 28) 6 0 Mainz 05 FW Dejan Damjanović 27 July 1981 (1981-07-27) (age 27) 1 0 FC Seoul FW Nikola Nikezić 13 June 1981 (1981-06-13) (age 27) 1 0 Le Havre (v.  Estonia) FW Milan Purović 5 July 1985 (1985-07-05) (age 23) 7 0 Kayserispor (v.  Romania) FW Srđan Radonjić 8 May 1981 (1981-05-08) (age 27) 3 0 Odense (v.  Slovenia)

[edit] Recent call-up

[edit] Current coaching staff

• Head Coach: Zoran Filipović
• Assistant Coach: Branko Brnović
• Goalkeeping coach: Zoran Lemajić

[edit] Player records

Player/coach records are accurate as of November 19, 2008.

[edit] Most capped Montenegro players

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Vladimir Božović [8]	2007 - Present	14	0
2	Savo Pavićević [8]	2007 - Present	12	0
=	Vukašin Poleksić [8]	2007 - Present	12	0
4	Mirko Vučinić [8]	2007 - Present	11	6
=	Milan Jovanović [8]	2007 - Present	11	0
=	Jovan Tanasijević [8]	2007 - Present	11	0
7	Branko Bošković [8]	2007 - Present	10	1
=	Simon Vukčević [8]	2007 - Present	10	1
=	Radoslav Batak [8]	2007 - Present	10	0

[edit] Top Montenegro goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Goals/Cap
1	Mirko Vučinić [8]	2007 - Present	6 (11)	0.55
2	Stevan Jovetić [8]	2007 - Present	4 (7)	0.57
3	Radomir Đalović [8]	2007 - Present	3 (7)	0.43
4	Igor Burzanović [8]	2007 - Present	2 (8)	0.25
5	Miodrag Džudović [8]	2007 - Present	1 (1)	1
6	Nikola Drinčić [8]	2007 - Present	1 (9)	0.11
7	Branko Bošković [8]	2007 - Present	1 (10)	0.1
=	Simon Vukčević [8]	2007 - Present	1 (10)	0.1

[edit] Montenegro captains

#	Player	Montenegro career	Captain (Total Caps)
1	Mirko Vucinic (Present Captain)	2007 - present	11 (11)

[edit] Montenegro managers

Manager	Montenegro career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF[9]	GA[10]	Win %
Zoran Filipović	2007	14	5	4	5	19	20	35.71%

[edit] Competition history

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1938 - Was part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• 1950 to 1990 - Was part of SFR Yugoslavia
• 1994 to 2002 - Was part of FR Yugoslavia
• 2006 - Was part of Serbia and Montenegro

[edit] European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Was part of SFR Yugoslavia
• 1996 to 2000 - Was part of FR Yugoslavia
• 2004 - Was part of Serbia and Montenegro
• 2008 - Did not enter, not UEFA members until January 2007; Serbia took Serbia and Montenegro's place in qualifying

[edit] Minor Tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2007 Kirin Cup	Group Stage	3rd	2	0	0	2	0	3

[edit] Results and fixtures

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

[edit] 2007

Date	City	Opponent	Results¹	Scorers	Attendance	Type of game
24 March	Podgorica	Hungary	2:1 (0:1)	Priskin (1.), Vučinić (63. Pen.), Burzanović (81. Pen.)	12,000	Friendly
1 June	Shizuoka, Japan	Japan	0:2 (0:2)	Nakazawa (23.), Takahara (38.)	28,635	Kirin Cup
3 June	Saitama, Japan	Colombia	0:1 (0:1)	Falcão (33.)	10,070	Kirin Cup
22 August	Podgorica	Slovenia	1:1 (1:1)	Vučinić (28. Pen.), Vršič (42.)	8,000	Friendly
12 September	Podgorica	Sweden	1:2 (1:0)	Vučinić (16.), Rosenberg (71.), Prica (75.)	6,000	Friendly
17 October	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1:0 (1:0)	Vučinić (41.)	2,000	Friendly

¹ Results from Montenegrin view

[edit] 2008

Date	City	Opponent	Results¹	Scorers	Attendance	Type of game
26 March	Podgorica	Norway	3:1 (2:0)	Burzanović (7.), Bošković (37.), Đalović (60.), Carew (72.)	10,500	Friendly
27 May	Podgorica	Kazakhstan	3:0 (3:0)	Đalović (15.), Drinčić (21.), Đalović (45.)	9,000	Friendly
31 May	Bucharest	Romania	0:4 (0:1)	Mutu (15.), Ghionea (49.), Dică (55.), Dică (69.)	7,000	Friendly
20 August	Budapest	Hungary	3:3 (1:1)	Priskin (29.), Jovetić (45. Pen.), Vukčević (51.), Hajnal (55.), Jovetić (68.), Hajnal (88. Pen.)	4,913	Friendly
6 September	Podgorica	Bulgaria	2:2 (0:1)	Petrov (11.), Vučinić (62.), Jovetić (82. Pen.), Georgiev (90+2.)	9,000	WC quali.
10 September	Podgorica	Republic of Ireland	0:0 (0:0)		12,000	WC quali.
15 October	Lecce	Italy	1:2 (1:2)	Aquilani (8.), Vučinić (19.), Aquilani (29.)		WC quali.
19 November	Podgorica	Macedonia	2:1 (2:0)	Džudović (24.), Jovetić (33. Pen.), Popov (85.)		Friendly

¹ Results from Montenegrin view

[edit] World Cup qualification 2010

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10  Republic of Ireland 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7  Bulgaria 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3  Montenegro 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2  Georgia 4 0 2 2 2 5 −3 2  Cyprus 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1

Bulgaria  – 1 Apr 14 Oct 0 – 0 5 Sep 6 Jun Cyprus  10 Oct – 28 Mar 1 – 2 6 Jun 5 Sep Georgia  0 – 0 1 – 1 – 5 Sep 1 Apr 1 – 2 Italy  9 Sep 14 Oct 2 – 0 – 2 – 1 1 Apr Montenegro  2 – 2 9 Sep 10 Oct 28 Mar – 0 – 0 Republic of Ireland  28 Mar 1 – 0 11 Feb 10 Oct 14 Oct –

2008-09-06 20:00 UTC+2	Montenegro	2 – 2	Bulgaria	Pod Goricom, Podgorica Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Oleh Oriekhov (Ukraine)
	Vučinić  62' Jovetić  81' (pen.)	Report	S. Petrov  11' Georgiev  90+2'

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