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

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

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.

Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
FIFA World Cup qualifiers	24	7	10	7	36	35	+1
UEFA European Championship qualifiers	20	6	5	9	17	23	-6
Friendly games	33	14	6	13	44	42	+2
OVERALL	77	27	21	29	96	99	-3

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.

Player	Career	Caps	C	Q	F	G
Elsad Zverotić	2008-2016	59	0	36	23	5
Simon Vukčević	2007-2014	45	1	26	19	2
Mirko Vučinić	2007-2015	44	38	26	18	17
Stevan Jovetić	2007-2016	44	17	32	12	19
Fatos Bećiraj	2009-2016	44	2	27	17	7
Vladimir Božović	2007-2016	43	0	21	22	0
Mladen Božović	2007-2016	40	0	22	18	0
Stefan Savić	2010-2016	40	1	28	12	4
Savo Pavićević	2007-2014	39	0	19	20	0
Vukašin Poleksić	2007-2016	38	4	20	18	0
Marko Baša	2009-2016	38	0	25	13	2
Milan Jovanović	2007-2014	36	1	16	20	0
Milorad Peković	2007-2013	34	0	19	15	0
Nikola Drinčić	2007-2014	33	1	20	13	3
Branko Bošković	2007-2014	30	9	15	15	1
Dejan Damjanović	2008-2015	30	0	26	4	8
Radomir Đalović	2007-2011	26	1	11	15	7
Miodrag Džudović	2008-2013	26	0	15	11	1
Radoslav Batak	2007-2011	25	0	11	14	1
Mitar Novaković	2007-2013	25	0	12	13	0
Mladen Kašćelan	2009-2016	25	0	13	12	0
Luka Pejović	2007-2012	23	0	7	16	1
Andrija Delibašić	2009-2013	21	0	12	9	6
Žarko Tomašević	2010-2016	20	0	10	10	3
Marko Simić	2013-2016	20	0	11	9	0
Nikola Vukčević	2014-2016	20	0	13	7	1
Vladimir Volkov	2012-2015	17	0	13	4	0
Jovan Tanasijević	2007-2009	13	0	5	8	0
Adam Marušić	2015-2016	13	0	10	3	0
Saša Balić	2011-2015	12	0	6	6	0
Filip Kasalica	2012-2014	11	0	8	3	1
Stefan Mugoša	2015-2016	12	0	7	5	0
Marko Bakić	2012-2016	11	0	4	7	0
Nemanja Nikolić	2009-2016	10	0	4	6	0
Marko Vešović	2013-2016	11	0	5	6	0
Aleksandar Boljević	2013-2016	9	0	5	4	0
Igor Burzanović	2007-2008	8	2	1	7	2
Vladimir Jovović	2013-2016	8	0	6	2	0
Petar Grbić	2011-2016	7	0	2	5	0
Risto Lakić	2007-2008	7	0	0	7	0
Dragan Bogavac	2007-2008	7	0	1	6	0
Vlado Jeknić	2007	6	0	0	6	0
Nikola Vujović	2007-2009	6	0	2	4	0
Milan Purović	2007-2008	6	0	0	6	0
Ivan Fatić	2009-2011	6	0	4	2	0
Marko Ćetković	2010-2013	6	0	1	5	1
Vladimir Rodić	2015-2016	5	0	2	3	0
Dejan Ognjanović	2008-2010	5	0	0	5	0
Miloš Krkotić	2013	5	0	3	2	0
Ivan Kecojević	2012-2013	5	0	4	1	0
Aleksandar Šćekić	2016	6	0	4	2	0
Esteban Saveljich	2015-2016	4	0	2	2	0
Staniša Mandić	2015	4	0	3	1	0
Luka Đorđević	2012-2014	4	0	2	2	1
Nemanja Mijušković	2016	4	0	3	1	0
Janko Tumbasević	2007	4	0	0	4	0
Damir Kojašević	2016	4	0	4	0	1
Mirko Raičević	2007	3	0	0	3	0
Filip Raičević	2016	3	0	1	2	0
Srđan Radonjić	2007	3	0	0	3	0
Đorđije Ćetković	2007-2008	3	0	0	3	0
Darko Zorić	2014-2016	3	0	0	3	0
Darko Nikač	2013-2014	3	0	0	3	0
Miroje Jovanović	2013-2014	3	0	0	3	1
Branislav Janković	2014	3	0	1	2	0
Draško Božović	2010	3	0	1	2	0
Vladimir Vujović	2007	3	0	0	3	0
Aleksandar Šofranac	2016	3	0	1	2	0
Ivan Delić	2007-2010	2	0	0	2	0
Darko Božović	2007	2	0	0	2	0
Milan Mijatović	2015-2016	2	0	1	1	0
Filip Stojković	2016	2	0	1	1	0
Srđan Blažić	2009-2010	2	0	0	2	0
Blažo Igumanović	2012-2014	2	0	1	1	0
Emrah Klimenta	2016	1	0	0	1	0
Danijel Petković	2014	1	0	0	1	0
Janko Simović	2008	1	0	0	1	0
Nebojša Kosović	2016	1	0	0	1	0
Marko Janković	2016	1	0	0	1	0
Goran Vujović	2009	1	0	1	0	0
Marko Vukčević	2015	1	0	0	1	0
Ivan Ivanović	2013	1	0	0	1	0
Nikola Nikezić	2007	1	0	0	1	0
Dragan Bošković	2012	1	0	0	1	0
Ivan Janjušević	2008	1	0	0	1	0
Slobodan Lakićević	2010	1	0	0	1	0
Ivan Vuković	2009	1	0	0	1	0
Vladimir Gluščević	2009	1	0	0	1	0
Rade Petrović	2007	1	0	0	1	0
Nikola Vukčević	2009	1	0	0	1	0
Neđeljko Vlahović	2007	1	0	0	1	0

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.

Player	Goals	Q	F	First	Last
Stevan Jovetić	19	10	9	2008	2016
Mirko Vučinić	17	9	8	2007	2015
Dejan Damjanović	8	7	1	2009	2015
Fatos Bećiraj	7	6	1	2010	2016
Radomir Đalović	7	1	6	2008	2011
Andrija Delibašić	6	6	0	2009	2012
Elsad Zverotić	5	5	0	2010	2013
Stefan Savić	4	2	2	2011	2016
Žarko Tomašević	3	2	1	2014	2016
Nikola Drinčić	3	1	2	2008	2012
Marko Baša	2	0	2	2010	2013
Igor Burzanović	2	0	2	2007	2008
Simon Vukčević	2	0	2	2008	2011
Nikola Vukčević	1	1	0	2016	2016
Radoslav Batak	1	1	0	2009	2009
Branko Bošković	1	0	1	2008	2008
Marko Ćetković	1	0	1	2013	2013
Luka Đorđević	1	1	0	2012	2012
Miroje Jovanović	1	0	1	2013	2013
Filip Kasalica	1	0	1	2012	2012
Luka Pejović	1	0	1	2010	2010
Miodrag Džudović	1	0	1	2008	2008
Damir Kojašević	1	1	0	2016	2016

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.

List / month	Pos	Pts
June 2007	199	0
September 2007	186	21
December 2007	172	65
March 2008	175	65
June 2008	142	180
September 2008	136	198
December 2008	112	310
March 2009	112	310
June 2009	110	331
September 2009	89	380
December 2009	74	456

List / month	Pos	Pts
March 2010	69	494
June 2010	64	500
September 2010	40	684
December 2010	25	824
March 2011	25	824
June 2011	16	915
September 2011	26	777
December 2011	51	585
March 2012	44	601
June 2012	50	581
September 2012	48	606

List / month	Pos	Pts
December 2012	31	756
March 2013	28	790
June 2013	25	841
September 2013	27	766
December 2013	52	594
March 2014	46	639
June 2014	51	574
September 2014	43	591
December 2014	59	537
March 2015	67	531
June 2015	70	513

List / month	Pos	Pts
September 2015	77	430
December 2015	85	403
March 2016	84	409
June 2016	90	382
September 2016	105	326
December 2016

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.

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
OVERALL	8,135	276,593	34	13,000	3,000

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.

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	9,000	9,000	1	9,000	9,000
OVERALL	9,886	197,723	20	13,000	4,000

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	Qualify for final tournament	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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ Montenegro home match against Russia was awarded as a 3–0 win to Russia^[3] after match was abandoned after 67 minutes due to crowd violence and scuffle between players (caused by Dmitri Kombarov being hit by an object thrown from the Montenegrin sector^[4]). The original score was 0–0 and Russia missed a penalty moments before the match was abandoned. This was the second delay of the match as in the first minute, Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev was hit by a flare, causing a 33-minute delay.^[5] Both teams were then charged by UEFA.^[6]

References

↑ http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2011/11/11/europe/european-championships/czech-republic/montenegro/1219247/
↑ http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2011/11/15/europe/european-championships/montenegro/czech-republic/1219252/
↑ "Russia given 3-0 win over Montenegro after suspended game". 8 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ "Montenegro v Russia abandoned (Telegraph)". 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
↑ "Montenegro v Russia abandoned (Daily Mail)". 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
↑ "MNE and RUS charged by UEFA". 30 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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