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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 are one of the world's youngest 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 will compete in Group 8 along with Italy, Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus and Georgia.
[edit] Formation
Following the independance 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 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, 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
[edit] Current coaching staff
[edit] Competition history
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] European Championship record
[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
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| Date |
City |
Opponent |
Results¹ |
Scorers |
Attendance |
Type of game |
| 24 March |
Podgorica |
 Hungary |
2:1 (0:1) |
Priskin (1.), Vučinić (63. Penalty), Burzanović (81. Penalty) |
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. Penalty), 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
| 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 |
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|
Friendly |
| 6 September |
Podgorica |
 Bulgaria |
|
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|
WC quali. |
| 10 September |
Podgorica |
 Republic of Ireland |
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|
WC quali. |
| 15 October |
|
 Italy |
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|
WC quali. |
¹ Results from Montenegrin view
[edit] World Cup qualification 2010
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[edit] Montenegro versus other countries
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Zoran Filipović
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Georgia
Italy
Montenegro
Republic of Ireland
